There are 8 ways to get from Melbourne to Rotterdam by plane or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
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 16m€382–1,531Fly to Brussels Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane MEL - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Anvers-Centraltrain
- Take the train from Anvers-Central to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
26h 47m€494–1,299Fly 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 Alexandertrain
29h 10m€531–1,680Fly to Rotterdam The Hague Airport
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Rotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)plane MEL - RTM
29h 44m€867–2,717Fly 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
28h 58m€472–1,427Fly 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
30h 29m€490–1,353Fly 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 5m€477–1,647Fly 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
32h 25m€585–2,007
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 €380 - €1600 and takes 26h 16m.
The fastest way to get from Melbourne to Rotterdam is to fly and train which takes 26h 16m and costs €380 - €1600.
The distance between Melbourne and Rotterdam is 16612 km.
It takes approximately 26h 16m to get from Melbourne to Rotterdam, including transfers.
Rotterdam is 10h behind Melbourne. It is currently 6:38 PM in Melbourne and 8:38 AM in Rotterdam.
There are 825+ hotels available in Rotterdam.
What companies run services between Melbourne, VIC, Australia and Rotterdam, Netherlands?
Singapore Airlines, Transavia Holland, and five other airlines fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Rotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM) once daily.
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–1,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Brussels Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–1,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–1,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–1,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Frankfurt via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €490–1,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Hamburg Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–1,700
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €550–1,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Brussels Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–1,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–1,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €460–900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Frankfurt via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–1,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Hamburg Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- 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
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €750–4,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Rotterdam The Hague Airport via Dubai, Salzburg
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €850–2,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Rotterdam The Hague Airport via Singapore Changi, Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 7m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €800–4,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Eindhoven Airport via Abu Dhabi, Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €460–1,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Eindhoven Airport via Dubai, Salzburg
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €600–2,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Eindhoven Airport via Dubai, Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €600–2,000
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–650
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Brussels Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €380–1,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €390–1,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €460–800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Frankfurt via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–1,100
- Website
- airindia.in
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €440–950
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €600–1,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Frankfurt via Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €410–1,700
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €470–2,100
- 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
- €500–1,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Frankfurt via Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €410–1,700
- 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
- €360–1,500
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Frankfurt via Colombo
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €330–1,400
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Rotterdam The Hague Airport via Doha, Ankara
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €850–2,700
- 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, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €600–2,000
- 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 Anvers-Central to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–27
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–45
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Rotterdam Alexander
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €4–12
- 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 Anvers-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €16–27
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Anvers-Central to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Breda to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–17
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Anvers-Central to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Airport Charles de Gaulle to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €120–210
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €65–160
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Osnabrück Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Osnabrück Hbf to Hengelo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–40
- 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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