There are 8 ways to get from Munich to Orkney Islands by plane, night train, train, ferry, or bus
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 Munich International Airport
best- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Kirkwall (KOI)plane MUC - KOI
8h 35m£138–435Night train, train, ferry
- Take the nighttrain from Muenchen Ost to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midinighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Aberdeentrain
- Take the ferry from Aberdeen Ferry Terminal to Kirkwall Orkney Hatston Ferry Terminalferry Nl2
28h 25m£338–573Train, bus, ferry via Edinburgh
- Take the train from München Hbf to Frankfurttrain 11 / ...
- Take the bus from Frankfurt central train station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeentrain
- Take the ferry from Aberdeen Ferry Terminal to Kirkwall Orkney Hatston Ferry Terminalferry Nl2
39h 59m£204–448Train to Salzburg Airport, fly
- Take the train from Muenchen Hbf to Salzburg Hbftrain
- Fly from Salzburg Airport (SZG) to Kirkwall (KOI)plane SZG - KOI
13h 37m£165–651Train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from München Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Kirkwall (KOI)plane FRA - KOI
13h 51m£270–731Train, ferry
- Take the train from München Hbf to Amsterdam Centraaltrain Ice
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.train
- Take the train from London Euston to Aberdeentrain
- Take the ferry from Aberdeen Ferry Terminal to Kirkwall Orkney Hatston Ferry Terminalferry Nl2
31h 17m£267–454Train, bus, ferry
- Take the train from München Hbf to Frankfurttrain 11 / ...
- Take the bus from Frankfurt central train station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Cheltenham Racecoursebus Cf5
- Take the train from Cheltenham Spa to Aberdeentrain
- Take the ferry from Aberdeen Ferry Terminal to Kirkwall Orkney Hatston Ferry Terminalferry Nl2
41h 28m£370–629Bus, ferry
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Union Square Bus Stationbus
- Take the ferry from Aberdeen Ferry Terminal to Kirkwall Orkney Hatston Ferry Terminalferry Nl2
44h 30m£171–269
Munich to Orkney Islands by night train, train, foot, and ferry
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Munich to Orkney Islands is to bus and ferry which costs £170 - £270 and takes 44h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Munich to Orkney Islands is to fly which takes 8h 35m and costs £130 - £440.
The distance between Munich and Orkney Islands is 976 miles.
The best way to get from Munich to Orkney Islands without a car is to night train and train and ferry which takes 28h 25m and costs £330 - £600.
It takes approximately 8h 35m to get from Munich to Orkney Islands, including transfers.
Orkney Islands is 1h behind Munich. It is currently 2:10 AM in Munich and 1:10 AM in Orkney Islands.
There are 212+ hotels available in Orkney Islands.
What companies run services between Munich, Germany and Orkney Islands, Scotland?
easyJet, Loganair, and four other airlines fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Kirkwall (KOI) 3 times a day.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Kirkwall via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–440
Flights from Munich International Airport to Kirkwall via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £130–410
Flights from Munich International Airport to Kirkwall via Amsterdam Schiphol, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 36m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £120–650
Flights from Munich International Airport to Kirkwall via Dusseldorf, Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £120–470
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Kirkwall via Amsterdam Schiphol, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £170–850
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Kirkwall via London Luton, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £140–600
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Kirkwall via Dusseldorf, Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £170–650
Flights from Frankfurt to Kirkwall via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £150–550
Flights from Frankfurt to Kirkwall via Amsterdam Schiphol, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 13m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £100–550
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Munich International Airport to Kirkwall via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–440
Flights from Munich International Airport to Kirkwall via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £130–410
Flights from Munich International Airport to Kirkwall via Amsterdam Schiphol, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–650
Flights from Munich International Airport to Kirkwall via Dusseldorf, Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £120–470
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Kirkwall via London Luton, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £140–600
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Kirkwall via Dusseldorf, Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £170–650
Flights from Frankfurt to Kirkwall via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £150–550
Flights from Frankfurt to Kirkwall via Birmingham, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £150–550
Flights from Frankfurt to Kirkwall via Amsterdam Schiphol, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–550
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Muenchen Ost to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 39m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £35–110
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- £85–110
- Couchette Carriage
- £60–75
- Seating Carriage
- £35–45
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £110–190
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from King's Cross to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 6m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £170–240
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from München Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–140
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Muenchen Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £21–50
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from München Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–130
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from München Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–140
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £50–85
- Website
- ScotRail
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £55–85
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Cheltenham Spa to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 29m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £220–340
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £29–40
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from London Euston to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 34m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £120–170
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +49 30 200 73-0
- [email protected]
- Website
- Transdev GmbH
Train from Muenchen Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £22–35
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- [email protected]
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Muenchen Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £24–40
- Website
- Westbahn
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from München Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £35–75
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from München Hbf to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £75–150
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £50–100
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +49 221 800 20 80
- [email protected]
- Website
- MSM Partyzug
Train from München Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- MSM Partyzug
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Frankfurt central train station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £55–90
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–65
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Frankfurt central train station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £55–90
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Munich central bus station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £90–140
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Union Square Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £60–95
- Website
- Flixbus
- 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 Cheltenham Racecourse
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £15–26
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +44 845 600 0449
- [email protected]
- Website
- NorthLink Ferries
Ferry from Aberdeen Ferry Terminal to Kirkwall Orkney Hatston Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £20–36
- Website
- NorthLink Ferries
- Low
- £20–25
- Peak
- £31–36
Ferry from Aberdeen Ferry Terminal to Kirkwall Orkney Hatston Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £20–36
- Website
- NorthLink Ferries
- Low
- £20–25
- Peak
- £31–36
Ferry from Aberdeen Ferry Terminal to Kirkwall Orkney Hatston Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £20–36
- Website
- NorthLink Ferries
- Low
- £20–25
- Peak
- £31–36
Ferry from Aberdeen Ferry Terminal to Kirkwall Orkney Hatston Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £20–36
- Website
- NorthLink Ferries
- Low
- £20–25
- Peak
- £31–36
Ferry from Aberdeen Ferry Terminal to Kirkwall Orkney Hatston Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £20–36
- Website
- NorthLink Ferries
- Low
- £20–25
- Peak
- £31–36
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