There are 12 ways to get from Edinburgh to Europe by plane, train, train (Eurostar), car, car ferry, bus, or car train
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Fly Edinburgh Airport to Frankfurt, train
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane EDI - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Fulda Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Bebra Bahnhoftrain
10h 9m$164–373Fly Edinburgh Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
cheapest- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane EDI - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Utrecht Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Kassel-Wilhelmshöhetrain
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Bebra Bahnhoftrain
13h 59m$140–386Train
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the train from Bruxelles Midi to Köln Hbftrain 79
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Eisenach Hbftrain 51
17h 43m$405–783Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Edinburgh to Hullcar
- Take the car ferry from Hull to Rotterdamcarferry
- Drive from Rotterdam to Europecar
21h 29m$253–466Train, bus
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Sheffieldtrain
- Take the bus from Sheffield, Pond Street / Harmer Lane (Sheffield Interchange) to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Frankfurt central train stationbus
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Bebra Bahnhoftrain
29h 52m$315–477Fly Edinburgh Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane EDI - DUS
- Take the train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehetrain
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Bebra Bahnhoftrain
11h 33m$181–443Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane GLA - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Fulda Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Bebra Bahnhoftrain
11h 2m$182–425Train to Newcastle, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastletrain
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane NCL - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Fulda Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Bebra Bahnhoftrain
11h 15m$187–505Fly Edinburgh Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane EDI - CGN
- Take the train from Siegburg Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Eisenach Hbftrain
11h$151–401Fly Edinburgh Airport to Weeze Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Weeze Airport (NRN)plane EDI - NRN
- Take the train from Weeze Bahnhof to Düsseldorf Hbftrain
- Take the train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehetrain
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Bebra Bahnhoftrain
13h 52mBus, train
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus 700
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Kasselbus
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Bebra Bahnhoftrain Rb5 / ...
33h 41m$152–280Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Edinburgh to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Europecar
14h 56m
Edinburgh to Europe by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Europe is to bus and train which costs $150 - $280 and takes 33h 41m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Europe is to fly and train which takes 10h 9m and costs $160 - $380.
The distance between Edinburgh and Europe is 1245 km.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Europe without a car is to train which takes 17h 43m and costs $400 - $800.
It takes approximately 10h 9m to get from Edinburgh to Europe, including transfers.
Europe is 1h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 6:45 PM in Edinburgh and 7:45 PM in Europe.
There are 852+ hotels available in Europe.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Europe?
You can take a train from Edinburgh Waverley to Sontra-Ulfen Mitte via London Kings Cross, London St Pancras Intl, Brussels-Midi, Bruxelles Midi, Köln Hbf, Eisenach Hbf, Herleshausen Bahnhof, and Herleshausen Bahnhof in around 17h 43m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–320
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50–310
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–320
Flights from Newcastle to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–330
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $45–290
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–190
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $60–190
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–190
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–290
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–370
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–250
Flights from Newcastle to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–250
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $140–290
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Frankfurt via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–320
Flights from Newcastle to Frankfurt via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- $80–360
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–240
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–180
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–170
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Weeze Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–190
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $24–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bruxelles Midi to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $45–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Eisenach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $90–210
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $60–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Bebra Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $11–26
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Siegburg Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Eisenach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $60–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 561 766396-0
- info@cantus-bahn.de
- Website
- cantus-bahn.de
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Bebra Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Bebra Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Bebra Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $17–25
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Bebra Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $50–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Bebra Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $17–25
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $150–230
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $45–75
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $120–220
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Bruxelles Midi to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $75–130
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Bruxelles Midi to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $60–110
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $180–260
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $85–120
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $27–50
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $55–100
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $6–17
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $45–120
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- arriva.nl
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $14–16
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- 2nd Class
- $14–16
- Phone
- 0203 6688 9477
- dialog@rhein-ruhr-bahn.de
- Website
- rhein-ruhr-bahn.de
Train from Weeze Bahnhof to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- rhein-ruhr-bahn.de
- 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
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Sheffield, Pond Street / Harmer Lane (Sheffield Interchange) to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $20–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Frankfurt central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $60–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $45–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $35–65
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Kassel
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $60–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Hull to Rotterdam
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $80–210
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
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