Hamburg
Buses from Hamburg to Berlin are a quick and cheap way to travel between the two German cities.
Buses are operated by a company called Berlin Linien Bus, which run buses throughout Germany and from Germany to the rest of Europe.
Buses leave Hamburg between 10 and 13 times a day. The departure station is the Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof, or ZOB, which means “central bus station” in English. It is located by the Hauptbahnhof, or central train station in Hamburg.
When buses from Hamburg to Berlin arrive in the capital, they stop at one of two stops: the central bus station by the radio tower (“ZOB am Funkturm” in German), or the Berlin Ostbahnhof (east train station) in Friedrichshain.
The travel time on buses to Berlin ranges from 3 hours and 10 minutes to 4 hours flat, depending on which bus you take and where it stops in Berlin.
Buses from Hamburg can take longer if there is traffic on the way, so make sure to leave yourself extra time if you have an onward connection in Berlin.
The cost of a single ticket for buses from Hamburg to Berlin starts at 9 euros if you buy your ticket online in advance of traveling.