There are 12 ways to get from Münster to Istanbul by train, plane, bus, night train, car, or car train
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Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Istanbul
best- Take the train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Istanbul (IST)plane DUS - IST
7h 39m₺6,894–21,203Train, train to Hannover Airport, fly to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to Osnabrück Hbftrain
- Take the train from Osnabrück Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)plane HAJ - SAW
9h 6m₺5,093–23,215Train, bus
- Take the train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to Herne Wanne-Eickel Hbftrain Re2
- Take the train from Herne Wanne-Eickel Hbf to München Hbftrain 47
- Take the bus from Munich to Istanbulbus
35h 24m₺11,480–38,335Night train, train
- Take the night train from Muenster(Westf)Hbf to Wien Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nordtrain 347
- Take the night train from Bucharest to Halkalinighttrain
42h 24m₺15,815–32,542Drive 2,464.5 km
- Drive from Münster to Istanbulcar 2,464.5 km
22h 29m₺19,411–28,038Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Take the train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)plane DUS - SAW
7h 57m₺5,597–26,226Train to Dortmund Airport, fly to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Take the train from Muenster(Westf)Hbf to Holzwickedetrain
- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)plane DTM - SAW
7h 28mTrain to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Take the train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)plane CGN - SAW
8h 38m₺5,261–27,105Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Istanbul
- Take the train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Istanbul (IST)plane CGN - IST
8h 26m₺7,758–28,082Bus
- Take the bus from Münster-Mitte to Lviv AS8 1 Dvirtseva Squarebus Mykolayiv
- Take the bus from Dvirtsevyi Bus Station to İstanbul Esenler bus stationbus Gns-01
36h 55mBus via Belgrade
- Take the bus from Münster to Beograd, Autobuska stanicabus
- Take the bus from Belgrade bus station to İstanbul Esenler bus stationbus FlixBus N1920
44h 25mDrive, car train
- Drive from Münster to Göttingencar
- Take the car train from Göttingen to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Istanbulcar
27h 40m₺21,014–29,687
Münster to Istanbul by train, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Münster to Istanbul is to train and fly which costs 5.000 ₺ - 24.000 ₺ and takes 9h 6m.
The fastest way to get from Münster to Istanbul is to train and fly which takes 7h 39m and costs 6.500 ₺ - 22.000 ₺.
No, there is no direct bus from Münster to Istanbul station. However, there are services departing from Münster-Mitte and arriving at İstanbul Esenler bus station via Dvirtsevyi Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 36h 55m.
No, there is no direct train from Münster to Istanbul. However, there are services departing from Muenster(Westf)Hbf and arriving at Yenikapi via Wien Hbf, Bucharest and Halkali. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 42h 24m.
The distance between Münster and Istanbul is 2173 km. The road distance is 2464.5 km.
The best way to get from Münster to Istanbul without a car is to train and bus which takes 35h 24m and costs 11.000 ₺ - 39.000 ₺.
It takes approximately 7h 39m to get from Münster to Istanbul, including transfers.
Münster to Istanbul bus services, operated by OrionBus, depart from Münster-Mitte station.
Münster to Istanbul train services, operated by Nightjet, depart from Muenster(Westf)Hbf station.
Münster to Istanbul bus services, operated by OrionBus, arrive at Lviv AS8 1 Dvirtseva Square station.
What companies run services between Münster, Germany and Istanbul, Turkey?
You can take a bus from Münster-Mitte to İstanbul Esenler bus station via Lviv AS8 1 Dvirtseva Square and Dvirtsevyi Bus Station in around 36h 55m.
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–23,000
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺5,500–26,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–22,000
Flights from Hannover Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺6,000–27,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺5,500–16,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺6,500–16,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Istanbul via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺6,000–18,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Istanbul via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺6,000–18,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Istanbul via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–30,000
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺4,200–21,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺3,400–20,000
Flights from Hannover Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺3,600–15,000
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Istanbul via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺4,800–13,000
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺1,500–2,600
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to Herne Wanne-Eickel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₺850–1,500
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺1,500–2,600
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to Osnabrück Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺650–1,100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₺1,100–5,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to Herne Wanne-Eickel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺650–2,900
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Herne Wanne-Eickel Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺6,500–29,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₺1,100–5,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺1,500–6,500
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺1,500–6,500
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to Osnabrück Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺500–2,200
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Osnabrück Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺1,300–6,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Muenster(Westf)Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₺3,200–8,000
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- ₺6,000–8,000
- Couchette Carriage
- ₺4,800–5,500
- Seating Carriage
- ₺3,200–3,900
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₺12,000–23,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- bdz.bg
Night train from Bucharest to Halkali
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₺500–1,456
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- ₺500–750
- 1st Class
- ₺550–750
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Muenster(Westf)Hbf to Holzwickede
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- [email protected]
- Website
- eurobahn.de
Train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to Osnabrück Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺650–900
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Osnabrück Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺800–1,700
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Göttingen to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 29m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₺5,500–6,500
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +90 212 658 18 51
- [email protected]
- Website
- alparturizm.com.tr
Bus from Munich to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₺4,300–6,500
- Website
- https://www.alparturizm.com.tr/en/
- Phone
- +38 (050) 010-01-04
- [email protected]
- Website
- orionbus.net
Bus from Münster-Mitte to Lviv AS8 1 Dvirtseva Square
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 59m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://orionbus.net/en
- Phone
- +380 (93) 320-44-44
- [email protected]
- Website
- gunsel.ua
Bus from Dvirtsevyi Bus Station to İstanbul Esenler bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₺3,600–4,700
- Website
- https://gunsel.ua/
- Phone
- +381 20 333 733
- [email protected]
- Website
- garo-reisen.rs
Bus from Münster to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 29h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- garo-reisen.rs
- Phone
- 444 0 562
- [email protected]
- Website
- flixbus.com.tr
Bus from Belgrade bus station to İstanbul Esenler bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺1,200–1,700
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com.tr
- Phone
- 0545 792 30 02
- [email protected]
- Website
- luksyonca.com.tr
Bus from Belgrade bus station to İstanbul Esenler bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₺1,900
- Schedules at
- luksyonca.com.tr
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