There are 8 ways to get from Helsinki to Hel by plane, taxi, bus, train, car ferry, car, or ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Helsinki Airport, taxi
best- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)plane HEL - GDN
- Take the taxi from Gdansk-Airport-GDN to Heltaxi
6h 9mzł 662–1,351Bus, train #2
cheapest- Take the bus from Helsinki, Bus Station to Tallinn, Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Tallinn Bus Station to Suwalki Dworzec Autobusowybus
- Take the bus from Suwałki to Gdańskbus
- Take the train from Gdynia Chylonia to Heltrain R
32h 27mzł 302–572Bus, train via Iława
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Elk, Dabrowskiego - Bus station 01 and Railway station 02bus
- Take the train from Elk to Ilawa Glownatrain Ic
- Take the train from Ilawa Glowna to Gdynia Glownatrain Ic / ...
- Take the train from Gdynia Glowna to Heltrain R
22h 58mzł 543–1,096Car ferry, drive
- Take the car ferry from Helsinki to Stockholmcarferry
- Drive from Stockholm Värtahamnen to Helcar
34h 47mzł 1,252–2,353Ferry to Lennart Meri International Airport, fly, taxi
- Take the ferry from Helsinki to Tallinnferry
- Fly from Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL) to Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)plane TLL - GDN
- Take the taxi from Gdansk-Airport-GDN to Heltaxi
7h 38mTrain to Turku Airport, fly, taxi
- Take the train from Helsinki Central Station to Turkutrain
- Fly from Turku Airport (TKU) to Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)plane TKU - GDN
- Take the taxi from Gdansk-Airport-GDN to Heltaxi
7h 45mzł 616–1,623Bus, train
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Bus Station to Elk, Dabrowskiego - Bus station 01 and Railway station 02bus
- Take the train from Elk to Gdynia Glownatrain Ic / ...
- Take the train from Gdynia Glowna to Heltrain R
24h 48mzł 534–1,077Bus
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Warsaw, Bus Station Westbus N1206 / ...
- Take the bus from Warsaw, Bus Station West to Wladyslawowo, Bus stationbus 1200A / ...
27h 55mzł 428–743
Helsinki to Hel by bus and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Helsinki to Hel is to bus and train which costs 300 zł - 600 zł and takes 32h 27m.
The fastest way to get from Helsinki to Hel is to fly and taxi which takes 6h 9m and costs 650 zł - 1 400 zł.
No, there is no direct bus from Helsinki to Hel. However, there are services departing from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 and arriving at Hel via Warsaw, Bus Station West and Wladyslawowo. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 55m.
The distance between Helsinki and Hel is 877 km.
The best way to get from Helsinki to Hel without a car is to bus and train via Iława which takes 22h 58m and costs 500 zł - 1 100 zł.
It takes approximately 6h 9m to get from Helsinki to Hel, including transfers.
Helsinki to Hel bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 station.
Helsinki to Hel bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Warsaw, Bus Station West.
Hel is 1h behind Helsinki. It is currently 7:26 AM in Helsinki and 6:26 AM in Hel.
There are 3624+ hotels available in Hel.
What companies run services between Helsinki, Finland and Hel, Pomerania, Poland?
You can take a bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Hel via Warsaw, Bus Station West, Wladyslawowo, Bus station, and Wladyslawowo in around 27h 55m.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 340–900
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 430–700
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 330–950
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 110–700
Flights from Turku Airport to Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 95–600
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- zł 600–1,100
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Elk to Ilawa Glowna
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- zł 160–350
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Ilawa Glowna to Gdynia Glowna
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 90–210
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Gdynia Glowna to Hel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- zł 50–110
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Elk to Gdynia Glowna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- zł 240–550
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +48 22 474 00 44
- bilety@polregio.pl
- Website
- polregio.pl
Train from Ilawa Glowna to Gdynia Glowna
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- zł 26–40
- Website
- https://polregio.pl/pl/
Train from Gdynia Glowna to Hel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 17–24
- Website
- https://polregio.pl/pl/
Train from Gdynia Chylonia to Hel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 16–23
- Website
- https://polregio.pl/pl/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Ilawa Glowna to Gdynia Glowna
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 120–220
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +48 56 661 20 33
- Website
- arriva.pl
Train from Gdynia Glowna to Hel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://arriva.pl/en
- Phone
- +358 0100 3232
- Website
- vr.fi
Train from Helsinki Central Station to Turku
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- zł 95–180
- Website
- https://www.vr.fi/en/
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
- zł 240–420
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Helsinki, Bus Station to Elk, Dabrowskiego - Bus station 01 and Railway station 02
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 240–420
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Warsaw, Bus Station West
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- zł 310–550
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Warsaw, Bus Station West to Wladyslawowo, Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- zł 110–200
- 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
- zł 25–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +372 680 0909
- info@luxexpress.eu
- Website
- luxexpress.eu
Bus from Tallinn Bus Station to Suwalki Dworzec Autobusowy
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 200–380
- Website
- https://luxexpress.eu/en/
- Phone
- 703 302 505
- Website
- pksnova.pl
Bus from Suwałki to Gdańsk
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- zł 50–110
- Schedules at
- pksnova.pl
- Phone
- +358 9 123574
- Website
- vikingline.fi
Car ferry from Helsinki to Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- zł 50–550
- Website
- https://www.sales.vikingline.com/
- Website
- en.tallink.com
Ferry from Helsinki to Tallinn
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- en.tallink.com
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Estimated price
- zł 400–480
Rabbit-Trans
- Phone
- +48 606 295 264
- Website
- rabbittranspoland.com
Neptun Taxi
- Phone
- +48 58 511 15 55
- Website
- neptuntaxi.pl
Hallo Taxi
- Phone
- +48 58 301 59 59
- Website
- hallotaxi.gda.pl
Dajan Taxi
- Phone
- +48 58 306 06 33
Airport Taxi Gdańsk
- Phone
- +48 734 134 059
- Website
- airporttaxigdansk.com.pl
Rabbit-Trans
- Phone
- +48 606 295 264
- Website
- rabbittranspoland.com
Neptun Taxi
- Phone
- +48 58 511 15 55
- Website
- neptuntaxi.pl
Hallo Taxi
- Phone
- +48 58 301 59 59
- Website
- hallotaxi.gda.pl
Dajan Taxi
- Phone
- +48 58 306 06 33
Airport Taxi Gdańsk
- Phone
- +48 734 134 059
- Website
- airporttaxigdansk.com.pl
Rabbit-Trans
- Phone
- +48 606 295 264
- Website
- rabbittranspoland.com
Neptun Taxi
- Phone
- +48 58 511 15 55
- Website
- neptuntaxi.pl
Hallo Taxi
- Phone
- +48 58 301 59 59
- Website
- hallotaxi.gda.pl
Dajan Taxi
- Phone
- +48 58 306 06 33
Airport Taxi Gdańsk
- Phone
- +48 734 134 059
- Website
- airporttaxigdansk.com.pl
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