There are 6 ways to get from Chicago to Lindau by plane, train, or bus
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Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Zurich Airport, train
best- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane ORD - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Bregenztrain
14h 23m€244–518Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Stuttgart Airport, bus
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane ORD - STR
- Take the bus from Stuttgart Airport Busterminal to Bregenz bus stationbus
17h 41m€308–783Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Munich International Airport, bus
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane ORD - MUC
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to Lindaubus
15h 56m€256–428Fly Chicago Midway International Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane MDW - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Bregenztrain
15h 52m€344–1,328Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane ORD - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Zürich HBtrain
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Bregenztrain
19h 16m€380–1,026Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Saint Gallen-Altenrhein Airport
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Saint Gallen-Altenrhein Airport (ACH)plane ORD - ACH
18h 52m€378–1,419
Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Chicago to Lindau is to fly and train which costs €240 - €550 and takes 14h 23m.
The fastest way to get from Chicago to Lindau is to fly and train which takes 14h 23m and costs €240 - €550.
The distance between Chicago and Lindau is 7287 km.
It takes approximately 14h 23m to get from Chicago to Lindau, including transfers.
Lindau is 7h ahead of Chicago. It is currently 5:46 PM in Chicago and 12:46 AM in Lindau.
There are 1176+ hotels available in Lindau.
What companies run services between Chicago, IL, USA and Lindau, Bavaria, Germany?
Austrian Airlines, People's Viennaline, and four other airlines fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Saint Gallen-Altenrhein Airport (ACH) once daily.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–310
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–1,200
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–900
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Munich International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €270–360
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Munich International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €270–330
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Zurich Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €300–1,300
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Zurich Airport via Detroit, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €320–1,400
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Zurich Airport via Boston, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €330–1,500
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–750
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–850
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–900
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–850
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–1,200
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–900
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Munich International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €270–360
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Zurich Airport via Detroit, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €320–1,400
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Zurich Airport via Boston, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €330–1,500
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–750
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €190–900
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–850
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–1,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Munich International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €270–330
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Zurich Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €300–1,300
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–750
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–750
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €200–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €240–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Munich International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €230–900
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Munich International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–900
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Zurich Airport via Detroit, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €300–1,200
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Zurich Airport via Detroit, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 31m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €300–1,200
- Website
- peoples.ch
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Saint Gallen-Altenrhein Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €370–1,400
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Saint Gallen-Altenrhein Airport via Frankfurt, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 42m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €350–1,700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Saint Gallen-Altenrhein Airport via Munich International Airport, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €380–1,700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Saint Gallen-Altenrhein Airport via Brussels, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €350–1,400
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Saint Gallen-Altenrhein Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €360–1,400
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Saint Gallen-Altenrhein Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €350–1,400
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €240–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Munich International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–900
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Zurich Airport via Detroit, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €300–1,200
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Munich International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €290–380
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–750
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Zurich Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–410
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Munich International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €270–1,200
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Zurich Airport via Hartford, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €360–1,500
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €200–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Munich International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €230–900
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Zurich Airport via Detroit, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 31m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €300–1,200
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Bregenz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–120
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lugano to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–180
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Bregenz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–130
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–8
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Stuttgart Airport Busterminal to Bregenz bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €14–25
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Munich central bus station to Lindau
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–22
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +48 801 22 33 44
- bilety@sindbad.pl
- Website
- sindbad.pl
Bus from Munich central bus station to Lindau
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €15–30
- Website
- https://www.sindbad.pl/en/home
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