There are 10 ways to get from Bilbao to Cuxhaven by plane, train, bus, car, train (TGV), or car train
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Fly to Hamburg Airport, train
best- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)plane BIO - HAM
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Cuxhaventrain
7h 29m€98–331Bus, train via Paris
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Saint-Jean-de-Luzbus
- Take the train from St Jean De Luz Ciboure to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2train Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Nord to Liege-Guilleminstrain
- Take the train from Liège-Guillemins to Hamburg-Harburgtrain Trn
- Take the train from Hamburg-Harburg to Cuxhaventrain Re5
21h 40m€394–704Bus, train
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Brussels - Midi Train Stationbus
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Bremen Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Bremen Hbf to Bremerhaven-Lehetrain Re8 / ...
26h 44m€252–539Drive 1,756.3 km
- Drive from Bilbao to Cuxhavencar 1,756.3 km
16h 48m€287–414Fly to Bremen Airport, train
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Bremen Airport (BRE)plane BIO - BRE
- Take the train from Bremen Hbf to Bremerhaven-Lehetrain
9h 2m€176–466Fly to Hannover Airport, train
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Hannover Airport (HAJ)plane BIO - HAJ
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg-Harburgtrain
- Take the train from Hamburg-Harburg to Cuxhaventrain
10h 11m€174–417Train via Brussels
- Take the train from Zazpikaleak/Casco Viejo-Bilbao to Amara-Donostiatrain E1
- Take the train from Hendaye to Massy Tgvtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Massy TGV to Bruxelles Miditrain
- Take the train from Bruxelles-Midi to Hamburg-Harburgtrain Trn
- Take the train from Hamburg-Harburg to Cuxhaventrain Re5
24h 52m€338–588Train
- Take the train from Zazpikaleak/Casco Viejo-Bilbao to Amara-Donostiatrain E1
- Take the train from Hendaye to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2train Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Nord to Hamburg-Harburgtrain Trn
- Take the train from Hamburg-Harburg to Cuxhaventrain Re5
25h 58m€306–551Bus
- Take the bus from Bilbao to Parisbus
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Bremen Fernbusterminalbus N71 / ...
- Take the bus from Bremen Hauptbahnhof/Hugo-Schauinsland-Platz to Bremerhaven Hauptbahnhofbus Re8 / ...
27h 47mDrive, car train
- Drive from Bilbao to Lörrach Hbfcar
- Take the cartrain from Lörrach Hbf to Hamburg Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Hamburg Hbf to Cuxhavencar
24h 17m€306–419
Bilbao to Cuxhaven by bus, train, foot, and subway
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Bilbao to Cuxhaven is to fly and train which costs €95 - €340 and takes 7h 29m.
The fastest way to get from Bilbao to Cuxhaven is to fly and train which takes 7h 29m and costs €95 - €340.
No, there is no direct bus from Bilbao to Cuxhaven. However, there are services departing from Bilbao and arriving at Cuxhaven Schleusenpriel via Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine), Bremen Hauptbahnhof/Hugo-Schauinsland-Platz, Bremerhaven Hbf/Bismarckstraße and Nordholz(b Bremerhaven) Bahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 47m.
No, there is no direct train from Bilbao to Cuxhaven. However, there are services departing from Zazpikaleak/Casco Viejo-Bilbao and arriving at Cuxhaven via Amara-Donostia, Hendaye, Massy TGV, Bruxelles-Midi and Hamburg-Harburg. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 24h 52m.
The distance between Bilbao and Cuxhaven is 1620 km. The road distance is 1756.3 km.
The best way to get from Bilbao to Cuxhaven without a car is to bus and train via Paris which takes 21h 40m and costs €390 - €750.
It takes approximately 7h 29m to get from Bilbao to Cuxhaven, including transfers.
Bilbao to Cuxhaven bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Bilbao station.
Bilbao to Cuxhaven train services, operated by Euskotren, depart from Zazpikaleak/Casco Viejo-Bilbao station.
