There are 8 ways to get from Essen to Bergen by plane, train, bus, car ferry, night train, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport
best- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Bergen (BGO)plane DUS - BGO
5h 19mkr 1,115–3,210Train
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Göteborg Centralstationtrain 344
- Take the train from Göteborg Centralstation to Oslo Strain
- Take the train from Oslo S to Bergen stasjontrain F4
25h 27mkr 3,651–6,266Bus
- Take the bus from Essen Hbf to Hannover Hbfbus
- Take the bus from Hanover central bus station to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhofbus 182 / ...
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Oslo bussterminalbus
- Take the bus from Oslo bussterminal to Arna terminalbus
31h 11mkr 2,093–3,725Bus, train, car ferry
- Take the bus from Essen central train station to Kolding bus stationbus N74
- Take the bus from Kolding bus station to Aalborgbus 353 / ...
- Take the train from Aalborg St. to Hirtshals St.train 76
- Take the car ferry from Hirtshals to Bergen Jekteviksterminalencarferry
34h 38mTrain to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Amsterdam Centraaltrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Bergen (BGO)plane AMS - BGO
6h 41mkr 1,328–3,860Train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Bergen (BGO)plane FRA - BGO
6h 38mkr 1,870–4,447Train, night train
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the night train from Hamburg Hbf to Goteborg Cnighttrain En
- Take the train from Göteborg Centralstation to Oslo Strain
- Take the train from Oslo S to Bergen stasjontrain F4
25h 27mkr 3,651–6,266Drive 1,856.3 km
- Drive from Essen to Bergencar 1,856.3 km
20h 21mkr 3,696–5,339
Essen to Bergen by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Essen to Bergen is to fly which costs kr 1100 - kr 3300 and takes 5h 19m.
The fastest way to get from Essen to Bergen is to fly which takes 5h 19m and costs kr 1100 - kr 3300.
No, there is no direct train from Essen to Bergen. However, there are services departing from Essen Hbf and arriving at Bergen stasjon via Hamburg Hbf, Göteborg Centralstation and Oslo S. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 25h 27m.
The distance between Essen and Bergen is 1057 km. The road distance is 1856.3 km.
The best way to get from Essen to Bergen without a car is to train which takes 25h 27m and costs kr 3600 - kr 6500.
It takes approximately 5h 19m to get from Essen to Bergen, including transfers.
Essen to Bergen train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Essen Hbf station.
The best way to get from Essen to Bergen is to fly which takes 5h 19m and costs kr 1100 - kr 3300. Alternatively, you can train, which costs kr 3600 - kr 6500 and takes 25h 27m, you could also bus, which costs kr 2000 - kr 3800 and takes 31h 11m.
Essen to Bergen train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Hamburg Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Essen to Bergen is 1856 km. It takes approximately 20h 21m to drive from Essen to Bergen.
What companies run services between Essen, Germany and Bergen, Norway?
Eurowings, Scandinavian Airlines, and four other airlines fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Bergen (BGO) every 2 hours. Alternatively, you can take a train from Essen Hbf to Bergen stasjon via Hamburg Hbf, Göteborg Centralstation, and Oslo S in around 25h 27m.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bergen via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 850–2,100
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bergen via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 850–2,100
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bergen via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 900–4,800
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bergen via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 900–3,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Bergen via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–3,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bergen via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 650–3,800
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bergen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 700–4,100
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bergen via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 900–3,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Bergen via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 800–4,300
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bergen via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–4,700
Flights from Frankfurt to Bergen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–2,800
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bergen via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 950–3,300
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bergen via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 950–2,900
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bergen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,600–3,000
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 750–1,800
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 490–1,200
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +46 77 175 75 75
- kundservice@sj.se
- Website
- sj.se
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Göteborg Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 2m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–2,000
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
Night train from Hamburg Hbf to Goteborg C
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 2m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–2,000
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
- Phone
- +47 61 05 19 10
- tog@vy.no
- Website
- vy.no
Train from Göteborg Centralstation to Oslo S
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 750–1,100
- Website
- https://www.vy.no/en
- Book at
- https://www.vy.no/en/buy-tickets/train-and-bus-tickets
Train from Oslo S to Bergen stasjon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 950–1,400
- Website
- https://www.vy.no/en
- Book at
- https://www.vy.no/en/buy-tickets/train-and-bus-tickets
- Phone
- 98 11 11 11
- info@NTmail.dk
- Website
- ntrejse.dk
Train from Aalborg St. to Hirtshals St.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Website
- https://www.en.ntrejse.dk/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Essen Hbf to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 230–550
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +380 98 815 4444
- support@ewe.ua
- Website
- ewe.ua
Bus from Essen Hbf to Hannover Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 260–410
- Website
- https://ewe.ua/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Hanover central bus station to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 110–190
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Oslo bussterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 700–1,300
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Essen central train station to Kolding bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 490–850
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Kolding bus station to Aalborg
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 160–280
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +47 407 05070
- buss@vy.no
- Website
- vybuss.no
Bus from Oslo bussterminal to Arna terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 4m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–1,800
- Website
- https://www.vybuss.com/
- Phone
- +47 51 46 40 99
- info@fjordline.com
- Website
- fjordline.com
Car ferry from Hirtshals to Bergen Jekteviksterminalen
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 1,328–3,000
- Website
- https://www.fjordline.com/en
- Car
- kr 2,536
- No Car
- kr 1,328
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