There are 13 ways to get from Cardiff to Oslo by plane, train, bus, car, car train, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Cardiff Airport, train
best- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (OSL)plane CWL - OSL
- Take the train from Oslo lufthavn stasjon to Oslo Strain
7h 47mkr 1,597–3,645Train to Bristol Airport, fly, train
cheapest- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (OSL)plane BRS - OSL
- Take the train from Oslo lufthavn stasjon to Oslo Strain
7h 53mkr 1,246–2,947Train, bus via Amsterdam
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the bus from Amsterdam Central Station to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhofbus N75
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Göteborg Centralstationtrain 344
- Take the train from Göteborg Centralstation to Oslo Strain
29h 54mkr 3,801–6,895Train, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Göteborg Centralstationtrain 344
- Take the train from Göteborg Centralstation to Oslo Strain
36h 38mkr 3,556–6,035Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Cardiff to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Oslocar
21h 35mTrain to London Heathrow Airport, fly, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (OSL)plane LHR - OSL
- Take the train from Oslo lufthavn stasjon to Oslo Strain
7h 14mkr 1,901–4,645Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (OSL)plane LGW - OSL
- Take the train from Oslo lufthavn stasjon to Oslo Strain
8h 19mkr 1,771–3,824Train to Manchester Airport, fly, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Wilmslowtrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (OSL)plane MAN - OSL
- Take the train from Oslo lufthavn stasjon to Oslo Strain
8h 14mkr 1,696–3,466Train to London Stansted Airport, fly, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (OSL)plane STN - OSL
- Take the train from Oslo lufthavn stasjon to Oslo Strain
8h 7mkr 1,886–4,535Train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to Berlin Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Berlin Hbf to Göteborg Centralstationtrain 344
- Take the train from Göteborg Centralstation to Oslo Strain
32h 32mkr 4,591–8,595Bus
- Take the bus from Park Place to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 507 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Oslo bussterminalbus
38h 42mkr 1,853–3,429Bus, car ferry
- Take the bus from Park Place to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 507 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Kiel central bus stationbus 050 / ...
- Take the car ferry from Port of Kiel to Oslo Vipperangencarferry
46h 45mkr 3,473–6,959Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cardiff to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Oslocar
22h 49mkr 4,365–6,976
Cardiff to Oslo by train, subway, bus, and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Oslo is to train and fly which costs kr 1200 - kr 3000 and takes 7h 53m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Oslo is to train and fly which takes 7h 14m and costs kr 1900 - kr 4700.
No, there is no direct bus from Cardiff to Oslo. However, there are services departing from Park Place and arriving at Oslo bussterminal via London Victoria and Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 38h 42m.
No, there is no direct train from Cardiff to Oslo. However, there are services departing from Cardiff Central and arriving at Oslo S via Paddington, London St. Pancras Int., Amsterdam Centraal, Berlin Hbf and Göteborg Centralstation. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 32h 32m.
The distance between Cardiff and Oslo is 1395 km.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Oslo without a car is to train and bus via Amsterdam which takes 29h 54m and costs kr 3800 - kr 7000.
It takes approximately 7h 47m to get from Cardiff to Oslo, including transfers.
Cardiff to Oslo bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Park Place station.
Cardiff to Oslo train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), depart from Cardiff Central station.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Oslo is to train which takes 32h 32m and costs kr 4500 - kr 9000. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs kr 1800 - kr 3500 and takes 38h 42m.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and Oslo, Norway?
You can take a train from Cardiff Central to Oslo S via London Paddington, Paddington, King's Cross St. Pancras station, London St. Pancras Int., Amsterdam Centraal, Berlin Hbf, and Göteborg Centralstation in around 32h 32m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Park Place to Oslo bussterminal via London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals, London Victoria, and Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof in around 38h 42m.
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 900–4,400
Flights from Bristol Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 650–3,300
Flights from Bristol Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 600–2,300
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 650–1,900
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen via Stavanger
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 650–1,900
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen via Bergen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 650–1,900
Flights from Manchester Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 700–1,300
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–3,700
Flights from Bristol Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 850–3,000
Flights from Bristol Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 700–2,200
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 900–2,100
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 900–2,100
Flights from Manchester Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 750–1,700
Flights from Manchester Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 750–1,700
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 900–4,600
Flights from Bristol Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 650–3,400
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 650–3,400
Flights from Manchester Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 600–3,300
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 750–2,300
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 900–4,400
Flights from Bristol Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 650–3,300
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 750–2,900
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 550–2,400
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 500–2,100
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 550–1,900
- Phone
- +47 61 05 19 10
- tog@vy.no
- Website
- vy.no
Train from Oslo lufthavn stasjon to Oslo S
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 110–160
- Website
- https://www.vy.no/en
- Book at
- https://www.vy.no/en/buy-tickets/train-and-bus-tickets
Train from Göteborg Centralstation to Oslo S
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 750–1,100
- Website
- https://www.vy.no/en
- Book at
- https://www.vy.no/en/buy-tickets/train-and-bus-tickets
- Phone
- +47 23 15 90 00
- flytoget@flytoget.no
- Website
- flytoget.no
Train from Oslo lufthavn stasjon to Oslo S
- Ave. Duration
- 22 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 220–240
- Website
- https://flytoget.no/en/
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- 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 290–550
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 650–1,600
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Berlin Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 750–1,700
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +46 77 175 75 75
- kundservice@sj.se
- Website
- sj.se
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Göteborg Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–2,000
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
Train from Berlin Hbf to Göteborg Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 1,600–2,600
- 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 230–340
- 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 750–1,300
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- +31302035833
- info@europeansleeper.eu
- Website
- europeansleeper.eu
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Berlin Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 43m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 800–1,600
- Website
- https://www.europeansleeper.eu/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Amsterdam Central Station to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 360–600
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 750–1,300
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Oslo bussterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 750–1,300
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Kiel central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 70–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Park Place to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 350–850
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +45 99 56 19 00
- Website
- colorline.no
Car ferry from Port of Kiel to Oslo Vipperangen
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 2,300–4,700
- Website
- https://www.colorline.com/
- Car
- kr 4,700
- No Car
- kr 2,300
- 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 250–340
- 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 75–480
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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Cardiff to Oslo bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals.
Oslo is 1h ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 11:38 PM in Cardiff and 12:38 AM in Oslo.
Cardiff to Oslo train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), arrive at London Paddington station.
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