There are 12 ways to get from Freiburg im Breisgau to Hamburg by train, bus, night train, car, car train, rideshare, or plane
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Train
best- Take the train from Freiburg Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbftrain 20 / ...
6h 2m€45–650Rideshare
cheapest- Take the rideshare from Freiburg im Breisgau to Hamburg741.3 km
7h 37m€18–40Bus
- Take the bus from Freiburg to Hamburg central bus stationbus FlixBus N33
10h 45m€65–110Night train
- Take the nighttrain from Freiburg(Breisgau) Hbf to Hamburg Hbfnighttrain Nj
8h 53m€45–130Drive 742.4 km
- Drive from Freiburg im Breisgau to Hamburgcar 742.4 km
6h 10m€105–152Train via Altona
- Take the train from Freiburg im Breisgau Train Station to Hamburg-Altonatrain Ice
7h 49m€274–811Car train
- Take the cartrain from Freiburg im Breisgau Train Station to Hamburg Hbfcartrain
9h 16m€100–120Train to Basel, fly
- Take the train from Freiburg im Breisgau Train Station to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)plane BSL - HAM
5h 11m€58–285Train, train to Stuttgart Airport, fly
- Take the train from Freiburg Hauptbahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbftrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)plane STR - HAM
5h 16m€119–421Train, train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Freiburg Hauptbahnhof to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)plane FRA - HAM
4h 57m€121–396Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly
- Take the train from Freiburg im Breisgau Train Station to Basel SBBtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)plane ZRH - HAM
6h 22m€118–376Bus to Friedrichshafen Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Freiburg to Friedrichshafenbus
- Fly from Friedrichshafen Airport (FDH) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)plane FDH - HAM
6h 5m€147–396
Freiburg im Breisgau to Hamburg by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Freiburg im Breisgau to Hamburg is to rideshare which costs €18 - €40 and takes 7h 37m.
The fastest way to get from Freiburg im Breisgau to Hamburg is to train and fly which takes 4h 57m and costs €120 - €400.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Freiburg and arriving at Hamburg central bus station station. Services depart once daily, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 10h 45m.
Yes, there is a direct train departing from Freiburg Hauptbahnhof and arriving at Hamburg Hbf. Services depart hourly, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 6h 2m.
The distance between Freiburg im Breisgau and Hamburg is 781 km. The road distance is 742.4 km.
The best way to get from Freiburg im Breisgau to Hamburg without a car is to train which takes 6h 2m and costs €45 - €650.
The train from Freiburg Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbf takes 6h 2m including transfers and departs hourly.
Freiburg im Breisgau to Hamburg bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Freiburg station.
Freiburg im Breisgau to Hamburg train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Freiburg Hauptbahnhof station.
The best way to get from Freiburg im Breisgau to Hamburg is to train which takes 6h 2m and costs €45 - €650. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €65 - €110 and takes 10h 45m.
What companies run services between Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany and Hamburg, Germany?
Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC) operates a train from Freiburg Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbf hourly. Tickets cost €140–650 and the journey takes 6h 2m. Two other operators also service this route. Alternatively, FlixBus operates a bus from Freiburg to Hamburg central bus station once daily. Tickets cost €65–110 and the journey takes 10h 45m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Hamburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–370
Flights from Basel to Hamburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–380
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Hamburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–390
Flights from Frankfurt to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–270
Flights from Frankfurt to Hamburg Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €80–280
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hamburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–350
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hamburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–360
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–240
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hamburg Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €75–200
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Hamburg Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–240
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–200
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Basel to Hamburg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–340
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–160
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–230
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–270
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Friedrichshafen Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- €180–240
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Freiburg Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €140–650
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Freiburg im Breisgau Train Station to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–50
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Freiburg Hauptbahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–110
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Freiburg Hauptbahnhof to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–160
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Freiburg im Breisgau Train Station to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–50
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Freiburg Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €150–230
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Freiburg im Breisgau Train Station to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €19–29
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Freiburg Hauptbahnhof to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Freiburg im Breisgau Train Station to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €19–29
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Train from Freiburg Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €45–130
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €100–130
- Couchette Carriage
- €75–90
- Seating Carriage
- €45–55
Night train from Freiburg(Breisgau) Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–130
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €100–130
- Couchette Carriage
- €75–90
- Seating Carriage
- €45–55
Train from Freiburg im Breisgau Train Station to Hamburg-Altona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 39m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €270–850
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Freiburg im Breisgau Train Station to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €22–70
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Freiburg im Breisgau Train Station to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €22–70
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–95
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Freiburg im Breisgau Train Station to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 16m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €100–120
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Freiburg im Breisgau Train Station to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €7–15
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €8–17
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Freiburg im Breisgau Train Station to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €7–15
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Freiburg im Breisgau Train Station to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €15–26
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Freiburg Hauptbahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Freiburg im Breisgau Train Station to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €15–26
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- [email protected]
- Website
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €14–26
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg
- 2nd Class Ticket
- €14–17
- 1st Class Ticket
- €18–26
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- [email protected]
- Website
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg GmbH
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg GmbH
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–26
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +49 711 2092-7087
- Website
- DB Regio Stuttgart
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Schedules at
- DB Regio Stuttgart
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Freiburg Hauptbahnhof to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–95
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €65–95
- 2nd Class
- €45–65
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Freiburg to Hamburg central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–110
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Freiburg to Friedrichshafen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–21
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar
Rideshare from Freiburg im Breisgau to Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €18–40
- Schedules at
- BlaBlaCar
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More Questions & Answers
Freiburg im Breisgau to Hamburg bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Hamburg central bus station.
Freiburg im Breisgau to Hamburg train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Hamburg Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Freiburg im Breisgau to Hamburg is 742 km. It takes approximately 6h 10m to drive from Freiburg im Breisgau to Hamburg.
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