There are 15 ways to get from Turkey to Essen by plane, bus, train, night train, car, or car train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
best- Fly from İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport (ADB) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane ADB - DUS
6h 17m€94–378Fly Antalya Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Antalya Airport (AYT) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane AYT - DUS
6h 53m€64–291Bus, train
- Take the bus from Istanbul to Munichbus
- Take the train from München Hbf to Essen Hbftrain 47 / ...
30h 11m€201–571Night train, train
- Take the night train from Halkali to Bucharestnighttrain
- Take the night train from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Westbahnhofnighttrain
- Take the train from Wien Westbahnhof to Hauptbahnhoftrain Drf / ...
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Essen Hbftrain 47 / ...
42h 3m€295–639Drive 2,463.8 km
- Drive from Istanbul to Essencar 2,463.8 km
21h 55m€357–516Fly Istanbul to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane IST - DUS
6h 43m€120–319Fly Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane SAW - DUS
7h 8m€85–349Fly Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Fly from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport (ESB) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane ESB - DUS
7h 4m€90–279Fly İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
- Fly from İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport (ADB) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane ADB - CGN
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Essen Hbftrain
7h 22m€103–387Fly Istanbul to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane IST - CGN
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Essen Hbftrain
7h 58m€139–458Fly Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane SAW - CGN
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Essen Hbftrain
8h 18m€94–428Bus
- Take the bus from Istanbul to Munichbus
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to Essen central train stationbus N885 / ...
35h 22m€131–206Bus via Novi Sad
- Take the bus from Istanbul Hotel Montenegro to Novi Sad Bulevar Jaše Tomićbus Citylines 88 / ...
- Take the bus from Novi Sad, Autobuska Stanica to Essen Hbfbus
41h 38m€189–387Night train
- Take the night train from Halkali to Bucharestnighttrain
- Take the night train from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Hbfnighttrain
- Take the night train from Wien Hbf to Essen Hbfnighttrain Nj
43h 36m€145–269Drive, car train
- Drive from Istanbul to Salzburg Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Salzburg Hbf to Fuldacartrain
- Drive from Fulda to Essencar
24h 56m€425–603
İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport (ADB) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Turkey to Essen is to fly which costs €60 - €300 and takes 6h 53m.
The fastest way to get from Turkey to Essen is to fly which takes 6h 17m and costs €90 - €380.
No, there is no direct bus from Turkey to Essen station. However, there are services departing from İskenderpaşa and arriving at Essen central train station via Istanbul and Munich central bus station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 35h 22m.
No, there is no direct train from Turkey to Essen. However, there are services departing from Yenikapi and arriving at Essen Hbf via Halkali, Bucuresti Nord, Wien Westbahnhof and Hauptbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 42h 3m.
The distance between Turkey and Essen is 2201 km. The road distance is 2463.8 km.
The best way to get from Turkey to Essen without a car is to bus and train which takes 30h 11m and costs €200 - €600.
It takes approximately 6h 17m to get from Turkey to Essen, including transfers.
Turkey to Essen bus services, operated by Alpar Turizm, depart from Istanbul station.
Turkey to Essen train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), depart from Halkali station.
The best way to get from Turkey to Essen is to fly which takes 6h 17m and costs €90 - €380. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €130 - €210 and takes 35h 22m.
What companies run services between Turkey and Essen, Germany?
Corendon Airlines, SunExpress, and three other airlines fly from İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport (ADB) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) 5 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from İskenderpaşa to Essen central train station via Bayrampaşa Devlet Hastanesi, Istanbul, and Munich central bus station in around 35h 22m.
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–310
Flights from Antalya Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–300
Flights from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–300
Flights from İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–320
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–400
Flights from Antalya Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–390
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–320
Flights from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–390
Flights from İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–420
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–340
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–600
Flights from Istanbul to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–310
Flights from Istanbul to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €110–310
Flights from İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–650
Flights from Istanbul to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €190–390
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Istanbul to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–600
Flights from Istanbul to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–290
- Website
- corendon.com
Flights from İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–180
Flights from Antalya Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–280
Flights from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–300
Flights from İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–320
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–320
Flights from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–220
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–370
- Website
- latam.com
Flights from Antalya Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–200
- Website
- freebirdairlines.com
Flights from Antalya Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–300
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from München Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €120–450
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €75–290
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- bdz_passengers@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Night train from Halkali to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €9–27
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- €9–14
- 1st Class
- €10–14
Night train from Halkali to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €9–27
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- €9–14
- 1st Class
- €10–14
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Night train from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Westbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €80–90
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Night train from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 22m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €80–90
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- service@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Wien Westbahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €130–230
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Wien Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 34m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–150
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €110–150
- Couchette Carriage
- €85–110
- Seating Carriage
- €55–70
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Salzburg Hbf to Fulda
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 1m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +90 212 658 18 51
- info@alparturizm.com.tr
- Website
- alparturizm.com.tr
Bus from Istanbul to Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Website
- https://www.alparturizm.com.tr/en/
Bus from Istanbul to Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Website
- https://www.alparturizm.com.tr/en/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Munich central bus station to Essen central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–85
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Istanbul Hotel Montenegro to Novi Sad Bulevar Jaše Tomić
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €50–80
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- +381 (11) 761-4545
- Website
- srbijatours.com
Bus from Novi Sad, Autobuska Stanica to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 8m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €100–130
- Schedules at
- srbijatours.com
- Prices
- €100–130
- Phone
- +381 800 334 334
- iuc@lasta.rs
- Website
- lasta.rs
Bus from Novi Sad, Autobuska Stanica to Essen Hbf
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More Questions & Answers
Turkey to Essen bus services, operated by Alpar Turizm, arrive at Munich station.
Essen is 1h behind Turkey. It is currently 2:38 PM in Turkey and 1:38 PM in Essen.
Turkey to Essen train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), arrive at Bucharest station.
Yes, the driving distance between Turkey to Essen is 2464 km. It takes approximately 21h 55m to drive from Turkey to Essen.
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