There are 9 ways to get from Groningen to Riga by train, plane, bus, or car
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Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly
best- Take the train from Groningen to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane AMS - RIX
6h 50m$129–407Train, bus
- Take the train from Groningen to Zwolletrain
- Take the train from Zwolle to Hengelotrain
- Take the train from Hengelo to Berlin Hbftrain Ice
- Take the bus from Berlin Airport BER to Riga, Bus Stationbus
25h 40m$201–398Train
- Take the train from Groningen to Zwolletrain
- Take the train from Deventer to Praha hl.n.train
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Warszawa Wschodniatrain 113
- Take the train from Warszawa Wschodnia to Vilniaus geležinkelio stotistrain
- Take the train from Vilnius to Rīgas Centrālā stacijatrain
32h 52m$227–666Drive 1,601.5 km
- Drive from Groningen to Rigacar 1,601.5 km
18h 4m$331–477Bus, train, train to Hamburg Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Groningen to Leer(Ostfriesl)bus
- Take the train from Leer(Ostfriesl) to Bremen Hbftrain
- Take the train from Bremen Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane HAM - RIX
8h 50mBus, train to Bremen Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Groningen to Leer(Ostfriesl)bus
- Take the train from Leer(Ostfriesl) to Bremen Hbftrain
- Fly from Bremen Airport (BRE) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane BRE - RIX
10h 45mTrain, train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Groningen to Utrecht Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Duesseldorf Hbftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane DUS - RIX
9h 6m$161–385Bus
- Take the bus from Groningen central station to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhofbus N75 / ...
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Riga, Bus Stationbus N1206
27h 15m$168–296Bus, train
- Take the bus from Groningen to Leer(Ostfriesl)bus
- Take the train from Leer(Ostfriesl) to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain 56
- Take the bus from Hanover to Rīgabus
29h 58m
Groningen to Riga by train, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Groningen to Riga is to bus which costs $160 - $300 and takes 27h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Groningen to Riga is to train and fly which takes 6h 50m and costs $120 - $410.
No, there is no direct bus from Groningen station to Riga station. However, there are services departing from Groningen central station and arriving at Riga, Bus Station via Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 15m.
No, there is no direct train from Groningen to Riga. However, there are services departing from Groningen and arriving at Rīgas Centrālā stacija via Zwolle, Deventer, Praha Hlavni Nadrazi, Warszawa Wschodnia and Vilnius. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 32h 52m.
The distance between Groningen and Riga is 1558 km. The road distance is 1601.5 km.
The best way to get from Groningen to Riga without a car is to train and bus which takes 25h 40m and costs $200 - $400.
It takes approximately 6h 50m to get from Groningen to Riga, including transfers.
Groningen to Riga bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Groningen central station.
Groningen to Riga train services, operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), depart from Groningen station.
The best way to get from Groningen to Riga is to train which takes 32h 52m and costs $220 - $700. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $160 - $300 and takes 27h 15m.
What companies run services between Groningen, Netherlands and Riga, Latvia?
You can take a train from Groningen to Rīgas Centrālā stacija via Zwolle, Deventer, Praha hl.n., Praha Hlavni Nadrazi, Warszawa Wschodnia, and Vilnius in around 32h 52m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Groningen central station to Riga, Bus Station via Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof in around 27h 15m.
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–330
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Riga International Airport via Palanga
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–330
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–390
Flights from Bremen Airport to Riga International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–230
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Riga International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Riga International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–170
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Riga International Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–170
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Riga International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–230
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–330
Flights from Bremen Airport to Riga International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–650
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bremen Airport to Riga International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Bremen Airport to Riga International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $190–700
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bremen Airport to Riga International Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $100–550
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Riga International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–300
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Riga International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–380
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Riga International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–290
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Groningen to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $28–60
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Groningen to Zwolle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $13–28
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Hengelo to Berlin Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $60–130
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Groningen to Zwolle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $13–28
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Groningen to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $24–50
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $23–50
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- arriva.nl
Train from Groningen to Zwolle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $18–27
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- Second Class Single
- $18–27
Train from Groningen to Zwolle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $18–27
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- Second Class Single
- $18–27
- Phone
- 0900-9292
- Website
- blauwnet.nl
Train from Zwolle to Hengelo
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $14–17
- Website
- https://blauwnet.nl/
- Phone
- +31302035833
- [email protected]
- Website
- europeansleeper.eu
Train from Deventer to Praha hl.n.
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $120–240
- Website
- https://www.europeansleeper.eu/
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- [email protected]
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Warszawa Wschodnia
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $100–160
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Warszawa Wschodnia
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $180–330
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +420 220 311 700
- [email protected]
- Website
- leoexpress.com
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Warszawa Wschodnia
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $45–80
- Website
- https://www.leoexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +370 700 55 111
- [email protected]
- Website
- ltglink.lt
Train from Warszawa Wschodnia to Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $26–35
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
Train from Vilnius to Rīgas Centrālā stacija
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $19–26
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Leer(Ostfriesl) to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bremen Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $24–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leer(Ostfriesl) to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leer(Ostfriesl) to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $45–190
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Leer(Ostfriesl) to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $23–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leer(Ostfriesl) to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $23–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leer(Ostfriesl) to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $50–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 581 97164164
- [email protected]
- Website
- der-metronom.de
Train from Bremen Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $40–140
- Schedules at
- der-metronom.de
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Bremen Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Berlin Airport BER to Riga, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $110–200
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Groningen central station to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $28–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Riga, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $140–250
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Bus from Groningen to Leer(Ostfriesl)
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Bus from Groningen to Leer(Ostfriesl)
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Bus from Groningen to Leer(Ostfriesl)
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- [email protected]
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Hanover to Rīga
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $130–230
- Schedules at
- ecolines.net
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More Questions & Answers
Groningen to Riga bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof station.
Riga is 1h ahead of Groningen. It is currently 5:37 AM in Groningen and 6:37 AM in Riga.
Groningen to Riga train services, operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), arrive at Zwolle station.
Yes, the driving distance between Groningen to Riga is 1601 km. It takes approximately 18h 4m to drive from Groningen to Riga.
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