There are 10 ways to get from Helsinki to Olten by plane, train, bus, car, car train, ferry, or car 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 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 Oltentrain
6h 40mCHF 118–274Fly Helsinki Airport to Basel
cheapest- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Basel (BSL)plane HEL - BSL
7h 54mCHF 89–329Bus, 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 / ...
34h 35mCHF 301–713Bus, 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 / ...
35h 4mCHF 242–714Drive, car train
- Drive from Helsinki to Hamburg Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Hamburg Hbf to Fuldacartrain
- Drive from Fulda to Oltencar
37h 51mCHF 628–903Ferry 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 Oltentrain
8h 57mFly 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 Renens VDtrain
- Take the train from Renens VD to Oltentrain
8h 49mCHF 152–434Bus, train #2
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the bus from Berlin central bus station to Zurich Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Oltentrain Ic5 / ...
42h 9mCHF 181–311Bus, train #3
- 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 Oltentrain Ic5 / ...
2d 10hDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Helsinki to Port Of Trelleborgcar
- Take the car ferry from Trelleborg to Świnoujściecarferry
- Drive from Swinoujscie to Oltencar
43h 38mCHF 593–928
Helsinki to Olten by bus and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Helsinki to Olten is to fly and train which costs SFr 110 - SFr 280 and takes 6h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Helsinki to Olten is to fly and train which takes 6h 40m and costs SFr 110 - SFr 280.
The distance between Helsinki and Olten is 1867 km.
The best way to get from Helsinki to Olten without a car is to bus and train via Ełk which takes 34h 35m and costs SFr 300 - SFr 750.
It takes approximately 6h 40m to get from Helsinki to Olten, including transfers.
Olten is 1h behind Helsinki. It is currently 10:42 AM in Helsinki and 9:42 AM in Olten.
There are 385+ hotels available in Olten.
What companies run services between Helsinki, Finland and Olten, Switzerland?
Lufthansa, Norwegian Air International, and two other airlines fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Basel (BSL) 5 times a day.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–330
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 75–380
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–320
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–290
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Zurich Airport via Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–290
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 120–210
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 110–210
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- 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
- eurowings.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Zurich Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–130
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Basel via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–270
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Zurich Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–150
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Olten
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–60
- 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 Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–60
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Renens VD to Olten
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–150
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Olten
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–55
- 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 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 35–85
- 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 60–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–200
- 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 55–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Hamburg Hbf to Fulda
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–110
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- info@sob.ch
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Olten
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–30
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
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 50–90
- 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 100–180
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Berlin central bus station to Zurich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–110
- 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
- +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
- +49 180 6 666600
- info@ttline.com
- Website
- ttline.com
Car ferry from Trelleborg to Świnoujście
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–110
- Website
- https://www.ttline.com/en/#/
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