There are 12 ways to get from Vienna to Externsteine by car, car train, bus, train, or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Drive, car train
best- Drive from Vienna to Salzburg Hbf
- Take the car train from Salzburg Hbf to Hannover Hbf
- Drive from Hannover Hbf to Externsteine
8h 43m€161–889Train
cheapest- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Kassel-WilhelmshoeheIce
- Take the train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to AltenbekenRe
10h 1m€83–299Bus, train
- Take the bus from Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB) to Leipzig Hbf OstseiteUnion Ivkoni - Unibus 3657 / ...
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Altenbeken51
16h 15m€92–118Drive 815.6 km
- Drive from Vienna to Externsteine815.6 km
9h 14m€132–191Fly to Hannover Airport, train
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Hannover Airport (HAJ)VIE - HAJ
- Take the train from Langenhagen Flughafen to Altenbeken
8h 42mTrain via Nuremberg
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Nuernberg HbfIce
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to Altenbeken41
10h 16m€102–237Bus
- Take the bus from Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB) to Hanover central bus station167 / ...
- Take the bus from Hanover ZOB to Bielefeld Hbf
18h 41mFly to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)VIE - DUS
- Take the train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Altenbeken
9h 11m€113–289Fly to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)VIE - CGN
- Take the train from Koeln Messe/Deutz to Hamm(Westf)Hbf
- Take the train from Hamm(Westf)Hbf to Altenbeken
9h 38m€96–333Fly to Bremen Airport, train
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Bremen Airport (BRE)VIE - BRE
- Take the train from Bremen Hbf to Osnabrück Hbf
- Take the train from Osnabrück Hbf to Herford, Bahnhof
9h 31m€129–381Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Frankfurt (FRA)VIE - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Take the train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Altenbeken
9h 58m€130–340Fly to Hamburg Airport, train
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)VIE - HAM
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Osnabrück Hbf
- Take the train from Osnabrück Hbf to Herford, Bahnhof
10h 55m€111–320
Vienna to Externsteine by subway, bus, train, and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Vienna to Externsteine is to bus and train which costs €90 - €120 and takes 16h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Vienna to Externsteine is to drive and car train which takes 8h 43m and costs €160 - €900.
No, there is no direct bus from Vienna to Externsteine. However, there are services departing from Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB) and arriving at Horn-Holzh., Abzw.Externsteine via Hanover ZOB, Bielefeld Hbf and Detmold, Bahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 18h 41m.
The distance between Vienna and Externsteine is 1134 km. The road distance is 815.6 km.
The best way to get from Vienna to Externsteine without a car is to bus and train which takes 16h 15m and costs €90 - €120.
It takes approximately 8h 43m to get from Vienna to Externsteine, including transfers.
Vienna to Externsteine bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB) station.
The best way to get from Vienna to Externsteine is to train which takes 10h 1m and costs €80 - €300. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 18h 41m.
Vienna to Externsteine bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Hanover central bus station.
Yes, the driving distance between Vienna to Externsteine is 816 km. It takes approximately 9h 14m to drive from Vienna to Externsteine.
What companies run services between Vienna, Austria and Externsteine, Germany?
You can take a train from Wien Hbf to Externsteine via Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe, Altenbeken, H-BM-Horn, Bahnhof, H-BM-Horn, Bahnhof, and Horn-Holzh., Abzw.Externsteine in around 10h 1m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB) to Externsteine via Hanover central bus station, Hanover ZOB, Bielefeld Hbf, Detmold, Bahnhof, and Horn-Holzh., Abzw.Externsteine in around 18h 41m.
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Hannover Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–240
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–220
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–220
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Bremen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–270
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–240
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–600
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Hannover Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–380
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Hannover Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–240
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–270
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–220
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–290
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Bremen Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–600
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Bremen Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–270
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–240
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Hamburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–320
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Hamburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–600
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–190
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–220
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–190
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–170
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–180
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Hamburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–160
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Hannover Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–370
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Salzburg Hbf to Hannover Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–800
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- €380–430
- Car Compartment
- €700–800
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Altenbeken
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Wien Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–230
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Altenbeken
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €18–29
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Wien Hbf to Nuernberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Altenbeken
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Altenbeken
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €39
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Koeln Messe/Deutz to Hamm(Westf)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hamm(Westf)Hbf to Altenbeken
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €29–33
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bremen Hbf to Osnabrück Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–29
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Osnabrück Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311682904
- Website
- bahn.com
Train from Langenhagen Flughafen to Altenbeken
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.bahn.com/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wien Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 6m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €170–260
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from Wien Hbf to Nuernberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–130
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Altenbeken
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–23
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Altenbeken
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Koeln Messe/Deutz to Hamm(Westf)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Hamm(Westf)Hbf to Altenbeken
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–25
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixtrain.de
Train from Koeln Messe/Deutz to Hamm(Westf)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–29
- Website
- https://www.flixtrain.com/
Train from Bremen Hbf to Osnabrück Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €8–35
- Website
- https://www.flixtrain.com/
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- info@eurobahn.de
- Website
- eurobahn.de
Train from Hamm(Westf)Hbf to Altenbeken
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €17–25
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
Train from Osnabrück Hbf to Herford, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–17
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bremen Hbf to Osnabrück Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 01806 / 600161
- dialog@nordwestbahn.de
- Website
- nordwestbahn.de
Train from Bremen Hbf to Osnabrück Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Website
- nordwestbahn.de
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB) to Leipzig Hbf Ostseite
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB) to Hanover central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB) to Hanover central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–95
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +38 (044) 444 00 44
- Website
- grandes-tour.com.ua
Bus from Hanover ZOB to Bielefeld Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Website
- https://grandes-tour.com.ua/en
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