There are 7 ways to get from Ireland to Kiel by plane, train, car ferry, 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 Dublin Airport to Hamburg Airport, train
best- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)plane DUB - HAM
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbftrain
6h 34m€76–351Train, car ferry, bus
- Take the train from Dublin Pearse to Rosslare Europorttrain Ic
- Take the carferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirkcarferry
- Take the bus from Dunkerque Port to The Haguebus
- Take the bus from The Hague to Osnabrück central train stationbus N67
- Take the train from Osnabrück Hbf to Hamburg Dammtortrain 42 / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg Dammtor to Kiel Hbftrain Re7
42h 12m€562–1,010Train, ferry, bus
- Take the train from Dublin Pearse to Rosslare Europorttrain Ic
- Take the ferry from Rosslare to Santanderferry
- Take the bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Parisbus
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Hamburg - Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbftrain Re7
2d 14h€417–584Bus
- Take the bus from Dublin to Rădăuțibus
- Take the bus from Rădăuţi to Berlinbus
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Kiel central bus stationbus 353
3d 9hFly Cork Airport to Hamburg Airport, train
- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)plane ORK - HAM
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbftrain
8h 2m€106–418Fly Shannon Airport to Hamburg Airport, train
- Fly from Shannon Airport (SNN) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)plane SNN - HAM
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbftrain
8h 40m€92–437Fly Dublin Airport to Bremen Airport, train
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Bremen Airport (BRE)plane DUB - BRE
- Take the train from Bremen Hbf to Hamburg Dammtortrain
- Take the train from Hamburg Dammtor to Kiel Hbftrain
9h 25m€102–422
Dublin Airport (DUB) to Hamburg Airport (HAM) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Ireland to Kiel is to fly and train which costs €75 - €360 and takes 6h 34m.
The fastest way to get from Ireland to Kiel is to fly and train which takes 6h 34m and costs €75 - €360.
No, there is no direct bus from Ireland to Kiel station. However, there are services departing from Dublin and arriving at Kiel central bus station via Rădăuţi and Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3 days 9h.
The distance between Ireland and Kiel is 1219 km.
The best way to get from Ireland to Kiel without a car is to train and car ferry and bus which takes 42h 12m and costs €550 - €1100.
It takes approximately 6h 34m to get from Ireland to Kiel, including transfers.
Ireland to Kiel bus services, operated by Tarsin, depart from Dublin station.
Ireland to Kiel bus services, operated by Tarsin, arrive at Rădăuți station.
Kiel is 1h ahead of Ireland. It is currently 10:13 AM in Ireland and 11:13 AM in Kiel.
There are 1723+ hotels available in Kiel.
What companies run services between Ireland and Kiel, Germany?
You can take a vehicle from Dublin to Kiel central bus station via Dublin, Rădăuți, Rădăuţi, Berlin, and Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof in around 3d 9h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Monday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–240
Flights from Dublin Airport to Hamburg Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- When
- Sunday, Saturday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €50–240
Flights from Cork Airport to Hamburg Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €75–240
Flights from Shannon Airport to Hamburg Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–240
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bremen Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Saturday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60–270
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Hamburg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–290
Flights from Cork Airport to Hamburg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–410
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bremen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–380
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Hamburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–440
Flights from Shannon Airport to Hamburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–300
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bremen Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–300
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bremen Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–300
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Hamburg Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–430
Flights from Shannon Airport to Hamburg Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–430
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–200
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Hamburg Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–440
Flights from Shannon Airport to Hamburg Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–440
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Hamburg Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–310
Flights from Shannon Airport to Hamburg Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–310
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Hamburg Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €140–280
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bremen Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €100–410
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €17–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Hamburg Dammtor to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €16–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €17–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €17–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €17–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Hamburg Dammtor to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €16–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Osnabrück Hbf to Hamburg Dammtor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–90
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg Dammtor to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bremen Hbf to Hamburg Dammtor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg Dammtor to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- *
- €20–35
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- *
- €20–35
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- *
- €20–35
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- *
- €20–35
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €9
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €9
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €9
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €9
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
- Phone
- 0818 294 015
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
Train from Dublin Pearse to Rosslare Europort
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- €14–21
Train from Dublin Pearse to Rosslare Europort
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- €14–21
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Bremen Hbf to Hamburg Dammtor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Dunkerque Port to The Hague
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from The Hague to Osnabrück central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–130
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Kiel central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Hamburg - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Dublin to Rădăuți
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €29–200
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- 0724 122 272
- contact@euro-fratello.ro
- Website
- euro-fratello.ro
Bus from Rădăuţi to Berlin
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- euro-fratello.ro
- Phone
- +44 344 848 6090
- travel.sales@dfds.com
- Website
- DFDS Seaways
Car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirk
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €440–750
- Website
- DFDS Seaways
- Family (4 persons + car)
- €450
- Phone
- 0330 159 7000
- reservations@brittanyferries.com
- Website
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Ferry from Rosslare to Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €244
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
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