There are 9 ways to get from Belfast to Europe by plane, train, busferry, night train, bus, or taxi
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Fly George Best Belfast City Airport to Frankfurt, train
best- Fly from George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane BHD - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Bad Hersfeld Bahnhoftrain
10h 14m$206–438Bus to Dublin Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Grand Central Station to Terminal 2 Zone 21bus
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane DUB - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Bad Hersfeld Bahnhoftrain
10h 29m$132–524Bus and ferry, train, night train
- Take the busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchananbusferry 923
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the night train from Amsterdam Centraal to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehenighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Bebra Bahnhoftrain Rb5 / ...
26h 29mBus and ferry, bus
- Take the busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchananbusferry 923
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from LONDON, Victoria Coach Station-Departure Hall to DORTMUND, Hbf Nordseite, Steinstrassebus
- Take the bus from Dortmund central bus station to Kasselbus 264 / ...
- Take the bus from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Bebra Bahnhofbus Sev
34h 42mFly George Best Belfast City Airport to Hannover Airport, train
- Fly from George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) to Hannover Airport (HAJ)plane BHD - HAJ
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Göttingentrain
- Take the train from Göttingen to Eschwege-Niederhone Bahnhoftrain
10h 9mFly George Best Belfast City Airport to Nuremberg Airport, train
- Fly from George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) to Nuremberg Airport (NUE)plane BHD - NUE
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to Erfurt Hbftrain
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Eisenach Hbftrain
10h 52m$197–477Bus to Dublin Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Take the bus from Grand Central Station to Terminal 2 Zone 21bus
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane DUB - DUS
- Take the train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehetrain
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Bebra Bahnhoftrain
11h 40m$157–603Fly George Best Belfast City Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Fly from George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane BHD - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Utrecht Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Duisburg Hbftrain
- Take the train from Duisburg Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehetrain
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Bebra Bahnhoftrain
11h 59m$223–673Bus and ferry, bus, train, taxi
- Take the busferry from Belfast Stena Line Terminus to Glasgow Buchananbusferry 923
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Hanover central bus stationbus
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Wabern Bahnhoftrain 26 / ...
- Take the taxi from Knüllwald-Ellingshausen to Europetaxi
37h 7m
George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) to Frankfurt (FRA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Belfast to Europe is to bus and fly and train which costs $150 - $650 and takes 11h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Belfast to Europe is to fly and train which takes 10h 14m and costs $200 - $440.
No, there is no direct bus from Belfast to Europe. However, there are services departing from Belfast, Europa Buscentre and arriving at Nentershausen Oderstraße via Buchanan Bus Station, LONDON, Victoria Coach Station-Departure Hall, Dortmund central bus station, Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe and Bebra Bahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 34h 42m.
The distance between Belfast and Europe is 1291 km.
The best way to get from Belfast to Europe without a car is to bus and ferry and train and night train which takes 26h 29m and costs .
It takes approximately 10h 14m to get from Belfast to Europe, including transfers.
Belfast to Europe bus services, operated by Translink, depart from Belfast, Europa Buscentre station.
Belfast to Europe bus services, operated by Translink, arrive at Glasgow Buchanan station.
Europe is 1h ahead of Belfast. It is currently 10:44 AM in Belfast and 11:44 AM in Europe.
There are 832+ hotels available in Europe.
What companies run services between Belfast, Northern Ireland and Europe?
There is no direct connection from Belfast to Europe. However, you can take the line 600 bus to George Best Belfast City Airport, walk to George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) airport, fly to Frankfurt (FRA), walk to Frankfurt, take the train to Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof, take the train to Bebra Bahnhof, walk to Bebra Bahnhof, then take the line 315 bus to Nentershausen Oderstraße. Alternatively, you can take a vehicle from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Nentershausen Oderstraße via Glasgow Buchanan, Glasgow Queen Street, King's Cross, London St. Pancras Int., Amsterdam Centraal, Amsterdam Centraal, Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe, Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe, Bebra Bahnhof, and Bebra Bahnhof in around 26h 29m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–360
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Hannover Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–490
Flights from Dublin Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–290
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Nuremberg Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from Dublin Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50–290
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–350
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Frankfurt via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–440
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Hannover Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 23m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- $130–650
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Nuremberg Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $130–650
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–230
Flights from Dublin Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–390
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–230
Flights from Dublin Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–190
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–410
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $120–410
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–410
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Frankfurt via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–270
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Nuremberg Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $160–410
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Nuremberg Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $160–410
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–200
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Bebra Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $11–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Göttingen
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $21–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $40–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Eisenach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $12–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 9m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $60–190
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Duisburg Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $55–180
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Wabern Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $35–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- Passengerassistance@lumo.co.uk.
- Website
- lumo.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 41m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $110–210
- Website
- https://www.lumo.co.uk/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $70–160
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Night train from Amsterdam Centraal to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 59m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $50–120
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $5–13
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $19–45
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Amsterdam Centraal to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 59m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–113
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- $110–113
- Couchette Carriage
- $70–85
- Seating Carriage
- $35–45
- Phone
- +49 561 766396-0
- info@cantus-bahn.de
- Website
- cantus-bahn.de
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Bebra Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.cantus-bahn.de/
Train from Göttingen to Eschwege-Niederhone Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.cantus-bahn.de/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Bebra Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $12–18
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Göttingen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $22–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $40–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Eisenach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $12–19
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 581 97164164
- info@der-metronom.de
- Website
- der-metronom.de
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Göttingen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $30–85
- Schedules at
- der-metronom.de
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Göttingen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 21300130
- info@abellio-mitteldeutschland.de
- Website
- abellio.de
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Eisenach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $14–20
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
- Phone
- 0800 2235546
- Website
- abellio.de
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Eisenach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $13–21
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
- Website
- leoexpress.com
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Eisenach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- leoexpress.com
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Duisburg Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- arriva.nl
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $10–15
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- Second Class Single
- $10–15
- service@govolta.nl
- Website
- govolta.nl
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Website
- https://govolta.nl/nl?_fl=en
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- translink.co.uk
Busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchanan
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
Busferry from Belfast Stena Line Terminus to Glasgow Buchanan
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $55–95
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Dortmund central bus station to Kassel
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $13–23
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Hanover central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +48 77 443 44 44
- bilety@sindbad.pl
- Website
- sindbad.pl
Bus from LONDON, Victoria Coach Station-Departure Hall to DORTMUND, Hbf Nordseite, Steinstrasse
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $60–120
- Website
- https://www.sindbad.pl/en/home
- Phone
- +49 561 766396-0
- info@cantus-bahn.de
- Website
- cantus-bahn.de
Bus from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Bebra Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.cantus-bahn.de/
- Phone
- +353 1 903 9508
- customerrelations@dublinexpress.ie
- Website
- dublinexpress.ie
Bus from Grand Central Station to Terminal 2 Zone 21
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $24–150
- Website
- https://www.dublinexpress.ie/
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Estimated price
- $100–130
Bad Hersfeld Taxi Bastick
- Phone
- +49 6621 204311
- Website
- taxi-bastick.de
Bad Hersfeld
- Phone
- +49 6621 799888
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