Has anybody taken a bus across borders in Europe?

Took a Taxi from Austria to Germany about an hour ride and shot the bull with the Taxi Driver who spoke great English.

I took a bus from Dubrovnik to Split and we had to stop for a passport check in Bosnia( they have control over a tiny strip along the coast)

To get from split to Budapest we took bus to Zargreb and then a train( worst train ride ever) can you get a train from Zagreb to Vienna?

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We wouldn't make it to Zagreb in time to catch the train

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I know the struggle, we did a 6am ferry from Hvar to split, bus from split to Zagreb, showed up just in time(literally running from bus to train station) to catch train to Budapest and then got to Budpaest at 10pm that night and found an airbnb. the longest worst travel day ever. We did it all without a plan too got really lucky

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I know the struggle, we did a 6am ferry from Hvar to split, bus from split to Zagreb, showed up just in time(literally running from bus to train station) to catch train to Budapest and then got to Budpaest at 10pm that night and found an airbnb. the longest worst travel day ever. We did it all without a plan too got really lucky

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Getting around Croatia is a pain. We took the train from Budapest to Zagreb then caught a flight to Dubrovnik. After hanging out in Dubrovnik for a while we took the ferry to Hvar and Split. From Split we took the bus to Mostar and then the train to Sarajevo.

ETA - To OP, I would not take a bus from Split to Vienna. I would think that would be 12+ hrs. I would just eat the cost and fly or take a bus to somewhere I could catch a train. Renting cars and dropping off in another country is too expensive. All depends on how much you value your comfort/time.

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took a bus from Dubrovnik to Split and we had to stop for a passport check in Bosnia( they have control over a tiny strip along the coast)

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I took a bus from Dubrovnik to Plitvitche National Park and had a passport check in Slovakia. Bus ride was fine. I also took a bus from Stockholm to Oslo becuase they were doing work on the train track. That ride was a nightmare as there was very little room between seats and no a/c. I'll be taking the Tallin to Riga and Riga to Vilnius buses this summer but the reviews are good on those routes.

plus now you get to checkout Dubrovnik

Like someone said its how you value your time/comfort unfortunately your options are kinda limited in Eastern Europe

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What is your travel date?

FlyNiki has a one hour NS flight from Split to Vienna, I checked pricing one way for a random date in July and the total fare was $114.

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Trust me. We know about Niki. A couple weeks ago they had that same flight out of Split for $77 on a Saturday. Buddies drug their feet and it disappeared. Next best nonstop fair out of Split on Sat. for 5 guys was $576. We tried looked at flights in and out of about every sizeable European city looking for a good cost/time balance.

We originally didn't want to fly out of Croatia on Sunday because it would have cut our time in Vienna, but we decided that since we got to see another city and still fly out pretty cheap, it was worth it.