There are 12 ways to get from Oslo to Cardiff by train, plane, bus, car, car train, or car ferry
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Train, fly to Cardiff Airport
best- Take the train from Oslo S to Oslo lufthavn stasjontrain
- Fly from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (OSL) to Cardiff Airport (CWL)plane OSL - CWL
9h 27m£145–311Train, fly to Bristol Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Oslo S to Oslo lufthavn stasjontrain
- Fly from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (OSL) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane OSL - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
8h 14m£89–236Train
- Take the train from Oslo S to Malmö Centralstationtrain
- Take the train from Malmo C to Hamburg Hbftrain Ic
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Amsterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.train
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
27h 51mTrain, bus
- Take the train from Oslo S to Göteborg Centralstationtrain
- Take the train from Göteborg Centralstation to Hamburg Hbftrain
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to London Victoriabus
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
37h 54m£280–468Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Oslo to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Cardiffcar
21h 34mTrain, fly to London Heathrow Airport
- Take the train from Oslo S to Oslo lufthavn stasjontrain
- Fly from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (OSL) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane OSL - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
7h 20m£139–337Train, fly to London Gatwick Airport
- Take the train from Oslo S to Oslo lufthavn stasjontrain
- Fly from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (OSL) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane OSL - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Cardiff Centraltrain
8h 31m£117–302Train, fly to Manchester Airport
- Take the train from Oslo S to Oslo lufthavn stasjontrain
- Fly from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (OSL) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane OSL - MAN
- Take the train from Wilmslow to Cardiff Centraltrain
8h 58m£115–285Train, fly to London Stansted Airport
- Take the train from Oslo S to Oslo lufthavn stasjontrain
- Fly from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (OSL) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane OSL - STN
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
8h 9m£144–363Bus
- Take the bus from Oslo bussterminal to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to University REbus 507 / ...
38h 21m£144–264Car ferry, bus
- Take the car ferry from Oslo Vipperangen to Port of Kielcarferry
- Take the bus from Kiel central bus station to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhofbus 050 / ...
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to University REbus 507 / ...
46h 53m£276–554Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Oslo to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Cardiffcar
22h 43m£340–531
Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (OSL) to Cardiff Airport (CWL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Oslo to Cardiff is to train and fly which costs £85 - £240 and takes 8h 14m.
The fastest way to get from Oslo to Cardiff is to train and fly which takes 7h 20m and costs £130 - £340.
No, there is no direct bus from Oslo to Cardiff. However, there are services departing from Oslo bussterminal and arriving at University RE via Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 38h 21m.
No, there is no direct train from Oslo to Cardiff. However, there are services departing from Oslo S and arriving at Cardiff Central via Malmo C, Hamburg Hbf, Amsterdam Centraal, King's Cross St. Pancras station and London Paddington. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 51m.
The distance between Oslo and Cardiff is 872 miles.
The best way to get from Oslo to Cardiff without a car is to train which takes 27h 51m and costs .
It takes approximately 9h 27m to get from Oslo to Cardiff, including transfers.
Oslo to Cardiff bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Oslo bussterminal station.
Oslo to Cardiff train services, operated by Norwegian Railways (VY), depart from Oslo S station.
The best way to get from Oslo to Cardiff is to train which takes 27h 51m and costs . Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £140 - £270 and takes 38h 21m.
What companies run services between Oslo, Norway and Cardiff, Wales?
You can take a train from Oslo S to Cardiff Central via Malmö Centralstation, Malmo C, Hamburg Hbf, Amsterdam Centraal, London St. Pancras Int., King's Cross St. Pancras station, Paddington, and London Paddington in around 27h 51m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Oslo bussterminal to University RE via Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof and London Victoria in around 38h 21m.
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–140
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to London Gatwick Airport via Stavanger
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–140
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to London Gatwick Airport via Bergen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £40–140
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–120
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Manchester Airport via Bergen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £40–120
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Manchester Airport via Stavanger
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £40–120
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–160
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to London Heathrow Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–160
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–160
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Manchester Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–160
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Cardiff Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–390
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Bristol Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–250
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to London Heathrow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–260
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Manchester Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–240
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–160
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Bristol Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–200
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Bristol Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–170
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £30–120
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to London Heathrow Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–220
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Manchester Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–210
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–110
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Bristol Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–170
- Phone
- +47 23 15 90 00
- flytoget@flytoget.no
- Website
- flytoget.no
Train from Oslo S to Oslo lufthavn stasjon
- Ave. Duration
- 22 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £17–20
- Website
- https://flytoget.no/en/
- Phone
- +47 61 05 19 10
- tog@vy.no
- Website
- vy.no
Train from Oslo S to Oslo lufthavn stasjon
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £9–13
- Website
- https://www.vy.no/en
- Book at
- https://www.vy.no/en/buy-tickets/train-and-bus-tickets
Train from Oslo S to Malmö Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 13m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £110–170
- Website
- https://www.vy.no/en
- Book at
- https://www.vy.no/en/buy-tickets/train-and-bus-tickets
Train from Oslo S to Göteborg Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £60–90
- Website
- https://www.vy.no/en
- Book at
- https://www.vy.no/en/buy-tickets/train-and-bus-tickets
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- snalltaget@snalltaget.se
- Website
- snalltaget.se
Train from Malmo C to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £45–75
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
- Website
- govolta.nl
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- govolta.nl
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £50–130
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–120
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–35
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Gatwick Airport to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £23–45
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–95
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- +46 77 175 75 75
- kundservice@sj.se
- Website
- sj.se
Train from Göteborg Centralstation to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 19m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £95–150
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £19–28
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Wilmslow to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–110
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £60–100
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Oslo bussterminal to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £55–95
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Kiel central bus station to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £5–10
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to University RE
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £28–70
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +45 99 56 19 00
- Website
- colorline.no
Car ferry from Oslo Vipperangen to Port of Kiel
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £184–375
- Website
- https://www.colorline.com/
- Car
- £375
- No Car
- £184
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £17–27
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £5–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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Oslo to Cardiff bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof station.
Cardiff is 1h behind Oslo. It is currently 6:37 PM in Oslo and 5:37 PM in Cardiff.
Oslo to Cardiff train services, operated by Norwegian Railways (VY), arrive at Malmö Centralstation.
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