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)plane MEL - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
26h 45m€382–1,631Fly to Brussels Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane MEL - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
27h 20m€497–1,577Fly to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane MEL - DUS
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Utrecht Centraaltrain
29h 17m€533–1,686Fly to Rotterdam The Hague Airport
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Rotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)plane MEL - RTM
28h 19m€617–1,917Fly to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG)plane MEL - CDG
- Take the train from Airport Charles de Gaulle to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
29h 13m€472–1,837Fly to Eindhoven Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Eindhoven Airport (EIN)plane MEL - EIN
- Take the train from Eindhoven to Bredatrain
- Take the train from Breda to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
29h 29m€580–1,855Fly to Hamburg Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)plane MEL - HAM
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Osnabrück Hbftrain
- Take the train from Osnabrück Hbf to Hengelotrain
- Take the train from Hengelo to Goudatrain
33h 55m€586–2,112Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane MEL - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Miditrain
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
31h 5m€497–1,647
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 €500 - €1700 and takes 29h 17m.
The fastest way to get from Melbourne to Rotterdam is to fly and train which takes 26h 45m and costs €380 - €1700.
The distance between Melbourne and Rotterdam is 16612 km.
It takes approximately 26h 45m to get from Melbourne to Rotterdam, including transfers.
Rotterdam is 8h behind Melbourne. It is currently 1:42 AM in Melbourne and 5:42 PM in Rotterdam.
There are 838+ hotels available in Rotterdam.
What companies run services between Melbourne, VIC, Australia and Rotterdam, Netherlands?
Singapore Airlines, Transavia Holland, and three other airlines fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Rotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM) 5 times a week.
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–1,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Brussels Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €490–1,500
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,500
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €460–1,500
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Hamburg Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €490–1,500
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Frankfurt via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €470–1,400
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–1,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Brussels Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €490–1,500
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,500
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €460–1,500
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Hamburg Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €490–1,500
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Frankfurt via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €470–1,400
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–1,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Brussels Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–1,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–1,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–1,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Hamburg Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–1,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Frankfurt via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €490–1,500
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €500–850
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Brussels Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €380–1,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €380–1,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €460–1,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Hamburg Airport via Abu Dhabi, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €380–1,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Frankfurt via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €490–1,100
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Rotterdam The Hague Airport via Singapore Changi, Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 5m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €750–4,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Eindhoven Airport via Doha, Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 7m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €550–1,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Eindhoven Airport via Dubai, Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €600–1,900
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €460–2,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Suvarnabhumi, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 29h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €600–2,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €600–2,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Suvarnabhumi, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 29h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–2,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–2,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Frankfurt via Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 32h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €440–1,800
- Website
- airindia.in
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €440–950
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €650–2,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Frankfurt via Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 32h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €440–1,800
- Website
- srilankan.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Colombo
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €430–1,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Frankfurt via Colombo
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €410–1,600
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Rotterdam The Hague Airport via Singapore Changi, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €600–1,900
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Eindhoven Airport via Dubai, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €600–1,900
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €5–14
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–50
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Airport Charles de Gaulle to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–110
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Eindhoven to Breda
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €6–15
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Breda to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €4–12
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Hengelo to Gouda
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–45
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Breda to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Airport Charles de Gaulle to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €120–220
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Osnabrück Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Osnabrück Hbf to Hengelo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–160
- 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/
- Website
- govolta.nl
Train from Osnabrück Hbf to Hengelo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- govolta.nl
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