There are 10 ways to get from Cardiff to Aalborg by plane, train, bus, car, car train, or car ferry
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Fly from Cardiff Airport
best- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Aalborg Airport (AAL)plane CWL - AAL
7h 57mkr 874–4,400Train, bus via Cologne
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain 10 / ...
- Take the bus from Hanover central bus station to Aalborgbus 172
20h 36mkr 2,471–6,394Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Cardiff to Folkestonecar
- Take the cartrain from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Aalborgcar
15h 7mkr 2,971–3,973Train to Bristol Airport, fly
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Aalborg Airport (AAL)plane BRS - AAL
7h 53mkr 1,372–2,331Train to Birmingham Airport, fly
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Aalborg Airport (AAL)plane BHX - AAL
8h 20mkr 1,857–3,401Train, train to Southampton Airport, fly
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Southampton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Southampton Airport (SOU) to Aalborg Airport (AAL)plane SOU - AAL
9hkr 1,449–5,521Train, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the bus from Amsterdam Centraal Station to Hamburgbus
- Take the bus from Hamburg Airport to Aalborgbus 353 / ...
23h 18mTrain, bus #2
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Amsterdam Sloterdijkbus
- Take the bus from Amsterdam Sloterdijk to Odense Stationbus
- Take the train from Odense St. to Aarhus Htrain Icl / ...
- Take the train from Aarhus H to Aalborg St.train Ic / ...
29h 39mkr 1,837–3,142Bus
- Take the bus from Park Place to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 507 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Aalborgbus 353 / ...
30h 12mkr 1,213–2,244Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cardiff to Port of Dovercar
- Take the carferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Aalborgcar
16h 16mkr 2,047–3,400
Cardiff to Aalborg by train, subway, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Aalborg is to bus which costs 1200 kr - 2300 kr and takes 30h 12m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Aalborg is to train and fly which takes 7h 53m and costs 1300 kr - 2400 kr.
No, there is no direct bus from Cardiff to Aalborg. However, there are services departing from Park Place and arriving at Aalborg via London Victoria and Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 30h 12m.
The distance between Cardiff and Aalborg is 1094 km.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Aalborg without a car is to train and bus via Cologne which takes 20h 36m and costs 2400 kr - 6500 kr.
It takes approximately 7h 57m to get from Cardiff to Aalborg, including transfers.
Cardiff to Aalborg bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Park Place station.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Aalborg is to fly which takes 7h 57m and costs 850 kr - 4400 kr. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs 1200 kr - 2300 kr and takes 30h 12m.
Cardiff to Aalborg bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals.
Aalborg is 1h ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 3:10 AM in Cardiff and 4:10 AM in Aalborg.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and Aalborg, Denmark?
KLM and Scandinavian Airlines fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Aalborg Airport (AAL) 4 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Park Place to Aalborg via London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals, London Victoria, and Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof in around 30h 12m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Aalborg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 800–4,300
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Aalborg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 950–4,800
Flights from Bristol Airport to Aalborg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 600–3,200
Flights from Bristol Airport to Aalborg Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 500–2,200
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Aalborg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 600–3,300
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Aalborg Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Sunday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 500–2,600
Flights from Southampton Airport to Aalborg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 800–4,400
Flights from Southampton Airport to Aalborg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 950–4,800
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Aalborg Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 500–2,200
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Aalborg Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 58m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 500–3,700
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Aalborg Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 600–2,600
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 550–1,100
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 150–280
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 430–850
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 550–1,100
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 550–1,100
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 800–1,500
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 490–850
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 290–1,300
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 400–1,800
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 1,017
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- kr 1,017
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 130–230
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- kr 180–260
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 500–750
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Reading to Southampton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 200–290
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 480–1,000
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 46m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- kr 700–1,500
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +47 70 13 14 15
- kundehenv@dsb.dk
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from Odense St. to Aarhus H
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 240–360
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from Aarhus H to Aalborg St.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 200–300
- Website
- Danish Railways
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Hanover central bus station to Aalborg
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 390–650
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Hamburg Airport to Aalborg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 290–480
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Amsterdam Sloterdijk
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 350–600
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Amsterdam Sloterdijk to Odense Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 470–800
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 650–1,100
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Aalborg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 310–550
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- Grand Bus
Bus from Amsterdam Centraal Station to Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Grand Bus
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Park Place to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 250–600
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 70–410
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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