There are 9 ways to get from Bruges to Dresden by train, bus, car, plane, or night train
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Train via Bad Hersfeld
best- Take the train from Bruges to Bruxelles-Miditrain Ic / ...
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Bad Hersfeld Bahnhoftrain 50
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain 50
11h 21m€175–750Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Bruges to Brussels-North train stationbus 819 / ...
- Take the bus from Brussels-North train station to Dresden central stationbus 1304
14h 30m€62–111Drive 820.4 km
- Drive from Bruges to Dresdencar 820.4 km
7h 58m€126–182Train to Brussels Airport, fly to Dresden Airport
- Take the train from Bruges to Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Dresden Airport (DRS)plane BRU - DRS
7h 41m€162–422Train
- Take the train from Bruges to Brussels-Nordtrain Ic / ...
- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbftrain Ice / ...
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain 55 / ...
12h 18m€172–792Train, night train
- Take the train from Bruges to Bruxelles-Centraltrain Ic / ...
- Take the nighttrain from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Cologne Central Station to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain
14h 45m€94–208Train, train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Dresden Airport
- Take the train from Bruges to Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbftrain
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Dresden Airport (DRS)plane DUS - DRS
6h 55m€190–659Train to Brussels Airport, fly to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Take the train from Bruges to Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane BRU - BER
- Take the train from Flughafen BER to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadttrain
7h 34m€128–446Train to Brussels Airport, fly to Václav Havel Airport Prague, train
- Take the train from Bruges to Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane BRU - PRG
- Take the train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbftrain
9h 21m€123–390
Bruges to Dresden by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bruges to Dresden is to bus which costs €60 - €120 and takes 14h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Bruges to Dresden is to train and fly which takes 6h 55m and costs €190 - €700.
No, there is no direct bus from Bruges to Dresden station. However, there are services departing from Bruges and arriving at Dresden central station via Brussels-North train station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 30m.
No, there is no direct train from Bruges to Dresden. However, there are services departing from Bruges and arriving at Dresden Hauptbahnhof via Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, Frankfurt and Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 21m.
The distance between Bruges and Dresden is 982 km. The road distance is 820.4 km.
The best way to get from Bruges to Dresden without a car is to train via Bad Hersfeld which takes 11h 21m and costs €170 - €750.
It takes approximately 11h 21m to get from Bruges to Dresden, including transfers.
Bruges to Dresden bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Bruges station.
Bruges to Dresden train services, operated by Belgian Railways (NMBS/SNCB), depart from Bruges station.
The best way to get from Bruges to Dresden is to train via Bad Hersfeld which takes 11h 21m and costs €170 - €750. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €60 - €120 and takes 14h 30m.
What companies run services between Bruges, Belgium and Dresden, Germany?
You can take a train from Bruges to Dresden Hauptbahnhof via Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, Frankfurt, and Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof in around 11h 21m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Bruges to Dresden central station via Brussels-North train station in around 14h 30m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Dresden Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–370
Flights from Brussels Airport to Dresden Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–280
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Dresden Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–410
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Dresden Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–450
Flights from Brussels Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–190
Flights from Brussels Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–470
Flights from Brussels Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–300
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–190
Flights from Brussels Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–190
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–260
Flights from Brussels Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–270
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Dresden Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–480
Flights from Brussels Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–300
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Dresden Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–300
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–250
- Website
- smartwings.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–200
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Dresden Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €170–1,400
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Bruges to Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Bruges to Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Bruges to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Bruges to Bruxelles-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Bruges to Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Bruges to Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Bruges to Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bruges to Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €16–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–300
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €60–260
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bruges to Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €16–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bruges to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €17–75
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–170
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 27m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €120–550
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bruges to Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €16–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–170
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bruges to Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €16–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Flughafen BER to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–130
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bruges to Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €16–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €21–95
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €80–95
- Couchette Carriage
- €50–65
- Seating Carriage
- €21–26
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Cologne Central Station to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–80
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €60–110
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- [email protected]
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +47 70 13 14 15
- [email protected]
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- Danish Railways
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Bruges to Brussels-North train station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €7–12
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Brussels-North train station to Dresden central station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–100
- Website
- Flixbus
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Bruges to Dresden bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Brussels-North train station.
Bruges to Dresden train services, operated by Belgian Railways (NMBS/SNCB), arrive at Bruxelles-Midi station.
Yes, the driving distance between Bruges to Dresden is 820 km. It takes approximately 7h 58m to drive from Bruges to Dresden.
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