There are 10 ways to get from Brussels to Budapest by plane, train, bus, night train, car, or car train
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Fly from Brussels Airport
best- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane BRU - BUD
5hFt 31,854–75,763Bus to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the bus from Brussels Midi / Brussels South West to Charleroi Airportbus
- Fly from Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane CRL - BUD
5h 35mFt 19,015–54,901Train via Frankfurt Airport (FRA)
- 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 Vienna Meidling Train Station to Budapest-Kelenföldtrain
14h 37mFt 42,009–151,930Bus
- Take the bus from Brussels-North train station to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvarbus 1929
22h 5mFt 22,000–36,000Night train, train
- Take the night train from Brussels-Nord to Wien Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeldtrain Ec
18h 36mFt 38,243–128,655Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid to Schiphol Airporttrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane AMS - BUD
6h 33mFt 40,514–102,910Train, train to Eindhoven Airport, fly
- Take the train from Bruxelles-Central to Bredatrain
- Take the train from Breda to Eindhoventrain
- Fly from Eindhoven Airport (EIN) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane EIN - BUD
7h 29mFt 26,179–98,500Train
- Take the train from Bruxelles-Nord to Wien Meidlingtrain Nj
- Take the train from Vienna Meidling Train Station to Budapest-Kelenföldtrain RegioJet RJ 1035 / ...
19h 13mFt 41,875–60,070Drive 1,325.6 km
- Drive from Brussels to Budapestcar 1,325.6 km
12h 23mFt 75,198–108,619Drive, car train
- Drive from Brussels to Düsseldorf Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Budapestcar
13h 25mFt 78,378–429,434
Brussels to Budapest by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Brussels to Budapest is to bus which costs 22 000 Ft - 36 000 Ft and takes 22h 5m.
The fastest way to get from Brussels to Budapest is to fly which takes 5h and costs 31 000 Ft - 80 000 Ft.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Brussels-North train station station and arriving at Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar. Services depart three times a week, and operate Monday, Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday. The journey takes approximately 22h 5m.
No, there is no direct train from Brussels to Budapest. However, there are services departing from Brussels-Nord and arriving at Budapest-Kelenföld via Frankfurt, Passau Hbf and Vienna Meidling Train Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 37m.
The distance between Brussels and Budapest is 1167 km. The road distance is 1325.6 km.
The best way to get from Brussels to Budapest without a car is to train via Frankfurt Airport (FRA) which takes 14h 37m and costs 42 000 Ft - 160 000 Ft.
It takes approximately 5h to get from Brussels to Budapest, including transfers.
Brussels to Budapest bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Brussels-North train station.
Brussels to Budapest train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Brussels-Nord station.
The best way to get from Brussels to Budapest is to fly which takes 5h and costs 31 000 Ft - 80 000 Ft. Alternatively, you can train via Frankfurt Airport (FRA), which costs 42 000 Ft - 160 000 Ft and takes 14h 37m, you could also bus, which costs 22 000 Ft - 36 000 Ft and takes 22h 5m.
What companies run services between Brussels, Belgium and Budapest, Hungary?
Brussels Airlines, Lufthansa, and three other airlines fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) every 4 hours. Alternatively, you can take a train from Brussels-Nord to Budapest-Kelenföld via Frankfurt, Passau Hbf, Wien Meidling, and Vienna Meidling Train Station in around 14h 37m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 13,000–70,000
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Venice Treviso
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 13,000–70,000
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- Ft 13,000–70,000
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 27,000–80,000
Flights from Brussels Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 25,000–110,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 25,000–110,000
Flights from Brussels Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 25,000–110,000
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 41,000–80,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 24,000–100,000
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 32,000–130,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 18,000–100,000
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 22,000–130,000
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 11,000–36,000
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 13,000–55,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 24,000–100,000
- 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
- Ft 19,000–50,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Passau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 11,000–35,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Passau Hbf to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 20,000–23,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Passau Hbf to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 7,500–24,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 7,000–21,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Passau Hbf to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 16,000–25,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- Ft 16,000–24,000
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 14,000–22,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- Ft 14,000–21,000
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Passau Hbf to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 17,000–60,000
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- Ft 17,000–25,000
- 1st Class
- Ft 34,000–60,000
Train from Brussel-Zuid to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 10,000–21,000
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Bruxelles-Central to Breda
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 4,900–20,000
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Breda to Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Ft 5,400
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Train from Vienna Meidling Train Station to Budapest-Kelenföld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 4,500–7,500
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 3,400–7,500
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Brussels-Nord to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 57m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 34,000–110,000
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- Ft 95,000–110,000
- Couchette Carriage
- Ft 60,000–75,000
- Seating Carriage
- Ft 34,000–42,000
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 7,000–21,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Bruxelles-Central to Breda
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 4,000–6,000
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- Ft 4,000–6,000
- 1st Class
- Ft 6,000–9,000
Train from Bruxelles-Nord to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 49m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 37,000–55,000
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- Ft 37,000–55,000
- 1st Class
- Ft 55,000–85,000
- 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
- Ft 38,000–370,000
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- Ft 100,000–210,000
- Car Compartment
- Ft 200,000–370,000
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Brussels-North train station to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 22,000–36,000
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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
- Ft 6,000–8,000
- Website
- https://www.flibco.com/en
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Brussels to Budapest bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar station.
Brussels to Budapest train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Brussels to Budapest is 1326 km. It takes approximately 12h 23m to drive from Brussels to Budapest.
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