There are 7 ways to get from Cork to Kiel by plane, train, car, car ferry, or bus
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Fly Cork Airport to Hamburg Airport, train
best- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)plane ORK - HAM
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbftrain
8h 1m€107–378Train to Dublin Airport, fly to Hamburg Airport, train
cheapest- Take the train from Cork to Dublin Heustontrain
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)plane DUB - HAM
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbftrain
9h 26m€104–373Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cork to Rosslare Harbourcar
- Take the carferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirkcarferry
- Drive from Dunkirk to Kielcar
33h 44m€572–837Bus
- Take the bus from Cork Alfred St to Bachelors Walkbus
- Take the bus from Dublin to Rădăuțibus
- Take the bus from Rădăuţi to Kolding Busterminalbus
- Take the bus from Kolding bus station to Kiel central bus stationbus
3d 20hFly Cork Airport to Lübeck Airport, train
- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Lübeck Airport (LBC)plane ORK - LBC
- Take the train from Luebeck Hbf to Kiel Hbftrain
10h 44m€170–651Fly Cork Airport to Bremen Airport, train
- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Bremen Airport (BRE)plane ORK - BRE
- Take the train from Bremen Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbftrain
8h 47m€109–544Fly Cork Airport to Billund Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Billund Airport (BLL)plane ORK - BLL
- Take the bus from Billund Lufthavn / Billund Airport to Kolding Busterminalbus
- Take the train from Kolding St. to Schleswigtrain
- Take the train from Schleswig to Kiel Hbftrain
10h 43m€187–595
Cork Airport (ORK) to Hamburg Airport (HAM) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cork to Kiel is to train and fly which costs €100 - €380 and takes 9h 26m.
The fastest way to get from Cork to Kiel is to fly and train which takes 8h 1m and costs €100 - €380.
No, there is no direct bus from Cork to Kiel station. However, there are services departing from Cork Alfred St and arriving at Kiel central bus station via Aston Quay, Dublin, Rădăuţi and Kolding bus station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3 days 20h.
The distance between Cork and Kiel is 1387 km.
The best way to get from Cork to Kiel without a car is to bus which takes 3 days 20h and costs .
It takes approximately 8h 1m to get from Cork to Kiel, including transfers.
Cork to Kiel bus services, operated by Citylink, depart from Cork Alfred St station.
Cork to Kiel bus services, operated by Citylink, arrive at Bachelors Walk station.
Kiel is 1h ahead of Cork. It is currently 12:13 PM in Cork and 1:13 PM in Kiel.
There are 1711+ hotels available in Kiel.
What companies run services between Cork, Ireland and Kiel, Germany?
You can take a bus from Cork Alfred St to Kiel central bus station via Bachelors Walk, Aston Quay, Navan Rd Stn, Dublin, Rădăuți, Rădăuţi, Kolding Busterminal, and Kolding bus station in around 3d 20h.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Hamburg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–410
Flights from Cork Airport to Bremen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–550
Flights from Dublin Airport to Hamburg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–290
Flights from Cork Airport to Billund Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–470
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Hamburg Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–210
Flights from Cork Airport to Lübeck Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–470
Flights from Cork Airport to Lübeck Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Friday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €180–600
Flights from Cork Airport to Lübeck Airport via Malaga
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 37m
- When
- Saturday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €200–650
Flights from Cork Airport to Bremen Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–310
Flights from Cork Airport to Bremen Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–310
Flights from Dublin Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–220
Flights from Dublin Airport to Hamburg Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Saturday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €50–220
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Hamburg Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–430
Flights from Dublin Airport to Hamburg Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–320
Flights from Cork Airport to Billund Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–490
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Hamburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–440
Flights from Cork Airport to Bremen Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–650
Flights from Cork Airport to Billund Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €150–500
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Hamburg Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–450
Flights from Cork Airport to Billund Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–550
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Bremen Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–650
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–190
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Hamburg Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–260
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–90
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bremen Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–95
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–90
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–90
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- *
- €20–35
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- *
- €20–35
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- *
- €20–35
- Phone
- +49 581 97164183
- [email protected]
- Website
- Erixx
Train from Luebeck Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €45–150
- Schedules at
- Erixx
- Phone
- +49 581 97164164
- [email protected]
- Website
- metronom
Train from Bremen Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €35–130
- Schedules at
- metronom
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Bremen Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- 0818 294 015
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
Train from Cork to Dublin Heuston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- €22–35
- Phone
- +47 70 13 14 15
- [email protected]
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from Kolding St. to Schleswig
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- Danish Railways
- Phone
- (040) 303 977-333
- [email protected]
- Website
- Nordbahn Eisenbahngesellschaft
Train from Schleswig to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €50–110
- Schedules at
- Nordbahn Eisenbahngesellschaft
- Phone
- +353 91 564 164
- [email protected]
- Website
- Citylink
Bus from Cork Alfred St to Bachelors Walk
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–30
- Website
- Citylink
- Phone
- +353 0 1 844 7118
- [email protected]
- Website
- Aircoach
Bus from Cork Alfred St to Bachelors Walk
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Website
- Aircoach
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- [email protected]
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Dublin to Rădăuți
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €29–200
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- 0724 122 272
- [email protected]
- Website
- euro-fratello.ro
Bus from Rădăuţi to Kolding Busterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- euro-fratello.ro
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Kolding bus station to Kiel central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–22
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- 7010 4410
- [email protected]
- Website
- Sydtrafik
Bus from Billund Lufthavn / Billund Airport to Kolding Busterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–11
- Website
- Sydtrafik
- Phone
- +44 344 848 6090
- [email protected]
- Website
- DFDS Seaways
Car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirk
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €420–600
- Website
- DFDS Seaways
- Family (4 persons + car)
- €450
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