There are 9 ways to get from Essen to Latvia by plane, train, bus, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport
best- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane DUS - RIX
5h 10m$109–284Train, bus
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain 10 / ...
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to S Spandau Bhftrain 19 / ...
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Riga, Bus Stationbus
24h 56m$163–403Train, bus via Mockava
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Bremen Hbftrain 33 / ...
- Take the bus from Bremen to Poznańbus
- Take the train from Poznan Glowny to Mockavatrain Ic
- Take the train from Mockava to Kaišiadorystrain 36
- Take the train from Kaišiadorys to Rīgas Centrālā stacijatrain
27h 31m$193–370Drive 1,561.3 km
- Drive from Essen to Rigacar 1,561.3 km
19h 26m$281–406Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Koeln/Bonn Flughafentrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane CGN - RIX
6h 23m$118–474Train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane FRA - RIX
6h 30m$163–384Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly
- Take the train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane AMS - RIX
7h 35m$126–430Train, bus #2
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain 10 / ...
- Take the bus from Hanover to Rīgabus
27h 37m$151–329Train, bus #3
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Dortmund Hbftrain S2
- Take the bus from Dortmund to Kaliningrad Bus stationbus 905 / ...
- Take the bus from Kaliningrad Bus station to Riga Central Bus Stationbus
31h 55m$163–315
Essen to Latvia by train, foot, and bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Essen to Latvia is to train and bus which costs $150 - $330 and takes 27h 37m.
The fastest way to get from Essen to Latvia is to fly which takes 5h 10m and costs $100 - $290.
The distance between Essen and Latvia is 1328 km. The road distance is 1561.3 km.
The best way to get from Essen to Latvia without a car is to train and bus which takes 24h 56m and costs $160 - $410.
It takes approximately 5h 10m to get from Essen to Latvia, including transfers.
Latvia is 1h ahead of Essen. It is currently 20:43 in Essen and 21:43 in Latvia.
Yes, the driving distance between Essen to Latvia is 1561 km. It takes approximately 19h 26m to drive from Essen to Latvia.
There are 2007+ hotels available in Latvia.
What companies run services between Essen, Germany and Latvia?
Air Baltic and Scandinavian Airlines fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Riga International Airport (RIX) 4 times a day.
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–210
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Riga International Airport via Vilnius
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–210
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Riga International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–600
Flights from Frankfurt to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–290
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–220
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Riga International Airport via Palanga
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–220
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Riga International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–600
Flights from Frankfurt to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–290
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Riga International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–180
Flights from Frankfurt to Riga International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–230
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Riga International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–490
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–380
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Riga International Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–380
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Riga International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–250
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Essen Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–100
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to S Spandau Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $50–100
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Essen Hbf to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–110
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Essen Hbf to Koeln/Bonn Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $21–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $50–110
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $19–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Essen Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–100
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Essen Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $29–60
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to S Spandau Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $29–60
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $11–23
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $12–25
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Essen Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $29–60
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Essen Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $21–30
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Essen Hbf to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $22–35
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Essen Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $21–30
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- sekretariat@intercity.pl
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Poznan Glowny to Mockava
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $80–160
- Website
- PKP Intercity
- Phone
- +370 700 55 111
- informacija@ltglink.lt
- Website
- LTG Link
Train from Mockava to Kaišiadorys
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $7–11
- Website
- LTG Link
Train from Kaišiadorys to Rīgas Centrālā stacija
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $15–21
- Website
- LTG Link
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Essen Hbf to Koeln/Bonn Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +49 6078 966930
- service@vias-online.eu
- Website
- VIAS Rail GmbH
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $35
- Schedules at
- VIAS Rail GmbH
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Essen Hbf to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $7–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Riga, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $120–200
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Riga, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $110–200
- Schedules at
- ecolines.net
Bus from Hanover to Rīga
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $130–230
- Schedules at
- ecolines.net
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- Grand Bus
Bus from Bremen to Poznań
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $68–73
- Website
- Grand Bus
- Phone
- +7 (4012) 64-36-35
- info@avl39.ru
- Website
- avl39.ru
Bus from Dortmund to Kaliningrad Bus station
- Phone
- +7 812 386 79 79
- eco@ecolines.ru
- Website
- ecolines.ru
Bus from Kaliningrad Bus station to Riga Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $15–80
- Schedules at
- ecolines.ru
- Book at
- ecolines.ru
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