There are 14 ways to get from Genk to Istanbul by train, plane, bus, night train, car, or car train
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Train to Brussels Airport, fly to Istanbul
best- Take the train from Genk to Brussels Airport-Zaventemtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Istanbul (IST)plane BRU - IST
7h 45m₺6,058–13,712Train to Brussels Airport, fly to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Genk to Brussels Airport-Zaventemtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)plane BRU - SAW
8h 3m₺3,871–17,733Train, bus via Munich
- Take the train from Maastricht to Aachen Hbftrain S43
- Take the train from Aachen Hbf to Koeln Messe/Deutztrain Re
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to München Hbftrain 41 / ...
- Take the bus from Munich to Istanbulbus
35h 9m₺11,228–22,658Train, night train via Aachen
- Take the train from Maastricht to Aachen Hbftrain S43
- Take the train from Aachen, Hbf to Wien Meidlingtrain 90N
- Take the train from Wien Meidling to Bucuresti Nordtrain 347
- Take the night train from Bucharest to Halkalinighttrain
45h 16m₺24,406–41,903Train, night train
- Take the train from Genk to Landentrain Ic
- Take the night train from Liege-Guillemins to Wien Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nordtrain 347
- Take the night train from Bucharest to Halkalinighttrain
46h 3m₺17,097–33,434Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Istanbul
- Take the train from Herzogenrath to Duesseldorf Hbftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Istanbul (IST)plane DUS - IST
10h 2mLine 45 bus, train, train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport, Metro
- Take the bus from Genk Shopping Center perron 4 to Maastricht Station perron Dbus
- Take the train from Maastricht to Herzogenrathtrain
- Take the train from Herzogenrath to Duesseldorf Hbftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)plane DUS - SAW
- Take the train from Sabiha Gokcen Airport to Ayrılık Çeşmesitrain
10h 15mTrain, train to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, fly to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Take the train from Genk to Louvaintrain
- Take the train from Louvain to Fleurustrain
- Fly from Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)plane CRL - SAW
9h 48m₺5,010–13,573Train to Eindhoven Airport, fly to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Take the train from Maastricht to Eindhoventrain
- Fly from Eindhoven Airport (EIN) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)plane EIN - SAW
9h 25m₺6,381–91,659Train, train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Take the train from Genk to Landentrain
- Take the train from Liege-Guillemins to Koeln Hbftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)plane CGN - SAW
10h 12m₺4,982–16,560Bus
- Take the bus from Maastricht to Munich central bus stationbus N884
- Take the bus from Munich to Istanbulbus
38h 59m₺6,958–10,458Train, bus
- Take the train from Aachen Hbf to Frankfurt(Main)Hbftrain Ice
- Take the bus from Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt central to Burgas Bus Station Southbus
- Take the bus from Burgas Bus Station South to Istanbul Büyük Otogaribus
46h 57m₺6,898–16,538Drive 2,525.9 km
- Drive from Genk to Istanbulcar 2,525.9 km
22h 24m₺20,265–29,271Drive, car train
- Drive from Genk to Hannover Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Hannover Hbf to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Istanbulcar
29h 29m₺21,063–30,924
Genk to Istanbul by bus, train, and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Genk to Istanbul is to train and fly which costs 5.000 ₺ - 14.000 ₺ and takes 9h 48m.
The fastest way to get from Genk to Istanbul is to train and fly which takes 7h 45m and costs 6.000 ₺ - 14.000 ₺.
No, there is no direct bus from Genk to Istanbul. However, there are services departing from Genk Shopping Center perron 4 and arriving at Istanbul via Maastricht and Munich. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 38h 59m.
No, there is no direct train from Genk to Istanbul. However, there are services departing from Genk and arriving at Yenikapi via Landen, Liege-Guillemins, Wien Hbf, Bucharest and Halkali. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 46h 3m.
The distance between Genk and Istanbul is 2270 km. The road distance is 2525.9 km.
The best way to get from Genk to Istanbul without a car is to train and bus via Munich which takes 35h 9m and costs 11.000 ₺ - 23.000 ₺.
It takes approximately 7h 45m to get from Genk to Istanbul, including transfers.
Genk to Istanbul bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Maastricht station.
Genk to Istanbul train services, operated by Belgian Railways (NMBS/SNCB), depart from Genk station.
Genk to Istanbul bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Munich central bus station.
What companies run services between Genk, Belgium and Istanbul, Turkey?
You can take a bus from Genk Shopping Center perron 4 to Istanbul via Maastricht Station perron D, Maastricht, and Munich in around 38h 59m.
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺4,800–23,000
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺4,300–21,000
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–25,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺4,700–23,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–11,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺4,200–11,000
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺2,700–16,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺2,600–12,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺2,600–10,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Istanbul via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–25,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Istanbul via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–25,000
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Istanbul via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₺7,000–9,500
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Istanbul via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺4,600–8,500
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Istanbul via Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–11,000
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Genk to Brussels Airport-Zaventem
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺1,000–1,800
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Maastricht to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺550–950
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Genk to Landen
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺550–900
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Maastricht to Herzogenrath
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺410–700
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Genk to Louvain
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺800–1,400
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Louvain to Fleurus
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺650–1,100
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- arriva.nl
Train from Maastricht to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺550–650
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- 2nd Class
- ₺550–650
Train from Maastricht to Herzogenrath
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺420–470
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- 2nd Class
- ₺420–470
Train from Maastricht to Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₺1,100–1,300
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- 2nd Class
- ₺1,100–1,300
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Maastricht to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺700–1,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Aachen Hbf to Koeln Messe/Deutz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺1,000–1,500
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Maastricht to Herzogenrath
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺490–700
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Maastricht to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺270–650
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Maastricht to Herzogenrath
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺190–440
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Maastricht to Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺550–1,300
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Aachen Hbf to Koeln Messe/Deutz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Herzogenrath to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺5,500–14,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺1,200–2,800
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Aachen Hbf to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺2,500–6,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Aachen, Hbf to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₺11,000–17,000
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
Train from Wien Meidling to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺12,000–22,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺12,000–22,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Night train from Bucharest to Halkali
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₺950–1,700
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- ₺950–1,400
- 1st Class
- ₺1,300–1,700
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Liege-Guillemins to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₺3,100–8,000
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- ₺6,000–8,000
- Couchette Carriage
- ₺4,600–5,500
- Seating Carriage
- ₺3,100–3,700
- Phone
- +90 850 252 88 00
- info@metro.istanbul
- Website
- metro.istanbul
Train from Sabiha Gokcen Airport to Ayrılık Çeşmesi
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Schedules at
- metro.istanbul
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₺2,000–3,500
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Hannover Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–6,500
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +90 212 658 18 51
- info@alparturizm.com.tr
- Website
- alparturizm.com.tr
Bus from Munich to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₺4,300–6,000
- Website
- https://www.alparturizm.com.tr/en/
- Phone
- +32 70 22 02 00
- Website
- delijn.be
Bus from Genk Shopping Center perron 4 to Maastricht Station perron D
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺158
- Website
- https://www.delijn.be/en/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Maastricht to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺2,500–4,300
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Website
- -
Bus from Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt central to Burgas Bus Station South
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₺2,900–8,000
- Schedules at
- -
Bus from Burgas Bus Station South to Istanbul Büyük Otogari
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₺1,600–2,200
- Schedules at
- -
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