Travel to Berlin

Every way to reach Berlin: 3 modes compared, with fares.

Sunset over Berlin

Berlin is reachable from 263 places across 52 countries by 3 modes, on services run by 91 operators. The cheapest arrival costs €10.63 and the fastest takes 1h 58m door to door. The nearest origin is 106 km away.

Checked September 30, 2026Priced for September 30, 2026One passenger, all fees included

Arriving

How people reach Berlin

Every mode that actually calls at Berlin, with the cheapest fare and the fastest journey on each.

One row per mode that actually calls here. Reach is the furthest origin that mode serves in a straight line.
ModeOriginsFromFastestReachOperators
Train216€21.241h 58m1,186 km13
Coach158€10.633h 6m1,319 km4
Flight319€38.494h 2m6,385 km74
  • 263Places you can arrive from
  • 263Places you can leave for
  • 52Countries
  • 91Operators

That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Berlin is not something we sell.

A hotel room

Looking for somewhere to stay in Berlin?

Filter by neighborhood and by nightly price, and the map tells you what is a walk and what is a cab.

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Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Every origin we sell, 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 km426%Cottbus, 106 km
200 to 600 km28842%Gera, 204 km
600 to 1,500 km22633%Innsbruck, 603 km
Over 1,500 km13720%Barcelona, 1500 km
Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

Countries with at least one route into Berlin that we sell.

Counted by route, so a country with several cities on the corridor counts once per route rather than once per city.
CountryRoutesShare
Germany18431%
Poland9216%
Italy508%
Spain346%
France325%
United Kingdom264%
Netherlands244%
Türkiye173%
Austria163%
Greece163%
Czechia142%
Hungary142%
Croatia122%
Belgium102%
Norway102%
Bulgaria81%
Switzerland81%
Egypt81%
Portugal81%
Romania81%
Terminals

Stations, airports and ports in Berlin

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

Berlin

Rail
  • Berlin Hauptbahnhof
  • Berlin Hbf
  • Berlin Nordbahnhof
Bus
  • Berlin ZOB am Funkturm
  • Berlin Central Bus Station
Air
  • BER
Ferry
  • Berliner Dom
  • Landesteg-B

Landing at BER after the trains have stopped is the case this solves. We do not run cars.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Berlin

Settled in advance, so the ride into Berlin costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.

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Fares

The cheapest journeys into Berlin

Priced from the same engine that answers the search box, on the next three weeks of departures.

Cheapest fare and fastest journey into Berlin, over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Leipzig to Berlin bus€10.633h 6m150 km
Dresden to Berlin bus€11.733h 19m165 km
Hanover to Berlin bus€13.934h 4m250 km
Hamburg to Berlin bus€15.034h 10m255 km
Hamburg-Mitte to Berlin bus€16.684h 40m254 km
Bremen to Berlin bus€19.435h 32m315 km
Bielefeld to Berlin bus€20.535h 57m336 km
Leipzig to Berlin train€21.241h 58m150 km
Frankfurt am Main to Berlin bus€21.636h 22m424 km
Nuremberg to Berlin bus€21.636h 26m378 km
Dresden to Berlin train€22.892h 6m165 km
Cologne to Berlin bus€23.837h479 km
Düsseldorf to Berlin bus€23.837h 4m477 km
Dortmund to Berlin bus€23.837h 6m422 km
Münster to Berlin bus€23.836h 51m399 km
Stuttgart to Berlin bus€24.937h 33m512 km

A day in Berlin hauling a suitcase is a shorter day than it needs to be. We do not store bags.

Left luggage lockers

Somewhere to drop the bags in Berlin?

Priced by the bag and by the day, booked before you get there, and insured while it sits.

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Popular trips to Berlin

Common questions about Travel to Berlin

How can I get to Berlin?

Berlin is reachable by 3 modes on our network, from 263 places, across 52 countries, on services run by 91 operators. The table on this page compares those modes on the cheapest fare, the fastest journey, how far each reaches and how many carriers run it.

What is the cheapest way to get to Berlin?

The cheapest way into Berlin is by Coach, from €10.63 for one passenger. That is the lowest fare across all 263 origins we sell into Berlin over the next three weeks, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee.

What is the fastest way to get to Berlin?

The fastest journey into Berlin is by Train, at 1h 58m door to door. The nearest origin we sell is 106 km away in a straight line, which is why a short fast journey exists at all on this list.

Which stations and airports does Berlin have?

Berlin has 8 named terminals on our network, including 3 rail stations and 1 airports. Among them are Berlin Hauptbahnhof, Berlin Hbf, Berlin Nordbahnhof. Every journey time on this page allows for reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

Where can I travel to Berlin from within 200 km?

42 of the routes we sell into Berlin start within 200 km. The nearest is Cottbus, 106 km away in a straight line. Short corridors like these are usually the ones where a train or bus beats a flight door to door.

Where else can I go from Berlin in Germany?

Berlin connects to 263 places on our network across 52 countries, the furthest of them 6,385 km away in a straight line. Germany routes are listed on this page, and the country pages carry the rest of the network around it.

Where these numbers come from

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 Catchment, Fares, Door to door, Distances

Elsewhere in Germany

The wider region

The train is the simple part. What you do once you are in Berlin is somebody else's catalog.

A guided tour group

Anything to book in Berlin before you go?

Day trips that leave Berlin in the morning and cover a good part of Germany by evening.

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