There are 10 ways to get from Ljubljana to Leuven by plane, car, car train, bus, train, night train, or shuttle
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Fly Ljubljana to Brussels Airport
best- Fly from Ljubljana (LJU) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane LJU - BRU
4h 33m€146–348Train, night train
cheapest- Take the train from Ljubljana to Villach Hbftrain 38 / ...
- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Salzburg Hbftrain Ice
- Take the nighttrain from Salzburg Hbf to Brussels-Nordnighttrain Nj
18h 50m€94–342Drive, car train
- Drive from Ljubljana to Villach Hbfcar
- Take the cartrain from Villach Hbf to Fuldacartrain
- Drive from Fulda to Leuvencar
14h 42m€176–238Bus
- Take the bus from Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja to Munich Hbfbus
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to Brussels-North train stationbus N136 / ...
18h 53m€103–1,438Shuttle to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, fly to Brussels Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja to Zagreb Airport
- Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane ZAG - BRU
5h 48m€106–689Shuttle to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly to Brussels Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane VCE - BRU
6h 53m€95–878Fly Ljubljana to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Fly from Ljubljana (LJU) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane LJU - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Anvers-Centraltrain
- Take the train from Anvers-Central to Louvaintrain
7h 1m€186–522Train
- Take the train from Ljubljana to Villach Hbftrain 38 / ...
- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Koeln Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Leuventrain 79
14h 46m€100–929Drive 1,111.8 km
- Drive from Ljubljana to Leuvencar 1,111.8 km
11h 1m€170–246Shuttle, train
- Take a shuttle bus from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Luxembourg
- Take the train from Luxembourg to Louvaintrain Ic
14h 57m€638–783
Ljubljana to Leuven by bus and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Ljubljana to Leuven is to train which costs €100 - €950 and takes 14h 46m.
The fastest way to get from Ljubljana to Leuven is to fly which takes 4h 33m and costs €140 - €350.
No, there is no direct bus from Ljubljana to Leuven. However, there are services departing from Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja and arriving at Leuven Wijnpers via Munich central bus station and Brussel Noord opstaphalte. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 18h 53m.
No, there is no direct train from Ljubljana to Leuven. However, there are services departing from Ljubljana and arriving at Louvain via Villach Hbf, Salzburg Hbf and Brussels-Nord. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 18h 50m.
The distance between Ljubljana and Leuven is 943 km. The road distance is 1111.8 km.
The best way to get from Ljubljana to Leuven without a car is to bus which takes 18h 53m and costs €100 - €1500.
It takes approximately 4h 33m to get from Ljubljana to Leuven, including transfers.
Ljubljana to Leuven bus services, operated by GoOpti, depart from Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja station.
Ljubljana to Leuven train services, operated by Slovenske železnice (SŽ), depart from Ljubljana station.
The best way to get from Ljubljana to Leuven is to fly which takes 4h 33m and costs €140 - €350. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €100 - €1500 and takes 18h 53m, you could also train, which costs €100 - €950 and takes 14h 46m.
What companies run services between Ljubljana, Slovenia and Leuven, Belgium?
Brussels Airlines, Swiss, and two other airlines fly from Ljubljana (LJU) to Brussels Airport (BRU) every 4 hours. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja to Leuven Wijnpers via Munich central bus station, Brussels-North train station, and Brussel Noord opstaphalte in around 18h 53m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Brussels Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–390
Flights from Ljubljana to Brussels Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–280
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Brussels Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–270
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Brussels Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Brussels Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–190
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Brussels Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–300
Flights from Ljubljana to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–340
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Brussels Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–380
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Brussels Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–270
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Brussels Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–290
Flights from Ljubljana to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–330
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–280
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–270
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–190
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Brussels Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–380
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Brussels Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–320
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Brussels Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–290
Flights from Ljubljana to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–370
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–270
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Villach Hbf to Fulda
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 14m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
- Phone
- +386 1 29 13 331
- [email protected]
- Website
- Slovenske železnice (SŽ)
Train from Ljubljana to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–29
- Website
- Slovenske železnice (SŽ)
Train from Ljubljana to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–29
- Website
- Slovenske železnice (SŽ)
- Phone
- +385 60 333 444
- [email protected]
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
Train from Ljubljana to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €20–29
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
Train from Ljubljana to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €20–29
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Villach Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–150
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Anvers-Central to Louvain
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Villach Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €160–750
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to Leuven
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €30–150
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Villach Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–45
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Villach Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Villach Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Train from Villach Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €20–90
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €80–90
- Couchette Carriage
- €50–60
- Seating Carriage
- €20–24
Night train from Salzburg Hbf to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 44m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €50–140
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €110–140
- Couchette Carriage
- €80–95
- Seating Carriage
- €50–60
Train from Villach Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 8m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €50–130
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €100–130
- Couchette Carriage
- €75–95
- Seating Carriage
- €50–60
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Schiphol Airport to Anvers-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Schiphol Airport to Anvers-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €24–50
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Anvers-Central to Louvain
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–20
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Luxembourg to Louvain
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- [email protected]
- Website
- GoOpti
Bus from Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja to Munich Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €500–1,400
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja to Zagreb Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €28–470
- Website
- GoOpti
- Shared
- €28–75
- Private
- €140–180
Shuttle from Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €49–700
- Website
- GoOpti
- Shared
- €49
- Private
- €199
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja to Munich Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Munich central bus station to Brussels-North train station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +386 40 121 900
- [email protected]
- Website
- slovenija.eu.com
Shuttle from Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja to Zagreb Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €120–220
- Schedules at
- slovenija.eu.com
- 1 -3 persons
- €170
- 4-8 persons
- €220
Shuttle from Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €180–320
- Schedules at
- slovenija.eu.com
- 1 -3 persons
- €250
- 4-8 persons
- €300
- Phone
- +386 070740450
- [email protected]
- Website
- easydrive.si
Shuttle from Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Schedules at
- easydrive.si
- Phone
- +386 (0) 31 30 41 41
- [email protected]
- Website
- zup-prevozi.eu
Shuttle from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €600–700
- Schedules at
- zup-prevozi.eu
- Economy class
- €600–700
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Ljubljana to Leuven bus services, operated by GoOpti, arrive at Munich Hbf station.
Ljubljana to Leuven train services, operated by Slovenske železnice (SŽ), arrive at Villach Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Ljubljana to Leuven is 1112 km. It takes approximately 11h 1m to drive from Ljubljana to Leuven.
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