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Germany

345 crossings between 35 ports, run by 45 operators, serving 65 cities. The busiest city is Frankfurt am Main with 437 destinations, and the busiest port is Hamburg central bus station with 71 crossings. 38 airports carry scheduled service, so most of this network can be left by air as well as by sea.

Cities

65 cities, each showing everything it reaches across every terminal and airport that serves it.

Frankfurt am Main reaches 437 destinations
Munich reaches 379 destinations
Hamburg reaches 340 destinations
Düsseldorf reaches 336 destinations
Berlin reaches 312 destinations
Stuttgart reaches 299 destinations
Köln reaches 291 destinations
Hannover reaches 268 destinations
Nuremberg reaches 250 destinations
Memmingen reaches 245 destinations
Bremen reaches 237 destinations
Dortmund reaches 215 destinations

Showing the 12 widest-reaching of 65. Every city →

The ports that matter

Ranked by how many crossings each carries. The first is 1.7× the second.

Hamburg central bus station crossings 71 crossings on record
Frankfurt central train station crossings 41 crossings on record
Munich central bus station crossings 36 crossings on record
Rostock central bus station crossings 25 crossings on record
Kiel central bus station crossings 24 crossings on record
Düsseldorf central bus station crossings 22 crossings on record
Bremerhaven crossings 15 crossings on record
Dresden central station (Bayrische Straße) crossings 15 crossings on record
Regensburg crossings 14 crossings on record
Mannheim central bus station crossings 13 crossings on record
Passau crossings 11 crossings on record
Bremen Fernbusterminal crossings 10 crossings on record
Bonn UN Campus (Museumsmeile) crossings 9 crossings on record
Trier crossings 9 crossings on record

Who runs the boats

45 operators appear in Germany crossings.

The longest and the shortest

331 of 345 crossings carry a time.

Every crossing we hold

All 345 of them, alphabetically, 25 at a time. Each has its own page.

