There are 12 ways to get from Cardiff to Aarhus by plane, train, night train, bus, car, car train, or car ferry
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Fly Cardiff Airport to Billund Airport, train
best- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Billund Airport (BLL)plane CWL - BLL
- Take the train from Vejle St. to Aarhus Htrain
9h 42mkr 1,716–2,815Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Aarhus Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Aarhus Airport (AAR)plane BRS - AAR
9h 54mkr 705–2,209Train, night train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Amsterdam Centraaltrain Eil
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to Hamburg-Harburgtrain Ice
- Take the night train from Hamburg-Harburg to Odensenighttrain 304
- Take the train from Odense St. to Aarhus Htrain Icl / ...
20h 45mkr 2,902–5,471Train, bus via Amsterdam
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the bus from Amsterdam Central Station to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhofbus N75
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Vejle Busterminalbus 353 / ...
- Take the train from Vejle St. to Aarhus Htrain Re / ...
21h 16mkr 1,660–3,126Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Cardiff to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Aarhuscar
14h 8mkr 2,881–3,885Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Billund Airport, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Billund Airport (BLL)plane BRS - BLL
- Take the train from Vejle St. to Aarhus Htrain
8h 54mkr 1,165–2,449Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Billund Airport, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Billund Airport (BLL)plane LHR - BLL
- Take the train from Vejle St. to Aarhus Htrain
7h 46mkr 1,417–3,701Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Copenhagen Airport, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Copenhagen Airport (CPH)plane BRS - CPH
- Take the train from Copenhagen Lufthavn to Aarhus Htrain
9h 59mkr 1,082–2,613Train to London Stansted Airport, fly to Aarhus Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Aarhus Airport (AAR)plane STN - AAR
8h 30mkr 1,179–3,346Train, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Odense St.train Ece / ...
- Take the train from Odense St. to Aarhus Htrain Icl / ...
28h 1mkr 1,717–3,303Bus
- Take the bus from Park Place to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 507 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Aarhus C FlixBus stopbus 353 / ...
28h 40mkr 1,064–2,061Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cardiff to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Aarhuscar
15h 17mkr 1,959–3,209
Cardiff to Aarhus by train, subway, and night train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Aarhus is to bus which costs 1000 kr - 2100 kr and takes 28h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Aarhus is to train and fly which takes 7h 46m and costs 1400 kr - 3700 kr.
No, there is no direct bus from Cardiff to Aarhus. However, there are services departing from Park Place and arriving at Aarhus C FlixBus stop via London Victoria and Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 28h 40m.
No, there is no direct train from Cardiff to Aarhus. However, there are services departing from Cardiff Central and arriving at Aarhus H via Paddington station, London St Pancras Intl, Amsterdam Centraal, Hamburg-Harburg and Odense St.. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 20h 45m.
The distance between Cardiff and Aarhus is 1088 km.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Aarhus without a car is to train and night train which takes 20h 45m and costs 2900 kr - 5500 kr.
It takes approximately 9h 42m to get from Cardiff to Aarhus, including transfers.
Cardiff to Aarhus bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Park Place station.
Cardiff to Aarhus train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), depart from Cardiff Central station.
Cardiff to Aarhus bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and Aarhus, Denmark?
You can take a bus from Park Place to Aarhus C FlixBus stop via London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals, London Victoria, and Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof in around 28h 40m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Billund Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 600–3,200
Flights from Bristol Airport to Billund Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 440–2,400
Flights from Bristol Airport to Aarhus Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 450–1,800
Flights from Bristol Airport to Aarhus Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 600–3,100
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Billund Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 490–2,800
Flights from Bristol Airport to Copenhagen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 390–2,200
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Billund Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 460–1,900
Flights from Bristol Airport to Billund Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 500–2,600
Flights from Bristol Airport to Aarhus Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 450–1,800
Flights from Bristol Airport to Aarhus Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- When
- Sunday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 800–3,100
Flights from Bristol Airport to Aarhus Airport via Edinburgh, Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 850–3,300
Flights from Bristol Airport to Aarhus Airport via Berlin Brandenburg, Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 650–2,300
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Billund Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 850–1,900
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Billund Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 600–3,200
Flights from Bristol Airport to Billund Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 460–1,900
Flights from Bristol Airport to Billund Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 500–2,600
Flights from Bristol Airport to Aarhus Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 450–1,800
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Billund Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 600–3,200
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Billund Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 500–1,500
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Billund Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- kr 470–2,000
Flights from Bristol Airport to Aarhus Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 700–3,400
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 270–1,200
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Aarhus Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 280–1,800
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Billund Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 850–3,300
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 410–1,300
- Phone
- +47 70 13 14 15
- [email protected]
- Website
- dsb.dk
Train from Vejle St. to Aarhus H
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 120–180
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
Train from Odense St. to Aarhus H
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 240–360
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
Train from Vejle St. to Aarhus H
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 120–180
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
Train from Vejle St. to Aarhus H
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 120–180
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
Train from Vejle St. to Aarhus H
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 120–180
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
Train from Copenhagen Lufthavn to Aarhus H
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 500–750
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Odense St.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 490–750
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
Train from Odense St. to Aarhus H
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 240–360
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- [email protected]
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 550–1,100
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 550–1,100
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 150–290
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 150–290
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 550–1,100
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 150–290
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 550–1,100
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 550–1,100
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–2,400
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Hamburg-Harburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 380–800
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 480–1,000
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- [email protected]
- Website
- snalltaget.se
Night train from Hamburg-Harburg to Odense
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- kr 340–550
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Odense St.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 330–500
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 1,020
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Standard fare
- kr 1,020
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 130–230
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 130–230
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 130–230
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- kr 180–260
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- kr 180–260
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- kr 180–260
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- [email protected]
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Odense St.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 300–450
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Amsterdam Central Station to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 290–480
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Vejle Busterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 180–310
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 600–1,100
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 600–1,100
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Aarhus C FlixBus stop
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 220–380
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Park Place to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 240–600
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- [email protected]
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 75–410
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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Aarhus is 1h ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 4:50 PM in Cardiff and 5:50 PM in Aarhus.
Cardiff to Aarhus train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), arrive at London Paddington station.
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