There are 13 ways to get from Bologna to Venlo by plane, train, train (Trenitalia), 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.
Fly to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
best- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane BLQ - DUS
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Venlotrain
5h 51m€99–251Fly to Eindhoven Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Eindhoven Airport (EIN)plane BLQ - EIN
- Take the train from Eindhoven Centraal to Blericktrain
5h 19m€78–289Train
- Take the train from Bologna centrale to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Zuerich Hbtrain Ec
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Köln Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Neuss Hbf to Venlotrain
13h 4m€281–466Bus
- Take the bus from Bologna Centrale to Essen central train stationbus N537
- Take the bus from Essen central train station to Venlo Stationbus 023 / ...
20h€111–162Drive 1,102.4 km
- Drive from Bologna to Venlocar 1,102.4 km
10h 35m€230–332Fly to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane BLQ - CGN
- Take the train from Koeln/Bonn Flughafen to Neuss Hbftrain
- Take the train from Neuss Hbf to Venlotrain
6h 15mFly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane BLQ - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Blericktrain
6h 41m€113–264Fly to Brussels Airport, train
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane BLQ - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Bredatrain
- Take the train from Breda to Eindhoven Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Eindhoven Centraal to Blericktrain
7h 17m€90–291Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane BLQ - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt Flughafen Fernb to Mönchengladbach Hbftrain
7h 23m€132–343Train via Mannheim
- Take the train from Bologna centrale to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Basel Sbbtrain Ec
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain 12 / ...
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbftrain 42 / ...
- Take the train from Neuss Hbf to Venlotrain
13h 5m€186–371Train #2
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Basel Sbbtrain Ec
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Düsseldorf Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Venlotrain
13h 28m€197–367Drive, car train
- Drive from Bologna to Villach Hbfcar
- Take the cartrain from Villach Hbf to Fuldacartrain
- Drive from Fulda to Venlocar
16h 38m€227–316Bus, train
- Take the bus from Bologna - Servizio Due Madonne to Worringer Straße, Duesseldorfbus
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Venlotrain Sneltrein RE13 / ...
22h 33m€164–230
Bologna to Venlo by bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Bologna to Venlo is to bus which costs €110 - €170 and takes 20h.
The fastest way to get from Bologna to Venlo is to fly and train which takes 5h 19m and costs €75 - €290.
No, there is no direct bus from Bologna to Venlo station. However, there are services departing from Bologna Centrale and arriving at Venlo Station via Essen central train station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 20h.
No, there is no direct train from Bologna to Venlo. However, there are services departing from Bologna centrale and arriving at Venlo via Milano Centrale, Zürich HB, Koeln Hbf and Neuss Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 4m.
The distance between Bologna and Venlo is 896 km. The road distance is 1102.4 km.
The best way to get from Bologna to Venlo without a car is to train which takes 13h 4m and costs €280 - €470.
It takes approximately 5h 51m to get from Bologna to Venlo, including transfers.
Bologna to Venlo bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Bologna Centrale station.
Bologna to Venlo train services, operated by ItaloTreno, depart from Bologna centrale station.
The best way to get from Bologna to Venlo is to train which takes 13h 4m and costs €280 - €470. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €110 - €170 and takes 20h.
What companies run services between Bologna, Italy and Venlo, Netherlands?
You can take a train from Bologna centrale to Venlo via Milano Centrale, Zuerich Hb, Zürich HB, Koeln Hbf, and Neuss Hbf in around 13h 4m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Bologna Centrale to Venlo Station via Essen central train station in around 20h.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–320
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–550
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–370
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–550
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–300
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Brussels Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–550
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Brussels Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–230
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–440
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–440
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- €80–320
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–220
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Brussels Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Frankfurt via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–270
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–330
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Brussels Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–360
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–220
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–220
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–190
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Eindhoven Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–280
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–440
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Eindhoven Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €75–430
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- [email protected]
- Website
- Eurobahn
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Venlo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–18
- Website
- Eurobahn
Train from Neuss Hbf to Venlo
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- Eurobahn
Train from Neuss Hbf to Venlo
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- Eurobahn
Train from Neuss Hbf to Venlo
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- Eurobahn
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Venlo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–18
- Website
- Eurobahn
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Venlo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–18
- Website
- Eurobahn
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Bologna centrale to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €24–45
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Bologna centrale to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €24–45
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Bologna Centrale to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €24–45
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Milano Centrale to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €70–110
- 2nd Class
- €55–75
Train from Milano Centrale to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €90–130
- 2nd Class
- €75–110
Train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €75–110
- 2nd Class
- €55–80
Train from Milano Centrale to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €90–130
- 2nd Class
- €75–110
Train from Zürich HB to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 4m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €190–300
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Koeln/Bonn Flughafen to Neuss Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Eindhoven Centraal to Blerick
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–10
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Blerick
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Breda
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–19
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Breda to Eindhoven Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–12
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Eindhoven Centraal to Blerick
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–10
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Frankfurt Flughafen Fernb to Mönchengladbach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €24–45
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Breda
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–27
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt Flughafen Fernb to Mönchengladbach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–80
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–75
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel SBB to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €85–170
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Bologna Centrale to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €29–50
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Bologna Centrale to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–45
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Basel SBB to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 59m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–160
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Villach Hbf to Fulda
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Essen central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €100–160
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Essen central train station to Venlo Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- [email protected]
- Website
- Onebus
Bus from Bologna - Servizio Due Madonne to Worringer Straße, Duesseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 17m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €150–210
- Website
- Onebus
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Booking & Getting There
Bologna to Venlo bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Essen central train station.
Bologna to Venlo train services, operated by ItaloTreno, arrive at Milano Centrale station.
Yes, the driving distance between Bologna to Venlo is 1102 km. It takes approximately 10h 35m to drive from Bologna to Venlo.
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