There are 10 ways to get from Sweden to Bilbao by plane, train, bus, car, train (Eurostar, TGV, Renfe), or car train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Copenhagen Airport
best- Fly from Copenhagen Airport (CPH) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane CPH - BIO
6h 10m€91–253Fly from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport
cheapest- Fly from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport (GOT) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane GOT - BIO
7h 32m€83–246Train, 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 train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to St Jean De Luz Cibouretrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Saint-Jean-de-Luz to Bilbao Intermodalbus
29h 9m€482–1,060Bus
- Take the bus from Stockholm, Cityterminalen to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Parisbus N71
- Take the bus from Paris to Bilbaobus
41h 30m€211–353Drive 2,867.2 km
- Drive from Stockholm to Bilbaocar 2,867.2 km
27h 32m€463–668Fly from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Fly from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane ARN - BIO
8h 1m€96–326Train
- 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 29m€568–1,216Train, bus
- 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 34m€305–715Bus, train
- Take the bus from Stockholm Central Bus Station to Berlin Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Berlin Gesundbrunnen to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain 474
- Take the bus from Brussels - Midi Train Station to Bilbao Intermodalbus
2d 8h€358–615Drive, car train
- Drive from Stockholm to Lüneburgcar
- Take the cartrain from Lüneburg to Lörrach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Lörrach Hbf to Bilbaocar
33h 10m€466–659
Sweden to Bilbao by train, subway, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sweden to Bilbao is to fly which costs €90 - €260 and takes 6h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Sweden to Bilbao is to fly which takes 6h 10m and costs €90 - €260.
No, there is no direct bus from Sweden to Bilbao. However, there are services departing from Stockholm, Cityterminalen and arriving at Bilbao via Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof and Paris. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 41h 30m.
No, there is no direct train from Sweden 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 29m.
The distance between Sweden and Bilbao is 1813 km. The road distance is 2867.2 km.
The best way to get from Sweden to Bilbao without a car is to train and bus via Paris which takes 29h 9m and costs €480 - €1100.
It takes approximately 6h 10m to get from Sweden to Bilbao, including transfers.
Sweden to Bilbao bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Stockholm, Cityterminalen station.
Sweden to Bilbao train services, operated by Snälltåget, depart from Stockholm Central station.
The best way to get from Sweden to Bilbao is to fly which takes 6h 10m and costs €90 - €260. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €210 - €360 and takes 41h 30m, you could also train, which costs €550 - €1300 and takes 37h 29m.
What companies run services between Sweden and Bilbao, Spain?
Scandinavian Airlines, Norwegian Air International, and three other airlines fly from Copenhagen Airport (CPH) to Bilbao Airport (BIO) every 4 hours. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Stockholm, Cityterminalen to Bilbao via Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof and Paris in around 41h 30m.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–280
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Bilbao Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–350
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Bilbao Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–380
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Bilbao Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–380
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Bilbao Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–290
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Bilbao Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–350
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Bilbao Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–400
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Bilbao Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–380
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Bilbao Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–260
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Bilbao Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–290
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Bilbao Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
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 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
- €60–260
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Bilbao Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–410
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–270
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Bilbao Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–84
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Bilbao Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–400
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Bilbao Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €85–290
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- [email protected]
- Website
- Snälltåget
Train from Stockholm Central to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 14m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €120–190
- Website
- Snälltåget
Train from Stockholm Central to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 14m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €120–190
- Website
- Snälltåget
Train from Stockholm Centralstation to Hamburg-Harburg
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 6m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €120–190
- Website
- Snälltåget
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €75–340
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €75–340
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg-Harburg to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–260
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 221 800 20 80
- [email protected]
- Website
- MSM Partyzug
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 19m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- MSM Partyzug
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 19m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- MSM Partyzug
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Koeln Hbf to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €150–260
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €60–110
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to St Jean De Luz Ciboure
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €150–240
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €150–240
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €130–210
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to St Jean De Luz Ciboure
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €120–250
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €80–130
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Bilbao-Abando
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €80–130
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
- Phone
- +46 77 175 75 75
- [email protected]
- Website
- Swedish Railways (SJ)
Train from Stockholm Centralstation to Hamburg-Harburg
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 51m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €150–250
- Website
- Swedish Railways (SJ)
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Berlin Gesundbrunnen to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 44m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €130–270
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Lüneburg to Lörrach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 26m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €100–120
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Saint-Jean-de-Luz to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–21
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Brussels - Midi Train Station to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–190
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Stockholm, Cityterminalen to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Paris to Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–110
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Dortmund central bus station to Vitoria-Gasteiz
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €120–200
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +34 94 476 50 07
- Website
- Autobuses La Union
Bus from Vitoria-Gasteiz to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–13
- Website
- Autobuses La Union
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Vitoria-Gasteiz to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €5–9
- Website
- ALSA
- Phone
- 0040 723 450 475
- [email protected]
- Website
- Comati PSG
Bus from Stockholm Central Bus Station to Berlin Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 21m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €120–160
- Website
- Comati PSG
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More Questions & Answers
Sweden to Bilbao bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof station.
Sweden to Bilbao train services, operated by Snälltåget, arrive at Hamburg Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Sweden to Bilbao is 2867 km. It takes approximately 27h 32m to drive from Sweden to Bilbao.
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