There are 13 ways to get from Rotterdam to Zugspitze by plane, train, bus, night train, car, or car train
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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 Grainau, Riffelrißtrain
5h 38m€272–755Bus
cheapest- 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 10m€138–201Train
- Take the train from Rotterdam Alexander to Utrecht Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Duisburg Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Duisburg Hbf to Pasingtrain 47
- Take the train from Pasing to Garmisch-Partenkirchentrain Rb6
12h 28m€184–378Train, night train
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Utrecht Centraaltrain
- Take the night train from Utrecht Centraal to Muenchen Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from München Hbf to Garmisch-Partenkirchentrain Rb6
17h 20m€157–309Train 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 18m€171–344Train 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 9m€166–362Train 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
8h 50m€183–446Train to Eindhoven Airport, fly to Innsbruck Airport, train
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Tilburgtrain
- Fly from Eindhoven Airport (EIN) to Innsbruck Airport (INN)plane EIN - INN
- Take the train from Innsbruck Hoetting to Garmisch-Partenkirchentrain
9h 25m€193–460Train 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 50m€155–552Train 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 41m€214–459Train via Mannheim
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Mannheim Hbftrain Nightjet
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Garmisch-Partenkirchentrain 62
15h 7m€172–351Drive 836.2 km
- Drive from Rotterdam to Zugspitzecar 836.2 km
8h 28m€151–218Drive, car train
- Drive from Rotterdam to Fuldacar
- Take the car train from Fulda to München Ostcartrain
- Drive from München Ost to Zugspitzecar
8h 32m€205–269
Rotterdam to Zugspitze by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Rotterdam to Zugspitze is to bus which costs €130 - €210 and takes 16h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Rotterdam to Zugspitze is to fly and train which takes 5h 38m and costs €270 - €800.
No, there is no direct train from Rotterdam to Zugspitze. However, there are services departing from Rotterdam Centraal and arriving at Grainau, Riffelriß via Rotterdam Alexander, Utrecht Centraal, Duisburg Hbf, Pasing and Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 28m.
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 which takes 12h 28m and costs €180 - €380.
It takes approximately 5h 38m to get from Rotterdam to Zugspitze, including transfers.
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 which takes 12h 28m and costs €180 - €380. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €130 - €210 and takes 16h 10m.
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.
What companies run services between Rotterdam, Netherlands and Zugspitze, Germany?
You can take a train from Rotterdam Centraal to Grainau, Riffelriß via Rotterdam Alexander, Utrecht Centraal, Duisburg Hbf, Pasing, and Garmisch-Partenkirchen in around 12h 28m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Rotterdam Central Station to Zugspitze via Munich central bus station and Garmisch-Partenkirchen station in around 16h 10m.
- 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 34m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–500
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Nuremberg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–380
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–320
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–370
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–650
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Munich International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–650
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Nuremberg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–650
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–600
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Stuttgart Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–600
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Rotterdam The Hague Airport to Innsbruck Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–800
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Innsbruck Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–500
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Innsbruck Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–420
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–240
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Innsbruck Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €140–340
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Innsbruck Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–340
- 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
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €140–650
Train from Innsbruck Hoetting to Garmisch-Partenkirchen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–20
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 8821 7970
- zugspitzbahn@zugspitze.de
- Website
- zugspitze.de
Train from Garmisch-Partenkirchen to Grainau, Riffelriß
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €29
- Schedules at
- zugspitze.de
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Rotterdam Alexander to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €4–12
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–40
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €5–15
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Night train from Utrecht Centraal to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 41m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €90–220
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €5–14
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Tilburg
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €7–17
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Mannheim Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €55–140
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Duisburg Hbf to Pasing
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €110–260
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Pasing
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Garmisch-Partenkirchen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 54m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €80–180
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Pasing to Garmisch-Partenkirchen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Garmisch-Partenkirchen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Flughafen München to Pasing
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–17
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Zuerich Hb to Oetztal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €35–55
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zuerich Hb to Oetztal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–240
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Pasing
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Fulda to München Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–110
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Rotterdam Central Station to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–100
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Munich central bus station to Garmisch-Partenkirchen station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €5–11
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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