Hamburg to Amsterdam bus

Buses from Hamburg to Amsterdam start at €21.63 and take 5h 36m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Hamburg to Amsterdam starts at €21.63 and takes 5h 36m door to door, run by 1 operator over 366 km, with around 11 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 11, 2026Priced for September 28, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 5h 36mDoor to door
  • 4h 52mMoving
  • €21.63From
  • 9.9 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€18.33
  1. BlaBlaCar BB287815:155h 16m20:31Hamburg ZOBAmsterdam Sloterdijk

Door to door 6hCO2 9.9 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Bus operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
BlaBlaCar€18.335h 32m72 km/hChangeablePower outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi
  • BlaBlaCar

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A hotel room

Rooms within reach of Amsterdam Centraal

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Booking window

When to book Hamburg to Amsterdam

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €23.2890 days
  2. €13.9360 days
  3. €15.0345 days
  4. €17.2330 days
  5. €23.8321 days
  6. €24.9314 days
  7. €30.437 days
  8. €32.633 days
  9. €44.181 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €13.93.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 217 percent. The most expensive point is €44.18, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €24.38Sun
  2. €22.18Mon
  3. €21.63Tue
  4. €23.28Wed
  5. €26.58Thu
  6. €24.93Fri
  7. €27.13Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Hamburg

Bus
  • Hamburg ZOB
  • Bus Port Hamburg

Amsterdam

Bus
  • Amsterdam Sloterdijk
  • P40
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

How far it really runs
The route covers 366 km against 366 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Hamburg at 06:02 and the last at 21:08, across 11 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Buses against the other ways to make this journey

The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Flight4h 3m53m3h 10m€42.6292.7 kg32
Coach5h 36m4h 52m44m€21.639.9 kg11

Questions about Hamburg to Amsterdam

The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does the Coach from Hamburg to Amsterdam take?

The Coach from Hamburg to Amsterdam takes 5h 36m door to door, of which 4h 52m is spent moving. The route runs 366 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Coach from Hamburg to Amsterdam cost?

The Coach from Hamburg to Amsterdam starts at €21.63 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €20.53. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Coach from Hamburg to Amsterdam?

1 operators run the Coach from Hamburg to Amsterdam: BlaBlaCar. Between them they file around 11 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Coach from Hamburg to Amsterdam use?

The Coach from Hamburg to Amsterdam leaves from Hamburg ZOB and arrives at Amsterdam Sloterdijk. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

Is the Coach the best way from Hamburg to Amsterdam?

Traveling from Hamburg to Amsterdam by Flight costs €42.62 and takes 4h 3m door to door, against 5h 36m by Coach. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.

When should I book the Coach from Hamburg to Amsterdam?

Fares for the Coach from Hamburg to Amsterdam bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €13.93. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 217 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Hamburg to Amsterdam produce?

The Coach from Hamburg to Amsterdam produces about 9.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 366 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Coach from Hamburg to Amsterdam?

Operators on the Coach from Hamburg to Amsterdam publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 5h 36m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Hamburg to Amsterdam on September 11, 2026: 366 km of route against 366 km in a straight line, 11 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €21.63, and 5h 36m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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