Ferries across Central Europe

584 routes and 26 operators across 6 countries Fares and travel times below come from the same engine that answers the search box.

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584 Ferries routes run across Central Europe, reaching 60 places in 6 countries through 26 operators On the 16 busiest of them, priced on October 9, 2026, the cheapest fare is €11.88 and the fastest trip is 2h 21m door to door. A median route runs 157 km.

Checked October 9, 2026Priced for October 9, 2026One passenger, all fees included

The network

Ferries in Central Europe, in numbers

What we actually sell, counted rather than claimed.

  • 584Routes we sell
  • 146Corridors
  • 60Places served
  • 6Countries
  • 26Operators
  • 180Domestic routes
  • 60Cross border routes
  • 344Routes out of the region
  • 157 kmMedian route
  • 685 kmLongest route
Door to door

How the modes compare across Central Europe

Every mode measured on the same 16 corridors in Central Europe, priced on October 9, 2026 for one passenger.

Median fare, median door-to-door time and median carbon per passenger, over the corridors of Central Europe where each mode runs.
ModeCorridors pricedFromDoor to doorCO2
Coach1€10.071h 35m1.6 kg
Ferry16€17.127h 31m21.6 kg
Train4€50.6713h 55m42.9 kg
Routes

The corridors that matter in Central Europe

Ranked by how much service runs, then priced. The country and city pages carry the rest.

The busiest routes we sell in Central Europe, priced on October 9, 2026 for one passenger with every fee included.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Bratislava to Vienna ferry€11.883h 30m55 km
Bregenz to Friedrichshafen ferry€11.882h 39m27 km
Stockach to Überlingen ferry€11.882h 21m15 km
Dúbravka to Donaustadt ferry€11.883h 11m43 km
Rapperswil to Zurich ferry€11.882h 40m26 km
Lindau to Konstanz ferry€11.883h 13m40 km
Næstved to Stralsund ferry€12.996h 15m133 km
Trelleborg to Rostock ferry€15.197h 11m157 km
Farum to Greifswald ferry€19.047h 50m202 km
Greifswald to Helsingborg ferry€20.148h 35m222 km
Karlskrona to Gdynia ferry€20.6910h 34m261 km
Landskrona to Świnoujście ferry€21.799h 17m236 km
Albertslund to Gdansk ferry€37.1916h 20m426 km
Charlottenlund to Elblag ferry€41.0415h 32m471 km
Södertälje to Rostock ferry€55.8921h 57m659 km
Västerås to Rostock ferry€56.4423h 53m670 km
Countries

Countries in Central Europe

Every country in Central Europe we sell in, most routes first.

Routes, places and carriers in each country of Central Europe.
CountryRoutesPlacesOperators
Germany3443616
Poland15687
Switzerland84198
Austria3284
Slovakia2452
Czechia421
Booking window

When to book in Central Europe

The same search run at seven lead times across 3 corridors in Central Europe.

  1. €11.883 days
  2. €11.887 days
  3. €11.8821 days
  4. €11.8845 days
  5. €11.8884 days
Cheapest lead time
Across the routes we sampled the typical fare is lowest around 3 days ahead, at €11.88.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 0 percent. At the most expensive point the typical fare is €11.88, 3 days out.
Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Every origin we sell by Ferries, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.

Straight line distance from each origin we sell, not the distance the route runs.
DistanceRoutesShareNearest of them
Under 200 km32856%Radolfzell, 15 km
200 to 600 km22839%Landskrona, 201 km
600 to 1,500 km285%Klaipėda, 602 km
Carriers

Ferry operators

The carriers with the largest networks inside Central Europe.

Ferry destinations

Other ways to travel across Central Europe

Common questions about Ferries across Central Europe

How many Ferries routes does Orlero sell across Central Europe?

584 of them, across 6 countries reaching 60 places through 26 operators

How much does travelling by Ferries cost in Central Europe?

On the 16 busiest Ferries corridors in Central Europe, priced on October 9, 2026, the lowest fare is €11.88 and the median is €17.12.

Is Ferries the fastest way across Central Europe?

On the corridors we priced, ferry takes a median of 7h 31m door to door, against 1h 35m by Coach. Both figures include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the other end.

Which countries in Central Europe have Ferries routes we sell?

Germany, Poland, Switzerland, Austria, Slovakia, Czechia.

Who runs the Ferries services in Central Europe?

TT-Line, Stena Line, Finnlines, Köln Düsseldorfer Deutsche Rheinschiffahrt, Rederi AB Nordö-Link, Twin City Liner, among 26 carriers we sell across Central Europe.

How far apart are the places we sell in Central Europe?

The median route runs 157 km in a straight line and the shortest is 15 km. The longest we sell is 685 km, from Rostock to Stockholm.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares

Regions
A region is a set of countries, and a route counts for it when either end is inside it. Countries are grouped from their ISO code alone, so the map grows with the data and nothing here is drawn by hand.
The sample
Fares, travel times and carbon are measured on the 16 highest ranked corridors in this region, spread across it rather than taken from the top, so the figures describe the region and not its busiest country.
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