There are 12 ways to get from Koper to Cologne by shuttle, plane, train, 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.
Shuttle to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
best- Take a shuttle bus from Portorož to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane VCE - CGN
7h 32m€86–634Bus, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Koper to Ljubljana APbus
- Take the train from Ljubljana to Villach Hbftrain 38 / ...
- Take the train from Villach Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbftrain Drf
18h 6m€67–158Train
- Take the train from Koper to Ljubljanatrain Ic
- Take the train from Ljubljana to Villach Hbftrain 38 / ...
- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Koeln Messe/Deutz Gl.11-12train Ice
15h 30m€169–359Bus
- Take the bus from Koper to Ljubljana APbus
- Take the bus from Ljubljana bus station to Frankfurt central train stationbus 900 / ...
- Take the bus from Frankfurt, Hauptbahnhof FOB to Kölnbus
17h 12m€102–146Drive 1,008.6 km
- Drive from Koper to Colognecar 1,008.6 km
10h 7m€149–215Shuttle to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Portorož to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane VCE - DUS
8h 8m€94–624Shuttle to Ljubljana, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take a shuttle bus from Koper, Avtobusna Postaja to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Fly from Ljubljana (LJU) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane LJU - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
7h€220–422Fly Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane TRS - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
6h 43m€134–386Shuttle to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take a shuttle bus from Portorož to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane VCE - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
8h 39m€142–647Shuttle, shuttle to Klagenfurt Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Koper, Avtobusna Postaja to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Take a shuttle bus from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Klagenfurt Airport
- Fly from Klagenfurt Airport (KLU) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane KLU - CGN
6h 53m€204–619Shuttle, bus
- Take a shuttle bus from Portorož to Verona Porta Nuova
- Take the bus from Verona Porta Nuova Station to Colognebus
19h 52m€492–842Drive, car train
- Drive from Koper to Kufsteincar
- Take the cartrain from Kufstein to Kassel-Wilhelmshöhecartrain
- Drive from Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe to Colognecar
13h 1m€188–259
Koper to Cologne by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Koper to Cologne is to bus and train which costs €65 - €160 and takes 18h 6m.
The fastest way to get from Koper to Cologne is to fly and train which takes 6h 43m and costs €130 - €390.
No, there is no direct bus from Koper to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Koper and arriving at Köln via Ljubljana bus station and Frankfurt, Hauptbahnhof FOB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 12m.
No, there is no direct train from Koper to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Koper and arriving at Koeln Messe/Deutz Gl.11-12 via Ljubljana and Villach Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 30m.
The distance between Koper and Cologne is 925 km. The road distance is 1008.6 km.
The best way to get from Koper to Cologne without a car is to train which takes 15h 30m and costs €160 - €360.
It takes approximately 7h 32m to get from Koper to Cologne, including transfers.
Koper to Cologne bus services, operated by Arriva Slovenia, depart from Koper station.
Koper to Cologne train services, operated by Slovenske železnice (SŽ), depart from Koper station.
The best way to get from Koper to Cologne is to train which takes 15h 30m and costs €160 - €360. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €100 - €150 and takes 17h 12m.
What companies run services between Koper, Slovenia and Cologne, Germany?
You can take a train from Koper to Koeln Messe/Deutz Gl.11-12 via Ljubljana and Villach Hbf in around 15h 30m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Koper to Köln via Ljubljana AP, Ljubljana bus station, and Frankfurt, Hauptbahnhof FOB in around 17h 12m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–300
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–310
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–310
Flights from Ljubljana to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–280
Flights from Ljubljana to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–280
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–440
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–250
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–390
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–300
Flights from Ljubljana to Frankfurt via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–350
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Frankfurt via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–260
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–230
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–170
Flights from Klagenfurt Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–230
- Website
- tui.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–320
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–440
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–200
- Phone
- +386 1 29 13 331
- [email protected]
- Website
- Slovenske železnice (SŽ)
Train from Koper to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12
- Website
- Slovenske železnice (SŽ)
Train from Ljubljana to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €8
- Website
- Slovenske železnice (SŽ)
Train from Ljubljana to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €8
- Website
- Slovenske železnice (SŽ)
- Phone
- +385 60 333 444
- [email protected]
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
Train from Ljubljana to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €8
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
Train from Ljubljana to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €8
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Villach Hbf to Koeln Messe/Deutz Gl.11-12
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €150–340
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Train from Villach Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €50–140
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €110–140
- Couchette Carriage
- €80–95
- Seating Carriage
- €50–60
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Kufstein to Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 11m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- [email protected]
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Portorož to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €27–380
- Website
- GoOpti
- Shared
- €27
- Private
- €155
Shuttle from Portorož to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €27–380
- Website
- GoOpti
- Shared
- €27
- Private
- €155
Shuttle from Portorož to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €27–380
- Website
- GoOpti
- Shared
- €27
- Private
- €155
Shuttle from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Klagenfurt Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €85–153
- Website
- GoOpti
- Private
- €153
Shuttle from Portorož to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €360–650
- Website
- GoOpti
- Phone
- +386 090 74 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- Arriva Slovenia
Bus from Koper to Ljubljana AP
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–11
- Website
- Arriva Slovenia
Bus from Koper to Ljubljana AP
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–11
- Website
- Arriva Slovenia
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Ljubljana bus station to Frankfurt central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- [email protected]
- Website
- Grand Bus
Bus from Frankfurt, Hauptbahnhof FOB to Köln
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €23–26
- Website
- Grand Bus
- Phone
- +386 (0) 31 30 41 41
- [email protected]
- Website
- zup-prevozi.eu
Shuttle from Koper, Avtobusna Postaja to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €90–110
- Schedules at
- zup-prevozi.eu
- Economy class
- €90–110
Shuttle from Koper, Avtobusna Postaja to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €90–110
- Schedules at
- zup-prevozi.eu
- Economy class
- €90–110
Shuttle from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Klagenfurt Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €50–65
- Schedules at
- zup-prevozi.eu
- Economy class
- €50–65
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- [email protected]
- Website
- Onebus
Bus from Verona Porta Nuova Station to Cologne
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 23m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €130–190
- Website
- Onebus
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Booking & Getting There
Koper to Cologne bus services, operated by Arriva Slovenia, arrive at Ljubljana AP station.
Koper to Cologne train services, operated by Slovenske železnice (SŽ), arrive at Ljubljana station.
Yes, the driving distance between Koper to Cologne is 1009 km. It takes approximately 10h 7m to drive from Koper to Cologne.
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