There are 11 ways to get from Milan to Hamburg by plane, train (Trenitalia), bus, train, night train, car, or car train
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Fly Milan Linate Airport to Hamburg Airport
best- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)plane LIN - HAM
4h 30m€105–316Train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Hamburg Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Milano Porta Garibaldi to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)plane MXP - HAM
4h 57m€52–179Train
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Basel Sbbtrain Ec
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Hamburg Hbftrain 20 / ...
12h 22m€229–777Bus
- Take the bus from Milan to Hamburg central bus stationbus FlixBus N24
18h 58m€87–154Train, night train
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Zuerich Hbtrain Ec
- Take the nighttrain from Zuerich Hb to Hamburg Hbfnighttrain Nj
15h 11m€107–243Fly Milan Linate Airport to Bremen Airport, train
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Bremen Airport (BRE)plane LIN - BRE
- Take the train from Bremen Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain
7h 20m€122–452Train to Verona Villafranca Airport, fly to Hamburg Airport
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Verona Porta Nuovatrain
- Fly from Verona Villafranca Airport (VRN) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)plane VRN - HAM
5h 56m€105–382Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Hamburg Airport
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Zuerich Hbtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)plane ZRH - HAM
7h 30m€138–318Drive, car train
- Drive from Milan to Lörrach Hbfcar
- Take the cartrain from Lörrach Hbf to Hamburg Hbfcartrain
13h 49m€153–197Train, bus
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Bellinzonatrain Ec
- Take the bus from Bellinzona, Stazione to Chur, Postautostationbus 171
- Take the train from Chur to Hamburg-Altonatrain Ice
16h 48m€400–1,188Drive 1,106.1 km
- Drive from Milan to Hamburgcar 1,106.1 km
10h 1m€173–250
Milan to Hamburg by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Milan to Hamburg is to train and fly which costs €50 - €180 and takes 4h 57m.
The fastest way to get from Milan to Hamburg is to fly which takes 4h 30m and costs €100 - €320.
No, there is no direct bus from Milan to Hamburg station. However, there are services departing from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano and arriving at Hamburg central bus station via Milan. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 18h 58m.
No, there is no direct train from Milan to Hamburg. However, there are services departing from Milano Centrale and arriving at Hamburg Hbf via Basel SBB and Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 22m.
The distance between Milan and Hamburg is 932 km. The road distance is 1106.1 km.
The best way to get from Milan to Hamburg without a car is to train which takes 12h 22m and costs €220 - €800.
It takes approximately 4h 30m to get from Milan to Hamburg, including transfers.
Milan to Hamburg bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Milan station.
Milan to Hamburg train services, operated by Trenitalia EuroCity, depart from Milano Centrale station.
The best way to get from Milan to Hamburg is to fly which takes 4h 30m and costs €100 - €320. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €220 - €800 and takes 12h 22m, you could also bus, which costs €85 - €160 and takes 18h 58m.
What companies run services between Milan, Italy and Hamburg, Germany?
ITA Airways, Lufthansa, and KLM fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Hamburg Airport (HAM) every 4 hours. Alternatively, you can take a train from Milano Centrale to Hamburg Hbf via Basel SBB and Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe in around 12h 22m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Hamburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–260
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Hamburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–260
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Hamburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–310
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Hamburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–300
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Bremen Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–460
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to Hamburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–380
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to Hamburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €170–650
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hamburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–350
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hamburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–360
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Hamburg Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–200
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Hamburg Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Hamburg Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
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 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–200
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–270
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Hamburg Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–300
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Hamburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–300
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Bremen Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–460
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–200
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Hamburg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–360
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Bremen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–460
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–140
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Hamburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–170
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Bremen Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–500
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Milano Centrale to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €90–130
- 2nd Class
- €75–110
Train from Milano Centrale to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €70–110
- 2nd Class
- €55–75
Train from Milano Centrale to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–85
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €55–85
- 2nd Class
- €35–50
Train from Milano Centrale to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €70–110
- 2nd Class
- €55–75
Train from Milano Centrale to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–70
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €50–70
- 2nd Class
- €28–40
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel SBB to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €95–400
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–250
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bremen Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–90
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Zuerich Hb to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 54m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–140
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €110–140
- Couchette Carriage
- €80–95
- Seating Carriage
- €50–65
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Milano Porta Garibaldi to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- Trenord
- Phone
- +49 581 97164164
- [email protected]
- Website
- metronom
Train from Bremen Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €35–120
- Schedules at
- metronom
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Bremen Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Milano Centrale to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Lörrach Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 6m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €100–120
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Train from Chur to Hamburg-Altona
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 56m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €360–1,100
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Milan to Hamburg central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–150
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +41 (0)848 818 818
- [email protected]
- Website
- PostAuto AG
Bus from Bellinzona, Stazione to Chur, Postautostation
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–14
- Website
- PostAuto AG
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Milan to Hamburg bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Hamburg central bus station.
Milan to Hamburg train services, operated by Trenitalia EuroCity, arrive at Basel Sbb station.
Yes, the driving distance between Milan to Hamburg is 1106 km. It takes approximately 10h 1m to drive from Milan to Hamburg.
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