🌎 Countries crossed

Belgium, Germany, Sweden

🕔 Transport time

≈ 1day 10hrs 10min

🌱 Carbon footprint

≈ 4 times
less than with a
plane

💼 Journey type

Winter, Culture

How to join Abisko from Brussels by train?

Do you dream of hunting the northern lights in Swedish Lapland? We'll tell you how to get from Brussels to Abisko by train, because yes, it's possible to get there without a plane, and what's more, it's a pretty magical experience! And a loop from Paris: here.

Brussels,
Belgium
Cologne,
Germany

High speed train

High speed train

(≈ 1h50)

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Cologne,
Germany
Hambourg,
Germany

High speed train

High speed train

(≈ 4h00)

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Hambourg,
Germany
Stockholm,
Sweden

Night train

Night train

(≈ 12h00)

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Stockholm,
Sweden
Abisko,
Sweden

Night train

Night train

(≈ 16h20)

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Detailed itinerary

After passing through Cologne and Hamburg, you can take a night train to Stockholm and wake up a few hours later in the middle of Swedish Lapland. An unforgettable experience that will take you to Abisko, famous for the sumptuous landscapes and Nordic fauna of its National Park. The town is also famous for its Aurora Sky Station, one of the best places in the world to observe the northern lights.

The itinerary lasts 1day 10hrs 10min, and has 4 steps.
High speed train

Brussels - Cologne

The step from Brussels to Cologne lasts 1hrs 50min. You'll travel in a high speed train.
High speed train

Cologne - Hambourg

The step from Cologne to Hambourg lasts 4hrs 00min. You'll travel in a high speed train.
Night train

Hambourg - Stockholm

The step from Hambourg to Stockholm lasts 12hrs 00min. You'll travel in a night train.
Night train

Stockholm - Abisko

Thanks to the Stockholm-Narvik night train, you can fall asleep in Sweden’s capital and wake up the next day in the heart of Lapland. For this journey, we highly recommend stopping in Abisko. This small locality, located in the far north of Sweden on the shores of Lake Torneträsk, is home to two train stations: Abisko Östra and Abisko Turiststation ('Abisko Tourist Station'). It's a key gateway to one of Sweden's and Europe's very first national parks. Abisko is also world-famous for northern lights observation!

The step from Stockholm to Abisko lasts 16hrs 20min. You'll travel in a night train.

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