There are 10 ways to get from Cardiff to Lofoten by train, plane, bus, car, car train, ferry, night train, or car ferry
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Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes, bus
best- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes (EVE)plane LHR - EVE
- Take the bus from Harstad/Narvik lufthavn to Lyngvær østbus
14h 2mkr 2,166–6,351Train, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Stockholm, Cityterminalenbus N32
- Take the train from Stockholm Centralstation to Narvik stationtrain
- Take the bus from Bromsgård to Lyngvær østbus 300
2d 19hkr 4,956–8,951Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Cardiff to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Lofotencar
41h 41mTrain to Bristol Airport, fly to Bodø Airport, ferry
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Bodø Airport (BOO)plane BRS - BOO
- Take the ferry from Bodø hurtigbåtkai to Svolvær hurtigbåtkaiferry
17h 56mFly Cardiff Airport to Bodø Airport, ferry
- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Bodø Airport (BOO)plane CWL - BOO
- Take the ferry from Bodø hurtigbåtkai to Svolvær hurtigbåtkaiferry
17h 56mTrain to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Bodø Airport, ferry
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Bodø Airport (BOO)plane LHR - BOO
- Take the ferry from Bodø hurtigbåtkai to Svolvær hurtigbåtkaiferry
15h 1mTrain, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Bodø Airport, ferry
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Bodø Airport (BOO)plane LGW - BOO
- Take the ferry from Bodø hurtigbåtkai to Svolvær hurtigbåtkaiferry
16h 13mTrain to Manchester Airport, fly to Bodø Airport, ferry
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Wilmslowtrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Bodø Airport (BOO)plane MAN - BOO
- Take the ferry from Bodø hurtigbåtkai to Svolvær hurtigbåtkaiferry
16h 27mTrain, bus, night train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Take the bus from Birmingham to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Stockholm, Cityterminalenbus N32
- Take the night train from Stockholm Centralstation to Narvik stasjonnighttrain
- Take the bus from Bromsgård to Lyngvær østbus 300
3d 2hkr 4,880–8,642Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cardiff to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Lofotencar
42h 55mkr 7,788–12,519
Cardiff to Lofoten by train, subway, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Lofoten is to train and fly and bus which costs kr 2100 - kr 6500 and takes 14h 2m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Lofoten is to train and fly and bus which takes 14h 2m and costs kr 2100 - kr 6500.
The distance between Cardiff and Lofoten is 2556 km.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Lofoten without a car is to train and bus which takes 2 days 19h and costs kr 4900 - kr 9000.
It takes approximately 14h 2m to get from Cardiff to Lofoten, including transfers.
There are 35+ hotels available in Lofoten.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and Lofoten, Norway?
There is no direct connection from Cardiff to Lofoten. However, you can take the train to London Paddington, take the train to Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3, walk to London Heathrow Airport (LHR) airport, fly to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes (EVE), walk to Harstad/Narvik lufthavn, take the bus to Lyngvær øst, then walk to Lofoten. Alternatively, you can take a train from Cardiff Central to Lofoten via London Paddington, Paddington station, Sloane Square station, London Victoria, Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof, Stockholm, Cityterminalen, Stockholm Centralstation, Narvik station, Bromsgård, and Lyngvær øst in around 2d 19h.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–5,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–3,800
Flights from Bristol Airport to Bodø Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 950–3,900
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bodø Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 800–3,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bodø Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 800–3,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Bodø Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 950–4,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Bodø Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 750–3,400
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–5,500
Flights from Bristol Airport to Bodø Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 950–4,800
Flights from Bristol Airport to Bodø Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Trondheim
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–4,700
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Bodø Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–7,000
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Bodø Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Trondheim
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–7,000
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Bodø Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Bergen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 2,300–8,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Bodø Airport via Trondheim
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–2,500
Flights from Manchester Airport to Bodø Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 750–2,800
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–5,500
Flights from Bristol Airport to Bodø Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 7m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 950–3,800
Flights from Bristol Airport to Bodø Airport via Edinburgh, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 950–3,800
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Bodø Airport via Dublin, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–5,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Bodø Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–2,500
Flights from Manchester Airport to Bodø Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–3,200
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bodø Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,900–4,800
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Bodø Airport via Trondheim
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–2,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Bodø Airport via Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 950–3,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Bodø Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,700–4,400
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bodø Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–4,300
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Bodø Airport via Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–2,500
Flights from Manchester Airport to Bodø Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–4,000
- Website
- wideroe.no
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Bodø Airport via Trondheim
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–2,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Bodø Airport via Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 950–3,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,500–6,500
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- kr 2,500–8,500
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 800–1,500
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 210–400
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 600–1,200
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 290–550
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- +46 77 175 75 75
- kundservice@sj.se
- Website
- sj.se
Train from Stockholm Centralstation to Narvik station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 2,000–3,700
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- kr 250–360
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 700–1,100
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Cardiff Central to Wilmslow
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 750–1,400
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- +46 77 175 75 75
- kundservice@sj.se
- Website
- sj.se
Night train from Stockholm Centralstation to Narvik stasjon
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 1,900–3,200
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en
- Phone
- +47 910 09 600
- Website
- reisnordland.no
Bus from Harstad/Narvik lufthavn to Lyngvær øst
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 230–330
- Website
- https://www.reisnordland.no/
Bus from Bromsgård to Lyngvær øst
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 300–420
- Website
- https://www.reisnordland.no/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from London Victoria to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 850–1,500
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Stockholm, Cityterminalen
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 950–1,700
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Stockholm, Cityterminalen
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–2,200
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Birmingham to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 1m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 750–1,800
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- +47 910 09 600
- Website
- reisnordland.no
Ferry from Bodø hurtigbåtkai to Svolvær hurtigbåtkai
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.reisnordland.no/
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 95–230
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 75–490
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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