There are 9 ways to get from Brussels to Cēsis by plane, train, bus, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Brussels Airport to Riga International Airport, train
best- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane BRU - RIX
- Take the train from Riga-Pasazieru to Cesistrain
7h 1m$117–266Train, bus
- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbftrain Ice / ...
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to S Spandau Bhftrain 10 / ...
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Jelgava, stationbus
- Take the train from Jelgava to Cesistrain 889
29h 7m$265–471Train
- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbftrain Ice / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Kraków Głównytrain Drf
- Take the train from Kraków Główny to Kaunastrain
- Take the train from Kaisiadorys to Cesistrain 889
38h 55mDrive 1,874.4 km
- Drive from Brussels to Cēsiscar 1,874.4 km
23h 2m$355–512Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Riga International Airport, train
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Schiphol Airporttrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane AMS - RIX
- Take the train from Riga-Pasazieru to Cesistrain
8h 17m$193–418Train to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, fly to Riga International Airport, train
- Take the train from Bruxelles-Central to Charleroi-Centraltrain
- Fly from Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane CRL - RIX
- Take the train from Riga-Pasazieru to Cesistrain
8h 15m$121–284Fly Brussels Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport, train
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL)plane BRU - TLL
- Take the train from Ulemiste to Cesistrain
10h 41m$130–314Train, train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Riga International Airport
- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbftrain
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafentrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane DUS - RIX
- Take the train from Riga-Pasazieru to Cesistrain
9h 19m$156–352Bus
- Take the bus from Brussels - Midi Train Station to Rotterdambus
- Take the bus from Rotterdam Centraal to Rīgas SAObus
- Take the bus from Rīgas SAO to Cēsu AObus
37h 23m$138–299
Brussels to Cēsis by train, foot, and bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Brussels to Cēsis is to bus which costs $130 - $300 and takes 37h 23m.
The fastest way to get from Brussels to Cēsis is to fly and train which takes 7h 1m and costs $110 - $270.
No, there is no direct bus from Brussels station to Cēsis. However, there are services departing from Brussels - Midi Train Station and arriving at Cēsu AO via Rotterdam Centraal and Rīgas SAO. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 37h 23m.
No, there is no direct train from Brussels to Cēsis. However, there are services departing from Brussels-Nord and arriving at Cesis via Frankfurt, Kraków Główny, Kaunas and Kaisiadorys. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 38h 55m.
The distance between Brussels and Cēsis is 1553 km. The road distance is 1874.4 km.
The best way to get from Brussels to Cēsis without a car is to train and bus which takes 29h 7m and costs $260 - $480.
It takes approximately 7h 1m to get from Brussels to Cēsis, including transfers.
Brussels to Cēsis bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Brussels - Midi Train Station.
Brussels to Cēsis train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Brussels-Nord station.
The best way to get from Brussels to Cēsis is to train which takes 38h 55m and costs . Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $130 - $300 and takes 37h 23m.
What companies run services between Brussels, Belgium and Cēsis, Latvia?
You can take a train from Brussels-Nord to Cesis via Frankfurt, Kraków Główny, Kaunas, and Kaisiadorys in around 38h 55m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Brussels - Midi Train Station to Cēsu AO via Rotterdam, Rotterdam Centraal, and Rīgas SAO in around 37h 23m.
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–250
Flights from Brussels Airport to Riga International Airport via Lennart Meri International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $110–250
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–210
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Riga International Airport via Palanga
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–210
Flights from Brussels Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–250
Flights from Brussels Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–250
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–220
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Riga International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–200
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Riga International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–420
Flights from Brussels Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–200
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Riga International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–220
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Riga International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–250
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–210
Flights from Brussels Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–250
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–200
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Riga International Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–200
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–290
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Riga International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–320
- Phone
- 8760
- [email protected]
- Website
- Vivi
Train from Riga-Pasazieru to Cesis
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $4–6
- Website
- Vivi
Train from Riga-Pasazieru to Cesis
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $4–6
- Website
- Vivi
Train from Riga-Pasazieru to Cesis
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $4–6
- Website
- Vivi
Train from Riga-Pasazieru to Cesis
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $4–6
- Website
- Vivi
- Phone
- +370 700 55 111
- [email protected]
- Website
- LTG Link
Train from Riga-Pasazieru to Cesis
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $6–9
- Website
- LTG Link
Train from Jelgava to Cesis
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $8–11
- Website
- LTG Link
Train from Kraków Główny to Kaunas
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $35–50
- Website
- LTG Link
Train from Kaisiadorys to Cesis
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 13m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $20–26
- Website
- LTG Link
Train from Riga-Pasazieru to Cesis
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $6–9
- Website
- LTG Link
Train from Riga-Pasazieru to Cesis
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $6–9
- Website
- LTG Link
Train from Ulemiste to Cesis
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $18–24
- Website
- LTG Link
Train from Riga-Pasazieru to Cesis
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $6–9
- Website
- LTG Link
- Phone
- +372 616 0245
- [email protected]
- Website
- Elron
Train from Riga-Pasazieru to Cesis
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $6–11
- Website
- Elron
- Express Train Ticket
- $7–11
Train from Riga-Pasazieru to Cesis
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $6–11
- Website
- Elron
- Express Train Ticket
- $7–11
Train from Riga-Pasazieru to Cesis
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $6–11
- Website
- Elron
- Express Train Ticket
- $7–11
Train from Ulemiste to Cesis
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $20–40
- Website
- Elron
- Express Train Ticket
- $27–40
Train from Riga-Pasazieru to Cesis
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $6–11
- Website
- Elron
- Express Train Ticket
- $7–11
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–80
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to S Spandau Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $95–190
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Brussels-Nord to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $70–140
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–80
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–20
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Brussels-Nord to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $80–120
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Bruxelles-Central to Charleroi-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $11–18
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Website
- LEO Express
Train from Frankfurt to Kraków Główny
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 57m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- LEO Express
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $85–140
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +49 9126 301 90 70
- [email protected]
- Website
- TRI Train Rental GmbH
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- TRI Train Rental GmbH
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Jelgava, station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $120–190
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Brussels - Midi Train Station to Rotterdam
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $13–22
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- [email protected]
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Rotterdam Centraal to Rīgas SAO
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $120–270
- Schedules at
- ecolines.net
- Phone
- 64122121
- [email protected]
- Website
- CATA
Bus from Rīgas SAO to Cēsu AO
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- CATA
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Booking & Getting There
Brussels to Cēsis bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Rotterdam station.
Cēsis is 1h ahead of Brussels. It is currently 12:07 AM in Brussels and 1:07 AM in Cēsis.
Brussels to Cēsis train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Brussels to Cēsis is 1874 km. It takes approximately 23h 2m to drive from Brussels to Cēsis.
There are 173+ hotels available in Cēsis.

















































