There are 11 ways to get from Denmark to Lyon by plane, train (Eurostar, TGV, Trenitalia), bus, car, train, train (TGV), night train, or car train
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Fly Copenhagen Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
best- Fly from Copenhagen Airport (CPH) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane CPH - LYS
5h 25m€92–359Train via Paris
- Take the train from København H to Hamburg Hbftrain Ece / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Köln Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Paris Nordtrain
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Lyon Part Dieutrain Tgv
15h 59m€366–773Bus
- Take the bus from Copenhagen Busterminal to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus N74 / ...
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Lyonbus 709 / ...
27h 51m€152–238Drive 1,572.7 km
- Drive from Copenhagen to Lyoncar 1,572.7 km
14h 27m€291–419Fly Billund Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Fly from Billund Airport (BLL) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane BLL - LYS
6h 55m€119–370Fly Aalborg Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Fly from Aalborg Airport (AAL) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane AAL - LYS
6h 51m€159–369Bus to Aarhus Airport, fly to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Take the bus from Aarhus Banegårdsplads/Banegårdspladsen to Aarhus Lufthavnbus
- Fly from Aarhus Airport (AAR) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane AAR - LYS
7h 31m€118–361Fly Copenhagen Airport to Geneva International Airport, train
- Fly from Copenhagen Airport (CPH) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane CPH - GVA
- Take the train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieutrain
8h 1m€96–297Train
- Take the train from København H to Hamburg Hbftrain Ece / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Freiburg im Breisgau Train Stationtrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Mulhouse Ville to Lyon Part Dieutrain Tgv
18h 54m€267–621Night train, train, bus
- Take the nighttrain from Koebenhavn H to Hamburg Hbfnighttrain 301
- Take the train from Hamburg-Altona to Berntrain Ice
- Take the bus from Bern Car Terminal Neufeld to Lyon Perrache Bus Stationbus
24h 36m€417–732Drive, car train
- Drive from Copenhagen to Lüneburgcar
- Take the cartrain from Lüneburg to Lörrach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Lörrach Hbf to Lyoncar
19h 32m€251–344
Denmark to Lyon by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Denmark to Lyon is to bus and fly which costs €110 - €370 and takes 7h 31m.
The fastest way to get from Denmark to Lyon is to fly which takes 5h 25m and costs €90 - €360.
No, there is no direct bus from Denmark to Lyon. However, there are services departing from Rådhuspladsen St. and arriving at Lyon via Copenhagen Busterminal and Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine). The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 51m.
No, there is no direct train from Denmark to Lyon. However, there are services departing from København H and arriving at Lyon Part Dieu via Hamburg Hbf, Koeln Hbf, Paris Nord and Paris Gare De Lyon. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 59m.
The distance between Denmark and Lyon is 1256 km. The road distance is 1572.7 km.
The best way to get from Denmark to Lyon without a car is to train via Paris which takes 15h 59m and costs €360 - €800.
It takes approximately 5h 25m to get from Denmark to Lyon, including transfers.
Denmark to Lyon bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Copenhagen Busterminal station.
Denmark to Lyon train services, operated by Danish Railways (DSB), depart from København H station.
The best way to get from Denmark to Lyon is to fly which takes 5h 25m and costs €90 - €360. Alternatively, you can train via Paris, which costs €360 - €800 and takes 15h 59m, you could also bus, which costs €150 - €240 and takes 27h 51m.
What companies run services between Denmark and Lyon, France?
Scandinavian Airlines, Lufthansa, and two other airlines fly from Copenhagen Airport (CPH) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) 4 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from København H to Lyon Part Dieu via Hamburg Hbf, Koeln Hbf, Paris Nord, and Paris Gare De Lyon in around 15h 59m.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
Flights from Billund Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–460
Flights from Billund Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–470
Flights from Billund Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–260
Flights from Aalborg Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–210
Flights from Aarhus Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–500
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–180
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–360
Flights from Billund Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–420
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Billund Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–460
Flights from Aalborg Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–500
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Billund Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–470
Flights from Billund Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–460
Flights from Aalborg Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–500
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Aalborg Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–410
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–160
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Geneva International Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–160
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–330
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Geneva International Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–260
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–400
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Geneva International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–400
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Billund Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–550
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–240
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Geneva International Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–380
- Phone
- +47 70 13 14 15
- kundehenv@dsb.dk
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from København H to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €40
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from København H to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €40
- Website
- Danish Railways
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- snalltaget@snalltaget.se
- Website
- Snälltåget
Train from København H to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €50–150
- Website
- Snälltåget
Train from København H to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €50–150
- Website
- Snälltåget
Night train from Koebenhavn H to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 14m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €50–140
- Website
- Snälltåget
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €75–170
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Freiburg im Breisgau Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €150–330
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Koeln Hbf to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €200–330
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €85–130
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–70
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €21–40
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Freiburg im Breisgau Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €170–250
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Hamburg-Altona to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €340–550
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Lüneburg to Lörrach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 26m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €100–120
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Copenhagen Busterminal to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €110–170
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +45 70 21 02 30
- midttrafik@midttrafik.dk
- Website
- Midttrafik
Bus from Aarhus Banegårdsplads/Banegårdspladsen to Aarhus Lufthavn
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–25
- Schedules at
- Midttrafik
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from Bern Car Terminal Neufeld to Lyon Perrache Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- RegioJet
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Booking & Getting There
Denmark to Lyon bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) station.
Denmark to Lyon train services, operated by Danish Railways (DSB), arrive at Hamburg Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Denmark to Lyon is 1573 km. It takes approximately 14h 27m to drive from Denmark to Lyon.
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