There are 12 ways to get from Sweden to Athens by plane, train, bus, car, car train, or busferry
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 43m€103–266Fly from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport
cheapest- Fly from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport (GOT) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane GOT - ATH
6h 51m€74–263Train, bus
- Take the train from Stockholm Centralstation to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the bus from Dresden Bayrische Strasse to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Athensbus
2d 3h€187–237Train, bus via Budapest
- Take the train from Stockholm Centralstation to Salzburg Hbftrain
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeldtrain Rjx
- Take the bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Thessalonikibus
- Take the train from Thessaloniki to Athenstrain Ic
2d 4hDrive, car train
- Drive from Stockholm to Hamburg Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Hamburg Hbf to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Athenscar
35h 4m€575–1,592Fly from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Fly from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane ARN - ATH
6h 46m€107–281Fly from Umeå Airport
- Fly from Umeå Airport (UME) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane UME - ATH
9h 25m€91–363Fly from Malmö Airport
- Fly from Malmö Airport (MMX) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane MMX - ATH
8h 47m€86–251Fly from Linköping City Airport
- Fly from Linköping City Airport (LPI) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane LPI - ATH
10h 6m€102–293Bus
- 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 Paracin, Autobuska Stanicabusferry
- Take the bus from Paracin, Autobuska Stanica to Athensbus
2d 10hDrive 3,595.6 km
- Drive from Stockholm to Athenscar 3,595.6 km
37h 21m€640–925
Sweden to Athens by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sweden to Athens is to fly which costs €70 - €270 and takes 6h 51m.
The fastest way to get from Sweden to Athens is to fly which takes 6h 43m and costs €100 - €270.
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 2210 km. The road distance is 3595.6 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 €180 - €240.
It takes approximately 6h 43m 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 43m and costs €100 - €270. 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 2:56 PM in Sweden and 3:56 PM in Athens.
What companies run services between Sweden and Athens, Greece?
Scandinavian Airlines, Norwegian Air International, and four other airlines fly from Copenhagen Airport (CPH) to Athens International Airport (ATH) 4 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Stockholm, Cityterminalen to Athens via Elbasan and Elbasan in around 2d 4h.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–220
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Athens International Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from Umeå Airport to Athens International Airport via Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–350
Flights from Malmö Airport to Athens International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–230
Flights from Malmö Airport to Athens International Airport via Skopje
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–230
Flights from Malmö Airport to Athens International Airport via Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
Flights from Malmö Airport to Athens International Airport via Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–220
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €75–210
Flights from Linköping City Airport to Athens International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–280
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–220
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from Umeå Airport to Athens International Airport via Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–350
Flights from Malmö Airport to Athens International Airport via Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–330
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €75–210
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €50–120
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €50–220
Flights from Umeå Airport to Athens International Airport via Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 27m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €80–360
Flights from Malmö Airport to Athens International Airport via Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €75–340
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Athens International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–200
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Athens International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–230
Flights from Malmö Airport to Athens International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–230
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Athens International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–250
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Athens International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–190
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Athens International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €55–150
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Linköping City Airport to Athens International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–410
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Athens International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–220
- 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
- €90–130
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
Train from Stockholm Centralstation to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 22m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €220–350
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €75–120
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- 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
- 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
- 6h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–900
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- €420–470
- Car Compartment
- €750–900
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Dresden Bayrische Strasse to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–13
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Dresden Bayrische Strasse to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–23
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +359 700 20 544
- Website
- ardatur.bg
Bus from Dresden Bayrische Strasse to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €12
- Website
- https://ardatur.bg/en/
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Dresden Bayrische Strasse to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- 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 Paracin, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 43m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- unilines.com
- Phone
- 0030 2108219900
- vsiamos@otenet.gr
- Website
- siamostours.com
Bus from Paracin, Autobuska Stanica to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Schedules at
- siamostours.com
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