There are 11 ways to get from Cologne to Ålesund by train, plane, bus, car, or car train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Ålesund Airport, Vigra
best- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafentrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Ålesund Airport, Vigra (AES)plane DUS - AES
8h 8mkr 2,469–5,823Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Molde Airport, Årø, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafentrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Molde Airport, Årø (MOL)plane DUS - MOL
- Take the bus from Årøkryss Molde lufthavn to Kiperviktorget E136bus
11h 22mkr 1,319–4,913Train, bus
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Molndal stationtrain Ic / ...
- Take the train from Mölndal station to Oslo Strain 30
- Take the bus from Oslo bussterminal to Korsegatabus
28h 7mkr 3,424–7,902Train, bus via Copenhagen Airport (CPH)
- Take the train from Cologne Central Station to Hamburg Central Stationtrain
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Copenhagen Lufthavntrain 344
- Take the bus from Copenhagen Lufthavn to Oslo Bussterminalbus 675 / ...
- Take the bus from Oslo bussterminal to Korsegatabus
29h 25mkr 3,673–6,818Drive 2,012.6 km
- Drive from Cologne to Ålesundcar 2,012.6 km
21h 5mkr 4,071–5,880Train to Frankfurt, fly to Ålesund Airport, Vigra
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Ålesund Airport, Vigra (AES)plane FRA - AES
8h 4mkr 2,635–5,431Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Ålesund Airport, Vigra
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Ålesund Airport, Vigra (AES)plane AMS - AES
8h 15mkr 1,739–5,543Train, bus #2
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Oslo bussterminalbus
- Take the bus from Oslo bussterminal to Korsegatabus
29h 39mkr 2,984–5,802Bus
- Take the bus from Köln-Ehrenfeld Gleis to Münster-Mittebus
- Take the bus from Münster bus stop to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhofbus N71 / ...
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Oslo bussterminalbus
- Take the bus from Oslo bussterminal to Korsegatabus
32h 22mTrain, bus #3
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhftrain 19 / ...
- Take the bus from Berlin Südkreuz train station to Oslo bussterminalbus
- Take the train from Oslo S to Dombås stasjontrain F6
- Take the bus from Dombås skyssterminal to Korsegatabus
33h 23mkr 2,751–5,105Drive, car train
- Drive from Cologne to Frankfurtcar
- Take the cartrain from Frankfurt to Hamburg-Altonacartrain
- Drive from Hamburg-Altona to Ålesundcar
25h 59mkr 4,490–6,319
Cologne to Ålesund by train and bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Ålesund is to train and fly and bus which costs kr 1300 - kr 5000 and takes 11h 22m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Ålesund is to train and fly which takes 8h 4m and costs kr 2600 - kr 5500.
No, there is no direct bus from Cologne to Ålesund. However, there are services departing from Köln-Ehrenfeld Gleis and arriving at Korsegata via Münster bus stop, Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof and Oslo bussterminal. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 32h 22m.
The distance between Cologne and Ålesund is 1329 km. The road distance is 2012.6 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Ålesund without a car is to train and bus which takes 28h 7m and costs kr 3400 - kr 8000.
It takes approximately 8h 8m to get from Cologne to Ålesund, including transfers.
Cologne to Ålesund bus services, operated by OrionBus, depart from Köln-Ehrenfeld Gleis station.
Cologne to Ålesund bus services, operated by OrionBus, arrive at Münster-Mitte station.
Yes, the driving distance between Cologne to Ålesund is 2013 km. It takes approximately 21h 5m to drive from Cologne to Ålesund.
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What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Ålesund, Norway?
You can take a bus from Köln-Ehrenfeld Gleis to Korsegata via Münster-Mitte, Münster bus stop, Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof, and Oslo bussterminal in around 32h 22m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Ålesund Airport, Vigra via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 950–5,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Ålesund Airport, Vigra via Bergen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–4,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Ålesund Airport, Vigra via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 950–4,900
Flights from Frankfurt to Ålesund Airport, Vigra via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–4,700
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Molde Airport, Årø via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Bergen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 27m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Monday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–5,500
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Ålesund Airport, Vigra
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–5,500
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Ålesund Airport, Vigra via Bergen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–5,500
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Ålesund Airport, Vigra via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–6,000
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Ålesund Airport, Vigra via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–4,600
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Ålesund Airport, Vigra via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Friday and Monday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–4,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Ålesund Airport, Vigra via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–4,900
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Molde Airport, Årø via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 48m
- When
- Friday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–5,500
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Ålesund Airport, Vigra via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,600–4,500
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Ålesund Airport, Vigra via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–5,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Ålesund Airport, Vigra via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–4,900
Flights from Frankfurt to Ålesund Airport, Vigra via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–4,700
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Ålesund Airport, Vigra via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–6,000
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Ålesund Airport, Vigra via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–4,600
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Ålesund Airport, Vigra via Bergen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–4,800
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Molde Airport, Årø via Frankfurt, Bergen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,600–6,000
- Website
- wideroe.no
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Ålesund Airport, Vigra via Bergen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–4,100
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Molde Airport, Årø via Bergen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–4,300
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- National Express
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 100–220
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 800–1,700
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 310–650
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 100–220
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 310–650
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 800–1,700
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–2,200
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 9126 301 90 70
- [email protected]
- Website
- TRI Train Rental GmbH
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- TRI Train Rental GmbH
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- TRI Train Rental GmbH
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- [email protected]
- Website
- Snälltåget
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Molndal station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 19m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 900–2,500
- Website
- Snälltåget
Train from Mölndal station to Oslo S
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 390–1,000
- Website
- Snälltåget
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Cologne Central Station to Hamburg Central Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 370–550
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
- Phone
- +46 77 175 75 75
- Website
- Swedish Railways (SJ)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Copenhagen Lufthavn
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 600–900
- Website
- Swedish Railways (SJ)
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 190–380
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 180–370
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 110–230
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +47 61 25 22 00
- [email protected]
- Website
- Sj Nord
Train from Oslo S to Dombås stasjon
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Frankfurt to Hamburg-Altona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 33m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–1,200
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
- Phone
- +47 407 05070
- [email protected]
- Website
- Vy Buss
Bus from Oslo bussterminal to Korsegata
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–2,700
- Website
- Vy Buss
Bus from Copenhagen Lufthavn to Oslo Bussterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 47m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–2,700
- Website
- Vy Buss
Bus from Oslo bussterminal to Korsegata
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 1m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–2,700
- Website
- Vy Buss
Bus from Oslo bussterminal to Korsegata
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–2,700
- Website
- Vy Buss
Bus from Oslo bussterminal to Korsegata
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–2,700
- Website
- Vy Buss
Bus from Dombås skyssterminal to Korsegata
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 500–1,100
- Website
- Vy Buss
- Phone
- +47 71 28 01 00
- Website
- Fram
Bus from Årøkryss Molde lufthavn to Kiperviktorget E136
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 190–270
- Website
- Fram
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Oslo bussterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 850–1,400
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Münster bus stop to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 250–390
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Oslo bussterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 850–1,400
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Berlin Südkreuz train station to Oslo bussterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 950–1,500
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +38 (050) 010-01-04
- [email protected]
- Website
- OrionBus
Bus from Köln-Ehrenfeld Gleis to Münster-Mitte
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- OrionBus
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