There are 12 ways to get from Magdeburg to Istanbul by train, plane, bus, night train, or car
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Train to Leipzig-Halle Airport, fly to Istanbul
best- Take the train from Magdeburg Hbf to Leipzig/Halle Flughafentrain
- Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Istanbul (IST)plane LEJ - IST
7h 4m₺6,619–29,506Train, train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Magdeburg Hbf to Potsdam Hbftrain
- Take the train from S Potsdam Hauptbahnhof to Flughafen BERtrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)plane BER - SAW
8h 58m₺4,301–15,650Train, bus
- Take the train from Magdeburg Hbf to Halle(Saale)Hbftrain 55 / ...
- Take the train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to München Hbftrain 29 / ...
- Take the bus from Munich to Istanbulbus
31h 43m₺9,653–18,998Train, night train
- Take the train from Magdeburg Hbf to Halle(Saale)Hbftrain 55 / ...
- Take the train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to Nürnberg Hbftrain 29 / ...
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to Wien Meidlingtrain
- Take the train from Wien Meidling to Bucuresti Nordtrain 347
- Take the night train from Bucharest to Halkalinighttrain
39h 11m₺19,563–39,788Drive 2,142.9 km
- Drive from Magdeburg to Istanbulcar 2,142.9 km
20h 56m₺16,194–23,391Train to Hannover Airport, fly to Istanbul
- Take the train from Magdeburg Hbf to Hannover Hbftrain
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Istanbul (IST)plane HAJ - IST
8h 11m₺6,015–21,435Train, train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Istanbul
- Take the train from Magdeburg Hbf to Potsdam Hbftrain
- Take the train from S Potsdam Hauptbahnhof to Flughafen BERtrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Istanbul (IST)plane BER - IST
8h 40m₺5,998–16,627Train to Hannover Airport, fly to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Take the train from Magdeburg Hbf to Hannover Hbftrain
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)plane HAJ - SAW
8h 19m₺4,818–23,458Train, train to Hamburg Airport, fly to Istanbul
- Take the train from Magdeburg Hbf to Stendal Hbftrain
- Take the train from Stendal Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Istanbul (IST)plane HAM - IST
9h 48m₺7,019–22,144Bus
- Take the bus from Magdeburg to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Istanbul Büyük Otogaribus Citylines 40 / ...
33h 51m₺5,029–6,945Bus via Lviv urban hromada
- Take the bus from Magdeburg to Lviv AS8 1 Dvirtseva Squarebus Mykolayiv
- Take the bus from Dvirtsevyi Bus Station to İstanbul Esenler bus stationbus Gns-01
33h 54mBus, train
- Take the bus from Magdeburg Central Bus Station to Plovdiv Bus Station Southbus Racic Eurobus
- Take the train from Plovdiv to Halkalıtrain
39h 37m₺5,734–9,546
Magdeburg to Istanbul by train, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Magdeburg to Istanbul is to bus which costs 5.000 ₺ - 7.000 ₺ and takes 33h 51m.
The fastest way to get from Magdeburg to Istanbul is to train and fly which takes 7h 4m and costs 6.500 ₺ - 30.000 ₺.
No, there is no direct bus from Magdeburg to Istanbul. However, there are services departing from Magdeburg and arriving at Istanbul Büyük Otogari via Sofia Serdica Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 33h 51m.
No, there is no direct train from Magdeburg to Istanbul. However, there are services departing from Magdeburg Hbf and arriving at Yenikapi via Halle(Saale)Hbf, Nürnberg Hbf, Wien Meidling, Bucharest and Halkali. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 39h 11m.
The distance between Magdeburg and Istanbul is 1838 km. The road distance is 2142.9 km.
The best way to get from Magdeburg to Istanbul without a car is to train and bus which takes 31h 43m and costs 9.500 ₺ - 19.000 ₺.
It takes approximately 7h 4m to get from Magdeburg to Istanbul, including transfers.
Magdeburg to Istanbul bus services, operated by Union Ivkoni, depart from Magdeburg station.
Magdeburg to Istanbul train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Magdeburg Hbf station.
