There are 7 ways to get from Dubai to Ghent by plane, train, shuttle, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Dubai International Airport to Brussels Airport, train
best- Fly from Dubai International Airport (DXB) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane DXB - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Gand-Saint-Pierretrain
10h 49m€193–471Fly Dubai International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
cheapest- Fly from Dubai International Airport (DXB) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane DXB - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Antwerpen-Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Anvers-Central to Gand-Dampoorttrain
12h 41m€176–497Shuttle to Abu Dhabi, fly to Brussels Airport, train
- Take a shuttle bus from Dubai - Ibn Battuta Mall to Abu Dhabi Airport
- Fly from Abu Dhabi (AUH) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane AUH - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Gand-Saint-Pierretrain
12h 49m€331–481Fly Dubai International Airport to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, bus
- Fly from Dubai International Airport (DXB) to Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL)plane DXB - CRL
- Take the bus from Charleroi Airport to Gent Sint Pieters Stationbus
15h 7m€237–731Fly Dubai International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Fly from Dubai International Airport (DXB) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane DXB - DUS
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Miditrain
- Take the train from Bruxelles-Midi to Gand-Saint-Pierretrain
13h 47m€229–794Shuttle to Abu Dhabi, fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Take a shuttle bus from Dubai - Ibn Battuta Mall to Abu Dhabi Airport
- Fly from Abu Dhabi (AUH) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane AUH - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Antwerpen-Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Anvers-Central to Gand-Dampoorttrain
14h 26m€254–517Fly Dubai International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, train
- Fly from Dubai International Airport (DXB) to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG)plane DXB - CDG
- Take the train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Take the train from Bruxelles-Midi to Gand-Saint-Pierretrain
13h 15m€239–690
Dubai International Airport (DXB) to Brussels Airport (BRU) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Dubai to Ghent is to fly and train which costs €170 - €500 and takes 12h 41m.
The fastest way to get from Dubai to Ghent is to fly and train which takes 10h 49m and costs €190 - €480.
The distance between Dubai and Ghent is 5231 km.
It takes approximately 10h 49m to get from Dubai to Ghent, including transfers.
Ghent is 3h behind Dubai. It is currently 8:52 AM in Dubai and 5:52 AM in Ghent.
There are 862+ hotels available in Ghent.
What companies run services between Dubai, United Arab Emirates and Ghent, Belgium?
There is no direct connection from Dubai to Ghent. However, you can take the subway to Airport Terminal 3 Metro Station 1, walk to Dubai International Airport (DXB) airport, fly to Brussels Airport (BRU), walk to Brussels Airport-Zaventem, then take the train to Gand-Saint-Pierre. Alternatively, you can take the subway to Ibn Battuta Metro Station, walk to Dubai - Ibn Battuta Mall, take the shuttle to Abu Dhabi Airport, walk to Abu Dhabi (AUH) airport, fly to Brussels Airport (BRU), walk to Brussels Airport-Zaventem, then take the train to Gand-Saint-Pierre.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Brussels Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–800
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Brussels Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–850
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Brussels Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–550
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Brussels Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–550
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–850
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €200–800
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €190–800
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–550
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–550
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–800
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–750
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–750
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €190–700
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–750
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Brussels Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–650
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–650
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €200–600
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–650
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Brussels Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €180–750
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €180–700
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–700
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–550
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–550
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Brussels South Charleroi Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €230–800
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Brussels South Charleroi Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €330–900
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Brussels South Charleroi Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–700
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €180–700
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–700
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Brussels South Charleroi Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–900
- Website
- smartwings.com
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Brussels Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €270–700
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Brussels South Charleroi Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €220–700
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Gand-Saint-Pierre
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–19
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Gand-Saint-Pierre
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–19
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Anvers-Central to Gand-Dampoort
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–16
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to Gand-Saint-Pierre
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–15
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Anvers-Central to Gand-Dampoort
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–16
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to Gand-Saint-Pierre
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–15
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Antwerpen-Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–29
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Antwerpen-Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–29
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–75
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to Gand-Saint-Pierre
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €8–18
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to Gand-Saint-Pierre
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €8–18
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €85–140
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €120–200
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €60–95
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Website
- zayedinternationalairport.ae
Shuttle from Dubai - Ibn Battuta Mall to Abu Dhabi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–10
- Schedules at
- zayedinternationalairport.ae
Shuttle from Dubai - Ibn Battuta Mall to Abu Dhabi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–10
- Schedules at
- zayedinternationalairport.ae
- Phone
- +352 50 55 62 63 10
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flibco
Bus from Charleroi Airport to Gent Sint Pieters Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–29
- Website
- Flibco
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