There are 11 ways to get from Bolzano to Essen by plane, car, car train, bus, night train, train, shuttle, or train (Trenitalia)
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Fly Bolzano Dolomiti Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
best- Fly from Bolzano Dolomiti Airport (BZO) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane BZO - DUS
4h 29m€208–433Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Bolzano South to Essen central train stationbus N537
13h 25m€65–110Drive, car train
- Drive from Bolzano to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhofcar
- Take the cartrain from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Kassel-Wilhelmshöhecartrain
- Drive from Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe to Essencar
10h 27m€142–188Night train, train
- Take the nighttrain from Bolzano Bozen to Ulm Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Essen Hbftrain 47 / ...
13h 48m€128–520Shuttle to Munich International Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Bolzano to Flughafen München
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane MUC - DUS
6h 59m€213–414Shuttle to Munich International Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
- Take a shuttle bus from Bolzano to Flughafen München
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane MUC - CGN
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Essen Hbftrain
8h 6m€222–469Shuttle to Verona Villafranca Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
- Take a shuttle bus from Bolzano to Verona - Aeroporto
- Fly from Verona Villafranca Airport (VRN) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane VRN - CGN
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Essen Hbftrain
6h 43m€191–428Train, train to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Bolzano Bozen to Verona Porta Nuovatrain
- Take the train from Verona Porta Nuova to Venezia Mestretrain
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane VCE - DUS
7h 21m€93–320Train via Munich
- Take the train from Bolzano Bozen to Brennero - Brennertrain Re
- Take the train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Kufsteintrain Rj / ...
- Take the train from Kufstein to München Hbftrain 89 / ...
- Take the train from München Hbf to Essen Hbftrain 47 / ...
11h 1m€163–791Train
- Take the train from Bolzano Sud/Bozen S. to Brennero - Brennertrain Re
- Take the train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbftrain Drf
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Essen Süd Strain S6
15h 12m€77–191Drive 837.8 km
- Drive from Bolzano to Essencar 837.8 km
8h 10m€131–189
Bolzano to Essen by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bolzano to Essen is to bus which costs €65 - €110 and takes 13h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Bolzano to Essen is to fly which takes 4h 29m and costs €200 - €440.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Bolzano South and arriving at Essen central train station station. Services depart four times a week, and operate Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. The journey takes approximately 13h 25m.
No, there is no direct train from Bolzano to Essen. However, there are services departing from Bolzano Bozen and arriving at Essen Hbf via Ulm Hauptbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 48m.
The distance between Bolzano and Essen is 667 km. The road distance is 837.8 km.
The best way to get from Bolzano to Essen without a car is to bus which takes 13h 25m and costs €65 - €110.
It takes approximately 4h 29m to get from Bolzano to Essen, including transfers.
Bolzano to Essen bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Bolzano South station.
Bolzano to Essen train services, operated by Trenitalia, depart from Bolzano Bozen station.
The best way to get from Bolzano to Essen is to fly which takes 4h 29m and costs €200 - €440. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €65 - €110 and takes 13h 25m, you could also train via Munich, which costs €160 - €800 and takes 11h 1m.
What companies run services between Bolzano, Italy and Essen, Germany?
SkyAlps flies from Bolzano Dolomiti Airport (BZO) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) 6 times a week. Alternatively, FlixBus operates a bus from Bolzano South to Essen central train station 4 times a week. Tickets cost €65–110 and the journey takes 13h 25m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–270
Flights from Munich International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–210
Flights from Munich International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–210
Flights from Munich International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–280
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–280
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–290
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–290
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
Flights from Munich International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–210
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–180
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–170
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–270
Flights from Munich International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–280
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–330
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–290
- Website
- skyalps.com
Flights from Bolzano Dolomiti Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €190–350
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Bolzano Bozen to Ulm Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–110
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €100–110
- Couchette Carriage
- €65–80
- Seating Carriage
- €35–45
Train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €40–120
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €100–120
- Couchette Carriage
- €70–85
- Seating Carriage
- €40–55
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €90–410
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Kufstein
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €13–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Kufstein to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €17–75
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from München Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €120–550
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Bolzano Bozen to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Bolzano Bozen to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–30
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–23
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Bolzano Bozen to Brennero - Brenner
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–18
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Bolzano Sud/Bozen S. to Brennero - Brenner
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Bolzano Bozen to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €18–40
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–28
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Bolzano Bozen to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €17–28
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €17–24
- 2nd Class
- €21–28
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Bolzano Bozen to Brennero - Brenner
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Kufstein
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–28
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Kufstein
- *
- €16–24
Train from Kufstein to München Hbf
- *
- €19–28
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- [email protected]
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Kufstein
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–24
- Website
- Westbahn
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Kufstein
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €8–18
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Phone
- +49 30 200 73-0
- [email protected]
- Website
- Transdev GmbH
Train from Kufstein to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–25
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
- Phone
- +49 8024 997171
- [email protected]
- Website
- Bayerische Regiobahn (BRB)
Train from Kufstein to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–130
- Schedules at
- Bayerische Regiobahn (BRB)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Köln Hbf to Essen Süd S
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Bolzano South to Essen central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €65–110
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +39 0471 305604
- [email protected]
- Website
- Alto Adige Bus
Shuttle from Bolzano to Flughafen München
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 14m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €130–190
- Website
- Alto Adige Bus
Shuttle from Bolzano to Flughafen München
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 14m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €130–190
- Website
- Alto Adige Bus
Shuttle from Bolzano to Verona - Aeroporto
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Website
- Alto Adige Bus
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Bolzano to Essen bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Essen central train station.
Bolzano to Essen train services, operated by Trenitalia, arrive at Brennero - Brenner station.
Yes, the driving distance between Bolzano to Essen is 838 km. It takes approximately 8h 10m to drive from Bolzano to Essen.
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