There are 13 ways to get from Milan to Rotterdam by plane, train, train (Trenitalia, Eurostar), bus, car, train (Trenitalia), or car train
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Fly Milan Linate Airport to Brussels Airport, train
best- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane LIN - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
5h 56m€60–222Train via Paris
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Paris Gare De Lyontrain Fr
- Take the train from Paris Nord to Rotterdam Centraaltrain Thalys
10h 50m€143–269Bus
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Rotterdambus BlaBlaCar Bus
15h 55m€65–90Drive 994.4 km
- Drive from Milan to Rotterdamcar 994.4 km
10h 33m€174–252Train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Brussels Airport, train
- Take the train from Milano Porta Garibaldi to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane MXP - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
6h 27m€87–255Fly Milan Linate Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, bus
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane LIN - AMS
- Take the bus from Amsterdam to Den haagbus
6h 34mBus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly to Eindhoven Airport, train
- Take the bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Stationbus
- Fly from Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) to Eindhoven Airport (EIN)plane BGY - EIN
- Take the train from Eindhoven to Bredatrain
- Take the train from Breda to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
6h 31m€63–255Train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Take the train from Milano Porta Garibaldi to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane MXP - AMS
7h 15m€62–220Fly Milan Linate Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane LIN - DUS
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Utrecht Centraaltrain
7h 45m€113–346Train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Take the train from Milano Porta Garibaldi to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane MXP - DUS
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Utrecht Centraaltrain
8h 11m€79–269Train
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Basel Sbbtrain Ec
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Eindhoventrain 43N
- Take the train from Eindhoven to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
15h 17m€196–382Bus via Duomo M1
- Take the bus from Milan to Rotterdam Central Stationbus FlixBus N846
16h 55m€62–112Drive, car train
- Drive from Milan to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhofcar
- Take the car train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Düsseldorf Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Düsseldorf Hbf to Rotterdamcar
17h 14m€192–1,145
Milan to Rotterdam by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Milan to Rotterdam is to bus via Duomo M1 which costs €60 - €120 and takes 16h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Milan to Rotterdam is to fly and train which takes 5h 56m and costs €60 - €230.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano and arriving at Rotterdam. Services depart four times a week, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 15h 55m.
No, there is no direct train from Milan to Rotterdam. However, there are services departing from Milano Centrale and arriving at Rotterdam Centraal via Paris Gare de Lyon and Paris Nord. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 50m.
The distance between Milan and Rotterdam is 882 km. The road distance is 994.4 km.
The best way to get from Milan to Rotterdam without a car is to train via Paris which takes 10h 50m and costs €140 - €270.
It takes approximately 5h 56m to get from Milan to Rotterdam, including transfers.
Milan to Rotterdam bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano station.
Milan to Rotterdam train services, operated by Trenitalia, depart from Milano Centrale station.
The best way to get from Milan to Rotterdam is to train via Paris which takes 10h 50m and costs €140 - €270. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €65 - €90 and takes 15h 55m.
What companies run services between Milan, Italy and Rotterdam, Netherlands?
You can take a train from Milano Centrale to Rotterdam Centraal via Paris Gare de Lyon and Paris Nord in around 10h 50m. Alternatively, BlaBlaCar Bus operates a bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Rotterdam 4 times a week. Tickets cost €65–90 and the journey takes 15h 55m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Brussels Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–170
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Brussels Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–170
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Brussels Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–270
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–410
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–280
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–380
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–280
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–280
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–320
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–170
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–270
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–280
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–380
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–130
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–170
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–200
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €27–120
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–170
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Brussels Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–300
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–290
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Brussels Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–170
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–260
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–250
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Eindhoven Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–170
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Eindhoven Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–170
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–120
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–310
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–260
- 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
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–90
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €28–45
- 1st Class
- €55–90
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 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 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
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Paris Nord to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €95–200
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €95–140
- Comfort
- €110–160
- Premium
- €150–200
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Milano Porta Garibaldi to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €90–130
- 2nd Class
- €75–110
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel SBB to Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €100–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Basel SBB to Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–200
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–1,000
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Singe Bed
- €270–550
- Car Compartment
- €550–1,000
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Rotterdam
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €65–90
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +380(67)-484-57-27
- support@pavluks-trans.com
- Website
- pavluks-trans.com
Bus from Amsterdam to Den haag
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Website
- https://pavluks-trans.com/en/tickets/kyiv/goettingen?sort_by=departure&order_by=ASC&page=1
- info@flibco.com
- Website
- flibco.com
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €8–12
- Website
- https://www.flibco.com/en
- Phone
- +39 02 3008 9000
- mail@autostradale.it
- Website
- autostradale.it
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €4–17
- Website
- https://autostradale.it/?lang=en-GB
- Standard Rate
- €13–17
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Milan to Rotterdam Central Station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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Milan to Rotterdam bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Rotterdam station.
Milan to Rotterdam train services, operated by Trenitalia, arrive at Paris Gare De Lyon station.
Yes, the driving distance between Milan to Rotterdam is 994 km. It takes approximately 10h 33m to drive from Milan to Rotterdam.
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