There are 11 ways to get from Essen to Sweden by car, plane, train, bus, night train, or car train
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Drive to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport
best- Drive from Essen to Amsterdam-Schiphol-Airport-AMScar
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport (GOT)plane AMS - GOT
4h 13mkr 1,414–3,718Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Copenhagen Airport, train
cheapest- 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 Copenhagen Lufthavn to Malmö, Centralstationtrain
4h 51mkr 1,043–3,390Train
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Stockholm Centraltrain Ic
15h 41mkr 1,393–1,861Bus
- Take the bus from Essen Hbf to Hamburgbus Ivano-Frankivsk
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Stockholm, Cityterminalenbus N602
20h 49mkr 1,278–1,901Train, night train
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Hamburg-Harburgtrain 43 / ...
- Take the night train from Hamburg-Harburg to Stockholm Centralnighttrain En
16h 25mkr 1,677–2,244Drive to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Copenhagen Airport
- Drive from Essen to Amsterdam-Schiphol-Airport-AMScar
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Copenhagen Airport (CPH)plane AMS - CPH
4h 32mkr 1,294–3,403Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport (GOT)plane DUS - GOT
4h 32mkr 1,063–3,105Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN)plane DUS - ARN
4h 59mkr 1,232–4,504Train 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 1,125–3,360Drive 1,448.3 km
- Drive from Essen to Stockholmcar 1,448.3 km
14hkr 2,567–3,708Drive, 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 3,286–4,658
Essen to Sweden by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Essen to Sweden is to bus which costs 1200 kr - 1900 kr and takes 20h 49m.
The fastest way to get from Essen to Sweden is to drive and fly which takes 4h 13m and costs 1400 kr - 3800 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 1002 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 1300 kr - 1900 kr.
It takes approximately 4h 13m 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 train which takes 15h 41m and costs 1300 kr - 1900 kr. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs 1200 kr - 1900 kr and takes 20h 49m, you could also fly, which costs 1000 kr - 3200 kr and takes 4h 32m.
What companies run services between Essen, Germany and Sweden?
You can take a train from Essen Hbf to Stockholm Central via Hamburg Hbf in around 15h 41m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Essen Hbf to Stockholm, Cityterminalen via Hamburg and Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof in around 20h 49m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 650–4,100
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 500–3,300
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Copenhagen Airport via Aalborg
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 600–3,600
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 600–3,800
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Copenhagen Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 500–3,100
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 600–3,500
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 700–4,200
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 500–3,300
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Copenhagen Airport via Billund
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 500–3,400
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 500–2,400
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 850–3,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 850–3,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 900–2,400
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 700–2,100
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Copenhagen Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 950–3,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 950–3,800
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 750–2,300
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 700–2,100
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 750–3,900
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 750–3,900
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 950–3,700
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 480–2,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 950–3,800
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 600–2,300
- 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 700–2,800
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 500–2,200
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 850–3,400
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 650–800
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Hamburg-Harburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 650–750
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 230–270
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 300–340
- 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 700–1,100
- 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
- 12h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- 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
Train from Copenhagen Lufthavn to Malmö, Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 19 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 55–280
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
- 1st Class Ticket
- kr 200–280
- 2nd Class Ticket
- kr 55–80
- 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
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 160–240
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 100–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- info@eurobahn.de
- Website
- eurobahn.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 100–150
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Essen Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- kr 250–550
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- kr 250–350
- Comfort
- kr 250–350
- Premium
- kr 430–550
- Phone
- +46 771-77 77 1
- bokningssupporten@oresundstag.se
- Website
- oresundstag.se
Train from Copenhagen Lufthavn to Malmö, Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 120–240
- Website
- https://www.oresundstag.se/en
- 1st Class
- kr 180–240
- 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 1,000–1,200
- 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
- Phone
- +380 98 815 4444
- support@ewe.ua
- Website
- ewe.ua
Bus from Essen Hbf to Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 600–700
- Website
- https://ewe.ua/
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 650–1,200
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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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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