There are 9 ways to get from Europe to Saimaa by train, plane, unknown, bus, or ferry
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Train to Frankfurt, fly to Helsinki Airport, train, travel
best- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)plane FRA - HEL
- Take the train from Tikkurila to Lappeenrantatrain
- Walk from Lappeenranta to Saimaaunknown
11h 31mTrain, bus, travel via Lahti
- Take the train from Eisenach Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhftrain 11 / ...
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Lahti, Transport Centerbus
- Take the train from Lahti to Lappeenrantatrain S 9 / ...
- Walk from Lappeenranta to Saimaaunknown
37h 55mTrain, train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Helsinki Airport, travel
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain
- Take the train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duesseldorf Flughafentrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)plane DUS - HEL
- Take the train from Tikkurila to Lappeenrantatrain
- Walk from Lappeenranta to Saimaaunknown
14h 1mTrain, train to Hamburg Airport, fly to Helsinki Airport, travel
- Take the train from Eschwege-Niederhone Bahnhof to Göttingentrain
- Take the train from Göttingen to Hamburg Hbftrain
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)plane HAM - HEL
- Take the train from Tikkurila to Lappeenrantatrain
- Walk from Lappeenranta to Saimaaunknown
13h 43mTrain to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Helsinki Airport, train, travel
- Take the train from Eisenach Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhftrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)plane BER - HEL
- Take the train from Tikkurila to Lappeenrantatrain
- Walk from Lappeenranta to Saimaaunknown
12h 59mTrain to Frankfurt, fly to Lennart Meri International Airport, ferry, train, travel
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL)plane FRA - TLL
- Take the ferry from Tallinn to Helsinkiferry
- Take the train from Pasila to Lappeenrantatrain
- Walk from Lappeenranta to Saimaaunknown
15h 7mBus, train, travel
- Take the bus from Kassel Kaufungen Papierfabrik to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Pasila to Lappeenrantatrain S 9 / ...
- Walk from Lappeenranta to Saimaaunknown
38h 49mTrain, bus, travel
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain Rb5 / ...
- Take the bus from Kassel to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from 29 to Tulobus Ob6
- Walk from Tulo to Saimaaunknown
40h 39mTrain, bus, travel via Riga
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain Rb5 / ...
- Take the bus from Kassel to Rīgabus
- Take the bus from Riga, Bus Station to Helsinki, Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from 29 to Tulobus Ob6
- Walk from Tulo to Saimaaunknown
42h 54m
Frankfurt (FRA) to Helsinki Airport (HEL) flights
Questions & Answers
The distance between Europe and Saimaa is 1987 km.
The best way to get from Europe to Saimaa without a car is to train and bus and travel via Lahti which takes 37h 55m and costs .
It takes approximately 11h 31m to get from Europe to Saimaa, including transfers.
Saimaa is 1h ahead of Europe. It is currently 12:32 AM in Europe and 1:32 AM in Saimaa.
There are 12+ hotels available in Saimaa.
What companies run services between Europe and Saimaa, Finland?
There is no direct connection from Europe to Saimaa. 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, 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 Lappeenranta, then travel to Saimaa. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Sontra-Ulfen Mitte to Saimaa via Herleshausen Bahnhof, Herleshausen Bahnhof, Eisenach Hbf, S Südkreuz Bhf, S Messe Nord/ZOB, Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof, Lahti, Transport Center, Lahti, and Lappeenranta in around 37h 55m.
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–220
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–260
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–210
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–210
Flights from Frankfurt to Lennart Meri International Airport via Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–230
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Helsinki Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–240
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Helsinki Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–240
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Helsinki Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–210
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Helsinki Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–210
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Helsinki Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–200
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Helsinki Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–200
Flights from Frankfurt to Lennart Meri International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–280
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–380
Flights from Frankfurt to Lennart Meri International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–390
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Helsinki Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–200
Flights from Frankfurt to Lennart Meri International Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–180
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–380
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Helsinki Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €70–190
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Eisenach Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €60–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €10–24
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Göttingen to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €50–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +358 0100 3232
- Website
- vr.fi
Train from Tikkurila to Lappeenranta
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–45
- Website
- https://www.vr.fi/en/
Train from Lahti to Lappeenranta
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–29
- Website
- https://www.vr.fi/en/
Train from Pasila to Lappeenranta
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–50
- 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
- https://www.cantus-bahn.de/
Train from Eschwege-Niederhone Bahnhof to Göttingen
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.cantus-bahn.de/
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Göttingen to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–85
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
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 Lahti, Transport Center
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €120–210
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Kassel Kaufungen Papierfabrik to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €25–45
- 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
Bus from Kassel to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €25–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Riga, Bus Station to Helsinki, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €27–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Kassel to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
Bus from Kassel to Rīga
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €100–180
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
- Phone
- +358 0600 02010
- info@onnibus.com
- Website
- onnibus.com
Bus from 29 to Tulo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–20
- Website
- https://www.onnibus.com/home
Ferry from Tallinn to Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- https://www.tallink.com/en
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