There are 12 ways to get from Kiel to Bucharest by train, plane, bus, car, shuttle, 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 Hamburg Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni
best- Take the train from Kiel Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane HAM - OTP
8h 2m$167–399Train to Hamburg Airport, fly to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Kiel Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport (BBU)plane HAM - BBU
7h 18m$85–282Train, bus via Aachen
- Take the train from Kiel Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain Re7
- 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
23h 22m$161–365Train
- Take the train from Kiel Hbf to Hamburg Dammtortrain Re7
- Take the train from Hamburg Dammtor 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
31h 1m$504–1,115Drive 2,015.8 km
- Drive from Kiel to Bucharestcar 2,015.8 km
19h 33m$332–480Train, train to Billund Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni
- Take the train from Kiel Hbf to Schleswigtrain
- Take the train from Schleswig to Fredericia St.train
- Fly from Billund Airport (BLL) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane BLL - OTP
9h 40mTrain, train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni
- Take the train from Kiel Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhftrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane BER - OTP
9h 29m$208–536Train to Hamburg Airport, fly to Varna Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Kiel Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Varna Airport (VAR)plane HAM - VAR
- Take a shuttle bus from Varna to Bucharest
10h 45m$407–804Bus
- Take the bus from Kiel central bus station to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhofbus 050 / ...
- Take the bus from Hamburg Central Bus Station to Bucharest Filaret Bus Stationbus
32h 52m$178–223Train, night train
- Take the train from Kiel Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain Re7
- Take the night train from Hamburg Hbf to Wien Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nordtrain 347
34h 22m$359–695Train, bus
- Take the train from Bordesholm to Hamburg Hbftrain Re70 / ...
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to București, Autogara Militaribus 1926
36h 52m$197–332Drive, car train
- Drive from Kiel to Hamburg Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Hamburg Hbf to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Bucharestcar
28h 5m$356–513
Kiel to Bucharest by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Kiel to Bucharest is to train and fly which costs $85 - $290 and takes 7h 18m.
The fastest way to get from Kiel to Bucharest is to train and fly which takes 7h 18m and costs $85 - $290.
No, there is no direct bus from Kiel station to Bucharest station. However, there are services departing from Kiel central bus station and arriving at Bucharest Filaret Bus Station via Hamburg Central Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 32h 52m.
No, there is no direct train from Kiel to Bucharest. However, there are services departing from Kiel Hbf and arriving at Bucuresti Nord via Hamburg Dammtor, Nürnberg Hbf, Passau Hbf and Wien Meidling. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 31h 1m.
The distance between Kiel and Bucharest is 1681 km. The road distance is 2015.8 km.
The best way to get from Kiel to Bucharest without a car is to train and bus via Aachen which takes 23h 22m and costs $160 - $370.
It takes approximately 8h 2m to get from Kiel to Bucharest, including transfers.
Kiel to Bucharest bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Kiel central bus station.
Kiel to Bucharest train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional), depart from Kiel Hbf station.
The best way to get from Kiel to Bucharest is to train which takes 31h 1m and costs $500 - $1,200. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $170 - $230 and takes 32h 52m.
What companies run services between Kiel, Germany and Bucharest, Romania?
You can take a train from Kiel Hbf to Bucuresti Nord via Hamburg Dammtor, Nürnberg Hbf, Passau Hbf, and Wien Meidling in around 31h 1m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Kiel central bus station to Bucharest Filaret Bus Station via Hamburg Central Bus Station in around 32h 52m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–450
Flights from Billund Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–550
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–420
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Varna Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $160–480
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–410
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–370
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Varna Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–600
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–360
Flights from Billund Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–430
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–230
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–280
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–240
- 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
- $35–170
Flights from Billund Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–230
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $40–180
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55–210
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Varna Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–290
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Varna Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $110–420
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Kiel Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $27–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $17–25
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kiel Hbf to Hamburg Dammtor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $27–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bordesholm to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $22–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Kiel Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $24–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $95–230
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $15–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kiel Hbf to Hamburg Dammtor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $23–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hamburg Dammtor to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $130–320
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Passau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $45–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Passau Hbf to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $60–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hamburg Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $65–160
- 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
- +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
- $27–45
- 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
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $16–30
- 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 Passau Hbf to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $70–120
- 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/
Train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $270–470
- 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
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $35–85
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- (040) 303 977-333
- moin@nordbahn.de
- Website
- nordbahn.de
Train from Kiel Hbf to Schleswig
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nordbahn.de
- Phone
- +47 70 13 14 15
- kundehenv@dsb.dk
- Website
- dsb.dk
Train from Schleswig to Fredericia St.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
Train from Hamburg Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $75–110
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Hamburg Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 38m
- 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
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Hamburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $120–150
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- 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
- +359 89 345 5533
- info@atlastaxi.eu
- Website
- atlastaxi.eu
Shuttle from Varna to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $220–310
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Kiel central bus station to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $7–13
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to București, Autogara Militari
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $170–290
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 0040 723 450 475
- info@comati-psg.ro
- Website
- comati-psg.ro
Bus from Hamburg Central Bus Station to Bucharest Filaret Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 22m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $170–210
- Website
- https://comati-psg.ro/en
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More Questions & Answers
Kiel to Bucharest bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof station.
Bucharest is 1h ahead of Kiel. It is currently 4:20 AM in Kiel and 5:20 AM in Bucharest.
Kiel to Bucharest train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional), arrive at Hamburg Dammtor station.
Yes, the driving distance between Kiel to Bucharest is 2016 km. It takes approximately 19h 33m to drive from Kiel to Bucharest.
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