There are 10 ways to get from Vienna to Kiel by plane, train, bus, night train, car, or car train
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Fly Vienna International Airport to Hamburg Airport, train
best- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)plane VIE - HAM
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbftrain
5h 49m€92–279Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB) to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhofbus N66
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Kiel central bus stationbus 050 / ...
17h 30m€75–127Train
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Breclavtrain Re
- Take the train from Breclav to Kiel Hbftrain Rj
12h 56m€145–243Night train, train
- Take the night train from Wien Hbf to Hamburg Dammtornighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Hamburg Dammtor to Kiel Hbftrain Re70 / ...
14h€78–192Fly Vienna International Airport to Bremen Airport, train
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Bremen Airport (BRE)plane VIE - BRE
- Take the train from Bremen Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbftrain
6h 52m€125–430Fly Vienna International Airport to Hannover Airport, train
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Hannover Airport (HAJ)plane VIE - HAJ
- Take the train from Hannover Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbftrain
8h 8m€154–460Train to Graz Airport, fly to Hamburg Airport, train
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Graz Hbftrain
- Fly from Graz Airport (GRZ) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)plane GRZ - HAM
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbftrain
8h 37m€123–394Drive, car train
- Drive from Vienna to Schwarzach-St.Veitcar
- Take the car train from Schwarzach-St.Veit to Hamburg Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Hamburg Hbf to Kielcar
16h 20m€167–218Train, bus
- Take the train from Wien Westbahnhof to Amstetten NÖtrain Drf / ...
- Take the bus from Amstetten Bahnhof to Kiel central bus stationbus
23h 24mDrive 974.5 km
- Drive from Vienna to Kielcar 974.5 km
9h 54m€157–226
Vienna to Kiel by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Vienna to Kiel is to bus which costs €75 - €130 and takes 17h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Vienna to Kiel is to fly and train which takes 5h 49m and costs €90 - €280.
No, there is no direct bus from Vienna to Kiel station. However, there are services departing from Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB) and arriving at Kiel central bus station via Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 30m.
No, there is no direct train from Vienna to Kiel. However, there are services departing from Wien Hbf and arriving at Kiel Hbf via Breclav. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 56m.
The distance between Vienna and Kiel is 906 km. The road distance is 974.5 km.
The best way to get from Vienna to Kiel without a car is to train which takes 12h 56m and costs €140 - €250.
It takes approximately 5h 49m to get from Vienna to Kiel, including transfers.
Vienna to Kiel bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB) station.
Vienna to Kiel train services, operated by ÖBB, depart from Wien Hbf station.
The best way to get from Vienna to Kiel is to train which takes 12h 56m and costs €140 - €250. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €75 - €130 and takes 17h 30m.
What companies run services between Vienna, Austria and Kiel, Germany?
You can take a train from Wien Hbf to Kiel Hbf via Breclav in around 12h 56m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB) to Kiel central bus station via Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof in around 17h 30m.
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–320
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Bremen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–270
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Hannover Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–280
Flights from Graz Airport to Hamburg Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–310
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Hamburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–350
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Bremen Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–490
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Bremen Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–270
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Hannover Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–350
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Hannover Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–280
Flights from Graz Airport to Hamburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–340
Flights from Graz Airport to Hamburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–850
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–190
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Hamburg Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–190
Flights from Graz Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–190
Flights from Graz Airport to Hamburg Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €65–190
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Hannover Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–280
Flights from Graz Airport to Hamburg Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–550
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hamburg Dammtor to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hamburg Dammtor to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bremen Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €20–35
Train from Wien Hbf to Breclav
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–28
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €18–27
Train from Breclav to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 28m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €140–210
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €140–210
Train from Wien Hbf to Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €30–50
Train from Wien Hbf to Breclav
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Wien Hbf to Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Wien Westbahnhof to Amstetten NÖ
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–45
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wien Hbf to Breclav
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Wien Hbf to Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Train from Wien Hbf to Breclav
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €5–9
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Wien Hbf to Breclav
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €10–16
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
Train from Wien Hbf to Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €24–40
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Wien Hbf to Breclav
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €14–35
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Wien Hbf to Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Wien Hbf to Hamburg Dammtor
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 36m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–150
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €110–150
- Couchette Carriage
- €85–100
- Seating Carriage
- €55–70
- Phone
- +49 581 97164164
- info@der-metronom.de
- Website
- der-metronom.de
Train from Bremen Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €29
- Schedules at
- der-metronom.de
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Bremen Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
Train from Hannover Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Website
- govolta.nl
Train from Bremen Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- govolta.nl
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Wien Hbf to Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
Train from Wien Westbahnhof to Amstetten NÖ
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wien Hbf to Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €24–55
- 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 Westbahnhof to Amstetten NÖ
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €14–30
- 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
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Schwarzach-St.Veit to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 37m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €100–120
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB) to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Kiel central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €6–11
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +359 700 20 544
- Website
- ardatur.bg
Bus from Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB) to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- Website
- https://ardatur.bg/en/
- Phone
- 0040374557200
- Website
- romfour.com
Bus from Amstetten Bahnhof to Kiel central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 33m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- romfour-door2door.autogari.ro
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More Questions & Answers
Vienna to Kiel bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof station.
Vienna to Kiel train services, operated by ÖBB, arrive at Breclav station.
Yes, the driving distance between Vienna to Kiel is 974 km. It takes approximately 9h 54m to drive from Vienna to Kiel.
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