There are 3 ways to get from Rostock to Svalbard by train, plane, car ferry, or bus
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Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Rostock Hauptbahnhof to Flughafen BERtrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR)plane BER - LYR
13h 49m$332–566Train to Hamburg Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Rostock Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbftrain
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR)plane HAM - LYR
12h 2m$267–540Car ferry, bus to Copenhagen Airport, fly
- Take the car ferry from Rostock Port to Gedsercarferry
- Take the bus from Gedser to Copenhagen Airportbus
- Fly from Copenhagen Airport (CPH) to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR)plane CPH - LYR
16h 52m$285–591
Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Rostock to Svalbard is to car ferry and bus and fly which costs $280 - $600 and takes 16h 52m.
The fastest way to get from Rostock to Svalbard is to train and fly which takes 12h 2m and costs $260 - $550.
The distance between Rostock and Svalbard is 3132 km.
It takes approximately 13h 49m to get from Rostock to Svalbard, including transfers.
There are 16+ hotels available in Svalbard.
What companies run services between Rostock, Germany and Svalbard, SJ?
There is no direct connection from Rostock to Svalbard. However, you can take the train to Flughafen BER, walk to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) airport, fly to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR), walk to Longyearbyen Airport, then take the bus to Unis Longyearbyen. Alternatively, you can take the train to Hamburg Hbf, take the train to Hamburg Airport, walk to Hamburg Airport (HAM) airport, fly to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR), walk to Longyearbyen Airport, then take the bus to Unis Longyearbyen.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $140–550
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–480
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Copenhagen Airport, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 3m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–480
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Copenhagen Airport, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–500
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $180–360
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $180–360
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–500
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Copenhagen Airport, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–700
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–550
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Rostock Hauptbahnhof to Flughafen BER
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Rostock Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Rostock Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- 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 Gedser to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $17–24
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +45 33 15 15 15
- Scandlines@scandlines.com
- Website
- scandlines.se
Car ferry from Rostock Port to Gedser
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $55–110
- Schedules at
- scandlines.com
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