There are 10 ways to get from Karlstad to Riga by train, plane, ferry, bus, car, or car ferry
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 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 52m$66–247Train, train to Sandefjord Airport, fly
cheapest- 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
9h 57m$57–151Train, ferry, bus
- Take the train from Karlstad Centralstation to Stockholm Centralstationtrain 648 / ...
- Take the train from Stockholm City station to Nynäshamn stationtrain 43
- Take the ferry from Nynashamn farjeterminal to Ventspils Ferryferry 0
- Take the bus from Ventspils AO to Rīgas SAObus
18h 28m$163–251Bus
- 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
40h 5m$275–481Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Karlstad to Karlshamncar
- Take the carferry from Karlshamn to Klaipedacarferry
- Drive from Klaipeda to Rigacar
16h 59m$357–579Train 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$99–252Train, 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 30m$94–246Bus to Hagfors, fly
- Take the bus from Karlstad busstation to Råda Rådastrandbus
- Fly from Hagfors (HFS) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane HFS - RIX
8h 52mTrain, ferry, bus via Tukums
- Take the train from Karlstad Centralstation to Stockholm Centralstationtrain 648 / ...
- Take the train from Stockholm City station to Nynäshamn stationtrain 43
- 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 42m$163–252Bus, train, ferry
- Take the bus from Karlstad Centralstation to Stockholm, Cityterminalenbus
- Take the train from Stockholm City station to Nynäshamn stationtrain 43
- Take the ferry from Nynashamn farjeterminal to Ventspils Ferryferry 0
- Take the bus from Ventspils AO to Rīgas SAObus
20h 10m$207–326
Karlstad to Riga by train, taxi, ferry, foot, and bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Karlstad to Riga is to train and fly which costs $55 - $160 and takes 9h 57m.
The fastest way to get from Karlstad to Riga is to train and fly which takes 6h 44m and costs $95 - $260.
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 40h 5m.
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 18h 28m and costs $160 - $260.
It takes approximately 6h 52m 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 2:58 AM in Karlstad and 3:58 AM in Riga.
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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 40h 5m.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Riga International Airport via Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Sunday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $80–300
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Riga International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–310
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $40–80
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $45–140
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Riga International Airport via Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Friday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $45–140
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Riga International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $85–340
Flights from Hagfors to Riga International Airport via Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $75–290
Flights from Sandefjord Airport to Riga International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–450
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $40–80
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $45–140
Flights from Hagfors to Riga International Airport via Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $75–290
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $22–150
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $21–130
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $35–140
Flights from Hagfors to Riga International Airport via Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $55–260
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $24–110
Flights from Sandefjord Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Saturday, Friday, Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $24–90
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Riga International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–190
Flights from Hagfors to Riga International Airport via Stockholm-Arlanda Airport, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $120–350
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Riga International Airport via Trondheim
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $70–290
- Phone
- +46 77 175 75 75
- Website
- Swedish Railways (SJ)
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Göteborg Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Website
- Swedish Railways (SJ)
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Stockholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–60
- Website
- Swedish Railways (SJ)
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Stockholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–60
- Website
- Swedish Railways (SJ)
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Kongsvinger
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $18–27
- Website
- Swedish Railways (SJ)
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Oslo S
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Website
- Swedish Railways (SJ)
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Stockholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–60
- Website
- Swedish Railways (SJ)
- Phone
- 0550-875 61
- info@tagakeriet.se
- Website
- tagakeriet.se
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Göteborg Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Website
- https://www.tagakeriet.se/
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Stockholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $45–70
