There are 6 ways to get from Essen to Vantaa by plane, train, ferry, bus, 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.
Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport
best- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)plane DUS - HEL
5h 10m€100–263Train, ferry
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Lübeck-Travemünde Strandtrain Re8
- Take the ferry from Port of Travemünde to Helsinkiferry
36h 57m€310–635Train, bus
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Vantaa, Helsinki-Vantaa Airportbus N1206
36h 57m€206–402Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Essen to Grenåcar
- Take the car ferry from Grenå to Halmstadcarferry
- Drive from Halmstad to Vantaacar
36h 50m€536–843Train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)plane FRA - HEL
6h 29m€139–347Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly
- Take the train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)plane AMS - HEL
7h 32m€100–325
Essen to Vantaa by train, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Essen to Vantaa is to fly which costs €95 - €270 and takes 5h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Essen to Vantaa is to fly which takes 5h 10m and costs €95 - €270.
The distance between Essen and Vantaa is 1554 km.
The best way to get from Essen to Vantaa without a car is to train and ferry which takes 36h 57m and costs €310 - €650.
It takes approximately 5h 10m to get from Essen to Vantaa, including transfers.
Vantaa is 1h ahead of Essen. It is currently 7:29 PM in Essen and 8:29 PM in Vantaa.
There are 463+ hotels available in Vantaa.
What companies run services between Essen, Germany and Vantaa, Finland?
Finnair, Scandinavian Airlines, and Eurowings fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Helsinki Airport (HEL) every 4 hours.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Helsinki Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–240
Flights from Frankfurt to Helsinki Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–210
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Helsinki Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–240
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Helsinki Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–240
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–280
Flights from Frankfurt to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–260
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–240
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–420
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Helsinki Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–240
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Helsinki Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–240
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–360
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Helsinki Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €120–260
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–360
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–160
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €45–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Lübeck-Travemünde Strand
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 069 450099650
- Kundenservice-Linie10@vias-online.de
- Website
- vias-online.de
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–50
- Schedules at
- vias-online.de
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–24
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–26
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Vantaa, Helsinki-Vantaa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–240
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +358 9 231 43100
- passenger@finnlines.com
- Website
- finnlines.com
Ferry from Port of Travemünde to Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €190–410
- Website
- https://www.finnlines.com/
- Book at
- https://booking.finnlines.com/en//search
- 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
- €13–50
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
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