There are 9 ways to get from Edinburgh to Helsinki by plane, train, bus, car, car train, or ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Edinburgh Airport to Helsinki Airport
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)plane EDI - HEL
5h 51m€98–326Train, bus
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to S Spandau Bhftrain 19 / ...
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2bus
42h 39m€535–1,252Train, bus via Vilnius
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid to Praha hl.n.train
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Warszawa Wschodniatrain 113
- Take the train from Warszawa Wschodnia to Vilniaus geležinkelio stotistrain
- Take the bus from Vilnius, Autobusų Stotis (Sodų g. 22) to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2bus
2d 3h€530–1,103Drive, Eurotunnel, train
- Drive from Edinburgh to Folkestonecar
- Take the cartrain from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Take the train from Calais Frethun to Lille Europetrain Ter
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Bruxelles-Miditrain Trn / ...
- Take the train from Bruxelles-Midi to Hamburg-Harburgtrain Trn
- Drive from Hamburg-Harburg to Helsinkicar
2d 5h€886–1,333Fly Edinburgh Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport, ferry
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL)plane EDI - TLL
- Take the ferry from Tallinn to Helsinki Terminal 2ferry
9h 12m€107–278Train to Newcastle, fly to Helsinki Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastletrain
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)plane NCL - HEL
8h 53m€162–507Train, bus #2
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to Hamburg-Harburgtrain Ice
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Bus Stationbus
47h 45m€431–792Train, bus, ferry
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to London Eustontrain
- 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 Tallinn Bus Stationbus
- Take the ferry from Tallinn to Helsinki Terminal 2ferry
2d 4h€350–756Bus
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, 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 8h€269–579
Edinburgh to Helsinki by train, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Helsinki is to fly and ferry which costs €100 - €280 and takes 9h 12m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Helsinki is to fly which takes 5h 51m and costs €95 - €330.
No, there is no direct bus from Edinburgh station to Helsinki station. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh, Bus Station and arriving at Helsinki, Bus Station via London Victoria and Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 8h.
The distance between Edinburgh and Helsinki is 1752 km.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Helsinki without a car is to train and bus which takes 42h 39m and costs €500 - €1300.
It takes approximately 5h 51m to get from Edinburgh to Helsinki, including transfers.
Edinburgh to Helsinki bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Edinburgh, Bus Station.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Helsinki is to fly which takes 5h 51m and costs €95 - €330. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €260 - €600 and takes 2 days 8h.
Edinburgh to Helsinki bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Helsinki is 2h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 7:59 AM in Edinburgh and 9:59 AM in Helsinki.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Helsinki, Finland?
Finnair, Scandinavian Airlines, and Norwegian Air International fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Helsinki Airport (HEL) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Helsinki, Bus Station via London Victoria and Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof in around 2d 8h.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–290
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 18m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- €160–250
Flights from Newcastle to Helsinki Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–410
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–290
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Friday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- €160–250
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Helsinki Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–320
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Helsinki Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–320
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–350
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Newcastle to Helsinki Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–430
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Helsinki Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €150–220
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €150–220
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €150–220
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €110–190
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €65–110
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €110–190
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–180
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to S Spandau Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €95–430
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +31302035833
- info@europeansleeper.eu
- Website
- European Sleeper
Train from Brussel-Zuid to Praha hl.n.
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 34m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €140–280
- Website
- European Sleeper
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Warszawa Wschodnia
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €90–140
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Warszawa Wschodnia
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €160–290
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +420 220 311 700
- info@le.cz
- Website
- LEO Express
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Warszawa Wschodnia
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- LEO Express
- Phone
- +370 700 55 111
- informacija@ltglink.lt
- Website
- LTG Link
Train from Warszawa Wschodnia to Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €22–30
- Website
- LTG Link
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €137
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- €137
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Calais Frethun to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Lille Europe to Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Calais Frethun to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Lille Europe to Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to Hamburg-Harburg
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 13m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €95–200
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–200
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 58m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–180
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €75–110
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–90
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 23m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €150–240
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €60–140
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Hamburg-Harburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–110
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–120
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €170–280
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–230
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Vilnius, Autobusų Stotis (Sodų g. 22) to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–95
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €160–260
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €90–150
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–230
- Website
- Flixbus
- 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
- Schedules at
- ecolines.net
Bus from Riga, Bus Station to Tallinn Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–40
- Schedules at
- ecolines.net
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €80–200
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- 06000 4300
- Website
- eckeroline.fi
Ferry from Tallinn to Helsinki Terminal 2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Schedules at
- Eckeroline
- Economy
- €20–30
Ferry from Tallinn to Helsinki Terminal 2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Schedules at
- Eckeroline
- Economy
- €20–30
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