There are 7 ways to get from Edinburgh to Stockholm by plane, train (Eurostar), bus, car, car train, train, or night 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 Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN)plane EDI - ARN
5h 9mkr 1,153–2,683Train via Cologne
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Hamburg-Harburgtrain 42 / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg-Harburg Bf to Stockholm Ctrain 083
26h 12mkr 5,538–12,420Bus
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Stockholm, Cityterminalenbus
43h 45mkr 2,227–5,234Drive, 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 Stockholmcar
33h 53mkr 5,580–7,909Train to Glasgow Airport, fly
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN)plane GLA - ARN
8h 44mkr 1,338–3,703Train
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to Hamburg-Harburgtrain Ice
- Take the train from Hamburg-Harburg to Stockholm Centralstationtrain 344
29hkr 4,798–8,620Train, night train
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to Hamburg-Harburgtrain Ice
- Take the nighttrain from Hamburg Hbf to Stockholm Centralnighttrain
31h 23mkr 4,393–8,833
Edinburgh to Stockholm by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Stockholm is to fly which costs 1100 kr - 2700 kr and takes 5h 9m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Stockholm is to fly which takes 5h 9m and costs 1100 kr - 2700 kr.
No, there is no direct bus from Edinburgh station to Stockholm. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh, Bus Station and arriving at Stockholm, Cityterminalen via London Victoria and Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 43h 45m.
No, there is no direct train from Edinburgh to Stockholm. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh Waverley and arriving at Stockholm C via London St Pancras Intl, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, Köln Hbf and Hamburg-Harburg Bf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 26h 12m.
The distance between Edinburgh and Stockholm is 1371 km.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Stockholm without a car is to train via Cologne which takes 26h 12m and costs 5500 kr - 13000 kr.
It takes approximately 5h 9m to get from Edinburgh to Stockholm, including transfers.
Edinburgh to Stockholm bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Edinburgh, Bus Station.
Edinburgh to Stockholm train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), depart from Edinburgh Waverley station.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Stockholm is to fly which takes 5h 9m and costs 1100 kr - 2700 kr. Alternatively, you can train via Cologne, which costs 5500 kr - 13000 kr and takes 26h 12m, you could also bus, which costs 2200 kr - 5500 kr and takes 43h 45m.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Stockholm, Sweden?
Norwegian Air International, Scandinavian Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN) every 4 hours. Alternatively, you can take a train from Edinburgh Waverley to Stockholm C via London Kings Cross, London St Pancras Intl, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, Köln Hbf, and Hamburg-Harburg Bf in around 26h 12m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 800–3,800
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 750–3,700
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–2,200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–2,200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 800–3,800
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 16m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 850–3,900
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 850–2,300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 850–2,300
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Bergen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 700–2,900
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 700–2,900
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 1,700–2,500
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 1,700–2,500
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–2,000
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 700–1,200
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 440–2,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to Hamburg-Harburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 850–3,800
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- [email protected]
- Website
- Snälltåget
Train from Hamburg-Harburg Bf to Stockholm C
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–2,200
- Website
- Snälltåget
Night train from Hamburg Hbf to Stockholm Central
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 18m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–2,200
- Website
- Snälltåget
- 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 1,511
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- kr 1,511
- 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 220–360
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 260–480
- Website
- ScotRail
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- [email protected].
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 110–200
- Website
- Lumo
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- [email protected]
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 190–310
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 23m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 1,700–2,700
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 700–1,500
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Hamburg-Harburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 550–1,200
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 700–1,500
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Hamburg-Harburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 550–1,200
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 46m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–2,200
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 46m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–2,200
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +46 77 175 75 75
- [email protected]
- Website
- Swedish Railways (SJ)
Train from Hamburg-Harburg to Stockholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 59m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 1,800–2,800
- Website
- Swedish Railways (SJ)
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 1,800–3,100
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +49 (0) 911 / 240 388 – 22
- [email protected]
- Website
- BahnTouristikExpress GmbH
Night train from Hamburg Hbf to Stockholm Central
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 52m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Schedules at
- BahnTouristikExpress GmbH
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 500–850
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 850–1,500
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Stockholm, Cityterminalen
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 850–1,500
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Lille to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 600–1,100
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 900–2,300
- Website
- National Express
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More Questions & Answers
Edinburgh to Stockholm bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Stockholm is 1h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 5:50 PM in Edinburgh and 6:50 PM in Stockholm.
Edinburgh to Stockholm train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), arrive at King's Cross station.
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