There are 7 ways to get from Cork to Essen by plane, car, car ferry, train, or bus
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Fly Cork Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
best- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane ORK - DUS
6h 35m€118–280Fly Cork Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane ORK - CGN
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Essen Hbftrain
7h 51m€82–345Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cork to Rosslare Harbourcar
- Take the car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirkcarferry
- Drive from Dunkirk to Essencar
30h 11m€518–738Train, bus
- Take the train from Cork to Dublin Heustontrain
- Take the bus from Dublin to Rădăuțibus
- Take the bus from Rădăuţi to Kölnbus
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Essen Hbftrain
3d 9h€109–481Train to Dublin Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Cork to Dublin Heustontrain
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane DUB - DUS
7h 37m€82–259Fly Cork Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane ORK - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Utrecht Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Essen Hbftrain
7h 16m€112–417Fly Cork Airport to Eindhoven Airport, train
- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Eindhoven Airport (EIN)plane ORK - EIN
- Take the train from Eindhoven Centraal to Venlotrain
- Take the train from Viersen Bahnhof to Essen Hbftrain
10h 10m€100–353
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 €80 - €350 and takes 7h 51m.
The fastest way to get from Cork to Essen is to fly which takes 6h 35m and costs €110 - €280.
The distance between Cork and Essen is 1099 km.
The best way to get from Cork to Essen without a car is to train and bus which takes 3 days 9h and costs €100 - €490.
It takes approximately 6h 35m to get from Cork to Essen, including transfers.
Essen is 1h ahead of Cork. It is currently 9:47 PM in Cork and 10:47 PM in Essen.
There are 2543+ hotels available in Essen.
What companies run services between Cork, Ireland and Essen, Germany?
Lufthansa, Aer Lingus, and two other airlines fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) 5 times a day.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–350
Flights from Dublin Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–260
Flights from Cork Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–340
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Friday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €50–260
Flights from Cork Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €50–260
Flights from Cork Airport to Eindhoven Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–270
Flights from Cork Airport to Eindhoven Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–270
Flights from Cork Airport to Eindhoven Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–270
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–360
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–430
Flights from Dublin Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–330
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–260
Flights from Dublin Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–170
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–170
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–240
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–270
- Phone
- 0818 294 015
- 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
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
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Viersen Bahnhof to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Köln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Köln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €26–50
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €4–11
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–40
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Eindhoven Centraal to Venlo
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–13
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- arriva.nl
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €8–13
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- Second Class Single
- €8–13
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Viersen Bahnhof to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–16
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Dublin to Rădăuți
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €29–200
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Rădăuţi to Köln
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €21–170
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- 0724 122 272
- contact@euro-fratello.ro
- Website
- euro-fratello.ro
Bus from Rădăuţi to Köln
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- euro-fratello.ro
- 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
- €430–600
- Website
- https://www.dfds.com/en
- Family (4 persons + car)
- €450
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