There are 10 ways to get from Europe to Kotka by train, plane, bus, ferry, car, or taxi
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Train to Frankfurt, fly to Helsinki Airport, train
best- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)FRA - HEL
- Take the train from Tikkurila to Kouvola
- Take the train from Kouvola to Kotka
11h 46m€134–364Train, train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Helsinki Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)BER - HEL
- Take the train from Tikkurila to Kouvola
- Take the train from Kouvola to Kotka
11h 49m€118–416Train, bus
- Take the train from Eisenach Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Tallinn, Harbour Terminal D
- Take the bus from Tallinn, Harbour Terminal D to Kotka, Bus Station
36h 10m€386–594Train, ferry, bus
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof WilhelmshöheRb5 / ...
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Lübeck Hbf25
- Take the ferry from Travemünde Skandinavienkai to VUOSAAREN SATAMA: Vuosaaren satama
- Take the bus from Landbo vt 7 to Koulukatu 16 E
40h 47m€229–341Drive 3,111.8 km
- Drive from Europe to Kotka3,111.8 km
34h 3m€559–807Train to Frankfurt, fly to Lennart Meri International Airport, ferry, bus
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL)FRA - TLL
- Take the ferry from Tallinn to Helsinki
- Take the bus from Helsinki Kamppi to Kotka
14h 28m€177–397Train, train to Hamburg Airport, fly to Helsinki Airport
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Hamburg Hbf
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)HAM - HEL
- Take the train from Tikkurila to Kouvola
- Take the train from Kouvola to Kotka
12h 24m€158–400Train, train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Helsinki Airport
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Take the train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)DUS - HEL
- Take the train from Tikkurila to Kouvola
- Take the train from Kouvola to Kotka
13h 47m€177–424Train, bus via Warsaw
- Take the train from Eschwege Stadtbahnhof to Göttingen
- Take the bus from Göttingen central bus station to Warsaw, Bus Station West
- Take the bus from Warsaw Bus Station West to Helsinki, Bus Station
- Take the bus from Helsinki Kamppi to Kotka
38h 42mTaxi, train, bus
- Take the taxi from Sontra-Blankenbach to Bebra Bahnhof
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Take the bus from Kassel to Rīga
- Take the bus from Riia to Pärnu bussijaam
- Take the bus from Parnu, Bus Station to Helsinki, Bus Station
- Take the bus from Helsinki Kamppi to Kotka
40h 58m€133–373
Frankfurt (FRA) to Helsinki Airport (HEL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Europe to Kotka is to train and fly which costs €130 - €370 and takes 11h 46m.
The fastest way to get from Europe to Kotka is to train and fly which takes 11h 46m and costs €130 - €370.
The distance between Europe and Kotka is 1930 km. The road distance is 3111.8 km.
The best way to get from Europe to Kotka without a car is to train and bus which takes 36h 10m and costs €380 - €600.
It takes approximately 11h 46m to get from Europe to Kotka, including transfers.
Kotka is 1h ahead of Europe. It is currently 3:01 AM in Europe and 4:01 AM in Kotka.
Yes, the driving distance between Europe to Kotka is 3112 km. It takes approximately 34h 3m to drive from Europe to Kotka.
There are 117+ hotels available in Kotka.
What companies run services between Europe and Kotka, Finland?
There is no direct connection from Europe to Kotka. However, you can take the line 315 bus to Bebra Bahnhof, walk to Bebra Bahnhof, take the train to Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof, take the train to Frankfurt, walk to Frankfurt (FRA) airport, fly to Helsinki Airport (HEL), walk to Lentoasema, take the train to Tikkurila, take the train to Kouvola, then take the train to Kotka. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Sontra-Ulfen Mitte to Kotka, Bus Station via Herleshausen Bahnhof, Herleshausen Bahnhof, Eisenach Hbf, S Südkreuz Bhf, S Messe Nord/ZOB, Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof, and Tallinn, Harbour Terminal D in around 36h 10m.
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–220
Flights from Frankfurt to Lennart Meri International Airport via Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–200
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–340
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–280
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–240
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–260
Flights from Frankfurt to Lennart Meri International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–340
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Lennart Meri International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–190
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Helsinki Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–220
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Helsinki Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–250
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Helsinki Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–240
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Helsinki Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–240
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Lennart Meri International Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–240
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Helsinki Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–170
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Helsinki Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–190
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Helsinki Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Helsinki Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €65–270
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Helsinki Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Helsinki Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–340
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–190
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Eisenach Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €24–27
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Lübeck Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–29
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Erfurt Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €18–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +358 0100 3232
- Website
- vr.fi
Train from Tikkurila to Kouvola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–25
- Website
- https://www.vr.fi/en/
Train from Kouvola to Kotka
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €6
- Website
- https://www.vr.fi/en/
- Phone
- +49 561 766396-0
- info@cantus-bahn.de
- Website
- cantus-bahn.de
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
Train from Eschwege Stadtbahnhof to Göttingen
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–65
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +49 30 21300130
- info@abellio-mitteldeutschland.de
- Website
- abellio.de
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–17
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
- Phone
- 0800 2235546
- Website
- abellio.de
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–18
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €12–17
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixtrain.de
Train from Erfurt Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €14–60
- Website
- https://www.flixtrain.com/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Erfurt Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–85
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
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 Tallinn, Harbour Terminal D
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €65–160
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Tallinn, Harbour Terminal D to Kotka, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €260–360
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Göttingen central bus station to Warsaw, Bus Station West
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Warsaw Bus Station West to Helsinki, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €60–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Riia to Pärnu bussijaam
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–19
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Parnu, Bus Station to Helsinki, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–160
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +358 029 170 0124
- asiakaspalvelu@reissuruoti.fi
- Website
- reissuruoti.fi
Bus from Landbo vt 7 to Koulukatu 16 E
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €3–16
- Website
- https://www.reissuruoti.fi/en/
- Phone
- +358 0600 02010
- info@onnibus.com
- Website
- onnibus.com
Bus from Helsinki Kamppi to Kotka
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- https://www.onnibus.com/home
Bus from Riia to Pärnu bussijaam
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- 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/
Bus from Riia to Pärnu bussijaam
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €5–12
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
- Phone
- +372 680 0909
- info@luxexpress.eu
- Website
- luxexpress.eu
Bus from Riia to Pärnu bussijaam
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–18
- Website
- https://luxexpress.eu/en/
- peatus@agri.ee
- Website
- web.peatus.ee
Bus from Riia to Pärnu bussijaam
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €3–5
- Website
- https://web.peatus.ee/?locale=en
- Phone
- +38 (067) 467-44-00
- transtempo@ukr.net
- Website
- transtempo.ua
Bus from Riia to Pärnu bussijaam
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €26–30
- Schedules at
- transtempo.ua
- Phone
- +358 9 231 43100
- passenger@finnlines.com
- Website
- finnlines.com
Ferry from Travemünde Skandinavienkai to VUOSAAREN SATAMA: Vuosaaren satama
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Website
- https://www.finnlines.com/
- Book at
- https://booking.finnlines.com/en//search
Ferry from Tallinn to Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–75
- Website
- https://www.tallink.com/en
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Estimated price
- €9–12
Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
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