There are 12 ways to get from London to Skien by plane, train, bus, train (Eurostar), car, car train, or car ferry
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Fly London Heathrow Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen, train
best- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (OSL)plane LHR - OSL
- Take the train from Oslo lufthavn stasjon to Skien stasjontrain
7h 37mkr 1,081–3,017Fly London Stansted Airport to Sandefjord Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Sandefjord Airport (TRF)plane STN - TRF
- Take the train from Sandefjord stasjon to Skien stasjontrain
6h 57mkr 918–2,728Train, bus via Malmö
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the bus from Brussels-North train station to Malmö central train station FlixBus stopbus
- Take the train from Malmö, Centralstation to Oslo Strain
- Take the train from Oslo S to Skien stasjontrain
29h 20mkr 3,069–6,401Train
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the train from Bruxelles-Midi to München Osttrain Nj
- Take the train from München Ost to Malmö, Centralstationtrain
- Take the train from Malmö, Centralstation to Oslo Strain
- Take the train from Oslo S to Skien stasjontrain
40h 5mkr 4,584–8,671Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from London to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Skiencar
20h 52mTrain to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen, train
- Take the train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (OSL)plane LGW - OSL
- Take the train from Oslo lufthavn stasjon to Skien stasjontrain
8hkr 1,106–3,290Fly London Heathrow Airport to Sandefjord Airport, train
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Sandefjord Airport (TRF)plane LHR - TRF
- Take the train from Sandefjord stasjon to Skien stasjontrain
8h 40mkr 971–3,242Fly London Stansted Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen, train
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (OSL)plane STN - OSL
- Take the train from Oslo lufthavn stasjon to Skien stasjontrain
8h 19mkr 1,228–3,303Train, bus
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the bus from Amsterdam Central Station to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhofbus N75
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Oslo bussterminalbus
- Take the train from Oslo S to Skien stasjontrain
30h 5mkr 1,993–5,764Bus, train
- Take the bus from LONDON, Victoria Coach Station-Departure Hall to DORTMUND, Hbf Nordseite, Steinstrassebus
- Take the bus from Dortmund central bus station to Hamburgbus
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Oslo bussterminalbus
- Take the train from Oslo S to Skien stasjontrain
35hkr 2,212–3,521Bus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Oslo bussterminalbus
- Take the bus from Oslo bussterminal to Skjelsvik knutepunktbus
41h 12mkr 1,411–2,935Drive, car ferry
- Drive from London to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Skiencar
22h 5mkr 4,468–6,858
London to Skien by train, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from London to Skien is to fly and train which costs kr 900 - kr 2800 and takes 6h 57m.
The fastest way to get from London to Skien is to fly and train which takes 6h 57m and costs kr 900 - kr 2800.
No, there is no direct bus from London to Skien. However, there are services departing from London Victoria and arriving at Ibsenhuset via Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof, Oslo bussterminal and Skjelsvik knutepunkt. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 41h 12m.
No, there is no direct train from London to Skien. However, there are services departing from London St Pancras Intl and arriving at Skien stasjon via Bruxelles-Midi, München Ost, Malmö, Centralstation and Oslo S. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 40h 5m.
The distance between London and Skien is 1445 km.
The best way to get from London to Skien without a car is to train and bus via Malmö which takes 29h 20m and costs kr 3000 - kr 6500.
It takes approximately 7h 37m to get from London to Skien, including transfers.
London to Skien bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from London Victoria station.
London to Skien train services, operated by Eurostar, depart from London St Pancras Intl station.
The best way to get from London to Skien is to train which takes 40h 5m and costs kr 4500 - kr 9000. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs kr 1400 - kr 3000 and takes 41h 12m.
What companies run services between London, England and Skien, Norway?
You can take a train from London St Pancras Intl to Skien stasjon via Bruxelles-Midi, München Ost, Malmö, Centralstation, and Oslo S in around 40h 5m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from London Victoria to Ibsenhuset via Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof, Oslo bussterminal, and Skjelsvik knutepunkt in around 41h 12m.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 800–2,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 800–2,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Sandefjord Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 950–4,500
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 460–2,200
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen via Stavanger
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 460–2,200
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen via Bergen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 460–2,200
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 470–1,600
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 650–3,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Sandefjord Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 950–4,500
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Sandefjord Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 500–2,100
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Sandefjord Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- kr 650–2,600
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 320–2,300
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 750–2,900
- Website
- wideroe.no
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Sandefjord Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 2,000–7,500
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Sandefjord Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–6,000
- Phone
- +47 61 05 19 10
- tog@vy.no
- Website
- vy.no
Train from Oslo lufthavn stasjon to Skien stasjon
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 440–650
- Website
- https://www.vy.no/en
Train from Malmö, Centralstation to Oslo S
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–1,700
- Website
- https://www.vy.no/en
Train from Oslo S to Skien stasjon
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 350–550
- Website
- https://www.vy.no/en
Train from Sandefjord stasjon to Skien stasjon
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 130–200
- Website
- https://www.vy.no/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 800–2,800
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 800–3,500
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to München Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 6m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 700–1,100
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- kr 700–1,100
- 1st Class
- kr 1,100–1,700
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- snalltaget@snalltaget.se
- Website
- snalltaget.se
Train from München Ost to Malmö, Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- kr 1,500–2,600
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 170–300
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 345 850 1530
- Website
- gatwickexpress.com
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 336–340
- Website
- https://www.gatwickexpress.com/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–3,200
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Brussels-North train station to Malmö central train station FlixBus stop
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 650–1,200
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Amsterdam Central Station to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 270–450
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Oslo bussterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 550–1,300
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 650–1,300
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Oslo bussterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 550–1,200
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Oslo bussterminal to Skjelsvik knutepunkt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 210–310
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +48 801 22 33 44
- bilety@sindbad.pl
- Website
- sindbad.pl
Bus from LONDON, Victoria Coach Station-Departure Hall to DORTMUND, Hbf Nordseite, Steinstrasse
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 650–950
- Website
- https://www.sindbad.pl/en/home
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Dortmund central bus station to Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
- Phone
- +380 98 815 4444
- support@ewe.ua
- Website
- ewe.ua
Bus from Dortmund central bus station to Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 650–750
- Website
- https://ewe.ua/
- Phone
- +47 407 05070
- buss@vy.no
- Website
- vybuss.no
Bus from Oslo bussterminal to Skjelsvik knutepunkt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 290–490
- Website
- https://www.vybuss.com/
- Phone
- (+47) 22 31 31 50
- Website
- nor-way.no
Bus from Oslo bussterminal to Skjelsvik knutepunkt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 330–460
- Website
- https://www.nor-way.no/en/
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 320–500
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 410–490
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- kr 900–2,200
- On Foot
- kr 410–490
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London to Skien bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof station.
Skien is 1h ahead of London. It is currently 5:50 PM in London and 6:50 PM in Skien.
London to Skien train services, operated by Eurostar, arrive at Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi station.
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