- Website
- https://www.tagakeriet.se/
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Stockholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $45–70
- Website
- https://www.tagakeriet.se/
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Stockholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $45–70
- Website
- https://www.tagakeriet.se/
- Phone
- +46 8 580 971 66
- kundservice@vrresa.se
- Website
- VR Snabbtåg
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Göteborg Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $29
- Website
- VR Snabbtåg
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Stockholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $37
- Website
- VR Snabbtåg
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Stockholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $37
- Website
- VR Snabbtåg
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Stockholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $37
- Website
- VR Snabbtåg
- Phone
- +46 77 175 75 75
- kundservice@sj.se
- Website
- SJ AB
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Stockholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $45–75
- Website
- SJ AB
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Stockholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $45–75
- Website
- SJ AB
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Kongsvinger
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $20–35
- Website
- SJ AB
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Stockholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $45–75
- Website
- SJ AB
- Phone
- +46 77 144 41 11
- Website
- Vy Tåg AB
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Stockholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $27–40
- Schedules at
- Vy Tåg AB
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Stockholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $27–40
- Schedules at
- Vy Tåg AB
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Kongsvinger
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $13–20
- Schedules at
- Vy Tåg AB
Train from Kongsvinger stasjon to Lillestrøm stasjon
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $9–13
- Schedules at
- Vy Tåg AB
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Oslo S
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $21–30
- Schedules at
- Vy Tåg AB
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Stockholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $27–40
- Schedules at
- Vy Tåg AB
- Phone
- +46 8 600 10 00
- Website
- SL
Train from Stockholm City station to Nynäshamn station
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $8
- Website
- SL
Train from Stockholm City station to Nynäshamn station
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $8
- Website
- SL
Train from Stockholm City station to Nynäshamn station
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $8
- Website
- SL
- Phone
- +47 61 05 19 10
- tog@vy.no
- Website
- Norwegian Railways (VY)
Train from Kongsvinger stasjon to Lillestrøm stasjon
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $7
- Website
- Norwegian Railways (VY)
- Book at
- Norwegian Railways (VY)
Train from Oslo S to Sandefjord stasjon
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $11
- Website
- Norwegian Railways (VY)
- Book at
- Norwegian Railways (VY)
- Phone
- +46 771 15 15 15
- info@vy.se
- Website
- Vy Travel AB
Train from Kongsvinger stasjon to Lillestrøm stasjon
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Schedules at
- Vy Travel AB
- Phone
- 8760
- vilciens@info.vivi.lv
- Website
- Vivi
Train from Tukums 2 to Riga-Pasazieru
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $3–5
- Website
- Vivi
- Phone
- +371 63 629 904
- vreiss@ventspils.lv
- Website
- Pašvaldības SIA "Ventspils reiss"
Bus from Ventspils AO to Rīgas SAO
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- Pašvaldības SIA "Ventspils reiss"
Bus from Ventspils AO to Tukuma lauktehnika
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- Pašvaldības SIA "Ventspils reiss"
Bus from Ventspils AO to Rīgas SAO
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- Pašvaldības SIA "Ventspils reiss"
- Phone
- +47 407 05070
- buss@vy.no
- Website
- Vy Buss
Bus from Karlstad Bus Station Drottninggatan to Norrköping Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $65–130
- Website
- Vy Buss
Bus from Karlstad Centralstation to Stockholm, Cityterminalen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $80–150
- Website
- Vy Buss
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Norrköping to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $100–160
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Riga, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $130–200
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Riga, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $110–200
- Schedules at
- ecolines.net
- Phone
- 0771 – 32 32 00
- Website
- varmlandstrafik.se
Bus from Karlstad busstation to Råda Rådastrand
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Website
- https://www.varmlandstrafik.se/
- Phone
- +44 844 770 7070
- info.se@stenaline.com
- Website
- Stena Line
Ferry from Nynashamn farjeterminal to Ventspils Ferry
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $95–140
- Website
- Stena Line
Ferry from Nynashamn farjeterminal to Ventspils Ferry
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $95–140
- Website
- Stena Line
Ferry from Nynashamn farjeterminal to Ventspils Ferry
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $95–140
- Website
- Stena Line
- Phone
- +44 344 848 6090
- travel.sales@dfds.com
- Website
- DFDS Seaways
Car ferry from Karlshamn to Klaipeda
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $230–390
- Website
- DFDS Seaways
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