Norges Statsbaner El 18 and B7 cars at Oslo Central Station

Istanbul to Oslo

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Istanbul to Oslo. From £161.37, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

One passenger pays between £161.37 and £165.40, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. Services cover 2,520 km and are run by 3 operators across 1 mode.

Checked 6 October 2026Priced for 20 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 3 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.

Typical fares · Priced for 20 October 2026

£161.37 to £165.40

  • 140%Moves across the booking window

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about £312.00Wed7
  2. about £386.80Thu8
  3. about £287.74Fri9
  4. about £301.38Sat10
  5. about £277.12Sun11
  6. about £236.68Mon12
  7. about £190.18Tue13
  8. about £206.86Wed14
  9. about £249.83Thu15
  10. about £234.66Fri16
  11. about £237.19Sat17
  12. about £224.04Sun18
  13. about £192.20Mon19
  14. about £161.37Tue20
  15. about £168.45Wed21
  16. about £209.38Thu22
  17. about £195.23Fri23
  18. about £204.83Sat24
  19. about £184.62Sun25
  20. about £166.93Mon26
  21. about £163.89Tue27

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

The flight gets you into Oslo. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Oslo for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Oslo Sentralstasjon and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Istanbul to Oslo

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. £130.0390 days
  2. £197.2560 days
  3. £165.4045 days
  4. £171.9830 days
  5. £163.8921 days
  6. £161.3714 days
  7. £190.187 days
  8. £287.743 days
  9. £312.001 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at £130.03.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 140 percent. The dearest point is £312.00, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
£312.00£130.03137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 90 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Istanbul to Oslo and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

1 hours behind on arrival. You land earlier than the journey suggests.

The shape of it

2,520 km

2,447 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-west.

Who lives at each end

15,701,602 → 1,082,575

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

The route

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The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
82% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 18% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 2,520 km against 2,447 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Copenhagen, Warsaw, Berlin, Gothenburg. The gap between arriving and leaving is 65 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.

Oslo is large, and the road in from OSL can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.

A taxi rank outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Oslo

Settled in advance, so the ride into Oslo costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.

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Who runs this route

The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near Oslo Sentralstasjon

Most of the points near Oslo Sentralstasjon open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Questions about Istanbul to Oslo

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does it take to get from Istanbul to Oslo?

Istanbul to Oslo covers 2,520 km. Each operator's own departure and arrival times for the date you pick are in the search at the top of this page, beside the total price.

How much does it cost to travel from Istanbul to Oslo?

The cheapest fare from Istanbul to Oslo is £161.37, as of 6 October 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is £262.46. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from Istanbul to Oslo?

The cheapest way from Istanbul to Oslo is by flight, at £161.37 for one passenger on 20 October 2026. The comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs side by side.

When should I book Istanbul to Oslo?

Fares from Istanbul to Oslo bottom out around 90 days before departure, at £130.03. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 140 percent, measured on 6 October 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Istanbul to Oslo?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Istanbul to Oslo, at £163.89. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 6 October 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Istanbul to Oslo?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Istanbul to Oslo, at £134.57 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs services from Istanbul to Oslo?

3 operators sell services from Istanbul to Oslo across 1 mode: Pegasus Airlines, Scandinavian Airlines System, Turkish Airlines. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

Is there a direct service from Istanbul to Oslo?

82 percent of the services we sell from Istanbul to Oslo are direct. The rest connect at Copenhagen, Warsaw, Berlin, Gothenburg, with about 65 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

Which station or terminal do services from Istanbul to Oslo use?

Services from Istanbul to Oslo by flight leave from İstanbul Airport IST and arrive at Oslo-Gardermoen International Airport OSL. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from Istanbul to Oslo?

0 of the 3 operators we sell from Istanbul to Oslo allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs £4.28. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

Being on the water gives Oslo a set of days out that do not start at a station.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Oslo and across Norway

Day trips that leave Oslo in the morning and cover a good part of Norway by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Istanbul reaches 322 places in 88 countries on services we hold, over distances from 47 to 14,949 km. Oslo reaches 58 places in 28 countries, from 53 to 9,687 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Istanbul

  • 322Places you can leave for
  • 88Countries
  • 81Operators

Arriving in Oslo

Leaving Oslo

  • 58Places you can leave for
  • 28Countries
  • 46Operators

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