Nuremberg to Hamburg bus

Buses from Nuremberg to Hamburg start at €25.48 and take 6h 47m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Nuremberg to Hamburg starts at €25.48 and takes 6h 47m door to door, run by 3 operators over 462 km, with around 15 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 10, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 6h 47mDoor to door
  • 6h 3mMoving
  • €25.48From
  • 12.5 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026

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

Cheapest€22.18
  1. BlaBlaCar BB257519:056h 11m01:16Nurnberg ZOBHamburg ZOB

Door to door 6h 55mCO2 12.5 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.
OperatorFrom
BlaBlaCar€22.18
FlixBus€22.73
NVBW€22.18
  • BlaBlaCar
  • FlixBus
  • NVBW

The bus gets you into Hamburg. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

Rooms within reach of Hamburg Hauptbahnhof

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Booking window

When to book Nuremberg to Hamburg

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

  1. €22.1890 days
  2. €17.2360 days
  3. €21.0845 days
  4. €22.1830 days
  5. €26.0321 days
  6. €33.7314 days
  7. €41.437 days
  8. €45.283 days
  9. €51.881 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €17.23.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 201 percent. The most expensive point is €51.88, 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. €29.88Sun
  2. €26.03Mon
  3. €25.48Tue
  4. €27.13Wed
  5. €33.73Thu
  6. €32.63Fri
  7. €31.53Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

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

Nuremberg

Bus
  • Nurnberg ZOB
  • Central bus station Nuremberg

Hamburg

Bus
  • Hamburg ZOB
  • Bus Port Hamburg
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 462 km against 462 km in a straight line, a detour of 0 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Nuremberg at 06:12 and the last at 19:12, across 15 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
Train3h 53m3h 9m44m€58.0915.2 kg20
Flight4h 12m1h 2m3h 10m€53.83116.8 kg8
Coach6h 47m6h 3m44m€25.4812.5 kg15

Questions about Nuremberg to Hamburg

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 Nuremberg to Hamburg take?

The Coach from Nuremberg to Hamburg takes 6h 47m door to door, of which 6h 3m is spent moving. The route runs 462 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 Nuremberg to Hamburg cost?

The Coach from Nuremberg to Hamburg starts at €25.48 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €25.48. 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 Nuremberg to Hamburg?

3 operators run the Coach from Nuremberg to Hamburg: BlaBlaCar, FlixBus, NVBW. Between them they file around 15 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 Nuremberg to Hamburg use?

The Coach from Nuremberg to Hamburg leaves from Nurnberg ZOB and arrives at Hamburg ZOB. 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 Nuremberg to Hamburg?

Traveling from Nuremberg to Hamburg by Train costs €58.09 and takes 3h 53m door to door, against 6h 47m 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 Nuremberg to Hamburg?

Fares for the Coach from Nuremberg to Hamburg bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €17.23. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 201 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

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

The Coach from Nuremberg to Hamburg produces about 12.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 462 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 Nuremberg to Hamburg?

Operators on the Coach from Nuremberg to Hamburg publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 3 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 6h 47m 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 Nuremberg to Hamburg on September 10, 2026: 462 km of route against 462 km in a straight line, 15 services a day, 3 operators, a cheapest fare of €25.48, and 6h 47m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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