There are 12 ways to get from Sweden to Athens by plane, train, bus, car, busferry, or car train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Copenhagen Airport
best- Fly from Copenhagen Airport (CPH) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane CPH - ATH
6h 24m€114–285Fly from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport
cheapest- Fly from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport (GOT) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane GOT - ATH
7h 55m€96–228Train, bus
- Take the train from Stockholm Centralstation to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the bus from Dresden central station to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus N60 / ...
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Athensbus
2d 3h€308–424Train, bus via Budapest
- Take the train from Stockholm Centralstation to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Děčín hlavní nádražítrain 27
- Take the train from Decin Hlavni Nadrazi to Budapest-Nyugatitrain Rj
- Take the bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Thessalonikibus
- Take the train from Thessaloniki to Athenstrain Ic
2d 4hDrive 3,595.5 km
- Drive from Stockholm to Athenscar 3,595.5 km
37h 22m€655–947Fly from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Fly from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane ARN - ATH
6h 29m€126–317Fly from Umeå Airport
- Fly from Umeå Airport (UME) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane UME - ATH
8h 28m€110–393Fly from Malmö Airport
- Fly from Malmö Airport (MMX) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane MMX - ATH
8h 56m€100–328Fly from Linköping City Airport
- Fly from Linköping City Airport (LPI) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane LPI - ATH
8h 44m€139–486Bus
- Take the bus from Stockholm, Cityterminalen to Elbasanbus
- Take the bus from Elbasan to Athensbus
2d 4hBus and ferry, bus
- Take the busferry from Stockholm, Cityterminalen to Beograd, Autobuska stanicabusferry
- Take the bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Athensbus
2d 6hDrive, car train
- Drive from Stockholm to Hamburg Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Hamburg Hbf to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Athenscar
41h 48m€579–838
Sweden to Athens by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sweden to Athens is to fly which costs €95 - €230 and takes 7h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Sweden to Athens is to fly which takes 6h 24m and costs €110 - €290.
No, there is no direct bus from Sweden to Athens. However, there are services departing from Stockholm, Cityterminalen and arriving at Athens via Elbasan. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 4h.
The distance between Sweden and Athens is 2205 km. The road distance is 3595.5 km.
The best way to get from Sweden to Athens without a car is to train and bus which takes 2 days 3h and costs €300 - €430.
It takes approximately 6h 24m to get from Sweden to Athens, including transfers.
Sweden to Athens bus services, operated by Bledi Travel, depart from Stockholm, Cityterminalen station.
The best way to get from Sweden to Athens is to fly which takes 6h 24m and costs €110 - €290. Alternatively, you can Bus, which costs and takes 2 days 4h.
Sweden to Athens bus services, operated by Bledi Travel, arrive at Elbasan station.
Athens is 1h ahead of Sweden. It is currently 4:38 AM in Sweden and 5:38 AM in Athens.
What companies run services between Sweden and Athens, Greece?
Scandinavian Airlines, Norwegian Air International, and three other airlines fly from Copenhagen Airport (CPH) to Athens International Airport (ATH) every 4 hours. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Stockholm, Cityterminalen to Athens via Elbasan and Elbasan in around 2d 4h.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–320
Flights from Umeå Airport to Athens International Airport via Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 21m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–450
Flights from Malmö Airport to Athens International Airport via Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 46m
- When
- Friday, Monday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–550
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–320
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Athens International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–150
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Athens International Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €70–180
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Athens International Airport via Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–280
Flights from Umeå Airport to Athens International Airport via Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–390
Flights from Malmö Airport to Athens International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–290
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Athens International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–330
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Athens International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–340
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Athens International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–370
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Athens International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–200
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Athens International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–270
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Athens International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Friday, Monday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €75–220
Flights from Malmö Airport to Athens International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–290
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–130
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–250
Flights from Umeå Airport to Athens International Airport via Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €80–360
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Linköping City Airport to Athens International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–450
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Athens International Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–180
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Malmö Airport to Athens International Airport via Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–280
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- snalltaget@snalltaget.se
- Website
- snalltaget.se
Train from Stockholm Centralstation to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €200–320
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
Train from Stockholm Centralstation to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €200–320
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Děčín hlavní nádraží
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Děčín hlavní nádraží
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €19–28
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Decin Hlavni Nadrazi to Budapest-Nyugati
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 31m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €85–130
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Thessaloniki to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 9m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Hamburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €100–130
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=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 Dresden central station to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–20
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +30 210 92 33 33
- info@koronatravel.gr
- Website
- koronatravel.gr
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €90
- Schedules at
- koronatravel.gr
Bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- koronatravel.gr
- Phone
- +355 (0) 69 432/6000
- bleditravel@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Stockholm, Cityterminalen to Elbasan
- Ave. Duration
- 42h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/bleditravellipjan/
- Phone
- +30694 051 4160
- metroeurotirane@hotmail.com
- Website
- metroeuro.travel
Bus from Elbasan to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- metroeuro.travel
- Phone
- +355 67 604 2191
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Elbasan to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
- Phone
- +381 35 534 931
- info@unilines.com
- Website
- unilines.com
Busferry from Stockholm, Cityterminalen to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 22m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- unilines.com
- Phone
- +302105233969
- fptravel@otenet.gr
- Website
- fptravel.gr
Bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–95
- Schedules at
- fptravel.gr
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