There are 12 ways to get from Kiruna to Istanbul by plane, night train, busferry, bus, train, 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 Kiruna Airport to Istanbul
best- Fly from Kiruna Airport (KRN) to Istanbul (IST)plane KRN - IST
11h 3m₺10,443–36,574Fly Kiruna Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Kiruna Airport (KRN) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)plane KRN - SAW
11h 30m₺7,946–25,597Night train, bus and ferry, bus
- Take the nighttrain from Kiruna station to Malmö Centralstationnighttrain Nt
- Take the busferry from Malmö Centralstation to Beograd, Autobuska stanicabusferry
- Take the bus from Belgrade bus station to İstanbul Esenler bus stationbus
2d 14hNight train, train
- Take the nighttrain from Kiruna station to Malmö Centralstationnighttrain
- Take the nighttrain from Malmö Centralstation to Salzburg Hauptbahnhofnighttrain
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbftrain
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nordtrain
- Take the nighttrain from Bucharest to Halkalinighttrain
2d 23h₺33,243–78,167Drive 4,650 km
- Drive from Kiruna to Istanbulcar 4,650 km
2d₺43,311–62,560Train, bus to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes, fly to Istanbul
- Take the train from Kiruna station to Narvik stationtrain
- Take the bus from Bromsgård to Harstad/Narvik lufthavnbus
- Fly from Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes (EVE) to Istanbul (IST)plane EVE - IST
15h 14m₺10,807–19,929Bus, bus to Kittilä Airport, fly to Istanbul
- Take the bus from Sjukhuset to Pajala busstationbus
- Take the bus from Rautatieasema to Tunturitie Pbus
- Fly from Kittilä Airport (KTT) to Istanbul (IST)plane KTT - IST
16h 47m₺13,823–41,547Train, bus to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes, fly to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Take the train from Kiruna station to Narvik stationtrain
- Take the bus from Bromsgård to Harstad/Narvik lufthavnbus
- Fly from Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes (EVE) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)plane EVE - SAW
14h 37m₺10,810–19,952Night train, bus and ferry
- Take the nighttrain from Kiruna station to Malmö Centralstationnighttrain Nt
- Take the busferry from Malmö to Bucharestbusferry
- Take the nighttrain from Bucharest to Halkalinighttrain
2d 21h₺15,043–38,167Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Sjukhuset to Töre busstationbus 10
- Take the bus from Töre to Stockholm, Cityterminalenbus
- Take the busferry from Stockholm, Cityterminalen to Paracin, Autobuska Stanicabusferry
- Take the bus from Paraćin AS to İstanbul Esenler bus stationbus
3dNight train, bus
- Take the nighttrain from Kiruna station to Stockholm Centralstationnighttrain
- Take the bus from Stockholm Central Bus Station to Bucharest Filaret Bus Stationbus
- Take the nighttrain from Bucharest to Halkalinighttrain
3d 4h₺17,951–33,576Drive, car train
- Drive from Kiruna to Hamburg Hbfcar
- Take the cartrain from Hamburg Hbf to Villach Hbf ARZcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf ARZ to Istanbulcar
2d 5h₺40,700–59,622
Kiruna Airport (KRN) to Istanbul (IST) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Kiruna to Istanbul is to train and bus and fly which costs 10.000 ₺ - 20.000 ₺ and takes 15h 14m.
The fastest way to get from Kiruna to Istanbul is to fly which takes 11h 3m and costs 10.000 ₺ - 37.000 ₺.
No, there is no direct bus from Kiruna to Istanbul station. However, there are services departing from Sjukhuset and arriving at İstanbul Esenler bus station via Töre, Stockholm, Cityterminalen and Paraćin AS. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3 days 0h.
No, there is no direct train from Kiruna station to Istanbul. However, there are services departing from Kiruna station and arriving at Yenikapi via Malmö Centralstation, Salzburg Hbf, Wien Hbf, Bucharest and Halkali. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 23h.
The distance between Kiruna and Istanbul is 3047 km. The road distance is 4650 km.
The best way to get from Kiruna to Istanbul without a car is to night train and bus and ferry and bus which takes 2 days 14h and costs .
It takes approximately 11h 3m to get from Kiruna to Istanbul, including transfers.
Kiruna to Istanbul bus services, operated by Länstrafiken Norrbotten, depart from Sjukhuset station.
Kiruna to Istanbul train services, operated by Snälltåget, depart from Kiruna station.
Kiruna to Istanbul bus services, operated by Länstrafiken Norrbotten, arrive at Töre busstation.
What companies run services between Kiruna, Sweden and Istanbul, Turkey?
