Transportation · Berlin
Berlin Airport Transfers: Getting from the Airport to the City
How to get from Berlin's airports into the city: train, taxi flat fares, transfers and typical costs, plus arrival and entry notes.
Updated 2026-07-25
Airports serving Berlin
Berlin Brandenburg (BER) — 24 km from the centre
FEX Airport Express train to Hauptbahnhof in ~30 min (€4.40); S9/S45 S-Bahn ~45 min; taxi €50–65.
Arriving by train
Berlin Hauptbahnhof runs ICE to Munich (~4h), Hamburg (~2h), Frankfurt (~4h), Prague (~4h30) and Warsaw (~5h30); overnight trains to Vienna, Zurich and Amsterdam.
Entry and arrival formalities
Schengen external-border checks at BER for non-EU arrivals.
Germany is in the Schengen Area. Many nationalities enter visa-free for 90 days per 180; ETIAS pre-authorisation applies once launched. Others need a Schengen short-stay visa via a German embassy.
Getting into the city
BVG's U-Bahn (subway), S-Bahn (suburban rail), trams and buses form Europe's densest transit web; 24h ABC ticket (covers BER airport) is €10.60, AB ticket (central) is €10.06. The FEX airport express and S9/S45 link BER to central Berlin in 30–45 min. Bike infrastructure is excellent; Berlin is largely flat.
U-Bahn (subway)
10 lines running ~04:30–01:00 (24h Fri/Sat).
S-Bahn (suburban rail)
Fast ring + radial lines; includes airport service.
Tram
Extensive in East Berlin (former DDR network).
Bus & night bus
24/7 dense network — night buses replace U-Bahn Sun–Thu.
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