There are 9 ways to get from Berlin to Edinburgh by plane, train (Eurostar), car, car ferry, bus, train, 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 to Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane BER - EDI
5h 16m£63–178Train via Cologne
- Take the train from Berlin Hbf to Köln Hbftrain 10
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Miditrain 79
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
15h 1m£336–872Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Berlin to Rotterdamcar
- Take the carferry from Rotterdam to Hullcarferry
- Drive from Hull to Edinburghcar
24h 16m£320–508Bus
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to London Victoriabus N1328
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus Ukxn10 / ...
27h 43m£111–302Fly to Glasgow Airport, train
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane BER - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
6h 6m£69–263Fly to Newcastle, train
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Newcastle (NCL)plane BER - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
6h 38m£105–297Train
- Take the train from Berlin Gesundbrunnen to Amsterdam Centraaltrain Ice
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.train
- Take the train from London Euston to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
19h 2m£216–498Train #2
- Take the train from Berlin Gesundbrunnen to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain 474
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
22h 52m£332–583Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Berlin to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the cartrain from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Edinburghcar
16h 46m£340–455
Berlin to Edinburgh by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Berlin to Edinburgh is to fly which costs £60 - £180 and takes 5h 16m.
The fastest way to get from Berlin to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 5h 16m and costs £60 - £180.
No, there is no direct bus from Berlin to Edinburgh station. However, there are services departing from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof and arriving at Edinburgh, Bus Station via London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 43m.
No, there is no direct train from Berlin to Edinburgh. However, there are services departing from Berlin Hbf and arriving at Edinburgh Waverley via Köln Hbf, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and King's Cross. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 1m.
The distance between Berlin and Edinburgh is 752 miles.
The best way to get from Berlin to Edinburgh without a car is to train via Cologne which takes 15h 1m and costs £330 - £900.
It takes approximately 5h 16m to get from Berlin to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Berlin to Edinburgh bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof station.
Berlin to Edinburgh train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Berlin Hbf station.
The best way to get from Berlin to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 5h 16m and costs £60 - £180. Alternatively, you can train via Cologne, which costs £330 - £900 and takes 15h 1m, you could also bus, which costs £110 - £310 and takes 27h 43m.
What companies run services between Berlin, Germany and Edinburgh, Scotland?
Ryanair, easyJet, and six other airlines fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) every 2 hours. Alternatively, you can take a train from Berlin Hbf to Edinburgh Waverley via Köln Hbf, Bruxelles Midi, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, London St Pancras Intl, and King's Cross in around 15h 1m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–250
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–250
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–260
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–270
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Glasgow Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- When
- Monday, Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–280
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Newcastle via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–300
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–150
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–160
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–140
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £75–200
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £75–200
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–260
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £90–300
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–190
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Newcastle via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–190
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–200
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £160–200
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–140
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £100–200
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Newcastle via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £60–300
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Berlin Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £85–380
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–150
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £30–65
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £30–65
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Berlin Gesundbrunnen to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 13m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £110–230
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £90–160
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £90–160
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £130–190
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £130–190
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- ScotRail
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- Passengerassistance@lumo.co.uk.
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £8–16
- Website
- Lumo
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £15–25
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £40–65
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from London Euston to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 32m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £130–210
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–95
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–75
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Berlin Gesundbrunnen to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 51m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £65–140
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £55–120
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- service@govolta.nl
- Website
- GoVolta
Train from Berlin Gesundbrunnen to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £30–40
- Website
- GoVolta
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from London Euston to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £140–240
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £117
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- £117
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £75–130
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £70–180
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- P&O Ferries
Car ferry from Rotterdam to Hull
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £160–270
- Website
- P&O Ferries
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Booking & Getting There
Berlin to Edinburgh bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Edinburgh is 1h behind Berlin. It is currently 3:35 PM in Berlin and 2:35 PM in Edinburgh.
Berlin to Edinburgh train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Köln Hbf station.
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