There are 9 ways to get from Essen to Kaliningrad by plane, bus, 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 Dortmund Airport to Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport, bus
best- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)plane DTM - GDN
- Take the bus from Gdańsk Airport to Kaliningrad Bus stationbus
11h 8m₽8,440–29,826Train, bus
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Braunschweig, Hauptbahnhoftrain 10
- Take the bus from Braunschweig to Kaliningrad Bus stationbus 904
19h 12m₽14,259–24,135Drive 1,101.4 km
- Drive from Essen to Kaliningradcar 1,101.4 km
12h 50m₽14,573–21,049Train to Frankfurt, fly to Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport, bus
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)plane FRA - GDN
- Take the bus from Gdańsk Airport to Kaliningrad Bus stationbus
11h 26m₽17,927–37,864Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport, bus
- 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 Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)plane AMS - GDN
- Take the bus from Gdańsk Airport to Kaliningrad Bus stationbus
12h 42m₽15,568–39,769Train, train to Eindhoven Airport, fly to Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport, bus
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Viersen Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Venlo to Eindhoven Centraaltrain
- Fly from Eindhoven Airport (EIN) to Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)plane EIN - GDN
- Take the bus from Gdańsk Airport to Kaliningrad Bus stationbus
12h 49m₽12,083–36,847Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Warsaw Chopin Airport, train, bus
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Warsaw Chopin Airport (WAW)plane DUS - WAW
- Take the train from Warszawa Wschodnia to Malborktrain
- Take the bus from Elbląg to Kaliningrad Bus stationbus
13h 7m₽15,705–38,255Bus via Amshausen
- Take the bus from Essen Hbf to Bielefeld, Brackwede Bahnhofbus Dnipro
- Take the bus from Bielefeld to Kaliningrad Bus stationbus 905 / ...
20h 32m₽12,574–16,574Bus
- Take the bus from Essen central train station to Elblag, Bus Stationbus N1387
- Take the bus from Elbląg to Kaliningrad Bus stationbus 900 / ...
23h 37m₽14,788–21,520
Essen to Kaliningrad by train and bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Essen to Kaliningrad is to bus via Amshausen which costs RUB 12000 - RUB 17000 and takes 20h 32m.
The fastest way to get from Essen to Kaliningrad is to fly and bus which takes 11h 8m and costs RUB 8000 - RUB 30000.
No, there is no direct bus from Essen to Kaliningrad station. However, there are services departing from Essen Hbf and arriving at Kaliningrad Bus station via Bielefeld. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 20h 32m.
The distance between Essen and Kaliningrad is 1018 km. The road distance is 1101.4 km.
The best way to get from Essen to Kaliningrad without a car is to train and bus which takes 19h 12m and costs RUB 14000 - RUB 25000.
It takes approximately 11h 8m to get from Essen to Kaliningrad, including transfers.
Essen to Kaliningrad bus services, operated by East West Eurolines, depart from Essen Hbf station.
Essen to Kaliningrad bus services, operated by East West Eurolines, arrive at Bielefeld, Brackwede Bahnhof station.
Kaliningrad is 1h ahead of Essen. It is currently 9:56 AM in Essen and 10:56 AM in Kaliningrad.
Yes, the driving distance between Essen to Kaliningrad is 1101 km. It takes approximately 12h 50m to drive from Essen to Kaliningrad.
What companies run services between Essen, Germany and Kaliningrad, Russia?
You can take a bus from Essen Hbf to Kaliningrad Bus station via Bielefeld, Brackwede Bahnhof and Bielefeld in around 20h 32m.
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₽9,500–22,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport via Warsaw Chopin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₽9,000–22,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Warsaw Chopin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₽7,500–30,000
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₽10,000–18,000
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₽5,500–33,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Warsaw Chopin Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₽11,000–21,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₽9,500–22,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Warsaw Chopin Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₽7,500–30,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₽5,500–32,000
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₽2,900–19,000
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽3,600–21,000
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 14m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽9,500–24,000
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Warsaw Chopin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽6,000–21,000
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Essen Hbf to Braunschweig, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₽4,700–11,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₽3,900–8,500
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₽1,400–3,100
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Essen Hbf to Viersen Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₽850–1,900
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 6078 966930
- service@vias-online.eu
- Website
- VIAS Rail GmbH
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₽2,771
- Schedules at
- VIAS Rail GmbH
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₽900–1,800
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₽1,000–2,000
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Venlo to Eindhoven Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₽500–1,000
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Essen Hbf to Viersen Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₽900–3,800
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- sekretariat@intercity.pl
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Warszawa Wschodnia to Malbork
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₽2,700–5,000
- Website
- PKP Intercity
- Phone
- +7 (4012) 64-36-35
- info@avl39.ru
- Website
- avl39.ru
Bus from Gdańsk Airport to Kaliningrad Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₽5,000–7,500
- Schedules at
- avl39.ru
- Book at
- avl39.ru
Bus from Braunschweig to Kaliningrad Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₽9,500–14,000
- Schedules at
- avl39.ru
- Book at
- avl39.ru
Bus from Gdańsk Airport to Kaliningrad Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₽5,000–7,500
- Schedules at
- avl39.ru
- Book at
- avl39.ru
Bus from Gdańsk Airport to Kaliningrad Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₽5,000–7,500
- Schedules at
- avl39.ru
- Book at
- avl39.ru
Bus from Gdańsk Airport to Kaliningrad Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₽5,000–7,500
- Schedules at
- avl39.ru
- Book at
- avl39.ru
Bus from Elbląg to Kaliningrad Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ₽4,900–7,000
- Schedules at
- avl39.ru
- Book at
- avl39.ru
Bus from Bielefeld to Kaliningrad Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₽11,000–15,000
- Schedules at
- avl39.ru
- Book at
- avl39.ru
Bus from Elbląg to Kaliningrad Bus station
- Phone
- +380 98 815 4444
- support@ewe.ua
- Website
- East West Eurolines
Bus from Essen Hbf to Bielefeld, Brackwede Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₽1,575
- Website
- East West Eurolines
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Essen central train station to Elblag, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₽9,500–15,000
- Website
- Flixbus
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