There are 8 ways to get from Essen to Uppsala by plane, train, bus, or car
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Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport
best- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN)plane DUS - ARN
4h 59mkr 1,040–3,274Train
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Stockholm Centraltrain Ic / ...
- Take the train from Stockholm Centralstation to Uppsala Centralstationtrain 946 / ...
16h 31mkr 2,247–5,827Bus
- Take the bus from Essen Hbf to Hamburgbus Ivano-Frankivsk
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Arlanda Airport Terminal 2bus N602
22h 32mkr 1,356–2,498Drive 1,497.4 km
- Drive from Essen to Uppsalacar 1,497.4 km
14h 57mkr 2,685–3,878Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly
- 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 40mkr 1,045–4,026Train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN)plane FRA - ARN
6h 23mkr 1,550–4,747Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly
- Take the train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN)plane AMS - ARN
7h 19mkr 1,110–5,042Train via Münster
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Münster Hauptbahnhoftrain Re2
- Take the train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg-Harburgtrain 42 / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg-Harburg to Stockholm Centralstationtrain 344
- Take the train from Stockholm City station to Uppsala Centralstationtrain 40 / ...
18h 51mkr 2,357–5,973
Essen to Uppsala by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Essen to Uppsala is to bus which costs 1300 kr - 2500 kr and takes 22h 32m.
The fastest way to get from Essen to Uppsala is to fly which takes 4h 59m and costs 1000 kr - 3300 kr.
No, there is no direct bus from Essen to Uppsala station. However, there are services departing from Essen Hbf and arriving at Uppsala Centralstation via Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof and Arlanda terminal 2-3 buss. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 22h 32m.
No, there is no direct train from Essen to Uppsala station. However, there are services departing from Essen Hbf and arriving at Uppsala Centralstation via Hamburg Hbf and Stockholm Centralstation. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 31m.
The distance between Essen and Uppsala is 1232 km. The road distance is 1497.4 km.
The best way to get from Essen to Uppsala without a car is to train which takes 16h 31m and costs 2200 kr - 6000 kr.
It takes approximately 4h 59m to get from Essen to Uppsala, including transfers.
Essen to Uppsala bus services, operated by GrandBus, depart from Essen Hbf station.
Essen to Uppsala train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Essen Hbf station.
The best way to get from Essen to Uppsala is to fly which takes 4h 59m and costs 1000 kr - 3300 kr. Alternatively, you can train, which costs 2200 kr - 6000 kr and takes 16h 31m, you could also bus, which costs 1300 kr - 2500 kr and takes 22h 32m.
What companies run services between Essen, Germany and Uppsala, Sweden?
Eurowings, Scandinavian Airlines, and KLM fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN) every 2 hours. Alternatively, you can take a train from Essen Hbf to Uppsala Centralstation via Hamburg Hbf and Stockholm Centralstation in around 16h 31m.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–2,900
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–2,900
Flights from Frankfurt to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,600–2,100
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 800–4,200
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 800–3,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 700–3,700
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 800–4,200
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,500–2,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 700–3,600
Flights from Frankfurt to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Friday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–2,600
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 850–2,900
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 850–2,900
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 950–3,100
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Thursday, Monday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 950–3,100
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 700–2,700
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 700–2,700
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 650–2,600
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 700–3,600
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Essen Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 750–3,400
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 160–750
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 500–2,300
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 180–850
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg-Harburg
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 550–2,500
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 221 800 20 80
- info@msm-gruppe.de
- Website
- MSM Partyzug
Train from Essen Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- MSM Partyzug
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- snalltaget@snalltaget.se
- Website
- Snälltåget
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Stockholm Central
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–2,200
- Website
- Snälltåget
Train from Stockholm Centralstation to Uppsala Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- kr 85–140
- Website
- Snälltåget
- Phone
- 0771-22 44 40
- malartagkundservice@regionsormland.se
- Website
- Mälartåg
Train from Stockholm Centralstation to Uppsala Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 120–190
- Website
- Mälartåg
- Phone
- +46 77 175 75 75
- kundservice@sj.se
- Website
- Swedish Railways (SJ)
Train from Stockholm Centralstation to Uppsala Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 110–170
- Website
- Swedish Railways (SJ)
Train from Hamburg-Harburg to Stockholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 59m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 1,800–2,800
- Website
- Swedish Railways (SJ)
- Phone
- +46 8 600 10 00
- Website
- SL
Train from Stockholm Centralstation to Uppsala Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 110–280
- Website
- SL
Train from Stockholm City station to Uppsala Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 110–280
- Website
- SL
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 110–240
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 120–260
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +49 6078 966930
- service@vias-online.eu
- Website
- VIAS Rail GmbH
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 800–1,400
- Schedules at
- VIAS Rail GmbH
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Essen Hbf to Münster Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 220–400
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg-Harburg
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 220–330
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- Grand Bus
Bus from Essen Hbf to Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Grand Bus
- Phone
- +380 98 815 4444
- support@ewe.ua
- Website
- East West Eurolines
Bus from Essen Hbf to Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 420–650
- Website
- East West Eurolines
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Arlanda Airport Terminal 2
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 900–1,500
- Website
- Flixbus
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More Questions & Answers
Essen to Uppsala bus services, operated by GrandBus, arrive at Hamburg station.
Essen to Uppsala train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Hamburg Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Essen to Uppsala is 1497 km. It takes approximately 14h 57m to drive from Essen to Uppsala.
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