Amsterdam – Bremen Fernbusterminal 216 h 00 Scylla VIVA Cruises
Bamberg train station – Trier 168 h 00 Viking River Cruises
Barcelona – Kiel central bus station 264 h 00 Costa Cruises, MSC Cruises
Basel – Düsseldorf central bus station 192 h 00 Scylla VIVA Cruises, Tauck River Cruises
Basel – Frankfurt central train station 96 h 00 Avalon Waterways, Emerald Cruises, Scenic Cruises
Basel – Koblenz 192 h 00 Riviera Travel
Basel – Mainz central train station (exit West) 192 h 00 Emerald Cruises, Scenic Cruises
Basel – Regensburg not held Viking River Cruises
Basel – Trier 168 h 00 Viking River Cruises
Bonn UN Campus (Museumsmeile) – Cologne 96 h 00 Arosa Cruises, Grand Circle Cruise Line, Riviera Travel
Breisach am Rhein – Strasbourg 72 h 00 CroisiEurope
Bremerhaven – Bridgetown 408 h 00 TUI Cruises
Bremerhaven – Callao-Lima 696 h 00 Phoenix Reisen
Bremerhaven – Cuxhaven 408 h 00 Phoenix Reisen
Bremerhaven – Hamburg central bus station 168 h 00 Hapag Lloyd Cruises, Phoenix Reisen, TUI Cruises
Bremerhaven – Kiel central bus station 120 h 00 Phoenix Reisen, TUI Cruises
Bremerhaven – La Romana 432 h 00 TUI Cruises
Bremerhaven – Montego Bay 624 h 00 Phoenix Reisen
Bremerhaven – Montreal 600 h 00 Phoenix Reisen
Bremerhaven – Palma de Mallorca 264 h 00 TUI Cruises
Bremerhaven – Panama City 696 h 00 Phoenix Reisen
Bremerhaven – Papeete not held Phoenix Reisen
Bremerhaven – Rio de Janeiro 3408 h 00 Phoenix Reisen
Bremerhaven – Savona (Stazione FS) 408 h 00 Phoenix Reisen
Bremerhaven – Tromso 384 h 00 Hapag Lloyd Cruises
Brunsbuttel – Cuxhaven not held Elbferry
Brunsbuttel – Helgoland not held FRS Helgoline
Budapest – Koblenz 360 h 00 Riviera Travel
Budapest – Munich central bus station 192 h 00 APT River Cruises Travelmarvel, Emerald Cruises, Tauck River Cruises
Budapest – Passau 144 h 00 CroisiEurope, Emerald Cruises, Luftner Amadeus River Cruises
Budapest – Regensburg 168 h 00 Celebrity River Cruises, Emerald Cruises, Scenic Cruises
Budapest – Vilshofen an der Donau 144 h 00 AmaWaterways, Avalon Waterways, Celebrity River Cruises
Buenos Aires – Hamburg central bus station 816 h 00 Phoenix Reisen, Small Cruise Lines
Busum – Helgoland not held Reederei Cassen Eils
Cape Town – Hamburg central bus station 480 h 00 Cunard, Phoenix Reisen
Cochem – Strasbourg 120 h 00 CroisiEurope
Cologne – Merzig bus station 192 h 00 Mystic Cruises
Cologne – Passau 192 h 00 Luftner Amadeus River Cruises, Mystic Cruises, Phoenix Reisen
Colombo – Hamburg central bus station 1296 h 00 Phoenix Reisen
Copenhagen Busterminal – Hamburg central bus station 168 h 00 MSC Explora Journeys, Seabourn Cruises
Copenhagen Busterminal – Kiel central bus station 24 h 00 Costa Cruises, MSC Cruises
Copenhagen Busterminal – Rostock central bus station 24 h 00 MSC Cruises, MSC Explora Journeys
Cuxhaven – Harwich not held Stena Line
Cuxhaven – Helgoland not held FRS Helgoline
Decin – Lutherstadt Wittenberg 144 h 00 Viking River Cruises
Dover – Hamburg central bus station not held HX Expeditions, Seabourn Cruises
Düsseldorf central bus station – Hannover 192 h 00 Scylla VIVA Cruises
Düsseldorf central bus station – Nancy 192 h 00 Scylla VIVA Cruises
Düsseldorf central bus station – Passau 240 h 00 Scylla VIVA Cruises
Düsseldorf central bus station – Strasbourg 168 h 00 Scylla VIVA Cruises
East New York – Hamburg central bus station 216 h 00 AIDA Cruises, Cunard, Hapag Lloyd Cruises
Frankfurt central train station – Passau 168 h 00 Phoenix Reisen, River Cruises, Scylla VIVA Cruises
Frankfurt central train station – Regensburg 168 h 00 Scylla VIVA Cruises
Freyung bus station – Passau 35 min FlixBus-eu
Funchal – Hamburg central bus station 360 h 00 Hapag Lloyd Cruises
Giurgiu – Vilshofen an der Donau 360 h 00 AmaWaterways
Hamburg central bus station – Kangerlussuaq 456 h 00 Hapag Lloyd Cruises, Small Cruise Lines
Hamburg central bus station – Kiel central bus station 1 h 10 AIDA Cruises, Cunard, FlixBus-eu
Hamburg central bus station – La Romana 696 h 00 AIDA Cruises, Small Cruise Lines
Hamburg central bus station – Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 240 h 00 AIDA Cruises, Phoenix Reisen, TUI Cruises
Hamburg central bus station – Lisbon (Oriente) 192 h 00 AIDA Cruises, HX Expeditions
Hamburg central bus station – Longyearbyen 384 h 00 Hapag Lloyd Cruises
Hamburg central bus station – Lübeck central train station 50 min FlixBus-eu, Hapag Lloyd Cruises
Hamburg central bus station – Malaga 336 h 00 Hapag Lloyd Cruises
Hamburg central bus station – Montreal 456 h 00 Hapag Lloyd Cruises
Hamburg central bus station – Oslo 384 h 00 HX Expeditions
Hamburg central bus station – Palma de Mallorca 240 h 00 AIDA Cruises, Hapag Lloyd Cruises, Mystic Cruises
Hamburg central bus station – Ponta Delgada 408 h 00 Hapag Lloyd Cruises
Hamburg central bus station – Porto-Leixoes 264 h 00 Hapag Lloyd Cruises, TUI Cruises
Hamburg central bus station – Puntarenas 768 h 00 Small Cruise Lines
Hamburg central bus station – Quebec City 408 h 00 Cunard, MSC Explora Journeys
Hamburg central bus station – Reykjavik 312 h 00 HX Expeditions, Hapag Lloyd Cruises
Hamburg central bus station – Rostock central bus station 120 h 00 AIDA Cruises, MSC Explora Journeys, TUI Cruises
Hamburg central bus station – San Antonio 864 h 00 AIDA Cruises, Cunard
Hamburg central bus station – Santa Cruz de Tenerife 288 h 00 AIDA Cruises, Small Cruise Lines, TUI Cruises
Hamburg central bus station – Savona (Stazione FS) 288 h 00 Costa Cruises, Phoenix Reisen
Hamburg central bus station – Seville 480 h 00 Hapag Lloyd Cruises
Hamburg central bus station – Southampton 48 h 00 Cunard, MSC Cruises, MSC Explora Journeys
Hamburg central bus station – Tromso 264 h 00 Hapag Lloyd Cruises
Hamburg central bus station – flight 240 h 00 Hapag Lloyd Cruises, Small Cruise Lines
Hannover – Kiel central bus station 144 h 00 River Cruises
Havneby – List not held
Helsinki, Bus Station (Kamppi) – Travemunde 30 h 56 Finnlines, companies like Finnlines, modern vessels
Karlshamn – Travemunde 12 h 15 TT Line, TT-Line
Kiel central bus station – Klaipeda 20 h 30 DFDS, DFDS Seaways
Klaipeda – Travemunde 29 h 20 TT Line, TT-Line
Koblenz – Strasbourg 168 h 00 Scylla VIVA Cruises
Koblenz – land tour 264 h 00 Riviera Travel
Liepaja – Travemunde 22 h 00 Stena Line, companies like Finnlines, reliable ferry services
Malmö central train station FlixBus stop – Travemunde 9 h 07 Finnlines, companies like Finnlines
Oltenita – Vilshofen an der Donau 360 h 00 Avalon Waterways
Passau – Regensburg 1 h 30 FlixBus-eu
Passau – Trier 216 h 00 Luftner Amadeus River Cruises
Passau – Vienna Erdberg (Busterminal VIB) 3 h 40 FlixBus-eu, Scylla VIVA Cruises
Prague (Central Bus Station Florenc) – Regensburg 3 h 00 FlixBus-eu, Scenic Cruises, Uniworld
Ronne – Sassnitz 3 h 20 Bornholmslinjen
Rostock central bus station – Trelleborg 6 h 30 Stena Line, TT-Line
Sassnitz – Trelleborg not held Stena Line
Travemunde – Trelleborg 8 h 45 TT Line, TT-Line, companies like Finnlines

Which months these run

Season not heldwe can say when we looked, not which months run

Our records for Germany ferry crossings were read on 11 August 2026 and describe the network as it ran that week. We hold no month-by-month variation, so this page cannot tell you whether a crossing runs in February.

If you are travelling well outside August 2026, confirm with the operator before you plan around it.