Just a quick post for those you are looking for a quick answer. Prices are updated March 2014.
Train
- Duration: 4 hours and 6 minutes
- Regular Price: 399DKK (54EUR)
- Book with DSB
The train leaves every two hours you need to change at Copenhagen Main Trainstation (København H) where you have about 14 minutes to change. There are escalators and elevators in case you have a lot of luggages.
Discount tickets know as “Orange tickets” are available if you book long time in advance and for a specific train departure. Orange tickets for the Copenhagen Airport – Sønderborg route is typically 149DKK or 257DKK.
Flight
- Duration: 40 minutes
- Regular Price: 495 – 1450DKK (66 – 195EUR)
- Book with Alsie Express
On weekdays there are flights leaving Copenhagen at 8.30, 14.30, 18.30 and 21.45. Saturdays and sundays there are one flight each way. The flight leaves from the domestic airport. The taxi ride from Sønderborg airport to city center takes 8 minutes and cost about 150DKK.
UPDATE March 2014: Now it is Alsie Express that flies the Copenhagen – Sønderborg route. Prices and times are updated.
Thanks for this…some quick comments…can you give the approximate price in Euros in brackets? Also for the CPH-SON flight, is the domestic airport far away from the international airport?
I’ve add euro prices. The domestic terminal (Terminal 1 at CPH) is tiny. There are free shuttle busses to it from the main terminals (2 and 3) every 5-10 minutes. I would guess it takes 20-30 min to walk between the terminals.
Thanks a lot 🙂
I will be visiting Sonderborg this coming June for a week of business meetings with an international group. I have found you blog to be very helpful, especially in how to get from Copenhagen to Sonderbork direct by train, which I would like to do as I enjoy European trains. On the DSB travel planner, is the correct station in Sonderborg named Sonderborg St? And are there taxis at that station?
Thanks and keep up the excellent blog.
Ed
Hi Ed, thanks for your comment.
Yes “Sønderborg St.” is the name of the train station and it is on the Jutland side of the water. All hotels are on the other side of the water so a quick taxi ride is recommended.
It is a really small station so I don’t think you can assume there to be taxis (although there might be). I would recommend that you give the local taxi company a call an hour before or maybe email them a couple of days before. Phone number is +45 74 42 18 18 email is info@dantaxi.dk
If I drive from Copenhagen to Sønderborg is it hard to find and is there tolls crossing the water?
It’s a 3+ h drive and there is toll across Storebælt bridge. Toll is 325DKK each way.
You can see the route on Google maps here: https://goo.gl/maps/eL8uEhtpP5t
Basically go west on E20 (towards Odense), turn south (towards Flensburg) on E45 and turn east on Route 8 towards Sønderborg.
Is it possible to take a ferry between Copenhagen and Sonderberg? Thanks for your assistance.
I live in Australia
To our knowledge you cannot. You can take a ferry from Als (where Sonderborg is) to Fyn, the middle island, but not all the way.