There are 9 ways to get from Austria to Sylt by plane, train, or bus
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Fly Salzburg Airport to Westerland
best- Fly from Salzburg Airport (SZG) to Westerland (GWT)plane SZG - GWT
9h 9m€183–463Fly Vienna International Airport to Hamburg Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)plane VIE - HAM
- Take the train from Hamburg-Altona to Westerland(Sylt) ZOB/Bahnhoftrain
8h 44m€113–411Train
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Hamburg-Altonatrain Ice
- Take the train from Hamburg-Altona to Westerland(Sylt) ZOB/Bahnhoftrain Re6 / ...
15h 16m€257–622Bus
- Take the bus from Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB) to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhofbus N66
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Flensburg central train stationbus N74 / ...
- Take the bus from Flensburg Exe to Niebüll Bahnhofbus 100
19h 56mFly Vienna International Airport to Westerland
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Westerland (GWT)plane VIE - GWT
4h 12m€155–427Fly Salzburg Airport to Hamburg Airport, train
- Fly from Salzburg Airport (SZG) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)plane SZG - HAM
- Take the train from Hamburg-Altona to Westerland(Sylt) ZOB/Bahnhoftrain
8h 21m€116–417Fly Graz Airport to Hamburg Airport, train
- Fly from Graz Airport (GRZ) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)plane GRZ - HAM
- Take the train from Hamburg-Altona to Westerland(Sylt) ZOB/Bahnhoftrain
8h 54m€142–510Train to Munich International Airport, fly to Hamburg Airport, train
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Osttrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)plane MUC - HAM
- Take the train from Hamburg-Altona to Westerland(Sylt) ZOB/Bahnhoftrain
9h 56m€138–472Train via Kiel
- Take the train from Wien Simmering to Bratislava hl.st.train
- Take the train from Bratislava hl.st. to Kiel Hbftrain
- Take the train from Kiel Hbf to Husumtrain Re / ...
- Take the train from Husum to Westerland(Sylt) ZOB/Bahnhoftrain Re6
17h 59m€127–298
Austria to Sylt by subway and train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Austria to Sylt is to train via Kiel which costs €120 - €300 and takes 17h 59m.
The fastest way to get from Austria to Sylt is to fly which takes 4h 12m and costs €150 - €430.
No, there is no direct bus from Austria to Sylt. However, there are services departing from Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB) and arriving at Niebüll Bahnhof via Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof and Flensburg Exe. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 19h 56m.
No, there is no direct train from Austria to Sylt. However, there are services departing from Stephansplatz and arriving at Westerland(Sylt) ZOB/Bahnhof via Wien Hbf and Hamburg-Altona. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 16m.
The distance between Austria and Sylt is 864 km.
The best way to get from Austria to Sylt without a car is to train which takes 15h 16m and costs €250 - €650.
It takes approximately 9h 9m to get from Austria to Sylt, including transfers.
Austria to Sylt bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB) station.
Austria to Sylt train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Wien Hbf station.
The best way to get from Austria to Sylt is to fly which takes 9h 9m and costs €180 - €470. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €250 - €650 and takes 15h 16m, you could also bus, which costs and takes 19h 56m.
What companies run services between Austria and Sylt, Germany?
Lufthansa and Eurowings fly from Salzburg Airport (SZG) to Westerland (GWT) 4 times a week. Alternatively, you can take a subway from Stephansplatz to Westerland(Sylt) ZOB/Bahnhof via Südtiroler Pl. - Hbf., Wien Hbf, and Hamburg-Altona in around 15h 16m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Westerland via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 2m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €230–380
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Westerland via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–400
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Hamburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–490
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Hamburg Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–350
Flights from Graz Airport to Hamburg Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–380
Flights from Graz Airport to Hamburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–380
Flights from Munich International Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–320
Flights from Munich International Airport to Hamburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–240
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Westerland via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Sunday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €180–490
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Thursday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €75–230
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–260
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Hamburg Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €55–260
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Hamburg Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–260
Flights from Graz Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- €100–230
Flights from Munich International Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–240
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Westerland
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €160–400
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–230
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–280
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Graz Airport to Hamburg Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–550
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–320
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Wien Hbf to Hamburg-Altona
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €220–470
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €25–55
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Husum to Westerland(Sylt) ZOB/Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–29
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Hamburg-Altona to Westerland(Sylt) ZOB/Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–150
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Hamburg-Altona to Westerland(Sylt) ZOB/Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–150
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Hamburg-Altona to Westerland(Sylt) ZOB/Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–150
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Hamburg-Altona to Westerland(Sylt) ZOB/Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–150
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Hamburg-Altona to Westerland(Sylt) ZOB/Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–150
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Husum to Westerland(Sylt) ZOB/Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–50
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +49 30 200 73-0
- kommunikation@transdev.de
- Website
- Transdev GmbH
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- service@westbahn.at
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–50
- Website
- Westbahn
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–40
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €13–20
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €15–29
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Wien Simmering to Bratislava hl.st.
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €3–6
- Website
- Railways of Slovak Republic (ZSSK)
Train from Bratislava hl.st. to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–100
- Website
- Railways of Slovak Republic (ZSSK)
- Phone
- (040) 303 977-333
- moin@nordbahn.de
- Website
- Nordbahn Eisenbahngesellschaft
Train from Kiel Hbf to Husum
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–140
- Schedules at
- Nordbahn Eisenbahngesellschaft
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB) to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Flensburg central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–20
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Bus from Flensburg Exe to Niebüll Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
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Austria to Sylt bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof station.
Austria to Sylt train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Hamburg-Altona station.
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