There are 11 ways to get from Brussels to Dresden by train, bus, night train, car or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Recommended
Train via Frankfurt Airport (FRA)
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Take the train from Bruxelles-Nord to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
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Take the train from Frankfurt to Erfurt Hbf
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Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
Cheapest
Train
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Take the train from Bruxelles-Central to Eupen
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Take the train from Aachen Central Station to Dresden Central Station
Bus
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Take the bus from Brussels-North train station to Dresden central station
Night train
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Take the night train from Brussels South to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
Drive
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Drive from Brussels to Dresden Hbf
Fly Brussels to Dresden
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Fly from Brussels (BRU) to Dresden (DRS)
Train, train to Dusseldorf, fly to Dresden
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Take the train from Bruxelles-Nord to Koeln Hbf
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Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
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Fly from Dusseldorf (DUS) to Dresden (DRS)
Train to Amsterdam Schiphol, fly to Dresden
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Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Schiphol Airport
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Fly from Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS) to Dresden (DRS)
Train to Frankfurt, fly to Dresden
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Take the train from Bruxelles-Nord to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
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Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Dresden (DRS)
Fly Brussels to Prague, bus
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Fly from Brussels (BRU) to Prague (PRG)
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Take the bus from Prague to Dresden central station
Fly Brussels to Berlin Brandenburg, train
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Fly from Brussels (BRU) to Berlin Brandenburg (BER)
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Take the train from Flughafen BER - Terminal 1-2 to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
Brussels to Dresden by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Brussels to Dresden is to train which costs €55 - €80 and takes 11h 37m.
The quickest way to get from Brussels to Dresden is to train and fly which costs €160 - €360 and takes 5h 26m.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Brussels-North train station station and arriving at Dresden central station station. Services depart once daily, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 12h.
Yes, there is an overnight train departing from Brussels South and arriving at Dresden Hauptbahnhof. This train operates Monday, Wednesday and Friday. The journey takes approximately 13h 7m.
The distance between Brussels and Dresden is 658 km. The road distance is 785.5 km.
The best way to get from Brussels to Dresden without a car is to train via Frankfurt Airport (FRA) which takes 9h 1m and costs €120 - €190.
It takes approximately 9h 1m to get from Brussels to Dresden, including transfers.
Brussels to Dresden bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Brussels-North train station.
Brussels to Dresden train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity-Express, depart from Bruxelles-Nord station.
The best way to get from Brussels to Dresden is to train via Frankfurt Airport (FRA) which takes 9h 1m and costs €120 - €190. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €60 - €90 and takes 12h, you could also fly, which costs €120 - €400 and takes 6h 16m.
- Distance: 657.7 km
- Duration: 9h 1m
What companies run services between Brussels, Belgium and Dresden, Germany?
You can take a train from Brussels to Dresden Hbf via Frankfurt and Erfurt Hbf in around 9h 1m. Alternatively, FlixBus operates a bus from Brussels-North train station to Dresden central station once daily. Tickets cost €60 - €90 and the journey takes 12h.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Brussels to Dresden via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140 - €380
Flights from Brussels to Dresden via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140 - €410
Flights from Brussels to Dresden via Munich, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140 - €380
Flights from Brussels to Dresden via Frankfurt, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140 - €380
Flights from Dusseldorf to Dresden via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160 - €450
Flights from Dusseldorf to Dresden via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160 - €450
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Dresden via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €180 - €410
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Dresden via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180 - €410
Flights from Frankfurt to Dresden
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130 - €410
Flights from Brussels to Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120 - €440
Flights from Brussels to Prague via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120 - €420
Flights from Brussels to Berlin Brandenburg via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100 - €480
Flights from Brussels to Berlin Brandenburg via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100 - €480
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Brussels to Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110 - €410
Flights from Brussels to Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75 - €380
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Brussels to Dresden via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240 - €600
Flights from Dusseldorf to Dresden via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200 - €950
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Dresden
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €170 - €750
Flights from Brussels to Berlin Brandenburg via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140 - €470
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Dusseldorf to Dresden
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75 - €340
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Brussels to Prague via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120 - €440
Flights from Brussels to Berlin Brandenburg via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €110 - €550
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Brussels to Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €28 - €350
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Brussels to Prague via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110 - €410
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Dresden
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120 - €350
- Phone
- +49 0180 6 99 66 33
- Website
- bahn.com
Train from Bruxelles-Nord to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €50 - €70
- Website
- https://www.bahn.com/en
Train from Frankfurt to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40 - €60
- Website
- https://www.bahn.com/en
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €35 - €55
- Website
- https://www.bahn.com/en
Train from Bruxelles-Nord to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €35 - €50
- Website
- https://www.bahn.com/en
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €22 - €30
- Website
- https://www.bahn.com/en
Train from Flughafen BER - Terminal 1-2 to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30 - €45
- Website
- https://www.bahn.com/en
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- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Bruxelles-Central to Eupen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13 - €20
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- €13 - €20
- 1st Class
- €21 - €30
- Phone
- +49 1807 123 99 123
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixtrain.com
Train from Aachen Central Station to Dresden Central Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €40 - €55
- Website
- https://www.flixtrain.com/
- info@europeansleeper.eu
- Website
- europeansleeper.eu
Night train from Brussels South to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 7m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60 - €95
- Schedules at
- europeansleeper.eu
- Seats - Budget
- €60 - €95
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11 - €16
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €10 - €16
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/
- Phone
- +32 70 66 77 88
- Website
- thalys.com
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €26 - €60
- Website
- https://www.thalys.com/fr/en
- Standard
- €26 - €40
- Comfort
- €28 - €40
- Premium
- €45 - €60
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50 - €110
- Website
- https://www.thalys.com/fr/en
- Standard
- €50 - €75
- Comfort
- €55 - €80
- Premium
- €80 - €110
Rome2Rio's guide to SNCF
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf.com
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €8 - €17
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en/
- 2nd Class
- €8 - €13
- Rail 1st Class
- €13 - €17
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.de
Bus from Brussels-North train station to Dresden central station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60 - €90
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Prague to Dresden central station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13 - €19
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Frequently asked questions
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Prague Florenc Central Bus Station to Dresden Bayrische Strasse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €7 - €10
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +3590885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Prague Florenc to Dresden
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €7 - €9
- Schedules at
- citylines.eu
- Phone
- 0700 20 544
- Website
- ardatur.bg
Bus from Prague Florenc Central Bus Station to Dresden Central Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €9 - €13
- Website
- Arda Tur
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There is no direct flight from Brussels Airport to Dresden Airport. The quickest flight takes 3h 15m and has one stopover.
Brussels to Dresden bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Dresden central station.
Brussels to Dresden train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity-Express, arrive at Dresden Hauptbahnhof station.
Yes, the driving distance between Brussels to Dresden is 786 km. It takes approximately 6h 50m to drive from Brussels to Dresden.
Brussels Airlines, Air Dolomiti, KLM and Lufthansa offer flights from Brussels Airport to Dresden Airport.
Book your Brussels to Dresden train tickets online with Omio.
Book your Brussels to Dresden bus tickets online with FlixBus.
There are 1396+ hotels available in Dresden. Prices start at €47 per night.
The best way to get from Brussels to Brussels Airport is to train which takes 20 min and costs €8 - €10.