Poland. Warsaw

Bielefeld to Warsaw

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Bielefeld to Warsaw. From €116.39, fastest 8h 23m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Bielefeld to Warsaw runs about 2 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €116.39, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 8h 23m over 981 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

Checked 24 September 2026Priced for 14 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €116.39, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for 14 October 2026

€116.39

  • 224%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Bielefeld

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 07:30First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 2Services per day
  • 0%Run direct

Departure times on this route

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Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €296.79Fri25
  2. about €322.64Sat26
  3. about €285.79Sun27
  4. about €201.09Mon28
  5. about €177.99Tue29
  6. about €171.94Wed30
  7. about €222.54Thu1
  8. about €161.49Fri2
  9. about €177.99Sat3
  10. about €188.44Sun4
  11. about €136.19Mon5
  12. about €130.69Tue6
  13. about €166.44Wed7
  14. about €210.99Thu8
  15. about €144.44Fri9
  16. about €162.59Sat10
  17. about €138.94Sun11
  18. about €121.34Mon12
  19. about €120.79Tue13
  20. about €116.39Wed14
  21. about €154.89Thu15

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

The train gets you into Warsaw. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Warsaw for the night the train gets in

Sort by distance from Warszawa Centralna and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Bielefeld to Warsaw

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €117.4990 days
  2. €91.6460 days
  3. €113.0945 days
  4. €137.8430 days
  5. €154.8921 days
  6. €210.9914 days
  7. €222.547 days
  8. €285.793 days
  9. €296.791 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €91.64.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 224 percent. The dearest point is €296.79, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€296.79€91.64137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Bielefeld to Warsaw and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.

The shape of it

981 km

851 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services take. The bearing runs east.

Who lives at each end

331,9061,702,139

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

The route

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The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 981 km against 851 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Kreuzberg, Neukölln. The gap between arriving and leaving is 56 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.

Warsaw is large, and the road in from WAW can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.

A taxi rank outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Warsaw

Settled in advance, so the ride into Warsaw costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.

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Who runs this route

The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near Warszawa Centralna

Most of the points near Warszawa Centralna open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Questions about Bielefeld to Warsaw

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does it take to get from Bielefeld to Warsaw?

The fastest journey from Bielefeld to Warsaw takes 8h 23m door to door, of which 7h 13m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 9h 2m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

How much does it cost to travel from Bielefeld to Warsaw?

The cheapest fare from Bielefeld to Warsaw is €116.39, as of 24 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €166.72. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from Bielefeld to Warsaw?

The cheapest way from Bielefeld to Warsaw is by train, at €116.39 for one passenger on 14 October 2026. That journey takes 8h 53m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.

When should I book Bielefeld to Warsaw?

Fares from Bielefeld to Warsaw bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €91.64. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 224 percent, measured on 24 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Bielefeld to Warsaw?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Bielefeld to Warsaw, at €130.69. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 24 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Bielefeld to Warsaw?

November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Bielefeld to Warsaw, at €99.89 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs services from Bielefeld to Warsaw?

1 operators sell services from Bielefeld to Warsaw across 1 mode: DB Fernverkehr. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

Is there a direct service from Bielefeld to Warsaw?

0 percent of the services we sell from Bielefeld to Warsaw are direct. The rest connect at Kreuzberg, Neukölln, with about 56 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

Which station or terminal do services from Bielefeld to Warsaw use?

Services from Bielefeld to Warsaw by train leave from Bielefeld Hbf and arrive at Warszawa Centralna. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from Bielefeld to Warsaw?

1 of the 1 operators we sell from Bielefeld to Warsaw allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Bielefeld to Warsaw on 24 September 2026: 981 km of route against 851 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €116.39, and 8h 23m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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Day trips out of Warsaw and across Poland

Day trips that leave Warsaw in the morning and cover a good part of Poland by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Bielefeld reaches 85 places in 4 countries on services we hold, over distances from 42 to 851 km. Warsaw reaches 287 places in 71 countries, from 44 to 9,907 km.

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Leaving Bielefeld

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  • 4Countries
  • 16Operators

Arriving in Warsaw

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  • 71Countries
  • 76Operators

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