There are 12 ways to get from Zagreb to Nijmegen by plane, train, bus, car, or car train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
best- Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane ZAG - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Nijmegentrain
6h 28m€109–288Fly to Weeze Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Weeze Airport (NRN)plane ZAG - NRN
- Take the bus from Weeze Airport Terminal 1 to Nijmegen Centraal Stationbus
5h 53m€43–333Bus, train
- Take the bus from Zagreb to Maribor, Avtobusna Postajabus
- Take the train from Maribor to Graz Hbftrain 676 / ...
- Take the train from Graz Hbf to Oberhausen Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraaltrain 78 / ...
17h 7m€276–710Bus via Essen
- Take the bus from Zagreb to Essen central train stationbus N885 / ...
- Take the bus from Essen central train station to Nijmegen Centraal Stationbus 037
21h 40m€109–163Drive 1,217.6 km
- Drive from Zagreb to Nijmegencar 1,217.6 km
10h 55m€225–324Fly to Eindhoven Airport, train
- Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Eindhoven Airport (EIN)plane ZAG - EIN
- Take the train from 's-Hertogenbosch to Nijmegentrain
6h 28m€94–315Fly to Brussels Airport, train
- Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane ZAG - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Bredatrain
- Take the train from Breda to Nijmegentrain
7h 18m€105–277Fly to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
- Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane ZAG - CGN
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraaltrain
7h 11m€82–338Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane ZAG - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Arnhem Centraaltrain
7h 45m€118–296Train
- Take the train from Zagreb Glavni Kol. to Graz Hbftrain Ec
- Take the train from Graz Hbf to Duisburg Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Duisburg Hbf to Arnhem Centraaltrain 78 / ...
18h 29m€240–492Bus
- Take the bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Novi Grad, Autobuska stanicabus
- Take the bus from Novi Grad, Autobuska stanica to Arnheimbus
27h 22m€124–166Drive, car train
- Drive from Zagreb to Kufsteincar
- Take the cartrain from Kufstein to Kassel-Wilhelmshöhecartrain
- Drive from Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe to Nijmegencar
14h 38m€229–314
Zagreb to Nijmegen by bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Zagreb to Nijmegen is to bus via Essen which costs €100 - €170 and takes 21h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Zagreb to Nijmegen is to fly and bus which takes 5h 53m and costs €40 - €340.
No, there is no direct bus from Zagreb to Nijmegen station. However, there are services departing from Zagreb and arriving at Nijmegen Centraal Station via Essen central train station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 21h 40m.
No, there is no direct train from Zagreb to Nijmegen. However, there are services departing from Zagreb Glavni Kol. and arriving at Nijmegen via Graz Hbf, Duisburg Hbf and Arnhem Centraal. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 18h 29m.
The distance between Zagreb and Nijmegen is 1233 km. The road distance is 1217.6 km.
The best way to get from Zagreb to Nijmegen without a car is to bus and train which takes 17h 7m and costs €270 - €750.
It takes approximately 6h 28m to get from Zagreb to Nijmegen, including transfers.
Zagreb to Nijmegen bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Zagreb station.
Zagreb to Nijmegen train services, operated by HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP), depart from Zagreb Glavni Kol. station.
The best way to get from Zagreb to Nijmegen is to bus via Essen which takes 21h 40m and costs €100 - €170. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €240 - €500 and takes 18h 29m.
What companies run services between Zagreb, Croatia and Nijmegen, Netherlands?
You can take a bus from Zagreb to Nijmegen Centraal Station via Essen central train station in around 21h 40m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Zagreb Glavni Kol. to Nijmegen via Graz Hbf, Duisburg Hbf, and Arnhem Centraal in around 18h 29m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–270
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–260
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Brussels Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–260
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Brussels Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–280
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–360
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–300
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–300
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–360
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–280
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–300
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Frankfurt via Split
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–170
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–360
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Brussels Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–370
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–380
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–220
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Frankfurt via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–290
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Weeze Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–310
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Eindhoven Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–290
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Eindhoven Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–290
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–220
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Nijmegen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–26
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–20
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from 's-Hertogenbosch to Nijmegen
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €4–10
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Breda
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–21
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Breda to Nijmegen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–19
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–40
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Frankfurt to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–75
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Duisburg Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–22
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +386 1 29 13 331
- [email protected]
- Website
- Slovenske železnice (SŽ)
Train from Maribor to Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6
- Website
- Slovenske železnice (SŽ)
- Phone
- +385 60 333 444
- [email protected]
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
Train from Maribor to Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €6
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
Train from Zagreb Glavni Kol. to Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €19
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Graz Hbf to Oberhausen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 43m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €210–430
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €60–130
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Graz Hbf to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 36m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €210–430
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Duisburg Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 6078 966930
- [email protected]
- Website
- VIAS Rail GmbH
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €31
- Schedules at
- VIAS Rail GmbH
Train from Duisburg Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €34
- Schedules at
- VIAS Rail GmbH
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Breda
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–26
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Kufstein to Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 11m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- [email protected]
- Website
- GoOpti
Bus from Zagreb to Maribor, Avtobusna Postaja
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €45–240
- Website
- GoOpti
- Private
- €130
- Shared
- €45–70
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Zagreb to Essen central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Essen central train station to Nijmegen Centraal Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- 01806 607085
- [email protected]
- Website
- BVR Busverkehr Rheinland GmbH
Bus from Weeze Airport Terminal 1 to Nijmegen Centraal Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–11
- Schedules at
- BVR Busverkehr Rheinland GmbH
- Phone
- +31-383394700
- Website
- Transdev Netherlands
Bus from Weeze Airport Terminal 1 to Nijmegen Centraal Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–11
- Website
- Transdev Netherlands
- Phone
- +385 (0)98 610 311
- [email protected]
- Website
- pepeks.hr
Bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Novi Grad, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22
- Schedules at
- pepeks.hr
- Phone
- +387/(0)52-751-339
- [email protected]
- Website
- topingtrade.com
Bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Novi Grad, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €32
- Schedules at
- topingtrade.com
- Phone
- + 387 32 88 44 88
- [email protected]
- Website
- jelinak.com
Bus from Novi Grad, Autobuska stanica to Arnheim
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €100–130
- Schedules at
- web.facebook.com
- Regular prices
- €100–130
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Booking & Getting There
Zagreb to Nijmegen bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Essen central train station.
Zagreb to Nijmegen train services, operated by HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP), arrive at Graz Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Zagreb to Nijmegen is 1218 km. It takes approximately 10h 55m to drive from Zagreb to Nijmegen.
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