There are 8 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
7h 58m€355–958Fly to Frankfurt
cheapest- Fly from Kirkwall (KOI) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane KOI - FRA
8h 14m€115–558Ferry, 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 Int. to Amsterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to Berlin-Spandautrain Ice
28h 27m€361–626Ferry, train, bus
- Take the ferry from Kirkwall Orkney Hatston Ferry Terminal to Aberdeen Ferry Terminalferry Nl2
- Take the train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Hanover central bus stationbus
- Take the train from Hannover Hbf to Berlin Hbftrain Ice
38h 44m€219–545Fly to Stuttgart Airport
- Fly from Kirkwall (KOI) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane KOI - STR
9h 50m€146–710Fly to Munich International Airport
- Fly from Kirkwall (KOI) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane KOI - MUC
9h 44m€150–716Fly 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 Duesseldorf Hbftrain
8h 38m€308–762Ferry, 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 2m€186–326
Kirkwall (KOI) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Orkney Islands to Germany is to ferry and bus which costs €180 - €330 and takes 43h 2m.
The fastest way to get from Orkney Islands to Germany is to fly which takes 7h 58m and costs €350 - €1000.
The distance between Orkney Islands and Germany is 1064 km.
The best way to get from Orkney Islands to Germany without a car is to ferry and train which takes 28h 27m and costs €360 - €650.
It takes approximately 7h 58m to get from Orkney Islands to Germany, including transfers.
There are 2680+ hotels available in Germany.
What companies run services between Orkney Islands, Scotland and Germany?
Loganair and KLM fly from Kirkwall (KOI) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) twice daily.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Kirkwall to Düsseldorf International Airport via Aberdeen, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–550
Flights from Kirkwall to Düsseldorf International Airport via Glasgow, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Sunday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–600
Flights from Kirkwall to Frankfurt via Aberdeen, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–550
Flights from Kirkwall to Frankfurt via Glasgow, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Sunday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–600
Flights from Kirkwall to Stuttgart Airport via Aberdeen, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–700
Flights from Kirkwall to Stuttgart Airport via Glasgow, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Sunday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–750
Flights from Kirkwall to Munich International Airport via Aberdeen, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–700
Flights from Kirkwall to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–550
Flights from Kirkwall to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–600
Flights from Kirkwall to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Sunday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–600
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Kirkwall to Frankfurt via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €170–600
Flights from Kirkwall to Frankfurt via Lerwick, Bergen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €180–650
Flights from Kirkwall to Munich International Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €210–700
Flights from Kirkwall to Munich International Airport via Aberdeen, Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 17m
- When
- Friday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €160–750
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Kirkwall to Munich International Airport via Aberdeen, Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €160–750
- Phone
- +44 (0)3457 225 333
- [email protected]
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Aberdeen to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 7m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €200–290
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €65–140
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Berlin-Spandau
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–150
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Hannover Hbf to Berlin Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–60
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €6–13
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–45
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- [email protected]
- Website
- govolta.nl
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Berlin-Spandau
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://govolta.nl/nl?_fl=en
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
Train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- [email protected]
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- 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
- €10–15
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- Second Class Single
- €10–15
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €50–85
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Hanover central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Union Square Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Berlin Südkreuz train station
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €90–160
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €80–200
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +44 845 600 0449
- [email protected]
- Website
- northlinkferries.co.uk
Ferry from Kirkwall Orkney Hatston Ferry Terminal to Aberdeen Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €24–45
- Website
- https://www.northlinkferries.co.uk/
- Low
- €24–29
- Peak
- €35–45
Ferry from Kirkwall Orkney Hatston Ferry Terminal to Aberdeen Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €24–45
- Website
- https://www.northlinkferries.co.uk/
- Low
- €24–29
- Peak
- €35–45
Ferry from Kirkwall Orkney Hatston Ferry Terminal to Aberdeen Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €24–45
- Website
- https://www.northlinkferries.co.uk/
- Low
- €24–29
- Peak
- €35–45
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