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 30m€288–760Fly to Frankfurt, train
cheapest- Fly from Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane YYZ - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Essen Hbftrain
12h 19m€266–502Fly to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
- Fly from Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane YYZ - CGN
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Essen Hbftrain
13h 37m€381–733Fly 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
13h 29m€284–689Fly 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€305–802
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 €260 - €500 and takes 12h 19m.
The fastest way to get from Toronto to Essen is to fly and train which takes 12h 19m and costs €260 - €500.
The distance between Toronto and Essen is 6225 km.
It takes approximately 12h 30m to get from Toronto to Essen, including transfers.
Essen is 5h ahead of Toronto. It is currently 11:16 AM in Toronto and 4:16 PM in Essen.
There are 2399+ hotels available in Essen.
What companies run services between Toronto, ON, Canada and Essen, Germany?
British Airways, Lufthansa, 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 Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–950
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €190–750
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–800
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €240–1,100
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–750
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Frankfurt via Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €180–750
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €190–750
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €180–750
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Brussels Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–950
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–950
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €190–750
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €240–1,100
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–750
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Frankfurt via Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €180–750
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €190–750
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €180–750
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Brussels Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–950
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €190–750
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–750
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €190–750
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Brussels Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–750
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–750
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–800
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Brussels Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €190–700
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 47m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €190–800
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–750
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €190–750
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €230–1,100
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–410
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Brussels Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €230–1,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €220–900
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €200–800
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €230–390
- Website
- airtransat.com
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €270–600
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €14–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €17–26
- 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
- €23–40
- 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
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €5–14
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Oberhausen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–40
- 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
- €12–14
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- 2nd Class
- €12–14
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