There are 5 ways to get from Essen to Visby by plane, train, ferry, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport
best- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Visby Airport (VBY)plane DUS - VBY
7h 34mkr 1,614–3,457Bus, ferry
cheapest- Take the bus from Essen central train station to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhofbus N74 / ...
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Norrköpingbus
- Take the bus from Norrköping Resecentrum to Oskarshamn Resecentrumbus 200 / ...
- Take the ferry from Oskarshamn Gotlandsterminalen to Visby hamnterminalferry Dg
27h 43mkr 1,288–2,498Train, ferry
- 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 City station to Nynäshamn stationtrain
- Take the ferry from Nynäshamn (Stena Line) to Visby hamnterminalferry Dg
21h 25mkr 2,470–4,430Train, 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 Visby Airport (VBY)plane AMS - VBY
9h 26mkr 2,380–4,618Train, bus, ferry
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Hamburg-Harburgtrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg-Harburg to Norrköping Centralstationtrain 344
- Take the bus from Norrköping Resecentrum to Oskarshamn Resecentrumbus 200 / ...
- Take the ferry from Oskarshamn Gotlandsterminalen to Visby hamnterminalferry Dg
22h 39mkr 2,561–5,115
Essen to Visby by bus and ferry
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Essen to Visby is to bus and ferry which costs 1200 kr - 2500 kr and takes 27h 43m.
The fastest way to get from Essen to Visby is to fly which takes 7h 34m and costs 1600 kr - 3500 kr.
The distance between Essen and Visby is 1069 km.
The best way to get from Essen to Visby without a car is to train and ferry which takes 21h 25m and costs 2400 kr - 4500 kr.
It takes approximately 7h 34m to get from Essen to Visby, including transfers.
There are 169+ hotels available in Visby.
What companies run services between Essen, Germany and Visby, Sweden?
Scandinavian Airlines, Eurowings, and Norwegian Air International fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Visby Airport (VBY) twice daily.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Visby Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 27m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–3,800
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Visby Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–4,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Visby Airport via Hamburg, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,500–3,200
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Visby Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–6,000
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Visby Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- kr 750–3,800
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Visby Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–4,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Visby Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–3,800
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Visby Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–6,000
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Visby Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- kr 750–3,800
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Visby Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–4,000
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Visby Airport via Gothenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 900–5,500
- 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 Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 190–430
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Hamburg-Harburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 750–1,800
- 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
- Phone
- +46 8 600 10 00
- Website
- sl.se
Train from Stockholm City station to Nynäshamn station
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 95–240
- Website
- https://sl.se/en/in-english
- 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
- +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 100–250
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 110–270
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +46 77 175 75 75
- kundservice@sj.se
- Website
- sj.se
Train from Hamburg-Harburg to Norrköping Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 44m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–2,500
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Essen central train station to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 290–490
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Norrköping
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 600–1,100
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Norrköping Resecentrum to Oskarshamn Resecentrum
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 140–240
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +47 407 05070
- buss@vy.no
- Website
- vybuss.no
Bus from Norrköping Resecentrum to Oskarshamn Resecentrum
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 350–650
- Website
- https://www.vybuss.com/
- Phone
- +46 77 122 33 00
- Website
- destinationgotland.se
Ferry from Nynäshamn (Stena Line) to Visby hamnterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 258
- Website
- https://www.destinationgotland.se/
Ferry from Oskarshamn Gotlandsterminalen to Visby hamnterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 258
- Website
- https://www.destinationgotland.se/
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