--- title: "Koln Cologne – what to see, and every way to get there | Mixroutes" description: "How to get to Koln Cologne from Düsseldorf, Dortmund and Weeze: every way compared, with today's quickest and its fare. Cologne is the fourth-most…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/places/koln-cologne" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/places/koln-cologne.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Kranh%C3%A4user_Cologne%2C_April_2018_-01.jpg/3840px-Kranh%C3%A4user_Cologne%2C_April_2018_-01.jpg" --- ![Koln Cologne](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Kranh%C3%A4user_Cologne%2C_April_2018_-01.jpg/3840px-Kranh%C3%A4user_Cologne%2C_April_2018_-01.jpg) # Koln Cologne Cologne is the fourth-most populous city of Germany and the largest city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia with over one million inhabitants in the city proper and over 3.1 million people in the Cologne Bonn urban region. [Plan a trip to Koln Cologne](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Koln%20Cologne) [From Düsseldorf](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=D%C3%BCsseldorf&to=Koln+Cologne) ## Every way there - Düsseldorf → Koln Cologne 34 km · quickest by road, 39 min · €4–6 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/dusseldorf-to-koln-cologne) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=D%C3%BCsseldorf&to=Koln+Cologne) - Dortmund → Koln Cologne 73 km · quickest by road, 1h 19m · €10–14 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/dortmund-to-koln-cologne) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Dortmund&to=Koln+Cologne) - Weeze → Koln Cologne 93 km · quickest by road, 1h 23m · €11–16 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/weeze-to-koln-cologne) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Weeze&to=Koln+Cologne) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. The field note What is in and around Koln Cologne, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move. [Read the note on Koln Cologne](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/koln-cologne) What Koln Cologne has - Y Scheduled flights Köln (Cologne) (CGN), 15 km - N Trains and coaches no timetable feed known for this country - Y Ferries Lülsdorf, 12 km, Stadtwerke Niederkassel | Stadtwerke Wesseling GmbH | Weisbarth Schifffahrt oHG; sailings estimated - Y Driving and taxi OpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band - N Bike and scooter share no share feed known - N Cruises no open itinerary source anywhere Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known. Nearest place with more: Nippes, 3 km. 50.936°, 6.953° Cologne is also part of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region, the second biggest metropolitan region by GDP in the European Union. Centred on the left bank of the Rhine, Cologne is located on the River Rhine, about 35 kilometres (22 mi) southeast of the North Rhine-Westphalia state capital Düsseldorf and 22 kilometres (14 mi) northwest of Bonn, the former capital of West Germany. Get in ## Getting to Koln Cologne 1. Cologne Bonn Airport This airport handles international and domestic flights and is a hub for the low-cost Lufthansa subsidiary Eurowings. 2. Düsseldorf Airport 3. Köln Hauptbahnhof 4. Köln Messe/Deutz Cologne is linked with Amsterdam, Brussels, and Paris by Eurostar (formally Thalys) and ICE (high speed trains). Do ## Things to do Cologne's strong side is its cultural life. For latest information on what is happening around in town, get the StadtRevue for €2, Kölner for €2 or Live for free. Eat ## Where to eat Cologne has a wide variety of restaurants, German and otherwise. One can eat pretty well in most traditional-style Kölsch restaurants, and in fact as a visitor, you should try some of the local food, which is quite rustic, but tasty, hearty fare. 1. Weinhaus Vogel Eigelstein 74. 2. Thiebolds-Eck 3. Curry B. Breite Str. 4. Maison Baguette Fantastic sandwiches, very well served and with incredible bread. 5. Lizbät Delicious crepes, a nice ambience and great service. How locals move ## Getting around Koln Cologne the local way Share-taxi routes mapped nearby - 780 AST 780 · SWH OpenStreetMap contributors. Text adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cologne) and [Wikivoyage](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Cologne), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons. --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/places/koln-cologne, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. Mixroutes is made by Lascade LLC, Sharjah Media City, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Index of every page: https://www.mixroutes.com/llms.txt