There are 12 ways to get from Derby to Helsinki by train, plane, bus, car, car ferry, ferry, or car train
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 Birmingham Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Derby to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)plane BHX - HEL
8h 4m€124–277Fly from East Midlands Airport
cheapest- Fly from East Midlands Airport (EMA) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)plane EMA - HEL
7h 52m€65–249Train, bus via Berlin
- Take the train from Derby to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the train from Bruxelles Midi to Köln Hbftrain 79
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to S Spandau Bhftrain 19 / ...
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2bus
40h 9m€438–882Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Derby to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Port Of Frederikshavncar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Frederikshavn to Gothenburgcarferry
- Drive from Gothenburg to Helsinkicar
45h 3m€675–1,180Train, train to Manchester Airport, fly
- Take the train from Derby to Sheffieldtrain
- Take the train from Sheffield to Manchester Piccadillytrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)plane MAN - HEL
7h 14m€133–325Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly
- Take the train from Derby to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)plane LHR - HEL
7h 27m€183–382Train to London Stansted Airport, fly
- Take the train from Derby to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)plane STN - HEL
8h€151–386Train to Humberside Airport, fly
- Take the train from Derby to Barnetbytrain
- Fly from Humberside Airport (HUY) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)plane HUY - HEL
11h 1m€126–472Train, bus
- Take the train from Derby to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Amsterdam Centraaltrain Eil
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to Hamburg Hbftrain
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Bus Stationbus
45h 43mTrain, bus, ferry
- Take the train from Derby to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Rotterdam Centraaltrain Eil
- Take the bus from Rotterdam Centraal to Rīgas SAObus
- Take the bus from Riga, Bus Station to Tallinn Bus Stationbus
- Take the ferry from Tallinn to Helsinkiferry
47h 28m€383–685Bus
- Take the bus from Derby Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Bus Stationbus
2d 4h€201–357Drive, Eurotunnel, car ferry
- Drive from Derby to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Grenåcar
- Take the car ferry from Grenå to Halmstadcarferry
- Drive from Halmstad to Helsinkicar
45h 49m
Derby to Helsinki by train, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Derby to Helsinki is to fly which costs €65 - €250 and takes 7h 52m.
The fastest way to get from Derby to Helsinki is to train and fly which takes 7h 14m and costs €130 - €330.
No, there is no direct bus from Derby station to Helsinki station. However, there are services departing from Derby Bus Station and arriving at Helsinki, Bus Station via London Victoria and Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 4h.
The distance between Derby and Helsinki is 1946 km.
The best way to get from Derby to Helsinki without a car is to train and bus via Berlin which takes 40h 9m and costs €430 - €900.
It takes approximately 8h 4m to get from Derby to Helsinki, including transfers.
Derby to Helsinki bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Derby Bus Station.
The best way to get from Derby to Helsinki is to fly which takes 7h 52m and costs €65 - €250. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €200 - €360 and takes 2 days 4h.
Derby to Helsinki bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Helsinki is 2h ahead of Derby. It is currently 3:45 AM in Derby and 5:45 AM in Helsinki.
What companies run services between Derby, England and Helsinki, Finland?
Ryanair, Air Baltic, and two other airlines fly from East Midlands Airport (EMA) to Helsinki Airport (HEL) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Derby Bus Station to Helsinki, Bus Station via London Victoria and Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof in around 2d 4h.
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Helsinki Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Helsinki Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–300
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Helsinki Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–250
Flights from Manchester Airport to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–290
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–260
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Helsinki Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–420
Flights from East Midlands Airport to Helsinki Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €150–390
Flights from East Midlands Airport to Helsinki Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €150–390
Flights from East Midlands Airport to Helsinki Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 27m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–400
Flights from East Midlands Airport to Helsinki Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €140–370
Flights from East Midlands Airport to Helsinki Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €80–270
Flights from East Midlands Airport to Helsinki Airport via Gdansk
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–260
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Helsinki Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–300
Flights from Manchester Airport to Helsinki Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–270
Flights from Manchester Airport to Helsinki Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–270
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Helsinki Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–220
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Helsinki Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–220
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Helsinki Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–370
Flights from Humberside Airport to Helsinki Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–400
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–200
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Helsinki Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–270
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from East Midlands Airport to Helsinki Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €60–240
Train from Derby to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €24–35
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Derby to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–30
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Derby to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Derby to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Sheffield to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Derby to Barnetby
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €120–210
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Bruxelles Midi to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €190–320
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €170–280
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bruxelles Midi to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to S Spandau Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €95–240
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Bruxelles Midi to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–80
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Sheffield to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–30
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Sheffield to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- service@govolta.nl
- Website
- govolta.nl
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 21m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Website
- https://govolta.nl/nl?_fl=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
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–200
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–230
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Derby Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–27
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–200
- 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
- 31h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €110–220
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
Bus from Riga, Bus Station to Tallinn Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–40
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
- 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
- €22–35
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–45
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Phone
- +44 844 770 7070
- info.se@stenaline.com
- Website
- stenaline.dk
Car ferry from Port of Frederikshavn to Gothenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–120
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
- Passenger
- €16–21
- Small Car
- €65–120
Car ferry from Grenå to Halmstad
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €13–45
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
Ferry from Tallinn to Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- https://www.tallink.com/en
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