There are 5 ways to get from Edinburgh to Hammerfest by plane, bus, train, or car ferry
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Fly Edinburgh Airport to Alta, bus
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Alta (ALF)plane EDI - ALF
- Take the bus from Alta lufthavn to Hammerfest bussterminalbus
23h 19mkr 1,185–3,715Fly Edinburgh Airport to Hammerfest Airport
cheapest- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Hammerfest Airport (HFT)plane EDI - HFT
11h 14mkr 965–3,285Train, bus, car ferry
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Sheffieldtrain
- Take the bus from Sheffield to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Oslo bussterminalbus
- Take the bus from Oslo bussterminal to Skateflukaiabus
- Take the car ferry from Ålesund to Hammerfest kystrutekaicarferry
6dkr 7,071–17,961Train to Aberdeen Airport, fly to Hammerfest Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeentrain
- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Hammerfest Airport (HFT)plane ABZ - HFT
15h 20mkr 2,155–8,581Fly Edinburgh Airport to Tromsø Airport, Langnes, car ferry
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Tromsø Airport, Langnes (TOS)plane EDI - TOS
- Take the car ferry from Tromsø kystrutekai to Hammerfest kystrutekaicarferry
19h 26mkr 1,805–5,075
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Alta (ALF) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Hammerfest is to fly which costs kr 950 - kr 3300 and takes 11h 14m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Hammerfest is to fly which takes 11h 14m and costs kr 950 - kr 3300.
The distance between Edinburgh and Hammerfest is 2179 km.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Hammerfest without a car is to train and bus and car ferry which takes 6 days 0h and costs kr 7000 - kr 18000.
It takes approximately 23h 19m to get from Edinburgh to Hammerfest, including transfers.
Hammerfest is 1h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 1:54 PM in Edinburgh and 2:54 PM in Hammerfest.
There are 20+ hotels available in Hammerfest.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Hammerfest, Norway?
Norwegian Air Shuttle, Widerøe, and five other airlines fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Hammerfest Airport (HFT) 6 times a week.
- Website
- wideroe.no
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Hammerfest Airport via Bergen, Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 56m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 2,000–7,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Hammerfest Airport via Oslo, Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–4,200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Hammerfest Airport via Bergen, Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,700–6,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Hammerfest Airport via Copenhagen, Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–4,900
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Hammerfest Airport via London Luton, Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 800–3,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tromsø Airport, Langnes via Bergen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–4,800
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Alta via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–3,700
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Hammerfest Airport via Oslo, Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–4,200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Hammerfest Airport via Copenhagen, Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–4,500
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Alta via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 35m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 850–3,300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Alta via Bergen, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 850–3,400
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tromsø Airport, Langnes via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–2,800
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Alta via Bergen, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 900–3,700
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tromsø Airport, Langnes via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 800–3,600
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 470–2,300
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 110–390
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 210–700
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 280–330
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 800–1,100
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- kr 2,700–3,000
- Sleeper Seat
- kr 800–1,100
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- kr 3,300–3,800
- post@snelandia.no
- Website
- snelandia.no
Bus from Alta lufthavn to Hammerfest bussterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 210–290
- Website
- Snelandia
- Phone
- +47 78 41 83 00
- post@arcticseahotel.no
- Website
- arcticseahotel.no
Bus from Alta lufthavn to Hammerfest bussterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Website
- https://arcticseahotel.no/en/arctic-sea-hotel-apartments-english/
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Sheffield to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 58m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 800–2,000
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Oslo bussterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 750–1,500
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +47 407 05070
- buss@vy.no
- Website
- vybuss.no
Bus from Oslo bussterminal to Skateflukaia
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 37m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 650–1,200
- Website
- https://www.vybuss.com/
- Phone
- +442039 935 562
- book@hurtigruten.com
- Website
- hurtigruten.com
Car ferry from Ålesund to Hammerfest kystrutekai
- Ave. Duration
- 3d 9h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 7,000–11,000
- Website
- https://www.hurtigruten.com
Car ferry from Tromsø kystrutekai to Hammerfest kystrutekai
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–1,800
- Website
- https://www.hurtigruten.com
- Phone
- +47 70 00 70 70
- kystruten@havila.no
- Website
- havilavoyages.com
Car ferry from Ålesund to Hammerfest kystrutekai
- Ave. Duration
- 3d 9h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 4,400–5,000
- Website
- https://www.havilavoyages.com/
Car ferry from Tromsø kystrutekai to Hammerfest kystrutekai
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 700–800
- Website
- https://www.havilavoyages.com/
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