There are 12 ways to get from Southampton to Copenhagen by plane, train (Eurostar), bus, car, car train, train, night train, or car ferry
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Fly from Southampton Airport
best- Fly from Southampton Airport (SOU) to Copenhagen Airport (CPH)plane SOU - CPH
5h 45mkr 1,005–2,566Train to Bristol Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Southampton Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Copenhagen Airport (CPH)plane BRS - CPH
6h 22mkr 814–2,325Train via Cologne
- Take the train from Southampton Central to London Waterlootrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain 42 / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to København Htrain Ece / ...
17h 33mkr 2,503–7,201Bus
- Take the bus from Coach Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 032
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Copenhagen Busterminalbus 173 / ...
28h 15mkr 997–1,771Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Southampton to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Copenhagencar
14h 4mkr 2,908–3,835Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Wokingtrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Copenhagen Airport (CPH)plane LHR - CPH
5h 34mkr 938–2,771Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Clapham Junctiontrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Copenhagen Airport (CPH)plane LGW - CPH
5h 44mkr 891–3,045Train to Birmingham Airport, fly
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Birmingham Internationaltrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Copenhagen Airport (CPH)plane BHX - CPH
6h 24mkr 1,265–3,139Train to London Stansted Airport, fly
- Take the train from Southampton Central to London Waterlootrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Copenhagen Airport (CPH)plane STN - CPH
6h 24mkr 886–2,816Train
- Take the train from Southampton Central to London Waterlootrain
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to Hamburg-Harburgtrain Ice
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to København Htrain Ece / ...
19h 9mkr 1,651–4,371Bus, night train
- Take the bus from Coach Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 032
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the night train from Hamburg Hbf to Koebenhavn Sydnighttrain 300
29h 16mkr 1,255–2,193Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Southampton to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Copenhagencar
15h 13mkr 1,980–3,257
Southampton to Copenhagen by train, subway, and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Southampton to Copenhagen is to bus which costs 950 kr - 1800 kr and takes 28h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Southampton to Copenhagen is to train and fly which takes 5h 34m and costs 900 kr - 2800 kr.
No, there is no direct bus from Southampton station to Copenhagen. However, there are services departing from Coach Station and arriving at Copenhagen Busterminal via London Victoria and Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 28h 15m.
No, there is no direct train from Southampton to Copenhagen. However, there are services departing from Southampton Central and arriving at København H via Waterloo station, London St Pancras Intl, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, Köln Hbf and Hamburg Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 33m.
The distance between Southampton and Copenhagen is 1078 km.
The best way to get from Southampton to Copenhagen without a car is to train via Cologne which takes 17h 33m and costs 2500 kr - 7500 kr.
It takes approximately 5h 45m to get from Southampton to Copenhagen, including transfers.
Southampton to Copenhagen bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Coach Station.
Southampton to Copenhagen train services, operated by South Western Railway, depart from Southampton Central station.
The best way to get from Southampton to Copenhagen is to fly which takes 5h 45m and costs 1000 kr - 2600 kr. Alternatively, you can train via Cologne, which costs 2500 kr - 7500 kr and takes 17h 33m, you could also bus, which costs 950 kr - 1800 kr and takes 28h 15m.
What companies run services between Southampton, England and Copenhagen, Denmark?
KLM, easyJet, and four other airlines fly from Southampton Airport (SOU) to Copenhagen Airport (CPH) 4 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from Southampton Central to København H via London Waterloo Station, Waterloo station, Euston station, London St Pancras Intl, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, Köln Hbf, and Hamburg Hbf in around 17h 33m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Southampton Airport to Copenhagen Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- kr 800–1,900
Flights from Bristol Airport to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 270–1,200
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 410–1,600
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 210–1,500
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Southampton Airport to Copenhagen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 550–2,800
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Copenhagen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 460–2,400
Flights from Bristol Airport to Copenhagen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 400–2,200
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Copenhagen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 400–2,100
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 550–1,800
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Southampton Airport to Copenhagen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- kr 800–3,100
Flights from Southampton Airport to Copenhagen Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 800–3,200
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 500–1,700
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–2,100
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Southampton Airport to Copenhagen Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 500–2,400
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 320–1,100
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Copenhagen Airport via Aalborg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 320–1,100
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Southampton Airport to Copenhagen Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 800–2,300
Flights from Bristol Airport to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 410–1,400
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- When
- Thursday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Monday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 320–2,100
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Copenhagen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 320–2,100
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Copenhagen Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 700–6,500
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Copenhagen Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 800–2,200
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Copenhagen Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–2,100
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 650–2,100
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- kr 360–1,600
- Phone
- 0345 6000 650
- Website
- southwesternrailway.com
Train from Southampton Central to London Waterloo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 280–650
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Southampton Central to Woking
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 190–450
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Southampton Central to Clapham Junction
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 270–650
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Southampton Central to London Waterloo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 280–650
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Southampton Central to London Waterloo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 280–650
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 850–1,500
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 500–900
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 300–1,300
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 600–2,500
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 221 800 20 80
- [email protected]
- Website
- msm-gruppe.de
Train from Köln Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- msm-gruppe.de
- Phone
- +47 70 13 14 15
- [email protected]
- Website
- dsb.dk
Train from Hamburg Hbf to København H
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 700–1,200
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
Train from Hamburg Hbf to København H
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 700–1,200
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- [email protected]
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Hamburg Hbf to København H
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 450–700
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
Train from Hamburg Hbf to København H
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 450–700
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- [email protected]
- Website
- snalltaget.se
Train from Hamburg Hbf to København H
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 23m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 470–750
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
Train from Hamburg Hbf to København H
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 23m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 470–750
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
Night train from Hamburg Hbf to Koebenhavn Syd
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 450–750
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 1,021
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Standard fare
- kr 1,021
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- [email protected]
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Southampton Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 300–600
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
Train from Southampton Central to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 650–950
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 480–1,000
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Hamburg-Harburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 380–800
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 46m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- kr 700–1,500
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Coach Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 130–330
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from Coach Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 130–330
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from London Victoria to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 650–1,100
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Copenhagen Busterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 210–350
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 650–1,100
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- [email protected]
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 70–410
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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Southampton to Copenhagen bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals.
Copenhagen is 1h ahead of Southampton. It is currently 12:01 AM in Southampton and 1:01 AM in Copenhagen.
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