There are 6 ways to get from Scotland to Lofoten by plane, bus, train, or ferry
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Fly Edinburgh Airport to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes, bus
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes (EVE)plane EDI - EVE
- Take the bus from Harstad/Narvik lufthavn to Lyngvær østbus
12h 8mkr 1,552–3,752Train, bus
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to Prestontrain
- Take the train from Preston to Bradford Interchangetrain
- Take the bus from Bradford to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Stockholm, Cityterminalenbus
- Take the train from Stockholm Centralstation to Narvik stationtrain
- Take the bus from Bromsgård to Lyngvær østbus
3d 8hkr 5,044–9,978Fly Aberdeen Airport to Bodø Airport, ferry
- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Bodø Airport (BOO)plane ABZ - BOO
- Take the ferry from Bodø sentrumsterminalen kai to Svolvær hurtigbåtkaiferry
12h 44mFly Edinburgh Airport to Bodø Airport, ferry
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Bodø Airport (BOO)plane EDI - BOO
- Take the ferry from Bodø sentrumsterminalen kai to Svolvær hurtigbåtkaiferry
13h 52mFly Edinburgh Airport to Leknes, bus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Leknes (LKN)plane EDI - LKN
- Take the bus from Lufthavnveien kryss to Lyngvær østbus
11h 36mkr 2,092–4,922Fly Edinburgh Airport to Svolvær Airport, Helle
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Svolvær Airport, Helle (SVJ)plane EDI - SVJ
12h 51mkr 3,687–5,717
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes (EVE) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Scotland to Lofoten is to fly and bus which costs kr 1500 - kr 3800 and takes 12h 8m.
The fastest way to get from Scotland to Lofoten is to fly and bus which takes 11h 36m and costs kr 2000 - kr 5000.
The distance between Scotland and Lofoten is 1932 km.
The best way to get from Scotland to Lofoten without a car is to train and bus which takes 3 days 8h and costs kr 5000 - kr 10000.
It takes approximately 12h 8m to get from Scotland to Lofoten, including transfers.
There are 303+ hotels available in Lofoten.
What companies run services between Scotland and Lofoten, Norway?
Norwegian Air Shuttle, Widerøe, and two other airlines fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Svolvær Airport, Helle (SVJ) 6 times a week.
- Website
- wideroe.no
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Bodø Airport via Bergen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–5,500
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Bodø Airport via Stavanger, Trondheim
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,500–5,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Leknes via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–4,300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Leknes via Oslo, Bodø Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–4,300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Svolvær Airport, Helle via Oslo, Bodø Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–4,200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Svolvær Airport, Helle via Copenhagen, Bodø Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–4,900
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–2,900
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bodø Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,500–3,800
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Bodø Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–6,500
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Bodø Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Trondheim
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–6,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Leknes via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–4,300
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Bodø Airport via Bergen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–5,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bodø Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,600–4,200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Leknes via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–4,300
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Bodø Airport via Stavanger, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–4,400
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bodø Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 950–4,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bodø Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–4,100
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Central to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 850–1,500
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Central to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 850–1,500
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Glasgow Central to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 490–800
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Preston to Bradford Interchange
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 250–470
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +46 77 175 75 75
- kundservice@sj.se
- Website
- sj.se
Train from Stockholm Centralstation to Narvik station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 2,000–3,400
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
- Phone
- +47 910 09 600
- Website
- reisnordland.no
Bus from Harstad/Narvik lufthavn to Lyngvær øst
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 230–330
- Website
- https://www.reisnordland.no/
Bus from Bromsgård to Lyngvær øst
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 300–420
- Website
- https://www.reisnordland.no/
Bus from Lufthavnveien kryss to Lyngvær øst
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 70–100
- Website
- https://www.reisnordland.no/
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Bradford to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 51m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 800–2,100
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Stockholm, Cityterminalen
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–2,100
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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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