There are 10 ways to get from Munich to Esen by train, bus, night train, car, or plane
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Train via Cologne
best- Take the train from München Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain 47 / ...
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Gent St Pieterstrain 79
- Take the train from Gand-Saint-Pierre to Dixmudetrain Ic / ...
10h 4m€171–716Night train, train
cheapest- Take the nighttrain from Muenchen Ost to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midinighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Bruxelles-Midi to Roulerstrain Ic / ...
14h 50m€66–166Bus
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to Nuremberg central bus stationbus FlixBus 234 / ...
- Take the bus from Nuremberg central bus station to Brugesbus N84
18h 41m€74–122Drive 834.1 km
- Drive from Munich to Esencar 834.1 km
8h 29m€129–186Train
- Take the train from München Ost to Bruxelles-Miditrain Nj / ...
- Take the train from Bruxelles-Midi to Roulerstrain Ic / ...
14h 20m€155–316Fly to Brussels Airport, train
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane MUC - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Gand-Saint-Pierretrain
- Take the train from Gand-Saint-Pierre to Dixmudetrain
7h 41m€134–305Fly to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane MUC - DUS
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Bruxelles Miditrain
- Take the train from Bruxelles-Midi to Gand-Saint-Pierretrain
- Take the train from Gand-Saint-Pierre to Dixmudetrain
9h 42m€143–380Fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane MUC - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Anvers-Centraltrain
- Take the train from Anvers-Central to Dixmudetrain
9h 29m€168–413Fly to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane MUC - CGN
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Take the train from Bruxelles-Midi to Gand-Saint-Pierretrain
- Take the train from Gand-Saint-Pierre to Dixmudetrain
9h 12m€163–409Fly to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, train
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG)plane MUC - CDG
- Take the train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Lille Europetrain
- Take the train from Lille Flandres to Courtraitrain
- Take the train from Courtrai to Lichterveldetrain
- Take the train from Lichtervelde to Dixmudetrain
9h 17m€144–366
Munich to Esen by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Munich to Esen is to bus which costs €70 - €130 and takes 18h 41m.
The fastest way to get from Munich to Esen is to fly and train which takes 7h 41m and costs €130 - €310.
No, there is no direct bus from Munich station to Esen. However, there are services departing from Munich central bus station and arriving at Esen Dorp via Nuremberg central bus station, Brugge Station perron C9 and Torhout Station perron 5. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 18h 41m.
No, there is no direct train from Munich to Esen. However, there are services departing from München Hbf and arriving at Dixmude via Koeln Messe/Deutz, Köln Hbf and Gand-Saint-Pierre. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 4m.
The distance between Munich and Esen is 922 km. The road distance is 834.1 km.
The best way to get from Munich to Esen without a car is to train via Cologne which takes 10h 4m and costs €170 - €750.
It takes approximately 10h 4m to get from Munich to Esen, including transfers.
Munich to Esen bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Munich central bus station.
Munich to Esen train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from München Hbf station.
The best way to get from Munich to Esen is to train via Cologne which takes 10h 4m and costs €170 - €750. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €70 - €130 and takes 18h 41m.
What companies run services between Munich, Germany and Esen, Belgium?
You can take a train from München Hbf to Esen Eikhof via Köln Messe/Deutz Bf, Koeln Messe/Deutz, Koeln Hbf, Köln Hbf, Gand-Saint-Pierre, Dixmude, and Diksmuide Station perron 1 in around 10h 4m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Munich central bus station to Esen Dorp via Nuremberg central bus station, Bruges, Brugge Station perron C9, Torhout Station perron 8, and Torhout Station perron 5 in around 18h 41m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–340
Flights from Munich International Airport to Brussels Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–230
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 to Thursday
- Estimated price
- €80–210
Flights from Munich International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–600
Flights from Munich International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–310
Flights from Munich International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–270
Flights from Munich International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–300
Flights from Munich International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–260
- 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 Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–310
Flights from Munich International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–270
Flights from Munich International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–300
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–340
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–310
- 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
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–300
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Brussels Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–340
Flights from Munich International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–320
Flights from Munich International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–340
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Munich International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €160–600
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Munich International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €120–290
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from München Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €100–470
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to Gent St Pieters
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €50–220
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to Gand-Saint-Pierre
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €9–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to Gand-Saint-Pierre
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €9–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Gand-Saint-Pierre to Dixmude
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–23
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to Roulers
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–40
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from München Ost to Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 43m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €130–280
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to Roulers
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–40
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Gand-Saint-Pierre
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–24
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Gand-Saint-Pierre to Dixmude
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–23
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to Gand-Saint-Pierre
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €8–18
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Gand-Saint-Pierre to Dixmude
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–23
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Schiphol Airport to Anvers-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €24–50
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Anvers-Central to Dixmude
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–45
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to Gand-Saint-Pierre
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €8–18
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Gand-Saint-Pierre to Dixmude
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–23
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Courtrai to Lichtervelde
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–11
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Lichtervelde to Dixmude
- Ave. Duration
- 15 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €3–7
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Muenchen Ost to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 13m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–130
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €100–130
- Couchette Carriage
- €75–90
- Seating Carriage
- €45–55
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–90
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Lille Flandres to Courtrai
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–10
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Schiphol Airport to Anvers-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €60–110
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- TGV inOui
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Munich central bus station to Nuremberg central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–21
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Nuremberg central bus station to Bruges
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–95
- Website
- Flixbus
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More Questions & Answers
Munich to Esen bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Nuremberg central bus station.
Munich to Esen train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Köln Messe/Deutz Bf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Munich to Esen is 834 km. It takes approximately 8h 29m to drive from Munich to Esen.
There are 5444+ hotels available in Esen.


































