There are 9 ways to get from Rotterdam to Cottbus by train, bus, car, or plane
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Train via Hilversum
best- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Hilversumtrain
- Take the train from Hilversum to Berlin-Spandautrain Ice
- Take the train from S Spandau Bhf to Cottbus, Hauptbahnhoftrain Re2
9h 17m€105–221Bus
- Take the bus from Rotterdam Central Station to Duisburg central train stationbus N885 / ...
- Take the bus from Mercatorstraße, Duisburg to Cottbusbus Mykolayiv
10h 2mDrive 777.6 km
- Drive from Rotterdam to Cottbuscar 777.6 km
7h 3m€138–199Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Schiphol Airporttrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane AMS - BER
- Take the train from S Königs Wusterhausen Bhf to Cottbus, Hauptbahnhoftrain
5h 45m€124–344Train
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Berlin Ostbahnhoftrain European Sleeper
- Take the train from S Ostkreuz Bhf to Cottbus, Hauptbahnhoftrain Re2
11h€115–216Train to Brussels Airport, fly to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Brussels Airport-Zaventemtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane BRU - BER
- Take the train from S Königs Wusterhausen Bhf to Cottbus, Hauptbahnhoftrain
7h 3m€121–335Train, train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Utrecht Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Duesseldorf Hbftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane DUS - BER
- Take the train from S Königs Wusterhausen Bhf to Cottbus, Hauptbahnhoftrain
7h 34m€138–320Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Hannover Airport, train
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Schiphol Airporttrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Hannover Airport (HAJ)plane AMS - HAJ
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to S Spandau Bhftrain
- Take the train from S Spandau Bhf to Cottbus, Hauptbahnhoftrain
7h 6m€226–626Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Poznań–Ławica Henryk Wieniawski Airport, train
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Schiphol Airporttrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Poznań–Ławica Henryk Wieniawski Airport (POZ)plane AMS - POZ
- Take the train from Poznan Glowny to Frankfurt(Oder)train
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Cottbus, Hauptbahnhoftrain
8h 32m€136–438
Rotterdam to Cottbus by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Rotterdam to Cottbus is to train via Hilversum which costs €100 - €230 and takes 9h 17m.
The fastest way to get from Rotterdam to Cottbus is to train and fly which takes 5h 45m and costs €120 - €350.
No, there is no direct bus from Rotterdam station to Cottbus. However, there are services departing from Rotterdam Central Station and arriving at Cottbus via Mercatorstraße, Duisburg. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 2m.
No, there is no direct train from Rotterdam to Cottbus. However, there are services departing from Rotterdam Centraal and arriving at Cottbus, Hauptbahnhof via Hilversum and S Spandau Bhf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 17m.
The distance between Rotterdam and Cottbus is 822 km. The road distance is 777.6 km.
The best way to get from Rotterdam to Cottbus without a car is to train via Hilversum which takes 9h 17m and costs €100 - €230.
It takes approximately 9h 17m to get from Rotterdam to Cottbus, including transfers.
Rotterdam to Cottbus bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Rotterdam Central Station.
Rotterdam to Cottbus train services, operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), depart from Rotterdam Centraal station.
The best way to get from Rotterdam to Cottbus is to train via Hilversum which takes 9h 17m and costs €100 - €230. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 10h 2m.
What companies run services between Rotterdam, Netherlands and Cottbus, Germany?
You can take a train from Rotterdam Centraal to Cottbus, Hauptbahnhof via Hilversum and S Spandau Bhf in around 9h 17m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Rotterdam Central Station to Cottbus via Duisburg central train station and Mercatorstraße, Duisburg in around 10h 2m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–310
Flights from Brussels Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–260
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–280
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Hannover Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–370
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Poznań–Ławica Henryk Wieniawski Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–380
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–330
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–700
Flights from Brussels Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–200
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–300
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–320
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–210
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–270
Flights from Brussels Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–250
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Hannover Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–370
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Poznań–Ławica Henryk Wieniawski Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–260
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–200
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Poznań–Ławica Henryk Wieniawski Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–280
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Hilversum
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–21
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Hilversum to Berlin-Spandau
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €65–140
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Brussels Airport-Zaventem
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €6–13
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–45
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to S Spandau Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–55
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from S Spandau Bhf to Cottbus, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from S Königs Wusterhausen Bhf to Cottbus, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from S Ostkreuz Bhf to Cottbus, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–50
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from S Königs Wusterhausen Bhf to Cottbus, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from S Königs Wusterhausen Bhf to Cottbus, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from S Spandau Bhf to Cottbus, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Frankfurt to Cottbus, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–26
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–26
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–26
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–18
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Brussels Airport-Zaventem
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–50
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–18
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–18
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +31302035833
- info@europeansleeper.eu
- Website
- European Sleeper
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Berlin Ostbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 3m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €85–170
- Website
- European Sleeper
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to S Spandau Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €40–200
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- sekretariat@intercity.pl
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Poznan Glowny to Frankfurt(Oder)
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–110
- Website
- PKP Intercity
- Phone
- +49 30 514 88 88 88
- info@odeg.de
- Website
- ODEG
Train from Frankfurt to Cottbus, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–13
- Schedules at
- ODEG
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Rotterdam Central Station to Duisburg central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–27
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +38 (050) 010-01-04
- orionbilet@gmail.com
- Website
- OrionBus
Bus from Mercatorstraße, Duisburg to Cottbus
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- OrionBus
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Rotterdam to Cottbus bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Duisburg central train station.
Rotterdam to Cottbus train services, operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), arrive at Hilversum station.
Yes, the driving distance between Rotterdam to Cottbus is 778 km. It takes approximately 7h 3m to drive from Rotterdam to Cottbus.
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