There are 15 ways to get from Istanbul to Heerlen by plane, train, bus, night train, car, or car train
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Fly Istanbul to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
best- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane IST - CGN
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Aachen, Hbftrain
8h 13m€120–392Fly Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane SAW - CGN
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Aachen, Hbftrain
8h 33m€64–282Bus, train via Munich
- Take the bus from Istanbul to Munichbus
- Take the train from München Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain 47 / ...
- Take the train from Koeln Messe/Deutz to Aachen Hbftrain Re
30h 43m€209–395Night train, train via Frankfurt am Main
- Take the night train from Halkali to Bucharestnighttrain
- Take the night train from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Hbfnighttrain
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Frankfurt(Main)Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Aachen, Hbftrain 79
40h 15m€279–551Drive 2,488.6 km
- Drive from Istanbul to Heerlencar 2,488.6 km
22h 4m€445–643Fly Istanbul to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane IST - DUS
- Take the train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Herzogenrathtrain
8h 36mFly Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane SAW - DUS
- Take the train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Herzogenrathtrain
9h 2mFly Istanbul to Brussels Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane IST - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Liège-Guilleminstrain
- Take the train from Liège-Guillemins to Heerlentrain
9h 5m€126–253Fly Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Brussels Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane SAW - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Liège-Guilleminstrain
- Take the train from Liège-Guillemins to Heerlentrain
9h 30m€78–333Fly Istanbul to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane IST - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Aachen, Hbftrain
9h 6m€152–365Fly Istanbul to Luxembourg, train
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Luxembourg (LUX)plane IST - LUX
- Take the train from Pfaffenthal-Kirchberg to Liège-Guilleminstrain
- Take the train from Liège-Guillemins to Heerlentrain
11h 11m€120–289Bus
- Take the bus from Istanbul to Munichbus
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to Aachen station westbus N884 / ...
35h 37m€128–197Bus, train
- Take the bus from Istanbul Esenler Otogari to Burgas Bus Station Southbus
- Take the bus from Burgas Bus Station South to Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt centralbus
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Aachen Hbftrain Re
47h 15m€182–298Night train, train
- Take the night train from Halkali to Bucharestnighttrain
- Take the night train from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Meidlingnighttrain
- Take the train from Wien Meidling to Aachen, Hbftrain 90N
44h 27m€319–461Drive, car train
- Drive from Istanbul to Villach Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Villach Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Düsseldorf Hbf to Heerlencar
22h 7m€370–1,392
Istanbul to Heerlen by bus, foot, and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Istanbul to Heerlen is to fly and train which costs €75 - €340 and takes 9h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Istanbul to Heerlen is to fly and train which takes 8h 13m and costs €120 - €400.
No, there is no direct bus from Istanbul to Heerlen. However, there are services departing from Istanbul and arriving at Heerlen, Zandweg via Munich central bus station and Aachen, Ponttor. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 35h 37m.
No, there is no direct train from Istanbul to Heerlen. However, there are services departing from Yenikapi and arriving at Heerlen via Halkali, Bucuresti Nord, Wien Hbf, Frankfurt and Aachen Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 40h 15m.
The distance between Istanbul and Heerlen is 2121 km. The road distance is 2488.6 km.
The best way to get from Istanbul to Heerlen without a car is to bus and train via Munich which takes 30h 43m and costs €200 - €400.
It takes approximately 8h 13m to get from Istanbul to Heerlen, including transfers.
Istanbul to Heerlen bus services, operated by Alpar Turizm, depart from Istanbul station.
Istanbul to Heerlen train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), depart from Halkali station.
Istanbul to Heerlen bus services, operated by Alpar Turizm, arrive at Munich station.
What companies run services between Istanbul, Turkey and Heerlen, Netherlands?
You can take a bus from Istanbul to Heerlen, Zandweg via Munich central bus station, Aachen station west, and Aachen, Ponttor in around 35h 37m.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Istanbul to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–550
Flights from Istanbul to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–160
Flights from Istanbul to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–180
Flights from Istanbul to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–170
Flights from Istanbul to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–600
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Istanbul to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–290
Flights from Istanbul to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–280
Flights from Istanbul to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
Flights from Istanbul to Brussels Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–290
Flights from Istanbul to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–360
Flights from Istanbul to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–360
Flights from Istanbul to Luxembourg via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–250
Flights from Istanbul to Luxembourg via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–250
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–190
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–270
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–250
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–360
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–340
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Istanbul to Frankfurt via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–260
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–29
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €100–240
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Wien Hbf to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €130–300
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Liège-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €16–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Koeln Messe/Deutz to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–28
- 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
- €20–35
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Koeln Hbf to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- 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
- €17–29
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Liège-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–40
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Liège-Guillemins to Heerlen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €13–23
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Pfaffenthal-Kirchberg to Liège-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- 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
- €20–30
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
Train from Wien Meidling to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 3m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €210–320
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Koeln Messe/Deutz to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Herzogenrath
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Koeln Hbf to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Night train from Halkali to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- €18–26
- 1st Class
- €24–35
- Phone
- 0219521
- petitii@cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Night train from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 53m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–95
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Night train from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–95
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- arriva.nl
Train from Liège-Guillemins to Heerlen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–14
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- 2nd Class
- €12–14
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–50
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Villach Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €100–1,000
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- €270–550
- Car Compartment
- €550–1,000
- Phone
- +90 212 658 18 51
- info@alparturizm.com.tr
- Website
- alparturizm.com.tr
Bus from Istanbul to Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Website
- https://www.alparturizm.com.tr/en/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Munich central bus station to Aachen station west
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +359 700 20 544
- Website
- ardatur.bg
Bus from Istanbul Esenler Otogari to Burgas Bus Station South
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- https://ardatur.bg/en/
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Istanbul Esenler Otogari to Burgas Bus Station South
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €18–24
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
Bus from Burgas Bus Station South to Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt central
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €120–170
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
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More Questions & Answers
Heerlen is 1h behind Istanbul. It is currently 9:41 PM in Istanbul and 8:41 PM in Heerlen.
Istanbul to Heerlen train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), arrive at Bucharest station.
Yes, the driving distance between Istanbul to Heerlen is 2489 km. It takes approximately 22h 4m to drive from Istanbul to Heerlen.
There are 1497+ hotels available in Heerlen.



































































