There are 12 ways to get from Antwerp to Ruse by plane, shuttle, train, bus, car, night train, or car train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Brussels Airport, shuttle
best- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane BRU - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Ruse
7h$193–519Train, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Anvers-Central to Gand-Dampoorttrain Ic / ...
- Take the bus from Ghent to Bucharest Oborbus
- Take the bus from Buchurest to Rusebus
22h 5m$54–79Train
- Take the train from Anvers-Central to Brussels-Nordtrain Ic / ...
- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbftrain Ice / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Passau Hbftrain 91 / ...
- Take the train from Passau Hbf to Wien Meidlingtrain Ice
- Take the train from Wien Meidling to Bucuresti Nordtrain 347
- Take the train from Bucuresti Nord to Rusetrain 461
35h 25m$516–1,066Drive 2,187.1 km
- Drive from Antwerp to Rusecar 2,187.1 km
21h 49m$390–563Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly, shuttle
- Take the train from Antwerpen-Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane AMS - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Ruse
7h 47m$228–602Train, bus to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, fly, shuttle
- Take the train from Antwerpen-Centraal to Brussel-Zuidtrain
- Take the bus from Brussels Midi / Brussels South West to Charleroi Airportbus
- Fly from Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane CRL - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Ruse
8h 51m$170–502Train, train to Eindhoven Airport, fly, shuttle
- Take the train from Anvers-Central to Bredatrain
- Take the train from Breda to Eindhoventrain
- Fly from Eindhoven Airport (EIN) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane EIN - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Ruse
8h 40m$202–618Train, train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly, shuttle
- Take the train from Anvers-Central to Koeln Hbftrain
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane DUS - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Ruse
10h 3m$266–652Bus via Brussels
- Take the bus from Antwerp Rooseveltplaats to Brussels-North train stationbus 813 / ...
- Take the bus from Brussels-North Station to Bucharestbus
- Take the bus from Buchurest to Rusebus
29h 44m$170–176Bus
- Take the bus from Antwerp Rooseveltplaats to București, Autogara Militaribus 1924
- Take the bus from București, Autogara Militari to Ruse Eastbus N984 / ...
38h 25m$187–321Train, night train
- Take the train from Anvers-Central to Brussels-Nordtrain Ic / ...
- Take the night train from Brussels-Nord to Wien Meidlingnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Wien Meidling to Bucuresti Nordtrain 347
- Take the train from Bucuresti Nord to Rusetrain 461
39h 2m$366–696Drive, car train
- Drive from Antwerp to Düsseldorf Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Rusecar
22h 58m$363–1,577
Antwerp to Ruse by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Antwerp to Ruse is to train and bus which costs $50 - $80 and takes 22h 5m.
The fastest way to get from Antwerp to Ruse is to fly and shuttle which takes 7h and costs $190 - $550.
No, there is no direct bus from Antwerp to Ruse. However, there are services departing from Antwerp Rooseveltplaats and arriving at Ruse via Brussels-North Station and Buchurest. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 29h 44m.
No, there is no direct train from Antwerp to Ruse. However, there are services departing from Anvers-Central and arriving at Ruse via Brussels-Nord, Frankfurt, Passau Hbf, Wien Meidling and Bucuresti Nord. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 35h 25m.
The distance between Antwerp and Ruse is 1888 km. The road distance is 2187.1 km.
The best way to get from Antwerp to Ruse without a car is to train and bus which takes 22h 5m and costs $50 - $80.
It takes approximately 7h to get from Antwerp to Ruse, including transfers.
Antwerp to Ruse bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Antwerp Rooseveltplaats station.
Antwerp to Ruse train services, operated by Belgian Railways (NMBS/SNCB), depart from Anvers-Central station.
The best way to get from Antwerp to Ruse is to train which takes 35h 25m and costs $500 - $1,100. Alternatively, you can bus via Brussels, which costs $170 - $180 and takes 29h 44m.
What companies run services between Antwerp, Belgium and Ruse, Bulgaria?
You can take a train from Anvers-Central to Ruse via Brussels-Nord, Frankfurt, Passau Hbf, Wien Meidling, and Bucuresti Nord in around 35h 25m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Antwerp Rooseveltplaats to Ruse via Brussels-North train station, Brussels-North Station, Bucharest, and Buchurest in around 29h 44m.
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–350
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–470
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–390
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–380
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–420
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–420
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Brussels Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–200
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–500
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–500
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $28–150
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $40–200
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $80–250
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–190
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–220
Flights from Brussels Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $50–170
- Website
- hisky.aero
Flights from Brussels Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $70–180
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bucharest Otopeni via Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $100–550
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–210
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Anvers-Central to Gand-Dampoort
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $16–27
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Anvers-Central to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- $12–21
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Anvers-Central to Breda
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $15–26
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Brussels-Nord to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $85–190
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Passau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $100–220
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Passau Hbf to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $60–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Anvers-Central to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $50–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $10–24
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Passau Hbf to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $70–130
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Wien Meidling to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $270–480
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Passau Hbf to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $50–75
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- $50–75
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Passau Hbf to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $35–85
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Antwerpen-Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $17–45
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Antwerpen-Centraal to Brussel-Zuid
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $6–16
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Anvers-Central to Breda
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $7–17
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Breda to Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $7–18
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- 0219521
- petitii@cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Bucuresti Nord to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $14–16
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- +31302035833
- info@europeansleeper.eu
- Website
- europeansleeper.eu
Train from Antwerpen-Centraal to Brussel-Zuid
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $6–12
- Website
- https://www.europeansleeper.eu/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $17–29
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Brussels-Nord to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 49m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $70–180
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- $130–180
- Couchette Carriage
- $100–130
- Seating Carriage
- $70–90
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $110–1,200
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- $320–650
- Car Compartment
- $600–1,200
- Phone
- +359 89 345 5533
- info@atlastaxi.eu
- Website
- atlastaxi.eu
Shuttle from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $120–280
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Ghent to Bucharest Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 22m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $29–40
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +359 899199328
- omega_group@abv.bg
- Website
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Buchurest to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $8–11
- Website
- https://bgrazpisanie.com/en/transport_company/omega+group+84
- info@flibco.com
- Website
- flibco.com
Bus from Brussels Midi / Brussels South West to Charleroi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $13–26
- Website
- https://www.flibco.com/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Antwerp Rooseveltplaats to Brussels-North train station
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $3–6
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Antwerp Rooseveltplaats to București, Autogara Militari
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 5m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $180–310
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from București, Autogara Militari to Ruse East
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $6–11
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- dispecerat@maxibustravel.ro
- Website
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
Bus from Brussels-North Station to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $159
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
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More Questions & Answers
Antwerp to Ruse bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at București, Autogara Militari station.
Ruse is 1h ahead of Antwerp. It is currently 7:21 PM in Antwerp and 8:21 PM in Ruse.
Antwerp to Ruse train services, operated by Belgian Railways (NMBS/SNCB), arrive at Brussels-Nord station.
Yes, the driving distance between Antwerp to Ruse is 2187 km. It takes approximately 21h 49m to drive from Antwerp to Ruse.
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