There are 8 ways to get from Essen to Turku by plane, train, ferry, bus, car, car 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.
Fly to Turku Airport
best- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Turku Airport (TKU)plane DUS - TKU
7h 10m€105–369Train, ferry
cheapest- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Stockholm Centralstationtrain Ic
- Take the ferry from Stockholm to Port of Turkuferry
27h 52m€73–258Bus
- Take the bus from Essen central train station to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhofbus 081
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Hki linja-autoasema, 29 to Linja-autoasema, tulolaituribus Ob1
38h 9m€88–247Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Essen to Grenåcar
- Take the car ferry from Grenå to Halmstadcarferry
- Drive from Halmstad to Turkucar
37h 48m€564–853Fly to Helsinki Airport, train
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)plane DUS - HEL
- Take the train from Pasila to Turkutrain
8h 8m€123–348Train, bus
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Helsinki Central Station to Turkutrain
38h 51m€100–313Train, bus via Riga
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Kamentrain Re
- Take the train from Kamen to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehetrain Re
- Take the bus from Kassel to Rīgabus
- Take the bus from Riga, Bus Station to Turku, Bus Stationbus
42h 40m€126–275Drive, car train, car ferry
- Drive from Essen to Hannover Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Hannover Hbf to Hamburg Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Hamburg Hbf to Port of Kielcar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Kiel to Oslo Vipperangencarferry
- Drive from Oslo Vipperangen to Turkucar
2d 2h€688–1,131
Essen to Turku by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Essen to Turku is to train and ferry which costs €70 - €260 and takes 27h 52m.
The fastest way to get from Essen to Turku is to fly which takes 7h 10m and costs €100 - €370.
No, there is no direct bus from Essen station to Turku. However, there are services departing from Essen central train station and arriving at Linja-autoasema, tulolaituri via Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof and Hki linja-autoasema, 29. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 38h 9m.
The distance between Essen and Turku is 1449 km.
The best way to get from Essen to Turku without a car is to train and ferry which takes 27h 52m and costs €70 - €260.
It takes approximately 7h 10m to get from Essen to Turku, including transfers.
Essen to Turku bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Essen central train station.
The best way to get from Essen to Turku is to fly which takes 7h 10m and costs €100 - €370. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €85 - €250 and takes 38h 9m.
Essen to Turku bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof station.
Turku is 1h ahead of Essen. It is currently 6:39 PM in Essen and 7:39 PM in Turku.
What companies run services between Essen, Germany and Turku, Finland?
Air Baltic, Scandinavian Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Turku Airport (TKU) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Essen central train station to Linja-autoasema, tulolaituri via Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof and Hki linja-autoasema, 29 in around 38h 9m.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Turku Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–300
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Turku Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–340
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Helsinki Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–250
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Turku Airport via Gdansk
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–340
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Turku Airport via Vilnius
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €100–400
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–280
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Turku Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–370
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- snalltaget@snalltaget.se
- Website
- snalltaget.se
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Stockholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–160
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
- Phone
- +46 77 175 75 75
- kundservice@sj.se
- Website
- sj.se
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Stockholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–85
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
- Phone
- +358 0100 3232
- Website
- vr.fi
Train from Pasila to Turku
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–30
- Website
- https://www.vr.fi/en/
Train from Helsinki Central Station to Turku
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–30
- Website
- https://www.vr.fi/en/
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Kamen
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Kamen to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Hannover Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €90–110
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Essen central train station to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–180
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Hki linja-autoasema, 29 to Linja-autoasema, tulolaituri
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €6–13
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–210
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Riga, Bus Station to Turku, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +358 0600 02010
- info@onnibus.com
- Website
- onnibus.com
Bus from Hki linja-autoasema, 29 to Linja-autoasema, tulolaituri
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- https://www.onnibus.com/home
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Kassel to Rīga
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–130
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
- Phone
- +358 9 123574
- Website
- vikingline.fi
Ferry from Stockholm to Port of Turku
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €3–20
- Website
- https://www.sales.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
- €40–60
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
- Phone
- +45 99 56 19 00
- Website
- colorline.no
Car ferry from Port of Kiel to Oslo Vipperangen
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €196–400
- Website
- https://www.colorline.com/
- Car
- €400
- No Car
- €196
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