There are 6 ways to get from Europe to Kitwe by train, plane, bus, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Frankfurt, fly to Ndola, bus
best- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Ndola (NLA)plane FRA - NLA
- Take the bus from Ndola to Kitwebus
21h 55mTrain to Frankfurt, fly to Lusaka, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Lusaka (LUN)plane FRA - LUN
- Take the bus from Lusaka to Kitwebus
27h 10m$507–1,455Train to Frankfurt, fly to Lubumbashi International Airport, drive
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Lubumbashi International Airport (FBM)plane FRA - FBM
- Drive from Lubumbashi International Airport (FBM) to Kitwecar
22h 54m$563–1,747Train, train to Nuremberg Airport, fly to Ndola, bus
- Take the train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbftrain
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Nürnberg Hbftrain
- Fly from Nuremberg Airport (NUE) to Ndola (NLA)plane NUE - NLA
- Take the bus from Ndola to Kitwebus
25h 28mTrain, train to Hannover Airport, fly to Ndola, bus
- Take the train from Eschwege-Niederhone Bahnhof to Göttingentrain
- Take the train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Ndola (NLA)plane HAJ - NLA
- Take the bus from Ndola to Kitwebus
27h 32mTrain to Frankfurt, fly to Solwezi, bus
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Solwezi (SLI)plane FRA - SLI
- Take the bus from Solwezi to Kitwebus
29h 43m
Frankfurt (FRA) to Ndola (NLA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Europe to Kitwe is to train and fly and bus which costs $500 - $1,500 and takes 27h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Europe to Kitwe is to train and fly and drive which takes 22h 54m and costs $550 - $1,800.
The distance between Europe and Kitwe is 7549 km.
It takes approximately 21h 55m to get from Europe to Kitwe, including transfers.
There are 36+ hotels available in Kitwe.
What companies run services between Europe and Kitwe, Zambia?
There is no direct connection from Europe to Kitwe. However, you can take the line 260 bus to Sontra Breitwiese, walk to Sontra Bahnhof, take the train to Bebra Bahnhof, take the train to Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof, take the train to Frankfurt, take the train to Frankfurt, walk to Frankfurt (FRA) airport, fly to Ndola (NLA), take the taxi to Ndola, then take the bus to Kitwe. Alternatively, you can take the line 260 bus to Sontra Breitwiese, walk to Sontra Bahnhof, take the train to Bebra Bahnhof, take the train to Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof, take the train to Frankfurt, take the train to Frankfurt, walk to Frankfurt (FRA) airport, fly to Lubumbashi International Airport (FBM), then drive to Kitwe.
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Ndola via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Lubumbashi International Airport via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–2,000
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Ndola via Frankfurt, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,600
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Ndola via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,700
Flights from Hannover Airport to Ndola via Vienna, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,500
Flights from Hannover Airport to Ndola via Rome, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,600
Flights from Frankfurt to Solwezi via Addis Ababa, Ndola
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Lusaka via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–1,700
Flights from Frankfurt to Lusaka via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,300
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Ndola via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,600
Flights from Frankfurt to Lubumbashi International Airport via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–2,300
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Ndola via Amsterdam Schiphol, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,300
Flights from Hannover Airport to Ndola via Amsterdam Schiphol, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 23m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Lusaka via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,600
- Website
- flyairlink.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Ndola via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,600
Flights from Frankfurt to Lubumbashi International Airport via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–2,300
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Ndola via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,600
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Ndola via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Lusaka via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,600
- Website
- flysaa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Lubumbashi International Airport via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–2,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Lusaka via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
- Website
- proflight-zambia.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Solwezi via Addis Ababa, Lusaka
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Solwezi via Nairobi, Lusaka
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 12m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
- Website
- kenya-airways.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Lusaka via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,600
Flights from Frankfurt to Lusaka via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,300
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $29–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $11–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $20–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $13–20
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $45–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 21300130
- info@abellio-mitteldeutschland.de
- Website
- abellio.de
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $14–19
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
- Phone
- 0800 2235546
- Website
- abellio.de
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $13–21
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
- Phone
- +49 561 766396-0
- info@cantus-bahn.de
- Website
- cantus-bahn.de
Train from Eschwege-Niederhone Bahnhof to Göttingen
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.cantus-bahn.de/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 581 97164164
- info@der-metronom.de
- Website
- der-metronom.de
Train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $35–90
- Schedules at
- der-metronom.de
- Phone
- +260 973334200
- juldanmotors@gmail.com
- Website
- juldan-motors.com
Bus from Ndola to Kitwe
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Website
- https://juldan-motors.com/en
Bus from Solwezi to Kitwe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Website
- https://juldan-motors.com/en
- Phone
- +260 977 772 025
Bus from Lusaka to Kitwe
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $13
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