There are 5 ways to get from Toronto to Essen by plane or train
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Fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
best- Fly from Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane YYZ - DUS
12h€360–676Fly to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane YYZ - CGN
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Essen Hbftrain
13h 41m€216–825Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane YYZ - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Essen Hbftrain
12h 15m€270–507Fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Fly from Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane YYZ - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Utrecht Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Oberhausen Hbftrain
12h 59m€271–615Fly to Brussels Airport, train
- Fly from Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane YYZ - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbftrain
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Essen Hbftrain
13h 39m€333–773
Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Toronto to Essen is to fly and train which costs €270 - €550 and takes 12h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Toronto to Essen is to fly which takes 12h and costs €360 - €700.
The distance between Toronto and Essen is 6225 km.
It takes approximately 12h to get from Toronto to Essen, including transfers.
Essen is 6h ahead of Toronto. It is currently 8:07 PM in Toronto and 2:07 AM in Essen.
There are 2541+ hotels available in Essen.
What companies run services between Toronto, ON, Canada and Essen, Germany?
KLM, Air Canada, and five other airlines fly from Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) every 3 hours.
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–750
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–900
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–750
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–750
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €240–1,100
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–850
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–750
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Brussels Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–750
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €190–900
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–750
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–750
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–750
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €220–1,100
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–750
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–750
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–750
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–750
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Brussels Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–750
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €190–750
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–750
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–750
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €230–1,100
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–400
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Brussels Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–1,000
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €180–800
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Brussels Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–750
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–850
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €190–800
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €190–800
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–430
- Website
- airtransat.com
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €240–430
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €190–800
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €16–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €4–11
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Oberhausen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–40
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- arriva.nl
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €10–12
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- 2nd Class
- €10–12
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Köln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €27–45
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 9126 301 90 70
- fahrgaeste@train-rental.com
- Website
- train-rental.com
Train from Köln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- train-rental.com
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