There are 11 ways to get from Cardiff to Oulu by plane, train, bus, car, car train, or car ferry
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Fly Cardiff Airport to Oulu Airport
best- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Oulu Airport (OUL)plane CWL - OUL
11h 5m€179–661Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Oulu Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Oulu Airport (OUL)plane BRS - OUL
11h 5m€76–284Train, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2bus
- Take the train from Helsinki to Oulutrain
2d 8h€193–417Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Cardiff to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Oulucar
35h 15mTrain to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Oulu Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Oulu Airport (OUL)plane LHR - OUL
9h 58m€214–420Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Oulu Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Wilmslowtrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Oulu Airport (OUL)plane MAN - OUL
11h 43m€232–528Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Rovaniemi, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Rovaniemi (RVN)plane BRS - RVN
- Take the train from Rovaniemi to Oulutrain
11h 21m€90–474Train, bus via Amsterdam
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the bus from Amsterdam Central Station to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhofbus N75
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Kuopio, Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Kuopio to Oulutrain
2d 11h€338–770Train, bus #2
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the bus from Rotterdam Centraal to Rīgas SAObus
- Take the bus from Riga, Bus Station to Oulu, Bus Stationbus
2d 13h€240–615Bus
- Take the bus from Park Place to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 507 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Warsaw, Bus Station Westbus
- Take the bus from Warsaw, Bus Station West to Oulu, Bus Stationbus
2d 14h€199–348Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cardiff to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Oulucar
36h 28m€591–936
Cardiff to Oulu by train, subway, foot, bus, and tram
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Oulu is to train and fly which costs €75 - €290 and takes 11h 5m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Oulu is to train and fly which takes 9h 58m and costs €210 - €420.
No, there is no direct bus from Cardiff to Oulu station. However, there are services departing from Park Place and arriving at Oulu, Bus Station via London Victoria and Warsaw, Bus Station West. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 14h.
The distance between Cardiff and Oulu is 2263 km.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Oulu without a car is to train and bus which takes 2 days 8h and costs €190 - €420.
It takes approximately 11h 5m to get from Cardiff to Oulu, including transfers.
Cardiff to Oulu bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Park Place station.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Oulu is to fly which takes 11h 5m and costs €170 - €700. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €190 - €350 and takes 2 days 14h.
Cardiff to Oulu bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals.
Oulu is 2h ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 3:04 PM in Cardiff and 5:04 PM in Oulu.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and Oulu, Finland?
KLM, Finnair, and two other airlines fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Oulu Airport (OUL) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Park Place to Oulu, Bus Station via London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals, London Victoria, and Warsaw, Bus Station West in around 2d 14h.
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Oulu Airport via Dublin, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €270–700
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Oulu Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–750
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Oulu Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–280
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Oulu Airport via Stockholm, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–490
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Oulu Airport via Oslo, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 17m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Oulu Airport via Copenhagen, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–490
Flights from Manchester Airport to Oulu Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–410
Flights from Bristol Airport to Oulu Airport via Dublin, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–450
Flights from Bristol Airport to Oulu Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–470
Flights from Bristol Airport to Oulu Airport via Edinburgh, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 47m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €170–440
Flights from Bristol Airport to Oulu Airport via Copenhagen, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–250
Flights from Bristol Airport to Oulu Airport via Berlin Brandenburg, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €170–440
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Rovaniemi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–480
Flights from Bristol Airport to Rovaniemi via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 3m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–480
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Oulu Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–650
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Rovaniemi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–300
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–100
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–30
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- +358 0100 3232
- Website
- vr.fi
Train from Helsinki to Oulu
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–80
- Website
- https://www.vr.fi/en/
Train from Rovaniemi to Oulu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €18–45
- Website
- https://www.vr.fi/en/
Train from Kuopio to Oulu
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–80
- Website
- https://www.vr.fi/en/
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Cardiff Central to Wilmslow
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €65–110
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €6–13
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €120–280
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €75–270
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €75–120
- 1st Class
- €160–270
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €65–300
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €70–310
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from London Victoria to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Amsterdam Central Station to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €23–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Kuopio, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €170–240
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Riga, Bus Station to Oulu, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Warsaw, Bus Station West
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Warsaw, Bus Station West to Oulu, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–190
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Website
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from London Victoria to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from Amsterdam Central Station to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Kuopio, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from Riga, Bus Station to Oulu, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from London Victoria to Warsaw, Bus Station West
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from Warsaw, Bus Station West to Oulu, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Rotterdam Centraal to Rīgas SAO
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–90
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Park Place to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–28
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–45
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–45
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- €75–190
- On Foot
- €35–45
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