There are 10 ways to get from Bielefeld to Kraków by train, plane, bus, car, or shuttle
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Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
best- Take the train from Bielefeld Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)plane DUS - KRK
6h 38mzł 484–1,483Train to Dortmund Airport, fly to Katowice International Airport, shuttle
cheapest- Take the train from Bielefeld Hbf to Hammtrain
- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Katowice International Airport (KTW)plane DTM - KTW
- Take a shuttle bus from Katowice Airport to Kraków Główny Station
6h 47mzł 222–1,061Train via Reinickendorf
- Take the train from Bielefeld Hbf to S Spandau Bhftrain 19 / ...
- Take the train from S+U Gesundbrunnen Bhf to Rzepintrain 95 / ...
- Take the train from Rzepin to Wroclaw Glownytrain Ic / ...
- Take the train from Wroclaw Glowny to Krakow Glownytrain Ic / ...
12h 20mzł 692–2,910Bus
- Take the bus from Gütersloh central bus station to Krakow, MDA Bus Stationbus N1338
16h 18mzł 394–709Drive 948.4 km
- Drive from Bielefeld to Krakówcar 948.4 km
8h 7mzł 584–843Train to Hannover Airport, fly to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Take the train from Bielefeld Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)plane HAJ - KRK
8h 12mzł 569–1,576Train to Münster Osnabrück International Airport, fly to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Take the train from Bielefeld Hbf to Ibbenbüren, Bahnhoftrain
- Fly from Münster Osnabrück International Airport (FMO) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)plane FMO - KRK
9h 53mzł 393–1,444Train, train to Frankfurt, fly to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Take the train from Bielefeld Hbf to Köln Hbftrain
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbftrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)plane FRA - KRK
7h 42mzł 571–2,091Train, train to Eindhoven Airport, fly to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Take the train from Bielefeld Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbftrain
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Venlotrain
- Take the train from Venlo to Eindhoven Centraaltrain
- Fly from Eindhoven Airport (EIN) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)plane EIN - KRK
9h 46mzł 469–1,931Train
- Take the train from Bielefeld Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadttrain 55
- Take the train from Dresden-Neustadt to Zgorzelectrain Re
- Take the train from Zgorzelec to Wroclaw Glownytrain Os
- Take the train from Wroclaw Glowny to Krakow Glownytrain Ic / ...
13h 11mzł 785–3,262
Bielefeld to Kraków by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bielefeld to Kraków is to train and fly and shuttle which costs 220 zł - 1 100 zł and takes 6h 47m.
The fastest way to get from Bielefeld to Kraków is to train and fly which takes 6h 38m and costs 480 zł - 1 500 zł.
No, there is no direct bus from Bielefeld station to Kraków station. However, there are services departing from Gütersloh central bus station and arriving at Krakow, MDA Bus Station via . The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 18m.
No, there is no direct train from Bielefeld to Kraków. However, there are services departing from Bielefeld Hbf and arriving at Krakow Glowny via S Spandau Bhf, S+U Gesundbrunnen Bhf, Rzepin and Wroclaw Glowny. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 20m.
The distance between Bielefeld and Kraków is 1109 km. The road distance is 948.4 km.
The best way to get from Bielefeld to Kraków without a car is to train via Reinickendorf which takes 12h 20m and costs 650 zł - 3 000 zł.
It takes approximately 6h 38m to get from Bielefeld to Kraków, including transfers.
Bielefeld to Kraków bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Gütersloh central bus station.
Bielefeld to Kraków train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Bielefeld Hbf station.
The best way to get from Bielefeld to Kraków is to train via Reinickendorf which takes 12h 20m and costs 650 zł - 3 000 zł. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs 390 zł - 750 zł and takes 16h 18m.
What companies run services between Bielefeld, Germany and Kraków, Poland?
You can take a train from Bielefeld Hbf to Krakow Glowny via S Spandau Bhf, S+U Gesundbrunnen Bhf, Rzepin, and Wroclaw Glowny in around 12h 20m. Alternatively, FlixBus operates a bus from Gütersloh central bus station to Krakow, MDA Bus Station once daily. Tickets cost zł 380–650 and the journey takes 15h 10m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Tuesday, Saturday, Monday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 410–1,400
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 400–1,400
Flights from Hannover Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 500–850
Flights from Hannover Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 500–850
Flights from Münster Osnabrück International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 500–1,900
Flights from Frankfurt to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 370–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 380–1,400
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 380–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 370–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 410–950
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 270–1,400
Flights from Hannover Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 360–1,800
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Katowice International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 110–650
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 200–1,100
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Münster Osnabrück International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- zł 270–1,100
Flights from Münster Osnabrück International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 270–1,100
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 250–1,200
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 440–1,600
Flights from Frankfurt to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 350–1,300
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 330–900
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 500–1,700
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 440–1,800
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bielefeld Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 130–600
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bielefeld Hbf to S Spandau Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 270–1,200
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from S+U Gesundbrunnen Bhf to Rzepin
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 80–370
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bielefeld Hbf to Hamm
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 50–230
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bielefeld Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- zł 85–370
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bielefeld Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 140–650
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Koeln Hbf to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- zł 130–600
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bielefeld Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 130–600
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bielefeld Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 380–1,700
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Bielefeld Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Bielefeld Hbf to Hamm
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Bielefeld Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- [email protected]
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Rzepin to Wroclaw Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 160–650
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Wroclaw Glowny to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 170–650
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Zgorzelec to Wroclaw Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- zł 100–400
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Wroclaw Glowny to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 170–650
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- [email protected]
- Website
- eurobahn.de
Train from Bielefeld Hbf to Hamm
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 60–85
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
Train from Bielefeld Hbf to Ibbenbüren, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 70–110
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Venlo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 55–80
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Koeln Hbf to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 80–170
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Venlo to Eindhoven Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 25–50
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- 0 89 54 888 97 - 25
- [email protected]
- Website
- laenderbahn.com
Train from Dresden-Neustadt to Zgorzelec
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 130–550
- Schedules at
- laenderbahn.com
- Phone
- +49 89 548889725
- [email protected]
- Website
- laenderbahn.com
Train from Dresden-Neustadt to Zgorzelec
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 160–490
- Schedules at
- laenderbahn.com
- Phone
- +48 76 742 11 12
- [email protected]
- Website
- kolejedolnoslaskie.pl
Train from Zgorzelec to Wroclaw Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 170–340
- Website
- https://kolejedolnoslaskie.pl/en/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Gütersloh central bus station to Krakow, MDA Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 380–650
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +48 32 236 11 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- matuszek.com.pl
Shuttle from Katowice Airport to Kraków Główny Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- zł 25–80
- Website
- https://www.matuszek.com.pl/a_index.php?lang=en
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More Questions & Answers
Bielefeld to Kraków bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Krakow, MDA Bus Station.
Bielefeld to Kraków train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at S Spandau Bhf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Bielefeld to Kraków is 948 km. It takes approximately 8h 7m to drive from Bielefeld to Kraków.
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