There are 6 ways to get from Kristiansand to Rotterdam by plane, train, car ferry, bus, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
best- Fly from Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik (KRS) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane KRS - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
4h 51m€132–388Fly Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik to Brussels Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik (KRS) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane KRS - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
7h 34m€108–367Car ferry, train, bus
- Take the car ferry from Kristiansand to Hirtshalscarferry
- Take the train from Hirtshals St. to Aalborg St.train 76
- Take the bus from Aalborg to Kolding bus stationbus 353 / ...
- Take the bus from Kolding bus station to Rotterdam Central Stationbus
21h 15m€123–254Train
- Take the train from Kristiansand stasjon to Oslo Strain F5
- Take the train from Oslo S to Malmö, Centralstationtrain
- Take the train from Malmo C to Hamburg Hbftrain Ic / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Oberhausen Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Oberhausen Hbf to Utrecht Centraaltrain Ice
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
25h 35m€294–809Car ferry, drive
- Take the car ferry from Kristiansand to Hirtshalscarferry
- Drive from Hirtshals to Rotterdamcar
12h 52m€206–371Train to Stavanger Airport, Sola, fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Take the train from Kristiansand stasjon to Stavanger stasjontrain
- Fly from Stavanger Airport, Sola (SVG) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane SVG - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
8h 11m€206–517
Kristiansand to Rotterdam by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Kristiansand to Rotterdam is to fly and train which costs €100 - €370 and takes 7h 34m.
The fastest way to get from Kristiansand to Rotterdam is to fly and train which takes 4h 51m and costs €130 - €390.
No, there is no direct train from Kristiansand to Rotterdam. However, there are services departing from Kristiansand stasjon and arriving at Rotterdam Centraal via Oslo S, Malmo C, Hamburg Hbf, Oberhausen Hbf and Utrecht Centraal. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 25h 35m.
The distance between Kristiansand and Rotterdam is 758 km.
The best way to get from Kristiansand to Rotterdam without a car is to car ferry and train and bus which takes 21h 15m and costs €120 - €260.
It takes approximately 4h 51m to get from Kristiansand to Rotterdam, including transfers.
Kristiansand to Rotterdam train services, operated by Go-Ahead Nordic, depart from Kristiansand stasjon station.
Kristiansand to Rotterdam train services, operated by Go-Ahead Nordic, arrive at Oslo S station.
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What companies run services between Kristiansand, Norway and Rotterdam, Netherlands?
You can take a train from Kristiansand stasjon to Rotterdam Centraal via Oslo S, Malmo C, Hamburg Hbf, Oberhausen Hbf, and Utrecht Centraal in around 25h 35m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–360
Flights from Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–380
Flights from Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–430
Flights from Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik to Brussels Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–370
Flights from Stavanger Airport, Sola to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–380
Flights from Stavanger Airport, Sola to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Bergen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–430
Flights from Stavanger Airport, Sola to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–440
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–380
Flights from Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–430
Flights from Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik to Brussels Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–310
Flights from Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik to Brussels Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €90–310
Flights from Stavanger Airport, Sola to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–470
Flights from Stavanger Airport, Sola to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–440
- Website
- wideroe.no
Flights from Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik to Brussels Airport via Bergen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €90–250
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik to Brussels Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–330
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Schiphol Airport to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–29
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Schiphol Airport to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–29
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- 98 11 11 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- ntrejse.dk
Train from Hirtshals St. to Aalborg St.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–13
- Website
- https://www.en.ntrejse.dk/
- Phone
- +47 61 25 80 00
- [email protected]
- Website
- go-aheadnordic.no
Train from Kristiansand stasjon to Oslo S
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €60–110
- Website
- https://go-aheadnordic.no/
Train from Kristiansand stasjon to Stavanger stasjon
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- https://go-aheadnordic.no/
- Phone
- +47 61 05 19 10
- [email protected]
- Website
- vy.no
Train from Oslo S to Malmö, Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 13m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €120–180
- Website
- https://www.vy.no/en/
- Book at
- https://www.vy.no/en/buy-tickets/train-and-bus-tickets
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- [email protected]
- Website
- snalltaget.se
Train from Oslo S to Malmö, Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 37m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–130
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
Train from Malmo C to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €65–110
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Oberhausen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €65–290
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €27–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €6–13
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–50
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Aalborg to Kolding bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €18–30
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Kolding bus station to Rotterdam Central Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +45 99 56 19 00
- Website
- colorline.no
Car ferry from Kristiansand to Hirtshals
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €36–102
- Website
- https://www.colorline.com/
- Car
- €102
- No Car
- €36
Car ferry from Kristiansand to Hirtshals
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €36–102
- Website
- https://www.colorline.com/
- Car
- €102
- No Car
- €36
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