There are 7 ways to get from Svalbard to Sortland by plane, bus, ferry, or car ferry
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Fly to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes, bus
best- Fly from Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR) to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes (EVE)plane LYR - EVE
- Take the bus from Harstad/Narvik lufthavn to Sortland bussterminalbus
10h 14mkr 2,402–8,522Fly to Andøya Andenes Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR) to Andøya Andenes Airport (ANX)plane LYR - ANX
- Take the bus from Andenes lufthavn to Torggatabus
9h 17mkr 1,732–6,792Fly to Stokmarknes
- Fly from Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR) to Stokmarknes (SKN)plane LYR - SKN
8h 28mkr 1,942–7,662Fly to Bodø Airport, ferry, bus
- Fly from Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR) to Bodø Airport (BOO)plane LYR - BOO
- Take the ferry from Bodø hurtigbåtkai to Svolvær hurtigbåtkaiferry
- Take the bus from Svolvær sentrum to Sortland bussterminalbus
14h 42mFly to Leknes, bus
- Fly from Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR) to Leknes (LKN)plane LYR - LKN
- Take the bus from Lufthavnveien kryss to Fiskebøl ferjekaibus
- Take the bus from Fiskebøl ferjekai to Sortland bussterminalbus
13h 18mkr 3,882–7,382Fly to Svolvær Airport, Helle, bus
- Fly from Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR) to Svolvær Airport, Helle (SVJ)plane LYR - SVJ
- Take the bus from Fiskebøl ferjekai to Sortland bussterminalbus
12h 37mkr 3,797–6,772Fly to Tromsø Airport, Langnes, ferry, car ferry
- Fly from Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR) to Tromsø Airport, Langnes (TOS)plane LYR - TOS
- Take the ferry from Tromsø Prostneset hurtigbåtkai to Harstad hurtigbåtkaiferry
- Take the carferry from Harstad kystrutekai to Sortland kystrutekaicarferry
12h 37m
Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR) to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes (EVE) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Svalbard to Sortland is to fly and bus which costs kr 1700 - kr 7000 and takes 9h 17m.
The fastest way to get from Svalbard to Sortland is to fly which takes 8h 28m and costs kr 1900 - kr 8000.
The distance between Svalbard and Sortland is 1220 km.
It takes approximately 10h 14m to get from Svalbard to Sortland, including transfers.
There are 48+ hotels available in Sortland.
What companies run services between Svalbard, SJ and Sortland, Norway?
Scandinavian Airlines, Widerøe, and Norwegian Air Shuttle fly from Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR) to Stokmarknes (SKN) twice daily.
- Website
- wideroe.no
Flights from Svalbard Airport, Longyear to Stokmarknes via Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,800–7,500
Flights from Svalbard Airport, Longyear to Stokmarknes via Oslo, Bodø Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 13m
- When
- Tuesday, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 2,300–10,000
Flights from Svalbard Airport, Longyear to Stokmarknes via Tromsø Airport, Langnes, Bodø Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,900–8,000
Flights from Svalbard Airport, Longyear to Bodø Airport via Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,900–5,500
Flights from Svalbard Airport, Longyear to Andøya Andenes Airport via Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,500–6,500
Flights from Svalbard Airport, Longyear to Andøya Andenes Airport via Oslo, Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 7m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 2,000–8,500
Flights from Svalbard Airport, Longyear to Leknes via Oslo, Bodø Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 2,000–8,500
Flights from Svalbard Airport, Longyear to Leknes via Tromsø Airport, Langnes, Bodø Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,700–7,000
Flights from Svalbard Airport, Longyear to Svolvær Airport, Helle via Oslo, Bodø Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 2,000–9,000
Flights from Svalbard Airport, Longyear to Svolvær Airport, Helle via Tromsø Airport, Langnes, Bodø Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,700–7,000
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Svalbard Airport, Longyear to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 2,000–8,500
Flights from Svalbard Airport, Longyear to Bodø Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,900–5,500
Flights from Svalbard Airport, Longyear to Bodø Airport via Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,900–5,500
Flights from Svalbard Airport, Longyear to Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,500–4,100
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Svalbard Airport, Longyear to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 17m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 2,000–8,500
Flights from Svalbard Airport, Longyear to Bodø Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 2,700–5,000
- Phone
- (+47) 22 31 31 50
- Website
- Nor-Way Bussekspress
Bus from Harstad/Narvik lufthavn to Sortland bussterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 300–420
- Website
- Nor-Way Bussekspress
- Phone
- +47 953 03 888
- info@bestarctic.com
- Website
- Best Arctic
Bus from Svolvær sentrum to Sortland bussterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 800–1,200
- Website
- Best Arctic
- Book at
- Best Arctic
- Private tours
- kr 800–1,200
Bus from Fiskebøl ferjekai to Sortland bussterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 750–1,100
- Website
- Best Arctic
- Book at
- Best Arctic
- Private tours
- kr 750–1,100
Bus from Fiskebøl ferjekai to Sortland bussterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 750–1,100
- Website
- Best Arctic
- Book at
- Best Arctic
- Private tours
- kr 750–1,100
- Phone
- +47 910 09 600
- Website
- Nordland fylkeskommune
Bus from Andenes lufthavn to Torggata
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 130–190
- Website
- Nordland fylkeskommune
Bus from Lufthavnveien kryss to Fiskebøl ferjekai
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 130–180
- Website
- Nordland fylkeskommune
- Phone
- +47 910 09 600
- Website
- Nordland fylkeskommune
Ferry from Bodø hurtigbåtkai to Svolvær hurtigbåtkai
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Nordland fylkeskommune
- Phone
- + 47 777 88 777
- Website
- Svipper
Ferry from Tromsø Prostneset hurtigbåtkai to Harstad hurtigbåtkai
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- Svipper
- Phone
- +442039 935 562
- book@hurtigruten.com
- Website
- Hurtigruten
Car ferry from Harstad kystrutekai to Sortland kystrutekai
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 340–550
- Website
- Hurtigruten
- Phone
- +47 70 00 70 70
- kystruten@havila.no
- Website
- Havila
Car ferry from Harstad kystrutekai to Sortland kystrutekai
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 210–240
- Website
- Havila
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