There are 10 ways to get from Lapland to Edinburgh by plane, train, bus, car, car train, or taxi
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 Rovaniemi
best- Fly from Rovaniemi (RVN) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane RVN - EDI
6h 4m£94–255Train, bus
- Take the train from Rovaniemi to Helsinkitrain
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Bus Station to Kaunas, Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Kaunas, Bus Station to Lillebus
- Take the train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
2d 17h£498–767Drive, train, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Rovaniemi to Hamburg-Harburgcar
- Take the train from Hamburg-Harburg to Bruxelles-Miditrain Trn
- Take the train from Bruxelles-Midi to Lille Europetrain Trn
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Calais Frethuntrain Ter
- Take the cartrain from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Edinburghcar
46h 3m£684–970Fly from Kittilä Airport
- Fly from Kittilä Airport (KTT) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane KTT - EDI
9h 28m£102–342Fly from Ivalo
- Fly from Ivalo (IVL) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane IVL - EDI
9h 41m£219–509Fly from Kemi-Tornio Airport
- Fly from Kemi-Tornio Airport (KEM) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane KEM - EDI
9h 11m£154–388Taxi to Luleå/Kallax Airport, fly
- Take the taxi from Haparanda Tornio resecentrum to Luleå Airporttaxi
- Fly from Luleå/Kallax Airport (LLA) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane LLA - EDI
9h 6m£116–308Train to Oulu Airport, fly
- Take the train from Kemi to Oulutrain
- Fly from Oulu Airport (OUL) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane OUL - EDI
10h 5m£154–394Bus
- Take the bus from Rovaniemi, Bus Station to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2bus
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus
2d 19h£302–491Train, bus via Warsaw
- Take the train from Rovaniemi to Helsinkitrain
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Bus Station to Warsaw, Bus Station Westbus
- Take the bus from Warsaw, Bus Station West to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Meadowhall Interchange/B1bus
- Take the train from Meadowhall to Leedstrain
- Take the train from Leeds to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
2d 20h£403–678
Lapland to Edinburgh by train, foot, and bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Lapland to Edinburgh is to taxi and fly which costs £110 - £310 and takes 9h 6m.
The fastest way to get from Lapland to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 6h 4m and costs £90 - £260.
No, there is no direct bus from Lapland station to Edinburgh station. However, there are services departing from Rovaniemi, Bus Station and arriving at Edinburgh, Bus Station via Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2, Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 19h.
The distance between Lapland and Edinburgh is 1217 miles.
The best way to get from Lapland to Edinburgh without a car is to train and bus which takes 2 days 17h and costs £490 - £800.
It takes approximately 6h 4m to get from Lapland to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Lapland to Edinburgh bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Rovaniemi, Bus Station.
The best way to get from Lapland to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 6h 4m and costs £90 - £260. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £300 - £500 and takes 2 days 19h.
Lapland to Edinburgh bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 station.
Edinburgh is 2h behind Lapland. It is currently 9:16 AM in Lapland and 7:16 AM in Edinburgh.
What companies run services between Lapland, Finland and Edinburgh, Scotland?
easyJet and Finnair fly from Rovaniemi (RVN) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) once daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Rovaniemi, Bus Station to Edinburgh, Bus Station via Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2, Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof, and London Victoria in around 2d 19h.
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Rovaniemi to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 12m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £160–240
Flights from Kittilä Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £190–500
Flights from Ivalo to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £210–600
Flights from Kemi-Tornio Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 48m
- When
- Friday, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £140–380
Flights from Oulu Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £130–360
Flights from Oulu Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Tampere, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £130–360
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Kittilä Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 24m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–550
Flights from Ivalo to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £150–440
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Rovaniemi to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £60–260
Flights from Kittilä Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £90–330
Flights from Kittilä Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £90–330
Flights from Ivalo to Edinburgh Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £130–650
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Kittilä Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £110–320
Flights from Ivalo to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £170–600
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Luleå/Kallax Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–280
- Phone
- +358 0100 3232
- Website
- Finnish Railways (VR)
Train from Rovaniemi to Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £95–160
- Website
- Finnish Railways (VR)
Train from Kemi to Oulu
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £11–18
- Website
- Finnish Railways (VR)
Train from Rovaniemi to Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £95–160
- Website
- Finnish Railways (VR)
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £80–140
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £130–180
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Leeds to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £75–110
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Hamburg-Harburg to Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 42m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £90–140
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £15–23
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £14–24
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Lille Europe to Calais Frethun
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £14–25
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- [email protected]
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £117
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- £117
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- [email protected]
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
Train from Meadowhall to Leeds
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £11–21
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Leeds to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £100–150
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Helsinki, Bus Station to Kaunas, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £50–75
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Kaunas, Bus Station to Lille
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £140–220
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Rovaniemi, Bus Station to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £60–95
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £120–180
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 11m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £80–120
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–65
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Helsinki, Bus Station to Warsaw, Bus Station West
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £80–120
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Warsaw, Bus Station West to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £120–190
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Meadowhall Interchange/B1
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £19–29
- Website
- Flixbus
- Website
- FlixBus Finland Oy
Bus from Rovaniemi, Bus Station to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- FlixBus Finland Oy
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £60–100
- Website
- National Express
Bus from London Victoria to Meadowhall Interchange/B1
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £26–45
- Website
- National Express
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Estimated price
- £16–18
Länstrafiken Norrbotten
- Phone
- 0771-100 110
- Website
- lanstrafikennorrbotten.se
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