There are 11 ways to get from Cardiff to Stockholm by plane, train (Eurostar), bus, train, car, car train, or car ferry
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Fly from Cardiff Airport
best- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN)CWL - ARN
8h 12mkr 1,319–3,900Train to Bristol Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN)BRS - ARN
8h 6mkr 1,280–3,054Train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to Osnabrueck HbfIce
- Take the train from Osnabrück Hbf to Hamburg-Harburg43 / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg-Harburg to Stockholm Centralstation346
26h 40mkr 2,456–8,054Bus, train
- Take the bus from Park Place to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals507 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Berlin central bus station
- Take the train from Berlin Hbf to Södertälje Syd station
41h 18mkr 1,751–3,483Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Cardiff to Folkestone
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Stockholm
22h 1mTrain to London Heathrow Airport, fly
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN)LHR - ARN
7h 4mkr 1,560–3,944Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Reading
- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN)LGW - ARN
8h 10mkr 1,568–4,054Train to Manchester Airport, fly
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Wilmslow
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN)MAN - ARN
8h 53mkr 1,415–3,755Train to London Stansted Airport, fly
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN)STN - ARN
8h 6mkr 1,742–3,838Bus
- Take the bus from Park Place to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals507 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Stockholm, CityterminalenN32
43h 25mkr 1,399–3,936Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cardiff to Port of Dover
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Drive from Calais to Stockholm
23h 10mkr 4,284–6,172
Cardiff to Stockholm by bus and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Stockholm is to train and fly which costs 1200 kr - 3100 kr and takes 8h 6m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Stockholm is to train and fly which takes 7h 4m and costs 1500 kr - 4000 kr.
No, there is no direct bus from Cardiff to Stockholm. However, there are services departing from Park Place and arriving at Stockholm, Cityterminalen via London Victoria and Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 43h 25m.
No, there is no direct train from Cardiff to Stockholm station. However, there are services departing from Cardiff Central and arriving at Stockholm Centralstation via Paddington, London St. Pancras Int., Amsterdam Centraal, Osnabrück Hbf and Hamburg-Harburg. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 26h 40m.
The distance between Cardiff and Stockholm is 1672 km.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Stockholm without a car is to train which takes 26h 40m and costs 2400 kr - 8500 kr.
It takes approximately 8h 12m to get from Cardiff to Stockholm, including transfers.
Cardiff to Stockholm bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Park Place station.
Cardiff to Stockholm train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), depart from Cardiff Central station.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Stockholm is to fly which takes 8h 12m and costs 1300 kr - 3900 kr. Alternatively, you can train, which costs 2400 kr - 8500 kr and takes 26h 40m, you could also bus, which costs 1400 kr - 4000 kr and takes 43h 25m.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and Stockholm, Sweden?
KLM, Scandinavian Airlines, and Ryanair fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN) 4 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from Cardiff Central to Stockholm Centralstation via London Paddington, Paddington, King's Cross St. Pancras station, London St. Pancras Int., Amsterdam Centraal, Osnabrück Hbf, and Hamburg-Harburg in around 26h 40m.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 52m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–4,200
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 550–1,700
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 550–1,700
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 550–1,700
Flights from Manchester Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 700–1,900
Flights from Manchester Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 700–1,900
Flights from Manchester Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 700–1,900
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 800–2,200
Flights from Bristol Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 800–2,200
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 500–1,300
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 500–1,300
Flights from Manchester Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- kr 650–1,800
Flights from Manchester Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 650–1,800
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Gdansk
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 650–1,600
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 600–1,400
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 950–4,700
Flights from Bristol Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 550–2,800
Flights from Manchester Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 550–2,900
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 550–1,700
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–2,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 600–1,100
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–1,700
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 550–1,400
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 150–320
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 420–1,200
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 330–550
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- 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 2,000–3,300
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Osnabrueck Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 420–1,500
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- kr 420–650
- 1st Class
- kr 850–1,500
- 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 750–3,900
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Osnabrück Hbf to Hamburg-Harburg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 190–600
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +46 77 175 75 75
- kundservice@sj.se
- Website
- sj.se
Train from Hamburg-Harburg to Stockholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 24m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 500–650
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- snalltaget@snalltaget.se
- Website
- snalltaget.se
Train from Berlin Hbf to Södertälje Syd station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 47m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 850–1,200
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/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
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- kr 330–600
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Standard
- kr 330–480
- 1st Class
- kr 440–600
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Cardiff Central to Wilmslow
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 420–1,500
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- 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 95–340
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from London Victoria to Berlin central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 700–1,800
- 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 700–1,800
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Stockholm, Cityterminalen
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 600–1,500
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 0040 723 450 475
- info@comati-psg.ro
- Website
- comati-psg.ro
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Stockholm, Cityterminalen
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–1,800
- Website
- Comati PSG
- 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 390–470
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- kr 850–2,100
- On Foot
- kr 390–470
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More Questions & Answers
Cardiff to Stockholm bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals.
Stockholm is 1h ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 2:56 AM in Cardiff and 3:56 AM in Stockholm.
Cardiff to Stockholm train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), arrive at London Paddington station.
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