There are 10 ways to get from Leuven to Zagreb by plane, train, bus, car, car train, shuttle, or night train
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Fly Brussels Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
best- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane BRU - ZAG
4h 54m€89–248Train 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 14m€52–234Train, bus via Munich
- 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 bus from Munich Hbf to Samobor, Autobusni kolodvorbus
14h 59m€153–301Drive, 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€209–294Drive 1,258.6 km
- Drive from Leuven to Zagrebcar 1,258.6 km
11h 16m€208–300Fly 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 26m€313–586Train, 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
6h 50m€131–355Train
- 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 Salzburg Hauptbahnhoftrain 62
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbftrain Ic
- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Ljubljanatrain 19 / ...
- Take the train from Ljubljana to Zagreb Glavni Kol.train 319 / ...
18h 25m€183–462Train, bus
- Take the train from Louvain to Hasselttrain Ic / ...
- Take the bus from Hasselt Station to Zagrebbus N884
22h 7m€120–185Train, 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 45m€205–499
Leuven to Zagreb by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Leuven to Zagreb is to train and fly which costs €50 - €240 and takes 6h 14m.
The fastest way to get from Leuven to Zagreb is to fly which takes 4h 54m and costs €85 - €250.
No, there is no direct train from Leuven to Zagreb. However, there are services departing from Louvain and arriving at Zagreb Glavni Kol. via Liege-Guillemins, Frankfurt, Salzburg Hbf, Villach Hbf and Ljubljana. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 18h 25m.
The distance between Leuven and Zagreb is 1064 km. The road distance is 1258.6 km.
The best way to get from Leuven to Zagreb without a car is to train and bus via Munich which takes 14h 59m and costs €150 - €310.
It takes approximately 4h 54m to get from Leuven to Zagreb, including transfers.
Leuven to Zagreb train services, operated by Belgian Railways (NMBS/SNCB), depart from Louvain station.
The best way to get from Leuven to Zagreb is to fly which takes 4h 54m and costs €85 - €250. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €180 - €470 and takes 18h 25m.
Leuven to Zagreb train services, operated by Belgian Railways (NMBS/SNCB), arrive at Liège-Guillemins station.
Yes, the driving distance between Leuven to Zagreb is 1259 km. It takes approximately 11h 16m to drive from Leuven to Zagreb.
What companies run services between Leuven, Belgium and Zagreb, 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 Zagreb Glavni Kol. via Liege-Guillemins, Frankfurt, Salzburg Hauptbahnhof, Salzburg Hbf, Villach Hbf, and Ljubljana in around 18h 25m.
- 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 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
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, 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
- €70–380
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–380
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, 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
- 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
- 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
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Ljubljana via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–290
- 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
- €50–80
- 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
- €10–17
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Anvers-Central to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- 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
- €50–80
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Frankfurt to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 41m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €100–160
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Louvain to Hasselt
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Brussels-Nord to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €170–270
- 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
- €11–23
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–95
- 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 Louvain to Anvers-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–19
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Louvain to Liège-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–23
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–95
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 56m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €85–180
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €28–60
- 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 (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
- +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
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- 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 Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Villach Hbf to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €18–30
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Ljubljana to Zagreb Glavni Kol.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €25–45
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Night train from Salzburg Hbf to Zagreb Glavni Kol.
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €20–90
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €80–90
- Couchette Carriage
- €50–60
- Seating Carriage
- €20–24
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €46
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- 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 98 900 9132
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Munich Hbf to Samobor, Autobusni kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €50
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- 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
- €210–340
- Website
- GoOpti
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Hasselt Station to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–170
- Website
- Flixbus
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