There are 8 ways to get from Essen to Visby by train, plane, bus, ferry, or night train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly
best- 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 Visby Airport (VBY)plane AMS - VBY
9h 44mkr 1,918–5,035Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Visby Airport (VBY)plane CGN - VBY
8h 17mkr 921–3,476Train, bus, ferry
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Norrkoping Ctrain Ic
- Take the bus from Norrköping Resecentrum to Oskarshamn Resecentrumbus 200 / ...
- Take the ferry from Oskarshamn Gotlandsterminalen to Visby hamnterminalferry Dg
21h 54mkr 1,264–3,180Bus, ferry
- Take the bus from Essen Hbf to Hannover Hbfbus
- Take the bus from Hanover central bus station to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhofbus 182 / ...
- 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 3mkr 1,610–2,569Train, night train, ferry
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the night train from Hamburg Hbf to Stockholm Centralnighttrain En
- Take the ferry from Stockholm to Visbyferry
34h 15mFly from Düsseldorf International Airport
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Visby Airport (VBY)plane DUS - VBY
9h 9mkr 1,529–3,696Train, train to Brussels Airport, fly
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbftrain
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nordtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Visby Airport (VBY)plane BRU - VBY
11h 37mkr 1,431–4,942Train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Visby Airport (VBY)plane FRA - VBY
8h 54mkr 3,136–6,405
Essen to Visby by train, bus, and ferry
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Essen to Visby is to train and fly which costs 900 kr - 3500 kr and takes 8h 17m.
The fastest way to get from Essen to Visby is to train and fly which takes 8h 17m and costs 900 kr - 3500 kr.
The distance between Essen and Visby is 1261 km.
The best way to get from Essen to Visby without a car is to train and bus and ferry which takes 21h 54m and costs 1200 kr - 3200 kr.
It takes approximately 9h 44m to get from Essen to Visby, including transfers.
There are 270+ hotels available in Visby.
What companies run services between Essen, Germany and Visby, Sweden?
Eurowings, Scandinavian Airlines, and World Ticket fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Visby Airport (VBY) twice daily.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Visby Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–5,500
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Visby Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,500–3,700
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Visby Airport via Billund, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,500–3,700
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Visby Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 950–3,600
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Visby Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- kr 950–3,500
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Visby Airport via Hamburg, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 7m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 950–3,600
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Visby Airport via Hamburg, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–3,100
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Visby Airport via Berlin Brandenburg, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 950–3,600
Flights from Brussels Airport to Visby Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 850–3,700
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Visby Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 700–2,800
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Visby Airport via Berlin Brandenburg, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- kr 900–3,500
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Visby Airport via Berlin Brandenburg, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 46m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 900–4,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Visby Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–4,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Visby Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–4,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Visby Airport via Hamburg, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 950–3,600
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Visby Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–5,500
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Visby Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,500–3,700
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Visby Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 950–3,600
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Visby Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- kr 950–3,500
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Visby Airport via Hamburg, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 950–3,600
Flights from Brussels Airport to Visby Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 850–3,400
Flights from Brussels Airport to Visby Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 700–3,900
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Visby Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 700–2,800
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Visby Airport via Berlin Brandenburg, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 900–3,600
Flights from Frankfurt to Visby Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–4,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Visby Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–4,200
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Visby Airport via Gothenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 950–3,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Visby Airport via Gothenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–4,300
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Visby Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 900–3,700
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 260–600
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 280–750
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 190–550
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 310–700
- 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 Essen Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 310–900
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/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 160–550
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- kr 160–250
- 1st Class
- kr 310–550
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
- +46 40 669 62 00
- snalltaget@snalltaget.se
- Website
- snalltaget.se
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Norrkoping C
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 57m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–1,800
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
Night train from Hamburg Hbf to Stockholm Central
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 18m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 700–1,100
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
- Phone
- +46 77 175 75 75
- kundservice@sj.se
- Website
- sj.se
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Norrkoping C
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 31m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 550–900
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
Night train from Hamburg Hbf to Stockholm Central
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 3m
- 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
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 160–230
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 340–750
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- kr 340–470
- Comfort
- kr 370–500
- Premium
- kr 550–750
- Phone
- +49 9126 301 90 70
- fahrgaeste@train-rental.com
- Website
- train-rental.com
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- train-rental.com
- 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
- Estimated price
- kr 160–230
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +47 407 05070
- buss@vy.no
- Website
- vybuss.no
Bus from Norrköping Resecentrum to Oskarshamn Resecentrum
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 260–380
- Website
- https://www.vybuss.com/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Norrköping Resecentrum to Oskarshamn Resecentrum
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 170–240
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Hanover central bus station to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 80–160
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Norrköping
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 500–1,100
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +380 98 815 4444
- support@ewe.ua
- Website
- ewe.ua
Bus from Essen Hbf to Hannover Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 600–700
- Website
- https://ewe.ua/
- Phone
- +46 77 122 33 00
- Website
- destinationgotland.se
Ferry from Oskarshamn Gotlandsterminalen to Visby hamnterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 258
- Website
- Destination Gotland
- Website
- vikingline.com
Ferry from Stockholm to Visby
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- vikingline.com
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