There are 10 ways to get from Cologne to Liepāja by plane, bus, train, ferry, or car
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Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Palanga International Airport, bus
best- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Palanga International Airport (PLQ)plane DUS - PLQ
- Take the bus from Palangos AS; 15 aikštelė to Liepajabus
9h 38m$190–517Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Riga International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane CGN - RIX
- Take the train from Tornakalns to Liepaja-Pasazierutrain
9h 23m$107–427Train, bus
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to S Spandau Bhftrain 19 / ...
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Jelgava, stationbus
- Take the train from Jelgava to Liepaja-Pasazierutrain 723 / ...
26h 31m$244–715Train, ferry
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain 42 / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Lübeck Hbftrain Re8
- Take the ferry from Luebeck-Travemuende Faehrterminal to Liepaja Ferryferry 0
29h 20m$289–789Drive 1,592.3 km
- Drive from Cologne to Liepājacar 1,592.3 km
19h 19m$287–414Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Palanga International Airport, bus
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Palanga International Airport (PLQ)plane CGN - PLQ
- Take the bus from Palangos AS; 15 aikštelė to Liepajabus
12h 13m$113–450Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Riga International Airport, train
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane DUS - RIX
- Take the train from Tornakalns to Liepaja-Pasazierutrain
9h 52m$129–314Train to Frankfurt, fly to Riga International Airport, train
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane FRA - RIX
- Take the train from Tornakalns to Liepaja-Pasazierutrain
10h 3m$154–506Bus
- Take the bus from Köln-Ehrenfeld Gleis to Braunschweig, Berliner Platzbus
- Take the bus from Braunschweig to Rīgabus
- Take the bus from Rīgas SAO to Liepājas AObus
31h 56mBus, drive
- Take the bus from Köln/Bonn Airport to Kaliningrad Bus stationbus 909
- Take the bus from Kaliningrad Bus station to Sovetskbus 600
- Drive from Sovetsk to Pagėgiaicar
- Take the bus from Pagėgiai to Palangos autobusų stotisbus
- Take the bus from Palangos AS; 15 aikštelė to Liepajabus
35h 16m$204–377
Cologne to Liepāja by train, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Liepāja is to fly and train which costs $120 - $320 and takes 9h 52m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Liepāja is to fly and train which takes 9h 23m and costs $100 - $430.
No, there is no direct bus from Cologne to Liepāja. However, there are services departing from Köln-Ehrenfeld Gleis and arriving at Liepājas AO via Braunschweig and Rīgas SAO. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 31h 56m.
The distance between Cologne and Liepāja is 1207 km. The road distance is 1592.3 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Liepāja without a car is to train and bus which takes 26h 31m and costs $240 - $750.
It takes approximately 9h 38m to get from Cologne to Liepāja, including transfers.
Cologne to Liepāja bus services, operated by OrionBus, depart from Köln-Ehrenfeld Gleis station.
Cologne to Liepāja bus services, operated by OrionBus, arrive at Braunschweig, Berliner Platz station.
Liepāja is 1h ahead of Cologne. It is currently 6:05 AM in Cologne and 7:05 AM in Liepāja.
Yes, the driving distance between Cologne to Liepāja is 1592 km. It takes approximately 19h 19m to drive from Cologne to Liepāja.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Liepāja, Latvia?
You can take a bus from Köln-Ehrenfeld Gleis to Liepājas AO via Braunschweig, Berliner Platz, Braunschweig, Rīga, and Rīgas SAO in around 31h 56m.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Palanga International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–700
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Palanga International Airport via Berlin Brandenburg, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Palanga International Airport via Munich, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $160–750
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Riga International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–210
Flights from Frankfurt to Riga International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–270
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Riga International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–460
Flights from Frankfurt to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–340
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Riga International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–460
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Palanga International Airport via Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–420
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–230
Flights from Frankfurt to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–340
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–340
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Palanga International Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 56m
- When
- Tuesday, Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–440
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to S Spandau Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $110–500
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $90–400
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–160
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 8760
- [email protected]
- Website
- vivi.lv
Train from Jelgava to Liepaja-Pasazieru
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Website
- https://www.vivi.lv/en/
Train from Tornakalns to Liepaja-Pasazieru
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $8–12
- Website
- https://www.vivi.lv/en/
Train from Tornakalns to Liepaja-Pasazieru
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $8–12
- Website
- https://www.vivi.lv/en/
Train from Tornakalns to Liepaja-Pasazieru
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $8–12
- Website
- https://www.vivi.lv/en/
- Phone
- +49 221 800 20 80
- [email protected]
- Website
- msm-gruppe.de
Train from Köln Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- msm-gruppe.de
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Lübeck Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $17–30
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +371 634 87070
- [email protected]
- Website
- liepajasture.lv
Bus from Palangos AS; 15 aikštelė to Liepaja
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $9–15
- Schedules at
- liepajasture.lv
Bus from Palangos AS; 15 aikštelė to Liepaja
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $9–15
- Schedules at
- liepajasture.lv
Bus from Palangos AS; 15 aikštelė to Liepaja
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $9–15
- Schedules at
- liepajasture.lv
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Jelgava, station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $120–210
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +38 (050) 010-01-04
- [email protected]
- Website
- orionbus.net
Bus from Köln-Ehrenfeld Gleis to Braunschweig, Berliner Platz
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://orionbus.net/en
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- [email protected]
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Braunschweig to Rīga
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $120–210
- Schedules at
- ecolines.net
- Phone
- +371 80000078
- [email protected]
- Website
- lapline.lv
Bus from Rīgas SAO to Liepājas AO
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Schedules at
- lapline.lv
- Phone
- +372 680 0909
- [email protected]
- Website
- luxexpress.eu
Bus from Rīgas SAO to Liepājas AO
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Website
- https://luxexpress.eu/en/
- Phone
- +7 (4012) 64-36-35
- [email protected]
- Website
- avl39.ru
Bus from Köln/Bonn Airport to Kaliningrad Bus station
Bus from Kaliningrad Bus station to Sovetsk
- Phone
- (+370 37) 34 24 40
- [email protected]
- Website
- kautra.lt
Bus from Pagėgiai to Palangos autobusų stotis
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $12–15
- Website
- https://www.kautra.lt/en/
- Schedules at
- https://www.autobusubilietai.lt/en
- Phone
- +44 844 770 7070
- [email protected]
- Website
- stenaline.dk
Ferry from Luebeck-Travemuende Faehrterminal to Liepaja Ferry
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $180–360
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
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