There are 10 ways to get from Athens to Kiel by plane, train, bus, car, or car train
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Fly to Hamburg Airport, train
best- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)plane ATH - HAM
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbftrain
5h 41m€137–319Bus, train #2
cheapest- Take the bus from Athens to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
- Take the train from Praha-Holešovice to Kiel Hbftrain rj 174
41h 5m€126–162Train, bus
- Take the train from Athens to Thessalonikitrain Ic
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Budapest Hotel Platanusbus
- Take the train from Budapest-Nyugati to Kiel Hbftrain Rj
36h 43m€275–469Bus, train via Budapest
- Take the bus from Athens to Budapest Hotel Platanusbus
- Take the train from Budapest-Nyugati to Kiel Hbftrain Rj
38h 31m€252–468Drive 2,584 km
- Drive from Athens to Kielcar 2,584 km
26h 45m€475–685Fly to Bremen Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Bremen Airport (BRE)plane ATH - BRE
- Take the train from Bremen Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbftrain
8h 29m€205–485Fly to Hannover Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Hannover Airport (HAJ)plane ATH - HAJ
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbftrain
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbftrain
7h 14m€204–555Bus, train
- Take the bus from Athens to Budapest-Nyugatibus
- Take the train from Budapest-Nyugati to Kiel Hbftrain Rj
39h 10m€280–370Bus
- Take the bus from Athens to Beograd, Autobuska stanicabus
- Take the bus from Belgrade bus station to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Kiel central bus stationbus 050 / ...
42h 35m€187–303Drive, car train
- Drive from Athens to Villach Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Villach Hbf to Hamburg Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Hamburg Hbf to Kielcar
31h 45m€423–598
Athens to Kiel by train, bus, foot, and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Athens to Kiel is to bus and train which costs €120 - €170 and takes 41h 5m.
The fastest way to get from Athens to Kiel is to fly and train which takes 5h 41m and costs €130 - €320.
No, there is no direct bus from Athens to Kiel station. However, there are services departing from Athens and arriving at Kiel central bus station via Belgrade bus station and Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 42h 35m.
The distance between Athens and Kiel is 2198 km. The road distance is 2584 km.
The best way to get from Athens to Kiel without a car is to train and bus which takes 36h 43m and costs €270 - €470.
It takes approximately 5h 41m to get from Athens to Kiel, including transfers.
Athens to Kiel bus services, operated by FP Travel, depart from Athens station.
Athens to Kiel bus services, operated by FP Travel, arrive at Beograd, Autobuska stanica station.
Kiel is 1h behind Athens. It is currently 3:52 AM in Athens and 2:52 AM in Kiel.
Yes, the driving distance between Athens to Kiel is 2584 km. It takes approximately 26h 45m to drive from Athens to Kiel.
What companies run services between Athens, Greece and Kiel, Germany?
You can take a bus from Athens to Kiel central bus station via Beograd, Autobuska stanica, Belgrade bus station, and Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof in around 42h 35m.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–180
Flights from Athens International Airport to Hamburg Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–240
Flights from Athens International Airport to Hannover Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–230
Flights from Athens International Airport to Hannover Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–230
Flights from Athens International Airport to Hannover Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–230
Flights from Athens International Airport to Hannover Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–260
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–180
Flights from Athens International Airport to Bremen Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 32m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–460
Flights from Athens International Airport to Hannover Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–260
Flights from Athens International Airport to Hannover Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–260
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Hamburg Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Friday, Sunday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- €80–240
Flights from Athens International Airport to Hannover Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Friday and Monday
- Estimated price
- €120–210
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Hamburg Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–350
Flights from Athens International Airport to Bremen Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–360
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Bremen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–550
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Athens International Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–190
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Bremen Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €110–410
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bremen Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- €20–35
Train from Budapest-Nyugati to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €170–260
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- €170–260
Train from Budapest-Nyugati to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €170–260
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- €170–260
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- €20–35
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- €20–35
Train from Budapest-Nyugati to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €170–260
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- €170–260
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Athens to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- +49 581 97164164
- info@der-metronom.de
- Website
- der-metronom.de
Train from Bremen Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €35–110
- Schedules at
- der-metronom.de
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–170
- Schedules at
- der-metronom.de
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Bremen Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +421 24 48 58 188
- info@slovakrail.sk
- Website
- zssk.sk
Train from Praha-Holešovice to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 59m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- https://www.zssk.sk/en/
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Villach Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 46m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €100–130
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- 0030 2108219900
- vsiamos@otenet.gr
- Website
- siamostours.com
Bus from Thessaloniki to Budapest Hotel Platanus
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €70–160
- Schedules at
- siamostours.com
Bus from Athens to Budapest Hotel Platanus
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €80–210
- Schedules at
- siamostours.com
- Phone
- +381 011 7614787
- fptravelpatrikalos@gmail.com
- Website
- fptravelpatrikalos.rs
Bus from Athens to Budapest-Nyugati
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €110
- Schedules at
- fptravelpatrikalos.rs
- Phone
- +30 210 92 33 33
- info@koronatravel.gr
- Website
- koronatravel.gr
Bus from Athens to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 33h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €90
- Schedules at
- koronatravel.gr
- Phone
- +302105233969
- fptravel@otenet.gr
- Website
- fptravel.gr
Bus from Athens to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–90
- Schedules at
- fptravel.gr
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Belgrade bus station to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €120–200
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Kiel central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €7–13
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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