There are 11 ways to get from Istanbul to Kiruna by plane, bus, busferry, train, night train, car, or car train
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Fly Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Kiruna Airport
best- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Kiruna Airport (KRN)plane SAW - KRN
10h 42mkr 2,003–5,864Bus, bus and ferry, train
- Take the bus from İstanbul Esenler to Beograd, Autobuska stanicabus
- Take the busferry from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Malmö Centralstationbusferry
- Take the train from Malmö, Centralstation to Stockholm Centralstationtrain
- Take the train from Stockholm Centralstation to Kiruna stationtrain
2d 11hNight train, train
- Take the night train from Halkali to Videlenighttrain
- Take the train from Videle to Budapest-Keletitrain
- Take the train from Budapest-Keleti to Salzburg Hbftrain
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Stockholm Centralstationtrain
- Take the train from Stockholm Centralstation to Kiruna stationtrain
3d 2hkr 2,876–5,319Drive, car train
- Drive from Istanbul to Villach Hbf ARZcar
- Take the car train from Villach Hbf ARZ to Hamburg Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Hamburg Hbf to Kirunacar
46h 15mkr 7,415–18,778Fly Istanbul to Kiruna Airport
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Kiruna Airport (KRN)plane IST - KRN
9h 58mkr 2,380–8,133Fly Istanbul to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes, bus, train
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes (EVE)plane IST - EVE
- Take the bus from Harstad/Narvik lufthavn to Bromsgårdbus
- Take the train from Narvik station to Kiruna stationtrain
15h 34mkr 2,621–5,950Fly Istanbul to Kittilä Airport, drive, bus
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Kittilä Airport (KTT)plane IST - KTT
- Drive from Ylläsjärvi to Pajala busstationcar
- Take the bus from Pajala busstation to Kiruna Sjukhusbus
15h 37mkr 3,379–6,702Fly Istanbul to Bardufoss Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Bardufoss Airport (BDU)plane IST - BDU
- Take the bus from Bardufoss hotel to Narvik stasjonbus
- Take the train from Narvik station to Kiruna stationtrain
18h 22mkr 3,516–11,726Bus, night train
- Take the bus from Instabul to Pristinabus
- Take the bus from Pristina to Stockholm, Cityterminalenbus
- Take the night train from Stockholm Centralstation to Kiruna stationnighttrain
2d 18hBus, bus and ferry, night train
- Take the bus from İstanbul Esenler to Beograd, Autobuska stanicabus
- Take the busferry from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Stockholm, Cityterminalenbusferry
- Take the night train from Stockholm Centralstation to Kiruna stationnighttrain
2d 19hDrive 4,646.1 km
- Drive from Istanbul Esenler Otogar to Kirunacar 4,646.1 km
2dkr 7,693–11,112
Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Kiruna Airport (KRN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Istanbul to Kiruna is to fly and bus and train which costs 2600 kr - 6000 kr and takes 15h 34m.
The fastest way to get from Istanbul to Kiruna is to fly which takes 9h 58m and costs 2300 kr - 8500 kr.
No, there is no direct train from Istanbul to Kiruna station. However, there are services departing from Yenikapi and arriving at Kiruna station via Halkali, Videle, Budapest-Keleti, Salzburg Hbf and Stockholm Centralstation. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3 days 2h.
The distance between Istanbul and Kiruna is 3091 km. The road distance is 4646.1 km.
The best way to get from Istanbul to Kiruna without a car is to bus and bus and ferry and train which takes 2 days 11h and costs .
It takes approximately 10h 42m to get from Istanbul to Kiruna, including transfers.
Istanbul to Kiruna train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), depart from Halkali station.
Kiruna is 2h behind Istanbul. It is currently 6:27 AM in Istanbul and 4:27 AM in Kiruna.
Istanbul to Kiruna train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), arrive at Videle station.
Yes, the driving distance between Istanbul to Kiruna is 4646 km. It takes approximately 2 days 0h to drive from Istanbul to Kiruna.
What companies run services between Istanbul, Turkey and Kiruna, Sweden?
