There are 13 ways to get from Papenburg to Athens by train, plane, bus, car, or car train
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Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Papenburg, Bahnhof to Duisburg Hbf
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Athens International Airport (ATH)DUS - ATH
8h 38m€111–441Train, train to Hamburg Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Leer(Ostfriesl) to Bremen Hbf
- Take the train from Bremen Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Athens International Airport (ATH)HAM - ATH
10h 5m€109–297Train, bus
- Take the train from Papenburg, Bahnhof to Duisburg Hbf35
- Take the bus from Duisburg Hbf to Strumica
- Take the bus from Strumica to Gevgelija
- Take the bus from Gevgelija to Thessaloníki
- Take the train from Thessaloniki to AthensIc
35h 44mTrain, bus via Vienna
- Take the train from Papenburg, Bahnhof to Duisburg Hbf35
- Take the train from Duisburg Hbf to München Hbf41 / ...
- Take the train from Muenchen Hbf to Wien HbfIc
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to FerencvarosEc
- Take the bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Thessaloniki
- Take the train from Thessaloniki to AthensIc
40h 13mDrive 2,618.3 km
- Drive from Papenburg to Athens2,618.3 km
26h 28m€467–674Train to Bremen Airport, fly
- Take the train from Leer(Ostfriesl) to Bremen Hbf
- Fly from Bremen Airport (BRE) to Athens International Airport (ATH)BRE - ATH
10h 28m€136–388Train to Münster Osnabrück International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Papenburg, Bahnhof to Münster Hauptbahnhof
- Fly from Münster Osnabrück International Airport (FMO) to Athens International Airport (ATH)FMO - ATH
10h 5m€146–342Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly
- Take the train from Papenburg, Bahnhof to Rheine, Bahnhof
- Take the train from Rheine to Amersfoort Centraal
- Take the train from Amersfoort Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Athens International Airport (ATH)AMS - ATH
10h 39m€147–380Train, train to Eindhoven Airport, fly
- Take the train from Papenburg, Bahnhof to Rheine, Bahnhof
- Take the train from Rheine, Bahnhof to Hengelo
- Take the train from Hengelo to Utrecht Centraal
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Eindhoven
- Fly from Eindhoven Airport (EIN) to Athens International Airport (ATH)EIN - ATH
11h 6m€165–430Bus
- Take the bus from Leer ZOB to Bremen Fernbusterminal075 / ...
- Take the bus from Bremen Hauptbahnhof to Durrës
- Take the bus from Durrës to Athens
42h 26mTrain, bus #2
- Take the train from Leer(Ostfriesl) to Bremen Hbf56 / ...
- Take the bus from Bremen to Preševo
- Take the bus from Preševo to Athens
47h 4m€172–239Train, Bus via Mannheim
- Take the train from Papenburg, Bahnhof to Münster Hauptbahnhof35
- Take the train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof43 / ...
- Take the bus from Mannheim to Larissa
- Take the train from Larissa to AthensIc
2d 2h€302–515Drive, car train
- Drive from Papenburg to Hannover Hbf
- Take the car train from Hannover Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Athens
25h 36m€429–1,381
Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Athens International Airport (ATH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Papenburg to Athens is to train and fly which costs €100 - €300 and takes 10h 5m.
The fastest way to get from Papenburg to Athens is to train and fly which takes 8h 38m and costs €110 - €450.
No, there is no direct bus from Papenburg to Athens. However, there are services departing from Papenburg, AOK and arriving at Athens via Leer ZOB, Bremen Hauptbahnhof and Durrës. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 42h 26m.
The distance between Papenburg and Athens is 2288 km. The road distance is 2618.3 km.
The best way to get from Papenburg to Athens without a car is to train and bus which takes 35h 44m and costs .
It takes approximately 8h 38m to get from Papenburg to Athens, including transfers.
Papenburg to Athens bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Leer ZOB station.
Papenburg to Athens bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Bremen Fernbusterminal station.
