There are 13 ways to get from Herten to Bucharest by train, plane, bus, car, night train, 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 Recklinghausen Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)DUS - OTP
5h 54m$177–424Train, bus via Aachen
cheapest- Take the train from Recklinghausen Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbf35 / ...
- Take the train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Aachen HbfRe
- Take the bus from Aachen to Bucharest Obor
19h 13m$64–155Train
- Take the train from Recklinghausen Hbf to Duisburg Hbf35 / ...
- Take the train from Duisburg Hbf to Frankfurt41 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Passau Hbf91 / ...
- Take the train from Passau Hbf to Wien HauptbahnhofIce
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nord347
31h$340–674Drive 1,977.9 km
- Drive from Herten to Bucharest1,977.9 km
19h 14m$326–471Train, train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly
- Take the train from Recklinghausen Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Take the train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Koeln/Bonn Flughafen
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)CGN - OTP
6h 57m$149–450Fly from Dortmund Airport
- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)DTM - OTP
6h 44m$121–415Train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)FRA - OTP
7h 13m$210–467Train, train to Eindhoven Airport, fly
- Take the train from Recklinghausen Hbf to Viersen Bahnhof
- Take the train from Venlo to Eindhoven
- Fly from Eindhoven Airport (EIN) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)EIN - OTP
8h 27m$198–539Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly
- Take the train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)AMS - OTP
8h 33m$220–507Train, bus
- Take the train from HER Wanne-Eickel Hbf to Köln Hbf35 / ...
- Take the bus from Köln Hauptbahnhof to Bucharest
26h 41m$178–189Night train, train
- Take the night train from Dortmund Hbf to Wien HbfNj
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nord347
35h 12m$336–655Bus
- Take the bus from Dortmund central bus station to București, Autogara Militari1925
39h 35m$86–175Drive, car train
- Drive from Herten to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Take the car train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Bucharest
20h 7m$339–1,553
Herten to Bucharest by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Herten to Bucharest is to train and bus via Aachen which costs $60 - $160 and takes 19h 13m.
The fastest way to get from Herten to Bucharest is to train and fly which takes 5h 54m and costs $170 - $430.
No, there is no direct train from Herten to Bucharest. However, there are services departing from Recklinghausen Hbf and arriving at Bucuresti Nord via Duisburg Hbf, Frankfurt, Passau Hbf and Wien Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 31h.
The distance between Herten and Bucharest is 1698 km. The road distance is 1977.9 km.
The best way to get from Herten to Bucharest without a car is to train and bus via Aachen which takes 19h 13m and costs $60 - $160.
It takes approximately 5h 54m to get from Herten to Bucharest, including transfers.
Herten to Bucharest train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Recklinghausen Hbf station.
The best way to get from Herten to Bucharest is to train which takes 31h and costs $340 - $700. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs $120 - $420 and takes 6h 44m, you could also bus, which costs $85 - $180 and takes 39h 35m.
Bucharest is 1h ahead of Herten. It is currently 9:28 PM in Herten and 10:28 PM in Bucharest.
Herten to Bucharest train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Duisburg Hbf station.
What companies run services between Herten, Germany and Bucharest, Romania?
You can take a train from Recklinghausen Hbf to Bucuresti Nord via Duisburg Hbf, Frankfurt, Passau Hbf, Wien Hauptbahnhof, and Wien Hbf in around 31h. Alternatively, Ulendo Airlink flies from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) 6 times a week.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–360
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $70–370
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–340
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–200
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–200
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–460
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–360
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $80–340
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–330
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–450
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50–210
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–460
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $30–260
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $30–180
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–330
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–460
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $70–370
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $65–340
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–330
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–280
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $90–210
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–330
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–250
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $75–230
- Website
- hisky.aero
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–180
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $70–230
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Recklinghausen Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $14–21
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Recklinghausen Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $15–22
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Recklinghausen Hbf to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $12–17
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Recklinghausen Hbf to Viersen Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $17–25
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Recklinghausen Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–30
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $26–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Recklinghausen Hbf to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $26–30
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Duisburg Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Passau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Passau Hbf to Wien Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $60–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Koeln/Bonn Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $19–30
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $35–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $23–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from HER Wanne-Eickel Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $20–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $22–35
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Koeln/Bonn Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $14–21
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $40–90
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- $40–60
- Comfort
- $45–65
- Premium
- $70–90
- Phone
- +49 9126 301 90 70
- fahrgaeste@train-rental.com
- Website
- train-rental.com
Train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- train-rental.com
Train from Passau Hbf to Wien Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $23–75
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $230–320
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Passau Hbf to Wien Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $50–75
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Passau Hbf to Wien Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $28–70
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Venlo to Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $11–35
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $11–17
- 1st Class
- $19–35
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $18–55
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $18–27
- 1st Class
- $30–55
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $24–26
- 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
- $17–24
- Schedules at
- vias-online.de
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Dortmund Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 43m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $95–320
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- $300–320
- Couchette Carriage
- $180–220
- Seating Carriage
- $95–120
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $110–1,200
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- $320–650
- Car Compartment
- $600–1,200
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- 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
- +40 745 766 766
- dispecerat@maxibustravel.ro
- Website
- maxibustravel.ro
Bus from Köln Hauptbahnhof to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $158
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.ro
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Dortmund central bus station to București, Autogara Militari
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $75–160
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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