Travel to Leeuwarden

Every way to reach Leeuwarden: 2 modes compared, with fares.

Leeuwarden is reachable from 35 places across 1 country by 2 modes, on services run by 6 operators. The cheapest arrival costs €10.07 and the fastest takes 1h 14m door to door. The nearest origin is 50 km away.

Checked October 3, 2026Priced for October 3, 2026One passenger, all fees included

Arriving

How people reach Leeuwarden

Every mode that actually calls at Leeuwarden, 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
Train70€11.881h 14m262 km4
Coach48€10.071h 38m262 km2
  • 35Places you can arrive from
  • 35Places you can leave for
  • 1Countries
  • 6Operators

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

A hotel room

Looking for somewhere to stay in Leeuwarden?

Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.

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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 km11497%Groningen, 50 km
200 to 600 km43%Maastricht, 262 km
Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

Countries with at least one route into Leeuwarden 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
Netherlands118100%
Terminals

Stations, airports and ports in Leeuwarden

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

Leeuwarden

Rail
  • Leeuwarden railway station
  • Expeditieknooppunt Leeuwarden
  • Leeuwarden Halte railway station
Bus
  • Busstation
  • Blauwe Tent
Fares

The cheapest journeys into Leeuwarden

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

Cheapest fare and fastest journey into Leeuwarden, over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Almere Stad to Leeuwarden bus€10.072h 24m101 km
Amsterdam to Leeuwarden bus€10.072h 30m111 km
New West to Leeuwarden bus€10.072h 40m116 km
Amsterdam-Oost to Leeuwarden bus€10.072h 29m111 km
Amsterdam West to Leeuwarden bus€10.072h 29m112 km
Amsterdam-Zuid to Leeuwarden bus€10.072h 33m114 km
Apeldoorn to Leeuwarden bus€10.072h 32m111 km
Groningen to Leeuwarden bus€10.071h 38m50 km
Zaanstad to Leeuwarden bus€10.072h 26m107 km
Zwolle to Leeuwarden bus€10.072h 1m79 km
Amersfoort to Leeuwarden bus€10.082h 38m120 km
Haarlem to Leeuwarden bus€10.082h 45m121 km
Hoofddorp to Leeuwarden bus€10.082h 42m125 km
Utrecht to Leeuwarden bus€10.632h 49m132 km
Arnhem to Leeuwarden bus€11.182h 54m136 km
Enschede to Leeuwarden bus€11.182h 52m132 km

A day in Leeuwarden 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 Leeuwarden?

Most of the points near Leeuwarden railway station open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Popular trips to Leeuwarden

Common questions about Travel to Leeuwarden

How can I get to Leeuwarden?

Leeuwarden is reachable by 2 modes on our network, from 35 places, across 1 countries, on services run by 6 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 Leeuwarden?

The cheapest way into Leeuwarden is by coach, from €10.07 for one passenger. That is the lowest fare across all 35 origins we sell into Leeuwarden over the next three weeks, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee.

What is the fastest way to get to Leeuwarden?

The fastest journey into Leeuwarden is by train, at 1h 14m door to door. The nearest origin we sell is 50 km away in a straight line, which is why a short fast journey exists at all on this list.

Which stations and airports does Leeuwarden have?

Leeuwarden has 5 named terminals on our network, including 3 rail stations and 0 airports. Among them are Leeuwarden railway station, Expeditieknooppunt Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden Halte railway station. Every journey time on this page allows for reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

Where can I travel to Leeuwarden from within 200 km?

114 of the routes we sell into Leeuwarden start within 200 km. The nearest is Groningen, 50 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 Leeuwarden in Netherlands?

Leeuwarden connects to 35 places on our network across 1 countries, the furthest of them 262 km away in a straight line. Netherlands 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 Netherlands

The wider region

Our job ends at the platform. What fills the days in Leeuwarden afterward does not belong to us.

A guided tour group

Anything to book in Leeuwarden before you go?

The tickets worth having in advance, because the line at the door is usually the whole morning.

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