There are 9 ways to get from Belfast to Europe by plane, train, busferry, bus, car ferry, 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 Fulda Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Bebra Bahnhoftrain
10h 4m$192–452Bus to Dublin Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Grand Central Station Stand 11 to Dublin Airport T2bus
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane DUB - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Fulda Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Bebra Bahnhoftrain
10h 44m$142–548Bus and ferry, train, bus
- 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 Intl to Lille Europetrain Eil
- Take the bus from Lille to Eisenach central bus stationbus
29h 41mFly 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 13mFly 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 49m$207–692Bus to Dublin Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Take the bus from Grand Central Station Stand 11 to Dublin Airport T2bus
- 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
12h 7m$146–693Fly 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
12h 8m$224–763Bus 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 Eisenach central bus stationbus
35h 11mCar ferry, bus, train, taxi
- Take the carferry from Belfast to Liverpoolcarferry
- Take the bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One 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
38h 15m$284–590
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 $140 - $700 and takes 12h 7m.
The fastest way to get from Belfast to Europe is to fly and train which takes 10h 4m and costs $190 - $460.
No, there is no direct bus from Belfast to Europe. However, there are services departing from Belfast, Europa Buscentre and arriving at Sontra-Ulfen Mitte via Buchanan Bus Station, LONDON, Victoria Coach Station-Departure Hall, Dortmund central bus station and Herleshausen Bahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 35h 11m.
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 bus which takes 29h 41m and costs .
It takes approximately 10h 4m 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 9:59 PM in Belfast and 10:59 PM in Europe.
There are 800+ 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 Fulda 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 Sontra-Ulfen Mitte via Glasgow Buchanan, Glasgow Queen Street, King's Cross, London St Pancras Intl, Lille Europe, Lille, Eisenach central bus station, Eisenach Hbf, Herleshausen Bahnhof, and Herleshausen Bahnhof in around 29h 41m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–370
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Hannover Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–550
Flights from Dublin Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50–280
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Nuremberg Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from Dublin Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50–290
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–380
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Frankfurt via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–280
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
- $120–600
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Nuremberg Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $120–600
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Frankfurt via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $190–700
Flights from Dublin Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–240
Flights from Dublin Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–330
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–240
Flights from Dublin Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50–190
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $130–410
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $130–410
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Frankfurt via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $190–700
- 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
- $140–470
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–210
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $24–110
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Göttingen
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $21–95
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $24–110
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–180
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Eisenach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $12–55
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 9m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $55–260
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Bebra Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $11–50
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Duisburg Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $55–250
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Bebra Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $11–50
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Wabern Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–160
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Website
- LEO Express
Train from Frankfurt to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- LEO Express
Train from Frankfurt to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- LEO Express
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Eisenach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- LEO Express
- Phone
- +49 561 766396-0
- info@cantus-bahn.de
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Bebra Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
Train from Göttingen to Eschwege-Niederhone Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Bebra Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Bebra Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Bebra Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Bebra Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $15–29
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Göttingen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $28–50
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Bebra Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $15–29
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $50–100
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Eisenach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $16–29
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Bebra Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $15–28
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Bebra Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $15–28
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- Passengerassistance@lumo.co.uk.
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 41m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $100–200
- Website
- Lumo
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $85–150
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Göttingen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +49 30 21300130
- info@abellio-mitteldeutschland.de
- Website
- Abellio GmbH
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Eisenach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $14–20
- Schedules at
- Abellio GmbH
- Phone
- 0800 2235546
- Website
- ABELLIO Rail Mitteldeutschland GmbH
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Eisenach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $13–21
- Schedules at
- ABELLIO Rail Mitteldeutschland GmbH
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
Train from Duisburg Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $5–12
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–45
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- 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
- Arriva NL
- Second Class Single
- $10–15
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- Translink
Busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchanan
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- Translink
Bus from Grand Central Station Stand 11 to Dublin Airport T2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Translink
Bus from Grand Central Station Stand 11 to Dublin Airport T2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Translink
Busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchanan
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- Translink
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Lille to Eisenach central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $55–95
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $55–95
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Dortmund central bus station to Eisenach central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $21–35
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Hanover central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $70–120
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +353 1 903 9508
- customerrelations@dublinexpress.ie
- Website
- Dublin Express
Bus from Grand Central Station Stand 11 to Dublin Airport T2
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $23–160
- Website
- Dublin Express
Bus from Grand Central Station Stand 11 to Dublin Airport T2
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $23–160
- Website
- Dublin Express
- Phone
- +48 77 443 44 44
- bilety@sindbad.pl
- Website
- Sindbad
Bus from LONDON, Victoria Coach Station-Departure Hall to DORTMUND, Hbf Nordseite, Steinstrasse
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–120
- Website
- Sindbad
- Phone
- +44 844 770 7070
- info.se@stenaline.com
- Website
- Stena Line
Car ferry from Belfast to Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $49–130
- Website
- Stena Line
- Passenger
- $49
- Car Passenger
- $188
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Estimated price
- $100–130
Bad Hersfeld
- Phone
- +49 6621 799888
Bad Hersfeld Taxi Bastick
- Phone
- +49 6621 204311
- Website
- taxi-bastick.de
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