There are 12 ways to get from Cardiff to Silkeborg 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 Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Billund Airport (BLL)plane BRS - BLL
- Take the train from Vejle St. to Skanderborg St.train
9h 38mkr 1,160–2,306Fly Cardiff Airport to Billund Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Billund Airport (BLL)plane CWL - BLL
- Take the train from Vejle St. to Skanderborg St.train
10h 33mkr 897–2,787Train, bus via Amsterdam
- 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, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Vejle Busterminalbus 353 / ...
- Take the bus from Vejle Trafikcenter to Silkeborg Trafikterminalbus 215
23h 20mDrive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Cardiff to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Silkeborgcar
14h 12mTrain to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Billund Airport, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Billund Airport (BLL)plane LHR - BLL
- Take the train from Vejle St. to Skanderborg St.train
8h 19mkr 1,285–3,508Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Copenhagen Airport, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Copenhagen Airport (CPH)plane BRS - CPH
- Take the train from Copenhagen Lufthavn to Skanderborg St.train
10h 12mkr 1,133–2,395Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Billund Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Billund Airport (BLL)plane LGW - BLL
- Take the train from Vejle St. to Skanderborg St.train
9h 16mkr 1,203–3,249Train to London Stansted Airport, fly to Aarhus Airport, bus, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Aarhus Airport (AAR)plane STN - AAR
- Take the bus from Aarhus Lufthavn to Aarhus Banegårdsplads/Banegårdspladsenbus
- Take the train from Aarhus H to Silkeborg St.train
10h 6mTrain, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Hanover central bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Hanover central bus station to Vejle Busterminalbus 172
- Take the train from Vejle St. to Skanderborg St.train Icl / ...
28h 18mkr 1,322–2,388Train, bus #2
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Berlin Südkreuz train stationbus
- Take the train from Berlin Suedkreuz to Odensetrain Rj
- Take the train from Odense St. to Skanderborg St.train Icl / ...
32h 24mkr 1,912–4,418Train, bus #3
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Aarhus C FlixBus stopbus 353
- Take the bus from Aarhus Rutebilstation to Museum Silkeborgbus 124 / ...
33h 18mkr 1,552–2,738Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cardiff to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Silkeborgcar
15h 26mkr 1,929–3,039
Cardiff to Silkeborg by train, subway, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Silkeborg is to train and bus which costs 1300 kr - 2400 kr and takes 28h 18m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Silkeborg is to train and fly which takes 8h 19m and costs 1200 kr - 3600 kr.
The distance between Cardiff and Silkeborg is 1113 km.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Silkeborg without a car is to train and bus via Amsterdam which takes 23h 20m and costs .
It takes approximately 9h 38m to get from Cardiff to Silkeborg, including transfers.
Silkeborg is 1h ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 12:49 AM in Cardiff and 1:49 AM in Silkeborg.
There are 299+ hotels available in Silkeborg.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and Silkeborg, Denmark?
There is no direct connection from Cardiff to Silkeborg. However, you can take the train to Bristol Temple Meads, walk to Temple Meads Stn, take the bus to Public Transport Interchange, walk to Bristol Airport (BRS) airport, fly to Billund Airport (BLL), walk to Billund Lufthavn / Billund Airport, take the line 43 bus to Vejle Trafikcenter, walk to Vejle St., take the train to Skanderborg St., then take the line 030 train to Silkeborg St.. Alternatively, you can take a train from Cardiff Central to Silkeborg Trafikterminal via London Paddington, Paddington station, King's Cross St. Pancras station, London St. Pancras Int., Amsterdam Centraal, Amsterdam Centraal Station, Hamburg, Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof, Vejle Busterminal, and Vejle Trafikcenter in around 23h 20m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Billund Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 380–2,500
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Billund Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 600–3,600
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Billund Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 440–2,600
Flights from Bristol Airport to Copenhagen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 360–2,100
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Billund Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 380–1,900
Flights from Bristol Airport to Billund Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 500–2,800
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Billund Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 600–3,600
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Billund Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 550–3,000
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Billund Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 380–1,900
Flights from Bristol Airport to Billund Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 950–1,800
Flights from Bristol Airport to Billund Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 500–2,800
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Billund Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 700–2,100
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Billund Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- kr 420–1,900
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Billund Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 420–1,200
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Billund Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 490–1,400
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 190–950
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Aarhus Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 240–2,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Billund Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 700–2,200
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 330–1,000
- 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
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 140–270
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 550–1,100
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 410–800
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 200–370
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- kr 170–240
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +47 70 13 14 15
- kundehenv@dsb.dk
- Website
- dsb.dk
Train from Vejle St. to Skanderborg St.
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 120–180
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
Train from Copenhagen Lufthavn to Skanderborg St.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 650–950
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
Train from Berlin Suedkreuz to Odense
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 1m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–1,900
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
Train from Odense St. to Skanderborg St.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 290–430
- 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
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 460–1,200
- 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 1,200–2,200
- 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
- +45 72 30 25 00
- kommunikation.afd@gocollective.dk
- Website
- gocollective.dk
Train from Aarhus H to Silkeborg St.
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- gocollective.dk
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Berlin Suedkreuz to Odense
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 1m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 490–900
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Amsterdam Centraal Station to Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Vejle Busterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 150–260
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Hanover central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 410–750
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Hanover central bus station to Vejle Busterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 210–370
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Berlin Südkreuz train station
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 550–1,000
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 550–950
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Aarhus C FlixBus stop
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 320–600
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +45 70 21 02 30
- midttrafik@midttrafik.dk
- Website
- midttrafik.dk
Bus from Vejle Trafikcenter to Silkeborg Trafikterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 100
- Schedules at
- midttrafik.dk
Bus from Aarhus Lufthavn to Aarhus Banegårdsplads/Banegårdspladsen
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 100
- Schedules at
- midttrafik.dk
Bus from Aarhus Rutebilstation to Museum Silkeborg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 100
- Schedules at
- midttrafik.dk
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 60–160
- Website
- https://www.poferries.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 45–240
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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