There are 10 ways to get from Orkney Islands to Germany by plane, ferry, train, 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 to Düsseldorf International Airport
best- Fly from Kirkwall (KOI) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane KOI - DUS
8h 17m€285–906Fly to Hamburg Airport
cheapest- Fly from Kirkwall (KOI) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)plane KOI - HAM
7h 28m€115–556Ferry, train
- Take the ferry from Kirkwall Orkney Hatston Ferry Terminal to Aberdeen Ferry Terminalferry Nl2
- Take the train from Aberdeen to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Amsterdam Centraaltrain Eil
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to Berlin Hbftrain Ice
29h 44m€538–858Ferry, bus
- Take the ferry from Kirkwall Orkney Hatston Ferry Terminal to Aberdeen Ferry Terminalferry Nl2
- Take the bus from Union Square Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Berlin Südkreuz train stationbus
43h 33m€202–317Ferry, train, bus
- Take the ferry from Kirkwall Orkney Hatston Ferry Terminal to Aberdeen Ferry Terminalferry Nl2
- Take the train from Aberdeen to Tauntontrain
- Take the bus from Bus Station to London Victoriabus 805
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Hanover central bus stationbus
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to S Spandau Bhftrain 19 / ...
43h 45m€537–837Fly to Frankfurt
- Fly from Kirkwall (KOI) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane KOI - FRA
7h 9m€283–705Fly to Munich International Airport
- Fly from Kirkwall (KOI) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane KOI - MUC
9h 45m€166–808Fly to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Fly from Kirkwall (KOI) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane KOI - BER
7h 59m€245–806Fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Fly from Kirkwall (KOI) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane KOI - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Utrecht Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Duisburg Hbftrain
8h 44m€294–777Ferry, train via Rotterdam
- Take the ferry from Kirkwall Orkney Hatston Ferry Terminal to Aberdeen Ferry Terminalferry Nl2
- Take the train from Aberdeen to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Berlin Gesundbrunnentrain
34h 18m€283–527
Kirkwall (KOI) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Orkney Islands to Germany is to ferry and bus which costs €200 - €320 and takes 43h 33m.
The fastest way to get from Orkney Islands to Germany is to fly which takes 7h 9m and costs €280 - €750.
The distance between Orkney Islands and Germany is 1062 km.
The best way to get from Orkney Islands to Germany without a car is to ferry and train which takes 29h 44m and costs €500 - €900.
It takes approximately 8h 17m to get from Orkney Islands to Germany, including transfers.
There are 2667+ hotels available in Germany.
What companies run services between Orkney Islands, Scotland and Germany?
Loganair, Eurowings, and KLM fly from Kirkwall (KOI) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) once daily.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Kirkwall to Düsseldorf International Airport via Glasgow, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- When
- Sunday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–750
Flights from Kirkwall to Düsseldorf International Airport via Aberdeen, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–700
Flights from Kirkwall to Hamburg Airport via Glasgow, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Sunday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–800
Flights from Kirkwall to Hamburg Airport via Aberdeen, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 22m
- When
- Saturday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €140–750
Flights from Kirkwall to Frankfurt via Aberdeen, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 33m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–650
Flights from Kirkwall to Munich International Airport via Aberdeen, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €160–800
Flights from Kirkwall to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Aberdeen, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–700
Flights from Kirkwall to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–700
Flights from Kirkwall to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–700
Flights from Kirkwall to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €120–700
Flights from Kirkwall to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Lerwick, Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €140–750
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Kirkwall to Frankfurt via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, Monday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €170–650
Flights from Kirkwall to Frankfurt via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €140–410
Flights from Kirkwall to Frankfurt via Aberdeen, Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €180–650
Flights from Kirkwall to Munich International Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €220–800
Flights from Kirkwall to Munich International Airport via Aberdeen, Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €170–850
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Kirkwall to Hamburg Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €110–550
Flights from Kirkwall to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–500
Flights from Kirkwall to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–500
Flights from Kirkwall to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Aberdeen, Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–500
Flights from Kirkwall to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–550
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Kirkwall to Düsseldorf International Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €140–600
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Kirkwall to Frankfurt via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €140–410
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Kirkwall to Munich International Airport via Aberdeen, Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €170–850
Train from Aberdeen to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 7m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €200–290
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €230–370
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Berlin Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €80–150
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €4–9
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Aberdeen to Taunton
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €310–470
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to S Spandau Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €24–50
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- Arriva NL
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €8–13
- Website
- Arriva NL
- Second Class Single
- €8–13
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Aberdeen to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 36m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €140–200
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 58m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €95–150
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +31302035833
- [email protected]
- Website
- European Sleeper
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Berlin Gesundbrunnen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 37m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–130
- Website
- European Sleeper
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Union Square Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Berlin Südkreuz train station
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Hanover central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +44 845 600 0449
- [email protected]
- Website
- NorthLink Ferries
Ferry from Kirkwall Orkney Hatston Ferry Terminal to Aberdeen Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €24–45
- Website
- NorthLink Ferries
- Low
- €24–30
- Peak
- €35–45
Ferry from Kirkwall Orkney Hatston Ferry Terminal to Aberdeen Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €24–45
- Website
- NorthLink Ferries
- Low
- €24–30
- Peak
- €35–45
Ferry from Kirkwall Orkney Hatston Ferry Terminal to Aberdeen Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €24–45
- Website
- NorthLink Ferries
- Low
- €24–30
- Peak
- €35–45
Ferry from Kirkwall Orkney Hatston Ferry Terminal to Aberdeen Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €24–45
- Website
- NorthLink Ferries
- Low
- €24–30
- Peak
- €35–45
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