There are 5 ways to get from Edinburgh to Kirkenes by plane, train, busferry, bus, car ferry, car, or car 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 from Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Kirkenes Airport (KKN)plane EDI - KKN
11h 30mkr 1,775–4,700Train, bus and ferry, bus, car ferry
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Piccadillytrain
- Take the busferry from Manchester Piccadilly to Arad, Autogara Transdarabusferry
- Take the busferry from Arad, Autogara Transdara to Oslo bussterminalbusferry
- Take the bus from Oslo bussterminal to Geirangerbus
- Take the carferry from Geiranger kystrutekai to Kirkenes kystrutekaicarferry
8d 4hkr 8,543–21,692Drive, Eurotunnel, train, bus
- Drive from Edinburgh to Folkestonecar
- Take the cartrain from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Take the train from Calais Frethun to Lille Europetrain Ter
- Take the bus from Lille to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Drive from Hamburg Hbf to Kirkenescar
2d 5hkr 8,621–12,836Train to Aberdeen Airport, fly
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeentrain
- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Kirkenes Airport (KKN)plane ABZ - KKN
15h 27mkr 2,047–7,450Train, bus and ferry, bus, car ferry via Bistriţa
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Piccadillytrain
- Take the busferry from Manchester Piccadilly to Bistriţabusferry
- Take the bus from Bistriţa to Oslo bussterminalbus
- Take the bus from Oslo bussterminal to Geirangerbus
- Take the carferry from Geiranger kystrutekai to Kirkenes kystrutekaicarferry
9d 2h
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Kirkenes Airport (KKN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Kirkenes is to fly which costs kr 1700 - kr 4700 and takes 11h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Kirkenes is to fly which takes 11h 30m and costs kr 1700 - kr 4700.
The distance between Edinburgh and Kirkenes is 2255 km.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Kirkenes without a car is to train and bus and ferry and bus and car ferry which takes 8 days 4h and costs kr 8500 - kr 22000.
It takes approximately 11h 30m to get from Edinburgh to Kirkenes, including transfers.
Kirkenes is 1h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 8:51 AM in Edinburgh and 9:51 AM in Kirkenes.
There are 38+ hotels available in Kirkenes.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Kirkenes, Norway?
Norwegian Air Shuttle and Scandinavian Airlines fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Kirkenes Airport (KKN) twice daily.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–3,600
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Copenhagen, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–3,600
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Stavanger, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 42m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Monday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,500–6,500
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Copenhagen, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,600–7,500
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Manchester, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,700–7,500
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 52m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 2,000–4,800
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Bergen, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–6,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–3,600
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,700–7,500
- Website
- wideroe.no
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Bergen, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 2,600–9,000
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- [email protected]
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 950–1,700
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 950–1,700
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 1,480
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- kr 1,480
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Calais Frethun to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 180–370
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Calais Frethun to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- kr 220–350
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 700–1,300
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 550–800
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 850–1,300
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- [email protected]
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 500–850
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- [email protected]
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Manchester Piccadilly to Arad, Autogara Transdara
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 54m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 700–1,900
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Arad, Autogara Transdara to Oslo bussterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 41m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 700–1,700
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Manchester Piccadilly to Bistriţa
- Ave. Duration
- 42h 39m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- kr 750–1,900
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- Phone
- +47 407 05070
- [email protected]
- Website
- Vy Buss
Bus from Oslo bussterminal to Geiranger
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 650–1,400
- Website
- Vy Buss
Bus from Oslo bussterminal to Geiranger
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 650–1,400
- Website
- Vy Buss
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Lille to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 600–1,000
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- 0724 122 272
- [email protected]
- Website
- euro-fratello.ro
Bus from Bistriţa to Oslo bussterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 47h 2m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- euro-fratello.ro
- Phone
- +442039 935 562
- [email protected]
- Website
- Hurtigruten
Car ferry from Geiranger kystrutekai to Kirkenes kystrutekai
- Ave. Duration
- 4d 18h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 9,000–15,000
- Website
- Hurtigruten
Car ferry from Geiranger kystrutekai to Kirkenes kystrutekai
- Ave. Duration
- 4d 18h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 9,000–15,000
- Website
- Hurtigruten
- Phone
- +47 70 00 70 70
- [email protected]
- Website
- Havila
Car ferry from Geiranger kystrutekai to Kirkenes kystrutekai
- Ave. Duration
- 4d 18h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 5,500–6,500
- Website
- Havila
Car ferry from Geiranger kystrutekai to Kirkenes kystrutekai
- Ave. Duration
- 4d 18h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 5,500–6,500
- Website
- Havila
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