There are 7 ways to get from Ottawa to Cologne by plane or train
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Fly Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
best- Fly from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (YOW) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane YOW - CGN
14h 24m€217–875Fly Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Fly from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (YOW) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane YOW - DUS
12h 44m€217–867Train to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Take the train from Ottawa to Dorvaltrain
- Fly from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane YUL - CGN
13h 53m€356–796Fly Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Brussels Airport, train
- Fly from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (YOW) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane YOW - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbftrain
14h 36m€441–928Train to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the train from Ottawa to Dorvaltrain
- Fly from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane YUL - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
12h 20m€360–989Train to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, fly to Brussels Airport, train
- Take the train from Ottawa to Dorvaltrain
- Fly from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane YUL - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbftrain
13h 40m€370–849Train to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Take the train from Ottawa to Dorvaltrain
- Fly from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane YUL - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Köln Hbftrain
14h 22m€385–914
Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (YOW) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Ottawa to Cologne is to train and fly which costs €350 - €800 and takes 13h 53m.
The fastest way to get from Ottawa to Cologne is to train and fly which takes 12h 20m and costs €360 - €1000.
The distance between Ottawa and Cologne is 5874 km.
It takes approximately 14h 24m to get from Ottawa to Cologne, including transfers.
Cologne is 6h ahead of Ottawa. It is currently 9:48 AM in Ottawa and 3:48 PM in Cologne.
There are 1789+ hotels available in Cologne.
What companies run services between Ottawa, ON, Canada and Cologne, Germany?
Air Canada, Eurowings, and British Airways fly from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (YOW) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) once daily.
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–850
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €200–800
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €260–1,100
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–950
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Brussels Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €190–800
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Brussels Airport via Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €190–800
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Brussels Airport via Halifax
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €190–800
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €170–800
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Frankfurt via Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–700
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €180–750
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Brussels Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €230–950
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Brussels Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–750
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €190–800
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €200–800
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €260–1,100
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Brussels Airport via Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €190–800
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Brussels Airport via Halifax
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €190–800
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €170–800
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Frankfurt via Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–700
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Frankfurt via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–700
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €180–750
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Brussels Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €230–950
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €190–800
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 33m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €210–900
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €220–950
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €210–850
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €230–950
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €200–850
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €170–700
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €190–800
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–800
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Brussels Airport via Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €190–800
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Brussels Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €190–800
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Brussels Airport via Halifax
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €190–800
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €170–700
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Frankfurt via Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–700
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €180–750
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–850
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–950
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Brussels Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €190–800
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Brussels Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €240–750
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €310–600
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €170–700
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Brussels Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €180–750
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €190–800
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–800
- Website
- airtransat.com
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Brussels Airport via Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €280–1,100
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €270–700
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €250–900
- Phone
- +1 888 842-7245
- Website
- viarail.ca
Train from Ottawa to Dorval
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €18–75
- Website
- https://www.viarail.ca/en
- Economy Adult - same day booking
- €20–75
- Economy Adult - Advanced Booking
- €20–55
- Economy Escape Advanced Booking - Adult
- €18–29
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Schiphol Airport to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €17–55
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €17–25
- 1st Class
- €30–55
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–85
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €26–40
- 1st Class
- €50–85
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