There are 6 ways to get from Essen to Visby by plane, train, bus, or ferry
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 1,811–4,154Bus, ferry via Hamburg
cheapest- 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 16mkr 1,424–2,668Train, bus, ferry
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Norrköping Ctrain 083 / ...
- Take the bus from Norrköping Resecentrum to Oskarshamn Resecentrumbus 200 / ...
- Take the ferry from Oskarshamn Gotlandsterminalen to Visby hamnterminalferry Dg
22h 7mkr 2,150–4,417Train, ferry
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Hamburg-Harburgtrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg-Harburg to Stockholm Centralstationtrain
- Take the ferry from Stockholm to Visbyferry
35h 57mkr 2,345–4,400Train, 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
10h 13mkr 2,068–5,853Bus, ferry
- Take the bus from Südviertel, Essen to Masurenallee - Berlinbus
- Take the bus from Berlin Central Bus Station to Stockholm Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the ferry from Stockholm to Visbyferry
46h 57m
Essen to Visby by train, bus, and ferry
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Essen to Visby is to bus and ferry via Hamburg which costs 1400 kr - 2700 kr and takes 27h 16m.
The fastest way to get from Essen to Visby is to fly which takes 7h 34m and costs 1800 kr - 4200 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 bus and ferry which takes 22h 7m and costs 2100 kr - 4500 kr.
It takes approximately 7h 34m to get from Essen to Visby, including transfers.
There are 314+ hotels available in Visby.
What companies run services between Essen, Germany and Visby, Sweden?
Scandinavian Airlines and Eurowings 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
- 5h 47m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–3,900
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Visby Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–3,900
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Visby Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–6,000
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Visby Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- kr 2,000–4,900
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Visby Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–3,900
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Visby Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–3,800
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Visby Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–6,000
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Visby Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- kr 2,000–4,900
- 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 Hamburg-Harburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 700–1,700
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 180–430
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- snalltaget@snalltaget.se
- Website
- snalltaget.se
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Norrköping C
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–1,700
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
Train from Hamburg-Harburg to Stockholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 27m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–2,000
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/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 100–240
- 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
- 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 410–600
- Schedules at
- vias-online.de
- 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 370–700
- Website
- https://www.vybuss.com/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
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
Bus from Hanover central bus station to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 110–200
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Norrköping
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 650–1,100
- 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 260–410
- Website
- https://ewe.ua/
- Phone
- +38 (050) 010-01-04
- orionbilet@gmail.com
- Website
- orionbus.net
Bus from Südviertel, Essen to Masurenallee - Berlin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://orionbus.net/en
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Südviertel, Essen to Masurenallee - Berlin
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/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
- Phone
- +46 77 122 33 00
- Website
- 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/
- Phone
- +358 9 123574
- Website
- vikingline.fi
Ferry from Stockholm to Visby
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- kr 410–650
- Website
- https://www.sales.vikingline.com/
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