Explore Vienna by train

From Belgium, you can reach the Austrian capital in several ways:

With the Nightjet night train, you travel three times a week directly from Brussels. You leave in the evening on Tuesday, Thursday or Saturday and arrive at your destination the next morning. Returns are possible on Monday, Wednesday or Friday evening.
You can also take a daytime train to Vienna daily. In that case, you route will pass through Cologne (with Eurostar or ICE) or Frankfurt (ICE). From there, there are several ICE connections to Vienna.

Sample the culture and vibrant city life in the city of music. Visit Karlsplatz, the Belvedere Palace, Schönbrunn Palace or any of the numerous other sights.

Travel update

19 May (from 10 pm) and 20 May: strike in Belgium

Update 19/5, 7h25 am

Due to a strike, the rail service on the Belgian rail network will be limited from Monday 19 May (10 pm) to Tuesday 20 May 2025 included.

An alternative train service will be drawn up based on available train staff. Take this alternative train service into account if you need to take a domestic connection in Belgium before or after your international train journey, or if you need to take our regional trains shortly across the border (Roosendaal, Maastricht, Aachen, Luxembourg, Lille or Maubeuge). More details on this alternative train service are available on www.belgiantrain.be.

All TGV INOUI, OUIGO and ICE trains operate normally. Likewise, most Eurostar trains will operate normally (except for 2 trains in both directions between Brussels and Paris).

However, several EuroCity and Eurocity Direct trains that connect Belgium and The Netherlands are cancelled on Tuesday 20/05.

EuroCity: 12 trains out of 16 will operate in each direction. Cancelled trains: