Every direct bus across Europe's borders.
One bus, no change, from a city in one country to a city in another. 2,341 of them on the road on an average day, every one from the operators' own timetables. Night buses too.
2,341 international buses on an average day
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A bus on the road nowToday's routes
2,341international buses on the road on an average day
1,049cities with a direct bus abroad
11,702city pairs across a border
36countries, from Lisbon to Kyiv and New York to Monterrey
☾ Tonight's sleepers
Board in the evening. Wake up in another country.
The night buses crossing a border, with real departure and arrival times. And the newest way to do it lying flat.
New from Zurich · sleeper bus
Twiliner: a bus with beds.
A Swiss start-up runs night buses with lie-flat seats out of Zurich: Zurich to Amsterdam · Zurich to Barcelona. Business-class seats that go flat at the push of a button, 21 on a double-decker.
Lie-flat seatsRunning since late 2025Almost every night
The Twiliner storyDepartures · busiest borders
The busiest crossings
The city pairs with the most direct buses a day, both directions. Straight across, no change.
BetweenBusesFastest
Bratislava⇄Vienna49.2 a day55 min›Brussels⇄Paris47.9 a day3h30›Amsterdam⇄Brussels38.2 a day2h40›Budapest⇄Vienna31.3 a day2h50›Amsterdam⇄Antwerp30 a day1h55›Dresden⇄Prague29.9 a day1h45›Amsterdam⇄Paris27.2 a day6h20›Berlin⇄Prague24.6 a day4h00›Annecy⇄Geneva22.5 a day45 min›Barcelona⇄Perpignan21.9 a day2h10›Super international
The longest rides
The most seat you can buy on one bus without changing: up to 45h25 across the width of Europe, two nights on the road.
45h25Bucharest → Nantes2,154 km · 🇷🇴 to 🇫🇷 · 4 a week · FlixBus41h50Braşov → Nantes2,078 km · 🇷🇴 to 🇫🇷 · 4 a week · FlixBus39h40Montpellier → Bucharest1,774 km · 🇫🇷 to 🇷🇴 · 4 a week · FlixBus38h15Paris → Vilnius1,696 km · 🇫🇷 to 🇱🇹 · 6 a week · FlixBus37h25Marseille → Bucharest1,662 km · 🇫🇷 to 🇷🇴 · 4 a week · FlixBus37h20Tallinn → Trieste1,698 km · 🇪🇪 to 🇮🇹 · 6 a week · FlixBus
Beyond Europe
Across other borders
The same open data reaches further: New York to Toronto overnight, Seattle to Vancouver, Texas to Monterrey, Istanbul to the Balkans.
Bus, train or plane
Door to door, side by side
Every route page adds up the whole trip: getting to the stop, the ride, getting into town. Against the direct train (from pickthetrain) and the nonstop flight (from picktheflight), with check-in and the airport run. The fastest isn't always the one you'd guess.
Door to door · Paris → Brussels
Bus4h22
Train1h49
Plane4h25
City centre to city centre, with getting to the stop, the station or the airport, and check-in. See how it adds up.
Every city
Direct from your city
Every city with a direct bus to another country, by country.
🇦🇹 Austria 18
ViennaGrazLinzSalzburgInnsbruckKlagenfurtVillachFeldkirchBregenzSt. PöltenWelsSpittal an der Drau🇧🇪 Belgium 13
BrusselsAntwerpGhentCharleroiLiègeBrugesNamurLeuvenMonsHasseltKortrijkArlon1 more
Bastogne🇧🇬 Bulgaria 13
SofiaPlovdivVarnaRuseShumenBlagoevgradVeliko TarnovoPazardzhikVratsaMontanaVidinRazgrad1 more
Sandanski🇨🇦 Canada 25
TorontoMontréalOttawaMississaugaVancouverBramptonHamiltonLondonEtobicokeKitchenerWindsorWhitby🇭🇷 Croatia 39
ZagrebSplitRijekaOsijekZadarPulaSlavonski BrodKarlovacVaraždinŠibenikVinkovciKoprivnica🇨🇿 Czechia 34
PragueBrnoOstravaPlzeňLiberecOlomoucČeské BudějoviceHradec KrálovéZlínFrýdek-MístekJihlavaChomutov🇩🇰 Denmark 13
