There are 9 ways to get from Zagreb to Kiel by plane, train, car, car train, bus, shuttle, or night 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 Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, train
best- Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)plane ZAG - HAM
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbftrain
6h 26m€103–331Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Zagreb to Kiel central bus stationbus N73
23h€100–180Drive, car train
- Drive from Zagreb to Villach Hbfcar
- Take the cartrain from Villach Hbf to Hamburg Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Hamburg Hbf to Kielcar
17h 12m€152–206Drive 1,285.3 km
- Drive from Zagreb to Kielcar 1,285.3 km
13h 4m€183–264Shuttle to Graz Airport, fly, train
- Take a shuttle bus from Zagreb to Graz Airport
- Fly from Graz Airport (GRZ) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)plane GRZ - HAM
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbftrain
8h 21m€358–973Shuttle to Rijeka Airport, fly, train
- Take a shuttle bus from Zagreb to Rijeka Airport
- Fly from Rijeka Airport (RJK) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)plane RJK - HAM
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbftrain
8h 16m€307–939Train
- Take the train from Zagreb Glavni Kol. to Ljubljanatrain 318 / ...
- Take the train from Ljubljana to Villach Hbftrain 38 / ...
- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Muenchen Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from München Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain 25 / ...
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbftrain 25 / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbftrain Re7
17h 57m€242–1,054Bus, train
- Take the bus from Zagreb to Maribor, Avtobusna Postajabus
- Take the train from Maribor to Graz Hbftrain 676 / ...
- Take the train from Graz Hbf to Breclavtrain Rjx
- Take the train from Breclav to Kiel Hbftrain Rj
18h 53m€241–731Night train, train
- Take the nighttrain from Zagreb Glavni Kol. to Villach Hbfnighttrain En
- Take the train from Villach Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbftrain Drf
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbftrain Re7
20h 40m€123–303
Zagreb to Kiel by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zagreb to Kiel is to bus which costs €100 - €180 and takes 23h.
The fastest way to get from Zagreb to Kiel is to fly and train which takes 6h 26m and costs €100 - €340.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Zagreb and arriving at Kiel central bus station station. Services depart five times a week, and operate Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The journey takes approximately 23h.
No, there is no direct train from Zagreb to Kiel. However, there are services departing from Zagreb Glavni Kol. and arriving at Kiel Hbf via Ljubljana, Villach Hbf, München Hbf, Hannover Hauptbahnhof and Hamburg Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 57m.
The distance between Zagreb and Kiel is 1116 km. The road distance is 1285.3 km.
The best way to get from Zagreb to Kiel without a car is to bus which takes 23h and costs €100 - €180.
It takes approximately 6h 26m to get from Zagreb to Kiel, including transfers.
Zagreb to Kiel bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Zagreb station.
Zagreb to Kiel train services, operated by HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP), depart from Zagreb Glavni Kol. station.
The best way to get from Zagreb to Kiel is to bus which takes 23h and costs €100 - €180. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €240 - €1100 and takes 17h 57m.
What companies run services between Zagreb, Croatia and Kiel, Germany?
FlixBus operates a bus from Zagreb to Kiel central bus station 5 times a week. Tickets cost €100–180 and the journey takes 23h. Alternatively, you can take a train from Zagreb Glavni Kol. to Kiel Hbf via Ljubljana, Villach Hbf, Muenchen Hbf, München Hbf, Hannover Hauptbahnhof, and Hamburg Hbf in around 17h 57m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Hamburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–350
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Hamburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–350
Flights from Graz Airport to Hamburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–260
Flights from Graz Airport to Hamburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–900
Flights from Rijeka Airport to Hamburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–470
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Hamburg Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–180
Flights from Graz Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Friday, Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–220
Flights from Graz Airport to Hamburg Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €90–220
Flights from Rijeka Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–320
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–310
Flights from Rijeka Airport to Hamburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–330
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Hamburg Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–180
Flights from Graz Airport to Hamburg Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–390
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Graz Airport to Hamburg Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €140–500
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–85
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–85
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–85
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Villach Hbf to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–250
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from München Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €100–460
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–140
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–85
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–85
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- *
- €20–35
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- *
- €20–35
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- *
- €20–35
Train from Villach Hbf to Muenchen Hbf
- *
- €45–75
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- *
- €20–35
Train from Graz Hbf to Breclav
- *
- €40–65
Train from Breclav to Kiel Hbf
- *
- €140–210
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- *
- €20–35
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Villach Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 46m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €100–130
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
- Phone
- +385 60 333 444
- [email protected]
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
Train from Zagreb Glavni Kol. to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–40
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
Train from Ljubljana to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €20–29
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
Train from Maribor to Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
Night train from Zagreb Glavni Kol. to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 14m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
- Phone
- +386 1 29 13 331
- [email protected]
- Website
- Slovenske železnice (SŽ)
Train from Ljubljana to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–29
- Website
- Slovenske železnice (SŽ)
Train from Maribor to Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Website
- Slovenske železnice (SŽ)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Villach Hbf to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 14m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Graz Hbf to Breclav
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €60–120
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +49 581 97164164
- [email protected]
- Website
- metronom
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €60–190
- Schedules at
- metronom
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Train from Villach Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 59m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €55–150
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €110–150
- Couchette Carriage
- €85–100
- Seating Carriage
- €55–70
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Zagreb to Kiel central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €100–180
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- [email protected]
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Zagreb to Graz Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €230–650
- Website
- GoOpti
- Private
- €278
Shuttle from Zagreb to Rijeka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €200–550
- Website
- GoOpti
Bus from Zagreb to Maribor, Avtobusna Postaja
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €45–390
- Website
- GoOpti
- Private
- €130
- Shared
- €45–70
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More Questions & Answers
Zagreb to Kiel bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Kiel central bus station.
Zagreb to Kiel train services, operated by HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP), arrive at Ljubljana station.
Yes, the driving distance between Zagreb to Kiel is 1285 km. It takes approximately 13h 4m to drive from Zagreb to Kiel.
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