The best way to get from Bilbao to Cuxhaven is to train via Brussels which takes 24h 52m and costs €330 - €600. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 27h 47m.
What companies run services between Bilbao, Spain and Cuxhaven, Germany?
You can take a train from Zazpikaleak/Casco Viejo-Bilbao to Cuxhaven via Amara-Donostia, Hendaia, Hendaye, Massy TGV, Bruxelles Midi, Bruxelles-Midi, and Hamburg-Harburg in around 24h 52m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Bilbao to Cuxhaven Schleusenpriel via Paris, Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine), Bremen Fernbusterminal, Bremen Hauptbahnhof/Hugo-Schauinsland-Platz, Bremerhaven Hauptbahnhof, Bremerhaven Hbf/Bismarckstraße, and Nordholz(b Bremerhaven) Bahnhof in around 27h 47m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Hamburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–360
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Bremen Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–550
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Hannover Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–440
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Hannover Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–420
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Hamburg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–370
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Bremen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–480
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Hannover Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–430
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–220
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Hamburg Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–220
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Hamburg Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–220
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Hannover Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–410
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Hamburg Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Bremen Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–600
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Bremen Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–850
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Hannover Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–430
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Cuxhaven
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–75
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Hamburg-Harburg to Cuxhaven
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Bremen Hbf to Bremerhaven-Lehe
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Bremen Hbf to Bremerhaven-Lehe
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg-Harburg
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €26–110
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Hamburg-Harburg to Cuxhaven
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Hamburg-Harburg to Cuxhaven
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Hamburg-Harburg to Cuxhaven
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from St Jean De Luz Ciboure to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €150–230
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Hendaye to Massy Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €150–230
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Hendaye to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €150–230
- Website
- TGV inOui
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from St Jean De Luz Ciboure to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €130–220
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Massy TGV to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Hendaye to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €130–230
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Paris Nord to Liege-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €150–250
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Liège-Guillemins to Hamburg-Harburg
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €85–140
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to Hamburg-Harburg
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 13m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €100–160
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Paris Nord to Hamburg-Harburg
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 57m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €150–240
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–85
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg-Harburg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Köln Hbf to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
- Phone
- 01806 / 600161
- [email protected]
- Website
- NordWestBahn
Train from Bremen Hbf to Bremerhaven-Lehe
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €29
- Website
- NordWestBahn
Train from Bremen Hbf to Bremerhaven-Lehe
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €29
- Website
- NordWestBahn
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg-Harburg
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +49 581 97164164
- [email protected]
- Website
- metronom
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg-Harburg
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €29
- Schedules at
- metronom
- Phone
- +34 944 333 333
- [email protected]
- Website
- Euskotren
Train from Zazpikaleak/Casco Viejo-Bilbao to Amara-Donostia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–10
- Website
- Euskotren
Train from Zazpikaleak/Casco Viejo-Bilbao to Amara-Donostia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–10
- Website
- Euskotren
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Lörrach Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 6m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €100–120
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Saint-Jean-de-Luz
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–16
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Brussels - Midi Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–150
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Bilbao to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Bremen Fernbusterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €65–100
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Bus from Bremen Hauptbahnhof/Hugo-Schauinsland-Platz to Bremerhaven Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- 01806 / 600161
- [email protected]
- Website
- NordWestBahn
Bus from Bremen Hauptbahnhof/Hugo-Schauinsland-Platz to Bremerhaven Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Website
- NordWestBahn
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Booking & Getting There
Bilbao to Cuxhaven bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Paris station.
Bilbao to Cuxhaven train services, operated by Euskotren, arrive at Amara-Donostia station.
Yes, the driving distance between Bilbao to Cuxhaven is 1756 km. It takes approximately 16h 48m to drive from Bilbao to Cuxhaven.
There are 4321+ hotels available in Cuxhaven.

















































