There are 10 ways to get from Kristiansand to Istanbul by plane, train, busferry, bus, car ferry, car, car train, or night train
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Fly Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik to Istanbul Airport
best- Fly from Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik (KRS) to Istanbul Airport (IST)plane KRS - IST
9h 33m₺6,937–29,558Fly Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik (KRS) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)plane KRS - SAW
11h 5m₺5,940–20,581Train, bus and ferry, bus
- Take the train from Kristiansand stasjon to Oslo Strain F5
- Take the train from Oslo S to Malmö Ctrain 083
- Take the busferry from Malmö Centralstation to Beograd, Autobuska stanicabusferry
- Take the bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Aksaraybus
2d 2hTrain, bus
- Take the train from Kristiansand stasjon to Oslo Strain F5
- Take the train from Oslo S to Malmö Ctrain 083
- Take the train from Malmö C to Salzburg Hbftrain 083
- Take the bus from Salzburg to Sofia Knyaginya Maria Luiza Stationbus
- Take the train from Sofia to Halkalıtrain
2d 14h₺24,961–30,811Car ferry, drive, car train
- Take the carferry from Kristiansand ferjeterminal to Hirtshals Fjordlineterminalencarferry
- Drive from Hirtshals Fjordlineterminalen to Hamburg Hbfcar
- Take the cartrain from Hamburg Hbf to Villach Hbf ARZcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf ARZ to Istanbulcar
36h 19m₺28,139–42,557Train, train to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen, fly to Istanbul Airport
- Take the train from Kristiansand stasjon to Oslo Strain
- Take the train from Oslo S to Oslo lufthavn stasjontrain
- Fly from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (OSL) to Istanbul Airport (IST)plane OSL - IST
11h 52m₺9,082–41,466Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Kristiansand rutebilstasjon to Oslo bussterminalbus
- Take the bus from Oslo bussterminal to Helsingborgbus
- Take the busferry from Helsingborg to Beograd, Autobuska stanicabusferry
- Take the bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Aksaraybus
2d 3hCar ferry, train, bus, night train
- Take the carferry from Kristiansand to Hirtshalscarferry
- Take the train from Hirtshals St. to Aalborg St.train 76
- Take the bus from Aalborg Bus Station to Bucharest Filaret Bus Stationbus
- Take the nighttrain from Bucharest to Halkalinighttrain
2d 9h₺12,115–18,968Bus, bus and ferry via Bucharest
- Take the bus from Kristiansand rutebilstasjon to Oslo bussterminalbus
- Take the busferry from Oslo bussterminal to Bucharestbusferry
- Take the bus from București, Autogara Militari to İstanbul Esenler bus stationbus
2d 15h₺9,674–16,880Drive 3,727.9 km
- Drive from Kristiansand to Istanbulcar 3,727.9 km
37h 41m₺51,164–73,904
Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik (KRS) to Istanbul Airport (IST) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Kristiansand to Istanbul is to fly which costs 5.500 ₺ - 21.000 ₺ and takes 11h 5m.
The fastest way to get from Kristiansand to Istanbul is to fly which takes 9h 33m and costs 6.500 ₺ - 30.000 ₺.
No, there is no direct bus from Kristiansand to Istanbul. However, there are services departing from Kristiansand rutebilstasjon and arriving at Aksaray via Oslo bussterminal, Helsingborg and Beograd, Autobuska stanica. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 3h.
The distance between Kristiansand and Istanbul is 2438 km. The road distance is 3727.9 km.
The best way to get from Kristiansand to Istanbul without a car is to train and bus and ferry and bus which takes 2 days 2h and costs .
It takes approximately 9h 33m to get from Kristiansand to Istanbul, including transfers.
Kristiansand to Istanbul bus services, operated by Vy Buss, depart from Kristiansand rutebilstasjon station.
Kristiansand to Istanbul bus services, operated by Vy Buss, arrive at Oslo bussterminal station.
Istanbul is 2h ahead of Kristiansand. It is currently 10:16 PM in Kristiansand and 12:16 AM in Istanbul.
Yes, the driving distance between Kristiansand to Istanbul is 3728 km. It takes approximately 37h 41m to drive from Kristiansand to Istanbul.
What companies run services between Kristiansand, Norway and Istanbul, Turkey?
