The DFDS overnight car ferry from Newcastle to Ijmuiden (the port for Amsterdam) leaves Newcastle daily at 5pm and arrives in Amsterdam at 9.45am the following morning. There are also routes via France, which may be quicker overall but involve more driving. Overall journey times for all three routes are not too different, so which route you take will probably depend on which part of the UK you are leaving from. There are currently three main options for getting to Denmark by ferry, all via the Netherlands. We hope they’ll be successful, but until they are, ferry lovers will have to choose an alternative (more long-winded!) route to Denmark. They have set up an online petition to lobby for the ferry to re-start or an alternative UK to Denmark ferry route to be set up. RHEG (Re-open the Harwich to Esbjerg ferry Group) includes campaigners from both the UK and Denmark as well as other Scandinavian countries and is active in trying to get a ferry link between the UK and Denmark reinstated.
However, there’s a strong grassroots movement campaigning to have the route reinstated. Sadly the M/S Dana Sirena was taken out of service in 2014, and the ship now runs from Karlshamn in Sweden to Klaipėda in Lithuania. Direct ferries from the UK to DenmarkĭFDS used to run a direct ferry link from Harwich in Essex on England’s east coast to Esbjerg on the west coast of Denmark’s Jutland peninsula. Read on to find all about the best way to get to Denmark overland. Sadly, there are currently no direct passenger ferries from the UK to Denmark, but it is possible to get there via the Netherlands and Germany. So if you’re travelling from the UK to France, Belgium or the Netherlands it’s a no-brainer to take the ferry.īut what about Denmark? How feasible it to get to Denmark by ferry? It’s less stressful, greener and more fun than flying. Taking a ferry is a lovely chilled way to start your trip. UK to Denmark ferry: what are the options in 2023? by Amanda Tomlin
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