There are 10 ways to get from Stockholm to Bilbao by plane, train, bus, car, train (Eurostar, TGV, Renfe), or car train
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Fly to Bilbao Airport
best- Fly from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane ARN - BIO
6h 33m€103–285Train, bus via Paris
- Take the train from Stockholm Central to Hamburg Hbftrain Ic / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Köln Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Paris Nordtrain
- Take the bus from Paris to Bilbaobus
33h 3m€462–972Bus
- Take the bus from Stockholm, Cityterminalen to Copenhagen Busterminalbus N32 / ...
- Take the bus from Copenhagen Busterminal to Brussels-North train stationbus
- Take the bus from Brussels-North train station to Bilbaobus
41h 25m€233–394Drive 2,867.2 km
- Drive from Stockholm to Bilbaocar 2,867.2 km
27h 32m€466–673Fly to Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport, bus
- Fly from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN) to Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport (VIT)plane ARN - VIT
- Take the bus from Aireportua/Aeropuerto Vitoria-Gasteiz to Bilbao Boluetabus
11h 55m€139–427Fly to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport, bus
- Fly from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN) to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport (BIQ)plane ARN - BIQ
- Take the bus from Biarritz to Bilbaobus
10h 5m€134–383Train
- Take the train from Stockholm Central to Hamburg Hbftrain Ic / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Köln Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Lyon Part Dieutrain Tgv
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Santstrain
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Bilbao-Abandotrain Alv
37h 30m€599–1,189Train, bus
- Take the train from Stockholm C to Hamburg-Altonatrain 083
- Take the bus from Hamburg - Bus Station to Brussels - Midi Train Stationbus
- Take the bus from Brussels - Midi Train Station to Bilbao Intermodalbus
41h 34m€315–533Train, bus #2
- Take the train from Stockholm Centralstation to Hamburg-Harburgtrain 345
- Take the train from Hamburg-Harburg to Dortmund Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the bus from Dortmund central bus station to Vitoria-Gasteizbus
- Take the bus from Vitoria-Gasteiz to Bilbao Intermodalbus
43h 33m€350–762Drive, car train
- Drive from Stockholm to Lüneburgcar
- Take the car train from Lüneburg to Lörrach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Lörrach Hbf to Bilbaocar
33h 10m€467–661
Stockholm to Bilbao by train, subway, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Stockholm to Bilbao is to fly which costs €100 - €290 and takes 6h 33m.
The fastest way to get from Stockholm to Bilbao is to fly which takes 6h 33m and costs €100 - €290.
No, there is no direct bus from Stockholm to Bilbao. However, there are services departing from Stockholm, Cityterminalen and arriving at Bilbao via Copenhagen Busterminal and Brussels-North train station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 41h 25m.
No, there is no direct train from Stockholm to Bilbao. However, there are services departing from Stockholm Central and arriving at Bilbao-Abando via Hamburg Hbf, Koeln Hbf, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, Lyon Part Dieu and Barcelona-Sants. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 37h 30m.
The distance between Stockholm and Bilbao is 2352 km. The road distance is 2867.2 km.
The best way to get from Stockholm to Bilbao without a car is to train and bus via Paris which takes 33h 3m and costs €460 - €1000.
It takes approximately 6h 33m to get from Stockholm to Bilbao, including transfers.
Stockholm to Bilbao bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Stockholm, Cityterminalen station.
Stockholm to Bilbao train services, operated by Snälltåget, depart from Stockholm Central station.
The best way to get from Stockholm to Bilbao is to fly which takes 6h 33m and costs €100 - €290. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €230 - €400 and takes 41h 25m, you could also train, which costs €600 - €1200 and takes 37h 30m.
What companies run services between Stockholm, Sweden and Bilbao, Spain?
Norwegian Air International, KLM, and two other airlines fly from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN) to Bilbao Airport (BIO) 5 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Stockholm, Cityterminalen to Bilbao via Copenhagen Busterminal and Brussels-North train station in around 41h 25m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–380
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €110–390
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport via Alicante–Elche
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 58m
- When
- Friday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–750
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport via Malaga
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–440
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €170–750
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Bilbao Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–380
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–600
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–410
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Bilbao Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–380
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Bilbao Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–280
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–600
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Bilbao Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–260
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Bilbao Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–260
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Bilbao Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–250
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–270
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–410
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- [email protected]
- Website
- snalltaget.se
Train from Stockholm Central to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 14m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €140–220
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
Train from Stockholm Central to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 14m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €140–220
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
Train from Stockholm C to Hamburg-Altona
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €140–220
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
Train from Stockholm Centralstation to Hamburg-Harburg
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 6m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €140–230
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €80–340
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €80–340
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hamburg-Harburg to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–260
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 221 800 20 80
- [email protected]
- Website
- msm-gruppe.de
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 19m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- msm-gruppe.de
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 19m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- msm-gruppe.de
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Koeln Hbf to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €160–280
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €150–250
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €80–130
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Bilbao-Abando
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €80–130
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +46 77 175 75 75
- [email protected]
- Website
- sj.se
Train from Stockholm Centralstation to Hamburg-Harburg
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 51m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €170–260
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Lüneburg to Lörrach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 26m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €100–120
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Paris to Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Stockholm, Cityterminalen to Copenhagen Busterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–95
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Copenhagen Busterminal to Brussels-North train station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Brussels-North train station to Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–170
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Biarritz to Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–21
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Dortmund central bus station to Vitoria-Gasteiz
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €140–230
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +34 94 476 50 07
- Website
- autobuseslaunion.com
Bus from Aireportua/Aeropuerto Vitoria-Gasteiz to Bilbao Bolueta
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €7–15
- Website
- https://www.autobuseslaunion.com/en
Bus from Vitoria-Gasteiz to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €6–12
- Website
- https://www.autobuseslaunion.com/en
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Hamburg - Bus Station to Brussels - Midi Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €60–110
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Brussels - Midi Train Station to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–200
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Vitoria-Gasteiz to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €5–8
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
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More Questions & Answers
Stockholm to Bilbao bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Copenhagen Busterminal station.
Stockholm to Bilbao train services, operated by Snälltåget, arrive at Hamburg Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Stockholm to Bilbao is 2867 km. It takes approximately 27h 32m to drive from Stockholm to Bilbao.
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