Magdeburg to Istanbul bus services, operated by Union Ivkoni, arrive at Sofia Central Bus Station.
What companies run services between Magdeburg, Germany and Istanbul, Turkey?
You can take a bus from Magdeburg to Istanbul Büyük Otogari via Sofia Central Bus Station and Sofia Serdica Bus Station in around 33h 51m.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–13,000
Flights from Hannover Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺4,200–17,000
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺4,500–12,000
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺4,600–16,000
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺6,000–28,000
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺4,200–21,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Istanbul via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺5,500–28,000
Flights from Hannover Airport to Istanbul via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺8,000–21,000
Flights from Hannover Airport to Istanbul via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺8,000–21,000
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Istanbul via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Friday and Monday
- Estimated price
- ₺5,500–18,000
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Istanbul via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺4,700–12,000
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Istanbul via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺7,000–17,000
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺3,300–17,000
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺2,700–11,000
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Istanbul via Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺4,600–16,000
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Magdeburg Hbf to Leipzig/Halle Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺1,000–2,500
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Magdeburg Hbf to Halle(Saale)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺850–2,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺4,500–11,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺2,800–7,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Magdeburg Hbf to Hannover Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺1,400–3,400
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Magdeburg Hbf to Potsdam Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₺1,100–2,700
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Magdeburg Hbf to Stendal Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₺550–1,400
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Stendal Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺1,900–4,500
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Magdeburg Hbf to Halle(Saale)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺950–1,400
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from S Potsdam Hauptbahnhof to Flughafen BER
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺550–850
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Magdeburg Hbf to Stendal Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₺650–950
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 69 9999 3640
- info@startgmbh.com
- Website
- startgmbh.com
Train from Magdeburg Hbf to Halle(Saale)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₺850–1,300
- Schedules at
- startgmbh.com
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 31m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺2,900–7,000
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/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/
- 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
- +49 30 514 88 88 88
- info@odeg.de
- Website
- odeg.de
Train from Magdeburg Hbf to Potsdam Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺650–900
- Schedules at
- odeg.de
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Stendal Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₺1,200–1,900
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- Phone
- +90 444 8 233
- cozum@tcddtasimacilik.gov.tr
- Website
- tcdd.gov.tr
Train from Plovdiv to Halkalı
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺550–3,105
- Website
- https://www.tcdd.gov.tr/lang/en
- Double Room
- ₺1,723
- Single Room
- ₺3,105
- Four Person Room
- ₺1,515
- 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
- +359 88 949 0000
- office@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Magdeburg to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 51m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₺3,800–5,500
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Istanbul Büyük Otogari
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₺1,700–2,400
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- +359 700 20 544
- Website
- ardatur.bg
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Istanbul Büyük Otogari
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺2,200–3,600
- Website
- https://ardatur.bg/en/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Istanbul Büyük Otogari
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₺2,200–3,700
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +90 212 658 00 61
- info@huntur.com.tr
- Website
- huntur.com.tr
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Istanbul Büyük Otogari
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺1,200–1,500
- Website
- https://www.huntur.com.tr/?l=EN
- Phone
- +38 (050) 010-01-04
- orionbilet@gmail.com
- Website
- orionbus.net
Bus from Magdeburg to Lviv AS8 1 Dvirtseva Square
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 58m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://orionbus.net/en
- Phone
- +380 (93) 320-44-44
- help@gunsel.ua
- Website
- gunsel.ua
Bus from Dvirtsevyi Bus Station to İstanbul Esenler bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₺3,500–4,500
- Website
- https://gunsel.ua/
- Phone
- +359-887-208-506
- racic_bg@yahoo.com
- Website
- racicbg.com
Bus from Magdeburg Central Bus Station to Plovdiv Bus Station South
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–6,500
- Website
- https://www.racicbg.com/bg/
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More Questions & Answers
Istanbul is 1h ahead of Magdeburg. It is currently 10:37 AM in Magdeburg and 11:37 AM in Istanbul.
Magdeburg to Istanbul train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Halle(Saale)Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Magdeburg to Istanbul is 2143 km. It takes approximately 20h 56m to drive from Magdeburg to Istanbul.
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