There are 10 ways to get from Mechelen to Budapest 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
5h 1mFt 27,106–72,599Train to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Malines to Charleroi-Centraltrain
- Fly from Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane CRL - BUD
6h 39mFt 16,432–66,461Train
- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Wien HBFtrain Nj
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeldtrain Ec
19h 1mFt 81,738–186,463Bus
- Take the bus from Antwerp Rooseveltplaats to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvarbus 1924
20h 52mFt 42,961–72,805Night train, train
- Take the night train from Brussels-Nord to Wien Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeldtrain Ec
19h 23mFt 30,188–96,913Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- 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 32mFt 51,451–121,605Train, train to Eindhoven Airport, fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Take the train from Malines to Bredatrain
- Take the train from Breda to Eindhoven Centraaltrain
- Fly from Eindhoven Airport (EIN) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane EIN - BUD
7h 5mFt 25,924–91,992Fly 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 Budapest-Kelenfoeldtrain
6h 59mFt 33,866–121,299Bus via Metz
- Take the bus from Brussels - Midi Train Station to Metz - Bus Stationbus BlaBlaCar Bus
- Take the bus from Metz - Bus Station to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvarbus BlaBlaCar Bus
23h 33mFt 49,764–93,526Drive 1,315.7 km
- Drive from Mechelen to Budapestcar 1,315.7 km
12h 25mFt 73,765–106,549
Mechelen to Budapest by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Mechelen to Budapest is to train and fly which costs 16 000 Ft - 70 000 Ft and takes 6h 39m.
The fastest way to get from Mechelen to Budapest is to fly which takes 5h 1m and costs 27 000 Ft - 75 000 Ft.
No, there is no direct bus from Mechelen to Budapest. However, there are services departing from Antwerp Rooseveltplaats and arriving at Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar via . The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 20h 52m.
No, there is no direct train from Mechelen to Budapest. However, there are services departing from Malines and arriving at Budapest-Kelenfoeld via Brussels-Nord and Wien Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 19h 1m.
The distance between Mechelen and Budapest is 1170 km. The road distance is 1315.7 km.
The best way to get from Mechelen to Budapest without a car is to train which takes 19h 1m and costs 80 000 Ft - 190 000 Ft.
It takes approximately 5h 1m to get from Mechelen to Budapest, including transfers.
Mechelen to Budapest bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Antwerp Rooseveltplaats station.
Mechelen to Budapest train services, operated by Belgian Railways (NMBS/SNCB), depart from Brussels-Nord station.
The best way to get from Mechelen to Budapest is to fly which takes 5h 1m and costs 27 000 Ft - 75 000 Ft. Alternatively, you can train, which costs 80 000 Ft - 190 000 Ft and takes 19h 1m, you could also bus, which costs 43 000 Ft - 75 000 Ft and takes 20h 52m.
What companies run services between Mechelen, Belgium and Budapest, Hungary?
Brussels Airlines, Lufthansa, and three other airlines fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) every 2 hours. Alternatively, you can take a train from Malines to Budapest-Kelenfoeld via Brussels-Nord, Wien HBF, and Wien Hbf in around 19h 1m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 23,000–110,000
Flights from Brussels Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 36,000–110,000
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 48,000–140,000
Flights from Brussels Airport to Vienna International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 29,000–120,000
Flights from Brussels Airport to Vienna International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 27,000–90,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 23,000–100,000
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 34,000–130,000
Flights from Brussels Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 27,000–90,000
- 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 23,000–50,000
Flights from Brussels Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 36,000–110,000
Flights from Brussels Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 27,000–90,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 20,000–100,000
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 24,000–120,000
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Wednesday to Tuesday
- Estimated price
- Ft 15,000–55,000
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- Ft 15,000–55,000
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 9,000–44,000
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 15,000–70,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 29,000–100,000
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Brussels-Nord to Wien HBF
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 57m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 75,000–150,000
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Malines to Charleroi-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Ft 4,700–9,500
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Malines to Breda
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 4,700–9,500
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 19,000–34,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 19,000–34,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 19,000–34,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 13,000–21,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- Ft 13,000–21,000
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 13,000–21,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- Ft 13,000–21,000
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 13,000–21,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- Ft 13,000–21,000
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- regiojet.com
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 5,500–8,500
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 5,500–8,500
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 5,500–8,500
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 18,000–34,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 18,000–34,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 18,000–34,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Brussels-Nord to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 57m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 23,000–60,000
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- Ft 43,000–60,000
- Couchette Carriage
- Ft 33,000–39,000
- Seating Carriage
- Ft 23,000–28,000
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- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Anvers-Central to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 16,000–28,000
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Malines to Breda
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 3,200–6,500
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Breda to Eindhoven Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Ft 2,300–4,800
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Antwerp Rooseveltplaats to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 42,000–70,000
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Brussels - Midi Train Station to Metz - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 8,500–16,000
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Metz - Bus Station to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 40,000–75,000
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
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More Questions & Answers
Mechelen to Budapest bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar station.
Mechelen to Budapest train services, operated by Belgian Railways (NMBS/SNCB), arrive at Wien HBF station.
Yes, the driving distance between Mechelen to Budapest is 1316 km. It takes approximately 12h 25m to drive from Mechelen to Budapest.
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