There are 10 ways to get from Copenhagen to Riesa by train, bus, night train, 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 Koebenhavn H to Berlin Suedkreuztrain Rj
- Take the train from Berlin Suedkreuz to Elsterwerdatrain Re
10h 11m€76–88Fly to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Copenhagen Airport (CPH) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane CPH - BER
- Take the train from Flughafen BER to Elsterwerda, Bahnhoftrain
6h 15m€50–211Bus, train
- Take the bus from Copenhagen Busterminal to Dresden Neustadt stationbus N160
- Take the train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Riesa Busbf/Bahnhoftrain 55 / ...
11h 26m€71–113Night train, train
- Take the nighttrain from Koebenhavn H to Berlin Hbfnighttrain 301
- Take the train from Flughafen BER to Elsterwerda, Bahnhoftrain 17
12h 30m€121–156Drive 884 km
- Drive from Copenhagen to Riesacar 884 km
8h 45m€191–276Fly to Dresden Airport, train
- Fly from Copenhagen Airport (CPH) to Dresden Airport (DRS)plane CPH - DRS
- Take the train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Riesa Busbf/Bahnhoftrain
7h 17m€137–441Fly to Leipzig-Halle Airport, train
- Fly from Copenhagen Airport (CPH) to Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ)plane CPH - LEJ
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Riesa Busbf/Bahnhoftrain
7h 33m€170–511Fly to Hamburg Airport, train
- Fly from Copenhagen Airport (CPH) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)plane CPH - HAM
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Leipzig Hbftrain
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Riesa Busbf/Bahnhoftrain
7h 29m€161–418Fly to Václav Havel Airport Prague, train
- Fly from Copenhagen Airport (CPH) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane CPH - PRG
- Take the train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbftrain
- Take the train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Riesa Busbf/Bahnhoftrain
8h 45m€58–234Fly to Hannover Airport, train
- Fly from Copenhagen Airport (CPH) to Hannover Airport (HAJ)plane CPH - HAJ
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Riesa Busbf/Bahnhoftrain
8h 35m€146–413
Copenhagen to Riesa by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Copenhagen to Riesa is to train which costs €75 - €90 and takes 10h 11m.
The fastest way to get from Copenhagen to Riesa is to fly and train which takes 6h 15m and costs €50 - €220.
No, there is no direct train from Copenhagen to Riesa. However, there are services departing from Koebenhavn H and arriving at Riesa via Berlin Suedkreuz and Elsterwerda. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 11m.
The distance between Copenhagen and Riesa is 929 km. The road distance is 884 km.
The best way to get from Copenhagen to Riesa without a car is to train which takes 10h 11m and costs €75 - €90.
It takes approximately 10h 11m to get from Copenhagen to Riesa, including transfers.
Copenhagen to Riesa train services, operated by Danish Railways (DSB), depart from Koebenhavn H station.
Copenhagen to Riesa train services, operated by Danish Railways (DSB), arrive at Berlin Suedkreuz station.
Yes, the driving distance between Copenhagen to Riesa is 884 km. It takes approximately 8h 45m to drive from Copenhagen to Riesa.
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What companies run services between Copenhagen, Denmark and Riesa, Germany?
You can take a train from Koebenhavn H to Riesa via Berlin Suedkreuz and Elsterwerda in around 10h 11m.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–150
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–240
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–170
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Hannover Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–240
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Hannover Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–390
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Dresden Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–460
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Dresden Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–450
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–500
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–370
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €24–140
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–140
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–160
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–470
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–150
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Hannover Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–390
- Phone
- +47 70 13 14 15
- [email protected]
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from Koebenhavn H to Berlin Suedkreuz
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €62
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €15
- Website
- Danish Railways
- Phone
- +49 30 514 88 88 88
- [email protected]
- Website
- ODEG
Train from Berlin Suedkreuz to Elsterwerda
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- Schedules at
- ODEG
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Riesa Busbf/Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €7–16
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Flughafen BER to Elsterwerda, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Riesa Busbf/Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €7–16
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Flughafen BER to Elsterwerda, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Riesa Busbf/Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–21
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–150
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Riesa Busbf/Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–21
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Riesa Busbf/Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–17
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Riesa Busbf/Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–110
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Riesa Busbf/Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €13
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Riesa Busbf/Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €13
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €48
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Riesa Busbf/Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–8
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Riesa Busbf/Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–8
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Riesa Busbf/Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–11
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Riesa Busbf/Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–11
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Riesa Busbf/Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- [email protected]
- Website
- Snälltåget
Night train from Koebenhavn H to Berlin Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €100
- Website
- Snälltåget
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- [email protected]
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–25
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Copenhagen Busterminal to Dresden Neustadt station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €65–100
- Website
- Flixbus
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