There are 11 ways to get from Rotterdam to Zagreb by train, plane, car, car train, bus, or shuttle
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Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
best- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane AMS - ZAG
5h 10m€97–265Train to Eindhoven Airport, fly to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Eindhoventrain
- Fly from Eindhoven Airport (EIN) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane EIN - ZAG
6h 15m€75–412Drive, car train
- Drive from Rotterdam to Fuldacar
- Take the car train from Fulda to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Zagrebcar
16h 9m€219–303Bus
- Take the bus from Rotterdam Central Station to Zagrebbus N885
22h 25m€100–170Drive 1,316.3 km
- Drive from Rotterdam to Zagrebcar 1,316.3 km
12h 14m€232–335Train to Brussels Airport, fly to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Anvers-Centraltrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane BRU - ZAG
5h 55m€113–298Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Ljubljana, shuttle
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Ljubljana (LJU)plane AMS - LJU
- Take a shuttle bus from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Zagreb
6h 47m€136–663Train, bus to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, fly to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- 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 Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane CRL - ZAG
6h 56m€88–260Train via Düsseldorf
- 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 Salzburg Hauptbahnhoftrain 90 / ...
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Zagreb Glavni Kol.train Ec
18h 20m€202–569Train
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Utrecht Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to St Johann im Pongautrain Drf
- Take the train from St. Johann Im Pongau to Zagreb Glavni Kol.train Ec
22h 58m€136–294Train, bus
- Take the train from Rotterdam Blaak to Venlotrain
- Take the train from Venlo to Duesseldorf Hbftrain
- Take the bus from Düsseldorf Hbf to Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
25h 55m
Rotterdam to Zagreb by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Rotterdam to Zagreb is to bus which costs €100 - €170 and takes 22h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Rotterdam to Zagreb is to train and fly which takes 5h 10m and costs €95 - €270.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Rotterdam Central Station station and arriving at Zagreb. Services depart once daily, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 22h 25m.
No, there is no direct train from Rotterdam to Zagreb. However, there are services departing from Rotterdam Centraal and arriving at Zagreb Glavni Kol. via Utrecht Centraal, Düsseldorf Hbf, München Hbf and Salzburg Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 18h 20m.
The distance between Rotterdam and Zagreb is 1167 km. The road distance is 1316.3 km.
The best way to get from Rotterdam to Zagreb without a car is to bus which takes 22h 25m and costs €100 - €170.
It takes approximately 5h 10m to get from Rotterdam to Zagreb, including transfers.
Rotterdam to Zagreb bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Rotterdam Central Station.
Rotterdam to Zagreb train services, operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), depart from Rotterdam Centraal station.
The best way to get from Rotterdam to Zagreb is to bus which takes 22h 25m and costs €100 - €170. Alternatively, you can train via Düsseldorf, which costs €200 - €600 and takes 18h 20m.
What companies run services between Rotterdam, Netherlands and Zagreb, Croatia?
FlixBus operates a bus from Rotterdam Central Station to Zagreb once daily. Tickets cost €100–170 and the journey takes 22h 25m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Rotterdam Centraal to Zagreb Glavni Kol. via Utrecht Centraal, Duesseldorf Hbf, Düsseldorf Hbf, München Hbf, Salzburg Hauptbahnhof, and Salzburg Hbf in around 18h 20m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–350
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–700
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–290
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–290
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Ljubljana via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–170
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Ljubljana via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–170
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–140
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €30–140
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–380
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–380
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–390
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–460
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Ljubljana via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–550
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–390
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–190
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–410
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–270
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–460
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Ljubljana via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–550
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Ljubljana via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–370
- 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
- €5–13
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–26
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €6–14
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–45
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €65–160
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Rotterdam Blaak to Venlo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–60
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Venlo to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–15
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Fulda to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 1m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Anvers-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €110–270
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–50
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 200 73-0
- kommunikation@transdev.de
- Website
- transdev.de
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–40
- Schedules at
- transdev.de
- Phone
- +49 8024 997171
- info@brb.de
- Website
- brb.de
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Schedules at
- brb.de
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €17–40
- 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
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €23–55
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €17–29
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Zagreb Glavni Kol.
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 13m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €95–160
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from St. Johann Im Pongau to Zagreb Glavni Kol.
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 22m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Train from Utrecht Centraal to St Johann im Pongau
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €50–140
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €110–140
- Couchette Carriage
- €80–100
- Seating Carriage
- €50–65
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- info@eurobahn.de
- Website
- eurobahn.de
Train from Venlo to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–18
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Rotterdam Central Station to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–170
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Shuttle from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €32–350
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €32
- Private
- €150
- 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
- +385 (0) 91 6113 073
- info@croatiabus.hr
- Website
- croatiabus.hr
Bus from Düsseldorf Hbf to Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- croatiabus.hr
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Rotterdam to Zagreb bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Zagreb station.
Rotterdam to Zagreb train services, operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), arrive at Utrecht Centraal station.
Yes, the driving distance between Rotterdam to Zagreb is 1316 km. It takes approximately 12h 14m to drive from Rotterdam to Zagreb.
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