There are 10 ways to get from Bilbao to Emden by plane, train, train (TGV, Eurostar), bus, or car
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Fly to Bremen Airport, train
best- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Bremen Airport (BRE)plane BIO - BRE
- Take the train from Bremen Hbf to Emden(Ostfriesl) Hbftrain
9h 12m€100–291Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Paris, Quai de Bercybus
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Amsterdam Sloterdijkbus 802 / ...
- Take the bus from Amsterdam Sloterdijk to Leer ZOBbus N44 / ...
25h 40m€55–214Train
- Take the train from Zazpikaleak/Casco Viejo-Bilbao to Amara-Donostiatrain E1
- Take the train from Hendaye to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2train Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Nord to Duisburg Hbftrain
- Take the train from Duisburg Hbf to Emden(Ostfriesl) Hbftrain 35
19h 25m€165–433Drive 1,614.3 km
- Drive from Bilbao to Emdencar 1,614.3 km
16h 16m€249–359Fly to Hamburg Airport, train
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)plane BIO - HAM
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Bremen Hbftrain
- Take the train from Bremen Hbf to Emden(Ostfriesl) Hbftrain
8h 30m€100–300Fly to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane BIO - DUS
- Take the train from D-Flughafen Bf to Emden(Ostfriesl) Hbftrain
8h 32m€114–285Fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane BIO - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Groningentrain
- Take the train from Groningen to Bad Nieuweschanstrain
9h 49m€131–429Fly to Münster Osnabrück International Airport, train
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Münster Osnabrück International Airport (FMO)plane BIO - FMO
- Take the train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to Emden(Ostfriesl) Hbftrain
10h 46m€161–345Bus, train
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastiánbus
- Take the train from Hendaye to Bordeaux St Jeantrain Ter
- Take the train from Bordeaux St Jean to Mannheim Hbftrain Tgv
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Münster Hauptbahnhoftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to Emden(Ostfriesl) Hbftrain 35
20h 44m€283–559Bus via Lille
- Take the bus from Bilbao to Lille - Europe Train Stationbus
- Take the bus from Lille - Europe Train Station to Amsterdam City Center - Sloterdijkbus
- Take the bus from Amsterdam Sloterdijk to Leer ZOBbus N44 / ...
28h 4m€65–159
Bilbao to Emden by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bilbao to Emden is to bus via Lille which costs €65 - €160 and takes 28h 4m.
The fastest way to get from Bilbao to Emden is to fly and train which takes 8h 30m and costs €100 - €300.
The distance between Bilbao and Emden is 1527 km. The road distance is 1614.3 km.
The best way to get from Bilbao to Emden without a car is to train which takes 19h 25m and costs €160 - €440.
It takes approximately 9h 12m to get from Bilbao to Emden, including transfers.
The best way to get from Bilbao to Emden is to train which takes 19h 25m and costs €160 - €440. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €50 - €220 and takes 25h 40m.
Yes, the driving distance between Bilbao to Emden is 1614 km. It takes approximately 16h 16m to drive from Bilbao to Emden.
There are 1984+ hotels available in Emden.
What companies run services between Bilbao, Spain and Emden, Germany?
You can take a train from Zazpikaleak/Casco Viejo-Bilbao to Emden(Ostfriesl) Hbf via Amara-Donostia, Hendaia, Hendaye, Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2, Gare Montparnasse, Gare du Nord, Paris Nord, and Duisburg Hbf in around 19h 25m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Emden(Ostfriesl) Hbf via Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine), Amsterdam Sloterdijk, Leer ZOB, and Leer(Ostfriesl) in around 25h 40m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Bremen Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–440
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Bremen Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–460
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Hamburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–320
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–320
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Münster Osnabrück International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–550
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Bremen Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–420
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Hamburg Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–310
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–300
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–290
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–290
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €75–230
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Hamburg Airport via Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €75–230
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Hamburg Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–230
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–220
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–290
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Bremen Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €120–480
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €90–270
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Münster Osnabrück International Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–430
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Münster Osnabrück International Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–330
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bremen Hbf to Emden(Ostfriesl) Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–29
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Duisburg Hbf to Emden(Ostfriesl) Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–25
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from D-Flughafen Bf to Emden(Ostfriesl) Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €50–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to Emden(Ostfriesl) Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–44
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Münster Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bremen Hbf to Emden(Ostfriesl) Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–29
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +34 944 333 333
- digitala@euskotren.eus
- Website
- euskotren.eus
Train from Zazpikaleak/Casco Viejo-Bilbao to Amara-Donostia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–7
- Website
- https://www.euskotren.eus/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Hendaye to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–150
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Hendaye to Bordeaux St Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €26–50
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Bordeaux St Jean to Mannheim Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €170–280
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- €170–230
- 1st Class
- €220–280
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Hendaye to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–160
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Hendaye to Bordeaux St Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–85
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €35–60
- Rail 1st Class
- €60–85
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Paris Nord to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–200
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 581 97164164
- info@der-metronom.de
- Website
- der-metronom.de
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €29
- Schedules at
- der-metronom.de
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Schiphol Airport to Groningen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–120
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €30–50
- 1st Class
- €65–120
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- arriva.nl
Train from Schiphol Airport to Groningen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €45–50
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- 2nd Class
- €45–50
Train from Groningen to Bad Nieuweschans
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–12
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- 2nd Class
- €10–12
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Paris, Quai de Bercy
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €27–75
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- +351 21 75 24 524
- Website
- rede-expressos.pt
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Paris, Quai de Bercy
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €8–105
- Website
- https://rede-expressos.pt/en
- Online ticket
- €8–45
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Amsterdam Sloterdijk
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Amsterdam Sloterdijk to Leer ZOB
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Lille - Europe Train Station to Amsterdam City Center - Sloterdijk
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–17
- Website
- https://gipuzkoa.avanzagrupo.com/en/home
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Bilbao to Lille - Europe Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Lille - Europe Train Station to Amsterdam City Center - Sloterdijk
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–23
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
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