There are 5 ways to get from Chicago to Potsdam by plane or train
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Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
best- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane ORD - BER
- Take the train from Flughafen BER to S Potsdam Hauptbahnhoftrain
14h 23m€263–670Fly Chicago Midway International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Fly from Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane MDW - BER
- Take the train from Flughafen BER to S Potsdam Hauptbahnhoftrain
16h 47m€283–1,120Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Hannover Airport, train
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Hannover Airport (HAJ)plane ORD - HAJ
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to S Spandau Bhftrain
16h 3m€481–626Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport, train
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ)plane ORD - LEJ
- Take the train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to Berlin Hbftrain
16h 32m€376–1,176Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Dresden Airport, train
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Dresden Airport (DRS)plane ORD - DRS
- Take the train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Berlin Hbftrain
17h 10m€390–1,378
Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Chicago to Potsdam is to fly and train which costs €260 - €700 and takes 14h 23m.
The fastest way to get from Chicago to Potsdam is to fly and train which takes 14h 23m and costs €260 - €700.
The distance between Chicago and Potsdam is 7185 km.
It takes approximately 14h 23m to get from Chicago to Potsdam, including transfers.
Potsdam is 7h ahead of Chicago. It is currently 10:49 PM in Chicago and 5:49 AM in Potsdam.
There are 1342+ hotels available in Potsdam.
What companies run services between Chicago, IL, USA and Potsdam, Germany?
There is no direct connection from Chicago to Potsdam. However, you can take the subway to O'Hare, walk to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) airport, fly to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER), walk to Flughafen BER, then take the train to S Potsdam Hauptbahnhof. Alternatively, you can take the subway to Midway, walk to Chicago-Midway-Airport-MDW airport, fly to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER), walk to Flughafen BER, then take the train to S Potsdam Hauptbahnhof.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–800
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Boston, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €320–1,300
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Hannover Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €290–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Hannover Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €270–1,200
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €310–1,200
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Dresden Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €340–1,500
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Dresden Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €370–1,400
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–750
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Boston, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €320–1,300
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Hannover Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €290–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Hannover Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €300–1,200
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €310–1,200
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Dresden Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €370–1,400
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Dresden Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €340–1,300
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €180–700
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Detroit, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €270–1,100
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Boston, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €280–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Hannover Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €260–1,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Hannover Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €250–1,000
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €170–700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–950
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Pittsburgh, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €280–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Hannover Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–1,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–700
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Detroit, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €270–1,100
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Boston, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €280–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Hannover Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €250–1,000
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €170–700
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Pittsburgh, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €280–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Hannover Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–1,000
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–950
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Hartford, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €340–1,500
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €180–700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Hannover Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €260–1,000
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €230–430
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Hannover Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €230–700
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Hannover Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €320–1,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €340–1,100
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Hannover Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €280–1,000
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Flughafen BER to S Potsdam Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to Berlin Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €25–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to S Spandau Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €47–53
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to Berlin Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €38–42
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Berlin Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €39–44
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to S Spandau Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–130
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €35–55
- 1st Class
- €75–130
- Website
- govolta.nl
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to S Spandau Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- govolta.nl
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Berlin Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
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