There are 8 ways to get from Cork to Europe by plane, train, car, or car ferry
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Fly Cork Airport to Frankfurt, train
best- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane ORK - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Fulda Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Bebra Bahnhoftrain
9h 56m$177–442Fly Cork Airport to Nuremberg Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Nuremberg Airport (NUE)plane ORK - NUE
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to Erfurt Hbftrain
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Eisenach Hbftrain
11h 29m$123–513Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cork to Rosslare Harbourcar
- Take the car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirkcarferry
- Drive from Dunkirk to Europecar
32h 41m$188–774Fly Cork Airport to Hannover Airport, train
- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Hannover Airport (HAJ)plane ORK - HAJ
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Göttingentrain
- Take the train from Göttingen to Eschwege-Niederhone Bahnhoftrain
10h 49mFly Cork Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane ORK - DUS
- Take the train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehetrain
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Bebra Bahnhoftrain
13h 25m$178–397Train to Dublin Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the train from Cork to Dublin Heustontrain
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane DUB - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Fulda Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Bebra Bahnhoftrain
12h 59m$131–387Fly 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 Kassel-Wilhelmshöhetrain
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Bebra Bahnhoftrain
13h 56m$147–480Train to Dublin Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Take the train from Cork to Dublin Heustontrain
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane DUB - DUS
- Take the train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehetrain
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Bebra Bahnhoftrain
14h 23m$157–452
Cork Airport (ORK) to Frankfurt (FRA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cork to Europe is to fly and train which costs $120 - $550 and takes 11h 29m.
The fastest way to get from Cork to Europe is to fly and train which takes 9h 56m and costs $170 - $450.
The distance between Cork and Europe is 1420 km.
It takes approximately 9h 56m to get from Cork to Europe, including transfers.
Europe is 1h ahead of Cork. It is currently 7:06 PM in Cork and 8:06 PM in Europe.
There are 851+ hotels available in Europe.
What companies run services between Cork, Ireland and Europe?
There is no direct connection from Cork to Europe. However, you can take the line 225 bus to Cork Airport, walk to Cork Airport (ORK) airport, fly to Frankfurt (FRA), walk to Frankfurt, take the train to Fulda Bahnhof, take the train to Bebra Bahnhof, take the train to Sontra Bahnhof, walk to Sontra Breitwiese, then take the line 260 bus to Nentershausen-Süß Gerstunger Straße. Alternatively, you can take a vehicle from Cork to Europe via Rosslare Harbour and Dunkirk in around 32h 41m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–400
Flights from Cork Airport to Hannover Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–550
Flights from Cork Airport to Nuremberg Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from Cork Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–390
Flights from Dublin Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50–290
Flights from Cork Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–370
Flights from Dublin Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $45–290
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–430
Flights from Cork Airport to Hannover Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Cork Airport to Hannover Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from Cork Airport to Nuremberg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Cork Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–460
Flights from Dublin Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–260
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Frankfurt via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–400
Flights from Cork Airport to Hannover Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Cork Airport to Nuremberg Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 27m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Cork Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–320
Flights from Cork Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $70–320
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $45–220
Flights from Dublin Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $40–190
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Hannover Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–600
Flights from Cork Airport to Nuremberg Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from Cork Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–410
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Nuremberg Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–230
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Hannover Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–550
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–210
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $25–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Göttingen
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $22–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Eisenach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $12–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $60–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Bebra Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $12–27
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 561 766396-0
- info@cantus-bahn.de
- Website
- cantus-bahn.de
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Bebra Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
Train from Göttingen to Eschwege-Niederhone Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Bebra Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Bebra Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $18–26
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $60–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Eisenach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $18–26
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Bebra Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $17–25
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Göttingen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 21300130
- info@abellio-mitteldeutschland.de
- Website
- abellio.de
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Eisenach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $14–20
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
- Phone
- 0800 2235546
- Website
- abellio.de
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Eisenach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $13–21
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- 0818 294 015
- Website
- irishrail.ie
Train from Cork to Dublin Heuston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $26–40
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- $26–40
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $6–17
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $45–120
- 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
- $14–16
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- 2nd Class
- $14–16
- 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
- $40–522
- Website
- https://www.dfds.com/en
- Family (4 persons + car)
- $522
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