There are 10 ways to get from Bilbao to Potsdam by plane, train, bus, car, train (Renfe, Ouigo, 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 23m€80–230Bus, train via Paris
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Hendayebus
- Take the train from Hendaye to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2train Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Est to Berlin Suedkreuztrain Ice
17h 13m€336–615Bus
- 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€170–264Drive 1,905.4 km
- Drive from Bilbao to Potsdamcar 1,905.4 km
17h 39m€343–495Bus 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 23m€156–346Fly 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 21m€161–403Train
- Take the train from Bilbao-Abando to Zaragoza-Deliciastrain Alv
- Take the train from Zaragoza-Delicias to Barcelona-Santstrain Ave
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Lyon Part Dieutrain
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Frankfurt(Main)Hbftrain Tgv
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Berlin Hbftrain 12 / ...
24h 50m€365–615Bus, train
- 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 21m€180–364Bus, train #2
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Brussels - Midi Train Stationbus BlaBlaCar Bus
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid to Berlin Gesundbrunnentrain European Sleeper
32h 5m€178–332Drive, car train
- Drive from Bilbao to Lörrach Hbfcar
- Take the cartrain from Lörrach Hbf to Lüneburgcartrain
- Drive from Lüneburg to Potsdamcar
25h 14m€353–496
Bilbao to Potsdam by bus, train, foot, and subway
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Bilbao to Potsdam is to fly and train which costs €75 - €230 and takes 6h 23m.
The fastest way to get from Bilbao to Potsdam is to fly and train which takes 6h 23m and costs €75 - €230.
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 Bilbao-Abando and arriving at Potsdam Hbf via Zaragoza-Delicias, Barcelona-Sants, Lyon Part Dieu, Frankfurt and Berlin Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 24h 50m.
The distance between Bilbao and Potsdam is 1635 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 13m and costs €330 - €650.
It takes approximately 6h 23m 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 Renfe Viajeros, depart from Bilbao-Abando station.
The best way to get from Bilbao to Potsdam is to bus which takes 26h 35m and costs €170 - €270. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €360 - €650 and takes 24h 50m.
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 Bilbao-Abando to Potsdam Hbf via Zaragoza-Delicias, Barcelona-Sants, Lyon Part Dieu, Frankfurt(Main)Hbf, Frankfurt, and Berlin Hbf in around 24h 50m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–310
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–310
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–320
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €95–400
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday to Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €75–280
Flights from Santander Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–280
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- €80–320
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–280
Flights from Santander Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–280
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–240
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–280
- 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
- €8
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Flughafen BER to S Potsdam Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to Berlin Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €26
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Hendaye to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €150–220
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €140–200
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Hendaye to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €140–230
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Paris Est to Berlin Suedkreuz
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €180–350
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to Berlin Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–50
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Berlin Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €80–160
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Dortmund Hbf to S Potsdam Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–140
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Bilbao-Abando to Zaragoza-Delicias
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Zaragoza-Delicias to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Zaragoza-Delicias to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- Renfe AVE
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- [email protected]
- Website
- Iryo
Train from Zaragoza-Delicias to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–50
- Website
- Iryo
- Phone
- +34 900 759 781
- Website
- Ouigo
Train from Zaragoza-Delicias to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- Ouigo
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Dortmund Hbf to S Potsdam Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
- Phone
- +31302035833
- [email protected]
- Website
- European Sleeper
Train from Brussel-Zuid to Berlin Gesundbrunnen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €75–160
- Website
- European Sleeper
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Lörrach Hbf to Lüneburg
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 22m
- 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 Hendaye
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–17
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Vitoria-Gasteiz
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €5–9
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Brussels - Midi Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–170
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Hendaye
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €10–16
- 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 Magdeburg central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €80–130
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Magdeburg central bus station to Potsdam central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Vitoria-Gasteiz to Dortmund central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €140–210
- 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
- Twice daily
- 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
- €6–15
- Website
- Autobuses La Union
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Booking & Getting There
Bilbao to Potsdam bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Paris station.
Bilbao to Potsdam train services, operated by Renfe Viajeros, arrive at Zaragoza-Delicias 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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