There are 9 ways to get from Amsterdam to Dresden by train, bus, car, 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.
Train
best- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to Berlin Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Berlin Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain 27
8h 24m€95–284Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Amsterdam Sloterdijk to Dresden central stationbus N67 / ...
11h 15m€65–110Drive 734.3 km
- Drive from Amsterdam to Dresdencar 734.3 km
6h 32m€131–189Fly Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Dresden Airport
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Dresden Airport (DRS)plane AMS - DRS
6h 6m€185–444Train via Werther
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to Hengelotrain Ice
- Take the train from Hengelo to Bielefeld Hbftrain
- Take the train from Bielefeld Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain 55
10h 44m€126–455Train via Kassel
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to Kassel-Wilhelmshöhetrain
- Take the train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Heilbad Heiligenstadttrain Re
- Take the train from Heilbad Heiligenstadt to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain Drf
12h 13mTrain to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Dresden Airport
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to Duesseldorf Hbftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Dresden Airport (DRS)plane DUS - DRS
5h 19m€150–429Fly Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane AMS - BER
- Take the train from Flughafen BER to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadttrain
6h 4m€127–408Fly Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Václav Havel Airport Prague, train
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane AMS - PRG
- Take the train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbftrain
7h 52m€96–317
Amsterdam to Dresden by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Amsterdam to Dresden is to bus which costs €65 - €110 and takes 11h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Amsterdam to Dresden is to train and fly which takes 5h 19m and costs €150 - €430.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Amsterdam Sloterdijk and arriving at Dresden central station station. Services depart five times a day, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 11h 15m.
No, there is no direct train from Amsterdam to Dresden. However, there are services departing from Amsterdam Centraal and arriving at Dresden Hauptbahnhof via Berlin Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 24m.
The distance between Amsterdam and Dresden is 817 km. The road distance is 734.3 km.
The best way to get from Amsterdam to Dresden without a car is to train which takes 8h 24m and costs €95 - €290.
It takes approximately 8h 24m to get from Amsterdam to Dresden, including transfers.
Amsterdam to Dresden bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Amsterdam Sloterdijk station.
Amsterdam to Dresden train services, operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), depart from Amsterdam Centraal station.
The best way to get from Amsterdam to Dresden is to train which takes 8h 24m and costs €95 - €290. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €65 - €110 and takes 11h 15m, you could also fly, which costs €180 - €450 and takes 6h 6m.
What companies run services between Amsterdam, Netherlands and Dresden, Germany?
You can take a train from Amsterdam Centraal to Dresden Hauptbahnhof via Berlin Hbf in around 8h 24m. Alternatively, FlixBus operates a bus from Amsterdam Sloterdijk to Dresden central station 5 times a day. Tickets cost €65–110 and the journey takes 11h 15m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–300
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–320
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Dresden Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–460
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Dresden Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–460
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Dresden Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–460
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–340
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–950
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €190–850
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Dresden Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–650
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Dresden Airport via Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €170–350
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Dresden Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–300
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–280
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Berlin Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–150
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Hengelo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Hengelo to Bielefeld Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–40
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–110
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–50
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +31302035833
- [email protected]
- Website
- europeansleeper.eu
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Berlin Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 43m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €75–150
- Website
- https://www.europeansleeper.eu/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Berlin Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bielefeld Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €90–380
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Flughafen BER to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Berlin Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- [email protected]
- Website
- snalltaget.se
Train from Berlin Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
- [email protected]
- Website
- govolta.nl
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Hengelo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Website
- https://govolta.nl/nl?_fl=en
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- [email protected]
- Website
- eurobahn.de
Train from Hengelo to Bielefeld Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 21300130
- [email protected]
- Website
- abellio.de
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Heilbad Heiligenstadt
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–18
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
- Phone
- 0800 2235546
- Website
- abellio.de
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Heilbad Heiligenstadt
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–20
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- [email protected]
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- €30–45
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Website
- leoexpress.com
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- leoexpress.com
- Phone
- +47 70 13 14 15
- [email protected]
- Website
- dsb.dk
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Amsterdam Sloterdijk to Dresden central station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €65–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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More Questions & Answers
Amsterdam to Dresden bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Dresden central station.
Amsterdam to Dresden train services, operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), arrive at Berlin Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Amsterdam to Dresden is 734 km. It takes approximately 6h 32m to drive from Amsterdam to Dresden.
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