There are 9 ways to get from Essen to Brno by plane, train, bus, night train, or car
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Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Vienna International Airport, train
best- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)plane DUS - VIE
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Brno Hlavni Nadrazitrain
6h 30mKč 2,379–6,593Night train, train
cheapest- Take the night train from Essen Hbf to Wien Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Brno Hlavni Nadrazitrain Rj / ...
15h 2mKč 1,667–4,472Train
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to S Spandau Bhftrain 10 / ...
- Take the train from Berlin-Spandau to Brno hl.n.train rj 175
11h 36mKč 2,065–10,107Bus
- Take the bus from Essen central train station to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus N23 / ...
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Brnobus 850 / ...
13h 15mKč 1,785–2,999Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague, train
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane DUS - PRG
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Brno Hlavni Nadrazitrain
7h 15mKč 2,337–7,473Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Vienna International Airport, train
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)plane CGN - VIE
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Brno Hlavni Nadrazitrain
7h 1mKč 2,197–7,311Train to Frankfurt, fly to Vienna International Airport, train
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)plane FRA - VIE
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Brno Hlavni Nadrazitrain
7h 31mKč 2,976–9,290Train, bus
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbftrain 10 / ...
- Take the bus from Dusseldorf Central Bus Station to Brno Hlavní Nádražíbus Ivano-Frankivsk
23h 25mDrive 848 km
- Drive from Essen to Brnocar 848 km
8h 10mKč 3,164–4,571
Essen to Brno by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Essen to Brno is to bus which costs 1 700 Kč - 3 000 Kč and takes 13h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Essen to Brno is to fly and train which takes 6h 30m and costs 2 300 Kč - 7 000 Kč.
No, there is no direct bus from Essen station to Brno. However, there are services departing from Essen central train station and arriving at Brno via Praha, ÚAN Florenc. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 15m.
No, there is no direct train from Essen to Brno. However, there are services departing from Essen Hbf and arriving at Brno hl.n. via Berlin-Spandau. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 36m.
The distance between Essen and Brno is 989 km. The road distance is 848 km.
The best way to get from Essen to Brno without a car is to train which takes 11h 36m and costs 2 000 Kč - 11 000 Kč.
It takes approximately 6h 30m to get from Essen to Brno, including transfers.
Essen to Brno bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Essen central train station.
Essen to Brno train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Essen Hbf station.
The best way to get from Essen to Brno is to train which takes 11h 36m and costs 2 000 Kč - 11 000 Kč. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs 1 700 Kč - 3 000 Kč and takes 13h 15m.
What companies run services between Essen, Germany and Brno, Czechia?
You can take a train from Essen Hbf to Brno hl.n. via S Spandau Bhf and Berlin-Spandau in around 11h 36m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Essen central train station to Brno via Praha, ÚAN Florenc in around 13h 15m.
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,800–4,800
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,200–8,500
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,600–4,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,500–7,500
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- When
- Saturday to Friday
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,200–8,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,800–4,100
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,200–8,500
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,200–8,500
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Vienna International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,100–6,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,500–7,500
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,900–4,800
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Thursday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,700–3,800
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,700–4,400
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,600–3,300
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,300–7,500
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,400–4,200
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wien Hbf to Brno Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 600–950
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- Kč 600–950
Train from Wien Hbf to Brno Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 600–950
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- Kč 600–950
Train from Wien Hbf to Brno Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 600–950
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- Kč 600–950
Train from Wien Hbf to Brno Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 600–950
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- Kč 600–950
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- regiojet.com
Train from Wien Hbf to Brno Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Kč 220–340
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
Train from Wien Hbf to Brno Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Kč 220–340
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Brno Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 370–600
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
Train from Wien Hbf to Brno Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Kč 220–340
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
Train from Wien Hbf to Brno Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Kč 220–340
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Essen Hbf to S Spandau Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,100–9,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 360–1,500
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,100–4,500
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Kč 190–800
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Essen Hbf to S Spandau Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,300–2,700
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +421 24 48 58 188
- [email protected]
- Website
- zssk.sk
Train from Berlin-Spandau to Brno hl.n.
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- Kč 750–1,400
- Website
- https://www.zssk.sk/en/
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Essen Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 4m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,400–3,600
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- Kč 2,800–3,600
- Couchette Carriage
- Kč 2,100–2,500
- Seating Carriage
- Kč 1,400–1,700
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- [email protected]
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Brno Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Kč 700–1,100
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Brno Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,300–2,400
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- Kč 210–330
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Essen Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- Kč 330–600
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Essen Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Kč 170–350
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- [email protected]
- Website
- eurobahn.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Kč 260–370
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Essen central train station to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,300–2,300
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Brno
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 430–750
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Brno
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Kč 410–600
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- [email protected]
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Dusseldorf Central Bus Station to Brno Hlavní Nádraží
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 49m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
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More Questions & Answers
Essen to Brno bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Praha, ÚAN Florenc station.
Essen to Brno train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at S Spandau Bhf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Essen to Brno is 848 km. It takes approximately 8h 10m to drive from Essen to Brno.
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