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
11h 26m£158–334Bus, night train, bus and ferry, train
- 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£379–724Fly Svolvær Airport, Helle to Aberdeen Airport
- Fly from Svolvær Airport, Helle (SVJ) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane SVJ - ABZ
12h 19m£238–564Ferry 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
12h 46mFerry 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
13h 56mBus 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 8m£276–428Bus, night train, bus and ferry, train via Bistriţa
- Take the bus from Lyngvær øst to Bromsgårdbus
- Take the nighttrain from Narvik stasjon to Malmö, Centralstationnighttrain
- Take the bus from Malmö to Bistriţabus
- Take the busferry from Bistriţa to Manchester Piccadillybusferry
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Prestontrain
- Take the train from Preston to Glasgow Centraltrain
4d 20h
Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes (EVE) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lofoten to Scotland is to bus and fly which costs £150 - £340 and takes 11h 26m.
The fastest way to get from Lofoten to Scotland is to bus and fly which takes 10h 8m and costs £270 - £430.
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 which takes 3 days 23h and costs £370 - £750.
It takes approximately 11h 26m to get from Lofoten to Scotland, including transfers.
There are 1575+ hotels available in Scotland.
What companies run services between Lofoten, Norway and Scotland?
Widerøe and Scandinavian Airlines fly from Svolvær Airport, Helle (SVJ) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) once daily.
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes to Edinburgh Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £130–270
Flights from Bodø Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–190
Flights from Leknes to Edinburgh Airport via Bodø Airport, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 2m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–250
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes to Edinburgh Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £140–320
Flights from Svolvær Airport, Helle to Aberdeen Airport via Bodø Airport, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £100–430
Flights from Bodø Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–240
Flights from Bodø Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–340
Flights from Bodø Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Oslo, Stavanger
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–310
Flights from Bodø Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Trondheim, Stavanger
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £70–300
- Website
- wideroe.no
Flights from Svolvær Airport, Helle to Aberdeen Airport via Bodø Airport, Bergen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 6m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £130–440
Flights from Bodø Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Bergen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £95–340
Flights from Bodø Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Oslo, Stavanger
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–260
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–230
Flights from Bodø Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £65–190
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Bodø Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–240
- 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
- £180–290
- Website
- Snälltåget
Night train from Narvik stasjon to Malmö, Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 5m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £180–290
- Website
- Snälltåget
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- [email protected]
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £12–23
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £12–23
- 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
- £11–19
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £65–120
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–19
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £65–120
- 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
- £65–120
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–120
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- [email protected]
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60–100
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60–100
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +47 910 09 600
- Website
- Nordland fylkeskommune
Bus from Lyngvær øst to Harstad/Narvik lufthavn
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £17–25
- Website
- Nordland fylkeskommune
Bus from Lyngvær øst to Bromsgård
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- 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
- 6 times a week
- 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 Bistriţa to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 42h 38m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £60–150
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- Phone
- 0724 122 272
- [email protected]
- Website
- euro-fratello.ro
Bus from Malmö to Bistriţa
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 38m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- euro-fratello.ro
- 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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