There are 11 ways to get from Helsinki to Bern by plane, train, ferry, car ferry, bus, night train, car, or car train
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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
7h 3mCHF 123–328Fly Helsinki Airport to Geneva International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane HEL - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Berntrain
8h 43mCHF 113–308Ferry, train
- Take the ferry from VUOSAAREN SATAMA: Vuosaaren satama to Travemünde Skandinavienkaiferry
- Take the train from Lübeck Hbf to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain 25
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Basel SBBtrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Berntrain Ic6 / ...
28h 57mCHF 233–416Car ferry, train
- Take the car ferry from Helsinki to Stockholmcarferry
- Take the train from Stockholm Centralstation to Hamburg Hbftrain 345
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Basel SBBtrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Berntrain Ic6 / ...
40h 34mCHF 271–619Bus
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Bus Station to Warsaw Bus Station Westbus
- Take the bus from Warsaw, Bus Station West to Zurich Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Zurich Bus Station to Bernbus
43h 50mCHF 116–265Fly Helsinki Airport to Basel, train
- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Basel (BSL)plane HEL - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Berntrain
8h 56mCHF 115–353Ferry 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 27mCHF 128–355Bus, night train, train
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Bus Station to Tallinn, Harbour Terminal Dbus
- Take the bus from Tallinn, Harbour Terminal D to Marijampolėbus
- Take the bus from Marijampolė to Karlsruhebus
- Take the night train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Basel Sbbnighttrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Berntrain
46h 51mCHF 174–548Ferry, night train, train
- Take the ferry from Helsinki to Stockholmferry
- Take the night train from Stockholm Central to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhofnighttrain 305
- Take the train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Zuerich Hbtrain Rjx
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Berntrain Ic1 / ...
2d 4hCHF 266–430Drive 3,693.4 km
- Drive from Helsinki to Berncar 3,693.4 km
38h 20mCHF 620–895Drive, 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 35mCHF 570–1,445
Helsinki to Bern by ferry, bus, night train, and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Helsinki to Bern is to Bus which costs SFr 110 - SFr 270 and takes 43h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Helsinki to Bern is to fly and train which takes 7h 3m and costs SFr 120 - SFr 330.
No, there is no direct bus from Helsinki station to Bern. However, there are services departing from Helsinki, Bus Station and arriving at Bern via Warsaw, Bus Station West and Zurich Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 43h 50m.
The distance between Helsinki and Bern is 1931 km. The road distance is 3693.4 km.
The best way to get from Helsinki to Bern without a car is to ferry and train which takes 28h 57m and costs SFr 230 - SFr 420.
It takes approximately 7h 3m to get from Helsinki to Bern, including transfers.
Helsinki to Bern bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Helsinki, Bus Station.
Helsinki to Bern bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Warsaw Bus Station West.
Bern is 1h behind Helsinki. It is currently 4:49 AM in Helsinki and 3:49 AM in Bern.
Yes, the driving distance between Helsinki to Bern is 3693 km. It takes approximately 38h 20m to drive from Helsinki to Bern.
What companies run services between Helsinki, Finland and Bern, Switzerland?
You can take a bus from Helsinki, Bus Station to Bern via Warsaw Bus Station West, Warsaw, Bus Station West, and Zurich Bus Station in around 43h 50m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–270
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–330
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 58m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–340
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–190
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Zurich Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–240
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Geneva International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–250
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Zurich Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–210
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Zurich Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–210
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–230
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–240
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Basel via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–340
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Basel via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–330
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Basel via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–340
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–340
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–240
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Basel via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–230
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–330
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Zurich Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–190
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–65
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–65
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–60
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Lübeck Hbf to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +46 77 175 75 75
- kundservice@sj.se
- Website
- sj.se
Train from Stockholm Centralstation to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 21m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–190
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- snalltaget@snalltaget.se
- Website
- snalltaget.se
Train from Stockholm Centralstation to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–170
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
Night train from Stockholm Central to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 32m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–160
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixtrain.de
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–45
- Website
- https://www.flixtrain.com/
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–242
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- CHF 238–242
- Couchette Carriage
- CHF 110–140
- Seating Carriage
- CHF 28–35
Train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–60
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- CHF 35–60
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–75
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- info@sob.ch
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- 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, Bus Station to Warsaw Bus Station West
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–100
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Warsaw, Bus Station West to Zurich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–150
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–16
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Helsinki, Bus Station to Tallinn, Harbour Terminal D
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–85
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 6–10
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +38 (067) 467-44-00
- transtempo@ukr.net
- Website
- transtempo.ua
Bus from Tallinn, Harbour Terminal D to Marijampolė
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 44–50
- Schedules at
- transtempo.ua
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Marijampolė to Karlsruhe
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–120
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
- Phone
- +358 9 231 43100
- passenger@finnlines.com
- Website
- finnlines.com
Ferry from VUOSAAREN SATAMA: Vuosaaren satama to Travemünde Skandinavienkai
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–140
- Website
- https://www.finnlines.com/
- Book at
- https://booking.finnlines.com/en//search
- Phone
- +358 9 123574
- Website
- vikingline.fi
Car ferry from Helsinki to Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–150
- Website
- https://www.sales.vikingline.com/
Ferry from Helsinki to Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–140
- Website
- https://www.sales.vikingline.com/
Ferry from Helsinki to Tallinn
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–70
- Website
- https://www.tallink.com/en
- 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 35–50
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
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