There are 7 ways to get from Manchester to Arendal by plane, bus, train, car, car train, or car ferry
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Fly Manchester Airport to Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik, bus
best- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik (KRS)plane MAN - KRS
- Take the bus from Universitetet to Arendal bussterminalbus
8h 15mFly Manchester Airport to Sandefjord Airport, train, bus
cheapest- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Sandefjord Airport (TRF)plane MAN - TRF
- Take the train from Sandefjord lufthavn Torp to Porsgrunn stasjontrain
- Take the bus from Skjelsvik knutepunkt to Harebakken bussterminalbus
8h 46mkr 753–3,127Train, bus
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Take the bus from Birmingham to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Oslo bussterminalbus
- Take the bus from Oslo bussterminal to Harebakken bussterminalbus
2d 4hkr 2,527–5,493Drive, Eurotunnel, car ferry
- Drive from Manchester to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Hirtshalscar
- Take the car ferry from Hirtshals to Kristiansandcarferry
- Drive from Kristiansand to Arendalcar
22hFly Manchester Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen, train, bus
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (OSL)plane MAN - OSL
- Take the train from Oslo lufthavn stasjon to Lysaker stasjontrain
- Take the bus from Lysaker stasjon to Harebakken bussterminalbus
8h 52mkr 1,173–3,097Train to Leeds Bradford International Airport, fly to Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik, bus
- Take the train from Manchester Victoria to Bradford Interchangetrain
- Fly from Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) to Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik (KRS)plane LBA - KRS
- Take the bus from Universitetet to Arendal bussterminalbus
10h 33mFly Manchester Airport to Stavanger Airport, Sola, train
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Stavanger Airport, Sola (SVG)plane MAN - SVG
- Take the train from Stavanger stasjon to Kristiansand stasjontrain
- Take the train from Kristiansand stasjon to Arendal stasjontrain
10h 39mkr 1,223–3,427
Manchester Airport (MAN) to Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik (KRS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Manchester to Arendal is to fly and train and bus which costs kr 750 - kr 3200 and takes 8h 46m.
The fastest way to get from Manchester to Arendal is to fly and train and bus which takes 8h 46m and costs kr 750 - kr 3200.
The distance between Manchester and Arendal is 936 km.
The best way to get from Manchester to Arendal without a car is to train and bus which takes 2 days 4h and costs kr 2500 - kr 5500.
It takes approximately 8h 15m to get from Manchester to Arendal, including transfers.
Arendal is 1h ahead of Manchester. It is currently 4:25 AM in Manchester and 5:25 AM in Arendal.
There are 130+ hotels available in Arendal.
What companies run services between Manchester, England and Arendal, Norway?
There is no direct connection from Manchester to Arendal. However, you can take the train to Manchester Airport, walk to Manchester Airport (MAN) airport, fly to Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik (KRS), walk to Kjevik lufthavn, take the line 35 bus to Universitetet, then take the bus to Arendal bussterminal. Alternatively, you can take a train from Manchester Piccadilly to Tinghuset via Birmingham New Street, Birmingham, Praha, ÚAN Florenc, Oslo bussterminal, Harebakken bussterminal, and Harebakken senter in around 2d 4h.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 800–4,500
Flights from Manchester Airport to Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik via Bergen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 440–1,500
Flights from Manchester Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 600–3,200
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 950–5,500
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–4,300
Flights from Manchester Airport to Stavanger Airport, Sola via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 700–3,900
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 550–2,600
Flights from Manchester Airport to Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik via Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 550–2,600
Flights from Manchester Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 650–1,900
Flights from Manchester Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 650–1,900
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–4,300
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik via Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 440–1,500
Flights from Manchester Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 650–1,400
Flights from Manchester Airport to Stavanger Airport, Sola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 480–1,200
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Sandefjord Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 500–2,200
- Website
- wideroe.no
Flights from Manchester Airport to Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik via Bergen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 440–1,500
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 320–1,600
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 550–1,400
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Standard
- kr 550–800
- 1st Class
- kr 950–1,400
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 390–1,300
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Anytime Single
- kr 390–550
- Anytime Single 1st Class
- kr 900–1,300
- 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
- +47 61 05 19 10
- tog@vy.no
- Website
- vy.no
Train from Oslo lufthavn stasjon to Lysaker stasjon
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 140–200
- Website
- https://www.vy.no/en
- Book at
- https://www.vy.no/en/buy-tickets/train-and-bus-tickets
Train from Sandefjord lufthavn Torp to Porsgrunn stasjon
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 120–190
- Website
- https://www.vy.no/en
- Book at
- https://www.vy.no/en/buy-tickets/train-and-bus-tickets
- Phone
- +47 23 15 90 00
- flytoget@flytoget.no
- Website
- flytoget.no
Train from Oslo lufthavn stasjon to Lysaker stasjon
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 230–250
- Website
- https://flytoget.no/en/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Manchester Victoria to Bradford Interchange
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 100–140
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Standard
- kr 100–140
- Phone
- +47 61 25 80 00
- kundeservice@go-aheadnordic.no
- Website
- go-aheadnordic.no
Train from Stavanger stasjon to Kristiansand stasjon
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 220–360
- Website
- https://go-aheadnordic.no/
Train from Kristiansand stasjon to Arendal stasjon
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 130–240
- Website
- https://go-aheadnordic.no/
- Phone
- 815 00 194
- post@akt.no
- Website
- akt.no
Bus from Universitetet to Arendal bussterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Agder Kollektivtrafikk as
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Birmingham to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 1m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 750–1,800
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
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- 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 950–1,700
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Oslo bussterminal to Harebakken bussterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 180–320
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Lysaker stasjon to Harebakken bussterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 180–310
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Skjelsvik knutepunkt to Harebakken bussterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 70–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +47 407 05070
- buss@vy.no
- Website
- vybuss.no
Bus from Oslo bussterminal to Harebakken bussterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 390–600
- Website
- https://www.vybuss.com/
Bus from Lysaker stasjon to Harebakken bussterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 370–550
- Website
- https://www.vybuss.com/
Bus from Skjelsvik knutepunkt to Harebakken bussterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 150–230
- Website
- https://www.vybuss.com/
- Phone
- (+47) 22 31 31 50
- Website
- nor-way.no
Bus from Oslo bussterminal to Harebakken bussterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 430–650
- Website
- https://www.nor-way.no/en/
Bus from Lysaker stasjon to Harebakken bussterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 430–600
- Website
- https://www.nor-way.no/en/
Bus from Skjelsvik knutepunkt to Harebakken bussterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 280–390
- Website
- https://www.nor-way.no/en/
- Phone
- +45 99 56 19 00
- Website
- colorline.no
Car ferry from Hirtshals to Kristiansand
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 397–1,019
- Website
- https://www.colorline.com/
- Car
- kr 1,019
- No Car
- kr 397
- Phone
- +47 51 46 40 99
- info@fjordline.com
- Website
- fjordline.com
Car ferry from Hirtshals to Kristiansand
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 100–550
- Website
- https://www.fjordline.com/en
- Flex with Vehicle
- kr 100–130
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