Getting Around Duisburg
Duisburg lies where the Ruhr flows into the Rhine, and much of its business is on the water. Duisburg's port is the largest inland port in Europe: more than 20,000 ships call there each year, over 40 million tonnes of goods are handled, and since 2011 the city has been the western end of freight rail links from China. Ruhrort, the historic port district, is 4 km from the centre, 10–15 minutes by car.
Duisburg Hauptbahnhof is one of Deutsche Bahn's busiest long-distance stations, used by about 130,000 travellers and visitors a day, with ICE trains towards Amsterdam, Brussels, Frankfurt and Hamburg. Its platform roofs are being rebuilt in stages until 2028. Add the train and its arrival time to the booking, and the car is scheduled for that arrival.
For a day with a logistics site in the port, an office in the centre and a meeting at the University of Duisburg-Essen, booked by the hour, one chauffeur and one vehicle stay with you for the time you reserve. Send the full address with your booking; the confirmation then tells you where the car will stop.
Airport Transfers in Duisburg
Düsseldorf Airport is 24 km south of Duisburg on the A3 and A52, 35–45 minutes by car, the nearest of the three. Weeze Airport, on the Lower Rhine, is 63 km north-west, 55 minutes to 1 hour 15 minutes, and Dortmund Airport, to the east, 68 km, 1 hour to 1 hour 20 minutes. At Düsseldorf Airport, the driverless SkyTrain covers the 2.5 km between the P4/P5 car parks, Terminal A/B and Terminal C in 7 minutes. The right one depends on your airline and route.
If you land in Düsseldorf for a meeting in Ruhrort, the car takes you straight to the port without a change in the city centre.
Book with your flight number. For an arrival, your chauffeur checks the flight status and times the pickup to when you actually land, and your booking confirmation shows where to meet the chauffeur. For a departure from Duisburg, what counts is the length of the drive, not the time on the clock: 35–45 minutes to Düsseldorf Airport outside the rush hours, 55 minutes to 1 hour 15 minutes to Weeze. Journey times vary with traffic and weather. You set the pickup time yourself, and the confirmation shows it.
Long-Distance & Cross-Border Travel from Duisburg
From the west of the Ruhr, the Dutch border is near. Venlo is 46 km west, 50 minutes to 1 hour 10 minutes, and Maastricht 129 km, 1 hour 35 minutes to 2 hours 10 minutes. Brussels is 224 km away, 2 hours 25 minutes to 3 hours 15 minutes, and Cologne 68 km south on the A3, 1 hour to 1 hour 20 minutes. Venlo is the centre of Greenport Venlo, the Netherlands' second-largest horticulture cluster, and its trains run via Kaldenkirchen and Mönchengladbach to Düsseldorf. The treaty that created the European Union was signed in Maastricht in 1992, and Maastricht University dates from 1976.
A visit to a distribution centre in Venlo or a client in Brussels is one booking, with the same chauffeur and car from start to finish, with no change of vehicle at the border, and your samples and documents stay in the boot all day.
Germany has notified the European Commission of temporary checks at its internal land borders, including those with the Netherlands and Belgium. Carry the travel documents your nationality and itinerary require.
Groups & Event Travel in Duisburg
The Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord in Meiderich, 8 km from the centre, is a former ironworks that is now a public park and an anchor point of the European Route of Industrial Heritage. It is open all year, its halls host events and markets, and the light installation comes on at dusk on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays. There are 1,600 parking spaces opposite the main entrance on Emscherstraße.
When you book for other people, all their transfers can be kept in one account, each with its own booking and confirmation. If a delegation for the port comes in on several flights, every arrival gets a transfer of its own. For a group touring terminals and warehouses together, a Sprinter van carries up to 12 people with their bags, and bigger groups go by coach, with up to 56 seats; the vehicle is matched to the load.
For an evening event in the Landschaftspark, reserve early. Local vehicles and drivers are booked up early for dates like these. If your plans go beyond a standard booking, write to support with the dates, addresses, number of passengers, flights and luggage, and the team will arrange it.