Athens is 1h ahead of Papenburg. It is currently 6:09 PM in Papenburg and 7:09 PM in Athens.
Yes, the driving distance between Papenburg to Athens is 2618 km. It takes approximately 26h 28m to drive from Papenburg to Athens.
What companies run services between Papenburg, Germany and Athens, Greece?
You can take a bus from Papenburg, AOK to Athens via Leer ZOB, Bremen Fernbusterminal, Bremen Hauptbahnhof, and Durrës in around 42h 26m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Athens International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–1,200
Flights from Bremen Airport to Athens International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–400
Flights from Bremen Airport to Athens International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 17m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–410
Flights from Münster Osnabrück International Airport to Athens International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 33m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–400
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–220
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–260
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Athens International Airport via Corfu
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–230
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Athens International Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–260
Flights from Münster Osnabrück International Airport to Athens International Airport via Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 42m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–490
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–220
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Athens International Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–240
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–370
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–400
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–350
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Athens International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–180
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Athens International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–130
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Athens International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–410
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–190
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–160
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–210
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Münster Osnabrück International Airport to Athens International Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–300
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Athens International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 52m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–250
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–400
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–260
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bremen Airport to Athens International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–370
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Athens International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–320
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Papenburg, Bahnhof to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €26–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Duisburg Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leer(Ostfriesl) to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–29
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Papenburg, Bahnhof to Münster Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bremen Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–30
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Papenburg, Bahnhof to Rheine, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–33
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Rheine, Bahnhof to Hengelo
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hengelo to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €34–38
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Thessaloniki to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
Train from Larissa to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Duisburg Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €95–330
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €95–140
- 1st Class
- €200–330
Train from Rheine to Amersfoort Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–85
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €25–40
- 1st Class
- €50–85
Train from Amersfoort Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €13
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Rheine, Bahnhof to Hengelo
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–25
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €9–14
- 1st Class
- €15–25
Train from Hengelo to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €25
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €14–45
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €14–21
- 1st Class
- €25–45
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Muenchen Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–110
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wien Hbf to Ferencvaros
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €19–55
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Wien Hbf to Ferencvaros
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €19–55
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Leer(Ostfriesl) to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–24
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- 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
- €28–29
- Schedules at
- der-metronom.de
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Bremen Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- info@eurobahn.de
- Website
- eurobahn.de
Train from Rheine, Bahnhof to Hengelo
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- arriva.nl
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €17–20
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- 2nd Class
- €17–20
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Hannover Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 58m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–900
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- €420–470
- Car Compartment
- €750–900
- Phone
- +389 70 638 014
- info@metaktrans.mk
- Website
- metaktrans.mk
Bus from Duisburg Hbf to Strumica
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 12m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- metaktrans.mk
- Phone
- +389 34 346 030
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Strumica to Gevgelija
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/strumicaekspres
- Phone
- +389 2 240 2528
- ruleturs@sas.com.mk
- Website
- ruleturs.mk
Bus from Gevgelija to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- ruleturs.mk
- Phone
- +30 210 92 33 33
- info@koronatravel.gr
- Website
- koronatravel.gr
Bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- koronatravel.gr
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Leer ZOB to Bremen Fernbusterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €8–12
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +355 673 835 770
- Website
- devatours.eu
Bus from Bremen Hauptbahnhof to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 27m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- devatours.eu
- Phone
- +210 52 25 550
- arttouroe@gmail.com
- Website
- arttour.gr
Bus from Durrës to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 58m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- arttour.gr
- Phone
- +381 (11) 761-4545
- Website
- srbijatours.com
Bus from Bremen to Preševo
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 35m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €120–140
- Schedules at
- srbijatours.com
- Prices
- €120–140
- Phone
- 0030 2108219900
- vsiamos@otenet.gr
- Website
- siamostours.com
Bus from Preševo to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Schedules at
- siamostours.com
- Website
- portokalidistours.gr
Bus from Mannheim to Larissa
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €220–330
- Schedules at
- portokalidistours.gr
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