There are 10 ways to get from Karlstad to Riga by train, plane, ferry, bus, car, or car ferry
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Train to Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Karlstad Centralstation to Göteborg Centralstationtrain
- Fly from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport (GOT) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane GOT - RIX
6h 50m$95–231Bus to Hagfors, fly
cheapest- Take the bus from Karlstad busstation to Råda Rådastrandbus
- Fly from Hagfors (HFS) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane HFS - RIX
8h 38m$70–258Train, ferry, bus
- Take the train from Karlstad Centralstation to Stockholm Centralstationtrain
- Take the train from Stockholm City station to Nynäshamn stationtrain
- Take the ferry from Nynashamn farjeterminal to Ventspils Ferryferry 0
- Take the bus from Ventspils AO to Rīgas SAObus
19h 18m$249–388Bus
- Take the bus from Karlstad Bus Station Drottninggatan to Norrköping Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Norrköping to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhofbus N32
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Riga, Bus Stationbus
38h 15m$159–357Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Karlstad to Karlshamncar
- Take the car ferry from Karlshamn to Klaipedacarferry
- Drive from Klaipeda to Rigacar
16h 55m$237–339Train to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport, fly
- Take the train from Karlstad Centralstation to Stockholm Centralstationtrain
- Fly from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane ARN - RIX
6h 44m$90–239Train, train to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen, fly
- Take the train from Karlstad Centralstation to Kongsvingertrain
- Take the train from Kongsvinger stasjon to Lillestrøm stasjontrain
- Fly from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (OSL) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane OSL - RIX
7h 26m$79–259Train, train to Sandefjord Airport, fly
- Take the train from Karlstad Centralstation to Oslo Strain
- Take the train from Oslo S to Sandefjord stasjontrain
- Fly from Sandefjord Airport (TRF) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane TRF - RIX
10h 4mTrain, ferry, bus via Tukums
- Take the train from Karlstad Centralstation to Stockholm Centralstationtrain
- Take the train from Stockholm City station to Nynäshamn stationtrain
- Take the ferry from Nynashamn farjeterminal to Ventspils Ferryferry 0
- Take the bus from Ventspils AO to Tukuma lauktehnikabus
- Take the train from Tukums 2 to Riga-Pasazierutrain
19h 57m$249–389Bus, car ferry
- Take the bus from Karlstad Centralstation to Stockholm, Cityterminalenbus 850 / ...
- Take the car ferry from Stockholm to Tallinncarferry
- Take the bus from Tallinna bussijaam to Esplanādebus
27h 12m$197–484
Karlstad to Riga by train, taxi, ferry, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Karlstad to Riga is to bus and fly which costs $70 - $260 and takes 8h 38m.
The fastest way to get from Karlstad to Riga is to train and fly which takes 6h 44m and costs $90 - $240.
No, there is no direct bus from Karlstad station to Riga station. However, there are services departing from Karlstad Bus Station Drottninggatan and arriving at Riga, Bus Station via Norrköping and Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 38h 15m.
The distance between Karlstad and Riga is 986 km.
The best way to get from Karlstad to Riga without a car is to train and ferry and bus which takes 19h 18m and costs $240 - $390.
It takes approximately 6h 50m to get from Karlstad to Riga, including transfers.
Karlstad to Riga bus services, operated by Vy Buss, depart from Karlstad Bus Station Drottninggatan.
Karlstad to Riga bus services, operated by Vy Buss, arrive at Norrköping Bus Station.
Riga is 1h ahead of Karlstad. It is currently 12:43 PM in Karlstad and 1:43 PM in Riga.
Book your Karlstad to Riga bus tickets online with Omio.
What companies run services between Karlstad, Sweden and Riga, Latvia?
