There are 12 ways to get from Helsinki to Ostend by plane, train, ferry, bus, car, car ferry, or car train
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 Brussels Airport, train
best- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Brussels Airport (BRU)HEL - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Gand-Saint-Pierre
- Take the train from Gand-Saint-Pierre to Ostende
7h 1m€127–292Fly Helsinki Airport to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, bus, train
cheapest- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL)HEL - CRL
- Take the bus from Charleroi Airport to Brussels Midi / Brussels South West
- Take the train from Bruxelles-Midi to Ostende
7h 43m€121–271Ferry, bus, train
- Take the ferry from VUOSAAREN SATAMA: Vuosaaren satama to Travemünde Skandinavienkai
- Take the bus from Lübeck to Rotterdam Central Station
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Anvers-Central
- Take the train from Anvers-Central to OstendeIc / ...
32h 5m€226–340Bus, train via Berlin
- Take the bus from Helsinki to Tallinn
- Take the bus from Tallinn Harbour to Warsaw
- Take the train from Warszawa Centralna to Berlin Ostbahnhof
- Take the train from S Ostbahnhof to Köln Hbf
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Liege-Guillemins
- Take the train from Liège-Guillemins to Ostende
32h 41mFerry, train
- Take the ferry from Helsinki to Stockholm
- Take the train from Stockholm Centralstation to Hamburg Hbf345
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Köln Hbf43 / ...
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Midi79
- Take the train from Bruxelles-Midi to OstendeIc / ...
40h 34m€254–553Bus to Lennart Meri International Airport, fly to Brussels Airport, train
- Take the bus from Helsinki to Tallinn
- Fly from Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL) to Brussels Airport (BRU)TLL - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Gand-Saint-Pierre
- Take the train from Gand-Saint-Pierre to Ostende
7h 59mFly Helsinki Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)HEL - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Antwerpen-Centraal
- Take the train from Anvers-Central to Ostende
8h 44m€129–392Bus to Lennart Meri International Airport, fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Take the bus from Helsinki to Tallinn
- Fly from Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)TLL - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Antwerpen-Centraal
- Take the train from Anvers-Central to Ostende
9h 42mBus
- Take the bus from Helsinki to Tallinn
- Take the bus from Tallinn, Bus Station to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Bruges
41h 45mBus, train
- Take the bus from Helsinki to Tallinn
- Take the bus from Vana-Pääsküla to Riia
- Take the bus from Rīgas SAO to Rotterdam Centraal
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Antwerpen-Centraal
- Take the train from Anvers-Central to Ostende
43h 56mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Helsinki to Halmstad
- Take the car ferry from Halmstad to Grenå
- Drive from Grenå to Ostend
39h 42m€609–949Drive, car train
- Drive from Helsinki to Hamburg Hbf
- Take the car train from Hamburg Hbf to Göttingen
- Drive from Göttingen to Ostend
38h 18m€676–961
Helsinki to Ostend by ferry, bus, and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Helsinki to Ostend is to fly and bus and train which costs €120 - €280 and takes 7h 43m.
The fastest way to get from Helsinki to Ostend is to fly and train which takes 7h 1m and costs €120 - €300.
No, there is no direct bus from Helsinki to Ostend. However, there are services departing from Helsinki and arriving at Oostende Gouwelozestraat via Estonia, Tallinn, Bus Station, Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof and Brugge Station perron C7. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 41h 45m.
The distance between Helsinki and Ostend is 1800 km.
The best way to get from Helsinki to Ostend without a car is to ferry and bus and train which takes 32h 5m and costs €220 - €340.
It takes approximately 7h 1m to get from Helsinki to Ostend, including transfers.
Helsinki to Ostend bus services, operated by , depart from Helsinki station.
Helsinki to Ostend bus services, operated by , arrive at Tallinn station.
Ostend is 1h behind Helsinki. It is currently 3:25 PM in Helsinki and 2:25 PM in Ostend.
There are 6128+ hotels available in Ostend.
What companies run services between Helsinki, Finland and Ostend, Belgium?
You can take a bus from Helsinki to Oostende Gouwelozestraat via Tallinn, Estonia, Bussijaam, Tallinn, Bus Station, Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof, Bruges, and Brugge Station perron C7 in around 41h 45m.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Brussels Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–270
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Brussels Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–270
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Brussels Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–180
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Brussels Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €75–180
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–250
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–250
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–340
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–270
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Brussels Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–370
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–350
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–250
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–250
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–180
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–270
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–270
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–270
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Brussels Airport via Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–180
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–240
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–240
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–170
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Brussels Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–170
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–180
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–180
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Brussels South Charleroi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–240
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Gand-Saint-Pierre
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–17
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- €15–17
- 1st Class
- €20–23
Train from Gand-Saint-Pierre to Ostende
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €7–11
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- €7–11
- 1st Class
- €11–17
Train from Anvers-Central to Ostende
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- €12–18
- 1st Class
- €19–28
Train from Liège-Guillemins to Ostende
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €19–28
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- €19–28
- 1st Class
- €30–45
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to Ostende
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- €11–17
- 1st Class
- €17–26
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Antwerpen-Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- €9–14
- 1st Class
- €15–22
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Anvers-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–90
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Koeln Hbf to Liege-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–85
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–95
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Schiphol Airport to Antwerpen-Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–120
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Warszawa Centralna to Berlin Ostbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from S Ostbahnhof to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Koeln Hbf to Liege-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixtrain.de
Train from S Ostbahnhof to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 46m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €20–50
- Website
- https://www.flixtrain.com/
- Phone
- +46 77 175 75 75
- kundservice@sj.se
- Website
- sj.se
Train from Stockholm Centralstation to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 24m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–200
- 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
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €80–180
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Schiphol Airport to Antwerpen-Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–65
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Antwerpen-Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–26
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +31302035833
- info@europeansleeper.eu
- Website
- europeansleeper.eu
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Antwerpen-Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30
- Website
- https://www.europeansleeper.eu/
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Hamburg Hbf to Göttingen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €90–110
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Lübeck to Rotterdam Central Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–65
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Tallinn, Bus Station to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Bruges
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–85
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +358 0600 02010
- info@onnibus.com
- Website
- onnibus.com
Bus from Tallinn Harbour to Warsaw
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Website
- https://www.onnibus.com/home
- info@flibco.com
- Website
- flibco.com
Bus from Charleroi Airport to Brussels Midi / Brussels South West
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–20
- Website
- https://www.flibco.com/en
- Phone
- +372 680 0909
- info@luxexpress.eu
- Website
- luxexpress.eu
Bus from Vana-Pääsküla to Riia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–21
- Website
- https://luxexpress.eu/en/
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Rīgas SAO to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €55–100
- 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
- €100–150
- Website
- https://www.finnlines.com/
- Book at
- https://booking.finnlines.com/en//search
- Phone
- +358 9 123574
- Website
- vikingline.fi
Ferry from Helsinki to Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–150
- Website
- https://www.sales.vikingline.com/
- 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
- €35–110
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
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