There are 11 ways to get from Ostend to Athens by train, plane, 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.
Train to Brussels Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Ostende to Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane BRU - ATH
7h 42m€115–252Train, bus to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Ostende to Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Take the bus from Brussels Midi / Brussels South West to Charleroi Airportbus
- Fly from Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane CRL - ATH
8h 20m€103–328Train, bus
- Take the train from Ostende to Brussels-Nordtrain Ic / ...
- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbftrain Ice / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Würzburg Hbftrain 41 / ...
- Take the bus from Würzburg to Pristinabus
- Take the bus from Pristina to Thessaloníkibus
- Take the train from Thessaloniki to Athenstrain Ic
34h 30mTrain, bus via Hegyeshalom
- Take the train from Ostende to Bruxelles-Miditrain Ic / ...
- Take the train from Bruxelles-Midi to Wien HBFtrain Nj
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Hegyeshalomtrain Ec
- Take the train from Hegyeshalom to Ferencvarostrain
- Take the bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Thessalonikibus
- Take the train from Thessaloniki to Athenstrain Ic
45h 10mDrive 2,849.1 km
- Drive from Ostend to Athenscar 2,849.1 km
27h€512–740Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly
- Take the train from Ostende to Anvers-Centraltrain
- Take the train from Antwerpen-Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane AMS - ATH
9h 22m€130–320Bus to Lille-Lesquin Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Bruges to Lille Lesquin Airportbus
- Fly from Lille-Lesquin Airport (LIL) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane LIL - ATH
8h 54m€118–288Bus
- Take the bus from Bruges to Brussels-North train stationbus 819 / ...
- Take the bus from Brussels-Nord to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Athensbus
39h 50m€179–185Train, Bus
- Take the train from Ostende to Bruxelles-Miditrain Ic / ...
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Frankfurt(Main)Hbftrain Ice
- Take the bus from Frankfurt am Main to Larissabus
- Take the train from Larissa to Athenstrain Ic
2d 3h€347–587Train, bus #2
- Take the train from Ostende to Brussels-Nordtrain Ic / ...
- Take the bus from Brussels-Nord to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Athensbus
2d 4hDrive, car train
- Drive from Ostend to Düsseldorf Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Athenscar
26h 6m€446–1,506
Brussels Airport (BRU) to Athens International Airport (ATH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Ostend to Athens is to train and fly which costs €110 - €260 and takes 7h 42m.
The fastest way to get from Ostend to Athens is to train and fly which takes 7h 42m and costs €110 - €260.
No, there is no direct bus from Ostend to Athens. However, there are services departing from Oostende Gouwelozestraat and arriving at Athens via Bruges, Brussels-Nord, Mbikalimi Kamez and Tirana. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 39h 50m.
The distance between Ostend and Athens is 2265 km. The road distance is 2849.1 km.
The best way to get from Ostend to Athens without a car is to train and bus which takes 34h 30m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 42m to get from Ostend to Athens, including transfers.
Ostend to Athens bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Bruges station.
Ostend to Athens bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Brussels-North train station.
Athens is 1h ahead of Ostend. It is currently 12:10 PM in Ostend and 1:10 PM in Athens.
Yes, the driving distance between Ostend to Athens is 2849 km. It takes approximately 27h to drive from Ostend to Athens.
What companies run services between Ostend, Belgium and Athens, Greece?
You can take a bus from Oostende Gouwelozestraat to Athens via Brugge Station perron C7, Bruges, Brussels-North train station, Brussels-Nord, Tirana, Mbikalimi Kamez, Doganes, and Tirana in around 39h 50m.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–340
Flights from Brussels Airport to Athens International Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–170
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–320
Flights from Lille-Lesquin Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–300
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–280
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Athens International Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–280
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–450
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–340
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Athens International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €85–170
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Athens International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–460
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–450
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Lille-Lesquin Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–300
Flights from Lille-Lesquin Airport to Athens International Airport via Dubrovnik
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €75–300
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Brussels Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–170
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–200
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Ostende to Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €27–50
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Ostende to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €28–50
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to Wien HBF
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 7m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €300–550
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Ostende to Anvers-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Ostende to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €23–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Brussels-Nord to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €75–170
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Würzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €75–180
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Thessaloniki to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
Train from Larissa to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wien Hbf to Hegyeshalom
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–27
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Wien Hbf to Hegyeshalom
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–27
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Train from Wien Hbf to Hegyeshalom
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €4–7
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
Train from Wien Hbf to Hegyeshalom
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €16–25
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €16–24
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- info@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Train from Hegyeshalom to Ferencvaros
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €8–10
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Antwerpen-Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–40
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 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
- €100–1,000
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- €270–550
- Car Compartment
- €550–1,000
- fertours3@gmail.com
Bus from Würzburg to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- https://www.facebook.com/fertourstravelagency
- Phone
- +383 44 162 498
- info@barilevaturist.com
- Website
- web.facebook.com
Bus from Pristina to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €18–23
- Website
- https://web.facebook.com/BarilevaTuristKosova
- Phone
- + 383 (0) 44 542 029
- info@sharrtravel.com
- Website
- sharrtravel.com
Bus from Pristina to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20
- Website
- https://www.sharrtravel.com
- Phone
- +38349112555
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Pristina to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €20
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +30 210 92 33 33
- info@koronatravel.gr
- Website
- koronatravel.gr
Bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- koronatravel.gr
- info@flibco.com
- Website
- flibco.com
Bus from Brussels Midi / Brussels South West to Charleroi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–23
- Website
- https://www.flibco.com/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Bruges to Lille Lesquin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €5–10
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bruges to Brussels-North train station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €6–12
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- anumitravel@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Brussels-Nord to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €130
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +30694 051 4160
- metroeurotirane@hotmail.com
- Website
- metroeuro.travel
Bus from Tirana to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- metroeuro.travel
- Phone
- + 21 0524 9268
Bus from Tirana to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Website
- portokalidistours.gr
Bus from Frankfurt am Main to Larissa
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €230–340
- Schedules at
- portokalidistours.gr
- Phone
- +355 68 20 63 724
- info@arjanitravel.com
- Website
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Brussels-Nord to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 39h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- arjanitravel.com
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- +355 68 407 6607
- komatastours.al@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 67 604 2191
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
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