Cheapest€24.54
- Stena Line SL454906:3313h 17m19:50Goteborg Stena TerminalKiel Schwedenkai
Door to door 14h 47mCO2 47.5 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Gothenburg to Kiel ferry
Ferries from Gothenburg to Kiel start at €33.89 and take 14h 47m at their fastest.
The Ferries from Gothenburg to Kiel starts at €33.89 and takes 14h 47m door to door, run by 1 operator over 413 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 14h 47mDoor to door
- 13h 17mMoving
- €33.89From
- 47.5 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Ferry operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Stena Line | €24.54 | 13h 28m | 33 km/h | Changeable | Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms |
The ferry gets you into Kiel. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
Where to stay in Kiel
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When to book Gothenburg to Kiel
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €34.4490 days
- €20.1460 days
- €26.7445 days
- €25.6430 days
- €39.3921 days
- €44.3414 days
- €56.997 days
- €63.043 days
- €74.591 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €20.14.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 270 percent. The most expensive point is €74.59, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €38.29Sun
- €36.64Mon
- €37.74Tue
- €36.64Wed
- €43.79Thu
- €44.89Fri
- €44.34Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Gothenburg
Ferry
- Goteborg Stena Terminal
- Paddan
Kiel
Ferry
- Kiel Schwedenkai
- Kiel Norwegenkai
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 413 km against 393 km in a straight line, a detour of 5 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Frederikshavn, Berlin. The gap between arriving and leaving is 64 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Gothenburg at 06:33 and the last at 07:30, across 2 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Gothenburg to Kiel
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 Ferry from Gothenburg to Kiel take?
The Ferry from Gothenburg to Kiel takes 14h 47m door to door, of which 13h 17m is spent moving. The route runs 413 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 Ferry from Gothenburg to Kiel cost?
The Ferry from Gothenburg to Kiel starts at €33.89 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €31.41. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Ferry from Gothenburg to Kiel?
1 operators run the Ferry from Gothenburg to Kiel: Stena Line. Between them they file around 2 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 Ferry from Gothenburg to Kiel use?
The Ferry from Gothenburg to Kiel leaves from Goteborg Stena Terminal and arrives at Kiel Schwedenkai. Allow about 1h 30m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
When should I book the Ferry from Gothenburg to Kiel?
Fares for the Ferry from Gothenburg to Kiel bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €20.14. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 270 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from Gothenburg to Kiel produce?
The Ferry from Gothenburg to Kiel produces about 47.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 413 km, which works out at roughly 115 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 Ferry from Gothenburg to Kiel?
Operators on the Ferry from Gothenburg to Kiel publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 14h 47m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
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 Gothenburg to Kiel on September 12, 2026: 413 km of route against 393 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €33.89, and 14h 47m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Related journeys
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Things to do in Kiel
Timed entry, guided walks and half-day trips out of Kiel, with free cancellation on most of it.
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