There are 4 ways to get from Leipzig to Svalbard by train, plane, or bus
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 Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Berlin Suedkreuz
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR)BER - LYR
19h 19m$228–494Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport
- Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR)LEJ - LYR
18h 55m$268–972Train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR)FRA - LYR
19h 17m$352–624Train, bus to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Take the bus from Dresden central station to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR)PRG - LYR
23h 40m$293–526
Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Leipzig to Svalbard is to train and fly which costs $220 - $500 and takes 19h 19m.
The fastest way to get from Leipzig to Svalbard is to fly which takes 18h 55m and costs $260 - $1,000.
The distance between Leipzig and Svalbard is 3078 km.
It takes approximately 19h 19m to get from Leipzig to Svalbard, including transfers.
There are 17+ hotels available in Svalbard.
What companies run services between Leipzig, Germany and Svalbard, SJ?
Lufthansa, Scandinavian Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR) once daily.
Transport is disrupted due to the Russia-Ukraine war. Read more
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–410
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Copenhagen, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–410
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Copenhagen, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $260–410
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Stockholm, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $260–410
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Frankfurt, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Antalya, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–470
Flights from Frankfurt to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Copenhagen, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $300–470
Flights from Frankfurt to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Stockholm, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–430
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Copenhagen, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $250–430
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Stockholm, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $250–430
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Dusseldorf, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $120–460
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–390
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $180–390
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Oslo, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–390
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Frankfurt, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 55m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Oslo, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Oslo, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $150–600
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Helsinki, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $290–700
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Berlin Suedkreuz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $40–65
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Berlin Suedkreuz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $28–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixtrain.de
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Berlin Suedkreuz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $5–19
- Website
- https://www.flixtrain.com/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $22–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Dresden central station to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $15–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +359-887-208-506
- racic_bg@yahoo.com
- Website
- racicbg.com
Bus from Dresden central station to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $30–40
- Website
- https://www.racicbg.com/bg/
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Dresden central station to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $9–15
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Dresden central station to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $7–11
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
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