Bielefeld -- Nearby Airports
Bielefeld itself has no airport, but it has good train connections.
Trip times and train frequencies given below refer to day-time;
there are fewer connections at night.
Complete train schedules are available online from the
Deutsche Bahn AG.
The closest major airports are Düsseldorf and
Hannover (which are also the most convenient ones).
Most flights from the US will go through Frankfurt.
For city locations and distances refer to the
map.
- Düsseldorf
Trains from the airport (lower level) to the main station of Düsseldorf
(Düsseldorf Hbf) leave every 20 minutes and take 20 minutes.
From the main station of Düsseldorf, there are fast trains (IC, EC, ICE)
to Bielefeld Hbf (every hour; takes about 100 minutes). Sometimes one has
to change trains in Dortmund (same platform, just opposite).
- Hannover
A non-stop bus from the airport to the main train station of Hannover
(Hannover Hbf) runs every 20 minutes and takes 20 minutes (provided there is no traffic jam).
From the main station, there are fast trains (IC, EC, ICE)
to the main station of Bielefeld (at least once every hour; takes 50 minutes).
-
Frankfurt/Main
There are fast train connections directly from the airport (lower level)
to the main station of Bielefeld, either via Dortmund or via Hannover
(every hour; takes about 4 hours).
-
Hamburg
Sometimes convenient for visitors travelling from Scandinavia.
There is an airport bus to the main station (Hamburg Hbf). From there, one
should take a (fast) train (= ICE) to Hannover, change trains, and continue to
the main station of Bielefeld (both train rides together take 130 - 150 minutes).
-
Amsterdam/Schiphol
There are train connections (nearly very hour) from the airport
to the main station of Bielefeld via different routes. It takes 4 to 5 hours.
-
There are two smaller airports closer to Bielefeld, Paderborn
(at 55 km) and Münster-Osnabrück (at 120 km).
However, both airports offer few connections, and
there is only poor public transportation to Bielefeld.
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