There are 10 ways to get from Ghent to Kraków by train, plane, bus, car, or night train
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Train to Brussels Airport, fly to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
best- Take the train from Gand-Saint-Pierre to Brussels Airport-Zaventemtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)plane BRU - KRK
6h 4mzł 364–1,057Bus to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, fly to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
cheapest- Take the bus from Gent Sint Pieters Station to Charleroi Airportbus
- Fly from Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)plane CRL - KRK
6h 39mzł 292–1,292Train via Frankfurt am Main
- Take the train from Gand-Saint-Pierre to Bruxelles-Miditrain Ic / ...
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Frankfurt(Main)Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadttrain 50
- Take the train from Dresden-Neustadt to Zgorzelectrain Re
- Take the train from Zgorzelec to Wroclaw Glownytrain Os
- Take the train from Wroclaw Glowny to Krakow Glownytrain Ic / ...
17h 33mzł 1,128–4,807Bus
- Take the bus from Ghent Dampoort to Krakow, MDA Bus Stationbus N1360b
22h 45mzł 500–900Drive 1,301.4 km
- Drive from Ghent to Krakówcar 1,301.4 km
12h 1mzł 858–1,239Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Take the train from Gand-Dampoort to Anvers-Centraltrain
- Take the train from Anvers-Central to Schiphol Airporttrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)plane AMS - KRK
7h 19mzł 526–1,612Train to Brussels Airport, fly to Warsaw Chopin Airport, train
- Take the train from Gand-Saint-Pierre to Brussels Airport-Zaventemtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Warsaw Chopin Airport (WAW)plane BRU - WAW
- Take the train from Warszawa Zachodnia to Krakow Glownytrain
7h 39mzł 438–1,963Train, train to Eindhoven Airport, fly to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Take the train from Gand-Dampoort to Anvers-Centraltrain
- Take the train from Anvers-Central to Bredatrain
- Take the train from Breda to Eindhoven Centraaltrain
- Fly from Eindhoven Airport (EIN) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)plane EIN - KRK
8h 13mzł 354–1,460Train
- Take the train from Gand-Dampoort to Anvers-Centraltrain Ic / ...
- Take the train from Antwerpen-Centraal to Praha hl.n.train
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Krakow Glownytrain 411 / ...
20h 37mzł 772–2,135Train, night train, bus
- Take the train from Gand-Saint-Pierre to Bruxelles-Centraltrain Ic / ...
- Take the nighttrain from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the bus from Köln to Krakówbus
32h 51m
Ghent to Kraków by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Ghent to Kraków is to bus and fly which costs 290 zł - 1 300 zł and takes 6h 39m.
The fastest way to get from Ghent to Kraków is to train and fly which takes 6h 4m and costs 360 zł - 1 100 zł.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Ghent Dampoort and arriving at Krakow, MDA Bus Station station. Services depart once daily, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 22h 45m.
No, there is no direct train from Ghent to Kraków. However, there are services departing from Gand-Saint-Pierre and arriving at Krakow Glowny via Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, Frankfurt, Dresden-Neustadt, Zgorzelec and Wroclaw Glowny. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 33m.
The distance between Ghent and Kraków is 1168 km. The road distance is 1301.4 km.
The best way to get from Ghent to Kraków without a car is to train via Frankfurt am Main which takes 17h 33m and costs 1 100 zł - 4 900 zł.
It takes approximately 6h 4m to get from Ghent to Kraków, including transfers.
Ghent to Kraków bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Ghent Dampoort station.
Ghent to Kraków train services, operated by Belgian Railways (NMBS/SNCB), depart from Gand-Saint-Pierre station.
The best way to get from Ghent to Kraków is to train via Frankfurt am Main which takes 17h 33m and costs 1 100 zł - 4 900 zł. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs 500 zł - 900 zł and takes 22h 45m.
What companies run services between Ghent, Belgium and Kraków, Poland?
