There are 12 ways to get from Sweden to Cologne by train, plane, bus, car, or car train
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Train to Copenhagen Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
best- Take the train from Malmö, Centralstation to Copenhagen Lufthavntrain
- Fly from Copenhagen Airport (CPH) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane CPH - DUS
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Köln Hbftrain
4h 46m€101–339Fly Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport (GOT) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane GOT - DUS
4h 48m€83–282Train
- Take the train from Stockholm Central to Hamburg Hbftrain Ic / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Köln Hbftrain 43 / ...
15h 51m€201–542Bus
- Take the bus from Stockholm, Cityterminalen to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhofbus N602
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Leverkusenbus N1360a
24h 6m€115–189Drive 1,511.1 km
- Drive from Stockholm to Colognecar 1,511.1 km
14h 28m€243–351Fly Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Fly from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane ARN - CGN
4h 50m€102–304Fly Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Fly from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane ARN - DUS
5h 12m€121–301Fly Copenhagen Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Copenhagen Airport (CPH) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane CPH - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
5h 12m€150–420Fly Copenhagen Airport to Brussels Airport, train
- Fly from Copenhagen Airport (CPH) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane CPH - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbftrain
6h 43m€147–485Train via Harburg
- Take the train from Stockholm Centralstation to Hamburg-Harburgtrain 345
- Take the train from Hamburg-Harburg to Köln Hbftrain 43 / ...
17h 19m€203–589Train, bus
- Take the train from Stockholm C to Pinnebergtrain 083
- Take the bus from Hamburg to Dortmund central bus stationbus
- Take the train from Dortmund Hbf to Koeln Messe/Deutztrain Re
18h 30mDrive, car train
- Drive from Stockholm to Hamburg Hbfcar
- Take the cartrain from Hamburg Hbf to Frankfurtcartrain
- Drive from Frankfurt to Colognecar
18h 46m€297–415
Sweden to Cologne by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sweden to Cologne is to fly which costs €80 - €290 and takes 4h 48m.
The fastest way to get from Sweden to Cologne is to train and fly which takes 4h 46m and costs €100 - €340.
No, there is no direct bus from Sweden to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Stockholm, Cityterminalen and arriving at Köln Heumarkt via Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof and Wiesdorf Leverkusen Mitte Bf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 24h 6m.
No, there is no direct train from Sweden to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Stockholm Central and arriving at Köln Hbf via Hamburg Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 51m.
The distance between Sweden and Cologne is 705 km. The road distance is 1511.1 km.
The best way to get from Sweden to Cologne without a car is to train which takes 15h 51m and costs €200 - €550.
It takes approximately 4h 46m to get from Sweden to Cologne, including transfers.
Sweden to Cologne bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Stockholm, Cityterminalen station.
Sweden to Cologne train services, operated by Snälltåget, depart from Stockholm Central station.
The best way to get from Sweden to Cologne is to train which takes 15h 51m and costs €200 - €550. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €110 - €190 and takes 24h 6m, you could also fly, which costs €80 - €290 and takes 4h 48m.
What companies run services between Sweden and Cologne, Germany?
You can take a train from Stockholm Central to Köln Hbf via Hamburg Hbf in around 15h 51m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Stockholm, Cityterminalen to Köln Heumarkt via Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof, Leverkusen, and Wiesdorf Leverkusen Mitte Bf in around 24h 6m.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–250
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–280
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–250
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–250
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–360
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–280
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–240
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–320
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–470
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–190
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–320
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Brussels Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–320
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–240
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–210
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–210
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–270
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–270
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–250
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Friday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €75–250
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–270
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–310
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–310
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Brussels Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–280
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–330
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–330
- Phone
- +46 771-77 77 1
- [email protected]
- Website
- Öresundståg
Train from Malmö, Centralstation to Copenhagen Lufthavn
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €4–9
- Website
- Öresundståg
- Phone
- +46 77 175 75 75
- [email protected]
- Website
- Swedish Railways (SJ)
Train from Malmö, Centralstation to Copenhagen Lufthavn
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €4–7
- Website
- Swedish Railways (SJ)
Train from Stockholm Centralstation to Hamburg-Harburg
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 51m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €160–250
- Website
- Swedish Railways (SJ)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €75–350
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–140
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–180
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg-Harburg to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €75–340
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Schedules at
- National Express
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Koeln Messe/Deutz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–10
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–20
- Website
- Eurostar
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €6–14
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- [email protected]
- Website
- Snälltåget
Train from Stockholm Central to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 14m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €120–200
- Website
- Snälltåget
Train from Stockholm Centralstation to Hamburg-Harburg
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 6m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €120–200
- Website
- Snälltåget
Train from Stockholm C to Pinneberg
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 57m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €120–190
- Website
- Snälltåget
- Phone
- +49 221 800 20 80
- [email protected]
- Website
- MSM Partyzug
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 19m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- MSM Partyzug
- Phone
- +49 9126 301 90 70
- [email protected]
- Website
- TRI Train Rental GmbH
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Koeln Messe/Deutz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- TRI Train Rental GmbH
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Hamburg Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 33m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Stockholm, Cityterminalen to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–130
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Leverkusen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- [email protected]
- Website
- Grand Bus
Bus from Hamburg to Dortmund central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Grand Bus
- Phone
- +380 98 815 4444
- [email protected]
- Website
- East West Eurolines
Bus from Hamburg to Dortmund central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- East West Eurolines
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More Questions & Answers
Sweden to Cologne bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof station.
Sweden to Cologne train services, operated by Snälltåget, arrive at Hamburg Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Sweden to Cologne is 1511 km. It takes approximately 14h 28m to drive from Sweden to Cologne.
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