There are 9 ways to get from Cologne to Finland by train, plane, bus, ferry, car, 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 Düsseldorf International Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)plane DUS - HEL
5h 27m€106–322Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport
cheapest- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)plane CGN - HEL
6h 56m€83–355Train, bus via Berlin
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to S Spandau Bhftrain 19 / ...
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2bus N1206
32h 38m€96–259Train, ferry
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Stockholm Centraltrain Ic
- Take the ferry from Stockholm to Helsinkiferry
34h 37mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Cologne to Grenåcar
- Take the car ferry from Grenå to Halmstadcarferry
- Drive from Halmstad to Helsinkicar
37h 29m€583–871Train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)plane FRA - HEL
5h 53m€120–319Train to Brussels Airport, fly
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nordtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)plane BRU - HEL
7h 6m€144–351Bus
- Take the bus from Köln-Ehrenfeld Gleis to Masurenallee - Berlinbus Mykolayiv
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Bus Stationbus N1206
34h 22mTrain, bus
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Frankfurt(Main)Hbftrain Ice
- Take the bus from Frankfurt to Rīgabus
- Take the bus from Tērbatas iela to Tallinna bussijaambus
- Take the bus from Tallinn, Bus Station to Helsinki, Bus Stationbus
41h 1m€152–353
Cologne to Finland by train, foot, bus, and tram
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Finland is to train and bus via Berlin which costs €95 - €260 and takes 32h 38m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Finland is to train and fly which takes 5h 27m and costs €100 - €330.
No, there is no direct bus from Cologne to Finland station. However, there are services departing from Köln-Ehrenfeld Gleis and arriving at Helsinki, Bus Station via Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 34h 22m.
The distance between Cologne and Finland is 1567 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Finland without a car is to train and bus via Berlin which takes 32h 38m and costs €95 - €260.
It takes approximately 5h 27m to get from Cologne to Finland, including transfers.
Cologne to Finland bus services, operated by OrionBus, depart from Köln-Ehrenfeld Gleis station.
The best way to get from Cologne to Finland is to fly which takes 6h 56m and costs €80 - €360. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 34h 22m.
Cologne to Finland bus services, operated by OrionBus, arrive at Masurenallee - Berlin station.
Finland is 1h ahead of Cologne. It is currently 3:53 PM in Cologne and 4:53 PM in Finland.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Finland?
Lufthansa, Eurowings, and two other airlines fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Helsinki Airport (HEL) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Köln-Ehrenfeld Gleis to Helsinki, Bus Station via Masurenallee - Berlin and Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof in around 34h 22m.
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–270
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Helsinki Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–260
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Helsinki Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–330
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Helsinki Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–370
Flights from Frankfurt to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–250
Flights from Brussels Airport to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–220
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Helsinki Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–250
Flights from Frankfurt to Helsinki Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–220
Flights from Brussels Airport to Helsinki Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–280
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Helsinki Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–390
Flights from Frankfurt to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–330
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Helsinki Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–270
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Helsinki Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–330
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–22
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to S Spandau Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Koeln Hbf to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €25–60
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €25–40
- Comfort
- €27–40
- Premium
- €40–60
- Phone
- +49 221 800 20 80
- info@msm-gruppe.de
- Website
- msm-gruppe.de
Train from Köln Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 14m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- msm-gruppe.de
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- snalltaget@snalltaget.se
- Website
- snalltaget.se
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Stockholm Central
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €90–190
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Koeln Hbf to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–95
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €28–45
- 1st Class
- €55–95
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Tallinn, Bus Station to Helsinki, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–160
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +38 (050) 010-01-04
- orionbilet@gmail.com
- Website
- orionbus.net
Bus from Köln-Ehrenfeld Gleis to Masurenallee - Berlin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 52m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://orionbus.net/en
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Frankfurt to Rīga
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €80–81
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
- Phone
- +372 680 0909
- info@luxexpress.eu
- Website
- luxexpress.eu
Bus from Tērbatas iela to Tallinna bussijaam
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–19
- Website
- https://luxexpress.eu/en/
- Website
- vikingline.com
Ferry from Stockholm to Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- vikingline.com
- Phone
- +44 844 770 7070
- info.se@stenaline.com
- Website
- stenaline.dk
Car ferry from Grenå to Halmstad
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–65
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
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