There are 11 ways to get from Cologne to Zagreb by plane, car, car train, bus, train, shuttle, or night train
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Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
best- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane CGN - ZAG
4h 43m€54–223Drive, car train
- Drive from Cologne to Fuldacar
- Take the car train from Fulda to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Zagrebcar
14h 7m€164–230Bus via Mannheim
- Take the bus from Cologne to Mannheim, ZOBbus
- Take the bus from Mannheim, ZOB to Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
17h 55mDrive 1,073.7 km
- Drive from Cologne to Zagrebcar 1,073.7 km
9h 30m€153–221Train to Frankfurt, fly to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane FRA - ZAG
5h 8m€112–337Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane DUS - ZAG
6h 48m€89–234Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Graz Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Graz Airport (GRZ)plane DUS - GRZ
- Take a shuttle bus from Graz Airport to Zagreb
7h 37m€358–902Train, train to Brussels Airport, fly to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Liege-Guilleminstrain
- Take the train from Liège-Guillemins to Brussels Airport-Zaventemtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane BRU - ZAG
7h 15m€116–370Train
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to München Hbftrain 47 / ...
- Take the train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhoftrain 90 / ...
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbftrain Ic
- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Ljubljanatrain 19 / ...
- Take the train from Ljubljana to Zagreb Glavni Kol.train 319 / ...
14h 31m€201–798Train, night train
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Villach Hauptbahnhoftrain Drf
- Take the night train from Villach Hbf to Zagreb Glavni Kol.nighttrain En
17h 45m€96–401Bus
- Take the bus from Cologne Airport CGN to Zagrebbus N884 / ...
18h 31m€93–166
Cologne to Zagreb by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Zagreb is to fly which costs €50 - €230 and takes 4h 43m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Zagreb is to fly which takes 4h 43m and costs €50 - €230.
No, there is no direct bus from Cologne to Zagreb. However, there are services departing from Cologne and arriving at Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor via Mannheim, ZOB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 55m.
No, there is no direct train from Cologne to Zagreb. However, there are services departing from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf and arriving at Zagreb Glavni Kol. via München Hbf, Salzburg Hbf, Villach Hbf and Ljubljana. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 31m.
The distance between Cologne and Zagreb is 904 km. The road distance is 1073.7 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Zagreb without a car is to bus via Mannheim which takes 17h 55m and costs .
It takes approximately 4h 43m to get from Cologne to Zagreb, including transfers.
Cologne to Zagreb bus services, operated by Hak Bus, depart from Cologne station.
Cologne to Zagreb train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf station.
The best way to get from Cologne to Zagreb is to fly which takes 4h 43m and costs €50 - €230. Alternatively, you can bus via Mannheim, which costs and takes 17h 55m, you could also train, which costs €200 - €800 and takes 14h 31m.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Zagreb, Croatia?
Eurowings, Croatia Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Cologne to Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor via Mannheim, ZOB in around 17h 55m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–360
Flights from Frankfurt to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–240
Flights from Frankfurt to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–240
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–370
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–370
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Graz Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–430
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Graz Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–320
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday, Monday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €75–250
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–250
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–240
Flights from Frankfurt to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Split
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €80–240
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–370
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Wednesday, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–370
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–210
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
Flights from Frankfurt to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–330
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–280
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–260
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €150–270
Flights from Frankfurt to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–240
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–340
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Graz Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €140–500
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Graz Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €110–270
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Graz Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–270
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Fulda to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 1m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Koeln Hbf to Liege-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €21–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Liège-Guillemins to Brussels Airport-Zaventem
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €100–440
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Koeln Hbf to Liege-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Koeln Hbf to Liege-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–40
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Liège-Guillemins to Brussels Airport-Zaventem
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–30
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +49 30 200 73-0
- [email protected]
- Website
- transdev.de
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €27–40
- Schedules at
- transdev.de
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- [email protected]
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–50
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 8024 997171
- [email protected]
- Website
- brb.de
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €60–180
- Schedules at
- brb.de
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–45
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- €29–45
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Villach Hbf to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–40
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Ljubljana to Zagreb Glavni Kol.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €29–55
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Night train from Villach Hbf to Zagreb Glavni Kol.
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–90
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €20–90
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €80–90
- Couchette Carriage
- €50–60
- Seating Carriage
- €20–24
Train from Köln Hbf to Villach Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €50–140
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €110–140
- Couchette Carriage
- €80–95
- Seating Carriage
- €50–60
- Phone
- +386 1 29 13 331
- [email protected]
- Website
- potniski.sz.si
Train from Ljubljana to Zagreb Glavni Kol.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €27–45
- Website
- https://potniski.sz.si/en/
- Phone
- +385 60 333 444
- [email protected]
- Website
- hzpp.hr
Train from Ljubljana to Zagreb Glavni Kol.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €27–45
- Website
- http://www.hzpp.hr/en
Night train from Villach Hbf to Zagreb Glavni Kol.
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Website
- http://www.hzpp.hr/en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Night train from Villach Hbf to Zagreb Glavni Kol.
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 24m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €85–270
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +389 75 209 209
- [email protected]
- Website
- hakbus.org
Bus from Cologne to Mannheim, ZOB
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Website
- https://www.hakbus.org/
- Phone
- + 387 32 88 44 88
- [email protected]
- Website
- jelinak.com
Bus from Mannheim, ZOB to Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €65–108
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Regular prices
- €65–80
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- [email protected]
- Website
- goopti.com
Shuttle from Graz Airport to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €240–600
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Private
- €278
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Cologne Airport CGN to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €90–160
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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More Questions & Answers
Cologne to Zagreb bus services, operated by Hak Bus, arrive at Mannheim, ZOB station.
Cologne to Zagreb train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at München Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Cologne to Zagreb is 1074 km. It takes approximately 9h 30m to drive from Cologne to Zagreb.
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