There are 13 ways to get from Helsinki to Locarno by plane, train, bus, car, ferry, night train, or car train
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Fly Helsinki Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
best- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane HEL - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Mendrisiotrain
- Take the train from Mendrisio to Locarnotrain
8h 3mCHF 70–339Bus, 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 Basel SBBtrain 12
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Bellinzonatrain Ec
37h 10mCHF 312–896Bus, 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 Bellinzonatrain Ec
38h 9mCHF 252–911Drive 3,824.9 km
- Drive from Helsinki to Locarnocar 3,824.9 km
40h 6mCHF 638–921Fly Helsinki Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane HEL - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Bellinzonatrain
7h 58mCHF 151–304Fly Helsinki Airport to Milan Linate Airport, train
- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane HEL - LIN
- Take the train from Monza to Locarnotrain
8h 39mCHF 100–256Fly Helsinki Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport, train
- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)plane HEL - BGY
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Locarnotrain
8h 56mCHF 70–279Ferry 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 HB to Bellinzonatrain
10h 16mFly 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 Locarnotrain
11h 54mCHF 212–614Bus
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Warsaw, Bus Station Westbus
- Take the bus from Warsaw, Bus Station West to Chur station train stationbus
- Take the bus from Chur, Postautostation to Bellinzona, Stazionebus 171
43h 8mCHF 153–261Bus, night train, train
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Bus Station to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the night train from Berlin Suedkreuz to Zuerich Hbnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Locarnotrain
45h 18mCHF 210–501Bus, 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 Locarnotrain
2d 13hDrive, car train
- Drive from Helsinki to Hamburg Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Hamburg Hbf to München Ostcartrain
- Drive from München Ost to Locarnocar
40h 3mCHF 622–1,519
Helsinki to Locarno by bus and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Helsinki to Locarno is to fly and train which costs SFr 70 - SFr 280 and takes 8h 56m.
The fastest way to get from Helsinki to Locarno is to fly and train which takes 7h 58m and costs SFr 150 - SFr 310.
No, there is no direct bus from Helsinki to Locarno. However, there are services departing from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 and arriving at Locarno, Debarcadero via Warsaw, Bus Station West, Chur, Postautostation and Bellinzona, Stazione. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 43h 8m.
The distance between Helsinki and Locarno is 2086 km. The road distance is 3824.9 km.
The best way to get from Helsinki to Locarno without a car is to bus and train via Ełk which takes 37h 10m and costs SFr 310 - SFr 900.
It takes approximately 8h 3m to get from Helsinki to Locarno, including transfers.
Helsinki to Locarno bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 station.
Helsinki to Locarno bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Warsaw, Bus Station West.
Locarno is 1h behind Helsinki. It is currently 1:02 AM in Helsinki and 12:02 AM in Locarno.
Yes, the driving distance between Helsinki to Locarno is 3825 km. It takes approximately 40h 6m to drive from Helsinki to Locarno.
What companies run services between Helsinki, Finland and Locarno, Switzerland?
You can take a bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Locarno, Debarcadero via Warsaw, Bus Station West, Chur station train station, Chur, Postautostation, and Bellinzona, Stazione in around 43h 8m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–300
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–330
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–240
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–240
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–320
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–240
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–290
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–230
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Zurich Airport via Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–290
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–210
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Zurich Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–210
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–310
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–310
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Zurich Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–220
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Geneva International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–200
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–290
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–190
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–240
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–300
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–220
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–160
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–300
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Zurich Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–150
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Mendrisio
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–55
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Mendrisio to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–50
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–220
- 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 Zürich HB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–150
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–400
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–200
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Mendrisio
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–6
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Mendrisio to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–6
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Monza to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–7
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Milano Centrale to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–10
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/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 65–150
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Poznan Glowny to Berlin Ostbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–80
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from S Ostbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–340
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–190
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- info@sob.ch
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–95
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–70
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–85
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Basel SBB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–21
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Berlin Suedkreuz to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–130
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- CHF 100–130
- Couchette Carriage
- CHF 70–85
- Seating Carriage
- CHF 45–60
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Hamburg Hbf to München Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–750
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- CHF 360–400
- Car Compartment
- CHF 650–750
- 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 50–90
- 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 95–170
- 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
- CHF 60–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Warsaw, Bus Station West to Chur station train station
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Helsinki, Bus Station to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–170
- 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
- +41 (0)848 818 818
- info@postauto.ch
- Website
- postauto.ch
Bus from Chur, Postautostation to Bellinzona, Stazione
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–14
- Website
- https://www.postauto.ch
- 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 95–260
- 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
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