There are 11 ways to get from Macedonia to Cologne by car, plane, bus, train, 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.
Drive to Skopje International Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
best- Drive from Macedonia to Skopje-Airport-SKPcar
- Fly from Skopje International Airport (SKP) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane SKP - CGN
5h 12m€105–275Train to Sofia Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Petrich to Gorna banya spirkatrain
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane SOF - CGN
9h 44m€75–280Drive, bus
- Drive from Macedonia to Strumicacar
- Take the bus from Strumica to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Colognebus
28h 25mDrive 2,030.9 km
- Drive from Macedonia to Colognecar 2,030.9 km
18h 30m€300–433Drive to Skopje International Airport, fly to Dortmund Airport, train
- Drive from Macedonia to Skopje-Airport-SKPcar
- Fly from Skopje International Airport (SKP) to Dortmund Airport (DTM)plane SKP - DTM
- Take the train from Holzwickede to Koeln Hbftrain
6h 53mDrive, train to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Drive from Macedonia to Rodopoliscar
- Take the train from Rodopolis to Thessalonikitrain
- Fly from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane SKG - CGN
8h 35m€104–273Drive, train to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Drive from Macedonia to Rodopoliscar
- Take the train from Rodopolis to Thessalonikitrain
- Fly from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane SKG - DUS
9h 11m€107–273Train, bus via Bratislava
- Take the train from Petrich to Sofiatrain Ic
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bratislavabus
- Take the train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Wien Hbftrain
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Nuernberg Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain 41 / ...
29h 2m€202–456Train, bus
- Take the train from Petrich to Sofiatrain Ic
- Take the bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Stop to Frankfurt Central Train Stationbus
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Hbftrain 79 / ...
35h 42m€144–238Drive, bus via Bonn
- Drive from Macedonia to Strumicacar
- Take the bus from Strumica to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Bonnbus
39h 25mDrive, car train
- Drive from Macedonia to Villach Hbf ARZcar
- Take the cartrain from Villach Hbf ARZ to Fuldacartrain
- Drive from Fulda to Colognecar
23h 11m€331–466
Skopje International Airport (SKP) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Macedonia to Cologne is to drive and train and fly which costs €100 - €280 and takes 9h 11m.
The fastest way to get from Macedonia to Cologne is to drive and fly which takes 5h 12m and costs €100 - €280.
The distance between Macedonia and Cologne is 1661 km. The road distance is 2030.9 km.
The best way to get from Macedonia to Cologne without a car is to train and bus via Bratislava which takes 29h 2m and costs €200 - €460.
It takes approximately 5h 12m to get from Macedonia to Cologne, including transfers.
Cologne is 1h behind Macedonia. It is currently 4:43 AM in Macedonia and 3:43 AM in Cologne.
Yes, the driving distance between Macedonia to Cologne is 2031 km. It takes approximately 18h 30m to drive from Macedonia to Cologne.
There are 1833+ hotels available in Cologne.
What companies run services between Macedonia, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria and Cologne, Germany?
There is no direct connection from Macedonia to Cologne. However, you can drive to Skopje-Airport-SKP airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN), walk to Flughafen Köln/Bonn Bf, then take the train to Köln Hbf. Alternatively, you can take a vehicle from Macedonia to Cologne via Strumica and Skopje, Transporten Centar in around 28h 25m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–400
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–410
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–370
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–370
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Skopje International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 3m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–460
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Cologne Bonn Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–420
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–420
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- When
- Tuesday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €75–310
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–190
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–240
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €35–240
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Skopje International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from Skopje International Airport to Dortmund Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–280
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–260
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–170
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–180
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Holzwickede to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- Hellenic Train S.A.
Train from Rodopolis to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €7–10
- Website
- Hellenic Train S.A.
Train from Rodopolis to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €7–10
- Website
- Hellenic Train S.A.
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
Train from Petrich to Gorna banya spirka
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €2–5
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- €2–4
- 1st Class
- €3–5
Train from Petrich to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €3–5
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- €3–5
- 1st Class
- €3–5
Train from Petrich to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €3–5
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- €3–5
- 1st Class
- €3–5
- Phone
- +421 24 48 58 188
- [email protected]
- Website
- Railways of Slovak Republic (ZSSK)
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €3–6
- Website
- Railways of Slovak Republic (ZSSK)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €15–17
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Wien Hbf to Nuernberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €85–200
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €65–160
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Villach Hbf ARZ to Fulda
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 1m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
- Phone
- +389 34 346 030
- Website
- Strumica Ekspres
Bus from Strumica to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Strumica Ekspres
Bus from Strumica to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Strumica Ekspres
- Phone
- +389 75 209 209
- [email protected]
- Website
- Hak Bus
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Cologne
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €120
- Website
- Hak Bus
- Phone
- +389 42 218 007
- Website
- Nasir Tours
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Cologne
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €83
- Website
- Nasir Tours
- Phone
- +359 88 949 0000
- [email protected]
- Website
- Union Ivkoni
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bratislava
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 57m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- Union Ivkoni
- Phone
- +359 2 812 0 812
- [email protected]
- Website
- karat-s.com
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Stop to Frankfurt Central Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Schedules at
- karat-s.com
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- [email protected]
- Website
- Citylines
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Stop to Frankfurt Central Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 29h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €100–140
- Website
- Citylines
- Phone
- +389 44 338 003
- [email protected]
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- Bashkim Tours
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