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Transportation from UK & Ireland

Denmark is less than 2 hours away by air or an overnight's cruise. Here's how to get there from the UK or Ireland.

Scheduled services from the UK


Scandinavian Airlines
Flies to Copenhagen six times a day from London Heathrow and offers two daily flights from London City, Birmingham, Manchester and Aberdeen.
Tel. 0870 6072 7727
Fly with SAS

EasyJet
Flies to Copenhagen three times a day from London Stansted and twice a day from London Gatwick. 
Tel. 0871 7500 100
Fly with Easyjet

Ryanair
Flies from London Stansted to Aarhus and Billund every day. Ryanair also operates three flights a week from Edinburgh to Billund. 
Tel. 0871 2460 000
Fly with Ryanair

British Airways/BA Citiexpress
Flies to Copenhagen from Heathrow several times a day. It also operates twice a day from Manchester and London City to Billund.
Tel. 0870 850 9850
Fly with British Airways

BMI – British Midland
Flies to Copenhagen from Glasgow and Edinburgh every day and from Aberdeen to Esbjerg six times a week - every day except Sunday.
Tel. 0870 6070 555
Fly with BMI

Cimber Sterling
Offers direct flights twice a day from London Gatwick to Copenhagen and once a day from Newcastle and Edinburgh. Cimber Sterling also flies twice a day from London Gatwick to Billund. From 28 March 2010 Cimber will be flying from London City twice a day.
Tel. +45 7010 1218
Fly with Cimber Sterling

Norwegian
Norwegian has daily flights from Gatwick Airport to Copenhagen and offers two weekly flights from Edinburgh to Copenhagen as well. In addition to this Norwegian also offers three weekly flights from Gatwick to Aalborg.
Tel. 0208 0997 254
Fly with Norwegian

Sunair of Scandinavia
Flies from Manchester to Billund twice a day and from London City Airport to Billund once or twice every single day of the week except from Saturday. All bookable now through British Airways.
Tel. 0870 850 9850
Fly with Sunair

Scheduled services from Ireland


Scandinavian Airlines
Flies from Dublin to Copenhagen twice a day every day of the week except from Saturday. The airline has a codeshare on this route with BMI British Midland.
Tel. +353 1844 5440
Fly with SAS

Cimber Sterling
From 31st of March Cimber Sterling will be flying from Dublin to Billund once a day three times a week (Monday, Wednesday and Friday).
Tel. +45 7010 1218
Fly with Cimber Sterling 

Norwegian

Norwegian flies to Copenhagen from Dublin every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
Tel. 0208 0997 254
Fly with Norwegian


Scheduled services to the Faroe Islands


Atlantic Airways
Flies to the Faroe Islands from Stansted twice a week, Thursdays and Sundays, and from Aberdeen on Mondays and Thursdays.
Tel. 0870 443 2372
Atlantic Airways

From the UK and Ireland


DFDS
DFDS Seaways
DFDS Seaways serves the Harwich to Esbjerg route every other day. The crossing is over night and with all the on board entertainment, bars, restaurants and shops you can start your Danish adventure in style.
DFDS Seaways also offer city breaks and package holidays to many popular Danish destinations included Legoland, Copenhagen and Esbjerg.
Tel. 0871 882 0886
Sail with DFDS


DFDS from Ireland

Stena Line operates the crossing from Ireland to the UK from where DFDS Seaways completes the journey from the UK to Denmark. All to be booked through DFDS Seaways
Tel. +353 12844 662
Sail with DFDS 

From UK

Smyril Line

Operates in the summer season only, Lerwick in Shetland to Hanstholm.
Tel. 01595 690 845

Eurolines
52 Grosvenor Gardens
London
From London Victoria Coach Station directly to destinations in Denmark, including Copenhagen, Århus and Aalborg. You can book your Eurolines journey at any National Express Agent nationwide or online at:
Eurolines

Credit/Debit Card Bookings:
Tel. 08705-143 219 or 08705-80 80 80 80
German Railways
For European rail enquiries and bookings contact German Railways:
Tel. +44 (0)870 243 5363
German Railways
(Please note that Copenhagen should be spelt Kobenhavn)

Danish Rail (DSB)
Tel. +45 70 13 14 15  (Inland travel) - Journey planner
      +45 70 13 14 16 (International travel)
Read more about Danish Rail

Rail Europe

From London (Liverpool Street) to Harwich, using the DFDS Seaways Harwich-Esbjerg route with connecting trains to Copenhagen.
Tel. +44 (0)990-848 848       

Alternatively, you can travel by Eurostar train from London Waterloo International to Brussels with connecting trains to major cities in Denmark via Cologne and Hamburg.

Ultima Travel
International rail bookings
424 Chester Road
Little Sutton
Ellesmere Port CH66 3RB
Tel. +44 (0)151-339 6171
Fax. +44 (0)151-339 9199
Travellers wishing to bring their own car can do so by travelling on the DFDS Seaways ferry directly to Denmark from Harwich to Esbjerg or by travelling via the Channel Tunnel or another route and driving up to Denmark.
Read about driving in Denmark.
Questions about Denmark? Find your answers here:
Denmark A-Z