There are 11 ways to get from Zagreb to Rotterdam by plane, train, bus, night train, shuttle, car, or car train
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Fly Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport 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 to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
5h 24m€104–278Fly Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Eindhoven Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Eindhoven Airport (EIN)plane ZAG - EIN
- Take the train from Eindhoven Centraal to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
6h 25m€78–312Bus, 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 Duisburg Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Duisburg Hbf to Utrecht Centraaltrain Ice
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
18h 55m€283–1,394Bus
- Take the bus from Zagreb to Rotterdam Central Stationbus N885
22h 25m€110–180Night train, train
- Take the nighttrain from Zagreb Glavni Kol. to Salzburg Hbfnighttrain En
- Take the nighttrain from Salzburg Hbf to Utrecht Centraalnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
20h 55m€140–273Fly Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport 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 Rotterdam Centraaltrain
6h 27m€96–262Shuttle to Ljubljana, fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Take a shuttle bus from Zagreb to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Fly from Ljubljana (LJU) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane LJU - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
6h 51m€156–862Fly Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, train
- Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL)plane ZAG - CRL
- Take the train from Charleroi-Central to Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
7h 43m€88–324Bus via Novi Grad
- Take the bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Novi Grad, Autobuska stanicabus
- Take the bus from Novi Grad, Autobuska stanica to Rotterdam Centraalbus
29h 44m€122–172Drive 1,317.4 km
- Drive from Zagreb to Rotterdamcar 1,317.4 km
12h 13m€235–339Drive, car train
- Drive from Zagreb to Salzburg Hbfcar
- Take the cartrain from Salzburg Hbf to Fuldacartrain
- Drive from Fulda to Rotterdamcar
14h 55m€253–348
Zagreb to Rotterdam by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zagreb to Rotterdam is to bus which costs €110 - €180 and takes 22h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Zagreb to Rotterdam is to fly and train which takes 5h 24m and costs €100 - €280.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Zagreb and arriving at Rotterdam Central Station station. Services depart once daily, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 22h 25m.
No, there is no direct train from Zagreb to Rotterdam. However, there are services departing from Zagreb Glavni Kol. and arriving at Rotterdam Centraal via Salzburg Hbf and Utrecht Centraal. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 20h 55m.
The distance between Zagreb and Rotterdam is 1167 km. The road distance is 1317.4 km.
The best way to get from Zagreb to Rotterdam without a car is to bus and train which takes 18h 55m and costs €280 - €1400.
It takes approximately 5h 24m to get from Zagreb to Rotterdam, including transfers.
Zagreb to Rotterdam bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Zagreb station.
Zagreb to Rotterdam train services, operated by HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP), depart from Zagreb Glavni Kol. station.
Zagreb to Rotterdam bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Rotterdam Central Station.
What companies run services between Zagreb, Croatia and Rotterdam, Netherlands?
FlixBus operates a bus from Zagreb to Rotterdam Central Station once daily. Tickets cost €110–180 and the journey takes 22h 25m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–600
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–260
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
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–260
Flights from Ljubljana to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–350
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Eindhoven Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–260
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Eindhoven Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–260
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Brussels South Charleroi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €40–220
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Brussels South Charleroi Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–220
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–330
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Brussels Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–330
Flights from Ljubljana to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–380
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–330
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
- Website
- swiss.com
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 Ljubljana to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–340
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Schiphol Airport to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–26
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Schiphol Airport to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–26
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Schiphol Airport to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €8–18
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–50
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Schiphol Airport to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €8–18
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Charleroi-Central to Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–19
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- 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
- €12–19
- 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
- €12–19
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
Night train from Zagreb Glavni Kol. to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Graz Hbf to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 36m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €200–950
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Duisburg Hbf to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €6–13
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €6–13
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Eindhoven Centraal to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–24
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Salzburg Hbf to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 6m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–140
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €110–140
- Couchette Carriage
- €80–95
- Seating Carriage
- €50–65
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Salzburg Hbf to Fulda
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 1m
- 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
- €45–380
- Website
- GoOpti
- Private
- €130
- Shared
- €45–70
Shuttle from Zagreb to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €28–550
- Website
- GoOpti
- Shared
- €28–75
- Private
- €140–180
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Zagreb to Rotterdam Central Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–180
- Website
- Flixbus
- 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 Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 49m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €105–140
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Regular prices
- €110–140
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More Questions & Answers
Zagreb to Rotterdam train services, operated by HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP), arrive at Salzburg Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Zagreb to Rotterdam is 1317 km. It takes approximately 12h 13m to drive from Zagreb to Rotterdam.
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