There are 5 ways to get from Edinburgh to Kirkenes by plane, train, busferry, bus, car ferry, car, or car train
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 Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Kirkenes Airport (KKN)plane EDI - KKN
10h 55mkr 2,174–4,999Train to Aberdeen Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeentrain
- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Kirkenes Airport (KKN)plane ABZ - KKN
14h 8mkr 1,882–6,708Train, bus and ferry, bus, car ferry
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Piccadillytrain
- Take the busferry from Manchester Piccadilly to Arad, Autogara Transdarabusferry
- Take the busferry from Arad, Autogara Transdara to Oslo bussterminalbusferry
- Take the bus from Oslo bussterminal to Skateflukaiabus
- Take the carferry from Ålesund to Kirkenes kystrutekaicarferry
8dkr 8,573–21,528Drive, Eurotunnel, train, bus
- Drive from Edinburgh to Folkestonecar
- Take the cartrain from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Take the train from Calais Frethun to Lille Europetrain Ter
- Take the bus from Lille to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Drive from Hamburg Hbf to Kirkenescar
2d 6hkr 8,671–12,777Train, bus and ferry, bus, car ferry via Bistriţa
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Piccadillytrain
- Take the busferry from Manchester Piccadilly to Bistriţabusferry
- Take the bus from Bistriţa to Oslo bussterminalbus
- Take the bus from Oslo bussterminal to Skateflukaiabus
- Take the carferry from Ålesund to Kirkenes kystrutekaicarferry
8d 22h
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Kirkenes Airport (KKN) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Kirkenes is to fly which costs kr 2100 - kr 5000 and takes 10h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Kirkenes is to fly which takes 10h 55m and costs kr 2100 - kr 5000.
The distance between Edinburgh and Kirkenes is 2255 km.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Kirkenes without a car is to train and bus and ferry and bus and car ferry which takes 8 days 0h and costs kr 8500 - kr 22000.
It takes approximately 10h 55m to get from Edinburgh to Kirkenes, including transfers.
Kirkenes is 1h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 12:35 AM in Edinburgh and 1:35 AM in Kirkenes.
There are 40+ hotels available in Kirkenes.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Kirkenes, Norway?
Norwegian Air Shuttle, Scandinavian Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Kirkenes Airport (KKN) twice daily.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–4,800
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Copenhagen, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–5,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Bergen, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–4,900
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Stavanger, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,500–6,500
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Manchester, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,600–7,500
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 2,400–4,900
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Bergen, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–5,500
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,600–6,500
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–4,800
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Bergen, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–4,900
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,600–7,500
- Website
- wideroe.no
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- kr 850–3,300
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Bergen, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 2,500–9,500
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 800–1,400
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 800–1,400
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- customer.support@eurotunnel.com
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 1,466
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- kr 1,466
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Calais Frethun to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 180–310
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 600–1,100
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 500–750
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 700–1,100
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 360–500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- latinoexpres@yahoo.com
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Manchester Piccadilly to Arad, Autogara Transdara
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 54m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 700–1,800
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Arad, Autogara Transdara to Oslo bussterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 41m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 650–1,600
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Manchester Piccadilly to Bistriţa
- Ave. Duration
- 42h 39m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- kr 700–1,800
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- Phone
- +47 407 05070
- buss@vy.no
- Website
- Vy Buss
Bus from Oslo bussterminal to Skateflukaia
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 37m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–2,800
- Website
- Vy Buss
Bus from Oslo bussterminal to Skateflukaia
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 3m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–2,800
- Website
- Vy Buss
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Lille to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 650–1,000
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- 0724 122 272
- contact@euro-fratello.ro
- Website
- euro-fratello.ro
Bus from Bistriţa to Oslo bussterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 47h 2m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- euro-fratello.ro
- Phone
- +442039 938 814
- book@hurtigruten.com
- Website
- Hurtigruten
Car ferry from Ålesund to Kirkenes kystrutekai
- Ave. Duration
- 4d 13h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 8,500–14,000
- Website
- Hurtigruten
Car ferry from Ålesund to Kirkenes kystrutekai
- Ave. Duration
- 4d 13h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 8,500–14,000
- Website
- Hurtigruten
- Phone
- +47 70 00 70 70
- kystruten@havila.no
- Website
- Havila
Car ferry from Ålesund to Kirkenes kystrutekai
- Ave. Duration
- 4d 13h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 5,000–6,000
- Website
- Havila
Car ferry from Ålesund to Kirkenes kystrutekai
- Ave. Duration
- 4d 13h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 5,000–6,000
- Website
- Havila
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