There are 10 ways to get from Leuven to Bologna by plane, train (Eurostar, Trenitalia), bus, car, train, or night train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Brussels Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
best- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane BRU - BLQ
4h 2m€68–247Train to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, fly to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Louvain to Charleroi-Centraltrain
- Fly from Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane CRL - BLQ
5h 21m€61–241Train
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Chambery Challes Les Eauxtrain
- Take the train from Chambery Challes Les Eaux to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Bologna centraletrain
11h 45m€370–612Bus via Milan
- Take the bus from Brussels-North train station to Milanbus FlixBus N836 / ...
- Take the bus from Milan to Bolognabus FlixBus N524 / ...
18h 15m€89–152Drive 1,074.4 km
- Drive from Leuven to Bolognacar 1,074.4 km
11h 10m€174–252Fly Brussels Airport to Florence Peretola Airport, train
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR)plane BRU - FLR
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centraletrain
5h 20m€79–299Fly Brussels Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport, train
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane BRU - VCE
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna centraletrain
5h 56m€80–264Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Take the train from Louvain to Anvers-Centraltrain
- Take the train from Antwerpen-Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane AMS - BLQ
6h 22m€115–302Bus
- Take the bus from Bruxelles - Rue du Progrès to Bolognabus
20h 22m€155–219Train, night train
- Take the train from Louvain to Liège-Guilleminstrain Ic / ...
- Take the train from Liège-Guillemins to München Osttrain Nj / ...
- Take the nighttrain from Muenchen Ost to Bologna Centralenighttrain Nj
21h 7m€172–336
Leuven to Bologna by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Leuven to Bologna is to bus via Milan which costs €85 - €160 and takes 18h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Leuven to Bologna is to fly which takes 4h 2m and costs €65 - €250.
No, there is no direct bus from Leuven to Bologna. However, there are services departing from Leuven Lüdenscheid and arriving at Bologna via Brussels-North train station and Milan. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 18h 15m.
No, there is no direct train from Leuven to Bologna. However, there are services departing from Louvain and arriving at Bologna centrale via Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, Chambery Challes Les Eaux and Milano Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 45m.
The distance between Leuven and Bologna is 896 km. The road distance is 1074.4 km.
The best way to get from Leuven to Bologna without a car is to train which takes 11h 45m and costs €370 - €650.
It takes approximately 4h 2m to get from Leuven to Bologna, including transfers.
Leuven to Bologna bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Brussels-North train station.
Leuven to Bologna train services, operated by Eurostar, depart from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi station.
The best way to get from Leuven to Bologna is to fly which takes 4h 2m and costs €65 - €250. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €370 - €650 and takes 11h 45m, you could also bus via Milan, which costs €85 - €160 and takes 18h 15m.
What companies run services between Leuven, Belgium and Bologna, Italy?
Brussels Airlines, Swiss, and two other airlines fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) 5 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from Louvain to Bologna centrale via Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, Chambery Challes Les Eaux, and Milano Centrale in around 11h 45m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–250
Flights from Brussels Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–480
Flights from Brussels Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–370
Flights from Brussels Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–370
Flights from Brussels Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–240
Flights from Brussels Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–240
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–310
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–650
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–370
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–380
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
Flights from Brussels Airport to Florence Peretola Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–210
Flights from Brussels Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–200
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
Flights from Brussels Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–370
Flights from Brussels Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–280
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–220
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Florence Peretola Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Chambery Challes Les Eaux
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 29m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €300–500
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Chambery Challes Les Eaux to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–55
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €11–15
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–25
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Milano Centrale to Bologna centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–45
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–18
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–30
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Louvain to Charleroi-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–18
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Louvain to Anvers-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–16
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Louvain to Liège-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–19
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Liège-Guillemins to München Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 7m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €120–190
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–22
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €27–70
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €45–70
- 2nd Class
- €27–40
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €9–18
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €16–30
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Louvain to Anvers-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €10–22
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Louvain to Liège-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–27
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Antwerpen-Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–30
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Muenchen Ost to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–120
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €100–120
- Couchette Carriage
- €70–85
- Seating Carriage
- €40–50
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Brussels-North train station to Milan
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Milan to Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–29
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- Itabus S.p.A.
Bus from Milan to Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €11–20
- Website
- Itabus S.p.A.
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- [email protected]
- Website
- Onebus
Bus from Bruxelles - Rue du Progrès to Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 18m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €150–210
- Website
- Onebus
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Booking & Getting There
Leuven to Bologna bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Milan station.
Leuven to Bologna train services, operated by Eurostar, arrive at Chambery Challes Les Eaux station.
Yes, the driving distance between Leuven to Bologna is 1074 km. It takes approximately 11h 10m to drive from Leuven to Bologna.
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