There are 9 ways to get from Cardiff to Lofoten by train, plane, bus, night train, car, car train, ferry, or car ferry
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Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes, bus
best- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes (EVE)plane LHR - EVE
- Take the bus from Harstad/Narvik lufthavn to Lyngvær østbus
14h 17mkr 2,116–7,572Train, bus, night train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Antwerpbus
- Take the bus from Antwerp to Malmö central train station FlixBus stopbus
- Take the nighttrain from Malmö Centralstation to Narvik stasjonnighttrain Nt
- Take the bus from Bromsgård to Lyngvær østbus 300
2d 14hkr 4,321–9,637Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Cardiff to Folkestonecar
- Take the cartrain from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Lofotencar
41h 43mkr 8,615–12,409Fly Cardiff Airport to Bodø Airport, ferry
- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Bodø Airport (BOO)plane CWL - BOO
- Take the ferry from Bodø hurtigbåtkai to Svolvær hurtigbåtkaiferry
16h 33mTrain to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Bodø Airport, ferry
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Bodø Airport (BOO)plane LHR - BOO
- Take the ferry from Bodø hurtigbåtkai to Svolvær hurtigbåtkaiferry
15h 30mTrain to Manchester Airport, fly to Bodø Airport, ferry
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Wilmslowtrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Bodø Airport (BOO)plane MAN - BOO
- Take the ferry from Bodø hurtigbåtkai to Svolvær hurtigbåtkaiferry
17h 1mTrain to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Svolvær Airport, Helle
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Svolvær Airport, Helle (SVJ)plane LHR - SVJ
13h 17mkr 2,744–7,332Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Bodø Airport, ferry
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Bodø Airport (BOO)plane BRS - BOO
- Take the ferry from Bodø hurtigbåtkai to Svolvær hurtigbåtkaiferry
15h 46mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Cardiff to Port of Dovercar
- Take the carferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Lofotencar
42h 52mkr 7,515–11,904
Cardiff to Lofoten by train, subway, foot, bus, and night train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Lofoten is to train and fly which costs kr 2700 - kr 7500 and takes 13h 17m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Lofoten is to train and fly which takes 13h 17m and costs kr 2700 - kr 7500.
The distance between Cardiff and Lofoten is 2556 km.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Lofoten without a car is to train and bus and night train which takes 2 days 14h and costs kr 4300 - kr 10000.
It takes approximately 14h 17m to get from Cardiff to Lofoten, including transfers.
There are 331+ hotels available in Lofoten.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and Lofoten, Norway?
There is no direct connection from Cardiff to Lofoten. However, you can take the train to London Paddington, take the train to Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3, walk to London Heathrow Airport (LHR) airport, fly to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes (EVE), walk to Harstad/Narvik lufthavn, take the bus to Lyngvær øst, then walk to Lofoten. Alternatively, you can take a train from Cardiff Central to Lofoten via London Paddington, Paddington station, Sloane Square station, London Victoria, Antwerp, Malmö central train station FlixBus stop, Malmö Centralstation, Narvik stasjon, Bromsgård, and Lyngvær øst in around 2d 14h.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 950–4,400
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 950–4,400
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Bodø Airport via Dublin, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–5,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bodø Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–4,700
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bodø Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–4,700
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bodø Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–4,700
Flights from Manchester Airport to Bodø Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–4,600
Flights from Manchester Airport to Bodø Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–4,600
Flights from Manchester Airport to Bodø Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–4,600
Flights from Bristol Airport to Bodø Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 900–3,800
- Website
- wideroe.no
Flights from Manchester Airport to Bodø Airport via Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- kr 700–2,700
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Svolvær Airport, Helle via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–6,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Svolvær Airport, Helle via Oslo, Bodø Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,800–5,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Svolvær Airport, Helle via Copenhagen, Bodø Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,800–5,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Svolvær Airport, Helle via Stockholm, Bodø Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,800–5,500
Flights from Bristol Airport to Bodø Airport via Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 700–2,700
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Sunday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–6,000
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Bodø Airport via Dublin, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–4,400
Flights from Manchester Airport to Bodø Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 800–2,800
Flights from Bristol Airport to Bodø Airport via Edinburgh, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 800–3,100
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–3,700
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bodø Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–3,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Bodø Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 900–2,600
Flights from Bristol Airport to Bodø Airport via Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 700–2,700
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bodø Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,900–5,500
Flights from Manchester Airport to Bodø Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,600–4,400
Flights from Manchester Airport to Bodø Airport via Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- kr 700–2,700
Flights from Bristol Airport to Bodø Airport via Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 700–2,700
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Bodø Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–6,000
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Bodø Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Trondheim
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–6,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Svolvær Airport, Helle via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–6,500
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,700–7,500
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- [email protected]
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 750–1,400
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 750–1,400
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 750–1,400
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 750–1,400
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 190–360
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- [email protected]
- Website
- Snälltåget
Night train from Malmö Centralstation to Narvik stasjon
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 19m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- kr 2,100–6,000
- Website
- Snälltåget
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- [email protected]
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 1,453
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- kr 1,453
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Cardiff Central to Wilmslow
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 650–1,100
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 150–250
- Website
- Transport for Wales
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- kr 200–310
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +47 910 09 600
- Website
- Nordland fylkeskommune
Bus from Harstad/Narvik lufthavn to Lyngvær øst
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 230–330
- Website
- Nordland fylkeskommune
Bus from Bromsgård to Lyngvær øst
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 300–420
- Website
- Nordland fylkeskommune
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Antwerp
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 340–550
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Antwerp to Malmö central train station FlixBus stop
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 800–1,300
- Website
- Flixbus
- 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
Ferry from Bodø hurtigbåtkai to Svolvær hurtigbåtkai
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Nordland fylkeskommune
Ferry from Bodø hurtigbåtkai to Svolvær hurtigbåtkai
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Nordland fylkeskommune
Ferry from Bodø hurtigbåtkai to Svolvær hurtigbåtkai
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Nordland fylkeskommune
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- [email protected]
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 320–900
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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