You can take a bus from Karlstad Bus Station Drottninggatan to Riga, Bus Station via Norrköping Bus Station, Norrköping, and Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof in around 38h 15m.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Riga International Airport via Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $65–260
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Riga International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–350
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $30–140
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $35–180
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Riga International Airport via Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $35–180
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Riga International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $35–320
Flights from Hagfors to Riga International Airport via Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 32m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $55–230
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $60–240
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $30–140
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $35–180
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Riga International Airport via Tallinn
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $35–180
Flights from Hagfors to Riga International Airport via Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 32m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $55–230
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $27–130
Flights from Hagfors to Riga International Airport via Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $50–230
Flights from Sandefjord Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55–240
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $50–240
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $24–130
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $40–150
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Riga International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $40–150
Flights from Hagfors to Riga International Airport via Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $50–230
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Riga International Airport via Trondheim
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $70–280
- Phone
- +46 77 175 75 75
- kundservice@sj.se
- Website
- sj.se
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Göteborg Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $29–60
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
- 1st Class Ticket
- $40–60
- 2nd Class Ticket
- $29–40
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Stockholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $35–65
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
- 1st Class Ticket
- $45–65
- 2nd Class Ticket
- $35–50
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Kongsvinger
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $18–45
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
- 1st Class Ticket
- $30–45
- 2nd Class Ticket
- $18–25
- Phone
- 0550-875 61
- info@tagakeriet.se
- Website
- tagakeriet.se
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Göteborg Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $24–35
- Website
- Tågab
- 2nd Class
- $24–35
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Stockholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–40
- Website
- Tågab
- 2nd Class
- $30–40
- Phone
- +46 8 580 971 66
- kundservice@vrresa.se
- Website
- vrresa.se
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Göteborg Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Website
- https://mtrx.travel/en
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Stockholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Website
- https://mtrx.travel/en
- Phone
- +46 77 175 75 75
- Website
- sj.se
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Stockholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Kongsvinger
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Oslo S
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en
- Phone
- +46 771 15 15 15
- info@tagkompaniet.se
- Website
- vy.se
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Stockholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- vy.se
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Kongsvinger
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- vy.se
Train from Kongsvinger stasjon to Lillestrøm stasjon
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- vy.se
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Oslo S
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- vy.se
- Phone
- +46 77 144 41 11
- Website
- vy.se
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Stockholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $29–45
- Schedules at
- vy.se
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Kongsvinger
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $15–21
- Schedules at
- vy.se
Train from Kongsvinger stasjon to Lillestrøm stasjon
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $9–14
- Schedules at
- vy.se
- Phone
- +46 8 600 10 00
- Website
- sl.se
Train from Stockholm City station to Nynäshamn station
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $6
- Website
- https://sl.se/en/in-english
- Phone
- +47 61 05 19 10
- tog@vy.no
- Website
- vy.no
Train from Kongsvinger stasjon to Lillestrøm stasjon
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $19–27
- Website
- https://www.vy.no/en
- Book at
- https://www.vy.no/en/buy-tickets/train-and-bus-tickets
Train from Oslo S to Sandefjord stasjon
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $27–40
- Website
- https://www.vy.no/en
- Book at
- https://www.vy.no/en/buy-tickets/train-and-bus-tickets
- Phone
- 8760
- vilciens@info.vivi.lv
- Website
- vivi.lv
Train from Tukums 2 to Riga-Pasazieru
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $3–5
- Website
- https://www.vivi.lv/en/
- Phone
- +371 63 629 904
- vreiss@ventspils.lv
- Website
- ventspilsreiss.lv
Bus from Ventspils AO to Rīgas SAO
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- ventspilsreiss.lv
Bus from Ventspils AO to Tukuma lauktehnika
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- ventspilsreiss.lv
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Ventspils AO to Rīgas SAO
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Riga, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $40–140
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
Bus from Ventspils AO to Tukuma lauktehnika
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
- Phone
- +47 407 05070
- buss@vy.no
- Website
- vybuss.no
Bus from Karlstad Bus Station Drottninggatan to Norrköping Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $35–60
- Website
- https://www.vybuss.com/
Bus from Karlstad Centralstation to Stockholm, Cityterminalen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $45–70
- Website
- https://www.vybuss.com/
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Norrköping to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $80–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Riga, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $90–160
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 0771 – 32 32 00
- Website
- varmlandstrafik.se
Bus from Karlstad busstation to Råda Rådastrand
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $20–28
- Website
- Värmlandstrafik
- Phone
- +372 680 0909
- info@luxexpress.eu
- Website
- luxexpress.eu
Bus from Tallinna bussijaam to Esplanāde
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $22–35
- Website
- https://luxexpress.eu/en/
- Phone
- +44 844 770 7070
- info.se@stenaline.com
- Website
- stenaline.dk
Ferry from Nynashamn farjeterminal to Ventspils Ferry
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $190–280
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
- Phone
- +44 344 848 6090
- travel.sales@dfds.com
- Website
- dfds.com
Car ferry from Karlshamn to Klaipeda
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $110–150
- Website
- https://www.dfds.com/en
Car ferry from Stockholm to Tallinn
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $120–370
- Website
- https://www.tallink.com/en
- Adult
- $120–200
- Vehicle
- $270–370
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