How to get from Kyiv to Berlin

Checked 2026-09-05

This is a board, not an offer: it says what runs on this route at all. Nothing here is booked, and no price was checked for a particular day — the ranges are what a ticket usually costs.

With Kyiv's airspace still closed, the practical choices are the FlixBus direct coach or the overnight-sleeper-plus-EuroCity train; flying only helps once you're already across the Polish border.

By air

Train to Warsaw, then flight to Berlin · Ukrzaliznytsia, LOT Polish Airlines, Wizz Air, Ryanair

18 h 20 mindaily€90 — €180

Kyiv airspace closed to civil flights since Feb 2022; overnight sleeper to Warsaw, then any of several daily WAW-BER flights (~1h15m air time).

By train

Overnight sleeper to Warsaw, then EuroCity to Berlin · Ukrzaliznytsia (Kyiv Express), PKP Intercity, Deutsche Bahn (EC/IC)

22 h 26 mindaily€75 — €95

One change in Warsaw Centralna, roughly 3h layover before the daytime train to Berlin Hbf; a faster Przemyśl change also exists but its running days could not be confirmed.

By bus

Direct long-haul coach via Zhytomyr, Rivne, Lviv · FlixBus

22 h 50 minMon, Thu, Fri, Sun€40 — €70

Line N3207, about 1080 km; opposite days run from the Berlin side.

By car

Own car, hired driver or carpool via Poland

17 h 20 mindaily

About 1350 km, roughly 15h18m pure driving; add 1-3h+ for the Ukraine-Poland border crossing.

Could not find out: Could not confirm the exact running days of the Kyiv-Przemyśl-Berlin (EC 56) connection - sources conflicted between daily and odd/even-day service, so it was left off the board; live fares, seat availability, and current border-crossing wait times were not checked.

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