There are 9 ways to get from Rostock to Kraków by train, bus, car, plane, or car ferry
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Train via Wrocław
best- Take the train from Rostock Hauptbahnhof to S+U Gesundbrunnen Bhftrain Re5
- Take the train from S+U Gesundbrunnen Bhf to Rzepintrain 95 / ...
- Take the train from Rzepin to Wroclaw Glownytrain Ic / ...
- Take the train from Wroclaw Glowny to Krakow Glownytrain Ic / ...
11h 32mzł 591–2,418Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Rostock central bus station to Krakow, MDA Bus Stationbus 1361
12h 10mzł 330–550Drive 813.1 km
- Drive from Rostock to Krakówcar 813.1 km
7h 20mzł 499–721Train to Hamburg Airport, fly to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Take the train from Rostock Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbftrain
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)plane HAM - KRK
9h 5mzł 472–1,677Train
- Take the train from Güstrow Bahnhof to Szczecin Glownytrain Re4
- Take the train from Szczecin Glowny to Krakow Glownytrain Ic / ...
12h 57mzł 676–2,179Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Take the train from Rostock Hauptbahnhof to Flughafen BERtrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)plane BER - KRK
9h 17mzł 479–1,736Train to Hamburg Airport, fly to Warsaw Chopin Airport, train
- Take the train from Rostock Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbftrain
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Warsaw Chopin Airport (WAW)plane HAM - WAW
- Take the train from Warszawa Zachodnia to Krakow Glownytrain
9h 2mzł 586–2,583Train, train to Solidarity Szczecin-Goleniów Airport, fly to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Take the train from Güstrow Bahnhof to Szczecin Glownytrain
- Take the train from Szczecin Glowny to Port Lotniczy Szczecin Goleniowtrain
- Fly from Solidarity Szczecin-Goleniów Airport (SZZ) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)plane SZZ - KRK
9h 29mzł 464–1,156Car ferry, bus to Copenhagen Airport, fly to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Take the car ferry from Rostock Port to Gedsercarferry
- Take the bus from Gedser to Copenhagen Busterminalbus
- Fly from Copenhagen Airport (CPH) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)plane CPH - KRK
12h 12mzł 637–1,840
Rostock to Kraków by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Rostock to Kraków is to bus which costs 330 zł - 550 zł and takes 12h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Rostock to Kraków is to drive which takes 7h 20m and costs 490 zł - 750 zł.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Rostock central bus station station and arriving at Krakow, MDA Bus Station station. Services depart once daily, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 12h 10m.
No, there is no direct train from Rostock to Kraków. However, there are services departing from Rostock Hauptbahnhof and arriving at Krakow Glowny via S+U Gesundbrunnen Bhf, Rzepin and Wroclaw Glowny. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 32m.
The distance between Rostock and Kraków is 842 km. The road distance is 813.1 km.
The best way to get from Rostock to Kraków without a car is to train via Wrocław which takes 11h 32m and costs 550 zł - 2 500 zł.
It takes approximately 11h 32m to get from Rostock to Kraków, including transfers.
Rostock to Kraków bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Rostock central bus station.
Rostock to Kraków train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional), depart from Rostock Hauptbahnhof station.
The best way to get from Rostock to Kraków is to train via Wrocław which takes 11h 32m and costs 550 zł - 2 500 zł. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs 330 zł - 550 zł and takes 12h 10m.
What companies run services between Rostock, Germany and Kraków, Poland?
You can take a train from Rostock Hauptbahnhof to Krakow Glowny via S+U Gesundbrunnen Bhf, Rzepin, and Wroclaw Glowny in around 11h 32m. Alternatively, FlixBus operates a bus from Rostock central bus station to Krakow, MDA Bus Station once daily. Tickets cost zł 330–550 and the journey takes 12h 10m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 440–3,700
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 410–1,400
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 390–3,200
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Warsaw Chopin Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 550–1,500
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 550–1,200
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Warsaw Chopin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 360–1,200
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Warsaw Chopin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 500–1,100
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Warsaw Chopin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 340–1,400
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Warsaw Chopin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 650–1,100
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 380–1,500
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 360–1,400
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Warsaw Chopin Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 460–1,400
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 650–950
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Warsaw Chopin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 650–1,100
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Solidarity Szczecin-Goleniów Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- zł 180–600
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 120–700
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Gdansk
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- zł 120–700
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 390–1,400
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 330–1,300
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Warsaw Chopin Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 450–1,600
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- zł 440–1,100
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- zł 480–900
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 140–750
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Rostock Hauptbahnhof to S+U Gesundbrunnen Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 230–390
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Rostock Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 210–370
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Güstrow Bahnhof to Szczecin Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 180–320
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Rostock Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 210–370
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Güstrow Bahnhof to Szczecin Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 180–320
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Rostock Hauptbahnhof to S+U Gesundbrunnen Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- zł 170–750
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from S+U Gesundbrunnen Bhf to Rzepin
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 85–370
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Rostock Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- zł 160–750
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Rostock Hauptbahnhof to Flughafen BER
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 190–850
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Rostock Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- zł 160–750
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- [email protected]
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Rzepin to Wroclaw Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 160–650
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Wroclaw Glowny to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 170–650
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Szczecin Glowny to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 480–1,800
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Warszawa Zachodnia to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- zł 190–750
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +420 220 311 700
- [email protected]
- Website
- leoexpress.com
Train from Warszawa Zachodnia to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 75–120
- Website
- https://www.leoexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +48 22 474 00 44
- [email protected]
- Website
- polregio.pl
Train from Szczecin Glowny to Port Lotniczy Szczecin Goleniow
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 14–20
- Website
- https://polregio.pl/pl/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Rostock central bus station to Krakow, MDA Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 330–550
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Gedser to Copenhagen Busterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- zł 55–95
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +45 33 15 15 15
- [email protected]
- Website
- scandlines.se
Car ferry from Rostock Port to Gedser
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 370–700
- Schedules at
- scandlines.com
- Standard
- zł 380–700
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More Questions & Answers
Rostock to Kraków bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Krakow, MDA Bus Station.
Rostock to Kraków train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional), arrive at S+U Gesundbrunnen Bhf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Rostock to Kraków is 813 km. It takes approximately 7h 20m to drive from Rostock to Kraków.
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