There are 10 ways to get from Gothenburg to Bilbao by plane, train, bus, car, train (Eurostar, TGV, Renfe), night train, or car train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Bilbao Airport
best- Fly from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport (GOT) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane GOT - BIO
7h 35m€93–246Train, bus via Antony
- Take the train from Göteborg Centralstation to Hamburg Hbftrain
- Take the train from Hamburg Central Station to Düsseldorf Hbftrain
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Paris Nordtrain Tha
- Take the train from Massy Tgv to St Jean De Luz Cibouretrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Saint-Jean-de-Luz to Bilbao Intermodalbus
28h 34m€508–803Bus
- Take the bus from Gothenburg Central Bus Station to Malmo Norra Vallgatanbus 600 / ...
- Take the bus from Malmö central train station FlixBus stop to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus
- Take the bus from Paris to Bilbaobus
36h 50m€210–409Drive 2,542.9 km
- Drive from Gothenburg to Bilbaocar 2,542.9 km
23h 47m€395–570Train to Copenhagen Airport, fly to Bilbao Airport
- Take the train from Göteborg Centralstation to Copenhagen Lufthavntrain
- Fly from Copenhagen Airport (CPH) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane CPH - BIO
8h 57m€98–291Fly Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport, bus
- Fly from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport (GOT) to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport (BIQ)plane GOT - BIQ
- Take the bus from Biarritz to Bilbaobus
10h 26m€110–323Train
- Take the train from Göteborg Centralstation to Hamburg Hbftrain
- Take the train from Hamburg Central Station to Düsseldorf Hbftrain
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Paris Nordtrain Tha
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Barcelona-Santstrain Tgv
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Bilbao-Abandotrain Alv
35h 45m€635–1,001Train, bus
- Take the train from Göteborg Centralstation to Hamburg Hbftrain
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Dortmund Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the bus from Dortmund central bus station to Vitoria-Gasteizbus
- Take the bus from Vitoria-Gasteiz to Bilbao Intermodalbus
41h 14m€294–493Night train, bus
- Take the nighttrain from Molndal station to Hamburg Hbfnighttrain
- Take the bus from Hamburg - Bus Station to Brussels - Midi Train Stationbus
- Take the bus from Brussels - Midi Train Station to Bilbao Intermodalbus
43h 50m€259–354Drive, car train
- Drive from Gothenburg to Hamburg Hbfcar
- Take the cartrain from Hamburg Hbf to Lörrach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Lörrach Hbf to Bilbaocar
30h 10m€454–648
Gothenburg to Bilbao by train and bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Gothenburg to Bilbao is to fly which costs €90 - €250 and takes 7h 35m.
The fastest way to get from Gothenburg to Bilbao is to fly which takes 7h 35m and costs €90 - €250.
No, there is no direct bus from Gothenburg station to Bilbao. However, there are services departing from Gothenburg Central Bus Station and arriving at Bilbao via Malmö central train station FlixBus stop and Paris. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 36h 50m.
No, there is no direct train from Gothenburg station to Bilbao. However, there are services departing from Göteborg Centralstation and arriving at Bilbao-Abando via Hamburg Central Station, Düsseldorf Hbf, Paris Nord, Paris Gare De Lyon and Barcelona-Sants. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 35h 45m.
The distance between Gothenburg and Bilbao is 1953 km. The road distance is 2542.9 km.
The best way to get from Gothenburg to Bilbao without a car is to train and bus via Antony which takes 28h 34m and costs €500 - €850.
It takes approximately 7h 35m to get from Gothenburg to Bilbao, including transfers.
Gothenburg to Bilbao bus services, operated by Vy Buss, depart from Gothenburg Central Bus Station.
Gothenburg to Bilbao train services, operated by Swedish Railways (SJ), depart from Göteborg Centralstation.
The best way to get from Gothenburg to Bilbao is to fly which takes 7h 35m and costs €90 - €250. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €210 - €410 and takes 36h 50m, you could also train, which costs €600 - €1000 and takes 35h 45m.
What companies run services between Gothenburg, Sweden and Bilbao, Spain?
KLM, Scandinavian Airlines, and four other airlines fly from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport (GOT) to Bilbao Airport (BIO) every 4 hours. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Gothenburg Central Bus Station to Bilbao via Malmö central train station FlixBus stop, Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine), and Paris in around 36h 50m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Bilbao Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–380
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Bilbao Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–350
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–600
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Bilbao Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–350
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €160–190
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Bilbao Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–350
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–550
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Bilbao Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–360
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €160–600
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Bilbao Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–380
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–600
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Bilbao Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €65–280
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Bilbao Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–260
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Bilbao Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60–260
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Bilbao Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–280
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Bilbao Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–260
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
- Phone
- +46 77 175 75 75
- Website
- Swedish Railways (SJ)
Train from Göteborg Centralstation to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 4m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €90–140
- Website
- Swedish Railways (SJ)
Train from Göteborg Centralstation to Copenhagen Lufthavn
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- Swedish Railways (SJ)
Train from Göteborg Centralstation to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 4m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €90–140
- Website
- Swedish Railways (SJ)
Train from Göteborg Centralstation to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 4m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €90–140
- Website
- Swedish Railways (SJ)
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Hamburg Central Station to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Hamburg Central Station to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €220–360
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €220–360
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Massy Tgv to St Jean De Luz Ciboure
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 24m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €150–230
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €210–330
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +46 771 77 77 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- Öresundståg
Train from Göteborg Centralstation to Copenhagen Lufthavn
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Website
- Öresundståg
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Bilbao-Abando
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- [email protected]
- Website
- Snälltåget
Night train from Molndal station to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €104
- Website
- Snälltåget
- Phone
- +49 (0) 911 / 240 388 – 22
- [email protected]
- Website
- BahnTouristikExpress GmbH
Night train from Molndal station to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 34m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- BahnTouristikExpress GmbH
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Hamburg Hbf to Lörrach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 36m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €100–120
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Saint-Jean-de-Luz to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–18
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Vitoria-Gasteiz to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €5–9
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Hamburg - Bus Station to Brussels - Midi Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–90
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Brussels - Midi Train Station to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–160
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Saint-Jean-de-Luz to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €11–18
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Gothenburg Central Bus Station to Malmo Norra Vallgatan
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €24–40
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Malmö central train station FlixBus stop to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €110–170
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Paris to Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Biarritz to Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–20
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Dortmund central bus station to Vitoria-Gasteiz
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €140–220
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +47 407 05070
- [email protected]
- Website
- Vy Buss
Bus from Gothenburg Central Bus Station to Malmo Norra Vallgatan
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- Vy Buss
- Phone
- +34 94 476 50 07
- Website
- Autobuses La Union
Bus from Vitoria-Gasteiz to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–14
- Website
- Autobuses La Union
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Vitoria-Gasteiz to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €5–9
- Website
- ALSA
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Booking & Getting There
Gothenburg to Bilbao bus services, operated by Vy Buss, arrive at Malmo Norra Vallgatan station.
Gothenburg to Bilbao train services, operated by Swedish Railways (SJ), arrive at Hamburg Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Gothenburg to Bilbao is 2543 km. It takes approximately 23h 47m to drive from Gothenburg to Bilbao.
Book your Gothenburg to Bilbao bus tickets online with Omio and FlixBus.
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