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Bottrop · Germany

Car hire and driving in Bottrop

Driving distances to the cities around, the rules that change at the border, and where to compare rental prices.

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In Germany traffic drives on the right. Picking up at DUS means 28 km (17 mi) into the centre before the trip starts. The emergency number is http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1061257 / http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25648823.

Drives from Bottrop

Car rental from Bottrop: distances and estimated journey times
RouteCountryDistanceEstimated time
Bottrop to KrefeldGermany33 km (21 mi)about 30 min
Bottrop to WuppertalGermany33 km (21 mi)about 31 min
Bottrop to DüsseldorfGermany35 km (22 mi)about 32 min
Bottrop to DortmundGermany37 km (23 mi)about 34 min
Bottrop to NeussGermany40 km (25 mi)about 37 min
Bottrop to SolingenGermany40 km (25 mi)about 37 min
Bottrop to HagenGermany42 km (26 mi)about 38 min
Bottrop to RemscheidGermany42 km (26 mi)about 39 min
Bottrop to MönchengladbachGermany51 km (31 mi)about 46 min
Bottrop to LeverkusenGermany55 km (34 mi)about 50 min
Bottrop to VenloThe Netherlands55 km (34 mi)about 51 min
Bottrop to Bergisch GladbachGermany62 km (38 mi)about 56 min
Bottrop to LondonUnited Kingdom488 km (303 mi)about 7 h 26 min
Bottrop to Saint PetersburgRussia1,723 km (1,071 mi)about 26 h 17 min
Bottrop to BerlinGermany457 km (284 mi)about 6 h 58 min
Bottrop to MadridSpain1,480 km (920 mi)about 22 h 34 min
Bottrop to KyivUkraine1,649 km (1,024 mi)about 25 h 8 min
Bottrop to RomeItaly1,152 km (716 mi)about 17 h 34 min
Bottrop to ParisFrance441 km (274 mi)about 6 h 43 min
Bottrop to HamburgGermany306 km (190 mi)about 4 h 40 min

Distances are straight-line; road and rail routes run about 15–25% longer. Times are estimates from distance and typical speeds, not timetables.

Where to compare car hire

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Common questions

Which side of the road do they drive on in Bottrop?

The right, as everywhere in Germany.

How are the journey times on this page worked out?

From straight-line distance and typical speeds for each mode, so they are estimates for planning, not timetables. Road and rail routes run 15–25% longer than the straight line.

Where these facts come from

  • GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, elevation, time zone, postal codes
  • Wikidata (CC0): area, sister cities, visitor numbers, heritage listings, stations and ports
  • OurAirports (public domain): airports, runways
  • Natural Earth (public domain): map outlines

Data compiled 13 September 2026. Hotel figures are from our booking partner’s catalogue on that date. Journey times on this page are estimates from distance, not timetables; check the operator before you rely on one.