There are 10 ways to get from Hamburg to Bucharest by plane, train, bus, 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.
Fly Hamburg Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
best- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane HAM - OTP
6h 44m$143–324Fly Hamburg Airport to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport (BBU)plane HAM - BBU
5h 55m$91–257Train, bus via Aachen
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Köln Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Aachen, Hbftrain 79 / ...
- Take the bus from Aachen to Bucharest Oborbus
21h 40m$131–278Train
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Nürnberg Hbftrain 25 / ...
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to Passau Hbftrain 91 / ...
- Take the train from Passau Hbf to Wien Meidlingtrain Ice
- Take the train from Wien Meidling to Bucuresti Nordtrain 347
30h 35m$443–1,003Drive 1,929.5 km
- Drive from Hamburg to Bucharestcar 1,929.5 km
19h 2m$318–459Train to Hannover Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane HAJ - OTP
9h$234–547Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhftrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane BER - OTP
7h 43m$171–460Train, bus
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Stadetrain Re
- Take the bus from Bf. Stade to Buzaubus
- Take the bus from Buzău to Bucharest Oborbus
31h 35mBus
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to București, Autogara Militaribus 1926
34h 15m$160–280Car train, drive
- Take the car train from Hamburg Hbf to Villach Hbf ARZcartrain 1393
- Drive from Villach Hbf ARZ to Bucharestcar
20h 26m$353–1,338
Hamburg to Bucharest by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Hamburg to Bucharest is to train and bus via Aachen which costs $130 - $280 and takes 21h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Hamburg to Bucharest is to fly which takes 5h 55m and costs $90 - $260.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof and arriving at București, Autogara Militari. Services depart three times a week, and operate Monday, Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday. The journey takes approximately 34h 15m.
No, there is no direct train from Hamburg to Bucharest. However, there are services departing from Hamburg Hbf and arriving at Bucuresti Nord via Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe, Nürnberg Hbf, Passau Hbf and Wien Meidling. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 30h 35m.
The distance between Hamburg and Bucharest is 1574 km. The road distance is 1929.5 km.
The best way to get from Hamburg to Bucharest without a car is to train and bus via Aachen which takes 21h 40m and costs $130 - $280.
It takes approximately 6h 44m to get from Hamburg to Bucharest, including transfers.
Hamburg to Bucharest bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof station.
Hamburg to Bucharest train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Hamburg Hbf station.
The best way to get from Hamburg to Bucharest is to fly which takes 6h 44m and costs $140 - $330. Alternatively, you can train, which costs $440 - $1,000 and takes 30h 35m, you could also bus, which costs $160 - $280 and takes 34h 15m.
What companies run services between Hamburg, Germany and Bucharest, Romania?
Austrian Airlines, Lufthansa, and LOT fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) every 4 hours. Alternatively, you can take a train from Hamburg Hbf to Bucuresti Nord via Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe, Nürnberg Hbf, Passau Hbf, and Wien Meidling in around 30h 35m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–410
Flights from Hannover Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–500
Flights from Hannover Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–500
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–370
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–380
Flights from Hannover Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–460
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–330
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–340
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–260
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $40–190
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $45–230
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $35–180
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–490
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–470
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–330
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $90–210
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $14–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $60–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $55–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Passau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $40–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Passau Hbf to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $55–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $30–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hamburg Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $60–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 221 800 20 80
- info@msm-gruppe.de
- Website
- msm-gruppe.de
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- msm-gruppe.de
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $17–26
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Köln Hbf to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $23–40
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Köln Hbf to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $17–35
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Köln Hbf to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $24–35
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $45–65
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
Train from Passau Hbf to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $65–120
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Wien Meidling to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $250–470
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Passau Hbf to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $50–75
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- $50–75
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Passau Hbf to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $35–85
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +49 581 97164164
- info@der-metronom.de
- Website
- der-metronom.de
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $60–140
- Schedules at
- der-metronom.de
- Phone
- +47 70 13 14 15
- kundehenv@dsb.dk
- Website
- dsb.dk
Train from Hamburg Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $75–110
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
- Phone
- +49 69 9999 3640
- info@startgmbh.com
- Website
- startgmbh.com
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Stade
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $13–18
- Schedules at
- startgmbh.com
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Hamburg Hbf to Villach Hbf ARZ
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 56m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $120–1,000
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- $490–550
- Car Compartment
- $900–1,000
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Aachen to Bucharest Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 46m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $27–35
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- 0040374557200
- Website
- romfour.com
Bus from Bf. Stade to Buzau
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 16m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- romfour-door2door.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +4-0723-660.987
- Website
- acomar.autogari.ro
Bus from Buzău to Bucharest Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $5–8
- Schedules at
- acomar.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +4-0745-797.976
- Website
- hermes.autogari.ro
Bus from Buzău to Bucharest Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $8–12
- Schedules at
- hermes.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +40 775 621 669
- petrudanca1981@gmail.com
- Website
- danca-transport.ro
Bus from Buzău to Bucharest Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- danca-transport.ro
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to București, Autogara Militari
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $160–280
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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More Questions & Answers
Hamburg to Bucharest bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at București, Autogara Militari station.
Bucharest is 1h ahead of Hamburg. It is currently 5:01 PM in Hamburg and 6:01 PM in Bucharest.
Hamburg to Bucharest train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe station.
Yes, the driving distance between Hamburg to Bucharest is 1930 km. It takes approximately 19h 2m to drive from Hamburg to Bucharest.
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