There are 6 ways to get from Denver to Essen by plane 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 to Düsseldorf International Airport
best- Fly from Denver (DEN) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane DEN - DUS
15h 13m€296–1,024Fly to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
- Fly from Denver (DEN) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane DEN - CGN
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Essen Hbftrain
16h 17m€323–1,143Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Denver (DEN) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane DEN - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Essen Hbftrain
14h 46m€506–2,061Fly to Münster Osnabrück International Airport, train
- Fly from Denver (DEN) to Münster Osnabrück International Airport (FMO)plane DEN - FMO
- Take the train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to Essen Hbftrain
16h 50m€488–1,740Fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Fly from Denver (DEN) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane DEN - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Utrecht Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Duisburg Hbftrain
16h 54m€324–1,040Fly to Brussels Airport, train
- Fly from Denver (DEN) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane DEN - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbftrain
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Essen Hbftrain
18h 17m€342–1,080
Denver (DEN) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Denver to Essen is to fly which costs €290 - €1100 and takes 15h 13m.
The fastest way to get from Denver to Essen is to fly and train which takes 14h 46m and costs €500 - €2100.
The distance between Denver and Essen is 7977 km.
It takes approximately 15h 13m to get from Denver to Essen, including transfers.
Essen is 8h ahead of Denver. It is currently 10:02 AM in Denver and 6:02 PM in Essen.
There are 2560+ hotels available in Essen.
What companies run services between Denver, CO, USA and Essen, Germany?
United Airlines, Lufthansa City, and four other airlines fly from Denver (DEN) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) 5 times a day.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Denver to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €310–1,300
Flights from Denver to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €320–1,200
Flights from Denver to Düsseldorf International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €280–1,000
Flights from Denver to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €330–1,400
Flights from Denver to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–1,000
Flights from Denver to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €260–1,100
Flights from Denver to Frankfurt via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–900
Flights from Denver to Münster Osnabrück International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Monday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €470–1,900
Flights from Denver to Münster Osnabrück International Airport via London Heathrow, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €470–1,700
Flights from Denver to Münster Osnabrück International Airport via Frankfurt, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,900
Flights from Denver to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €330–1,300
Flights from Denver to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €340–1,300
Flights from Denver to Brussels Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €300–1,300
Flights from Denver to Brussels Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €320–1,300
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Denver to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €320–1,200
Flights from Denver to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €340–1,300
Flights from Denver to Düsseldorf International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €280–1,000
Flights from Denver to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €330–1,200
Flights from Denver to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–1,000
Flights from Denver to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €290–1,100
Flights from Denver to Münster Osnabrück International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Monday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €470–1,900
Flights from Denver to Münster Osnabrück International Airport via Boston, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €550–2,000
Flights from Denver to Münster Osnabrück International Airport via London Heathrow, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €470–1,700
Flights from Denver to Münster Osnabrück International Airport via Frankfurt, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,900
Flights from Denver to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €340–1,300
Flights from Denver to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €290–1,100
Flights from Denver to Brussels Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €280–1,100
Flights from Denver to Brussels Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €290–1,100
Flights from Denver to Brussels Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €300–1,100
Flights from Denver to Brussels Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €360–1,300
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Denver to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €310–1,100
Flights from Denver to Düsseldorf International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €280–1,000
Flights from Denver to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €330–1,200
Flights from Denver to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–900
Flights from Denver to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €290–1,100
Flights from Denver to Brussels Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €280–1,100
Flights from Denver to Brussels Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €290–1,100
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Denver to Düsseldorf International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €280–1,000
Flights from Denver to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 17m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €300–1,100
Flights from Denver to Frankfurt via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 9m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €250–900
Flights from Denver to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €300–1,100
Flights from Denver to Brussels Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 4m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €290–1,100
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Denver to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €290–1,100
Flights from Denver to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €280–1,100
Flights from Denver to Brussels Airport via Minneapolis, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 1m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €290–1,100
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from Denver to Frankfurt via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–800
Flights from Denver to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €300–1,000
Flights from Denver to Brussels Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €290–950
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Denver to Brussels Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €280–1,100
Flights from Denver to Brussels Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €290–1,100
Flights from Denver to Brussels Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €320–1,200
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Denver to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €290–1,100
Flights from Denver to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €280–1,100
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Koeln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–29
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–85
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €26–55
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–75
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Koeln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–29
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Koeln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
Train from Koeln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixtrain.de
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Koeln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €7–11
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Koeln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Koeln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Koeln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–90
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €4–9
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- 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
- Arriva NL
- Second Class Single
- €8–13
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