There are 10 ways to get from Bucharest to Fribourg by plane, train, bus, car, or car train
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Fly Bucharest Otopeni to Zurich Airport, train
best- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane OTP - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Fribourg/Freiburgtrain
7h 27mCHF 182–392Fly Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Basel, train
cheapest- Fly from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport (BBU) to Basel (BSL)plane BBU - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Berntrain
7h 47mCHF 93–247Bus, train via Vienna
- Take the bus from Bucharest to Vienna, Central Station Südtiroler Platzbus
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Zuerich Hbtrain Rjx
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Fribourg/Freiburgtrain Ic1 / ...
21h 49mTrain
- Take the train from Bucuresti Nord to Budapest-Keletitrain Ir
- Take the train from Budapest-Keleti to Zuerich Hbtrain Rjx
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Fribourg/Freiburgtrain Ic1 / ...
30h 3mCHF 223–342Drive 1,907.1 km
- Drive from Bucharest to Fribourgcar 1,907.1 km
19h 4mCHF 300–433Fly Bucharest Otopeni to Basel, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Basel (BSL)plane OTP - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Berntrain
8h 43mCHF 164–333Fly Bucharest Otopeni to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane OTP - MXP
- Take the train from Gallarate to Domodossolatrain
- Take the train from Brig to Berntrain
9h 58mCHF 138–362Bus, train
- Take the bus from Bucureşti to Bresicabus
- Take the train from Brescia to Bellinzonatrain Ec
- Take the train from Bellinzona to Fribourg/Freiburgtrain Ic
32h 56mCHF 176–307Bus
- Take the bus from Bucharest to Fribourgbus FlixBus 1921
33h 59mCHF 111–203Drive, car train
- Drive from Bucharest to Villach Hbf ARZcar
- Take the car train from Villach Hbf ARZ to München Ostcartrain
- Drive from München Ost to Fribourgcar
20h 11mCHF 334–468
Bucharest to Fribourg by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bucharest to Fribourg is to bus which costs SFr 110 - SFr 210 and takes 33h 59m.
The fastest way to get from Bucharest to Fribourg is to fly and train which takes 7h 27m and costs SFr 180 - SFr 400.
No, there is no direct train from Bucharest to Fribourg. However, there are services departing from Bucuresti Nord and arriving at Fribourg/Freiburg via Budapest-Keleti and Zürich HB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 30h 3m.
The distance between Bucharest and Fribourg is 1564 km. The road distance is 1907.1 km.
The best way to get from Bucharest to Fribourg without a car is to bus and train via Vienna which takes 21h 49m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 27m to get from Bucharest to Fribourg, including transfers.
Bucharest to Fribourg train services, operated by Romanian Railways (CFR), depart from Bucuresti Nord station.
The best way to get from Bucharest to Fribourg is to train which takes 30h 3m and costs SFr 220 - SFr 350. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 110 - SFr 210 and takes 33h 59m.
Fribourg is 1h behind Bucharest. It is currently 4:16 AM in Bucharest and 3:16 AM in Fribourg.
Bucharest to Fribourg train services, operated by Romanian Railways (CFR), arrive at Budapest-Keleti station.
What companies run services between Bucharest, Romania and Fribourg, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Bucuresti Nord to Fribourg/Freiburg via Budapest-Keleti, Zuerich Hb, and Zürich HB in around 30h 3m. Alternatively, FlixBus operates a bus from Bucharest to Fribourg 3 times a week. Tickets cost CHF 110–200 and the journey takes 32h 30m.
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Zurich Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–280
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Basel via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–320
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Basel via Timisoara
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–190
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Basel via Cluj-Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–190
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–120
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–140
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–300
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–350
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–220
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–210
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–120
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Milano Malpensa Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–120
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Zurich Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–170
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Basel via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–180
- Website
- animawings.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–200
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Fribourg/Freiburg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–95
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Fribourg/Freiburg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–90
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–65
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Brig to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–55
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bellinzona to Fribourg/Freiburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–160
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Wien Hbf to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–140
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- CHF 95–140
Train from Budapest-Keleti to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–190
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- CHF 120–190
- Phone
- 0219521
- petitii@cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Bucuresti Nord to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 58–63
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Gallarate to Domodossola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–7
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Gallarate to Domodossola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–9
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Brescia to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–80
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 55–80
- 2nd Class
- CHF 35–55
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Villach Hbf ARZ to München Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–100
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- dispecerat@maxibustravel.ro
- Website
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
Bus from Bucharest to Vienna, Central Station Südtiroler Platz
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +4-0263-21.55.00
- Website
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Bucureşti to Bresica
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–70
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Bucharest to Fribourg
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–200
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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Yes, the driving distance between Bucharest to Fribourg is 1907 km. It takes approximately 19h 4m to drive from Bucharest to Fribourg.
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