There are 7 ways to get from Essen to Iceland by plane or train
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Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Keflavík International Airport
best- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Keflavík International Airport (KEF)plane DUS - KEF
7h 5m$182–371Fly Dortmund Airport to Keflavík International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Keflavík International Airport (KEF)plane DTM - KEF
14h 44m$127–426Train to Frankfurt, fly to Keflavík International Airport
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Keflavík International Airport (KEF)plane FRA - KEF
8h 29m$227–511Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Keflavík International Airport
- Take the train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Keflavík International Airport (KEF)plane AMS - KEF
9h 4m$210–505Train to Bremen Airport, fly to Keflavík International Airport
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Bremen Hbftrain
- Fly from Bremen Airport (BRE) to Keflavík International Airport (KEF)plane BRE - KEF
11h 55m$240–517Train, train to Brussels Airport, fly to Keflavík International Airport
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbftrain
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nordtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Keflavík International Airport (KEF)plane BRU - KEF
10h 7m$218–542Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Akureyri Airport
- Take the train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Akureyri Airport (AEY)plane AMS - AEY
15h 2m$500–905
Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Keflavík International Airport (KEF) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Essen to Iceland is to fly which costs $120 - $430 and takes 14h 44m.
The fastest way to get from Essen to Iceland is to fly which takes 7h 5m and costs $180 - $380.
The distance between Essen and Iceland is 2257 km.
It takes approximately 7h 5m to get from Essen to Iceland, including transfers.
Iceland is 2h behind Essen. It is currently 9:38 AM in Essen and 7:38 AM in Iceland.
There are 602+ hotels available in Iceland.
What companies run services between Essen, Germany and Iceland?
Eurowings, KLM, and Transavia Holland fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Keflavík International Airport (KEF) twice a week.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Keflavík International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Frankfurt to Keflavík International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $160–750
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Keflavík International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Thursday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–800
Flights from Bremen Airport to Keflavík International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $200–950
Flights from Brussels Airport to Keflavík International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 38m
- When
- Thursday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–650
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Keflavík International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Keflavík International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–440
Flights from Bremen Airport to Keflavík International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from Bremen Airport to Keflavík International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,200
Flights from Brussels Airport to Keflavík International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–370
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Keflavík International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–700
Flights from Bremen Airport to Keflavík International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–950
Flights from Bremen Airport to Keflavík International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–650
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Keflavík International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Thursday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–800
Flights from Brussels Airport to Keflavík International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $140–650
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Akureyri Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–440
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Akureyri Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–440
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Keflavík International Airport via Katowice
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–410
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Keflavík International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–410
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Keflavík International Airport via Gdansk
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–400
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Keflavík International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $140–320
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Keflavík International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–700
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Akureyri Airport via Keflavík International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $190–900
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $50–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $19–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $55–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $17–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $45–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- 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
- $11–26
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $12–29
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 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
- $45–65
- Schedules at
- vias-online.de
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $20–30
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 9126 301 90 70
- fahrgaeste@train-rental.com
- Website
- train-rental.com
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- train-rental.com
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $45–90
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
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