There are 10 ways to get from Bilbao to Potsdam by plane, train, bus, car, train (TGV), or car train
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Fly Bilbao Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
best- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane BIO - BER
- Take the train from Flughafen BER to S Potsdam Hauptbahnhoftrain
6h 43m€84–234Bus, 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 Est to Berlin Hbftrain Ice
17h 29m€347–1,247Bus
- Take the bus from Bilbao to Parisbus
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Magdeburg central bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Magdeburg central bus station to Potsdam central train stationbus
26h 35m€148–247Drive 1,905.4 km
- Drive from Bilbao to Potsdamcar 1,905.4 km
17h 39m€301–435Bus to Santander Airport, fly to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Parada de autobús del aeropuerto de Santanderbus
- Fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane SDR - BER
- Take the train from Flughafen BER to S Potsdam Hauptbahnhoftrain
9h 30m€135–340Fly Bilbao Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport, train
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ)plane BIO - LEJ
- Take the train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to Berlin Hbftrain
10h 22m€168–543Train
- Take the train from Zazpikaleak/Casco Viejo-Bilbao to Amara-Donostiatrain E1
- Take the train from Hendaye to Bordeaux St Jeantrain Ter
- Take the train from Bordeaux St Jean to Karlsruhe Hbftrain Tgv
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Berlin Hbftrain Ice
21h 10m€374–1,016Bus, train
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Brussels - Midi Train Stationbus BlaBlaCar Bus
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid to Berlin Ostbahnhoftrain European Sleeper
31h 7m€211–394Bus, train #2
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Vitoria-Gasteizbus
- Take the bus from Vitoria-Gasteiz to Dortmund central bus stationbus
- Take the train from Dortmund Hbf to S Potsdam Hauptbahnhoftrain 10
31h 17m€161–601Drive, car train
- Drive from Bilbao to Lörrach Hbfcar
- Take the cartrain from Lörrach Hbf to Lüneburgcartrain
- Drive from Lüneburg to Potsdamcar
24h 20m€318–444
Bilbao to Potsdam by bus, train, foot, and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bilbao to Potsdam is to fly and train which costs €80 - €240 and takes 6h 43m.
The fastest way to get from Bilbao to Potsdam is to fly and train which takes 6h 43m and costs €80 - €240.
No, there is no direct bus from Bilbao to Potsdam station. However, there are services departing from Bilbao and arriving at Potsdam central train station via Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) and Magdeburg central bus station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 26h 35m.
No, there is no direct train from Bilbao to Potsdam. However, there are services departing from Zazpikaleak/Casco Viejo-Bilbao and arriving at S Potsdam Hauptbahnhof via Amara-Donostia, Hendaye, Bordeaux St Jean, Karlsruhe Hbf and Berlin Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 21h 10m.
The distance between Bilbao and Potsdam is 1644 km. The road distance is 1905.4 km.
The best way to get from Bilbao to Potsdam without a car is to bus and train via Paris which takes 17h 29m and costs €340 - €1300.
It takes approximately 6h 43m to get from Bilbao to Potsdam, including transfers.
Bilbao to Potsdam bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Bilbao station.
Bilbao to Potsdam train services, operated by Euskotren, depart from Zazpikaleak/Casco Viejo-Bilbao station.
The best way to get from Bilbao to Potsdam is to bus which takes 26h 35m and costs €140 - €250. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €370 - €1100 and takes 21h 10m.
What companies run services between Bilbao, Spain and Potsdam, Germany?
You can take a bus from Bilbao to Potsdam central train station via Paris, Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine), and Magdeburg central bus station in around 26h 35m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Zazpikaleak/Casco Viejo-Bilbao to S Potsdam Hauptbahnhof via Amara-Donostia, Hendaia, Hendaye, Bordeaux St Jean, Karlsruhe Hbf, and Berlin Hbf in around 21h 10m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 23m
- When
- Thursday, Monday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €65–270
Flights from Santander Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Venice Treviso
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
Flights from Santander Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–300
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–460
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Basel, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–350
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Dusseldorf, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–260
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–210
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €90–210
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €90–210
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–320
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–280
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–550
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–550
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Flughafen BER to S Potsdam Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–22
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Flughafen BER to S Potsdam Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–22
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to Berlin Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- 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 37m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €150–250
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Hendaye to Bordeaux St Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Bordeaux St Jean to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €220–350
- 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 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €120–250
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Hendaye to Bordeaux St Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Paris Est to Berlin Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 47m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €210–950
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to Berlin Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–140
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Berlin Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–550
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Dortmund Hbf to S Potsdam Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €85–380
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- 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
- Phone
- +31302035833
- [email protected]
- Website
- European Sleeper
Train from Brussel-Zuid to Berlin Ostbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €100–200
- Website
- European Sleeper
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Dortmund Hbf to S Potsdam Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 18m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Lörrach Hbf to Lüneburg
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 29m
- 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
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–21
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Brussels - Midi Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–190
- 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
- €65–120
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Magdeburg central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Magdeburg central bus station to Potsdam central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €9–16
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Vitoria-Gasteiz to Dortmund central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €120–210
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Parada de autobús del aeropuerto de Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €39
- Website
- ALSA
- Aeropuerto de Santander
- €39
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Vitoria-Gasteiz
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €5–9
- Website
- ALSA
- Phone
- +34 94 476 50 07
- Website
- Autobuses La Union
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Vitoria-Gasteiz
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €6–12
- Website
- Autobuses La Union
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More Questions & Answers
Bilbao to Potsdam bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Paris station.
Bilbao to Potsdam train services, operated by Euskotren, arrive at Amara-Donostia station.
Yes, the driving distance between Bilbao to Potsdam is 1905 km. It takes approximately 17h 39m to drive from Bilbao to Potsdam.
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