There are 12 ways to get from Rotterdam to Zugspitze by plane, train, bus, or car
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Fly Rotterdam The Hague Airport to Innsbruck Airport, train
best- Fly from Rotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM) to Innsbruck Airport (INN)plane RTM - INN
- Take the train from Innsbruck Hoetting to Garmisch-Partenkirchentrain
- Take the train from Garmisch-Partenkirchen to Riffelrißtrain
5h 39m€420–836Train
cheapest- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Utrecht Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Muenchen Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from München Hbf to Garmisch-Partenkirchentrain Rb6
12h 24m€144–296Train via Stuttgart
- Take the train from Rotterdam Alexander to Utrecht Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Stuttgart Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Pasingtrain 11 / ...
- Take the train from Pasing to Garmisch-Partenkirchentrain Rb6
12h 10m€147–326Bus
- Take the bus from Rotterdam Central Station to Munich central bus stationbus N885 / ...
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to Garmisch-Partenkirchen stationbus 040 / ...
16h 5m€159–215Drive 836.2 km
- Drive from Rotterdam to Zugspitzecar 836.2 km
8h 28m€155–223Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Munich International Airport, train
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane AMS - MUC
- Take the train from Flughafen München to Pasingtrain
- Take the train from Pasing to Garmisch-Partenkirchentrain
8h 28m€160–430Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Innsbruck Airport, train
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Innsbruck Airport (INN)plane AMS - INN
- Take the train from Innsbruck Hoetting to Garmisch-Partenkirchentrain
8h 15m€195–548Train to Brussels Airport, fly to Munich International Airport, train
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Brussels Airport-Zaventemtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane BRU - MUC
- Take the train from Flughafen München to Pasingtrain
- Take the train from Pasing to Garmisch-Partenkirchentrain
9h 31m€179–417Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Nuremberg Airport, train
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Nuremberg Airport (NUE)plane AMS - NUE
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to München Hbftrain
- Take the train from München Hbf to Garmisch-Partenkirchentrain
9h 5m€214–594Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Zurich Airport, train, drive
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane AMS - ZRH
- Take the train from Zuerich Hb to Oetztaltrain
- Drive from Telfs-Pfaffenhofen to Zugspitzecar
9h 45m€176–479Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane AMS - STR
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Pasingtrain
- Take the train from Pasing to Garmisch-Partenkirchentrain
10h 5m€210–560Train #2
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Utrecht Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Innsbruck Hbftrain
- Take the train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Garmisch-Partenkirchentrain
20h 50m€162–275
Rotterdam to Zugspitze by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Rotterdam to Zugspitze is to train which costs €140 - €300 and takes 12h 24m.
The fastest way to get from Rotterdam to Zugspitze is to fly and train which takes 5h 39m and costs €420 - €850.
No, there is no direct bus from Rotterdam station to Zugspitze station. However, there are services departing from Rotterdam Central Station and arriving at Garmisch-Partenkirchen station via Munich central bus station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 5m.
No, there is no direct train from Rotterdam to Zugspitze. However, there are services departing from Rotterdam Centraal and arriving at Riffelriß via Rotterdam Alexander, Utrecht Centraal, Hauptbahnhof, Pasing and Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 10m.
The distance between Rotterdam and Zugspitze is 790 km. The road distance is 836.2 km.
The best way to get from Rotterdam to Zugspitze without a car is to train via Stuttgart which takes 12h 10m and costs €140 - €330.
It takes approximately 5h 39m to get from Rotterdam to Zugspitze, including transfers.
Rotterdam to Zugspitze bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Rotterdam Central Station.
Rotterdam to Zugspitze train services, operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), depart from Rotterdam Alexander station.
The best way to get from Rotterdam to Zugspitze is to train via Stuttgart which takes 12h 10m and costs €140 - €330. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €150 - €220 and takes 16h 5m.
What companies run services between Rotterdam, Netherlands and Zugspitze, Germany?
You can take a train from Rotterdam Centraal to Riffelriß via Rotterdam Alexander, Utrecht Centraal, Stuttgart Hbf, Hauptbahnhof, Pasing, and Garmisch-Partenkirchen in around 12h 10m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Rotterdam Central Station to Zugspitze via Munich central bus station and Garmisch-Partenkirchen station in around 16h 5m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–370
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Munich International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–270
Flights from Brussels Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–240
Flights from Brussels Airport to Munich International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–290
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–400
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Stuttgart Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–350
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–370
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Innsbruck Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–600
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Nuremberg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–420
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–330
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–370
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–240
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Munich International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–210
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–320
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Stuttgart Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–360
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Rotterdam The Hague Airport to Innsbruck Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–950
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Innsbruck Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–600
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Innsbruck Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–430
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Innsbruck Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–430
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–370
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Innsbruck Hoetting to Garmisch-Partenkirchen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–18
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Innsbruck Hoetting to Garmisch-Partenkirchen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–18
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Garmisch-Partenkirchen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +49 8821 7970
- zugspitzbahn@zugspitze.de
- Website
- Zugspitze DE
Train from Garmisch-Partenkirchen to Riffelriß
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €29
- Schedules at
- Zugspitze DE
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Rotterdam Alexander to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €5–10
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 29m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €60–120
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €5–11
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €5–11
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Brussels Airport-Zaventem
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–29
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €5–11
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €5–11
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €5–11
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €6–12
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 37m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €85–170
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €6–12
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Innsbruck Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–210
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Pasing
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–90
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €29–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Pasing
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–90
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- service@westbahn.at
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Pasing
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Pasing
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- Westbahn
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Pasing to Garmisch-Partenkirchen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–75
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Flughafen München to Pasing
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €8–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Pasing to Garmisch-Partenkirchen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–75
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Flughafen München to Pasing
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €8–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Pasing to Garmisch-Partenkirchen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–75
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–130
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from München Hbf to Garmisch-Partenkirchen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–80
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Pasing to Garmisch-Partenkirchen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–75
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from München Hbf to Garmisch-Partenkirchen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–80
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Brussels Airport-Zaventem
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Zuerich Hb to Oetztal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–140
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
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 Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Munich central bus station to Garmisch-Partenkirchen station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €7–12
- Website
- Flixbus
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Booking & Getting There
Rotterdam to Zugspitze bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Munich central bus station.
Rotterdam to Zugspitze train services, operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), arrive at Utrecht Centraal station.
Yes, the driving distance between Rotterdam to Zugspitze is 836 km. It takes approximately 8h 28m to drive from Rotterdam to Zugspitze.
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