There are 6 ways to get from Riga to Hammerfest by plane, bus, car, ferry, or car ferry
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Fly to Hammerfest Airport
best- Fly from Riga International Airport (RIX) to Hammerfest Airport (HFT)plane RIX - HFT
8h 44mkr 1,035–4,198Bus, drive, ferry
- Take the bus from Riga, Bus Station to Rovaniemi, Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from 1 to Palojoensuu P-paikkabus
- Drive from Palojoensuu P-paikka to Kautokeino Cirkle Kcar
- Take the bus from Kautokeino Cirkle K to Alta hurtigbåtterminalbus 170
- Take the ferry from Alta hurtigbåtterminal to Hammerfest havnferry
33h 29mkr 1,800–2,458Drive 2,558.9 km
- Drive from Riga to Hammerfestcar 2,558.9 km
36h 40mkr 5,228–7,551Fly to Alta, ferry
- Fly from Riga International Airport (RIX) to Alta (ALF)plane RIX - ALF
- Take the ferry from Alta hurtigbåtterminal to Hammerfest havnferry
11h 20mkr 2,562–4,047Bus, car ferry
- Take the bus from Riga, Bus Station to Rovaniemi, Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Rovaniemi bussterminal to Tromsø Prostnesetbus 106
- Take the car ferry from Tromsø kystrutekai to Hammerfest kystrutekaicarferry Hur
42h 55mkr 2,980–5,088Bus, car ferry via Kirkenes
- Take the bus from Riga, Bus Station to Rovaniemi, SantaClaus Village Napapiiribus
- Take the bus from Napapiiri Sodankyläntie I to Tunturikeskus Kiilopääbus
- Take the bus from Kiilopää to Kirkenes Hurtigrutenbus
- Take the car ferry from Kirkenes kystrutekai to Hammerfest kystrutekaicarferry Hur
2d 7hkr 7,278–9,919
Riga to Hammerfest by bus and car ferry
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Riga to Hammerfest is to bus and drive and ferry which costs kr 1800 - kr 2500 and takes 33h 29m.
The fastest way to get from Riga to Hammerfest is to fly which takes 8h 44m and costs kr 1000 - kr 4200.
The distance between Riga and Hammerfest is 1545 km. The road distance is 2558.9 km.
The best way to get from Riga to Hammerfest without a car is to bus and car ferry which takes 42h 55m and costs kr 2900 - kr 5500.
It takes approximately 8h 44m to get from Riga to Hammerfest, including transfers.
Hammerfest is 1h behind Riga. It is currently 10:58 PM in Riga and 9:58 PM in Hammerfest.
Yes, the driving distance between Riga to Hammerfest is 2559 km. It takes approximately 36h 40m to drive from Riga to Hammerfest.
There are 20+ hotels available in Hammerfest.
What companies run services between Riga, Latvia and Hammerfest, Norway?
Finnair, Widerøe, and three other airlines fly from Riga International Airport (RIX) to Hammerfest Airport (HFT) once daily.
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Hammerfest Airport via Helsinki, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,600–4,500
Flights from Riga International Airport to Hammerfest Airport via Stockholm, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–4,400
- Website
- wideroe.no
Flights from Riga International Airport to Hammerfest Airport via Stockholm, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–4,400
Flights from Riga International Airport to Hammerfest Airport via Copenhagen, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 950–4,200
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Alta via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–3,700
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Alta via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 950–3,700
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Alta via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 900–3,300
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Riga, Bus Station to Rovaniemi, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 500–800
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Riga, Bus Station to Rovaniemi, SantaClaus Village Napapiiri
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 500–800
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Website
- eskelisen.fi
Bus from 1 to Palojoensuu P-paikka
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Schedules at
- eskelisen.fi
Bus from Napapiiri Sodankyläntie I to Tunturikeskus Kiilopää
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- eskelisen.fi
- Phone
- +358 (0) 16 3422 160
- Website
- eskelisen.fi
Bus from 1 to Palojoensuu P-paikka
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 550–650
- Website
- https://www.eskelisen.fi/en/
- post@snelandia.no
- Website
- snelandia.no
Bus from Kautokeino Cirkle K to Alta hurtigbåtterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 210–300
- Website
- Snelandia
- Phone
- +47 953 03 888
- info@bestarctic.com
- Website
- bestarctic.com
Bus from Rovaniemi bussterminal to Tromsø Prostneset
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 1,800–2,500
- Website
- https://bestarctic.com/
- Book at
- https://bestarctic.com/the-arctic-route/arctic-winter-routes-explore-norway-sweden-and-finland/
- Private tours
- kr 1,800–2,500
- Phone
- +358 0600 02010
- info@onnibus.com
- Website
- onnibus.com
Bus from Napapiiri Sodankyläntie I to Tunturikeskus Kiilopää
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 160–230
- Website
- https://www.onnibus.com/home
- Phone
- +358 40 179 6069
- sales@visitinari.fi
- Website
- visitinari.fi
Bus from Kiilopää to Kirkenes Hurtigruten
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 5,300–5,700
- Schedules at
- visitinari.fi
- post@snelandia.no
- Website
- snelandia.no
Ferry from Alta hurtigbåtterminal to Hammerfest havn
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 300–400
- Website
- Snelandia
- Phone
- +442039 935 562
- book@hurtigruten.com
- Website
- hurtigruten.com
Car ferry from Tromsø kystrutekai to Hammerfest kystrutekai
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–1,800
- Website
- https://www.hurtigruten.com
Car ferry from Kirkenes kystrutekai to Hammerfest kystrutekai
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 2,200–3,200
- Website
- https://www.hurtigruten.com
- Phone
- +47 70 00 70 70
- kystruten@havila.no
- Website
- havilavoyages.com
Car ferry from Tromsø kystrutekai to Hammerfest kystrutekai
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 650–800
- Website
- https://www.havilavoyages.com/
Car ferry from Kirkenes kystrutekai to Hammerfest kystrutekai
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–1,500
- Website
- https://www.havilavoyages.com/
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