There are 9 ways to get from Cardiff to Lofoten by plane, ferry, train, busferry, bus, night train, car, car train, or car ferry
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Fly Cardiff Airport to Bodø Airport, ferry
best- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Bodø Airport (BOO)plane CWL - BOO
- Take the ferry from Bodø hurtigbåtkai to Svolvær hurtigbåtkaiferry
17h 29mTrain to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes, bus
cheapest- 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 19mkr 2,154–6,729Train, bus and ferry, bus, night train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Take the busferry from Birmingham West Bromwich to Devabusferry
- Take the bus from Deva Bus Station to Stockholm Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the night train from Stockholm Centralstation to Narvik stasjonnighttrain
- Take the bus from Bromsgård to Lyngvær østbus
4d 11hkr 5,381–8,465Drive, 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
16h 54mTrain 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 18mTrain, 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 31mTrain 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 26mDrive, 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 7,264–11,465
Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Bodø Airport (BOO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Lofoten is to train and fly and bus which costs kr 2100 - kr 7000 and takes 14h 19m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Lofoten is to train and fly and bus which takes 14h 19m and costs kr 2100 - kr 7000.
The distance between Cardiff and Lofoten is 2203 km.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Lofoten without a car is to train and bus and ferry and bus and night train which takes 4 days 11h and costs kr 5000 - kr 8500.
It takes approximately 17h 29m to get from Cardiff to Lofoten, including transfers.
There are 38+ 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 Barry, walk to Barry Hotel, take the line 304 bus to Cardiff Airport, walk to Cardiff Airport (CWL) airport, fly to Bodø Airport (BOO), walk to Bodø lufthavn, take the bus to Bodø sentrum, walk to Bodø hurtigbåtkai, take the ferry to Svolvær hurtigbåtkai, walk to Svolvær sentrum Lofotgata, take the line 300 bus to Lyngvær øst, then walk to Lofoten. Alternatively, you can take a train from Cardiff Central to Lofoten via Birmingham New Street, Grand Central, West Bromwich Central, Birmingham West Bromwich, Deva, Deva Bus Station, Stockholm Central Bus Station, Stockholm Centralstation, Narvik stasjon, Bromsgård, and Lyngvær øst in around 4d 11h.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 900–4,100
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 900–4,100
Flights from Bristol Airport to Bodø Airport via Dublin, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–3,900
Flights from Bristol Airport to Bodø Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–3,800
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bodø Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–5,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bodø Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–3,800
Flights from Manchester Airport to Bodø Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 800–2,900
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Bodø Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–7,000
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Bodø Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Trondheim
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–7,000
Flights from Bristol Airport to Bodø Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–4,900
Flights from Bristol Airport to Bodø Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Trondheim
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–4,900
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bodø Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–5,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Bodø Airport via Trondheim
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 750–2,700
Flights from Manchester Airport to Bodø Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 800–2,700
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Bodø Airport via Dublin, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–5,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Tuesday to Monday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–6,000
Flights from Bristol Airport to Bodø Airport via Dublin, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–3,800
Flights from Bristol Airport to Bodø Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 12m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–3,700
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Bodø Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 750–2,700
Flights from Manchester Airport to Bodø Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–3,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bodø Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–3,800
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Bodø Airport via Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 750–2,700
Flights from Manchester Airport to Bodø Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–3,600
- 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 750–2,700
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Bodø Airport via Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 750–2,800
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,800–6,000
- 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
Train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 650–1,000
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- kr 230–340
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- 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 1,900–3,000
- 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
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 800–1,500
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 210–400
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- 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 280–550
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Cardiff Central to Wilmslow
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 750–1,300
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- latinoexpres@yahoo.com
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Birmingham West Bromwich to Deva
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 700–1,900
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- Phone
- 0040 723 450 475
- info@comati-psg.ro
- Website
- comati-psg.ro
Bus from Deva Bus Station to Stockholm Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 42m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- kr 1,800–2,200
- Website
- https://comati-psg.ro/en
- Phone
- +47 910 09 600
- Website
- reisnordland.no
Bus from Bromsgård to Lyngvær øst
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 300–410
- Website
- https://www.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/
- 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 240–340
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 75–470
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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