There are 10 ways to get from Helsinki to Bern by plane, train, bus, car, ferry, 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 Helsinki Airport to Zurich Airport, train
best- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane HEL - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Berntrain
6h 52mCHF 138–325Fly Helsinki Airport to Basel, train
cheapest- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Basel (BSL)plane HEL - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Berntrain
8h 36mCHF 116–355Bus, train via Ełk
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Elk, Dabrowskiego - Bus station 01 and Railway station 02bus
- Take the train from Elk to Poznan Glownytrain Ic
- Take the train from Poznan Glowny to Berlin Ostbahnhoftrain Eic / ...
- Take the train from S Ostbahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain 12 / ...
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Basel SBBtrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Berntrain Ic6 / ...
35h 15mCHF 344–793Bus, train
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Frankfurttrain 82 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel SBBtrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Berntrain Ic6 / ...
35h 43mCHF 278–789Drive 3,693.5 km
- Drive from Helsinki to Berncar 3,693.5 km
38h 32mCHF 624–901Ferry to Lennart Meri International Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the ferry from Helsinki to Tallinnferry
- Fly from Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane TLL - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Berntrain
9h 7mFly Helsinki Airport to Geneva International Airport, train
- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane HEL - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Berntrain
8h 31mCHF 133–365Bus
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Mulhousebus
- Take the bus from Mulhouse to Bernbus
42h 25mCHF 169–296Bus, train #2
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Bus Station to Tallinn, Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Tallinn to Katowicebus
- Take the bus from Katowice to Zürich Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Berntrain Ic1 / ...
2d 10hDrive, car ferry, car train
- Drive from Helsinki to Halmstadcar
- Take the car ferry from Halmstad to Grenåcarferry
- Drive from Grenå to Hamburg Altonacar
- Take the car train from Hamburg Altona to Lörrach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Lörrach Hbf to Berncar
46h 43mCHF 550–1,449
Helsinki to Bern by bus and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Helsinki to Bern is to fly and train which costs SFr 130 - SFr 370 and takes 8h 31m.
The fastest way to get from Helsinki to Bern is to fly and train which takes 6h 52m and costs SFr 130 - SFr 330.
No, there is no direct bus from Helsinki to Bern. However, there are services departing from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 and arriving at Bern via Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof and Mulhouse. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 42h 25m.
The distance between Helsinki and Bern is 1929 km. The road distance is 3693.5 km.
The best way to get from Helsinki to Bern without a car is to bus and train via Ełk which takes 35h 15m and costs SFr 340 - SFr 800.
It takes approximately 6h 52m to get from Helsinki to Bern, including transfers.
Helsinki to Bern bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 station.
Helsinki to Bern bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof station.
Bern is 1h behind Helsinki. It is currently 12:48 PM in Helsinki and 11:48 AM in Bern.
Yes, the driving distance between Helsinki to Bern is 3693 km. It takes approximately 38h 32m to drive from Helsinki to Bern.
What companies run services between Helsinki, Finland and Bern, Switzerland?
You can take a bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Bern via Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof and Mulhouse in around 42h 25m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–340
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–220
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 33m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–400
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–330
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–280
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Zurich Airport via Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–280
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–210
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Zurich Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–200
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Zurich Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–230
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Geneva International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–190
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–330
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–300
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Basel via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–230
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Zurich Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–150
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–120
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–95
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Frankfurt to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–310
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–150
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–110
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Elk to Poznan Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–160
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Poznan Glowny to Berlin Ostbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–85
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from S Ostbahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–210
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–200
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- info@sob.ch
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–55
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Hamburg Altona to Lörrach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 33m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–750
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- CHF 350–400
- Car Compartment
- CHF 600–750
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Elk, Dabrowskiego - Bus station 01 and Railway station 02
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–95
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–190
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Mulhouse
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–100
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Helsinki, Bus Station to Tallinn, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–10
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Mulhouse to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–15
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +373 789 18 888
- info@busline.md
- Website
- busline.md
Bus from Tallinn to Katowice
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 23m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–270
- Website
- https://busline.md/en/
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Katowice to Zürich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
- Website
- en.tallink.com
Ferry from Helsinki to Tallinn
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- en.tallink.com
- Phone
- +44 844 770 7070
- info.se@stenaline.com
- Website
- stenaline.dk
Car ferry from Halmstad to Grenå
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–45
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
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