Train

Take the train Deutsche Bahn Intercity-Express at the station Köln Hbf.

The journey takes approximately 2 h 12 m. Ticket price is about €35 The travel distance is 218 km.

Carrier is Deutsche Bahn Intercity-Express.

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Get off at the Utrecht Centraal.
Take the train Dutch Railways (NS) at the station Utrecht Centraal.

The journey takes approximately 37 m. Ticket price is about €10 The travel distance is 55 km.

Carrier is Dutch Railways (NS).

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Get off at the Rotterdam Centraal.


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Train

Take the train Deutsche Bahn Intercity-Express at the station Köln Hbf.

The journey takes approximately 1 h 54 m. Ticket price is about €27 The travel distance is 219 km.

Carrier is Deutsche Bahn Intercity-Express.

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Get off at the Bruxelles Midi.
Take the train Thalys at the station Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi.

The journey takes approximately 1 h 10 m. Ticket price is about €40 The travel distance is 137 km.

Carrier is Thalys.

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Get off at the Rotterdam Centraal.


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Bus

Take the Wupsi bus at the Köln Heumarkt station .

The journey takes approximately 33 m. The travel distance is 13 km.

Carrier is Wupsi.

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Get off at the Wiesdorf Leverkusen Mitte Bf.
Take the FlixBus bus at the Leverkusen station .

The journey takes approximately 4 h 50 m. Ticket price is about €22 The travel distance is 265 km.

Carrier is FlixBus.

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Get off at the Rotterdam Central Station.


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Night train train

Take the train Deutsche Bahn Intercity-Express at the station Köln Hbf.

The journey takes approximately 3 h 22 m. Ticket price is about €35 The travel distance is 214 km.

Carrier is Deutsche Bahn Intercity-Express.

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Get off at the Utrecht Centraal.
Take the train Dutch Railways (NS) at the station Köln Hbf.

The journey takes approximately 37 m. Ticket price is about €10 The travel distance is 214 km.

Carrier is Dutch Railways (NS).

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Get off at the Utrecht Centraal.


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Drive

In a rental car. Check this site to see which rental company offers the best deal with discounts of up to 20%.

The journey takes approximately 2 h 38 m. The travel distance is 256 km.

Get off at the Rotterdam.


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Train fly

Take the train Deutsche Bahn Intercity-Express at the station Köln Hbf.

The journey takes approximately 29 m. Ticket price is about €8 The travel distance is 48 km.

Carrier is Deutsche Bahn Intercity-Express.

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Get off at the D-Flughafen Bf.
Take the Rheinbahn SkyTrain bus at the D-Flughafen Bf station .

The journey takes approximately 5 m. The travel distance is 10 km.

Carrier is Rheinbahn SkyTrain.

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Get off at the D-Flughafen Terminal A/B.
Fly out to Dusseldorf (DUS) of the Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS) airport.

The journey takes approximately 55 m. Ticket price is about €110

Carrier is KLM.

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🚖 Find a cheap local taxi

Get off at the Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS).
Take the train Dutch Railways (NS) at the station Schiphol Airport.

The journey takes approximately 26 m. Ticket price is about €9 The travel distance is 52 km.

Carrier is Dutch Railways (NS).

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Get off at the Rotterdam Centraal.


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The cheapest way to travel from Cologne to Rotterdam is by taking a Bus with an average price of €22. The journey takes approximately 6 ч. 23 мин.

Drive is the fastest way to travel from Cologne to Rotterdam. Tickets cost €45. The journey takes approximately 2 ч. 38 мин.

Cologne is approximately 256 km away from Rotterdam. The trip by car takes 2 h 38 m.

The average journey time by car between Cologne and Rotterdam is 2 h 38 m.

From Cologne

To Rotterdam