CopenhagenAarhusOdenseAalborgKoldingVejleSønderborgHaderslevNykøbing FalsterAabenraaBillundGedser1 more
Rødbyhavn🇫🇷 France 123
ParisMarseilleLyonToulouseNiceNantesMarne La ValléeStrasbourgBordeauxMontpellierLilleRennes111 more
ReimsSaint-ÉtienneToulonAngersDijonGrenobleNîmesClermont-FerrandAix-en-ProvenceSaint-Quentin-en-YvelinesBrestLe MansAmiensToursLimogesBesançonMetzOrléansRouenMulhousePerpignanCaenNancyTourcoingAvignonDunkerquePoitiersPauLa RochelleAntibesCalaisBéziersBourgesColmarValenceQuimperChambéryTroyesLorientPessacNiortBelfortVannesBrive-la-GaillardeChâteaurouxFréjusTarbesNarbonneLavalCarcassonneAngoulêmeAnnecyChalon-sur-SaôneValenciennesBayonneThionvilleCompiègneLe CannetAuxerreAngletVitrollesMontélimarSaint-Martin-d'HèresAgenBiarritzThonon-les-BainsSaintesMontbéliardAnnemasseAix-les-BainsLunelDoleHénin-BeaumontBeauneÉtampesVerdunConcarneauForbachSaint-LouisMitry-MoryGivorsTulleSallanchesChâteau-ThierryBollèneSaint-Jean-de-LuzFreyming-MerlebachHendayeAurayOrthezSaint-Paul-lès-DaxBellegardeChamonixArpajonSaint-Jean-de-MaurienneAvranchesCoulounieix-ChamiersHagondangeCrollesLangresÉvian-les-BainsBourg-Saint-MauriceCapbretonLangonChâteaulinCastetsEtretatTignesAimeParc AstérixMoutiers🇩🇪 Germany 170
BerlinHamburgMunichCologneFrankfurtDüsseldorfStuttgartEssenDortmundDresdenBremenNuremberg158 more
HanoverLeipzigDuisburgBochumWuppertalBielefeldBonnMünsterMannheimAugsburgWiesbadenKarlsruheGelsenkirchenAachenMönchengladbachKielChemnitzBrunswickMagdeburgHalleFreiburgMainzOberhausenErfurtLübeckRostockKasselPotsdamSaarbrückenDarmstadtOsnabrückLeverkusenOldenburgRegensburgHeidelbergPaderbornWürzburgFürthGöttingenHeilbronnIngolstadtUlmPforzheimReutlingenCoblenzSiegenBergisch GladbachSalzgitterJenaGeraHildesheimErlangenTrierZwickauKaiserslauternSchwerinGüterslohTübingenGießenFlensburgCottbusVillingen-SchwenningenConstanceMarburgBocholtBayreuthBambergAschaffenburgPlauenWeimarKemptenRosenheimOffenburgStralsundFriedrichshafenGörlitzFrankfurt (Oder)Baden-BadenSchweinfurtGreifswaldWetzlarEmdenPassauNeunkirchenBad OeynhausenHofRavensburgRastattLörrachBündeWismarHomburgMemmingenPirmasensFreisingBautzenLandauBorkenKirchheim unter TeckKehlWarendorfZweibrückenLeerLimburgMerzigDeggendorfVechtaWangen im AllgäuNeckarsulmBingenGarmisch-PartenkirchenZittauWertheimLindauFreudenstadtSangerhausenAnnaberg-BuchholzReesLeutkirchSoltauÜberlingenAichachMarktredwitzWittlichStockachMarienbergBad SegebergAlsfeldAnklamBergen auf RügenTauberbischofsheimMarkdorfMontabaurZella-MehlisPasewalkTitisee-NeustadtMünchbergSimbachHeiligenhafenOberstdorfMendigMittenwaldFreyungSingenPolchBinzOberwiesenthalSt. GangloffProraRustSellinBaabeGöhrenFrankfurt-Hahn AirportPuttgardenBischofsgrünBeelenWolpertshausen🇬🇷 Greece 1
Thessaloníki🇭🇺 Hungary 13
BudapestDebrecenSzegedMiskolcGyőrKecskemétSzékesfehérvárSzolnokSopronNagykanizsaSiófokKeszthely1 more
Sárvár🇮🇹 Italy 89
RomeMilanNaplesTurinGenoaBolognaFlorenceBariVeronaTriestePaduaBrescia77 more
TarantoParmaPratoReggio EmiliaRiminiMestreFoggiaFerraraSalernoMonzaBergamoTrentoPerugiaPescaraVicenzaTerniPisaBolzanoNovaraUdineLa SpeziaAnconaBrindisiComoBusto ArsizioLuccaLeccePistoiaCrotoneSavonaGrossetoFolignoSienaSan SeveroVeniceGallarateBattipagliaSanremoSan Benedetto del TrontoFrosinoneImperiaCivitanova MarcheMeranMantuaMonopoliAostaEmpoliRoveretoTermoliMassafraMola di BariVentimigliaRossano StazioneChivassoFasanoPoggibonsiGiulianovaMonselicePortogruaroSestri LevanteBressanoneCorigliano ScaloCirò MarinaRonchi dei LegionariSala ConsilinaLanaCariatiSanthiàPeschiera del GardaSanta Maria degli AngeliOrvietoSterzingMetapontoCourmayeurOulxAffiKlausen🇱🇮 Liechtenstein 1
