There are 8 ways to get from Auckland to Essen by plane or train
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Fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
best- Fly from Auckland (AKL) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane AKL - DUS
28h 50m€814–2,264Fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
cheapest- Fly from Auckland (AKL) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane AKL - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Utrecht Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Oberhausen Hbftrain
31h 48m€533–1,223Fly to Münster Osnabrück International Airport, train
- Fly from Auckland (AKL) to Münster Osnabrück International Airport (FMO)plane AKL - FMO
- Take the train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to Essen Hbftrain
32h 55m€979–3,370Fly to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
- Fly from Auckland (AKL) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane AKL - CGN
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Essen Hbftrain
33h 1m€571–2,071Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Auckland (AKL) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane AKL - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Essen Hbftrain
29h 23m€634–1,496Fly to Brussels Airport, train
- Fly from Auckland (AKL) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane AKL - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbftrain
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Essen Hbftrain
31h 12m€757–1,456Fly to Munich International Airport, train
- Fly from Auckland (AKL) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane AKL - MUC
- Take the train from Flughafen München to Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from München Hbf to Essen Hbftrain
34h 51m€764–1,511Fly to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, train
- Fly from Auckland (AKL) to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG)plane AKL - CDG
- Take the train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbftrain
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Essen Hbftrain
32h 35m€579–1,711
Auckland (AKL) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Auckland to Essen is to fly and train which costs €500 - €1300 and takes 31h 48m.
The fastest way to get from Auckland to Essen is to fly which takes 28h 50m and costs €800 - €2300.
The distance between Auckland and Essen is 18235 km.
It takes approximately 28h 50m to get from Auckland to Essen, including transfers.
Essen is 12h behind Auckland. It is currently 9:55 PM in Auckland and 9:55 AM in Essen.
There are 2348+ hotels available in Essen.
What companies run services between Auckland, New Zealand and Essen, Germany?
Qatar Airways, Emirates, and two other airlines fly from Auckland (AKL) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) 4 times a day.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Auckland to Düsseldorf International Airport via Vancouver, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €550–1,900
Flights from Auckland to Münster Osnabrück International Airport via Vancouver, Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €950–3,300
Flights from Auckland to Münster Osnabrück International Airport via San Francisco, Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €950–3,300
Flights from Auckland to Münster Osnabrück International Airport via Houston, Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €950–3,500
Flights from Auckland to Münster Osnabrück International Airport via Los Angeles, Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 35h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €950–3,400
Flights from Auckland to Münster Osnabrück International Airport via Doha, Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €1,000–3,200
Flights from Auckland to Münster Osnabrück International Airport via Dubai, Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €1,200–3,600
Flights from Auckland to Münster Osnabrück International Airport via New York JFK, Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €1,100–3,900
Flights from Auckland to Cologne Bonn Airport via Doha, Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €650–2,100
Flights from Auckland to Frankfurt via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €600–1,100
Flights from Auckland to Munich International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 28h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €650–2,100
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Auckland to Düsseldorf International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €700–2,200
Flights from Auckland to Frankfurt via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €600–1,900
Flights from Auckland to Brussels Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €700–2,100
Flights from Auckland to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €700–2,200
Flights from Auckland to Munich International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €650–2,100
Flights from Auckland to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €700–2,100
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Auckland to Frankfurt via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,800
Flights from Auckland to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €460–1,800
Flights from Auckland to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €550–2,300
Flights from Auckland to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,900
Flights from Auckland to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,800
Flights from Auckland to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €500–2,200
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Auckland to Düsseldorf International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €600–1,900
Flights from Auckland to Cologne Bonn Airport via Vancouver, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €550–2,000
Flights from Auckland to Frankfurt via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €850–1,200
Flights from Auckland to Brussels Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €850–1,300
Flights from Auckland to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €600–1,000
Flights from Auckland to Munich International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €650–1,400
Flights from Auckland to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €650–1,100
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Auckland to Frankfurt via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,800
Flights from Auckland to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €550–2,300
Flights from Auckland to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,900
Flights from Auckland to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,800
Flights from Auckland to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €500–2,200
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Auckland to Frankfurt via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,800
Flights from Auckland to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €550–2,300
Flights from Auckland to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,900
Flights from Auckland to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,800
Flights from Auckland to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €500–2,200
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Auckland to Cologne Bonn Airport via Vancouver, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 44h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €550–2,000
Flights from Auckland to Cologne Bonn Airport via Doha, Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €650–2,100
Flights from Auckland to Cologne Bonn Airport via Doha, Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €650–2,100
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Auckland to Münster Osnabrück International Airport via Doha, Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €1,000–3,200
Flights from Auckland to Münster Osnabrück International Airport via Dubai, Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €1,200–3,600
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Auckland to Cologne Bonn Airport via Doha, Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €650–2,100
Flights from Auckland to Cologne Bonn Airport via Doha, Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €650–2,100
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Auckland to Cologne Bonn Airport via Vancouver, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €550–2,000
Flights from Auckland to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €650–2,200
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Auckland to Frankfurt via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €600–1,100
Flights from Auckland to Brussels Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 45m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €650–2,200
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Auckland to Cologne Bonn Airport via Vancouver, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €550–2,000
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Auckland to Cologne Bonn Airport via New York JFK, London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €700–2,400
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Auckland to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €460–1,800
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Auckland to Munich International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,600
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Auckland to Munich International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €430–1,300
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €18–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–190
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–23
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Flughafen München to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Köln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €30–45
- Comfort
- €35–50
- Premium
- €50–70
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–140
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–95
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 9126 301 90 70
- fahrgaeste@train-rental.com
- Website
- train-rental.com
Train from Köln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- train-rental.com
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Schiphol Airport to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–29
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €10–16
- 1st Class
- €17–29
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Oberhausen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–80
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €24–35
- 1st Class
- €45–80
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- arriva.nl
Train from Schiphol Airport to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €12–14
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- 2nd Class
- €12–14
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–90
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
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