There are 6 ways to get from Chicago to Essen by plane or train
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Fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
best- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane ORD - DUS
13h 27m€192–912Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane ORD - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Essen Hbftrain
13h 15m€252–534Fly 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 Messe/Deutz Bf to Essen Hbftrain
15h 23m€239–969Fly 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 16m€331–771Fly 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 Essen Hbftrain
16h 23m€387–1,468Fly 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 Essen Hbftrain
14h 44m€305–854
Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Chicago to Essen is to fly and train which costs €250 - €550 and takes 13h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Chicago to Essen is to fly and train which takes 13h 15m and costs €250 - €550.
The distance between Chicago and Essen is 6855 km.
It takes approximately 13h 27m to get from Chicago to Essen, including transfers.
Essen is 7h ahead of Chicago. It is currently 4:53 AM in Chicago and 11:53 AM in Essen.
There are 2348+ hotels available in Essen.
What companies run services between Chicago, IL, USA and Essen, Germany?
British Airways, Air France, and six other airlines fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) every 4 hours.
- 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
- €210–850
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 21m
- 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 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 Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–800
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
- €400–1,700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Münster Osnabrück International Airport via Frankfurt, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 32m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €400–1,700
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
- €210–850
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €190–750
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–900
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 Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–800
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
- €200–800
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–850
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Frankfurt via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €250–320
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–950
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
- €210–850
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Brussels Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–850
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–850
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Frankfurt via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €250–320
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–950
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
- €210–850
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Brussels Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–850
- 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
- €200–800
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
- €200–800
- 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
- €210–850
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- 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
- €200–800
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
- €250–1,100
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €290–950
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
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- 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
- €200–800
- 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
- €220–900
- 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
- €360–1,400
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–90
- 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 Münster Hauptbahnhof to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–55
- 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
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
- 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
- +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
- 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
- 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
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