Bologna to Cologne bus: 4 a week, fastest 15h55

4 a weekfastest 15h55☾ 1 overnight busFlixBus🇮🇹 Italy → 🇩🇪 Germany

Direct buses · no change

BolognaVeronaTrentoBolzanoInnsbruckFrankfurtCologne· 787 km as the crow flies

17:00 → 08:55⁺¹
FlixBus N537 ☾ Overnight
Bologna (central bus station) → Cologne Airport CGN (Terminal 2) · via Verona, Trento, Bolzano, Innsbruck…
15h555 stops
Runs: Wed, Thu, Sat, SunThe night the clocks change (Sat 24 Oct: 17:00 → 07:55+1)Book on FlixBus ↗

Local times at each stop. Times from official open data: FlixBus (file of 11 Oct 2026). Checked Sun 18 Oct 2026; they cover 18 Oct to 14 Nov 2026. Timetables change, so check with the operator before you travel. Contains FlixBus timetable data (FlixMobility, transport.data.gouv.fr), ODbL 1.0. How we build this.

Bus, train or plane

☾ Overnight: leave 17:00, arrive 08:55

The plane is 12h17 quicker door to door, but the night bus spends your night on the road instead of a day.

Bus · fastest direct17h02

To Bologna (central bus station)13 min
At the stop before departure15 min
FlixBus N53715h55
From Cologne Airport CGN (Terminal 2)39 min

Plane · nonstop BLQ to CGN4h45

To Bologna Guglielmo Marconi (BLQ)25 min
Check-in & security1h30
Flight BLQ to CGN1h45
Landing to exit20 min
From CGN45 min

City centre to city centre. Getting to stops, stations and airports: typical public-transport times (estimates). Bus: be at the stop 15 min before. Plane: check-in and security 1h30 before, then getting out after landing; flight time typical for the distance.

Train instead?

No direct train from Bologna to Cologne in pickthetrain's timetables: the bus is the no-change way.

Where Bologna goes by direct train ↗

Flying instead?

2 airlines fly Bologna to Cologne nonstop. Book on the airline's own site:

EurowingsBLQ→CGN · BLQ→DUSBook direct ↗
RyanairBLQ→CGNBook direct ↗

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Quick answers

Is there a direct bus from Bologna to Cologne?

Yes. 4 a week on average, with FlixBus, no change of bus (18 Oct to 14 Nov 2026).

How long is the bus from Bologna to Cologne?

The fastest takes 15h55; the slowest 15h55, for 787 km as the crow flies.

Is there a night bus from Bologna to Cologne?

Yes: 1 overnight departure in the timetable, for example 17:00 arriving 08:55 the next morning.

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