There are 12 ways to get from Leuven to Croatia by plane, train, bus, night train, car, shuttle, car train, or train (Eurostar)
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 Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
best- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane BRU - ZAG
5h 5m€90–250Train to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, fly to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Louvain to Charleroi-Centraltrain
- Fly from Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane CRL - ZAG
6h 24m€54–236Train, bus
- Take the train from Louvain to Liège-Guilleminstrain Ic / ...
- Take the train from Liege-Guillemins to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbftrain Ice / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to München Hbftrain 41 / ...
- Take the train from Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10 to Salzburg Hbftrain Re / ...
- Take the bus from Salzburg Hbf to Zagrebbus
15h 29mNight train, bus
- Take the nighttrain from Brussels-Nord to Mannheim Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the bus from Mannheim, ZOB to Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
23h 1m€99–215Drive 1,258.6 km
- Drive from Leuven to Zagrebcar 1,258.6 km
11h 16m€207–299Fly Brussels Airport to Ljubljana, shuttle
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Ljubljana (LJU)plane BRU - LJU
- Take a shuttle bus from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor
6h 43m€304–588Fly Brussels Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane BRU - VCE
- Take a shuttle bus from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Pula railway Stattion
7h 53m€103–766Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Take the train from Louvain to Anvers-Centraltrain
- Take the train from Anvers-Central to Schiphol Airporttrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane AMS - ZAG
7h€134–357Drive, car train
- Drive from Leuven to Fuldacar
- Take the cartrain from Fulda to Villach Hbf ARZcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf ARZ to Zagrebcar
15h 40m€208–293Train
- Take the train from Louvain to Liège-Guilleminstrain Ic / ...
- Take the train from Liege-Guillemins to Koeln Hbftrain Ice / ...
- Take the train from Köln 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 / ...
21h 15m€103–308Train, night train
- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Salzburg Hbftrain Nj / ...
- Take the nighttrain from Salzburg Hbf to Zagreb Glavni Kol.nighttrain En
22h 53m€216–501Bus
- Take the bus from Brussels-North train station to Zagrebbus N884
23h 55m€123–193
Brussels Airport (BRU) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Leuven to Croatia is to train and fly which costs €50 - €240 and takes 6h 24m.
The fastest way to get from Leuven to Croatia is to fly which takes 5h 5m and costs €90 - €250.
No, there is no direct bus from Leuven to Croatia. However, there are services departing from Leuven Lüdenscheid and arriving at Zagreb via Brussels-North train station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 23h 55m.
No, there is no direct train from Leuven to Croatia. However, there are services departing from Louvain and arriving at Trg bana J. Jelačića via Liege-Guillemins, Köln Hbf, Villach Hbf, Ljubljana and Glavni kolodvor. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 21h 15m.
The distance between Leuven and Croatia is 1066 km. The road distance is 1258.6 km.
The best way to get from Leuven to Croatia without a car is to train and bus which takes 15h 29m and costs .
It takes approximately 5h 5m to get from Leuven to Croatia, including transfers.
Leuven to Croatia bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Brussels-North train station.
Leuven to Croatia train services, operated by Belgian Railways (NMBS/SNCB), depart from Louvain station.
The best way to get from Leuven to Croatia is to fly which takes 5h 5m and costs €90 - €250. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €100 - €310 and takes 21h 15m, you could also bus, which costs €120 - €200 and takes 23h 55m.
What companies run services between Leuven, Belgium and Croatia?
Croatia Airlines, Brussels Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) every 4 hours. Alternatively, you can take a train from Louvain to Trg bana J. Jelačića via Liege-Guillemins, Köln Hbf, Villach Hbf, Ljubljana, Zagreb Glavni Kol., and Glavni kolodvor in around 21h 15m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–310
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–240
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 Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–290
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–260
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Monday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–240
Flights from Brussels Airport to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–290
Flights from Brussels Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–200
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Monday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–240
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–380
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Ljubljana via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–380
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–380
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–250
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–400
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Ljubljana via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–290
Flights from Brussels Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–210
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €35–210
- Website
- tuifly.be
Flights from Brussels Airport to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–350
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Louvain to Liège-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €13–20
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–85
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Louvain to Charleroi-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–19
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Louvain to Anvers-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Anvers-Central to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–45
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Louvain to Liège-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €13–20
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Brussels-Nord to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €180–270
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Louvain to Liège-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–22
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–90
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €65–130
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10 to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–50
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Louvain to Anvers-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–18
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Louvain to Liège-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–22
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Frankfurt to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–85
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +49 221 800 20 80
- [email protected]
- Website
- MSM Partyzug
Train from Frankfurt to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- MSM Partyzug
- Phone
- +49 30 200 73-0
- [email protected]
- Website
- Transdev GmbH
Train from Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10 to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €27–40
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- [email protected]
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10 to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–50
- Website
- Westbahn
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Brussels-Nord to Mannheim Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–101
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €97–101
- Couchette Carriage
- €60–75
- Seating Carriage
- €30–40
Train from Köln Hbf to Villach Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 34m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €50–140
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €110–140
- Couchette Carriage
- €80–95
- Seating Carriage
- €50–60
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Anvers-Central to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–95
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Fulda to Villach Hbf ARZ
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 46m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Villach Hbf to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–20
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Villach Hbf to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €17–29
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Ljubljana to Zagreb Glavni Kol.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Night train from Salzburg Hbf to Zagreb Glavni Kol.
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +386 1 29 13 331
- [email protected]
- Website
- Slovenske železnice (SŽ)
Train from Ljubljana to Zagreb Glavni Kol.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12
- Website
- Slovenske železnice (SŽ)
- Phone
- +385 60 333 444
- [email protected]
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
Train from Ljubljana to Zagreb Glavni Kol.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €12
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
Night train from Salzburg Hbf to Zagreb Glavni Kol.
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €34
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
Night train from Salzburg Hbf to Zagreb Glavni Kol.
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €140–220
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +385 99 2333 277
- [email protected]
- Website
- darojkovicpromet.hr
Bus from Salzburg Hbf to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- darojkovicpromet.hr
- Phone
- + 387 32 88 44 88
- [email protected]
- Website
- jelinak.com
Bus from Mannheim, ZOB to Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €65–108
- Schedules at
- web.facebook.com
- Regular prices
- €65–80
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- [email protected]
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €200–340
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Pula railway Stattion
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €44–550
- Website
- GoOpti
- Shared
- €44
- Private
- €248
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Brussels-North train station to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €120–190
- Website
- Flixbus
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Booking & Getting There
Leuven to Croatia bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Zagreb station.
Leuven to Croatia train services, operated by Belgian Railways (NMBS/SNCB), arrive at Liège-Guillemins station.
Yes, the driving distance between Leuven to Croatia is 1259 km. It takes approximately 11h 16m to drive from Leuven to Croatia.
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