There are 9 ways to get from Kraków to Ostend by plane, train, bus, 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 John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane KRK - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Gand-Saint-Pierretrain
- Take the train from Gand-Saint-Pierre to Ostendetrain
6h 13m€99–293Fly to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, bus, train
cheapest- Fly from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK) to Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL)plane KRK - CRL
- Take the bus from Charleroi Airport to Gent Sint Pieters Stationbus
- Take the train from Gand-Saint-Pierre to Ostendetrain
7h 40m€83–202Train via Leipzig
- Take the train from Krakow Glowny to Wroclaw Glownytrain Ic / ...
- Take the train from Wroclaw Glowny to Leipzig Hbftrain Ic
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Erfurt Hbftrain 28 / ...
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Frankfurttrain 12 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Miditrain 79
- Take the train from Bruxelles-Midi to Ostendetrain Ic / ...
16h 34m€207–438Bus
- Take the bus from Krakow, MDA Bus Station to Brugesbus N1360b
25h 20m€139–202Drive 1,359.3 km
- Drive from Kraków to Ostendcar 1,359.3 km
12h 31m€223–322Fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Fly from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane KRK - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Anvers-Centraltrain
- Take the train from Anvers-Central to Ostendetrain
8h 11m€148–402Fly to Eindhoven Airport, train
- Fly from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK) to Eindhoven Airport (EIN)plane KRK - EIN
- Take the train from Eindhoven Centraal to Bredatrain
- Take the train from Breda to Anvers-Centraltrain
- Take the train from Anvers-Central to Ostendetrain
8h 48m€94–296Train
- Take the train from Krakow Plaszow to Frankfurttrain Drf
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Brussels-Nordtrain 79
- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Ostendetrain Ic / ...
23h 28mBus, train
- Take the bus from Kraków to Kölnbus
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Take the train from Bruxelles-Central to Ostendetrain Ic / ...
31h 49m€300–381
Kraków to Ostend by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Kraków to Ostend is to fly and bus and train which costs €80 - €210 and takes 7h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Kraków to Ostend is to fly and train which takes 6h 13m and costs €95 - €300.
No, there is no direct bus from Kraków station to Ostend. However, there are services departing from Krakow, MDA Bus Station and arriving at Oostende Gouwelozestraat via Brugge Station perron C7. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 25h 20m.
No, there is no direct train from Kraków to Ostend. However, there are services departing from Krakow Glowny and arriving at Ostende via Wroclaw Glowny, Leipzig Hbf, Erfurt Hbf, Frankfurt and Bruxelles-Midi. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 34m.
The distance between Kraków and Ostend is 1230 km. The road distance is 1359.3 km.
The best way to get from Kraków to Ostend without a car is to train via Leipzig which takes 16h 34m and costs €200 - €440.
It takes approximately 6h 13m to get from Kraków to Ostend, including transfers.
Kraków to Ostend bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Krakow, MDA Bus Station.
Kraków to Ostend train services, operated by PKP Intercity, depart from Krakow Glowny station.
The best way to get from Kraków to Ostend is to train via Leipzig which takes 16h 34m and costs €200 - €440. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €130 - €210 and takes 25h 20m.
What companies run services between Kraków, Poland and Ostend, Belgium?
You can take a train from Krakow Glowny to Ostende via Wroclaw Glowny, Leipzig Hbf, Erfurt Hbf, Frankfurt, Bruxelles Midi, and Bruxelles-Midi in around 16h 34m. Alternatively, FlixBus operates a bus from Krakow, MDA Bus Station to Bruges once daily. Tickets cost €130–200 and the journey takes 23h 50m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Brussels South Charleroi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–150
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Brussels South Charleroi Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Friday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €50–150
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Brussels South Charleroi Airport via Trieste
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–150
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Eindhoven Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–220
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Eindhoven Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Brussels Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–340
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–330
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Brussels Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–200
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Brussels Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–200
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–300
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–300
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Brussels Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–200
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Brussels Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–200
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Brussels Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–200
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–250
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Brussels Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–280
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Eindhoven Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–180
- 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
- €12–20
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Gand-Saint-Pierre to Ostende
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–18
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to Ostende
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Gand-Saint-Pierre to Ostende
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- 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
- €27–45
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Anvers-Central to Ostende
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–40
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Breda to Anvers-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–16
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Anvers-Central to Ostende
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–40
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Frankfurt to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Brussels-Nord to Ostende
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Bruxelles-Central to Ostende
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Gand-Saint-Pierre to Ostende
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €10–21
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–90
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €65–140
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to Ostende
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €18–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Gand-Saint-Pierre to Ostende
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €10–21
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €60–130
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Brussels-Nord to Ostende
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- [email protected]
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Krakow Glowny to Wroclaw Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €29–55
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Wroclaw Glowny to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–75
- Website
- PKP Intercity
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- LEO Express
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- LEO Express
Train from Krakow Plaszow to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- LEO Express
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Schiphol Airport to Anvers-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–90
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €85–140
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Eindhoven Centraal to Breda
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–12
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Breda to Anvers-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–12
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Krakow, MDA Bus Station to Bruges
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–200
- Website
- Flixbus
- 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
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- [email protected]
- Website
- Grand Bus
Bus from Kraków to Köln
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €190–210
- Website
- Grand Bus
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Booking & Getting There
Kraków to Ostend bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Bruges station.
Kraków to Ostend train services, operated by PKP Intercity, arrive at Wroclaw Glowny station.
Yes, the driving distance between Kraków to Ostend is 1359 km. It takes approximately 12h 31m to drive from Kraków to Ostend.
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