Oradea is one of the easiest entry points into Romania from Western Europe. The Hungarian border at Borș is fifteen kilometres west and the motorway crossing is open around the clock; long-distance buses from Budapest, Vienna and beyond run several times a day.
By train, Oradea sits on the line from Budapest to Cluj-Napoca and Bucharest. The journey from Budapest takes around four hours; from Cluj, three; from Bucharest, twelve to fifteen. The station is a fifteen-minute walk from the centre or a short tram ride.
Oradea International Airport (OMR), eight kilometres southwest of the centre, is small but functional. There are daily flights to Bucharest and seasonal connections to a handful of European cities. For a wider choice of destinations, many travellers use Debrecen Airport in Hungary, about an hour and a half away by road, or Cluj-Napoca two and a half hours east.