There are 10 ways to get from Odense to Cologne by train, bus, car, or plane
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Train
best- Take the train from Odense St. to Hamburg Hbftrain Ece / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Köln Hbftrain 43 / ...
8h 5m€115–436Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Odense Station to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhofbus N844
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Leverkusenbus N1360a
12h 56m€61–108Drive 719.6 km
- Drive from Odense to Colognecar 719.6 km
6h 9m€128–185Train to Hamburg Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Odense St. to Hamburg Hbftrain
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane HAM - DUS
6h 51m€129–359Train, bus
- Take the train from Odense station to Hamburg Hauptbahnhoftrain Ic
- Take the bus from Hamburg to Dortmund central bus stationbus
- Take the train from Dortmund Hbf to Koeln Messe/Deutztrain Re
10h 35mTrain to Copenhagen Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Odense St. to Copenhagen Lufthavntrain
- Fly from Copenhagen Airport (CPH) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane CPH - DUS
6h 13m€133–371Train to Billund Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Odense St. to Vejle St.train
- Fly from Billund Airport (BLL) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane BLL - DUS
7h 29m€145–358Train to Billund Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the train from Odense St. to Vejle St.train
- Fly from Billund Airport (BLL) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane BLL - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
6h 8m€169–479Train to Billund Airport, fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Take the train from Odense St. to Vejle St.train
- Fly from Billund Airport (BLL) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane BLL - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Koeln Hbftrain
8h 24m€178–572Train, train to Westerland, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Odense St. to Schleswigtrain
- Take the train from Husum to Westerland(Sylt) ZOB/Bahnhoftrain
- Fly from Westerland (GWT) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane GWT - DUS
8h 20m€191–652
Odense to Cologne by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Odense to Cologne is to bus which costs €60 - €110 and takes 12h 56m.
The fastest way to get from Odense to Cologne is to train and fly which takes 6h 8m and costs €160 - €480.
No, there is no direct bus from Odense station to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Odense Station and arriving at Köln Heumarkt via Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof and Wiesdorf Leverkusen Mitte Bf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 56m.
No, there is no direct train from Odense to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Odense St. and arriving at Köln Hbf via Hamburg Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 5m.
The distance between Odense and Cologne is 772 km. The road distance is 719.6 km.
The best way to get from Odense to Cologne without a car is to train which takes 8h 5m and costs €110 - €440.
It takes approximately 8h 5m to get from Odense to Cologne, including transfers.
Odense to Cologne bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Odense Station.
Odense to Cologne train services, operated by Danish Railways (DSB), depart from Odense St. station.
The best way to get from Odense to Cologne is to train which takes 8h 5m and costs €110 - €440. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €60 - €110 and takes 12h 56m.
What companies run services between Odense, Denmark and Cologne, Germany?
You can take a train from Odense St. to Köln Hbf via Hamburg Hbf in around 8h 5m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Odense Station to Köln Heumarkt via Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof, Leverkusen, and Wiesdorf Leverkusen Mitte Bf in around 12h 56m.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–250
Flights from Billund Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–380
Flights from Billund Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–310
Flights from Billund Airport to Frankfurt via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–360
Flights from Billund Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–320
Flights from Billund Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–380
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–200
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–240
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–320
Flights from Billund Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–380
Flights from Billund Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–350
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–270
Flights from Billund Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–320
Flights from Billund Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–310
Flights from Billund Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–320
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–200
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–240
Flights from Westerland to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–340
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Billund Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–390
Flights from Billund Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–320
- Phone
- +47 70 13 14 15
- kundehenv@dsb.dk
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from Odense St. to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €65–100
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from Odense St. to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €65–100
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from Odense St. to Copenhagen Lufthavn
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from Odense St. to Vejle St.
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–25
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from Odense St. to Vejle St.
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–25
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from Odense St. to Vejle St.
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–25
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from Odense St. to Schleswig
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- Danish Railways
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- snalltaget@snalltaget.se
- Website
- Snälltåget
Train from Odense St. to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- Snälltåget
Train from Odense St. to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- Snälltåget
Train from Odense station to Hamburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- Snälltåget
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €75–340
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–130
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €29–130
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Husum to Westerland(Sylt) ZOB/Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €14–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 221 800 20 80
- info@msm-gruppe.de
- Website
- MSM Partyzug
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 19m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- MSM Partyzug
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Koeln Messe/Deutz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +49 9126 301 90 70
- fahrgaeste@train-rental.com
- Website
- TRI Train Rental GmbH
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Koeln Messe/Deutz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- TRI Train Rental GmbH
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–23
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–40
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Husum to Westerland(Sylt) ZOB/Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Odense Station to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Leverkusen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- Grand Bus
Bus from Hamburg to Dortmund central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Grand Bus
- Phone
- +380 98 815 4444
- support@ewe.ua
- Website
- East West Eurolines
Bus from Hamburg to Dortmund central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- East West Eurolines
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More Questions & Answers
Odense to Cologne bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof station.
Odense to Cologne train services, operated by Danish Railways (DSB), arrive at Hamburg Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Odense to Cologne is 720 km. It takes approximately 6h 9m to drive from Odense to Cologne.
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