KLM, Norwegian Air Shuttle, and two other airlines fly from Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik (KRS) to Istanbul Airport (IST) every 4 hours.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik to Istanbul Airport via Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 32m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺9,500–33,000
Flights from Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik to Istanbul Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺9,000–31,000
Flights from Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik to Istanbul Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺10,000–33,000
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Istanbul Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺6,500–23,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik to Istanbul Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺6,500–29,000
Flights from Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺6,500–29,000
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₺6,000–28,000
Flights from Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺5,500–26,000
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Copenhagen, Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺5,500–20,000
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Istanbul Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺6,000–21,000
- Phone
- +47 61 25 80 00
- [email protected]
- Website
- Go-Ahead Nordic
Train from Kristiansand stasjon to Oslo S
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺3,700–6,500
- Website
- Go-Ahead Nordic
Train from Kristiansand stasjon to Oslo S
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺3,700–6,500
- Website
- Go-Ahead Nordic
Train from Kristiansand stasjon to Oslo S
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺3,700–6,500
- Website
- Go-Ahead Nordic
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- [email protected]
- Website
- Snälltåget
Train from Oslo S to Malmö C
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 7m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₺4,440
- Website
- Snälltåget
Train from Oslo S to Malmö C
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 7m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₺4,440
- Website
- Snälltåget
Train from Malmö C to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₺9,919
- Website
- Snälltåget
- Phone
- +90 444 8 233
- [email protected]
- Website
- Turkish Railways (TCDD)
Train from Sofia to Halkalı
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 49m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺750–4,170
- Website
- Turkish Railways (TCDD)
- Double Room
- ₺2,314
- Single Room
- ₺4,170
- Four Person Room
- ₺2,035
- 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
- +47 23 15 90 00
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flytoget AS
Train from Oslo S to Oslo lufthavn stasjon
- Ave. Duration
- 22 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₺1,150–1,300
- Website
- Flytoget AS
- Phone
- +47 61 05 19 10
- [email protected]
- Website
- Norwegian Railways (VY)
Train from Oslo S to Oslo lufthavn stasjon
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₺212
- Website
- Norwegian Railways (VY)
- Book at
- Norwegian Railways (VY)
- Phone
- 98 11 11 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- Nordjyllands Trafikselskab
Train from Hirtshals St. to Aalborg St.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺500–700
- Website
- Nordjyllands Trafikselskab
- 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
- ₺500–1,476
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- ₺500–750
- 1st Class
- ₺550–750
- 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 Helsingborg to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 37m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- unilines.com
- Phone
- 062 8103637
- [email protected]
- Website
- balbuss.rs
Bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Aksaray
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₺2,516
- Schedules at
- balbuss.rs
Bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Aksaray
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₺2,516
- Schedules at
- balbuss.rs
- Phone
- 00359 2 971 11 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- Air Kona
Bus from Salzburg to Sofia Knyaginya Maria Luiza Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₺6,037
- Website
- Air Kona
- Phone
- +47 407 05070
- [email protected]
- Website
- Vy Buss
Bus from Kristiansand rutebilstasjon to Oslo bussterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺4,300–8,000
- Website
- Vy Buss
Bus from Oslo bussterminal to Helsingborg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺6,500–12,000
- Website
- Vy Buss
Bus from Kristiansand rutebilstasjon to Oslo bussterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺4,300–8,000
- Website
- Vy Buss
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Kristiansand rutebilstasjon to Oslo bussterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺1,600–2,400
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Kristiansand rutebilstasjon to Oslo bussterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺1,600–2,400
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from București, Autogara Militari to İstanbul Esenler bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₺3,100–4,700
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- (+47) 22 31 31 50
- [email protected]
- Website
- Nor-Way Bussekspress
Bus from Kristiansand rutebilstasjon to Oslo bussterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₺2,600–3,700
- Website
- Nor-Way Bussekspress
Bus from Kristiansand rutebilstasjon to Oslo bussterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₺2,600–3,700
- Website
- Nor-Way Bussekspress
- Phone
- 0040 723 450 475
- [email protected]
- Website
- Comati PSG
Bus from Aalborg Bus Station to Bucharest Filaret Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 40h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₺9,000–11,000
- Website
- Comati PSG
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- [email protected]
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Oslo bussterminal to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 45h 55m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₺3,900–8,500
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- Phone
- +47 51 46 40 99
- [email protected]
- Website
- Fjordline
Car ferry from Kristiansand ferjeterminal to Hirtshals Fjordlineterminalen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₺3,600–5,500
- Website
- Fjordline
- Phone
- +45 99 56 19 00
- Website
- Color Line AS
Car ferry from Kristiansand to Hirtshals
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₺2,002–5,625
- Website
- Color Line AS
- Car
- ₺5,625
- No Car
- ₺2,002
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