Pegasus Airlines, Norwegian Air International, and three other airlines fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Kiruna Airport (KRN) once daily.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Kiruna Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–6,000
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Kiruna Airport via Berlin Brandenburg, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–6,500
Flights from Istanbul to Kiruna Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 2,000–8,000
Flights from Istanbul to Kiruna Airport via Riga, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 2,100–8,000
Flights from Istanbul to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,800–7,000
Flights from Istanbul to Kittilä Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 2,000–7,500
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Istanbul to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 2,400–5,500
Flights from Istanbul to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- kr 2,400–5,500
Flights from Istanbul to Kittilä Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 2,700–6,000
Flights from Istanbul to Kittilä Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 47m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,700–7,500
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Istanbul to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,800–8,000
Flights from Istanbul to Bardufoss Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 2,900–13,000
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Kiruna Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,700–5,500
Flights from Istanbul to Kiruna Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 42m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 2,300–8,500
Flights from Istanbul to Kittilä Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,700–6,000
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Kiruna Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–6,000
Flights from Istanbul to Kiruna Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 2,000–8,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Istanbul to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,600–6,000
Flights from Istanbul to Kittilä Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,700–6,500
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Istanbul to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 2,400–5,500
Flights from Istanbul to Kittilä Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 2,700–6,000
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Istanbul to Kittilä Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,900–7,500
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Istanbul to Kittilä Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,900–7,500
- Phone
- +46 77 175 75 75
- kundservice@sj.se
- Website
- sj.se
Train from Malmö, Centralstation to Stockholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 420–1,200
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
Train from Stockholm Centralstation to Kiruna station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 700–1,400
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
Train from Narvik station to Kiruna station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 110–230
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- snalltaget@snalltaget.se
- Website
- snalltaget.se
Train from Malmö, Centralstation to Stockholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 59m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 270–750
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Stockholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 12m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–1,700
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Night train from Halkali to Videle
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- kr 180–320
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- kr 180–250
- 1st Class
- kr 240–320
- Phone
- 0219521
- petitii@cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Videle to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 31m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 630–690
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- info@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Train from Budapest-Keleti to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 260–300
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Budapest-Keleti to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 420–1,200
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Villach Hbf ARZ to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–9,500
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- kr 4,500–5,000
- Car Compartment
- kr 8,000–9,500
- Phone
- +46 77 175 75 75
- Website
- sj.se
Train from Narvik station to Kiruna station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 110–230
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en
Night train from Stockholm Centralstation to Kiruna station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en
- Phone
- 0545 792 30 02
- info@luksyonca.com.tr
- Website
- luksyonca.com.tr
Bus from İstanbul Esenler to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- kr 388
- Schedules at
- luksyonca.com.tr
- Phone
- +381 35 534 931
- info@unilines.com
- Website
- unilines.com
Busferry from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Malmö Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 41m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- unilines.com
Busferry from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Stockholm, Cityterminalen
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 23m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- unilines.com
- Phone
- 05 798
- post@boreal.no
- Website
- boreal.no
Bus from Harstad/Narvik lufthavn to Bromsgård
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 280–340
- Website
- Boreal
- Phone
- +47 910 09 600
- Website
- reisnordland.no
Bus from Harstad/Narvik lufthavn to Bromsgård
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 70–110
- Website
- https://www.reisnordland.no/
- Phone
- 0771-100 110
- kundservice@lanstrafikennorrbotten.se
- Website
- ltnbd.se
Bus from Pajala busstation to Kiruna Sjukhus
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- kr 280–320
- Book at
- resrobot.se
- Online fare
- kr 280–320
- Phone
- +47 953 03 888
- info@bestarctic.com
- Website
- bestarctic.com
Bus from Bardufoss hotel to Narvik stasjon
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 500–750
- Website
- https://bestarctic.com/
- Book at
- https://bestarctic.com/the-arctic-route/arctic-winter-routes-explore-norway-sweden-and-finland/
- Private tours
- kr 500–750
- Phone
- +383 44 190 915
- erhantrans@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Instabul to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 56m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 423
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +383 44 777 071
- lukstempotur@gmail.com
Bus from Instabul to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- https://www.facebook.com/p/Luks-Tempo-Turizm-61561171973637
- Phone
- +355 (0) 69 432/6000
- bleditravel@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Pristina to Stockholm, Cityterminalen
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 32m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/bleditravellipjan/
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