There are 10 ways to get from Germany to Orkney Islands by plane, train, ferry, or bus
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 Frankfurt
best- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Kirkwall (KOI)plane FRA - KOI
9h 59m£305–606Fly from Munich International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Kirkwall (KOI)plane MUC - KOI
7h 19m£130–664Train, ferry
- Take the train from Berlin Gesundbrunnen to Amsterdam Centraaltrain Ice
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Aberdeentrain
- Take the ferry from Aberdeen Ferry Terminal to Kirkwall Orkney Hatston Ferry Terminalferry Nl2
31h 40m£397–693Train, bus, ferry
- Take the train from S Spandau Bhf to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain 10 / ...
- Take the bus from Hanover central bus station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Leeds City Bus & Coach Stationbus
- Take the train from Leeds to Aberdeentrain
- Take the ferry from Aberdeen Ferry Terminal to Kirkwall Orkney Hatston Ferry Terminalferry Nl2
38h 36m£228–668Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Kirkwall (KOI)plane DUS - KOI
8h 46m£295–757Fly from Stuttgart Airport
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Kirkwall (KOI)plane STR - KOI
10h 38m£396–558Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Kirkwall (KOI)plane BER - KOI
7h 52m£205–605Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Utrecht Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Kirkwall (KOI)plane AMS - KOI
8h 30m£253–648Train, ferry via Brussels
- Take the train from Berlin Gesundbrunnen to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain 474
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Aberdeentrain
- Take the ferry from Aberdeen Ferry Terminal to Kirkwall Orkney Hatston Ferry Terminalferry Nl2
33h 17m£402–683Bus, ferry
- Take the bus from Berlin Südkreuz train station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Union Square Bus Stationbus
- Take the ferry from Aberdeen Ferry Terminal to Kirkwall Orkney Hatston Ferry Terminalferry Nl2
43h 4m£152–263
Germany to Orkney Islands by train, foot, and ferry
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Germany to Orkney Islands is to bus and ferry which costs £150 - £270 and takes 43h 4m.
The fastest way to get from Germany to Orkney Islands is to fly which takes 7h 19m and costs £130 - £700.
The distance between Germany and Orkney Islands is 783 miles.
The best way to get from Germany to Orkney Islands without a car is to train and ferry which takes 31h 40m and costs £390 - £700.
It takes approximately 9h 59m to get from Germany to Orkney Islands, including transfers.
There are 230+ hotels available in Orkney Islands.
What companies run services between Germany and Orkney Islands, Scotland?
Lufthansa, Loganair, and KLM fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Kirkwall (KOI) 4 times a day.
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Frankfurt to Kirkwall via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £160–600
Flights from Frankfurt to Kirkwall via Birmingham, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £160–600
Flights from Frankfurt to Kirkwall via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–550
Flights from Frankfurt to Kirkwall via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–550
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Kirkwall via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–440
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Kirkwall via Birmingham, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 32m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £110–450
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Kirkwall via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95–550
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Kirkwall via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–550
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Kirkwall via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–470
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Kirkwall via Manchester, Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–470
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Kirkwall via Manchester, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–470
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Kirkwall via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–600
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Kirkwall via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–430
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Kirkwall via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–600
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Kirkwall via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–600
Flights from Munich International Airport to Kirkwall via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–600
Flights from Munich International Airport to Kirkwall via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–650
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Kirkwall via Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–600
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Kirkwall via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–600
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Kirkwall via Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–600
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Kirkwall via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £160–600
Flights from Frankfurt to Kirkwall via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 47m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £100–550
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Kirkwall via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–440
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Kirkwall via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £95–550
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Kirkwall via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–470
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Kirkwall via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 37m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £120–600
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Kirkwall via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–430
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Kirkwall via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 32m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £120–600
Flights from Munich International Airport to Kirkwall via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–600
Flights from Munich International Airport to Kirkwall via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £120–650
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Kirkwall via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–600
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Kirkwall via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £110–600
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Kirkwall via Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £100–600
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Berlin Gesundbrunnen to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 51m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £65–140
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £17–35
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £4–9
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £140–240
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £90–160
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- [email protected]
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from London Euston to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 34m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £170–270
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from S Spandau Bhf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £35–170
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from S Spandau Bhf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £15–22
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Leeds to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 31m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £190–270
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Leeds to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £120–180
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from King's Cross to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 6m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £180–250
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- Arriva NL
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £7–11
- Website
- Arriva NL
- Second Class Single
- £7–11
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Berlin Gesundbrunnen to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 44m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £110–230
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Hanover central bus station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £50–90
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Leeds City Bus & Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20–35
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Berlin Südkreuz train station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £75–130
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Union Square Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £55–90
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from London Victoria to Leeds City Bus & Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–95
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +44 845 600 0449
- [email protected]
- Website
- NorthLink Ferries
Ferry from Aberdeen Ferry Terminal to Kirkwall Orkney Hatston Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £20–36
- Website
- NorthLink Ferries
- Low
- £20–25
- Peak
- £31–36
Ferry from Aberdeen Ferry Terminal to Kirkwall Orkney Hatston Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £20–36
- Website
- NorthLink Ferries
- Low
- £20–25
- Peak
- £31–36
Ferry from Aberdeen Ferry Terminal to Kirkwall Orkney Hatston Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £20–36
- Website
- NorthLink Ferries
- Low
- £20–25
- Peak
- £31–36
Ferry from Aberdeen Ferry Terminal to Kirkwall Orkney Hatston Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £20–36
- Website
- NorthLink Ferries
- Low
- £20–25
- Peak
- £31–36
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