There are 6 ways to get from Riga to Sortland by plane, bus, car ferry, car, or ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes, bus
best- Fly from Riga International Airport (RIX) to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes (EVE)plane RIX - EVE
- Take the bus from Harstad/Narvik lufthavn to Sortland bussterminalbus
10h 2mkr 1,692–4,432Fly to Stokmarknes
cheapest- Fly from Riga International Airport (RIX) to Stokmarknes (SKN)plane RIX - SKN
11h 35mkr 950–3,858Bus, 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 Sortland kystrutekaicarferry Hur
43h 5mkr 3,044–5,975Bus, car ferry via Vardø
- Take the bus from Riga, Bus Station to Rovaniemi, Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Rovaniemi linja-autoasema, 3 to Riekonlinna Ebus
- Take the bus from Saariselkä to Kirkenes Airportbus
- Take the bus from Kirkenes lufthavn Høybuktmoen to Vardø havnbus 150
- Take the car ferry from Vardø kystrutekai to Sortland kystrutekaicarferry Hur
3d 7hkr 8,544–14,295Drive 3,069 km
- Drive from Riga to Sortlandcar 3,069 km
43h 16mkr 6,448–9,314Fly to Bodø Airport, ferry, Bus
- Fly from Riga International Airport (RIX) to Bodø Airport (BOO)plane RIX - BOO
- Take the ferry from Bodø sentrumsterminalen kai to Svolvær hurtigbåtkaiferry
- Take the bus from Svolvær sentrum to Melbu ferjekaibus
- Take the bus from Melbu ferjekai to Sortland bussterminalbus
14h 50m
Riga to Sortland by bus and car ferry
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Riga to Sortland is to fly which costs kr 950 - kr 3900 and takes 11h 35m.
The fastest way to get from Riga to Sortland is to fly and bus which takes 10h 2m and costs kr 1600 - kr 4500.
The distance between Riga and Sortland is 1476 km. The road distance is 3069 km.
The best way to get from Riga to Sortland without a car is to bus and car ferry which takes 43h 5m and costs kr 3000 - kr 6000.
It takes approximately 10h 2m to get from Riga to Sortland, including transfers.
Sortland is 1h behind Riga. It is currently 2:31 AM in Riga and 1:31 AM in Sortland.
Yes, the driving distance between Riga to Sortland is 3069 km. It takes approximately 43h 16m to drive from Riga to Sortland.
There are 36+ hotels available in Sortland.
What companies run services between Riga, Latvia and Sortland, Norway?
Air Baltic, Scandinavian Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Riga International Airport (RIX) to Stokmarknes (SKN) twice daily.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–4,000
Flights from Riga International Airport to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–4,300
Flights from Riga International Airport to Bodø Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 850–3,300
Flights from Riga International Airport to Bodø Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 56m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 650–3,200
Flights from Riga International Airport to Bodø Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 950–3,700
- Website
- wideroe.no
Flights from Riga International Airport to Stokmarknes via Stockholm, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–4,500
Flights from Riga International Airport to Stokmarknes via Oslo, Bodø Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 38m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 900–4,300
Flights from Riga International Airport to Stokmarknes via Stockholm, Bodø Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–4,300
Flights from Riga International Airport to Stokmarknes via Copenhagen, Bodø Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–4,800
Flights from Riga International Airport to Bodø Airport via Bergen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 900–3,600
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,500–6,000
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Bodø Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–3,400
- Phone
- 05 798
- post@boreal.no
- Website
- boreal.no
Bus from Harstad/Narvik lufthavn to Sortland bussterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 550–700
- Website
- Boreal
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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 600–1,800
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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
Bus from Svolvær sentrum to Melbu ferjekai
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 700–1,000
- Website
- https://bestarctic.com/
- Book at
- https://bestarctic.com/the-arctic-route/arctic-winter-routes-explore-norway-sweden-and-finland/
- Private tours
- kr 700–1,000
- Phone
- +358 (0) 16 3422 160
- Website
- eskelisen.fi
Bus from Rovaniemi linja-autoasema, 3 to Riekonlinna E
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 500–650
- Website
- https://www.eskelisen.fi/en/
- Phone
- +358 0600 02010
- info@onnibus.com
- Website
- onnibus.com
Bus from Rovaniemi linja-autoasema, 3 to Riekonlinna E
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 170–240
- Website
- https://www.onnibus.com/home
- Phone
- +358 40 179 6069
- sales@visitinari.fi
- Website
- visitinari.fi
Bus from Saariselkä to Kirkenes Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 5,000–5,400
- Schedules at
- visitinari.fi
- post@snelandia.no
- Website
- snelandia.no
Bus from Kirkenes lufthavn Høybuktmoen to Vardø havn
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 330–470
- Website
- Snelandia
- Phone
- +47 910 09 600
- Website
- reisnordland.no
Bus from Melbu ferjekai to Sortland bussterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 65–95
- Website
- https://www.reisnordland.no/
- Phone
- +442039 935 562
- book@hurtigruten.com
- Website
- hurtigruten.com
Car ferry from Tromsø kystrutekai to Sortland kystrutekai
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–1,700
- Website
- https://www.hurtigruten.com
Car ferry from Vardø kystrutekai to Sortland kystrutekai
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 4,000–6,000
- Website
- https://www.hurtigruten.com
- Phone
- +47 70 00 70 70
- kystruten@havila.no
- Website
- havilavoyages.com
Car ferry from Tromsø kystrutekai to Sortland kystrutekai
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 600–700
- Website
- https://www.havilavoyages.com/
Car ferry from Vardø kystrutekai to Sortland kystrutekai
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 2,400–2,700
- Website
- https://www.havilavoyages.com/
- Phone
- +47 910 09 600
- Website
- reisnordland.no
Ferry from Bodø sentrumsterminalen kai to Svolvær hurtigbåtkai
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.reisnordland.no/
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