Travel by Train from the Hauptbahnhof or FRA Airport for Rhein Boat Trips Day trips and boat pleasure cruises on the Rhine River (Rhein) and Loreley Valley are easy from Frankfurt am Main Hauptbahnhof and Airport (FRA) in Germany. © KD Deutsche Rheinschiffahrt AG Regular day pleasure boat cruises on the Rhine River (Rhein) rarely depart from Frankfurt am Main itself … [Read more...]
Tour the Rhein and Loreley Valley on Köln-Düsseldorfer (KD) or Weisse Flotte Riverboats
Köln-Düsseldorfer (KD) is the best-known day-trip riverboat cruise line on the Rhine River. Several further boats tour the Loreley Valley between Rüdesheim, St Goar, and Koblenz, or offer panorama sightseeing cruises in larger cities such as Cologne and Düsseldorf.
KD MS RheinEnergie … [Read more...] The Rhein-Mosel Bus line 610 (Airport Shuttle) provides cheap transportation services to Flughafen Frankfurt-Hahn (HHN) from Koblenz via Kastellaun and Emmelshausen. The bus is no longer operated by Bohr and currently no bus goes through to Cologne but trains are frequent from Koblenz.
Deutsches Eck in Koblenz © Koblenz-Touristik
The Rhein-Mosel Bus line 610 provides an … [Read more...] The previous Airport Shuttle Express / Cox Taxi service to Moers, Duisburg and Essen from Weeze Airport was suspended at the beginning of the winter 2018 season. It is uncertain if it will resume for the summer 2019 season.
Bus services to Duisburg is available on Flibco - see By Bus and Train from Weeze Airport to Duisburg and Düsseldorf for details.
See By Train to … [Read more...] Weeze Airport is easily reached by train from many cities including Düsseldorf, Cologne, Duisburg, Essen, Dortmund, Mönchengladbach, Aachen, Krefeld, Kleve, and Venlo (Netherlands).
Weeze Airport © Photo: Flughafen Niederrhein GmbH
Weeze Airport (NRN) is not directly linked to the German railway network. However, it is possible to get by train to within a ten-minute … [Read more...] Direct buses from Weeze Airport (NRN) to Düsseldorf are convenient and cheap alternatives to using the train. Direct buses from Weeze Airport are no longer available to Cologne (Köln) but train connections are frequent.
Buses provide a convenient direct service from Weeze Airport (NRN) to Duisburg and Düsseldorf downtown (and Messe during major trade shows). Traveling … [Read more...] Getting to Weeze Airport near Düsseldorf is easy by train, car, or shuttle bus services from Cologne, Duisburg, Essen, Venlo, Arnhem, Nijmegen, Utrecht, and Amsterdam.
Getting to Weeze Airport (NRN) is not particularly difficult but it is more complicated than traveling to many other major German airports. Weeze Airport (NRN) is around 70 km to the northeast of … [Read more...] Köln-Düsseldorfer (KD) offers many day-trip sightseeing pleasure cruises on the Rhine during the advent and Christmas market period. Special New Year’s Eve party boats also sail from Cologne (Köln).
Köln-Düsseldorfer (KD), the largest operator of riverboats on the Rhine River in Germany, has many day-trip excursion cruises during the pre-Christmas advent period, New … [Read more...] During winter, pleasure boat cruises and sightseeing excursions on the Rhine River are limited but still possible. The best options are during the Christmas market period or all winter from Rüdesheim, Boppard, and Cologne.
Pleasure boat day-trip cruises on the Rhine River in Germany are very popular year round. During winter, the Rhine Valley can be hauntingly beautiful … [Read more...] Eurostar, Thalys TGV and ICE trains make rail travel from London in England to Cologne (Köln) and Aachen in Germany time competitive with flying.
High-speed trains make railways a good option when traveling between London in the UK and Cologne (Köln) and Aachen (Aix-la-Chapelle) in the western parts of Germany. The basic routing is the Eurostar from London to Brussels … [Read more...] Visit the Best German Weihnachtsmärkte / Christkindlesmarkt
The list of the top ten best Christmas markets in Germany include Nuremberg, Dresden, Berlin, Frankfurt, Munich, Lübeck, Leipzig, Rothenburg, Cologne, and Dortmund.
A selection of the top ten best Christmas markets (Weihnachtsmärkte) to visit in Germany is not easy. Every town in Germany seems to have a … [Read more...] Germany is a keen participant in UNESCO activities and takes the UNESCO World Heritage List very seriously. More than 40 German cultural, architectural and natural sites are on the UNESCO World Heritage List. These cultural, architectural, and natural treasures help explain German influence in humanity's common heritage.
UNESCO World Cultural and Natural Heritage Listed … [Read more...]Top Rhine River Day Trip Cruise Lines
By Bus from Frankfurt-Hahn Airport to Koblenz
By Bus from Weeze Airport to Duisburg, Moers and Essen, Germany
By Train to Weeze Airport (NRN) near Düsseldorf in Germany
By Bus or Train from Weeze Airport (NRN) to Düsseldorf, Duisburg and Cologne
Cheap Public Transportation to Weeze Airport (NRN) in Germany
Christmas and New Year’s Day-Cruises on the Rhine from Cologne in Germany
Winter Day-Trip Pleasure Boat Cruises on the Rhine River in Germany
By Train from London to Cologne (Köln) and Aachen
List of Top Ten Best Christmas Markets in Germany
UNESCO-Listed Heritage Sites in Germany
