There are 12 ways to get from Germany to Bilbao by plane, train, bus, car, or car train
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 Stuttgart Airport
best- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane STR - BIO
4h 54m€79–264Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus N1320 / ...
- Take the bus from Paris to Bilbaobus FlixBus N1093 / ...
30h 20m€74–180Train, bus
- Take the train from Berlin Hbf to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain 82
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Bordeaux St Jeantrain Tgv
- Take the train from Bordeaux St Jean to Hendayetrain Ter
- Take the bus from San Sebastián / Donostia to Bilbao Intermodalbus
20h 15m€227–443Drive 1,940.5 km
- Drive from Berlin to Bilbaocar 1,940.5 km
17h 50m€300–434Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane DUS - BIO
5h 1m€74–225Fly from Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane FRA - BIO
4h 55m€98–263Fly from Munich International Airport
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane MUC - BIO
5h 20m€81–236Train to Brussels Airport, fly
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nordtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane BRU - BIO
6h 23m€89–265Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airporttrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane AMS - BIO
7h 15m€113–362Train, bus via Dortmund
- Take the train from Berlin Hbf to Dortmund Hbftrain 10 / ...
- Take the bus from Dortmund central bus station to Vitoria-Gasteizbus
- Take the bus from Vitoria-Gasteiz to Bilbao Intermodalbus
31h 20m€156–266Bus, train
- Take the bus from Berlin to Hasseltbus
- Take the train from Hasselt to Bruxelles-Miditrain Ic / ...
- Take the bus from Brussels - Midi Train Station to Bilbaobus
33h 9mDrive, car train
- Drive from Berlin to Hannover Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Hannover Hbf to Fuldacartrain
- Drive from Fulda to Bilbaocar
19h€360–507
Germany to Bilbao by train, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Germany to Bilbao is to fly which costs €70 - €230 and takes 5h 1m.
The fastest way to get from Germany to Bilbao is to fly which takes 4h 54m and costs €75 - €270.
No, there is no direct bus from Germany to Bilbao. However, there are services departing from Berlin Alexanderplatz and arriving at Bilbao via Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof and Paris. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 30h 20m.
The distance between Germany and Bilbao is 1140 km. The road distance is 1940.5 km.
The best way to get from Germany to Bilbao without a car is to train and bus which takes 20h 15m and costs €220 - €450.
It takes approximately 4h 54m to get from Germany to Bilbao, including transfers.
Germany to Bilbao bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof station.
The best way to get from Germany to Bilbao is to fly which takes 4h 54m and costs €75 - €270. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €70 - €180 and takes 30h 20m.
Germany to Bilbao bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) station.
Yes, the driving distance between Germany to Bilbao is 1941 km. It takes approximately 17h 50m to drive from Germany to Bilbao.
What companies run services between Germany and Bilbao, Spain?
Eurowings, Lufthansa, and four other airlines fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Bilbao Airport (BIO) 4 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Berlin Alexanderplatz to Bilbao via Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof, Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine), and Paris in around 30h 20m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Bilbao Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–380
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Bilbao Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–380
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–360
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–380
Flights from Frankfurt to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–210
Flights from Munich International Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–340
Flights from Munich International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–350
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–350
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–390
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bilbao Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–390
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Bilbao Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–360
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–330
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bilbao Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–390
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Bilbao Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60–350
Flights from Frankfurt to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–210
Flights from Munich International Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–340
Flights from Munich International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–330
Flights from Brussels Airport to Bilbao Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–320
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–260
Flights from Brussels Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €45–180
Flights from Brussels Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–180
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–220
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–240
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–210
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–180
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Berlin Hbf to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Berlin Hbf to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Strasbourg to Bordeaux St Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–230
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Bordeaux St Jean to Hendaye
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Bordeaux St Jean to Hendaye
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €44
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–65
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €20–30
- 1st Class
- €35–65
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €17–55
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €17–25
- 1st Class
- €30–55
- Phone
- 069 450099650
- Kundenservice-Linie10@vias-online.de
- Website
- vias-online.de
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Schedules at
- vias-online.de
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Hasselt to Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–45
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Hannover Hbf to Fulda
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €90–110
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
Bus from San Sebastián / Donostia to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Website
- https://gipuzkoa.avanzagrupo.com/en/home
- Website
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from San Sebastián / Donostia to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris to Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €65–95
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Dortmund central bus station to Vitoria-Gasteiz
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 5m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €120–170
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Paris to Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €25–35
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Brussels - Midi Train Station to Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +34 94 476 50 07
- Website
- autobuseslaunion.com
Bus from Vitoria-Gasteiz to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7
- Website
- https://www.autobuseslaunion.com/en
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Vitoria-Gasteiz to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €5–8
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
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