There are 9 ways to get from Leuven to Hungary by plane, train, bus, night train, or car
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Fly Brussels Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
best- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane BRU - BUD
4h 50mFt 30,671–94,788Train to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Louvain to Charleroi-Centraltrain
- Fly from Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane CRL - BUD
6h 4mFt 16,570–65,317Train
- Take the train from Louvain to Liège-Guilleminstrain Ic / ...
- Take the train from Liège-Guillemins to Wien HBFtrain Nj / ...
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeldtrain Ec
18h 21mFt 83,782–155,411Bus
- Take the bus from Leuven Station to Cologne Airport CGNbus N84
- Take the bus from Cologne Airport CGN to Budapest Déli train stationbus N161
21h 55mFt 43,846–65,041Night train, train
- Take the nighttrain from Brussels-Nord to Wien Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeldtrain Ec
19h 2mFt 29,323–160,674Fly Brussels Airport to Vienna International Airport, train
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)plane BRU - VIE
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Gyoertrain
5h 44mFt 31,851–115,718Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International 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 Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane AMS - BUD
6h 35mFt 50,435–133,149Train, bus
- Take the train from Louvain to Liège-Guilleminstrain Ic / ...
- Take the train from Liège, Guillemins Bf to Frankfurttrain 79
- Take the bus from Frankfurt Central Train Station to Népliget Stationbus
23h 17mFt 43,582–76,411Drive 1,299.6 km
- Drive from Leuven to Budapestcar 1,299.6 km
11h 51mFt 77,756–112,314
Leuven to Hungary by train, foot, and tram
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Leuven to Hungary is to train and fly which costs 16 000 Ft - 70 000 Ft and takes 6h 4m.
The fastest way to get from Leuven to Hungary is to fly which takes 4h 50m and costs 30 000 Ft - 95 000 Ft.
No, there is no direct bus from Leuven station to Hungary station. However, there are services departing from Leuven Station and arriving at Budapest Déli train station via Cologne Airport CGN. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 21h 55m.
No, there is no direct train from Leuven to Hungary. However, there are services departing from Louvain and arriving at Clark Ádám tér via Liège-Guillemins, Wien Hbf and Kelenföld vasútállomás M. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 18h 21m.
The distance between Leuven and Hungary is 1178 km. The road distance is 1299.6 km.
The best way to get from Leuven to Hungary without a car is to train which takes 18h 21m and costs 80 000 Ft - 160 000 Ft.
It takes approximately 4h 50m to get from Leuven to Hungary, including transfers.
Leuven to Hungary bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Leuven Station.
Leuven to Hungary train services, operated by Belgian Railways (NMBS/SNCB), depart from Louvain station.
The best way to get from Leuven to Hungary is to fly which takes 4h 50m and costs 30 000 Ft - 95 000 Ft. Alternatively, you can train, which costs 80 000 Ft - 160 000 Ft and takes 18h 21m, you could also bus, which costs 43 000 Ft - 65 000 Ft and takes 21h 55m.
What companies run services between Leuven, Belgium and Hungary?
Brussels Airlines, Lufthansa, and two other airlines fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) every 4 hours. Alternatively, you can take a train from Louvain to Clark Ádám tér via Liège-Guillemins, Wien HBF, Wien Hbf, Budapest-Kelenfoeld, and Kelenföld vasútállomás M in around 18h 21m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 20,000–55,000
Flights from Brussels Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 28,000–45,000
Flights from Brussels Airport to Vienna International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 28,000–95,000
Flights from Brussels Airport to Vienna International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 26,000–140,000
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 46,000–110,000
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 46,000–110,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 24,000–100,000
Flights from Brussels Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 26,000–95,000
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 31,000–130,000
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 20,000–55,000
Flights from Brussels Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 28,000–45,000
Flights from Brussels Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 26,000–95,000
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Friday, Sunday, Saturday, Monday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- Ft 8,500–60,000
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Venice Treviso
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 8,500–60,000
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 8,500–60,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 19,000–110,000
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 22,000–130,000
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 9,000–50,000
- 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
- Ft 4,700–7,500
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Liège-Guillemins to Wien HBF
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 37m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 75,000–120,000
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Night train from Brussels-Nord to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 19m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 80,000–130,000
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Louvain to Charleroi-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 4,300–7,000
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Louvain to Anvers-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Ft 3,800–6,000
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Anvers-Central to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 9,500–15,000
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Louvain to Liège-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- Ft 4,700–7,500
- 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
- Ft 4,100–8,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Louvain to Anvers-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 3,400–7,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Louvain to Liège-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 4,100–8,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Liège, Guillemins Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 17,000–34,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 22,563
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 22,563
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Wien Hbf to Gyoer
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 10,963
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 13,000–21,000
- Website
- Railjet
- Website
- Railjet
- *
- Ft 13,000–20,000
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 13,000–21,000
- Website
- Railjet
- Website
- Railjet
- *
- Ft 13,000–20,000
Train from Wien Hbf to Gyoer
- *
- Ft 8,000–12,000
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 16,000–27,000
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 16,000–27,000
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Wien Hbf to Gyoer
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 7,500–13,000
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- RegioJet
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 4,200–7,500
- Website
- RegioJet
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 4,200–7,500
- Website
- RegioJet
Train from Wien Hbf to Gyoer
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 2,000–3,600
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Brussels-Nord to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 23,000–55,000
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- Ft 42,000–55,000
- Couchette Carriage
- Ft 33,000–39,000
- Seating Carriage
- Ft 23,000–28,000
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Anvers-Central to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 21,000–34,000
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Leuven Station to Cologne Airport CGN
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 6,500–10,000
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Cologne Airport CGN to Budapest Déli train station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 37,000–55,000
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +359 2 812 0 812
- [email protected]
- Website
- karat-s.com
Bus from Frankfurt Central Train Station to Népliget Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 23,000–34,000
- Schedules at
- karat-s.com
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- [email protected]
- Website
- Citylines
Bus from Frankfurt Central Train Station to Népliget Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 22,000–30,000
- Website
- Citylines
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Booking & Getting There
Leuven to Hungary bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Cologne Airport CGN station.
Leuven to Hungary train services, operated by Belgian Railways (NMBS/SNCB), arrive at Liège-Guillemins station.
Yes, the driving distance between Leuven to Hungary is 1300 km. It takes approximately 11h 51m to drive from Leuven to Hungary.
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