There are 12 ways to get from Dortmund to Bucharest by train, plane, bus, night train, car, or car train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Dortmund Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane DUS - OTP
6h 7m$108–273Fly from Dortmund Airport
cheapest- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane DTM - OTP
5h 41m$56–243Train, bus
- Take the train from Dortmund Hbf to Köln Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the bus from Köln Hauptbahnhof to Bucharestbus
25h 21m$179–217Night train, train
- Take the night train from Dortmund Hbf to Wien Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nordtrain 347
31h 13m$327–634Drive 1,948.1 km
- Drive from Dortmund to Bucharestcar 1,948.1 km
18h 56m$321–464Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly
- Take the train from Dortmund Hbf to Köln Hbftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane CGN - OTP
6h 57m$85–309Train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Dortmund Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane FRA - OTP
7h 17m$152–384Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly
- Take the train from Dortmund Hbf to Oberhausen Hbftrain
- Take the train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane AMS - OTP
8h 45m$151–403Train
- Take the train from Dortmund Hbf to Wien Meidlingtrain Nightjet
- Take the train from Wien Meidling to Bucuresti Nordtrain 347
31h 19m$411–779Train, bus via Bucureşti Autogara Obor
- Take the train from Dortmund Hbf to Köln Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the bus from Köln to Bucureşti Autogara Oborbus
35h 31mBus
- Take the bus from Dortmund central bus station to București, Autogara Militaribus 1925
36h 50m$180–300Drive, car train
- Drive from Dortmund to Fuldacar
- Take the car train from Fulda to Salzburg Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Salzburg Hbf to Bucharestcar
21h 54m$402–561
Dortmund to Bucharest by night train and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Dortmund to Bucharest is to fly which costs $55 - $250 and takes 5h 41m.
The fastest way to get from Dortmund to Bucharest is to fly which takes 5h 41m and costs $55 - $250.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Dortmund central bus station station and arriving at București, Autogara Militari. Services depart once a week, and operate Sunday. The journey takes approximately 36h 50m.
No, there is no direct train from Dortmund to Bucharest. However, there are services departing from Dortmund Hbf and arriving at Bucuresti Nord via Wien Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 31h 13m.
The distance between Dortmund and Bucharest is 1706 km. The road distance is 1948.1 km.
The best way to get from Dortmund to Bucharest without a car is to train and bus which takes 25h 21m and costs $170 - $220.
It takes approximately 6h 7m to get from Dortmund to Bucharest, including transfers.
Dortmund to Bucharest bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Dortmund central bus station.
Dortmund to Bucharest train services, operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), depart from Dortmund Hbf station.
The best way to get from Dortmund to Bucharest is to fly which takes 5h 41m and costs $55 - $250. Alternatively, you can train, which costs $410 - $800 and takes 31h 19m, you could also bus, which costs $180 - $300 and takes 36h 50m.
What companies run services between Dortmund, Germany and Bucharest, Romania?
Ulendo Airlink flies from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) once daily. Alternatively, you can take a train from Dortmund Hbf to Bucuresti Nord via Wien Meidling in around 31h 19m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–460
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–460
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–440
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–400
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–210
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–440
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–430
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–430
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–240
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $45–240
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $55–220
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–280
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–420
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–230
- Website
- hisky.aero
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–210
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–400
- Website
- animawings.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni via Cluj-Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $100–330
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Dortmund Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $14–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $55–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Oberhausen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $19–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Dortmund Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Oberhausen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- info@eurobahn.de
- Website
- eurobahn.de
Train from Dortmund Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $16–23
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Oberhausen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $13–19
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Dortmund Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $16–25
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Oberhausen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $12–19
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 85 004 3110
- Website
- traincharter.eu
Train from Dortmund Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Website
- https://traincharter.eu/
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Oberhausen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Website
- https://traincharter.eu/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $35–60
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Dortmund Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 43m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $65–170
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- $130–170
- Couchette Carriage
- $100–120
- Seating Carriage
- $65–80
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $260–470
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Wien Meidling to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $270–470
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Oberhausen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $6–15
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $11–26
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $12–29
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $140–310
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- 069 450099650
- Kundenservice-Linie10@vias-online.de
- Website
- vias-online.de
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $45–65
- Schedules at
- vias-online.de
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Fulda to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 16m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $110–130
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- dispecerat@maxibustravel.ro
- Website
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
Bus from Köln Hauptbahnhof to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $159
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
- Phone
- 0724 122 272
- contact@euro-fratello.ro
- Website
- euro-fratello.ro
Bus from Köln to Bucureşti Autogara Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- euro-fratello.ro
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Dortmund central bus station to București, Autogara Militari
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $180–300
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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More Questions & Answers
Dortmund to Bucharest bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at București, Autogara Militari station.
Bucharest is 1h ahead of Dortmund. It is currently 8:02 PM in Dortmund and 9:02 PM in Bucharest.
Dortmund to Bucharest train services, operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), arrive at Wien Meidling station.
Yes, the driving distance between Dortmund to Bucharest is 1948 km. It takes approximately 18h 56m to drive from Dortmund to Bucharest.
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