There are 6 ways to get from Chicago to Bochum by plane or train
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Fly to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
best- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane ORD - DUS
- Take the train from D-Flughafen Bf to Bochum Hbftrain
13h 39m€194–881Fly to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane ORD - CGN
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Bochum Hbftrain
15h 11m€254–969Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane ORD - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Bochum Hbftrain
13h 39m€250–544Fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane ORD - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Utrecht Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Oberhausen Hbftrain
14h 28m€324–775Fly to Münster Osnabrück International Airport, train
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Münster Osnabrück International Airport (FMO)plane ORD - FMO
- Take the train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to Bochum Hbftrain
16h 42m€385–1,468Fly to Brussels Airport, train
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane ORD - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbftrain
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Bochum Hbftrain
15h 7m€308–839
Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Chicago to Bochum is to fly and train which costs €250 - €550 and takes 13h 39m.
The fastest way to get from Chicago to Bochum is to fly and train which takes 13h 39m and costs €190 - €900.
The distance between Chicago and Bochum is 6870 km.
It takes approximately 13h 39m to get from Chicago to Bochum, including transfers.
Bochum is 7h ahead of Chicago. It is currently 7:29 AM in Chicago and 2:29 PM in Bochum.
There are 2024+ hotels available in Bochum.
What companies run services between Chicago, IL, USA and Bochum, Germany?
There is no direct connection from Chicago to Bochum. However, you can take the subway to O'Hare, walk to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS), walk to D-Flughafen Terminal A/B, take the vehicle to D-Flughafen Bf, walk to D-Flughafen Bf, then take the train to Bochum Hbf. Alternatively, you can take the subway to O'Hare, walk to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN), walk to Flughafen Köln/Bonn Bf, take the train to Köln Hbf, then take the train to Bochum Hbf.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €260–1,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €190–750
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €290–550
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €250–1,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Münster Osnabrück International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 52m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €390–1,700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Münster Osnabrück International Airport via Frankfurt, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 27m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €430–1,700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–800
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €230–900
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €280–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €190–750
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €250–1,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Brussels Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–800
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–1,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €230–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Frankfurt via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €250–400
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–1,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €260–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Brussels Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–1,000
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–1,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €230–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Frankfurt via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €250–400
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–1,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Brussels Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–1,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €210–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €190–750
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €210–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–850
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Brussels Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €210–800
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €220–850
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €190–750
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €210–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–850
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €260–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €260–1,100
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €300–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–800
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Brussels Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €250–950
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Brussels Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–800
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €190–650
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €230–900
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Münster Osnabrück International Airport via Dublin, London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €350–1,400
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from D-Flughafen Bf to Bochum Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–24
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Bochum Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €18–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Bochum Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to Bochum Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–55
- 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
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from D-Flughafen Bf to Bochum Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from D-Flughafen Bf to Bochum Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 9126 301 90 70
- fahrgaeste@train-rental.com
- Website
- train-rental.com
Train from Köln Hbf to Bochum Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- 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
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