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Festive Timetables 2025

The Ring of Brodgar in the snow

View the scheduled timetables for Christmas and New Year 2025 / 2026, for the ferry to Orkney and Shetland from Aberdeen and Scrabster run by NorthLink Ferries.

Please note – timetables may be subject to weather related or technical delays – please visit Service Update for current sailing information.

Click here for Festive Office Opening Times.

Stromness to Scrabster / Scrabster to Stromness

MV Hamnavoe will be sailing to her scheduled timetable through the Festive period. However there will be no Stromness to Scrabster or Scrabster to Stromness sailings on Thursday 25th and Friday 26th December 2025, and no sailings on Thursday 1st and Friday 2nd January 2026.

See the 2026 Scrabster to Stromness timetable.

Aberdeen – Kirkwall – Lerwick (Northbound)

Dep Aberdeen Arr Kirkwall Dep Kirkwall Arr Lerwick
Fri 2 Jan 19:00 – – 07:30
Sat 3 Jan 17:00 23:00 23:45 07:30
Sun 4 Jan 17:00 23:00 23:45 07:30

Lerwick – Kirkwall – Aberdeen (Southbound)

Dep Lerwick Arr Kirkwall Dep Kirkwall Arr Aberdeen
Fri 2 Jan 17:30 23:00 23:45 07:00
Sat 3 Jan 19:00 – – 07:00
Sun 4 Jan 19:00 – – 07:00

Header image: The Ring of Brodgar in the snow photo © Copyright Charles Tait