There are 6 ways to get from Essen to Sydney by plane, train, or bus
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Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Sydney International Airport
best- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Sydney International Airport (SYD)plane DUS - SYD
24h 54m$960–1,630Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Sydney International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Koeln/Bonn Flughafentrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Sydney International Airport (SYD)plane CGN - SYD
39h 27m$626–1,855Train to Frankfurt, fly to Sydney International Airport
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Sydney International Airport (SYD)plane FRA - SYD
25h 34m$767–1,639Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Sydney International Airport
- Take the train from Duisburg Hbf to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Sydney International Airport (SYD)plane AMS - SYD
26h 56m$788–1,612Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Canberra International Airport, bus
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Canberra International Airport (CBR)plane DUS - CBR
- Take the bus from Canberra to Sydney Central Stationbus
30h 56m$801–2,293Train, train to Brussels Airport, fly to Sydney 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 Sydney International Airport (SYD)plane BRU - SYD
27h 39m$919–1,806
Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Sydney International Airport (SYD) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Essen to Sydney is to train and fly which costs $750 - $1,700 and takes 25h 34m.
The fastest way to get from Essen to Sydney is to fly which takes 24h 54m and costs $950 - $1,700.
The distance between Essen and Sydney is 16620 km.
It takes approximately 24h 54m to get from Essen to Sydney, including transfers.
Sydney is 10h ahead of Essen. It is currently 12:15 PM in Essen and 10:15 PM in Sydney.
There are 5404+ hotels available in Sydney.
What companies run services between Essen, Germany and Sydney, NSW, Australia?
Emirates, Etihad, and Qantas fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Sydney International Airport (SYD) every 4 hours.
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Dubai, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,100
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Sydney International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–1,800
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Sydney International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–3,100
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Canberra International Airport via Dubai, Sydney International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,700
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Canberra International Airport via Dubai, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,700
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Canberra International Airport via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 12m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,900
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Canberra International Airport via Dubai, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 32h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,700
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Canberra International Airport via Abu Dhabi, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,200
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Sydney International Airport via Jeddah, Soekarno–Hatta
- Ave. Duration
- 45h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–1,800
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Dubai, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,100
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Sydney International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–1,800
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Canberra International Airport via Dubai, Sydney International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,700
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Sydney International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–4,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Sydney International Airport via Singapore Changi, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–4,500
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Sydney International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–6,000
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Sydney International Airport via Singapore Changi, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $950–6,000
Flights from Brussels Airport to Sydney International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 42m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $750–4,500
Flights from Brussels Airport to Sydney International Airport via Singapore Changi, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–4,600
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Sydney International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–2,200
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Sydney International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,200–2,700
Flights from Brussels Airport to Sydney International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–2,200
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Sydney International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–1,800
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Sydney International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–3,100
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Sydney International Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,100
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Sydney International Airport via Soekarno–Hatta
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,000
- Website
- garuda-indonesia.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Sydney International Airport via Soekarno–Hatta
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Sydney International Airport via Jeddah, Soekarno–Hatta
- Ave. Duration
- 46h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–1,800
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–1,400
- Website
- malindoair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Sydney International Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,700
- Website
- malaysiaairlines.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Sydney International Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,100
- Website
- xiamenair.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Sydney International Airport via Xiamen
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,400
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Canberra International Airport via Abu Dhabi, Sydney International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,200
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Sydney International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,700
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Sydney International Airport via Budapest, Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 44h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,800
- Website
- saudia.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Sydney International Airport via Jeddah, Soekarno–Hatta
- Ave. Duration
- 46h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–1,800
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Sydney International Airport via Berlin Brandenburg, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,000
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $65–140
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Duisburg Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $26–55
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $55–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Essen Hbf to Koeln/Bonn Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $25–55
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 6078 966930
- service@vias-online.eu
- Website
- VIAS Rail GmbH
Train from Duisburg Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $54
- Schedules at
- VIAS Rail GmbH
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Duisburg Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $17–35
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $18–35
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
Train from Essen Hbf to Koeln/Bonn Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixtrain.de
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $9–15
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $45–80
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +49 9126 301 90 70
- fahrgaeste@train-rental.com
- Website
- TRI Train Rental GmbH
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- TRI Train Rental GmbH
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $65–100
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Website
- FlixBus Australia
Bus from Canberra to Sydney Central Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–60
- Schedules at
- FlixBus Australia
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