There are 10 ways to get from Rotterdam to Potsdam by train, bus, car, or plane
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Train
best- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Hilversumtrain
- Take the train from Hilversum to Berlin-Spandautrain Ice
- Take the train from S Spandau Bhf to S Potsdam Hauptbahnhoftrain
7h 50m€83–173Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Rotterdam Central Station to Potsdam central train stationbus N1325
10h 45m€60–100Drive 652.4 km
- Drive from Rotterdam to Potsdamcar 652.4 km
6h 12m€117–169Fly Rotterdam The Hague Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Fly from Rotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane RTM - BER
- Take the train from Flughafen BER to S Potsdam Hauptbahnhoftrain
5h 35m€222–606Train via Hanover
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Hilversumtrain
- Take the train from Hilversum to Hannover Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to S Potsdam Hauptbahnhoftrain 10 / ...
8h 38m€95–300Train #2
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Berlin Ostbahnhoftrain European Sleeper
9h 55m€90–168Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Schiphol Airporttrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane AMS - BER
- Take the train from Flughafen BER to S Potsdam Hauptbahnhoftrain
5h 16m€127–313Train to Brussels Airport, fly to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Brussels Airport-Zaventemtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane BRU - BER
- Take the train from Flughafen BER to S Potsdam Hauptbahnhoftrain
6h 39m€106–301Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Hannover Airport, train
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Schiphol Airporttrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Hannover Airport (HAJ)plane AMS - HAJ
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to S Potsdam Hauptbahnhoftrain
6h 15m€232–568Train, train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Utrecht Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Duesseldorf Hbftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane DUS - BER
- Take the train from Flughafen BER to S Potsdam Hauptbahnhoftrain
7h 4m€127–296
Rotterdam to Potsdam by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Rotterdam to Potsdam is to bus which costs €60 - €100 and takes 10h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Rotterdam to Potsdam is to train and fly which takes 5h 16m and costs €120 - €320.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Rotterdam Central Station station and arriving at Potsdam central train station station. Services depart once daily, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 10h 45m.
No, there is no direct train from Rotterdam to Potsdam. However, there are services departing from Rotterdam Centraal and arriving at S Potsdam Hauptbahnhof via Hilversum and S Spandau Bhf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 7h 50m.
The distance between Rotterdam and Potsdam is 728 km. The road distance is 652.4 km.
The best way to get from Rotterdam to Potsdam without a car is to train which takes 7h 50m and costs €80 - €180.
It takes approximately 7h 50m to get from Rotterdam to Potsdam, including transfers.
Rotterdam to Potsdam bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Rotterdam Central Station.
Rotterdam to Potsdam train services, operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), depart from Rotterdam Centraal station.
The best way to get from Rotterdam to Potsdam is to train which takes 7h 50m and costs €80 - €180. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €60 - €100 and takes 10h 45m.
What companies run services between Rotterdam, Netherlands and Potsdam, Germany?
You can take a train from Rotterdam Centraal to S Potsdam Hauptbahnhof via Hilversum and S Spandau Bhf in around 7h 50m. Alternatively, FlixBus operates a bus from Rotterdam Central Station to Potsdam central train station once daily. Tickets cost €60–100 and the journey takes 10h 45m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–310
Flights from Brussels Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–260
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Hannover Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–380
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–280
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–340
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–340
Flights from Brussels Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–200
Flights from Brussels Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–260
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–330
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–350
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–210
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–270
Flights from Brussels Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–270
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Hannover Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–380
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Rotterdam The Hague Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- €150–700
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–200
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Rotterdam The Hague Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–380
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–310
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Hilversum
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–21
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Hilversum to Berlin-Spandau
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €65–140
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Hilversum
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–21
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Hilversum to Hannover Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–80
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Brussels Airport-Zaventem
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €6–13
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–45
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from S Spandau Bhf to S Potsdam Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–13
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Flughafen BER to S Potsdam Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Flughafen BER to S Potsdam Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Flughafen BER to S Potsdam Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Flughafen BER to S Potsdam Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to S Potsdam Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–200
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to S Potsdam Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–200
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31302035833
- info@europeansleeper.eu
- Website
- europeansleeper.eu
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Berlin Ostbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 3m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €85–170
- Website
- https://www.europeansleeper.eu/
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–29
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–29
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Brussels Airport-Zaventem
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–50
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Rotterdam Central Station to Potsdam central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–100
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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More Questions & Answers
Rotterdam to Potsdam bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Potsdam central train station.
Rotterdam to Potsdam train services, operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), arrive at Hilversum station.
Yes, the driving distance between Rotterdam to Potsdam is 652 km. It takes approximately 6h 12m to drive from Rotterdam to Potsdam.
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