There are 11 ways to get from Essen to Sweden by plane, train, bus, night train, car, or car train
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Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport
best- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport (GOT)plane DUS - GOT
4h 34mkr 971–2,857Train
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Stockholm Centraltrain Ic
15h 41mkr 1,224–2,554Bus via Hamburg
- Take the bus from Essen Hbf to Hamburgbus Ivano-Frankivsk
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Stockholm, Cityterminalenbus N602
20h 49mTrain, night train
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Hamburg-Harburgtrain 43 / ...
- Take the night train from Hamburg-Harburg to Stockholm Centralnighttrain En
18h 33mkr 1,264–2,154Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Copenhagen Airport, train
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafentrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Copenhagen Airport (CPH)plane DUS - CPH
- Take the train from København lufthavn stasjon to Malmö, Centralstationtrain
5h 5mkr 1,065–3,242Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN)plane DUS - ARN
4h 59mkr 1,221–4,307Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN)plane CGN - ARN
5h 32mkr 1,162–3,288Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport
- Take the train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airporttrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport (GOT)plane AMS - GOT
7h 5mkr 1,459–4,198Bus
- Take the bus from Essen Hbf to Hamburg Central Bus Stationbus Odesa
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Stockholm, Cityterminalenbus N602
22h 54mkr 1,164–2,086Drive 1,448.3 km
- Drive from Essen to Stockholmcar 1,448.3 km
14hkr 2,414–3,487Drive, car train
- Drive from Essen to Hannover Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Hannover Hbf to Hamburg Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Hamburg Hbf to Stockholmcar
14h 21mkr 3,113–4,425
Essen to Sweden by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Essen to Sweden is to bus which costs 1100 kr - 2100 kr and takes 22h 54m.
The fastest way to get from Essen to Sweden is to fly which takes 4h 34m and costs 950 kr - 2900 kr.
No, there is no direct bus from Essen to Sweden. However, there are services departing from Essen Hbf and arriving at Stockholm, Cityterminalen via Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 20h 49m.
No, there is no direct train from Essen to Sweden. However, there are services departing from Essen Hbf and arriving at Stockholm Central via Hamburg Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 41m.
The distance between Essen and Sweden is 856 km. The road distance is 1448.3 km.
The best way to get from Essen to Sweden without a car is to train which takes 15h 41m and costs 1200 kr - 2600 kr.
It takes approximately 4h 34m to get from Essen to Sweden, including transfers.
Essen to Sweden bus services, operated by GrandBus, depart from Essen Hbf station.
Essen to Sweden train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Essen Hbf station.
The best way to get from Essen to Sweden is to fly which takes 4h 34m and costs 950 kr - 2900 kr. Alternatively, you can train, which costs 1200 kr - 2600 kr and takes 15h 41m, you could also bus via Hamburg, which costs and takes 20h 49m.
What companies run services between Essen, Germany and Sweden?
Eurowings and KLM fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport (GOT) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from Essen Hbf to Stockholm Central via Hamburg Hbf in around 15h 41m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 550–3,300
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Copenhagen Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 470–3,200
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 550–3,100
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 600–3,700
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 470–3,200
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 950–2,700
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 950–2,700
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 650–3,800
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 700–1,900
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 650–2,300
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 750–3,700
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 750–3,700
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 900–2,600
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 900–2,600
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 650–2,300
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Copenhagen Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 950–2,900
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 800–3,300
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 850–3,400
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 600–2,300
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 600–2,200
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 270–700
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Hamburg-Harburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 260–700
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 190
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 190–550
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 290–470
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- snalltaget@snalltaget.se
- Website
- snalltaget.se
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Stockholm Central
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 950–1,900
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
- Phone
- +46 77 175 75 75
- kundservice@sj.se
- Website
- sj.se
Night train from Hamburg-Harburg to Stockholm Central
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 31m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–1,500
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
- 1st Class Ticket
- kr 1,000–1,500
- 2nd Class Ticket
- kr 1,100–1,500
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 85–130
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 160–230
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 100–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Essen Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- kr 240–550
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- kr 240–340
- Comfort
- kr 250–340
- Premium
- kr 420–550
- Phone
- +46 771-77 77 1
- bokningssupporten@oresundstag.se
- Website
- oresundstag.se
Train from København lufthavn stasjon to Malmö, Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 130–160
- Website
- https://www.oresundstag.se/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 160–500
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- kr 160–250
- 1st Class
- kr 300–500
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 180–600
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- kr 180–270
- 1st Class
- kr 340–600
- Phone
- 069 450099650
- Kundenservice-Linie10@vias-online.de
- Website
- vias-online.de
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 160–220
- Schedules at
- vias-online.de
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Hannover Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 950–1,200
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Essen Hbf to Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Stockholm, Cityterminalen
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 550–1,400
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +380 98 815 4444
- support@ewe.ua
- Website
- ewe.ua
Bus from Essen Hbf to Hamburg Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 600–700
- Website
- https://ewe.ua/
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More Questions & Answers
Essen to Sweden bus services, operated by GrandBus, arrive at Hamburg station.
Essen to Sweden train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Hamburg Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Essen to Sweden is 1448 km. It takes approximately 14h to drive from Essen to Sweden.
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