There are 6 ways to get from Essen to Bodø by plane, bus, car ferry, 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 Bodø Airport (BOO)DUS - BOO
7h 36mkr 995–3,919Bus, car ferry
- Take the bus from Essen central train station to Warsaw, Bus Station West
- Take the bus from Warsaw, Bus Station West to Rovaniemi, Bus Station
- Take the bus from Rovaniemi bussterminal to Tromsø Prostneset
- Take the car ferry from Tromsø kystrutekai to Bodø kystrutekai
3d 13hkr 4,505–8,916Train, bus, car ferry
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Hannover Hbf10 / ...
- Take the bus from Hanover central bus station to Aalborg172
- Take the train from Aalborg St. to Hirtshals St.76
- Take the car ferry from Hirtshals to Bergen Jekteviksterminalen
- Take the car ferry from Bergen Nøstet kystrutekai to Bodø kystrutekaiHur
4d 2hDrive 2,557.2 km
- Drive from Essen to Bodø2,557.2 km
28h 24mkr 5,574–8,052Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly
- Take the train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Bodø Airport (BOO)AMS - BOO
9h 35mkr 1,358–4,555Train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Bodø Airport (BOO)FRA - BOO
8h 21mkr 1,974–7,142
Essen to Bodø by bus and car ferry
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Essen to Bodø is to fly which costs kr 950 - kr 4000 and takes 7h 36m.
The fastest way to get from Essen to Bodø is to fly which takes 7h 36m and costs kr 950 - kr 4000.
The distance between Essen and Bodø is 1867 km. The road distance is 2557.2 km.
The best way to get from Essen to Bodø without a car is to bus and car ferry which takes 3 days 13h and costs kr 4500 - kr 9000.
It takes approximately 7h 36m to get from Essen to Bodø, including transfers.
Yes, the driving distance between Essen to Bodø is 2557 km. It takes approximately 28h 24m to drive from Essen to Bodø.
There are 78+ hotels available in Bodø.
What companies run services between Essen, Germany and Bodø, Norway?
Scandinavian Airlines, Norwegian Air Shuttle, and three other airlines fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Bodø Airport (BOO) twice daily.
Transport is disrupted due to the Russia-Ukraine war. Read more
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bodø Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 800–2,900
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bodø Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 800–2,900
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bodø Airport via Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- kr 850–3,400
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bodø Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 3m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 900–5,500
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bodø Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 900–3,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Bodø Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 38m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–4,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Bodø Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–4,500
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bodø Airport via Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- kr 850–3,400
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bodø Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 3m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 900–5,500
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bodø Airport via Trondheim
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–5,500
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bodø Airport via Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–6,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Bodø Airport via Trondheim
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–4,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Bodø Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 38m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–4,200
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bodø Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–4,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Bodø Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–3,700
Flights from Frankfurt to Bodø Airport via Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–4,500
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bodø Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–2,600
Flights from Frankfurt to Bodø Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–4,200
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bodø Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,800–4,600
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bodø Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- kr 2,200–5,500
- Website
- wideroe.no
Flights from Frankfurt to Bodø Airport via Trondheim
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–4,200
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Hannover Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 290–800
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 230–550
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 350–1,100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixtrain.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Hannover Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 110–200
- Website
- https://www.flixtrain.com/
- Phone
- 98 11 11 11
- info@NTmail.dk
- Website
- nordjyllandstrafikselskab.dk
Train from Aalborg St. to Hirtshals St.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Website
- North Jutland Transport Company
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 180–600
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- kr 180–270
- 1st Class
- kr 340–600
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 200–650
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- kr 200–300
- 1st Class
- kr 370–650
- Phone
- 069 450099650
- Kundenservice-Linie10@vias-online.de
- Website
- vias-online.de
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 170–250
- Schedules at
- vias-online.de
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Essen central train station to Warsaw, Bus Station West
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 600–1,400
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Warsaw, Bus Station West to Rovaniemi, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 800–1,900
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Hanover central bus station to Aalborg
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 460–1,100
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +47 953 03 888
- info@bestarctic.com
- Website
- bestarctic.com
Bus from Rovaniemi bussterminal to Tromsø Prostneset
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 1,800–2,500
- Website
- https://bestarctic.com/
- Book at
- https://bestarctic.com/the-arctic-route/arctic-winter-routes-explore-norway-sweden-and-finland/
- Private tours
- kr 1,800–2,500
- Phone
- +442039 935 562
- book@hurtigruten.com
- Website
- hurtigruten.com
Car ferry from Tromsø kystrutekai to Bodø kystrutekai
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 2,200–3,200
- Website
- https://www.hurtigruten.com
Car ferry from Bergen Nøstet kystrutekai to Bodø kystrutekai
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 16h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 6,000–9,000
- Website
- https://www.hurtigruten.com
- Phone
- +47 70 00 70 70
- kystruten@havila.no
- Website
- havilavoyages.com
Car ferry from Tromsø kystrutekai to Bodø kystrutekai
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–1,500
- Website
- https://www.havilavoyages.com/
Car ferry from Bergen Nøstet kystrutekai to Bodø kystrutekai
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 16h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 3,700–4,100
- Website
- https://www.havilavoyages.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 260–2,762
- Website
- Fjordline
- Flex with Vehicle
- kr 260–310
- Car
- kr 2,762
- No Car
- kr 1,446
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