There are 12 ways to get from Brussels to Macedonia by train, plane, car, bus, 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.
Train to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, fly to Skopje International Airport, drive
best- Take the train from Bruxelles-Central to Charleroi-Centraltrain
- Fly from Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL) to Skopje International Airport (SKP)plane CRL - SKP
- Drive from Skopje-Airport-SKP to Macedoniacar
8h 2m$78–223Train, bus, drive
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Paris Nordtrain
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Basel Sbbtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Berntrain Ic6 / ...
- Take the bus from Bern to Strumicabus
- Drive from Strumica to Macedoniacar
31h 48mTrain, bus via Ljubljana
- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbftrain Ice / ...
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Villach Hauptbahnhoftrain Drf
- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Ljubljanatrain 19 / ...
- Take the bus from Ljubljana to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Sofia to Petrichtrain Ic
35h 43m$206–364Drive 2,244.4 km
- Drive from Brussels to Macedoniacar 2,244.4 km
20h 29m$398–575Fly Brussels Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, train, drive
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane BRU - SKG
- Take the train from Thessaloniki to Rodopolistrain
- Drive from Rodopolis to Macedoniacar
9h 28m$127–339Fly Brussels Airport to Sofia Airport, train
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane BRU - SOF
- Take the train from Zaharna Fabrika to Petrichtrain
10h 58m$119–286Train to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, fly to Sofia Airport, train
- Take the train from Bruxelles-Central to Charleroi-Centraltrain
- Fly from Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane CRL - SOF
- Take the train from Zaharna Fabrika to Petrichtrain
12h 13m$89–375Train, train to Eindhoven Airport, fly to Sofia Airport
- Take the train from Bruxelles-Central to Bredatrain
- Take the train from Breda to Eindhoven Centraaltrain
- Fly from Eindhoven Airport (EIN) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane EIN - SOF
- Take the train from Zaharna Fabrika to Petrichtrain
13h 43m$83–427Bus
- Take the bus from Brussels-North Station to Bucharestbus
- Take the bus from Bucharest to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Petrich Bus Stationbus
36h 59m$212–220Train, bus
- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Frankfurt(Main)Hbftrain Ice
- Take the bus from Frankfurt Central Train Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Stopbus
- Take the train from Sofia to Petrichtrain Ic
39h 27m$191–308Bus, train
- Take the bus from Brussels-Nord to Pristinabus
- Take the bus from Pristina to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdikabus
- Take the train from Sofia to Petrichtrain Ic
46h 20m$171–177Drive, car train
- Drive from Brussels to Fuldacar
- Take the cartrain from Fulda to Villach Hbf ARZcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf ARZ to Macedoniacar
24h 56m$400–550
Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL) to Skopje International Airport (SKP) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Brussels to Macedonia is to train and fly and drive which costs $75 - $230 and takes 8h 2m.
The fastest way to get from Brussels to Macedonia is to train and fly and drive which takes 8h 2m and costs $75 - $230.
No, there is no direct bus from Brussels station to Macedonia station. However, there are services departing from Brussels-North Station and arriving at Petrich Bus Station via Bucharest and Sofia Central Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 36h 59m.
The distance between Brussels and Macedonia is 1848 km. The road distance is 2244.4 km.
The best way to get from Brussels to Macedonia without a car is to train and bus via Ljubljana which takes 35h 43m and costs $200 - $370.
It takes approximately 8h 2m to get from Brussels to Macedonia, including transfers.
Brussels to Macedonia bus services, operated by Maxibus Travel, depart from Brussels-North Station.
Brussels to Macedonia bus services, operated by Maxibus Travel, arrive at Bucharest station.
Macedonia is 1h ahead of Brussels. It is currently 12:49 AM in Brussels and 1:49 AM in Macedonia.
Yes, the driving distance between Brussels to Macedonia is 2244 km. It takes approximately 20h 29m to drive from Brussels to Macedonia.
What companies run services between Brussels, Belgium and Macedonia, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria?
You can take a bus from Brussels-North Station to Macedonia via Bucharest, Sofia Central Bus Station, and Petrich Bus Station in around 36h 59m.
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Skopje International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $35–160
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Skopje International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $35–160
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $40–280
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $35–330
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–290
Flights from Brussels Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–370
Flights from Brussels Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–310
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–390
Flights from Brussels Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–380
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $100–190
Flights from Brussels Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- $100–160
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Brussels Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–210
Flights from Brussels Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- $100–160
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–350
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–350
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55–340
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–290
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $75–380
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Bruxelles-Central to Charleroi-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $14–19
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Bruxelles-Central to Charleroi-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $14–19
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Bruxelles-Central to Breda
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $26–40
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $130–220
- Website
- Eurostar
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $65–110
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $110–160
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Basel SBB to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–65
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- 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
- $35–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Brussels-Nord to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $65–130
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Train from Köln Hbf to Villach Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 34m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $55–150
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- $120–150
- Couchette Carriage
- $90–110
- Seating Carriage
- $55–70
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Villach Hbf to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $12–22
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Villach Hbf to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $20–35
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
Train from Sofia to Petrich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $3–6
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $3–5
- 1st Class
- $4–6
Train from Zaharna Fabrika to Petrich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $3–6
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $3–5
- 1st Class
- $4–6
Train from Zaharna Fabrika to Petrich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $3–6
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $3–5
- 1st Class
- $4–6
Train from Zaharna Fabrika to Petrich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $3–6
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $3–5
- 1st Class
- $4–6
Train from Sofia to Petrich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $3–6
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $3–5
- 1st Class
- $4–6
Train from Sofia to Petrich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $3–6
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $3–5
- 1st Class
- $4–6
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- Hellenic Train S.A.
Train from Thessaloniki to Rodopolis
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $7–11
- Website
- Hellenic Train S.A.
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Bruxelles-Central to Breda
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $13–25
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Breda to Eindhoven Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $7–13
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Fulda to Villach Hbf ARZ
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 46m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $110–130
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
- Phone
- +389 71 557 111
- [email protected]
- Website
- web.facebook.com
Bus from Bern to Strumica
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +359 2 980 56 58
- [email protected]
- Website
- mm-travel.bg
Bus from Ljubljana to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $88
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- tickets.mm-travel.bg
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- [email protected]
- Website
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
Bus from Brussels-North Station to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $160
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +38(098) 343 8282
- [email protected]
- Website
- likebus.ua
Bus from Bucharest to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $33
- Schedules at
- likebus.ua
- Phone
- +359 88 949 0000
- [email protected]
- Website
- Union Ivkoni
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Petrich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $8–13
- Website
- Union Ivkoni
- Phone
- +359 2 812 0 812
- [email protected]
- Website
- karat-s.com
Bus from Frankfurt Central Train Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $110–160
- Schedules at
- karat-s.com
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- [email protected]
- Website
- Citylines
Bus from Frankfurt Central Train Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $110–160
- Website
- Citylines
- Phone
- +383 44198634
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Brussels-Nord to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $111
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- [email protected]
Bus from Brussels-Nord to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 54m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- Fertours
- Phone
- +383 49 196 565
- [email protected]
Bus from Pristina to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $45
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
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