There are 10 ways to get from Europe to Saimaa by train, plane, unknown, bus, ferry, or taxi
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Frankfurt, fly to Helsinki Airport, train, travel
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 Lappeenranta
- Walk from Lappeenranta to Saimaa
11h 33mBus, train, travel
- Take the bus from EISENACH, Rasthof to ZGORZELEC, parking przy stacji Shell - Jędrzychowice
- Take the train from Zgorzelec to Wroclaw Glowny
- Take the train from Wroclaw Glowny to Bialystok
- Take the bus from Białystok Bus Station to Helsinki Harbour Terminal 2
- Take the train from Helsinki Central Station to Lappeenranta
- Walk from Lappeenranta to Saimaa
37h 57mTrain, train to Hamburg Airport, fly to Helsinki Airport, travel
- 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 Lappeenranta
- Walk from Lappeenranta to Saimaa
12h 13mTrain, train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Helsinki Airport, travel
- 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 Lappeenranta
- Walk from Lappeenranta to Saimaa
13h 34mTrain, train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Helsinki Airport, travel
- 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 Lappeenranta
- Walk from Lappeenranta to Saimaa
11h 36mTrain to Frankfurt, fly to Lennart Meri International Airport, ferry, train, travel
- 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 train from Helsinki Central Station to Lappeenranta
- Walk from Lappeenranta to Saimaa
15h 24mTaxi, train, bus, travel via Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)
- 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 Berlin Airport BER
- Take the bus from Berlin Airport BER to Tallinn, Bus Station
- Take the bus from Tallinn, Bus Station to Helsinki, Bus Station
- Take the train from Helsinki Central Station to Lappeenranta
- Walk from Lappeenranta to Saimaa
40h 32mTrain, bus, travel via Helsinki
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Take the bus from Kassel to Panevėžys
- Take the bus from Panevėžys, Bus Station to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2
- Take the train from Helsinki Central Station to Lappeenranta
- Walk from Lappeenranta to Saimaa
40h 39mTaxi, train, bus, travel
- 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 train from Helsinki Central Station to Lappeenranta
- Walk from Lappeenranta to Saimaa
42hTrain, bus, travel
- Take the train from Eschwege Stadtbahnhof to Göttingen
- Take the bus from Göttingen to Rīga
- Take the bus from Riia to Pärnu bussijaam
- Take the bus from Pärnu Bus Station to Joutseno Bus Station
- Walk from Joutseno Bus Station to Saimaa
42h 31m
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 bus and train and travel which takes 37h 57m and costs .
It takes approximately 11h 33m to get from Europe to Saimaa, including transfers.
Saimaa is 1h ahead of Europe. It is currently 7:51 PM in Europe and 8:51 PM in Saimaa.
There are 77+ 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 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 Lappeenranta, then travel to Saimaa. Alternatively, you can take a vehicle from Europe to Saimaa via EISENACH, Rasthof, ZGORZELEC, parking przy stacji Shell - Jędrzychowice, Zgorzelec, Wroclaw Glowny, Bialystok, Białystok Bus Station, Helsinki Harbour Terminal 2, Länsiterm. T2, Rautatieasema, Helsinki Central Station, and Lappeenranta in around 37h 57m.
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–220
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
Flights from Frankfurt to Lennart Meri International Airport via Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–200
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Helsinki Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–220
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Helsinki Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, 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 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and 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
Flights from Frankfurt to Lennart Meri International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–190
- 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
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–340
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Helsinki Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–170
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
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
- 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
- 4h 17m
- 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
- €22–50
- 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 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
- €30–80
- 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
- €18–45
- Website
- https://www.vr.fi/en/
Train from Helsinki Central Station to Lappeenranta
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–45
- Website
- https://www.vr.fi/en/
Train from Zgorzelec to Wroclaw Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €31–35
- Website
- https://kolejedolnoslaskie.pl/
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Zgorzelec to Wroclaw Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €31–35
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Wroclaw Glowny to Bialystok
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €64–66
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/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
- €16–60
- 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
- Phone
- +48 801 22 33 44
- bilety@sindbad.pl
- Website
- sindbad.pl
Bus from EISENACH, Rasthof to ZGORZELEC, parking przy stacji Shell - Jędrzychowice
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- https://www.sindbad.pl/en/home
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Białystok Bus Station to Helsinki Harbour Terminal 2
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €310–440
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Kassel to Berlin Airport BER
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €27–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Berlin Airport BER to Tallinn, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €65–180
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Tallinn, Bus Station to Helsinki, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–160
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Panevėžys, Bus Station to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €280–400
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Riia to Pärnu bussijaam
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–20
- 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
Bus from Pärnu Bus Station to Joutseno Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €270–390
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Kassel to Panevėžys
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–130
- Website
- https://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/
Bus from Göttingen to Rīga
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €40–130
- 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
- +358 0600 02010
- info@onnibus.com
- Website
- onnibus.com
Bus from Riia to Pärnu bussijaam
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- https://www.onnibus.com/home
- 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
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
Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
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