Bologna to Vienna bus: 1.7 a day, fastest 10h40

1.7 a dayfastest 10h40☾ 2 overnight busesFlixBus🇮🇹 Italy → 🇦🇹 Austria

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BolognaPaduaMestrePortogruaroUdineKlagenfurtVienna· 565 km as the crow flies

18:45 → 08:30⁺¹
FlixBus N874 ☾ Overnight
Bologna (central bus station) → Vienna Central Station · via Verona, Trento, Bolzano, Innsbruck…
13h455 stops
Runs: Mon, Thu, Fri, Sat, SunThe night the clocks change (Sat 24 Oct: 18:45 → 07:30+1)Book on FlixBus ↗
22:25 → 09:05⁺¹
FlixBus N1533 ☾ Overnight
Bologna (central bus station) → Vienna Central Station · via Padua, Mestre, Portogruaro, Udine…
10h406 stops
Runs: DailyThe night the clocks change (Sat 24 Oct: 22:25 → 08:05+1)Book on FlixBus ↗

Local times at each stop. Times from official open data: FlixBus (file of 11 Oct 2026). Checked Sun 18 Oct 2026; they cover 18 Oct to 14 Nov 2026. Timetables change, so check with the operator before you travel. Contains FlixBus timetable data (FlixMobility, transport.data.gouv.fr), ODbL 1.0. How we build this.

Bus, train or plane

☾ Overnight: leave 22:25, arrive 09:05

The plane is 6h49 quicker door to door, but the night bus spends your night on the road instead of a day.

Bus · fastest direct11h24

To Bologna (central bus station)13 min
At the stop before departure15 min
FlixBus N153310h40
From Vienna Central Station16 min

Train · fastest direct10h23

To Bologna C.le/AV1 min
Before departure10 min
EN 29410h12

Plane · nonstop BLQ to VIE4h35

To Bologna Guglielmo Marconi (BLQ)25 min
Check-in & security1h30
Flight BLQ to VIE1h30
Landing to exit20 min
From VIE50 min

City centre to city centre. Getting to stops, stations and airports: typical public-transport times (estimates). Bus: be at the stop 15 min before. Plane: check-in and security 1h30 before, then getting out after landing; flight time typical for the distance. Train: pickthetrain's door-to-door time.

Train instead?

1 a daydirect trains, fastest 10h12

Trenitalia. No change of train, from the operators' official timetables.

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Flying instead?

2 airlines fly Bologna to Vienna nonstop. Book on the airline's own site:

Austrian AirlinesBLQ→VIEBook direct ↗
RyanairBLQ→VIEBook direct ↗

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Quick answers

Is there a direct bus from Bologna to Vienna?

Yes. 1.7 a day on average, with FlixBus, no change of bus (18 Oct to 14 Nov 2026).

How long is the bus from Bologna to Vienna?

The fastest takes 10h40; the slowest 13h45, for 565 km as the crow flies.

When do the buses leave?

The earliest leaves at 18:45 and the latest at 22:25, local time in Bologna. Not every bus runs every day: pick a date above.

Is there a night bus from Bologna to Vienna?

Yes: 2 overnight departures in the timetable, for example 18:45 arriving 08:30 the next morning.

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