There are 12 ways to get from Cardiff to Aarhus by train, plane, bus, car, car train, or car ferry
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Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Billund Airport, train
best- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Billund Airport (BLL)BRS - BLL
- Take the train from Vejle St. to Aarhus H
8h 43mkr 1,023–2,382Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Aarhus Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Aarhus Airport (AAR)BRS - AAR
9h 36mkr 749–2,277Train, bus via Amsterdam
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Take the bus from Amsterdam Central Station to Hamburg, Zentraler OmnibusbahnhofN75
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Vejle Busterminal353 / ...
- Take the train from Vejle St. to Aarhus HRe / ...
20h 59mkr 1,330–4,420Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Cardiff to Folkestone
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Aarhus
13h 58mFly Cardiff Airport to Billund Airport, train
- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Billund Airport (BLL)CWL - BLL
- Take the train from Vejle St. to Aarhus H
9h 28mkr 914–4,346Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Copenhagen Airport, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Copenhagen Airport (CPH)BRS - CPH
- Take the train from København, Københavns Lufthavn to Aarhus H
9h 37mkr 1,006–2,431Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Billund Airport, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Billund Airport (BLL)LHR - BLL
- Take the train from Vejle St. to Aarhus H
8h 3mkr 1,156–3,369Train to London Stansted Airport, fly to Aarhus Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Aarhus Airport (AAR)STN - AAR
8h 38mkr 1,135–3,228Bus, train
- Take the bus from Park Place to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals507 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Amsterdam Sloterdijk814
- Take the bus from Amsterdam Sloterdijk to Kolding bus station
- Take the train from Vejle St. to Aarhus HRe / ...
27h 55mkr 816–1,957Bus
- Take the bus from Park Place to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals507 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Hanover central bus station
- Take the bus from Hanover central bus station to Aarhus C FlixBus stop172
29hkr 823–2,202Train, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Berlin Südkreuz train station
- Take the train from Berlin Suedkreuz to KoldingRj
- Take the train from Fredericia St. to Aarhus HRe / ...
31h 8mkr 1,265–2,921Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cardiff to Port of Dover
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Drive from Calais to Aarhus
15h 7mkr 2,144–3,105
Cardiff to Aarhus by train, subway, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Aarhus is to bus and train which costs 800 kr - 2000 kr and takes 27h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Aarhus is to train and fly which takes 8h 3m and costs 1100 kr - 3400 kr.
No, there is no direct bus from Cardiff to Aarhus. However, there are services departing from Park Place and arriving at Aarhus C FlixBus stop via London Victoria and Hanover central bus station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 29h.
The distance between Cardiff and Aarhus is 1105 km.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Aarhus without a car is to train and bus via Amsterdam which takes 20h 59m and costs 1300 kr - 4500 kr.
It takes approximately 8h 43m to get from Cardiff to Aarhus, including transfers.
Cardiff to Aarhus bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Park Place station.
Cardiff to Aarhus bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals.
Aarhus is 1h ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 4:19 AM in Cardiff and 5:19 AM in Aarhus.
Book your Cardiff to Aarhus bus tickets online with Omio.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and Aarhus, Denmark?
You can take a bus from Park Place to Aarhus C FlixBus stop via London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals, London Victoria, and Hanover central bus station in around 29h.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Billund Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 450–2,700
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Billund Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 750–4,100
Flights from Bristol Airport to Aarhus Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 500–1,900
Flights from Bristol Airport to Aarhus Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 550–3,000
Flights from Bristol Airport to Copenhagen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 340–1,900
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Billund Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 490–2,900
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Billund Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 900–2,700
Flights from Bristol Airport to Billund Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 500–2,800
Flights from Bristol Airport to Billund Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 750–1,600
Flights from Bristol Airport to Aarhus Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 500–1,900
Flights from Bristol Airport to Aarhus Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 700–2,600
Flights from Bristol Airport to Aarhus Airport via Edinburgh, Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 750–2,800
Flights from Bristol Airport to Aarhus Airport via Berlin Brandenburg, Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 500–2,100
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Billund Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 650–2,300
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Billund Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 900–2,700
Flights from Bristol Airport to Billund Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 500–2,800
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Billund Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 750–4,100
Flights from Bristol Airport to Aarhus Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 500–1,900
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Billund Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 600–3,200
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 270–1,300
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Aarhus Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 350–2,000
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 350–950
Flights from Bristol Airport to Copenhagen Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 350–950
Flights from Bristol Airport to Copenhagen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 350–950
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Billund Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 500–1,800
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Billund Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 850–3,400
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 100–200
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 390–850
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- kr 70–170
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +47 70 13 14 15
- kundehenv@dsb.dk
- Website
- dsb.dk
Train from Vejle St. to Aarhus H
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 100–170
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
Train from København, Københavns Lufthavn to Aarhus H
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 440–700
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
Train from Fredericia St. to Aarhus H
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 140–220
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,800–2,300
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 490–2,600
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Berlin Suedkreuz to Kolding
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 240–500
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- 2nd Class
- kr 240–350
- 1st Class
- kr 380–500
- Business
- kr 410–460
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Amsterdam Central Station to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 180–470
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Vejle Busterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 150–320
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Amsterdam Sloterdijk
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 280–950
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Amsterdam Sloterdijk to Kolding bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 290–550
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Hanover central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 500–1,400
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Hanover central bus station to Aarhus C FlixBus stop
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 200–550
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Berlin Südkreuz train station
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 450–1,300
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Park Place to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 120–260
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 270–320
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- kr 550–1,400
- On Foot
- kr 270–320
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