There are 8 ways to get from Cork to Essen by plane, car, car ferry, bus, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Cork Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
best- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)ORK - DUS
6h 34m€104–284Fly Cork Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)ORK - CGN
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Essen Hbf
7h 20m€93–303Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cork to Rosslare Harbour
- Take the car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirk
- Drive from Dunkirk to Essen
30h 10m€267–581Bus
- Take the bus from Cork Alfred Street to Bachelors Walk
- Take the bus from Dublin to Rădăuți
- Take the bus from Rădăuți to Bonn
- Take the bus from Bonn Hbf to Essen Hauptbahnhof
3d 9hFly Cork Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Frankfurt (FRA)ORK - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Essen Hbf
6h 31m€154–366Fly Cork Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)ORK - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Arnhem Centraal
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Oberhausen Hbf
6h 53m€126–331Train to Dublin Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Cork to Dublin Heuston
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)DUB - DUS
7h 39m€97–299Bus, car ferry
- Take the bus from Cork Bus Station to Waterford Bus Station40
- Take the bus from Waterford Bus Station to Rosslare Europort40
- Take the car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirk
- Take the bus from Dunkerque Port to Duisburg central train station
36h 32m€236–586
Cork Airport (ORK) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cork to Essen is to fly and train which costs €90 - €310 and takes 7h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Cork to Essen is to fly and train which takes 6h 31m and costs €150 - €370.
The distance between Cork and Essen is 1099 km.
The best way to get from Cork to Essen without a car is to bus which takes 3 days 9h and costs .
It takes approximately 6h 34m to get from Cork to Essen, including transfers.
The best way to get from Cork to Essen is to fly which takes 6h 34m and costs €100 - €290. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 3 days 9h.
Essen is 1h ahead of Cork. It is currently 1:13 PM in Cork and 2:13 PM in Essen.
There are 2596+ hotels available in Essen.
What companies run services between Cork, Ireland and Essen, Germany?
KLM, Lufthansa, and three other airlines fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) 5 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Cork Alfred Street to Essen Hauptbahnhof via Bachelors Walk, Aston Quay, Navan Road Station, Dublin, Rădăuți, Bonn, and Bonn Hbf in around 3d 9h.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–330
Flights from Cork Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–310
Flights from Cork Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–310
Flights from Dublin Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–260
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–190
Flights from Cork Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–190
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–360
Flights from Cork Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–310
Flights from Dublin Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–300
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–260
Flights from Cork Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–280
Flights from Cork Airport to Frankfurt via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–330
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–280
Flights from Dublin Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–150
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–340
- 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
- €18–28
- 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 Arnhem Centraal to Oberhausen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €25–50
- 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
- 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
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- train-rental.com
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Schiphol Airport to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €17–55
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €17–25
- 1st Class
- €30–55
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Oberhausen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–50
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €15–23
- 1st Class
- €29–50
- Phone
- 069 450099650
- Kundenservice-Linie10@vias-online.de
- Website
- vias-online.de
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Oberhausen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–21
- Schedules at
- vias-online.de
- Phone
- +353 1 836 6222
- info@irishrail.ie
- Website
- irishrail.ie
Train from Cork to Dublin Heuston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €22–35
- Phone
- +353 0 1 844 7118
- info@aircoach.ie
- Website
- aircoach.ie
Bus from Cork Alfred Street to Bachelors Walk
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–26
- Website
- https://www.aircoach.ie/
- Phone
- +353 91 564 164
- info@citylink.ie
- Website
- citylink.ie
Bus from Cork Alfred Street to Bachelors Walk
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–30
- Website
- https://www.citylink.ie/
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Dublin to Rădăuți
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €26–200
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Rădăuți to Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 19m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €22–170
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +38 (044) 444 00 44
- Website
- grandes-tour.com.ua
Bus from Bonn Hbf to Essen Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Website
- https://grandes-tour.com.ua/en
- Phone
- 0818 15 15 15
- Website
- expressway.ie
Bus from Cork Bus Station to Waterford Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–26
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
Bus from Waterford Bus Station to Rosslare Europort
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €15–21
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
- Phone
- +353 (0)1 465 9972
- info@dublincoach.ie
- Website
- dublincoach.ie
Bus from Cork Bus Station to Waterford Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–18
- Website
- https://www.dublincoach.ie/
- Phone
- +353 1 836 6111
- Website
- buseireann.ie
Bus from Waterford Bus Station to Rosslare Europort
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Website
- https://www.buseireann.ie/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Dunkerque Port to Duisburg central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €29–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +44 344 848 6090
- travel.sales@dfds.com
- Website
- dfds.com
Car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirk
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €180–450
- Website
- https://www.dfds.com/en
- Family (4 persons + car)
- €450
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