There are 12 ways to get from Dortmund to Croatia by train, plane, car, car train, bus, night train, or train (Eurostar)
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Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Split Airport
best- Take the train from Dortmund Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafentrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Split Airport (SPU)plane DUS - SPU
5h 46m€110–375Train to Weeze Airport, fly to Zadar Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Dortmund Hbf to Duisburg Hbftrain
- Fly from Weeze Airport (NRN) to Zadar Airport (ZAD)plane NRN - ZAD
7h 37m€62–321Drive, car train
- Drive from Dortmund to Fuldacar
- Take the car train from Fulda to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Zagrebcar
13h 44m€166–232Train, bus
- Take the train from Dortmund Hbf to München Hbftrain 47 / ...
- Take the bus from Munich Hbf to Samobor, Autobusni kolodvorbus
13h 48m€181–590Train, night train
- Take the train from Dortmund Hbf to Augsburg Hbftrain 47 / ...
- Take the night train from Augsburg Hbf to Zagreb Glavni Kol.nighttrain En
17h 39m€239–679Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Take the train from Dortmund Hbf to Koeln Messe/Deutztrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane CGN - ZAG
6h 50mTrain to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Split Airport
- Take the train from Dortmund Hbf to Koeln Messe/Deutztrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Split Airport (SPU)plane CGN - SPU
7hTrain to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Zadar Airport
- Take the train from Dortmund Hbf to Koeln Messe/Deutztrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Zadar Airport (ZAD)plane CGN - ZAD
7h 10mBus
- Take the bus from Dortmund central bus station to Zagrebbus N885
18h€95–160Train
- Take the train from Dortmund Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbftrain 10 / ...
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Villach Hauptbahnhoftrain Drf
- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Ljubljanatrain 19 / ...
- Take the train from Ljubljana to Zagreb Glavni Kol.train 319 / ...
20h 29m€108–296Bus via Novi Grad
- Take the bus from Dortmund Hbf to Novi Grad, Autobuska stanicabus
- Take the bus from Novi Grad, Autobuska stanica to Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
23h 18m€122–153Drive 1,102.9 km
- Drive from Dortmund to Zagrebcar 1,102.9 km
9h 51m€158–227
Dortmund to Croatia by train, night train, and tram
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Dortmund to Croatia is to bus which costs €95 - €160 and takes 18h.
The fastest way to get from Dortmund to Croatia is to train and fly which takes 5h 46m and costs €110 - €380.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Dortmund central bus station station and arriving at Zagreb. Services depart once daily, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 18h.
No, there is no direct train from Dortmund to Croatia. However, there are services departing from Dortmund Hbf and arriving at Trg bana J. Jelačića via Augsburg Hbf and Glavni kolodvor. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 39m.
The distance between Dortmund and Croatia is 1213 km. The road distance is 1102.9 km.
The best way to get from Dortmund to Croatia without a car is to train and bus which takes 13h 48m and costs €180 - €600.
It takes approximately 5h 46m to get from Dortmund to Croatia, including transfers.
Dortmund to Croatia bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Dortmund central bus station.
Dortmund to Croatia train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Dortmund Hbf station.
The best way to get from Dortmund to Croatia is to bus which takes 18h and costs €95 - €160. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €100 - €300 and takes 20h 29m.
What companies run services between Dortmund, Germany and Croatia?
FlixBus operates a bus from Dortmund central bus station to Zagreb once daily. Tickets cost €95–160 and the journey takes 18h. Alternatively, you can take a train from Dortmund Hbf to Trg bana J. Jelačića via Düsseldorf Hbf, Villach Hbf, Ljubljana, Zagreb Glavni Kol., and Glavni kolodvor in around 20h 29m.
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Split Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–210
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Split Airport via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €85–210
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Split Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–240
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zadar Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–250
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Split Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–400
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Split Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Friday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–420
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–350
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Split Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Friday, Monday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €100–380
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Split Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–400
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Split Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Friday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–240
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zadar Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–220
Flights from Weeze Airport to Zadar Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–250
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Split Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–400
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Koeln Messe/Deutz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Koeln Messe/Deutz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Koeln Messe/Deutz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Dortmund Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €120–550
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Augsburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €110–490
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €14–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- [email protected]
- Website
- eurobahn.de
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–20
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–17
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–21
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–26
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–20
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–30
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Website
- delfi.de
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- delfi.de
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- delfi.de
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- delfi.de
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Fulda to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 1m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +49 221 800 20 80
- [email protected]
- Website
- msm-gruppe.de
Train from Dortmund Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 57m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- msm-gruppe.de
- Phone
- +385 60 333 444
- [email protected]
- Website
- hzpp.hr
Night train from Augsburg Hbf to Zagreb Glavni Kol.
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 29m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €120–190
- Website
- http://www.hzpp.hr/en
Train from Ljubljana to Zagreb Glavni Kol.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €27–45
- Website
- http://www.hzpp.hr/en
- Phone
- +49 9126 301 90 70
- [email protected]
- Website
- train-rental.com
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Koeln Messe/Deutz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- train-rental.com
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Koeln Messe/Deutz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- train-rental.com
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Koeln Messe/Deutz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- train-rental.com
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- train-rental.com
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–28
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €24–45
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €9–18
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €13–26
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €6–12
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €8–18
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Villach Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 49m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €50–140
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €110–140
- Couchette Carriage
- €80–95
- Seating Carriage
- €50–65
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Villach Hbf to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–40
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Ljubljana to Zagreb Glavni Kol.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €29–55
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +386 1 29 13 331
- [email protected]
- Website
- potniski.sz.si
Train from Ljubljana to Zagreb Glavni Kol.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €27–45
- Website
- https://potniski.sz.si/en/
- Phone
- +385 98 900 9132
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Munich Hbf to Samobor, Autobusni kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €50
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Dortmund central bus station to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–160
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- + 387 32 88 44 88
- [email protected]
- Website
- jelinak.com
Bus from Dortmund Hbf to Novi Grad, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Regular prices
- €95–120
- Phone
- +385 (0)98 610 311
- [email protected]
- Website
- pepeks.hr
Bus from Novi Grad, Autobuska stanica to Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22
- Schedules at
- pepeks.hr
- Phone
- +387/(0)52-751-339
- [email protected]
- Website
- topingtrade.com
Bus from Novi Grad, Autobuska stanica to Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €32
- Schedules at
- topingtrade.com
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More Questions & Answers
Dortmund to Croatia bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Zagreb station.
Dortmund to Croatia train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Augsburg Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Dortmund to Croatia is 1103 km. It takes approximately 9h 51m to drive from Dortmund to Croatia.
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