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 51m€102–325Train
cheapest- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Bratislava hl.st.train Rrr 2502 / ...
- Take the train from Bratislava hl.st. to Kiel Hbftrain rj 174
13h 38m€58–106Train via Břeclav
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Breclavtrain Re
- Take the train from Breclav to Kiel Hbftrain Rj
12h 55m€145–244Bus
- Take the bus from Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB) to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhofbus N66
- Take the bus from Hauptbahnhof/ZOB to Neumünster Bahnhof(Kaiserstraße)bus Ev7
- Take the bus from Neumünster ZOB/Bahnhof to Kiel ZOBbus
17h 46mNight train, train
- Take the nighttrain from Wien Hbf to Hamburg Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbftrain Re70 / ...
15h 30m€82–235Fly 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 57m€144–561Fly 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 Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbftrain
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbftrain
7h 30m€158–571Train 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 39m€143–469Drive, car train
- Drive from Vienna to Schwarzach-St.Veitcar
- Take the cartrain from Schwarzach-St.Veit to Hamburg Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Hamburg Hbf to Kielcar
16h 20m€167–219Drive 974.4 km
- Drive from Vienna to Kielcar 974.4 km
9h 53m€158–228
Vienna to Kiel by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Vienna to Kiel is to train which costs €55 - €110 and takes 13h 38m.
The fastest way to get from Vienna to Kiel is to fly and train which takes 5h 51m and costs €100 - €330.
No, there is no direct bus from Vienna to Kiel. However, there are services departing from Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB) and arriving at Kiel ZOB via Hauptbahnhof/ZOB and Neumünster ZOB/Bahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 46m.
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 55m.
The distance between Vienna and Kiel is 906 km. The road distance is 974.4 km.
The best way to get from Vienna to Kiel without a car is to train via Břeclav which takes 12h 55m and costs €140 - €250.
It takes approximately 5h 51m 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 via Břeclav which takes 12h 55m and costs €140 - €250. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 17h 46m.
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 55m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB) to Kiel ZOB via Hauptbahnhof/ZOB, Neumünster Bahnhof(Kaiserstraße), and Neumünster ZOB/Bahnhof in around 17h 46m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Hamburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–350
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Bremen Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €190–390
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Hannover Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–400
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Hannover Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–210
Flights from Graz Airport to Hamburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–260
Flights from Graz Airport to Hamburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–900
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–310
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Bremen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–470
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Hannover Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–210
Flights from Graz Airport to Hamburg Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–390
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–220
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Hamburg Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
Flights from Graz Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Friday, Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–220
Flights from Graz Airport to Hamburg Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €90–220
- 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
- €95–210
Flights from Graz Airport to Hamburg Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €140–490
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €26–50
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €26–50
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €26–50
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €26–50
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €26–50
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–85
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–85
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bremen Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–90
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–85
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–140
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–85
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–85
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- *
- €20–35
Train from Wien Hbf to Breclav
- *
- €18–27
Train from Breclav to Kiel Hbf
- *
- €140–210
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- *
- €20–35
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- *
- €20–35
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- *
- €20–35
Train from Wien Hbf to Graz Hbf
- *
- €30–50
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- *
- €20–35
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Wien Hbf to Breclav
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Wien Hbf to Breclav
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Wien Hbf to Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- RegioJet
Train from Wien Hbf to Breclav
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €5–9
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Wien Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–150
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €110–150
- Couchette Carriage
- €90–110
- Seating Carriage
- €60–75
- Phone
- +49 581 97164164
- info@der-metronom.de
- Website
- metronom
Train from Bremen Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €35–130
- Schedules at
- metronom
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–200
- Schedules at
- metronom
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Bremen Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Wien Hbf to Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €25–55
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- service@westbahn.at
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Wien Hbf to Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- Westbahn
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Wien Hbf to Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- sekretariat@intercity.pl
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Wien Hbf to Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–120
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Wien Hbf to Bratislava hl.st.
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €3–6
- Website
- Railways of Slovak Republic (ZSSK)
Train from Bratislava hl.st. to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–100
- Website
- Railways of Slovak Republic (ZSSK)
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Schwarzach-St.Veit to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 37m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €100–120
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB) to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Bus from Hauptbahnhof/ZOB to Neumünster Bahnhof(Kaiserstraße)
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Bus from Neumünster ZOB/Bahnhof to Kiel ZOB
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
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Booking & Getting There
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 53m to drive from Vienna to Kiel.
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