There are 8 ways to get from Edinburgh to Kirkenes by plane, train, bus, car, or car ferry
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Fly Edinburgh Airport to Kirkenes Airport
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Kirkenes Airport (KKN)plane EDI - KKN
9h 30mkr 1,683–4,208Fly Edinburgh Airport to Vardø Airport, Svartnes, bus
cheapest- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Vardø Airport, Svartnes (VAW)plane EDI - VAW
- Take the bus from Svartnes to Kirkenes sentrumbus
28h 9mkr 1,428–4,318Train, bus, drive
- 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 Minsk Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Minsk Pas to Murmansktrain
- Take the bus from Murmansk Bus station to Zapolyarnybus
- Drive from Zapolyarny to Kirkenescar
4dkr 3,151–7,557Train, 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 Kirkenes kystrutekaicarferry
7d 4hkr 8,782–22,618Fly Edinburgh Airport to Ivalo, bus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Ivalo (IVL)plane EDI - IVL
- Take the bus from Ivalo Airport to Kirkenesbus
14h 37mkr 7,128–9,828Train to Aberdeen Airport, fly to Kirkenes Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeentrain
- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Kirkenes Airport (KKN)plane ABZ - KKN
18h 13mkr 1,472–6,625Fly Edinburgh Airport to Vadsø Airport, bus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Vadsø Airport (VDS)plane EDI - VDS
- Take the bus from Vadsø lufthavn to Kirkenes sentrumbus
17h 1mkr 1,488–4,598Fly Edinburgh Airport to Alta, bus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Alta (ALF)plane EDI - ALF
- Take the bus from Alta sentrum to Varangerbotn bussterminalbus
- Take the bus from Varangerbotn bussterminal to Kirkenes sentrumbus
31h 18mkr 1,758–4,718
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Kirkenes Airport (KKN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Kirkenes is to fly which costs kr 1600 - kr 4300 and takes 9h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Kirkenes is to fly which takes 9h 30m and costs kr 1600 - kr 4300.
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 car ferry which takes 7 days 4h and costs kr 8500 - kr 23000.
It takes approximately 9h 30m to get from Edinburgh to Kirkenes, including transfers.
Kirkenes is 1h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 8:08 PM in Edinburgh and 9:08 PM in Kirkenes.
There are 32+ hotels available in Kirkenes.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Kirkenes, Norway?
Norwegian Air Shuttle and Finnair fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Kirkenes Airport (KKN) twice a week.
- Website
- wideroe.no
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Bergen, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 2,200–8,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Vadsø Airport via Oslo, Kirkenes Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–4,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Vadsø Airport via Helsinki, Ivalo, Kirkenes Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 2,100–5,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Vadsø Airport via Copenhagen, Oslo, Kirkenes Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–4,900
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Vardø Airport, Svartnes via Oslo, Kirkenes Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 950–3,700
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Vardø Airport, Svartnes via Oslo, Kirkenes Airport, Vadsø Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 57m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 950–3,700
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Vardø Airport, Svartnes via Bergen, Oslo, Kirkenes Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–3,800
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,500–3,100
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,600–6,500
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Bergen, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–5,500
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Stavanger, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–5,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Alta via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 900–3,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Alta via Bergen, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 900–3,500
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Helsinki, Ivalo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 2,200–6,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Ivalo via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 2,200–6,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Ivalo via Oslo, Kirkenes Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–4,800
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Stavanger, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–6,000
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Bergen, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–6,000
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Manchester, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,500–6,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Alta via Bergen, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 950–3,800
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Alta via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–3,800
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 480–2,400
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 110–480
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Minsk Pas to Murmansk
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 10m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- kr 950–1,900
- Website
- https://www.rw.by/
- Schedules at
- https://pass.rw.by/ru/
- Book at
- https://pass.rw.by/ru/
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- kr 950–1,200
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- kr 1,500–1,900
- 1nd Class (SW)
- kr 2,800–3,700
- 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 220–700
- 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 280–340
- 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 2,800–3,100
- Sleeper Seat
- kr 800–1,100
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- kr 3,300–3,900
- 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 850–2,100
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- +375 (29) 148-41-31
- info@vt.by
- Website
- vt.by
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Minsk Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 700–1,000
- Schedules at
- vt.by
- Website
- route51.ru
Bus from Murmansk Bus station to Zapolyarny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 39
- Schedules at
- route51.ru
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
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 750–2,000
- 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 700–1,200
- Website
- https://www.vybuss.com/
- Phone
- +358 40 179 6069
- sales@visitinari.fi
- Website
- visitinari.fi
Bus from Ivalo Airport to Kirkenes
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 4,900–5,300
- Schedules at
- visitinari.fi
- post@snelandia.no
- Website
- snelandia.no
Bus from Vadsø lufthavn to Kirkenes sentrum
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 260–370
- Website
- Snelandia
Bus from Svartnes to Kirkenes sentrum
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 14m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 350–490
- Website
- Snelandia
Bus from Alta sentrum to Varangerbotn bussterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 27m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 500–750
- Website
- Snelandia
Bus from Varangerbotn bussterminal to Kirkenes sentrum
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 190–280
- Website
- Snelandia
- Phone
- +442039 935 562
- book@hurtigruten.com
- Website
- hurtigruten.com
Car ferry from Ålesund to Kirkenes kystrutekai
- Ave. Duration
- 4d 13h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 10,000–15,000
- Website
- https://www.hurtigruten.com
- Phone
- +47 70 00 70 70
- kystruten@havila.no
- Website
- havilavoyages.com
Car ferry from Ålesund to Kirkenes kystrutekai
- Ave. Duration
- 4d 13h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 6,000–7,000
- Website
- https://www.havilavoyages.com/
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