There are 5 ways to get from Helsinki to Potsdam by plane, train, bus, car, car ferry, 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, train
best- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane HEL - BER
- Take the train from Flughafen BER to S Potsdam Hauptbahnhoftrain
5h 59m€73–220Bus, train
- 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 Hbftrain Eic / ...
25h 42m€167–348Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Helsinki to Port Of Trelleborgcar
- Take the car ferry from Trelleborg to Świnoujściecarferry
- Drive from Swinoujscie to Potsdamcar
35h 41m€491–786Ferry to Lennart Meri International Airport, fly, train
- Take the ferry from Helsinki to Tallinnferry
- Fly from Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane TLL - BER
- Take the train from Flughafen BER to S Potsdam Hauptbahnhoftrain
8h 2mBus
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhofbus N1206
26h 35m€110–188
Helsinki to Potsdam by bus and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Helsinki to Potsdam is to bus which costs €110 - €190 and takes 26h 35m.
The fastest way to get from Helsinki to Potsdam is to fly and train which takes 5h 59m and costs €70 - €220.
The distance between Helsinki and Potsdam is 1202 km.
The best way to get from Helsinki to Potsdam without a car is to bus and train which takes 25h 42m and costs €160 - €350.
It takes approximately 5h 59m to get from Helsinki to Potsdam, including transfers.
Potsdam is 1h behind Helsinki. It is currently 9:39 PM in Helsinki and 8:39 PM in Potsdam.
There are 1369+ hotels available in Potsdam.
What companies run services between Helsinki, Finland and Potsdam, Germany?
FlixBus operates a bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof once daily. Tickets cost €100–190 and the journey takes 25h 55m.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €75–220
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–220
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–200
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–200
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–200
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €100–190
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–190
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–190
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–190
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–210
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–160
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–250
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Flughafen BER to S Potsdam Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–16
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/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
- €70–160
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Poznan Glowny to Berlin Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–90
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/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
- €55–95
- 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
- €100–190
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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
- €30–110
- Website
- https://www.ttline.com/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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