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 to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
25h 50m€371–1,021Fly 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 2m€469–892Fly 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
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
28h 58m€608–1,079Fly 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 Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
28h 32m€466–1,091Fly to Rotterdam The Hague Airport
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Rotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)plane MEL - RTM
29h 44m€911–2,911Fly 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 49m€460–1,369Fly 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
30h 2m€426–1,191Fly 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 Rotterdam Centraaltrain
32h 20m€541–1,026
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 €370 - €1100 and takes 25h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Melbourne to Rotterdam is to fly and train which takes 25h 50m and costs €370 - €1100.
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 10:07 AM in Melbourne and 12:07 AM in Rotterdam.
There are 817+ 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) 4 times a week.
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €550–1,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Brussels Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €550–1,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €550–1,800
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 Frankfurt via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €490–1,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Hamburg Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–1,700
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–1,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Brussels Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–1,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–1,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €550–850
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Frankfurt via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €470–1,500
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 Singapore Changi, Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €750–4,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Rotterdam The Hague Airport via Dubai, Salzburg
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €900–2,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Rotterdam The Hague Airport via Singapore Changi, Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 35h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €800–4,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Eindhoven Airport via Dubai, Salzburg
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €650–2,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Eindhoven Airport via Abu Dhabi, Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €430–1,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Eindhoven Airport via Dubai, Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €650–2,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Eindhoven Airport via Doha, Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 42m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €600–1,900
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €420–1,200
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 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €370–1,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €410–850
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Frankfurt via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €410–1,000
- Website
- airindia.in
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €430–950
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Frankfurt via Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €370–1,000
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €440–1,700
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €480–1,700
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 Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Colombo
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €380–1,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Frankfurt via Colombo
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €330–1,100
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €460–1,300
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Eindhoven Airport via Doha, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €600–1,900
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Eindhoven Airport via Dubai, Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €650–2,100
- 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 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 Utrecht Centraal to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €13–14
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- 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 Breda
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–30
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €10–16
- 1st Class
- €18–30
Train from Breda to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–24
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €9–14
- 1st Class
- €14–24
Train from Hengelo to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €32
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Schiphol Airport to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–60
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €26–40
- Comfort
- €28–40
- Premium
- €45–60
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- 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
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–110
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–31
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- €28–31
- 1st Class
- €41–46
Train from Breda to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- €6–9
- 1st Class
- €9–14
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Osnabrück Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Osnabrück Hbf to Hengelo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–29
- 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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