There are 10 ways to get from Crete to Netherlands by plane, busferry, bus, night train, train, or ferry
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Fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
best- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane HER - AMS
6h 18m€92–249Fly to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane HER - CGN
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraaltrain
8h 39m€67–290Bus and ferry, bus, night train, train
- Take the busferry from Heraklion to Thessalonikibusferry
- Take the bus from Thessaloníki to Budapestbus
- Take the nighttrain from Budapest-Keleti to Stuttgart Hbfnighttrain En
- Take the train from Stuttgart Hbf to Amsterdam Centraaltrain Ice
2d 1h€250–380Fly to Brussels Airport, train
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane HER - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Bredatrain
7h 6m€96–277Fly to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane HER - DUS
- Take the train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Arnhem Centraaltrain
8h 21m€119–257Fly to Eindhoven Airport
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Eindhoven Airport (EIN)plane HER - EIN
6h 16m€187–297Fly to Maastricht Aachen Airport, train
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Maastricht Aachen Airport (MST)plane HER - MST
- Take the train from Sittard to Eindhoven Centraaltrain
7h 53m€276–780Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane HER - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Arnhem Centraaltrain
9h 13m€123–295Bus and ferry, bus, train
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana to Antwerpen-Centraalbus
- Take the train from Anvers-Central to Amsterdam Centraaltrain
2d 2hFerry, bus
- Take the ferry from Heraklion to Port of Piraeusferry Abs / ...
- Take the bus from Atheny, F.P. Travel Holidays to Belgrade, "BAS" bus station, block 42, Antifašisticke borbebus
- Take the bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Amsterdambus
2d 14h€294–458
Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Crete to Netherlands is to fly which costs €90 - €250 and takes 6h 18m.
The fastest way to get from Crete to Netherlands is to fly which takes 6h 16m and costs €180 - €300.
The distance between Crete and Netherlands is 2499 km.
The best way to get from Crete to Netherlands without a car is to bus and ferry and bus and night train and train which takes 2 days 1h and costs €250 - €380.
It takes approximately 6h 18m to get from Crete to Netherlands, including transfers.
Netherlands is 1h behind Crete. It is currently 9:21 PM in Crete and 8:21 PM in Netherlands.
There are 2649+ hotels available in Netherlands.
What companies run services between Crete, Greece and Netherlands?
TUI Airlines Netherlands, Sky Express, and two other airlines fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) 5 times a week.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–190
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Sunday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–350
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, Monday, Friday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–180
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Frankfurt via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–180
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Brussels Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–460
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–290
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 11m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €100–470
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, Monday, Friday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–180
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–160
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–550
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €110–500
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Eindhoven Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €150–700
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Maastricht Aachen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €200–950
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–190
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Düsseldorf International Airport via Innsbruck
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–190
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Sunday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–350
- Website
- tui.nl
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–160
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Eindhoven Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €180–550
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Maastricht Aachen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €260–750
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–240
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–200
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Frankfurt via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–150
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–550
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Brussels Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–550
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Düsseldorf International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–480
- Website
- corendonairlines.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €30–190
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–200
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–300
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–190
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–190
- Website
- tui.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–350
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–140
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, Monday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–130
- Website
- tuifly.be
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–260
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–360
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Cologne Bonn Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €85–310
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- informacio@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Night train from Budapest-Keleti to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 57m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–55
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 28m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Breda
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–19
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Sittard to Eindhoven Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €8–16
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Frankfurt to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Anvers-Central to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Breda
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–26
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Anvers-Central to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +49 6078 966930
- service@vias-online.eu
- Website
- VIAS Rail GmbH
Train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €39
- Schedules at
- VIAS Rail GmbH
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- Arriva NL
Train from Sittard to Eindhoven Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Website
- Arriva NL
- Second Class Single
- €13–19
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Anvers-Central to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–100
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +30 2810 246530
- info@ktelherlas.gr
- Website
- ktelherlas.gr
Busferry from Heraklion to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
- Phone
- +302105233969
- fptravel@otenet.gr
- Website
- fptravel.gr
Bus from Thessaloníki to Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €60–90
- Schedules at
- fptravel.gr
- Phone
- +355 42 239 203 / +355 69 400 4075
- albtrans06@yahoo.com
- Website
- Alb Trans
Busferry from Heraklion Port to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Alb Trans
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- anumitravel@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Antwerpen-Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €130
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +381 011 7614787
- fptravelpatrikalos@gmail.com
- Website
- fptravelpatrikalos.rs
Bus from Atheny, F.P. Travel Holidays to Belgrade, "BAS" bus station, block 42, Antifašisticke borbe
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €116
- Schedules at
- fptravelpatrikalos.rs
- Phone
- +381 800 334 334
- iuc@lasta.rs
- Website
- lasta.rs
Bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Amsterdam
- Phone
- +30 21 0891 9800
- bluestarferries@bluestarferries.com
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
Ferry from Heraklion to Port of Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–180
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
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