There are 10 ways to get from Bucharest to Genk by plane, train, bus, night train, 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 to Brussels Airport, train
best- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane OTP - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Genktrain
7h 16m€101–287Fly to Eindhoven Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Eindhoven Airport (EIN)plane OTP - EIN
- Take the train from Eindhoven Centraal to Maastrichttrain
8h 21m€60–396Bus
- Take the bus from Bucharest to Liege Gare des Guilleminsbus
27h 18m€148–151Train
- Take the train from Bucuresti Nord to Budapest-Keletitrain Ir
- Take the train from Budapest-Keleti to Wien Hbftrain Ec / ...
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Liège, Guillemins Bftrain 79
- Take the train from Landen to Genktrain Ic / ...
32h 36m€275–538Night train, train
- Take the nighttrain from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Meidlingnighttrain
- Take the train from Wien Meidling to Aachen, Hbftrain 90N
- Take the train from Aachen Hbf to Maastrichttrain S43 / ...
35h 22m€302–423Fly to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL)plane OTP - CRL
- Take the train from Charleroi-Central to Louvaintrain
- Take the train from Louvain to Genktrain
8h 43m€112–344Fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane OTP - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Anvers-Centraltrain
- Take the train from Anvers-Central to Genktrain
9h 27m€148–409Fly to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane OTP - CGN
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Liège, Guillemins Bftrain
- Take the train from Landen to Genktrain
9h 44m€87–444Bus via București, Autogara Militari
- Take the bus from București, Autogara Militari to Liège Guilleminsbus 1924
36h 16m€196–291Drive 2,051.8 km
- Drive from Bucharest to Genkcar 2,051.8 km
19h 35m€328–473
Bucharest to Genk by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Bucharest to Genk is to bus which costs €148 - €152 and takes 27h 18m.
The fastest way to get from Bucharest to Genk is to fly and train which takes 7h 16m and costs €100 - €290.
No, there is no direct bus from Bucharest to Genk. However, there are services departing from Bucharest and arriving at Genk Shopping Center perron 1 via Liège Guillemins and Maastricht Station perron D. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 18m.
No, there is no direct train from Bucharest to Genk. However, there are services departing from Bucuresti Nord and arriving at Genk via Budapest-Keleti, Wien Hbf, Frankfurt, Liège-Guillemins and Landen. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 32h 36m.
The distance between Bucharest and Genk is 1858 km. The road distance is 2051.8 km.
The best way to get from Bucharest to Genk without a car is to bus which takes 27h 18m and costs €148 - €152.
It takes approximately 7h 16m to get from Bucharest to Genk, including transfers.
Bucharest to Genk bus services, operated by Maxibus Travel, depart from Bucharest station.
Bucharest to Genk train services, operated by Romanian Railways (CFR), depart from Bucuresti Nord station.
The best way to get from Bucharest to Genk is to bus which takes 27h 18m and costs €148 - €152. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €270 - €550 and takes 32h 36m.
What companies run services between Bucharest, Romania and Genk, Belgium?
Maxibus Travel operates a bus from Bucharest to Liege Gare des Guillemins twice a week. Tickets cost €144 and the journey takes 24h 30m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Bucuresti Nord to Genk via Budapest-Keleti, Wien Hbf, Frankfurt, Liège-Guillemins, and Landen in around 32h 36m.
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Brussels Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–310
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–440
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Cologne Bonn Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–420
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–220
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–440
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Brussels Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–430
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–420
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Eindhoven Airport via Venice Treviso
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–300
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Brussels South Charleroi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Friday, Sunday, Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–350
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Brussels South Charleroi Airport via Venice Treviso
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–350
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Eindhoven Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–300
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Brussels South Charleroi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–270
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–300
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–440
- Website
- hisky.aero
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €75–170
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Genk
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–23
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Frankfurt to Liège, Guillemins Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–80
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Landen to Genk
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–12
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Aachen Hbf to Maastricht
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–13
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Charleroi-Central to Louvain
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–18
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Louvain to Genk
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–18
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Schiphol Airport to Anvers-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Anvers-Central to Genk
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Köln Hbf to Liège, Guillemins Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Landen to Genk
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–12
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Train from Bucuresti Nord to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €61–66
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Night train from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 36m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €80–90
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- [email protected]
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Budapest-Keleti to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–14
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Wien Hbf to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €120–280
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Liège, Guillemins Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–110
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to Liège, Guillemins Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Wien Meidling to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 27m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €210–320
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- Arriva NL
Train from Aachen Hbf to Maastricht
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Website
- Arriva NL
- Second Class Single
- €9–14
Train from Eindhoven Centraal to Maastricht
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €15–23
- Website
- Arriva NL
- Second Class Single
- €15–23
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Eindhoven Centraal to Maastricht
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–21
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Schiphol Airport to Anvers-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–90
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Köln Hbf to Liège, Guillemins Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- [email protected]
- Website
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
Bus from Bucharest to Liege Gare des Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €144
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from București, Autogara Militari to Liège Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 20m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €180–280
- Website
- Flixbus
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Booking & Getting There
Bucharest to Genk bus services, operated by Maxibus Travel, arrive at Liege Gare des Guillemins station.
Genk is 1h behind Bucharest. It is currently 6:57 AM in Bucharest and 5:57 AM in Genk.
Bucharest to Genk train services, operated by Romanian Railways (CFR), arrive at Budapest-Keleti station.
Yes, the driving distance between Bucharest to Genk is 2052 km. It takes approximately 19h 35m to drive from Bucharest to Genk.
There are 1083+ hotels available in Genk.














