You can take a train from Gand-Saint-Pierre to Krakow Glowny via Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, Frankfurt(Main)Hbf, Frankfurt, Dresden-Neustadt, Zgorzelec, and Wroclaw Glowny in around 17h 33m. Alternatively, FlixBus operates a bus from Ghent Dampoort to Krakow, MDA Bus Station once daily. Tickets cost zł 500–900 and the journey takes 22h 45m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 350–1,100
Flights from Brussels Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 350–1,100
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 470–1,300
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 470–1,300
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Warsaw Chopin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 300–900
Flights from Brussels Airport to Warsaw Chopin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 250–1,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 250–1,300
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 290–1,500
Flights from Brussels Airport to Warsaw Chopin Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 270–1,400
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 280–800
Flights from Brussels Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 350–1,100
Flights from Brussels Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 350–1,100
Flights from Brussels Airport to Warsaw Chopin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 220–700
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 190–1,100
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 190–1,100
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 240–1,200
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Warsaw Chopin Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 440–1,200
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Sunday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- zł 380–1,300
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 360–1,300
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 460–1,100
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 200–1,100
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Gand-Saint-Pierre to Brussels Airport-Zaventem
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- zł 50–100
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Gand-Saint-Pierre to Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- zł 35–80
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Gand-Dampoort to Anvers-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- zł 40–85
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Anvers-Central to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- zł 100–210
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Gand-Saint-Pierre to Brussels Airport-Zaventem
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- zł 50–100
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Gand-Dampoort to Anvers-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- zł 40–85
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Anvers-Central to Breda
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 40–85
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Gand-Dampoort to Anvers-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- zł 40–85
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Gand-Saint-Pierre to Bruxelles-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- zł 35–80
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Gand-Saint-Pierre to Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- zł 40–180
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 310–1,400
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 380–1,700
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- 0 89 54 888 97 - 25
- [email protected]
- Website
- Die Länderbahn
Train from Dresden-Neustadt to Zgorzelec
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 130–480
- Schedules at
- Die Länderbahn
- Phone
- +49 89 548889725
- [email protected]
- Website
- trilex - Die Länderbahn GmbH DLB
Train from Dresden-Neustadt to Zgorzelec
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 160–480
- Schedules at
- trilex - Die Länderbahn GmbH DLB
- Phone
- +48 76 742 11 12
- [email protected]
- Website
- Koleje Dolnośląskie
Train from Zgorzelec to Wroclaw Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 170–340
- Website
- Koleje Dolnośląskie
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- [email protected]
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Zgorzelec to Wroclaw Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- zł 100–400
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Wroclaw Glowny to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 170–650
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Warszawa Zachodnia to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- zł 190–750
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Gand-Dampoort to Anvers-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 40–85
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Gand-Dampoort to Anvers-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 40–85
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Gand-Dampoort to Anvers-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 40–85
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Anvers-Central to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 180–320
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +420 220 311 700
- [email protected]
- Website
- LEO Express
Train from Warszawa Zachodnia to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 75–120
- Website
- LEO Express
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- zł 130–210
- Website
- LEO Express
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Anvers-Central to Breda
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 27–55
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Breda to Eindhoven Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- zł 28–60
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +31302035833
- [email protected]
- Website
- European Sleeper
Train from Antwerpen-Centraal to Praha hl.n.
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- zł 600–1,200
- Website
- European Sleeper
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- RegioJet
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 49m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- zł 130–210
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 32m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- zł 470–850
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- zł 90–400
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- zł 360–400
- Couchette Carriage
- zł 230–270
- Seating Carriage
- zł 90–110
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Ghent Dampoort to Krakow, MDA Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 500–900
- Website
- Flixbus
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flibco
Bus from Gent Sint Pieters Station to Charleroi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 80–190
- Website
- Flibco
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- [email protected]
- Website
- Grand Bus
Bus from Köln to Kraków
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Grand Bus
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More Questions & Answers
Ghent to Kraków bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Krakow, MDA Bus Station.
Ghent to Kraków train services, operated by Belgian Railways (NMBS/SNCB), arrive at Bruxelles-Midi station.
Yes, the driving distance between Ghent to Kraków is 1301 km. It takes approximately 12h 1m to drive from Ghent to Kraków.
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