There are 12 ways to get from Gothenburg to Cardiff by plane, train, bus, car, car train, or car ferry
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Fly Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Cardiff Airport
best- Fly from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport (GOT) to Cardiff Airport (CWL)plane GOT - CWL
7h 49m£83–232Fly Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Bristol Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport (GOT) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane GOT - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
7h 35m£79–311Train, bus via Copenhagen
- Take the train from Göteborg Centralstation to Köpenhamn Htrain
- Take the train from København H to Hamburg Hbftrain Ece / ...
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Amsterdam Central Stationbus
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.train
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
24h 23m£241–511Bus
- Take the bus from Gothenburg to Hanover central bus stationbus 173
- Take the bus from Hanover central bus station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to University REbus 507 / ...
33h 37m£138–247Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Gothenburg to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the cartrain from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Cardiffcar
18h 28m£377–501Fly Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport (GOT) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane GOT - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
7h 18m£147–398Fly Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport (GOT) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane GOT - STN
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
7h 59m£114–385Train to Copenhagen Airport, fly to Bristol Airport, train
- Take the train from Göteborg Centralstation to Copenhagen Lufthavntrain
- Fly from Copenhagen Airport (CPH) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane CPH - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
9h 12m£111–307Fly Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport (GOT) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane GOT - MAN
- Take the train from Wilmslow to Cardiff Centraltrain
9h£92–346Train
- Take the train from Göteborg Centralstation to Hamburg Hbftrain
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Bremen Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Bremen Hbf to Amsterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.train
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
25h 48m£267–557Train, bus
- Take the train from Mölndal St. to Hamburg Hbftrain 083 / ...
- Take the bus from Hamburg to Amsterdam Centraal Stationbus
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
26h 58mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Gothenburg to Calaiscar
- Take the carferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Cardiffcar
19h 32m£272–428
Gothenburg to Cardiff by train, foot, bus, and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Gothenburg to Cardiff is to fly which costs £80 - £240 and takes 7h 49m.
The fastest way to get from Gothenburg to Cardiff is to fly and train which takes 7h 18m and costs £140 - £400.
No, there is no direct bus from Gothenburg to Cardiff. However, there are services departing from Gothenburg and arriving at University RE via Hanover central bus station and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 33h 37m.
No, there is no direct train from Gothenburg station to Cardiff. However, there are services departing from Göteborg Centralstation and arriving at Cardiff Central via Hamburg Hbf, Bremen Hbf, Amsterdam Centraal, King's Cross St. Pancras station and London Paddington. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 25h 48m.
The distance between Gothenburg and Cardiff is 793 miles.
The best way to get from Gothenburg to Cardiff without a car is to train and bus via Copenhagen which takes 24h 23m and costs £240 - £550.
It takes approximately 7h 49m to get from Gothenburg to Cardiff, including transfers.
Gothenburg to Cardiff bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Gothenburg station.
Gothenburg to Cardiff train services, operated by Swedish Railways (SJ), depart from Göteborg Centralstation.
The best way to get from Gothenburg to Cardiff is to fly which takes 7h 49m and costs £80 - £240. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £130 - £250 and takes 33h 37m, you could also train, which costs £260 - £600 and takes 25h 48m.
What companies run services between Gothenburg, Sweden and Cardiff, Wales?
KLM flies from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport (GOT) to Cardiff Airport (CWL) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Gothenburg to University RE via Hanover central bus station and London Victoria in around 33h 37m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Cardiff Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–390
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Bristol Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–250
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–290
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Bristol Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–230
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Manchester Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–250
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £26–180
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to London Stansted Airport via Gdansk
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £26–180
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £35–150
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Bristol Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £35–150
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £25–210
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Bristol Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Saturday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–270
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Bristol Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £55–270
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–160
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Bristol Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–160
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Bristol Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–160
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–250
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Manchester Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £85–700
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £95–230
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Manchester Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–200
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–140
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–270
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–230
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £30–130
- Phone
- +46 771-77 77 1
- [email protected]
- Website
- Öresundståg
Train from Göteborg Centralstation to Köpenhamn H
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–85
- Website
- Öresundståg
Train from Göteborg Centralstation to Copenhagen Lufthavn
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–85
- Website
- Öresundståg
- Phone
- +47 70 13 14 15
- [email protected]
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from København H to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £85–130
- Website
- Danish Railways
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- [email protected]
- Website
- Snälltåget
Train from København H to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £45–75
- Website
- Snälltåget
Train from Mölndal St. to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 17m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £75–130
- Website
- Snälltåget
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £55–120
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £55–120
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- [email protected]
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–120
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–35
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–120
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–120
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–35
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–120
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–120
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £117
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- £117
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £15–25
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £15–25
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Wilmslow to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–110
- Website
- Transport for Wales
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £20–29
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £20–29
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +46 77 175 75 75
- [email protected]
- Website
- Swedish Railways (SJ)
Train from Göteborg Centralstation to Copenhagen Lufthavn
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £40–65
- Website
- Swedish Railways (SJ)
Train from Göteborg Centralstation to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 4m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £100–160
- Website
- Swedish Railways (SJ)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–80
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 581 97164164
- [email protected]
- Website
- metronom
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £30–110
- Schedules at
- metronom
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £25–40
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- [email protected]
- Website
- GoVolta
Train from Bremen Hbf to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £20–26
- Website
- GoVolta
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £140–240
- Website
- Eurostar
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Amsterdam Central Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Gothenburg to Hanover central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £50–90
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Hanover central bus station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £55–90
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from London Victoria to University RE
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £29–70
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- [email protected]
- Website
- Grand Bus
Bus from Hamburg to Amsterdam Centraal Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Grand Bus
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- [email protected]
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £7–45
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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More Questions & Answers
Gothenburg to Cardiff bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Hanover central bus station.
Cardiff is 1h behind Gothenburg. It is currently 9:33 PM in Gothenburg and 8:33 PM in Cardiff.
Gothenburg to Cardiff train services, operated by Swedish Railways (SJ), arrive at Hamburg Hbf station.
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