There are 9 ways to get from Copenhagen to Edinburgh by plane, train (Eurostar), bus, car, car train, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Copenhagen Airport to Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Copenhagen Airport (CPH) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane CPH - EDI
4h 50m£36–152Train via Cologne
- Take the train from København H to Hamburg-Altonatrain Rj
- Take the train from Hamburg-Altona to Köln Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Miditrain 79
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
19h 34m£363–663Bus
- Take the bus from Copenhagen Busterminal to Brussels-North train stationbus
- Take the bus from Brussels Midi / Brussels South West to London Victoria Green Line Stationbus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus
30h 50m£127–236Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Copenhagen to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the cartrain from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Edinburghcar
19h 28m£405–549Fly Copenhagen Airport to Newcastle, train
- Fly from Copenhagen Airport (CPH) to Newcastle (NCL)plane CPH - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
6h 26m£82–257Fly Copenhagen Airport to Glasgow Airport, train
- Fly from Copenhagen Airport (CPH) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane CPH - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
7h 48m£91–237Train to Billund Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from København H to Vejle St.train
- Fly from Billund Airport (BLL) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane BLL - EDI
6h 54m£99–381Train
- Take the train from København H to Hamburg Hbftrain Ece / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg-Harburg to Amsterdam Centraaltrain 77
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.train
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
20h 49m£280–551Train, bus
- Take the train from København H to Hamburg Hbftrain Ece / ...
- Take the bus from Hamburg to Amsterdam Centraal Stationbus
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Sheffieldtrain
- Take the train from Sheffield to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
25h 1m£438–757
Copenhagen to Edinburgh by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Copenhagen to Edinburgh is to fly which costs £35 - £160 and takes 4h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Copenhagen to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 4h 50m and costs £35 - £160.
No, there is no direct bus from Copenhagen to Edinburgh station. However, there are services departing from Copenhagen Busterminal and arriving at Edinburgh, Bus Station via Brussels Midi / Brussels South West and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 30h 50m.
No, there is no direct train from Copenhagen to Edinburgh. However, there are services departing from København H and arriving at Edinburgh Waverley via Hamburg-Altona, Köln Hbf, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and King's Cross. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 19h 34m.
The distance between Copenhagen and Edinburgh is 639 miles.
The best way to get from Copenhagen to Edinburgh without a car is to train via Cologne which takes 19h 34m and costs £360 - £700.
It takes approximately 4h 50m to get from Copenhagen to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Copenhagen to Edinburgh bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Copenhagen Busterminal station.
Copenhagen to Edinburgh train services, operated by Danish Railways (DSB), depart from København H station.
The best way to get from Copenhagen to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 4h 50m and costs £35 - £160. Alternatively, you can train via Cologne, which costs £360 - £700 and takes 19h 34m, you could also bus, which costs £120 - £240 and takes 30h 50m.
What companies run services between Copenhagen, Denmark and Edinburgh, Scotland?
Ryanair, Norwegian Air International, and four other airlines fly from Copenhagen Airport (CPH) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) every 4 hours. Alternatively, you can take a train from København H to Edinburgh Waverley via Hamburg-Altona, Köln Hbf, Bruxelles Midi, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, London St Pancras Intl, and King's Cross in around 19h 34m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–240
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–250
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–240
Flights from Billund Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–290
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- When
- Saturday, Sunday, Thursday, Friday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- £24–110
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £35–160
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Friday, Tuesday, Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £23–120
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £50–170
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Newcastle via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–170
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Glasgow Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £40–180
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Glasgow Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £35–180
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £60–170
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–240
Flights from Billund Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–290
Flights from Billund Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £100–290
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £25–150
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–160
Flights from Billund Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–340
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Newcastle via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Thursday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–240
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–190
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £75–140
- Phone
- +47 70 13 14 15
- [email protected]
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from København H to Hamburg-Altona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £33
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from København H to Vejle St.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from København H to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £34
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from København H to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £34
- Website
- Danish Railways
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg-Altona to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–140
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg-Harburg to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £65–150
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £70–120
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £110–190
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £180–300
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £30–55
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £130–180
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £130–180
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- [email protected]
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £117
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- £117
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–80
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Sheffield to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £110–180
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- [email protected]
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £27–40
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £18–30
- Website
- ScotRail
- Phone
- 0345 528 0409
- [email protected]
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £7–14
- Website
- Lumo
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- [email protected]
- Website
- Snälltåget
Train from København H to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £45–120
- Website
- Snälltåget
Train from København H to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £45–120
- Website
- Snälltåget
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £50–100
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £70–110
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Copenhagen Busterminal to Brussels-North train station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £65–100
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–65
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from Brussels Midi / Brussels South West to London Victoria Green Line Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £19–35
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £60–100
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- [email protected]
- Website
- Grand Bus
Bus from Hamburg to Amsterdam Centraal Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £45–49
- Website
- Grand Bus
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Booking & Getting There
Copenhagen to Edinburgh bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Brussels-North train station.
Edinburgh is 1h behind Copenhagen. It is currently 7:33 PM in Copenhagen and 6:33 PM in Edinburgh.
Copenhagen to Edinburgh train services, operated by Danish Railways (DSB), arrive at Hamburg-Altona station.
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