There are 6 ways to get from Ireland to Kiel by plane, train, ferry, bus, or car ferry
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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 42m€62–227Train, ferry, bus
- Take the train from Dublin Pearse to Rosslare Europorttrain Ic / ...
- Take the ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Pembroke Dockferry
- Take the bus from Upper Park Road to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 508
- Take the bus from LONDON, Victoria Coach Station-Departure Hall to DORTMUND, Hbf Nordseite, Steinstrassebus
- Take the train from Dortmund Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbftrain Re7
33h 41m€253–630Train, car ferry, bus
- Take the train from Dublin Pearse to Rosslare Europorttrain Ic / ...
- Take the car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirkcarferry
- Take the bus from Dunkerque Port to Amsterdam Sloterdijkbus
- Take the bus from Amsterdam Sloterdijk to Bremen Fernbusterminalbus N75 / ...
- Take the train from Bremen Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbftrain Re7
42h 42m€151–705Fly 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 3m€92–289Fly 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 36m€89–252Fly 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 Hbftrain
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbftrain
9h 5m€106–403
Dublin Airport (DUB) to Hamburg Airport (HAM) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Ireland to Kiel is to fly and train which costs €60 - €230 and takes 6h 42m.
The fastest way to get from Ireland to Kiel is to fly and train which takes 6h 42m and costs €60 - €230.
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 ferry and bus which takes 33h 41m and costs €250 - €650.
It takes approximately 6h 42m to get from Ireland to Kiel, including transfers.
Kiel is 1h ahead of Ireland. It is currently 8:47 PM in Ireland and 9:47 PM in Kiel.
There are 781+ hotels available in Kiel.
What companies run services between Ireland and Kiel, Germany?
There is no direct connection from Ireland to Kiel. However, you can take the vehicle to Red Cow, walk to Red Cow Luas, take the line 726 bus to Dublin Airport Zone 16, walk to Dublin Airport (DUB) airport, fly to Hamburg Airport (HAM), walk to Hamburg Airport, take the train to Hamburg Hbf, then take the train to Kiel Hbf. Alternatively, you can take a train from Dublin Pearse to Kiel Hbf via Rosslare Europort, Rosslare Harbour, Pembroke Dock, Upper Park Road, London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals, LONDON, Victoria Coach Station-Departure Hall, DORTMUND, Hbf Nordseite, Steinstrasse, Dortmund Hbf, and Hamburg Hbf in around 33h 41m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Hamburg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–260
Flights from Cork Airport to Hamburg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–350
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bremen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–340
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Hamburg Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–270
Flights from Cork Airport to Hamburg Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–360
Flights from Shannon Airport to Hamburg Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–350
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €27–150
Flights from Dublin Airport to Hamburg Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €27–150
Flights from Cork Airport to Hamburg Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bremen Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–230
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Hamburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–400
Flights from Shannon Airport to Hamburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–310
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bremen Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–320
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Hamburg Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–210
Flights from Shannon Airport to Hamburg Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Hamburg Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–390
Flights from Shannon Airport to Hamburg Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–310
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–160
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €65–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bremen Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €20–35
- Phone
- 0818 294 015
- Website
- irishrail.ie
Train from Dublin Pearse to Rosslare Europort
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €14–21
- Phone
- +49 581 97164164
- info@der-metronom.de
- Website
- der-metronom.de
Train from Bremen Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €35–90
- Schedules at
- der-metronom.de
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Bremen Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Website
- govolta.nl
Train from Bremen Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- govolta.nl
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Upper Park Road to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–130
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +48 801 22 33 44
- bilety@sindbad.pl
- Website
- sindbad.pl
Bus from LONDON, Victoria Coach Station-Departure Hall to DORTMUND, Hbf Nordseite, Steinstrasse
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–110
- Website
- https://www.sindbad.pl/en/home
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Dunkerque Port to Amsterdam Sloterdijk
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €24–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Amsterdam Sloterdijk to Bremen Fernbusterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €25–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Amsterdam Sloterdijk to Bremen Fernbusterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €25–50
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Pembroke Dock
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €18–120
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Phone
- +44 344 848 6090
- travel.sales@dfds.com
- Website
- dfds.com
Car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirk
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–450
- Website
- https://www.dfds.com/en
- Family (4 persons + car)
- €450
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