There are 13 ways to get from Helsinki to Locarno by plane, train, car ferry, bus, ferry, night train, car, 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)HEL - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Mendrisio
- Take the train from Mendrisio to Locarno
8h 21mCHF 76–242Car ferry, train
- Take the car ferry from Helsinki to Stockholm
- Take the train from Stockholm Centralstation to Hamburg Hbf345
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Basel SBB20 / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to BellinzonaEc
42h 22mCHF 262–670Bus
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Bus Station to Warsaw Bus Station West
- Take the bus from Warsaw, Bus Station West to Chur station train station
- Take the bus from Chur, Postautostation to Bellinzona, Stazione
44h 30mCHF 122–259Ferry, night train, train
- Take the ferry from Helsinki to Stockholm
- Take the night train from Stockholm Central to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof305
- Take the train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Zuerich HbRjx
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Locarno
2d 7hCHF 277–441Fly Helsinki Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)HEL - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Bellinzona
8h 12mCHF 140–347Fly Helsinki Airport to Milan Linate Airport, train
- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)HEL - LIN
- Take the train from Monza to Locarno
10h 38mCHF 106–265Fly Helsinki Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport, train
- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)HEL - BGY
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Locarno
8h 55mCHF 84–648Ferry to Lennart Meri International Airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Take the ferry from Helsinki to Tallinn
- Fly from Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)TLL - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Mendrisio
- Take the train from Mendrisio to Locarno
10h 30mCHF 81–299Fly Helsinki Airport to Geneva International Airport, train
- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)HEL - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Locarno
12h 4mCHF 203–453Bus, train via Vilnius
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Vilnius, Bus Station
- Take the train from Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis to Kraków Główny
- Take the train from Krakow Glowny to Wien Hbf
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Zuerich Hb
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Bellinzona
43h 25mCHF 290–435Bus, train
- Take the bus from Helsinki Bus Station to Tallinn Bus Station
- Take the bus from Tallinn to Katowice
- Take the bus from Katowice to Verona
- Take the train from Verona Porta Nuova to Bellinzona
2d 8hDrive 3,822.1 km
- Drive from Helsinki to Locarno3,822.1 km
40h 4mCHF 641–926Drive, car train
- Drive from Helsinki to Hamburg Hbf
- Take the car train from Hamburg Hbf to München Ost
- Drive from München Ost to Locarno
39h 56mCHF 624–1,523
Helsinki to Locarno by ferry, bus, night train, and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Helsinki to Locarno is to fly and train which costs SFr 80 - SFr 650 and takes 8h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Helsinki to Locarno is to fly and train which takes 8h 12m and costs SFr 140 - SFr 350.
No, there is no direct bus from Helsinki station to Locarno. However, there are services departing from Helsinki, Bus Station and arriving at Locarno, Debarcadero via Warsaw, Bus Station West, Chur, Postautostation and Bellinzona, Stazione. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 44h 30m.
The distance between Helsinki and Locarno is 2088 km. The road distance is 3822.1 km.
The best way to get from Helsinki to Locarno without a car is to car ferry and train which takes 42h 22m and costs SFr 260 - SFr 700.
It takes approximately 8h 21m to get from Helsinki to Locarno, including transfers.
Helsinki to Locarno bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Helsinki, Bus Station.
Helsinki to Locarno bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Warsaw Bus Station West.
Locarno is 1h behind Helsinki. It is currently 1:22 AM in Helsinki and 12:22 AM in Locarno.
Yes, the driving distance between Helsinki to Locarno is 3822 km. It takes approximately 40h 4m to drive from Helsinki to Locarno.
What companies run services between Helsinki, Finland and Locarno, Switzerland?
You can take a bus from Helsinki, Bus Station to Locarno, Debarcadero via Warsaw Bus Station West, Warsaw, Bus Station West, Chur station train station, Chur, Postautostation, and Bellinzona, Stazione in around 44h 30m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–160
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–260
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–240
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–240
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–700
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Zurich Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–240
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Zurich Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–240
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–240
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–230
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Geneva International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–260
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–210
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 130–200
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–600
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Warsaw Modlin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–600
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–200
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–330
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–250
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–550
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Gdansk
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–140
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Mendrisio
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Mendrisio to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–23
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–90
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–70
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–65
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 13m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–220
- 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
- +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 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–230
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- info@sob.ch
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- 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 17–22
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
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
Train from Wien Hbf to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 52m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–150
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- CHF 95–150
- 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
- +370 700 55 111
- informacija@ltglink.lt
- Website
- ltglink.lt
Train from Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis to Kraków Główny
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–50
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Krakow Glowny to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 84–85
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–95
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 65–95
- 2nd Class
- CHF 50–70
- 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 370–410
- Car Compartment
- CHF 650–750
- 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 Chur station train station
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Vilnius, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 8m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–75
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Helsinki Bus Station to Tallinn Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–85
- 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
- Website
- https://busline.md/en/
- Phone
- 13 43 232 76
- biuro@miskrosno.pl
- Website
- miskrosno.pl
Bus from Katowice to Verona
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- miskrosno.pl
- Book at
- api.euroticket.pl
- 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
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