There are 8 ways to get from Rotterdam to Budapest by train, plane, bus, night train, or car
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Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly
best- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane AMS - BUD
4h 59mFt 35,419–80,124Train to Eindhoven Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Eindhoventrain
- Fly from Eindhoven Airport (EIN) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane EIN - BUD
6h 4mFt 22,433–70,632Train
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Utrecht Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Duesseldorf Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to München Hbftrain 41 / ...
- Take the train from München Hbf to St Pölten Hauptbahnhoftrain Drf / ...
- Take the train from St.Poelten Hbf to Wien Meidlingtrain Rjx / ...
- Take the train from Vienna Meidling Train Station to Budapest-Kelenföldtrain
16h 41mFt 54,647–181,211Bus
- Take the bus from Rotterdam Central Station to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvarbus 1924
21h 20mFt 36,000–60,000Train, night train
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Utrecht Centraaltrain
- Take the night train from Utrecht Centraal to Wien Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeldtrain Ec
20h 29mFt 30,297–93,161Train to Brussels Airport, fly
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Brussels Airport-Zaventemtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane BRU - BUD
6h 13mFt 29,774–82,484Train, bus to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, fly
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Take the bus from Brussels Midi / Brussels South West to Charleroi Airportbus
- Fly from Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane CRL - BUD
6h 55mFt 29,288–80,300Drive 1,360.2 km
- Drive from Rotterdam to Budapestcar 1,360.2 km
13h 1mFt 84,356–121,847
Rotterdam to Budapest by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Rotterdam to Budapest is to train and fly which costs 22 000 Ft - 75 000 Ft and takes 6h 4m.
The fastest way to get from Rotterdam to Budapest is to train and fly which takes 4h 59m and costs 35 000 Ft - 80 000 Ft.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Rotterdam Central Station station and arriving at Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar. Services depart three times a week, and operate Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. The journey takes approximately 21h 20m.
No, there is no direct train from Rotterdam to Budapest. However, there are services departing from Rotterdam Centraal and arriving at Budapest-Kelenföld via Utrecht Centraal, Düsseldorf Hbf, München Hbf, St.Poelten Hbf and Vienna Meidling Train Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 41m.
The distance between Rotterdam and Budapest is 1238 km. The road distance is 1360.2 km.
The best way to get from Rotterdam to Budapest without a car is to train which takes 16h 41m and costs 50 000 Ft - 190 000 Ft.
It takes approximately 4h 59m to get from Rotterdam to Budapest, including transfers.
Rotterdam to Budapest bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Rotterdam Central Station.
Rotterdam to Budapest train services, operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), depart from Rotterdam Centraal station.
The best way to get from Rotterdam to Budapest is to train which takes 16h 41m and costs 50 000 Ft - 190 000 Ft. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs 36 000 Ft - 60 000 Ft and takes 21h 20m.
What companies run services between Rotterdam, Netherlands and Budapest, Hungary?
You can take a train from Rotterdam Centraal to Budapest-Kelenföld via Utrecht Centraal, Duesseldorf Hbf, Düsseldorf Hbf, München Hbf, St.Poelten Hbf, Wien Meidling, and Vienna Meidling Train Station in around 16h 41m. Alternatively, FlixBus operates a bus from Rotterdam Central Station to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar 3 times a week. Tickets cost Ft 36,000–60,000 and the journey takes 21h 20m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 22,000–120,000
Flights from Brussels Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 20,000–100,000
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Wednesday to Tuesday
- Estimated price
- Ft 12,000–50,000
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- Ft 12,000–50,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 46,000–95,000
Flights from Brussels Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 23,000–110,000
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 23,000–70,000
Flights from Brussels Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 29,000–120,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 37,000–150,000
Flights from Brussels Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 30,000–120,000
Flights from Brussels Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 29,000–120,000
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 16,000–55,000
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 8,000–41,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 28,000–110,000
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- Ft 2,000–4,500
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- Ft 2,100–4,800
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 6,500–16,000
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 23,000–55,000
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from St.Poelten Hbf to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 2,300–5,500
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Brussels Airport-Zaventem
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 5,000–12,000
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Ft 4,000–9,000
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 39,000–95,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from St.Poelten Hbf to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 3,800–9,500
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- service@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from München Hbf to St Pölten Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 26,000–46,000
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- sekretariat@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from München Hbf to St Pölten Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 21,000–48,000
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from St.Poelten Hbf to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 3,200–7,500
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from München Hbf to St Pölten Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 16,000–25,000
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
Train from St.Poelten Hbf to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 2,400–3,800
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from München Hbf to St Pölten Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 16,000–34,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from St.Poelten Hbf to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 2,500–5,500
- 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
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from St.Poelten Hbf to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 22 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 5,000–8,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- Ft 5,000–8,000
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 13,000–20,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- Ft 13,000–20,000
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from St.Poelten Hbf to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 4,400–8,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 18,000–32,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from St.Poelten Hbf to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 6,500–10,000
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from St.Poelten Hbf to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 4,900–8,000
- 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 Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 20,000–33,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- regiojet.com
Train from Vienna Meidling Train Station to Budapest-Kelenföld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 4,700–7,500
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 4,700–7,500
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Utrecht Centraal to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 23,000–55,000
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- Ft 41,000–55,000
- Couchette Carriage
- Ft 33,000–38,000
- Seating Carriage
- Ft 23,000–28,000
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 15,000–26,000
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Rotterdam Central Station to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 36,000–60,000
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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
- Ft 4,000–8,000
- Website
- https://www.flibco.com/en
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Rotterdam to Budapest bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar station.
Rotterdam to Budapest train services, operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), arrive at Utrecht Centraal station.
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