There are 11 ways to get from Cardiff to Rovaniemi by train, plane, bus, car, car train, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Bristol Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Rovaniemi (RVN)BRS - RVN
7h 51m€143–449Train to London Stansted Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Rovaniemi (RVN)STN - RVN
9h 50m€137–470Train, bus via Tallinn
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Tallinn, Harbour Terminal D
- Take the bus from Tallinn to Helsinki
- Take the train from Helsinki to Rovaniemi
2d 9hDrive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Cardiff to Folkestone
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Rovaniemi
35h 3mFly from Cardiff Airport
- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Rovaniemi (RVN)CWL - RVN
17h 35m€166–505Train to Birmingham Airport, fly
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Street
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Rovaniemi (RVN)BHX - RVN
8h 43m€148–465Train to Manchester Airport, fly
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Wilmslow
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Rovaniemi (RVN)MAN - RVN
10h 25m€157–391Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Reading
- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Rovaniemi (RVN)LGW - RVN
9h 50m€148–591Train, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Warsaw Bus Station West
- Take the bus from Warsaw, Bus Station West to Rovaniemi, Bus Station
2d 16h€192–442Train, bus #2
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Rotterdam Centraal
- Take the bus from Rotterdam Centraal to Rīgas SAO
- Take the bus from Riga, Bus Station to Rovaniemi, Bus Station
2d 17h€225–632Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cardiff to Port of Dover
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Drive from Calais to Rovaniemi
36h 11m€599–938
Cardiff to Rovaniemi by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Rovaniemi is to train and fly which costs €130 - €470 and takes 9h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Rovaniemi is to train and fly which takes 7h 51m and costs €140 - €450.
The distance between Cardiff and Rovaniemi is 2393 km.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Rovaniemi without a car is to train and bus via Tallinn which takes 2 days 9h and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 51m to get from Cardiff to Rovaniemi, including transfers.
Rovaniemi is 2h ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 2:34 PM in Cardiff and 4:34 PM in Rovaniemi.
There are 1820+ hotels available in Rovaniemi.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and Rovaniemi, Finland?
Ryanair, KLM, and easyJet fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Rovaniemi (RVN) 3 times a week.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Rovaniemi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–270
Flights from Bristol Airport to Rovaniemi via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 3m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–270
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Rovaniemi via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €160–490
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Rovaniemi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–310
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Rovaniemi via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 37m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–310
Flights from Manchester Airport to Rovaniemi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–250
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Rovaniemi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–320
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Rovaniemi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–300
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Rovaniemi via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–550
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Rovaniemi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–310
Flights from Manchester Airport to Rovaniemi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €80–200
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Rovaniemi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–400
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Rovaniemi via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–500
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Rovaniemi via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €190–950
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Rovaniemi via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–550
Flights from Manchester Airport to Rovaniemi via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–550
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Rovaniemi via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–290
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Rovaniemi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €90–550
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–30
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–100
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–110
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €10–22
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–110
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +358 0100 3232
- Website
- vr.fi
Train from Helsinki to Rovaniemi
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–95
- 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 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–120
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €75–270
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €75–120
- 1st Class
- €160–270
- 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
- €65–160
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Tallinn, Harbour Terminal D
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Warsaw Bus Station West
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €75–200
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Warsaw, Bus Station West to Rovaniemi, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Riga, Bus Station to Rovaniemi, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–160
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Rotterdam Centraal to Rīgas SAO
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €55–100
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
- 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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