There are 10 ways to get from Essen to Uppsala by plane, train, bus, night train, car, or car train
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Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport
best- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN)plane DUS - ARN
5h 2mkr 989–2,370Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly
cheapest- 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 35mkr 841–2,779Train
- 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 964 / ...
16h 31mkr 2,038–4,050Bus
- Take the bus from Essen Hbf to Hamburgbus Ivano-Frankivsk
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Arlanda Airport Terminal 2 & 3bus N602
22h 32mkr 1,189–2,302Train, night train
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the night train from Hamburg Hbf to Stockholm Centralnighttrain En
- Take the train from Stockholm City station to Uppsala Centralstationtrain
17h 28mkr 2,073–4,650Train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN)plane FRA - ARN
6h 21mkr 1,551–3,802Train, 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 25mkr 1,155–3,405Train, bus
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Dortmund Hbftrain S2
- Take the bus from Dortmund to Masurenallee - Berlinbus
- Take the bus from Berlin Central Bus Station to Stockholm Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Stockholm City station to Uppsala Centralstationtrain
31h 16mDrive 1,497.4 km
- Drive from Essen to Uppsalacar 1,497.4 km
14h 57mkr 2,624–3,790Drive, car train
- Drive from Essen to Frankfurtcar
- Take the car train from Frankfurt to Lüneburgcartrain
- Drive from Lüneburg to Uppsalacar
20h 8mkr 3,481–4,950
Essen to Uppsala by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Essen to Uppsala is to bus which costs 1100 kr - 2300 kr and takes 22h 32m.
The fastest way to get from Essen to Uppsala is to fly which takes 5h 2m and costs 950 kr - 2400 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 2000 kr - 4100 kr.
It takes approximately 5h 2m 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 5h 2m and costs 950 kr - 2400 kr. Alternatively, you can train, which costs 2000 kr - 4100 kr and takes 16h 31m, you could also bus, which costs 1100 kr - 2300 kr and takes 22h 32m.
What companies run services between Essen, Germany and Uppsala, Sweden?
Eurowings, Scandinavian Airlines, and Norwegian Air Shuttle fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN) every 4 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 1,000–3,300
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–3,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 950–3,000
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 700–3,800
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–2,500
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–4,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 650–3,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 750–2,800
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 700–3,800
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 800–2,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- kr 800–2,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- kr 800–2,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–2,600
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–2,600
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 600–2,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–3,900
- 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 700–2,000
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 700–2,000
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 750–2,900
- 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 650–3,400
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 750–1,800
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 160–390
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 500–1,200
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 180–440
- 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 1,200–2,000
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
Train from Stockholm Centralstation to Uppsala Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- kr 75–120
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
Night train from Hamburg Hbf to Stockholm Central
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–2,000
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
- Phone
- 0771-22 44 40
- malartagkundservice@regionsormland.se
- Website
- malartag.se
Train from Stockholm Centralstation to Uppsala Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 120–200
- Website
- https://malartag.se/en/
- Phone
- +46 77 175 75 75
- kundservice@sj.se
- Website
- sj.se
Train from Stockholm Centralstation to Uppsala Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 100–160
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
Night train from Hamburg Hbf to Stockholm Central
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 1,600–2,600
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
- Phone
- +46 8 600 10 00
- Website
- sl.se
Train from Stockholm Centralstation to Uppsala Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 110–280
- Website
- https://sl.se/en/in-english
Train from Stockholm City station to Uppsala Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 110–280
- Website
- https://sl.se/en/in-english
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 100–250
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 120–270
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- 069 450099650
- Kundenservice-Linie10@vias-online.de
- Website
- vias-online.de
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 450–550
- Schedules at
- vias-online.de
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 95–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Frankfurt to Lüneburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 18m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–1,300
- 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 390–600
- Website
- https://ewe.ua/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Arlanda Airport Terminal 2 & 3
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 750–1,400
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +38 (050) 010-01-04
- orionbilet@gmail.com
- Website
- orionbus.net
Bus from Dortmund to Masurenallee - Berlin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://orionbus.net/en
- Phone
- 0040 723 450 475
- info@comati-psg.ro
- Website
- comati-psg.ro
Bus from Berlin Central Bus Station to Stockholm Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 22m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–1,700
- Website
- https://comati-psg.ro/en
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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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