There are 9 ways to get from Europe to Riga by train, plane, bus, car, or taxi
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
best- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Riga International Airport (RIX)FRA - RIX
8h 41m$150–353Taxi, train, bus
cheapest- Take the taxi from Sontra-Blankenbach to Bebra Bahnhof250
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof WilhelmshöheRb5 / ...
- Take the bus from Kassel to Rīga
28h 33m$89–195Train, bus
- Take the train from Eisenach Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf11 / ...
- Take the bus from Berlin Airport BER to Riga, Bus StationN1324 / ...
23h 24m$164–333Bus, train
- Take the bus from EISENACH, Rasthof to ZGORZELEC, parking przy stacji Shell - Jędrzychowice
- Take the train from Zgorzelec to Wroclaw GlownyOs
- Take the train from Wroclaw Glowny to Warszawa ZachodniaIc / ...
- Take the train from Warszawa Zachodnia to Kaunas144
- Take the train from Kaisiadorys to Riga-Pasazieru254
27h 10m$250–322Drive 1,385.8 km
- Drive from Europe to Riga1,385.8 km
18h 42m$250–361Train, train to Hannover Airport, fly
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Riga International Airport (RIX)HAJ - RIX
10h 2m$198–448Train, train to Hamburg Airport, fly
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Hamburg Hbf
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Riga International Airport (RIX)HAM - RIX
9h 26m$156–392Train, train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Take the train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Riga International Airport (RIX)DUS - RIX
10h 45m$180–392Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly
- Take the train from Eisenach Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Riga International Airport (RIX)BER - RIX
9h 38m$149–313
Europe to Riga by bus, train, and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Europe to Riga is to taxi and train and bus which costs $85 - $200 and takes 28h 33m.
The fastest way to get from Europe to Riga is to train and fly which takes 8h 41m and costs $150 - $360.
The distance between Europe and Riga is 1464 km. The road distance is 1385.8 km.
The best way to get from Europe to Riga without a car is to train and bus which takes 23h 24m and costs $160 - $340.
It takes approximately 8h 41m to get from Europe to Riga, including transfers.
Riga is 1h ahead of Europe. It is currently 3:10 PM in Europe and 4:10 PM in Riga.
Yes, the driving distance between Europe to Riga is 1386 km. It takes approximately 18h 42m to drive from Europe to Riga.
There are 1870+ hotels available in Riga.
What companies run services between Europe and Riga, Latvia?
There is no direct connection from Europe to Riga. However, you can take the bus to Bebra Bahnhof, walk to Bebra Bahnhof, take the train to Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof, take the train to Frankfurt, walk to Frankfurt (FRA) airport, fly to Riga International Airport (RIX), walk to Rīgas lidosta, then take the line 22 bus to Uzvaras parks. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Sontra-Ulfen Mitte to Riga, Bus Station via Herleshausen Bahnhof, Herleshausen Bahnhof, Eisenach Hbf, S Südkreuz Bhf, Flughafen BER, and Berlin Airport BER in around 23h 24m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–320
Flights from Hannover Airport to Riga International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Hannover Airport to Riga International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–430
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Riga International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–450
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–320
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–180
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–210
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–180
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Riga International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–260
Flights from Hannover Airport to Riga International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–350
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Riga International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–190
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Riga International Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–190
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Riga International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–210
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Riga International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–180
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Riga International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–420
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Riga International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–250
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Riga International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $140–550
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Riga International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $130–470
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $27–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Eisenach Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $65–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $28–32
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $15–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $45–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Zgorzelec to Wroclaw Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $36–41
- Website
- https://kolejedolnoslaskie.pl/
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Zgorzelec to Wroclaw Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $36–41
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Wroclaw Glowny to Warszawa Zachodnia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $68–73
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +370 700 55 111
- informacija@ltglink.lt
- Website
- ltglink.lt
Train from Warszawa Zachodnia to Kaunas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $25–35
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
Train from Kaisiadorys to Riga-Pasazieru
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $16–26
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
- Phone
- +49 561 766396-0
- info@cantus-bahn.de
- Website
- cantus-bahn.de
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $50–80
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Berlin Airport BER to Riga, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $85–220
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +48 801 22 33 44
- bilety@sindbad.pl
- Website
- sindbad.pl
Bus from EISENACH, Rasthof to ZGORZELEC, parking przy stacji Shell - Jędrzychowice
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $55–85
- Website
- https://www.sindbad.pl/en/home
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Kassel to Rīga
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $50–150
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Estimated price
- $10–14
Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
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