Vaduz🇳🇱 Netherlands 22
RotterdamAmsterdamThe HagueUtrechtGroningenEindhovenTilburgBredaNijmegenArnhemDen BoschEnschede🇵🇱 Poland 110
WarsawKrakówWrocławŁódźPoznańGdańskSzczecinLublinBydgoszczBiałystokKatowiceGdynia98 more
CzęstochowaSosnowiecRadomGliwiceRzeszówToruńKielceZabrzeBielsko-BialaOlsztynRybnikBiałołekaOpoleElblągWałbrzychZielona GóraTarnówGorzów WielkopolskiChorzówKoszalinLegnicaSłupskJastrzębie ZdrójGrudziądzNowy SączKoninPiotrkowJelenia GóraSiedlceGnieznoSuwałkiTomaszów MazowieckiPrzemyślZamośćŻoryBełchatówŁomżaŚwidnicaChełmMielecEłkOstrołękaTarnobrzegSkarżysko-KamiennaDębicaNysaSieradzKołobrzegBolesławiecSanokBrzegOleśnicaJarosławNowy TargOstródaZgorzelecOławaŻywiecGiżyckoAugustówNowy Dwór MazowieckiZakopaneKłodzkoSandomierzZambrówOstrów MazowieckaGoleniówPłońskMrągowoKamienna GóraWieluńKrasnystawHrubieszówKostrzyn nad OdrąRawa MazowieckaMyśleniceSłubiceBrzeskoRopczyceŻninDębnoKrynica-ZdrójKrosno OdrzańskieKudowa-ZdrójSędziszów MałopolskiSzklarska PorębaPolanica-ZdrójLubawkaSejnyChocholowWitów Dolny Chochołowskie TermyPyrzowiceRynTyliczCzchowDuszniki-ZdrojBukowina TatrzanskaBialka Tatrzanska🇵🇹 Portugal 62
LisbonPortoBragaCoimbraLeiriaSetúbalViseuAveiroFaroÉvoraFigueira da FozPonte de Lima50 more
GuimarãesGuardaViana do CasteloBragançaLagosCastelo BrancoAlcabidecheSantarémVila do CondeCaldas da RainhaArcos de ValdevezSão João da MadeiraTomarCovilhãChavesPombalÍlhavoVila RealFafeCabeceiras de BastoAlbufeiraTorres NovasValençaAbrantesMontemor-o-NovoMirandelaFátimaElvasFundãoLourosaEstremozMangualdeTondelaPenafielAlbergaria-a-VelhaSeiaAmaranteMacedo de CavaleirosVidagoCelorico da BeiraMurçaBorbaMortaguaPedras SalgadasVilar FormosoMoita da SerraVila Nova de CerveiraGinjalOliveira do HospitalVila Pouca de Aguiar🇷🇴 Romania 50
BucharestIaşiConstanţaCluj-NapocaBraşovTimişoaraCraiovaGalaţiTârgu MureşOradeaPloieştiArad38 more
BrăilaPiteştiSibiuSatu MareBaia MareRâmnicu VâlceaBotoşaniSuceavaDrobeta-Turnu SeverinBistriţaTârgu JiuBârladDevaAlba IuliaVasluiGiurgiuPetroşaniTurdaLugojSloboziaTecuciDejSighișoaraFăgărașCaransebeşSebeşOrăştieCâmpulung MoldovenescCalafatVatra DorneiGura HumoruluiTârgu FrumosOrşovaSinaiaHaţegHuedinDetaBăile Herculane🇸🇰 Slovakia 34
BratislavaKošiceNitraPrešovŽilinaBanská BystricaTrnavaTrenčínPopradPrievidzaZvolenPovažská Bystrica🇪🇸 Spain 42
MadridBarcelonaValenciaZaragozaSevilleMálagaMurciaAlicanteBilbaoValladolidVigoVitoria-Gasteiz🇸🇪 Sweden 24
StockholmGothenburgMalmöLinköpingÖrebroVästeråsJönköpingHelsingborgNorrköpingLundHalmstadKarlstad🇨🇭 Switzerland 19
ZurichGenevaBaselLausanneBernWinterthurLuzernSt. GallenLuganoBellinzonaFribourgSchaffhausen🇹🇷 Türkiye 1
Istanbul🇺🇦 Ukraine 21
KyivOdesaLvivVinnytsiaChernihivPoltavaKhmelnytskyiZhytomyrRivneIvano-FrankivskTernopilLutsk🇺🇸 United States 48
New YorkHoustonSan AntonioDallasAustinColumbusSeattleEl PasoBostonPortlandDetroitCleveland36 more
Corpus ChristiNewarkChula VistaBuffaloLaredoRochesterBrownsvilleSyracuseMcAllenWacoManchesterEverettAlbanyErieWest AlbanyBellinghamScrantonCheektowagaVictoriaNiagara FallsBinghamtonConcordBurlingtonMount VernonFair LawnDes MoinesIthacaSaratoga SpringsPlattsburghCortlandBataviaGlens FallsHartfordHanoverMontpelierSaint AlbansThe pick family
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