Norwegian Air International, Turkish Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Kiruna Airport (KRN) to Istanbul (IST) 3 times a day.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Kiruna Airport to Istanbul via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺10,000–36,000
Flights from Kiruna Airport to Istanbul via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₺11,000–37,000
Flights from Kiruna Airport to Istanbul via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺12,000–40,000
Flights from Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes to Istanbul via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺9,500–32,000
Flights from Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes to Istanbul via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ₺7,500–26,000
Flights from Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes to Istanbul via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ₺9,500–17,000
Flights from Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes to Istanbul via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ₺9,500–32,000
Flights from Kittilä Airport to Istanbul via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺15,000–35,000
Flights from Kittilä Airport to Istanbul via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺11,000–38,000
Flights from Kittilä Airport to Istanbul via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺13,000–50,000
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Kiruna Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- ₺7,500–32,000
Flights from Kiruna Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺9,000–38,000
Flights from Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ₺8,000–26,000
Flights from Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ₺9,500–17,000
Flights from Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺11,000–33,000
Flights from Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺6,500–29,000
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Kiruna Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺7,500–25,000
Flights from Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺11,000–33,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes to Istanbul via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ₺9,500–17,000
Flights from Kittilä Airport to Istanbul via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺13,000–50,000
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Kittilä Airport to Istanbul via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺13,000–44,000
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- [email protected]
- Website
- Snälltåget
Night train from Kiruna station to Malmö Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 5m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₺10,000–29,000
- Website
- Snälltåget
Night train from Kiruna station to Malmö Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 5m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₺10,000–29,000
- Website
- Snälltåget
Night train from Malmö Centralstation to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₺8,000–22,000
- Website
- Snälltåget
Night train from Kiruna station to Malmö Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 5m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₺10,000–29,000
- Website
- Snälltåget
Night train from Kiruna station to Stockholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₺7,000–19,000
- Website
- Snälltåget
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺1,800–3,400
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺4,000–4,500
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₺2,900–6,500
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺12,000–20,000
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
Night train from Bucharest to Halkali
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₺500–1,468
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- ₺500–750
- 1st Class
- ₺550–750
Night train from Bucharest to Halkali
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₺500–1,468
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- ₺500–750
- 1st Class
- ₺550–750
Night train from Bucharest to Halkali
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₺500–1,468
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- ₺500–750
- 1st Class
- ₺550–750
- Phone
- +46 77 175 75 75
- Website
- Swedish Railways (SJ)
Train from Kiruna station to Narvik station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₺800–1,200
- Website
- Swedish Railways (SJ)
Train from Kiruna station to Narvik station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₺800–1,200
- Website
- Swedish Railways (SJ)
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Hamburg Hbf to Villach Hbf ARZ
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 54m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₺5,500–7,000
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
- Phone
- +381 35 534 931
- [email protected]
- Website
- unilines.com
Busferry from Malmö Centralstation to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 41m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- unilines.com
Busferry from Stockholm, Cityterminalen to Paracin, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 43m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- unilines.com
- Phone
- 444 0 562
- [email protected]
- Website
- Kamil Koç
Bus from Belgrade bus station to İstanbul Esenler bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₺1,200–1,700
- Schedules at
- Kamil Koç
- Phone
- 0545 792 30 02
- [email protected]
- Website
- luksyonca.com.tr
Bus from Belgrade bus station to İstanbul Esenler bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₺1,900
- Schedules at
- luksyonca.com.tr
- Phone
- (+47) 22 31 31 50
- [email protected]
- Website
- Nor-Way Bussekspress
Bus from Bromsgård to Harstad/Narvik lufthavn
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₺1,200–1,700
- Website
- Nor-Way Bussekspress
Bus from Bromsgård to Harstad/Narvik lufthavn
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₺1,200–1,700
- Website
- Nor-Way Bussekspress
- Phone
- +47 910 09 600
- Website
- Nordland fylkeskommune
Bus from Bromsgård to Harstad/Narvik lufthavn
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₺420–600
- Website
- Nordland fylkeskommune
Bus from Bromsgård to Harstad/Narvik lufthavn
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₺420–600
- Website
- Nordland fylkeskommune
- Phone
- 0771-100 110
- [email protected]
- Website
- lanstrafikennorrbotten.se
Bus from Sjukhuset to Pajala busstation
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺1,400–1,600
- Book at
- resrobot.se
- Online fare
- ₺1,400–1,600
Bus from Sjukhuset to Töre busstation
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺2,300–2,600
- Book at
- resrobot.se
- Online fare
- ₺2,300–2,600
- Phone
- 0400 270 270
- [email protected]
- Website
- Tunturilinjat Oy
Bus from Rautatieasema to Tunturitie P
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺800–900
- Schedules at
- Tunturilinjat Oy
- Phone
- +358 (0) 16 3422 160
- Website
- J.M Eskelisen Lapin Linjat
Bus from Rautatieasema to Tunturitie P
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₺900–1,100
- Website
- J.M Eskelisen Lapin Linjat
- Schedules at
- J.M Eskelisen Lapin Linjat
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- [email protected]
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Malmö to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 56m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₺3,600–8,500
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- Phone
- +46 922-129 55
- [email protected]
- Website
- Tapanis Buss
Bus from Töre to Stockholm, Cityterminalen
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–6,500
- Website
- Tapanis Buss
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Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Paraćin AS to İstanbul Esenler bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₺3,800–6,000
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- 0040 723 450 475
- [email protected]
- Website
- Comati PSG
Bus from Stockholm Central Bus Station to Bucharest Filaret Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2d
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₺10,000–13,000
- Website
- Comati PSG
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Booking & Getting There
Istanbul is 2h ahead of Kiruna. It is currently 9:50 PM in Kiruna and 11:50 PM in Istanbul.
Kiruna to Istanbul train services, operated by Snälltåget, arrive at Malmö Centralstation.
Yes, the driving distance between Kiruna to Istanbul is 4650 km. It takes approximately 2 days 0h to drive from Kiruna to Istanbul.
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