There are 9 ways to get from Helsinki to Rotterdam by plane, train, bus, car ferry, car, 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 Helsinki Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
best- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane HEL - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
5h 29m€93–257Bus, 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 Hbftrain Eic / ...
- Take the train from Berlin Hbf to Amersfoort Centraaltrain Ice
- Take the train from Amersfoort Centraal to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
32h 30m€240–539Car ferry, train
- Take the car ferry from Helsinki to Stockholmcarferry
- Take the train from Stockholm Central to Hamburg Hbftrain Ic
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Osnabrück Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Osnabrück Hbf to Hengelotrain
- Take the train from Hengelo to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
36h 8m€208–510Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Helsinki to Gothenburgcar
- Take the car ferry from Gothenburg to Port of Frederikshavncarferry
- Drive from Port Of Frederikshavn to Rotterdamcar
37h 6m€558–917Ferry to Lennart Meri International Airport, fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Take the ferry from Helsinki to Tallinnferry
- Fly from Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane TLL - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
7h 38m€117–308Fly Helsinki Airport to Brussels Airport, train
- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane HEL - BRU
- Take the train from Anvers-Central to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
7h 18m€139–338Bus
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhofbus N1206
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Rotterdam Central Stationbus N1386 / ...
38h 30m€169–288Bus, train
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Bus Station to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Amersfoort Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Amersfoort Centraal to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
39h 1mFerry, bus
- Take the ferry from Helsinki to Tallinnferry
- Take the bus from Tallinn Bus Station to Riga, Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Rīgas SAO to Rotterdam Centraalbus
42h 16m€121–308
Helsinki to Rotterdam by bus and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Helsinki to Rotterdam is to fly and train which costs €90 - €260 and takes 5h 29m.
The fastest way to get from Helsinki to Rotterdam is to fly and train which takes 5h 29m and costs €90 - €260.
No, there is no direct bus from Helsinki to Rotterdam station. However, there are services departing from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 and arriving at Rotterdam Central Station via Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 38h 30m.
The distance between Helsinki and Rotterdam is 1597 km.
The best way to get from Helsinki to Rotterdam without a car is to bus and train via Ełk which takes 32h 30m and costs €240 - €550.
It takes approximately 5h 29m to get from Helsinki to Rotterdam, including transfers.
Helsinki to Rotterdam bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 station.
Helsinki to Rotterdam bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof station.
Rotterdam is 1h behind Helsinki. It is currently 7:07 PM in Helsinki and 6:07 PM in Rotterdam.
Book your Helsinki to Rotterdam bus tickets online with Omio and FlixBus.
What companies run services between Helsinki, Finland and Rotterdam, Netherlands?
You can take a bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Rotterdam Central Station via Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof in around 38h 30m.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–360
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–240
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–260
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–260
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Brussels Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 58m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–270
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Brussels Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–270
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–360
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–240
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–240
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–170
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–260
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–260
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Brussels Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–370
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–240
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–270
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–370
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–170
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–170
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €5–13
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Berlin Hbf to Amersfoort Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €60–150
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Amersfoort Centraal to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–26
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Hengelo to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–45
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/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
- €70–170
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Poznan Glowny to Berlin Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–95
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- snalltaget@snalltaget.se
- Website
- snalltaget.se
Train from Stockholm Central to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–180
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Osnabrück Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Osnabrück Hbf to Hengelo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- info@eurobahn.de
- Website
- eurobahn.de
Train from Osnabrück Hbf to Hengelo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–25
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
- Website
- govolta.nl
Train from Osnabrück Hbf to Hengelo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- govolta.nl
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Amersfoort Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- govolta.nl
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Anvers-Central to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €29–50
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-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
- €55–100
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–230
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Rotterdam Central Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Helsinki, Bus Station to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–230
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Tallinn Bus Station to Riga, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–35
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
Bus from Rīgas SAO to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €90–240
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
- Phone
- +358 9 123574
- Website
- vikingline.fi
Car ferry from Helsinki to Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €14–130
- Website
- https://www.sales.vikingline.com/
- Phone
- +44 844 770 7070
- info.se@stenaline.com
- Website
- stenaline.dk
Car ferry from Gothenburg to Port of Frederikshavn
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–120
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
- Passenger
- €16–21
- Small Car
- €65–120
Ferry from Helsinki to Tallinn
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- https://www.tallink.com/en
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