There are 10 ways to get from Europe to Lerwick by train, plane, taxi, ferry, or bus
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Train to Frankfurt, fly, taxi
best- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Lerwick (LSI)plane FRA - LSI
- Take the taxi from Lerwick (LSI) to Lerwicktaxi
13h 13m£201–779Bus, ferry
cheapest- Take the bus from Eisenach central bus station to Dortmund central bus stationbus
- Take the bus from DORTMUND, Hbf Nordseite, Steinstrasse to LONDON, Victoria Coach Station-Departure Hallbus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Union Square Bus Stationbus
- Take the ferry from Aberdeen Ferry Terminal to Lerwick Shetland Holmsgarth Ferry Terminalferry Nl2
46h 49m£144–261Train, ferry
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain Rb5 / ...
- Take the train from Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe to Amsterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.train
- Take the train from King's Cross to Aberdeentrain
- Take the ferry from Aberdeen Ferry Terminal to Lerwick Shetland Holmsgarth Ferry Terminalferry Nl2
35h 13m£306–541Bus, train, ferry via Lille
- Take the bus from Eisenach central bus station to Lillebus
- Take the train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Aberdeentrain
- Take the ferry from Aberdeen Ferry Terminal to Lerwick Shetland Holmsgarth Ferry Terminalferry Nl2
41h£301–504Train, bus, ferry
- Take the train from Wabern Bahnhof to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain 26 / ...
- Take the bus from Hanover central bus station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Leeds City Bus & Coach Stationbus
- Take the train from Leeds to Aberdeentrain
- Take the ferry from Aberdeen Ferry Terminal to Lerwick Shetland Holmsgarth Ferry Terminalferry Nl2
46h 46m£312–699Train, train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly, taxi
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain
- Take the train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duesseldorf Flughafentrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Lerwick (LSI)plane DUS - LSI
- Take the taxi from Lerwick (LSI) to Lerwicktaxi
16h 2m£455–844Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly, taxi
- Take the train from Eisenach Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhftrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Lerwick (LSI)plane BER - LSI
- Take the taxi from Lerwick (LSI) to Lerwicktaxi
15h 12m£380–857Train, train to Stuttgart Airport, fly, taxi
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Lerwick (LSI)plane STR - LSI
- Take the taxi from Lerwick (LSI) to Lerwicktaxi
16h 30m£246–843Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly, taxi
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain
- Take the train from Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Lerwick (LSI)plane AMS - LSI
- Take the taxi from Lerwick (LSI) to Lerwicktaxi
14h 54m£352–841Bus, train, ferry
- Take the bus from Kassel Kaufungen Papierfabrik to Dortmund central bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Dortmund central bus station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Royal Well Bus Stationbus 444 / ...
- Take the train from Cheltenham Spa to Aberdeentrain
- Take the ferry from Aberdeen Ferry Terminal to Lerwick Shetland Holmsgarth Ferry Terminalferry Nl2
46h 4m£434–665
Europe to Lerwick by bus, train, foot, and ferry
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Europe to Lerwick is to bus and ferry which costs £140 - £270 and takes 46h 49m.
The fastest way to get from Europe to Lerwick is to train and fly and taxi which takes 13h 13m and costs £200 - £800.
The distance between Europe and Lerwick is 939 miles.
The best way to get from Europe to Lerwick without a car is to train and ferry which takes 35h 13m and costs £300 - £550.
It takes approximately 13h 13m to get from Europe to Lerwick, including transfers.
Lerwick is 1h behind Europe. It is currently 4:05 AM in Europe and 3:05 AM in Lerwick.
There are 103+ hotels available in Lerwick.
What companies run services between Europe and Lerwick, Scotland?
There is no direct connection from Europe to Lerwick. However, you can take the line 260 bus to Sontra Breitwiese, walk to Sontra Bahnhof, take the train to Bebra Bahnhof, take the train to Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof, take the train to Frankfurt, take the train to Frankfurt, walk to Frankfurt (FRA) airport, fly to Lerwick (LSI), then take the taxi to Lerwick. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Nentershausen Oderstraße to Lerwick Shetland Holmsgarth Ferry Terminal via Bebra Bahnhof, Bebra Bahnhof, Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe, Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe, Amsterdam Centraal, London St. Pancras Int., King's Cross, Aberdeen, and Aberdeen Ferry Terminal in around 35h 13m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Lerwick via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–650
Flights from Frankfurt to Lerwick via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £120–600
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Lerwick via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–480
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Lerwick via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £110–600
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Lerwick via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £100–390
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Lerwick via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £130–650
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Lerwick via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £130–550
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Lerwick via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £130–700
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Lerwick via Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £120–650
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Lerwick via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £130–700
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Lerwick via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–700
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Frankfurt to Lerwick via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–650
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Lerwick via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–480
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Lerwick via Birmingham, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £120–480
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Lerwick via Manchester, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £120–480
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Lerwick via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £100–390
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Lerwick via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £130–550
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Lerwick via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £500–650
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Lerwick via Inverness, Kirkwall
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–700
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £22–100
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £8–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Wabern Bahnhof to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £27–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £8–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £40–190
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Eisenach Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £50–230
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £45–200
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £8–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–55
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £11–21
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +49 561 766396-0
- info@cantus-bahn.de
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £40–90
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £55–120
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £30–70
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £9–20
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from King's Cross to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 6m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £180–250
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Leeds to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £120–180
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from London Euston to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 34m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £170–280
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Leeds to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 31m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £190–270
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Cheltenham Spa to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 29m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £270–390
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Eisenach central bus station to Lille
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £40–70
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Hanover central bus station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £55–90
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Leeds City Bus & Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20–35
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Kassel Kaufungen Papierfabrik to Dortmund central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £11–18
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Dortmund central bus station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £40–75
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Eisenach central bus station to Dortmund central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £16–26
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Union Square Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £55–95
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from London Victoria to Leeds City Bus & Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–95
- Website
- National Express
Bus from London Victoria to Royal Well Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £21–55
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +48 77 443 44 44
- bilety@sindbad.pl
- Website
- Sindbad
Bus from DORTMUND, Hbf Nordseite, Steinstrasse to LONDON, Victoria Coach Station-Departure Hall
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £50–95
- Website
- Sindbad
- Phone
- +44 845 600 0449
- info@northlinkferries.co.uk
- Website
- NorthLink Ferries
Ferry from Aberdeen Ferry Terminal to Lerwick Shetland Holmsgarth Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £23–45
- Website
- NorthLink Ferries
- Low
- £23–28
- Peak
- £35–45
Ferry from Aberdeen Ferry Terminal to Lerwick Shetland Holmsgarth Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £23–45
- Website
- NorthLink Ferries
- Low
- £23–28
- Peak
- £35–45
Ferry from Aberdeen Ferry Terminal to Lerwick Shetland Holmsgarth Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £23–45
- Website
- NorthLink Ferries
- Low
- £23–28
- Peak
- £35–45
Ferry from Aberdeen Ferry Terminal to Lerwick Shetland Holmsgarth Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £23–45
- Website
- NorthLink Ferries
- Low
- £23–28
- Peak
- £35–45
Ferry from Aberdeen Ferry Terminal to Lerwick Shetland Holmsgarth Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £23–45
- Website
- NorthLink Ferries
- Low
- £23–28
- Peak
- £35–45
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Estimated price
- £55–65
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