There are 7 ways to get from Lofoten to Scotland by bus, plane, night train, busferry, train, or ferry
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Bus to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes, fly to Edinburgh Airport
best- Take the bus from Lyngvær øst to Harstad/Narvik lufthavnbus
- Fly from Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes (EVE) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane EVE - EDI
12h 18m£98–425Fly Svolvær Airport, Helle to Edinburgh Airport
cheapest- Fly from Svolvær Airport, Helle (SVJ) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane SVJ - EDI
13h 45m£74–257Bus, night train, bus and ferry, train via Malmö
- Take the bus from Lyngvær øst to Bromsgårdbus
- Take the nighttrain from Narvik stasjon to Malmö Centralstationnighttrain
- Take the busferry from Malmö to Arad, Autogara Transdarabusferry
- Take the busferry from Arad, Autogara Transdara to Manchester Piccadillybusferry
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Prestontrain
- Take the train from Preston to Glasgow Centraltrain
3d 23h£348–871Ferry to Bodø Airport, fly to Aberdeen Airport
- Take the ferry from Svolvær hurtigbåtkai to Bodø hurtigbåtkaiferry
- Fly from Bodø Airport (BOO) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane BOO - ABZ
14h 38mFerry to Bodø Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the ferry from Svolvær hurtigbåtkai to Bodø hurtigbåtkaiferry
- Fly from Bodø Airport (BOO) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane BOO - EDI
13h 29mBus to Leknes, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the bus from Lyngvær øst to Lufthavnveien kryssbus
- Fly from Leknes (LKN) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane LKN - EDI
10h 10m£76–248Bus, night train, bus and ferry, train
- Take the bus from Lyngvær øst to Bromsgårdbus
- Take the nighttrain from Narvik stasjon to Stockholm Centralstationnighttrain
- Take the bus from Stockholm Central Bus Station to Ploiesti Train Station Southbus
- Take the busferry from Ploiești to Manchester Piccadillybusferry
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Prestontrain
- Take the train from Preston to Glasgow Centraltrain
6d 1h£403–811
Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes (EVE) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Lofoten to Scotland is to fly which costs £70 - £260 and takes 13h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Lofoten to Scotland is to bus and fly which takes 10h 10m and costs £75 - £250.
The distance between Lofoten and Scotland is 1202 miles.
The best way to get from Lofoten to Scotland without a car is to bus and night train and bus and ferry and train via Malmö which takes 3 days 23h and costs £340 - £900.
It takes approximately 12h 18m to get from Lofoten to Scotland, including transfers.
There are 1529+ hotels available in Scotland.
What companies run services between Lofoten, Norway and Scotland?
Widerøe and Norwegian Air Shuttle fly from Svolvær Airport, Helle (SVJ) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) twice daily.
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes to Edinburgh Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 3m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–240
Flights from Bodø Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–180
Flights from Leknes to Edinburgh Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–230
Flights from Leknes to Edinburgh Airport via Bodø Airport, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–240
Flights from Svolvær Airport, Helle to Edinburgh Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–240
Flights from Svolvær Airport, Helle to Edinburgh Airport via Bodø Airport, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–240
- Website
- wideroe.no
Flights from Bodø Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Bergen
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £95–360
Flights from Bodø Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Trondheim, Bergen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95–360
Flights from Bodø Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Tromso, Bergen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £120–470
Flights from Bodø Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Oslo, Stavanger
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–250
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £75–220
Flights from Bodø Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–170
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bodø Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £40–170
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- [email protected]
- Website
- Snälltåget
Night train from Narvik stasjon to Malmö Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 5m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £170–460
- Website
- Snälltåget
Night train from Narvik stasjon to Stockholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £120–320
- Website
- Snälltåget
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- [email protected]
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £10–19
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £10–19
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- [email protected]
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £9–15
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £55–95
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £9–15
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £55–95
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–100
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–100
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +47 910 09 600
- Website
- Nordland fylkeskommune
Bus from Lyngvær øst to Harstad/Narvik lufthavn
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £18–26
- Website
- Nordland fylkeskommune
Bus from Lyngvær øst to Bromsgård
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £23–35
- Website
- Nordland fylkeskommune
Bus from Lyngvær øst to Lufthavnveien kryss
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £5–8
- Website
- Nordland fylkeskommune
Bus from Lyngvær øst to Bromsgård
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £23–35
- Website
- Nordland fylkeskommune
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- [email protected]
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Malmö to Arad, Autogara Transdara
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 23m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £50–110
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Arad, Autogara Transdara to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 54m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £55–150
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Ploiești to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 18h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £60–150
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- Phone
- 0040 723 450 475
- [email protected]
- Website
- Comati PSG
Bus from Stockholm Central Bus Station to Ploiesti Train Station South
- Ave. Duration
- 47h 13m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £150–190
- Website
- Comati PSG
- Phone
- +47 910 09 600
- Website
- Nordland fylkeskommune
Ferry from Svolvær hurtigbåtkai to Bodø hurtigbåtkai
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Nordland fylkeskommune
Ferry from Svolvær hurtigbåtkai to Bodø hurtigbåtkai
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Nordland fylkeskommune
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