There are 8 ways to get from Melbourne to Rotterdam by plane or train
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Fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
best- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)MEL - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Rotterdam Centraal
25h 50m€410–1,170Fly to Brussels Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Brussels Airport (BRU)MEL - BRU
- Take the train from Antwerpen-Centraal to Rotterdam Centraal
26h 3m€446–1,018Fly to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)MEL - DUS
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Utrecht Centraal
29h 2m€549–1,329Fly to Rotterdam The Hague Airport
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Rotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)MEL - RTM
28h 19m€610–1,810Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Frankfurt (FRA)MEL - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Arnhem Centraal
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Utrecht Centraal
29h 3m€439–1,319Fly to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG)MEL - CDG
- Take the train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Rotterdam Centraal
28h 35m€475–1,190Fly to Eindhoven Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Eindhoven Airport (EIN)MEL - EIN
- Take the train from Eindhoven to Rotterdam Centraal
29h 58m€422–1,271Fly to Hamburg Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)MEL - HAM
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Osnabrück Hbf
- Take the train from Osnabrück Hbf to Hengelo
- Take the train from Hengelo to Gouda
32h 25m€573–1,096
Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Melbourne to Rotterdam is to fly and train which costs €410 - €1200 and takes 25h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Melbourne to Rotterdam is to fly and train which takes 25h 50m and costs €410 - €1200.
The distance between Melbourne and Rotterdam is 16612 km.
It takes approximately 25h 50m to get from Melbourne to Rotterdam, including transfers.
Rotterdam is 10h behind Melbourne. It is currently 7:33 PM in Melbourne and 9:33 AM in Rotterdam.
There are 811+ hotels available in Rotterdam.
What companies run services between Melbourne, VIC, Australia and Rotterdam, Netherlands?
Emirates, Transavia Holland, and five other airlines fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Rotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM) twice daily.
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €600–1,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Brussels Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €550–1,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €600–1,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Frankfurt via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–1,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €550–1,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Hamburg Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €550–1,800
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €410–1,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Brussels Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–1,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–1,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Frankfurt via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €460–1,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–1,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Hamburg Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,600
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Rotterdam The Hague Airport via Dubai, Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €1,000–3,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Rotterdam The Hague Airport via Abu Dhabi, Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €600–1,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Rotterdam The Hague Airport via Dubai, Salzburg
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €1,000–3,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Rotterdam The Hague Airport via Abu Dhabi, Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €600–1,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Eindhoven Airport via Dubai, Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €600–2,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Eindhoven Airport via Abu Dhabi, Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €390–1,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Eindhoven Airport via Doha, Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 45m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €550–1,700
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €430–1,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Brussels Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €550–800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €360–1,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Frankfurt via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €320–950
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €410–600
- Website
- airindia.in
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €490–650
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Frankfurt via Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €370–1,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–750
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €470–1,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Frankfurt via Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €370–1,000
- Website
- srilankan.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Frankfurt via Colombo
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €370–1,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Colombo
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €410–1,300
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €470–1,200
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €480–1,600
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Rotterdam The Hague Airport via Abu Dhabi, Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €600–1,800
- Website
- tui.nl
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Rotterdam The Hague Airport via Abu Dhabi, Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €600–1,900
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Rotterdam The Hague Airport via Abu Dhabi, Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €600–1,800
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Eindhoven Airport via Doha, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €550–1,700
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Eindhoven Airport via Dubai, Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €600–2,000
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Schiphol Airport to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–28
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €10–15
- 1st Class
- €16–28
Train from Antwerpen-Centraal to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–50
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €15–23
- 1st Class
- €28–50
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–95
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €28–45
- 1st Class
- €55–95
Train from Frankfurt to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–180
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €50–75
- 1st Class
- €100–180
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €14
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €65–230
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €65–100
- 1st Class
- €130–230
Train from Eindhoven to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €17–55
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €17–26
- 1st Class
- €30–55
Train from Hengelo to Gouda
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–85
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €26–40
- 1st Class
- €50–85
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Schiphol Airport to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–60
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €26–40
- Comfort
- €28–40
- Premium
- €45–60
Train from Antwerpen-Centraal to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–95
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €95–190
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €95–140
- Comfort
- €110–160
- Premium
- €140–190
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Antwerpen-Centraal to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–22
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Osnabrück Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Osnabrück Hbf to Hengelo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–30
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- info@eurobahn.de
- Website
- eurobahn.de
Train from Osnabrück Hbf to Hengelo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–25
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
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