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 53m€715–2,164Fly to Frankfurt, train
cheapest- Fly from Auckland (AKL) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane AKL - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Essen Hbftrain
29h 22m€535–1,391Fly to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
- Fly from Auckland (AKL) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane AKL - CGN
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Essen Hbftrain
32h 40m€574–1,998Fly 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€930–3,070Fly 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€608–1,451Fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Fly from Auckland (AKL) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane AKL - AMS
- Take the train from Den Haag Centraal to Utrecht Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Oberhausen Hbftrain
33h 20m€536–1,435Fly 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 50m€580–1,581Fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Auckland (AKL) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane AKL - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Essen Hbftrain
35h 31m€679–2,190
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 - €1500 and takes 33h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Auckland to Essen is to fly which takes 28h 53m and costs €700 - €2200.
The distance between Auckland and Essen is 18235 km.
It takes approximately 28h 53m to get from Auckland to Essen, including transfers.
Essen is 12h behind Auckland. It is currently 9:37 AM in Auckland and 9:37 PM in Essen.
There are 2399+ 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
- €500–1,800
Flights from Auckland to Cologne Bonn Airport via Doha, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €650–2,000
Flights from Auckland to Münster Osnabrück International Airport via Vancouver, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €900–3,000
Flights from Auckland to Münster Osnabrück International Airport via San Francisco, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 30m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €900–3,100
Flights from Auckland to Münster Osnabrück International Airport via Houston, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €900–3,100
Flights from Auckland to Münster Osnabrück International Airport via Los Angeles, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 35h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €900–3,100
Flights from Auckland to Münster Osnabrück International Airport via Doha, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €1,000–3,100
Flights from Auckland to Münster Osnabrück International Airport via Dubai, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €1,000–3,300
Flights from Auckland to Münster Osnabrück International Airport via New York JFK, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €1,100–3,600
Flights from Auckland to Frankfurt via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €490–2,000
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Auckland to Düsseldorf International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €650–2,000
Flights from Auckland to Frankfurt via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €550–1,800
Flights from Auckland to Brussels Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €600–2,000
Flights from Auckland to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €650–2,000
Flights from Auckland to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €600–2,000
Flights from Auckland to Zurich Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €600–1,900
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Auckland to Frankfurt via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €490–1,700
Flights from Auckland to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €550–2,200
Flights from Auckland to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,800
Flights from Auckland to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, 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, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €500–2,100
Flights from Auckland to Zurich Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,800
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Auckland to Frankfurt via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €490–1,700
Flights from Auckland to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €440–1,700
Flights from Auckland to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €550–2,200
Flights from Auckland to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,800
Flights from Auckland to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, 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, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €500–2,100
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Auckland to Frankfurt via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €490–1,700
Flights from Auckland to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €550–2,200
Flights from Auckland to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,800
Flights from Auckland to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, 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, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €500–2,100
- 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 Frankfurt via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €900–1,400
Flights from Auckland to Brussels Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €600–1,900
Flights from Auckland to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €800–1,500
Flights from Auckland to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €600–1,400
Flights from Auckland to Zurich Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €600–1,800
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Auckland to Cologne Bonn Airport via Vancouver, Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 40h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €550–2,000
Flights from Auckland to Cologne Bonn Airport via Doha, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €650–2,000
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Auckland to Cologne Bonn Airport via Doha, Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €650–2,000
Flights from Auckland to Cologne Bonn Airport via Vancouver, London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €550–1,900
Flights from Auckland to Cologne Bonn Airport via New York JFK, London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €550–2,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Auckland to Cologne Bonn Airport via Vancouver, Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €550–2,000
Flights from Auckland to Zurich Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €600–2,100
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Auckland to Münster Osnabrück International Airport via Doha, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €1,000–3,100
Flights from Auckland to Münster Osnabrück International Airport via Dubai, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €1,000–3,300
- Website
- airnewzealand.com
Flights from Auckland to Frankfurt via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €490–2,000
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Auckland to Frankfurt via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €550–2,000
Flights from Auckland to Brussels Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €600–2,100
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Auckland to Cologne Bonn Airport via New York JFK, London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €700–2,300
- 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
- €440–1,700
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Auckland to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €600–2,100
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
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 Münster Hauptbahnhof to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
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 Münster Hauptbahnhof to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–23
- 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
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–110
- 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
- €60–95
- 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 a week
- Schedules at
- train-rental.com
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Den Haag Centraal to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–35
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €11–17
- 1st Class
- €19–35
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Oberhausen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–80
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €24–35
- 1st Class
- €45–80
- 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 49m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–110
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
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