There are 12 ways to get from Helsinki to Scotland by plane, bus, train, or ferry
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Fly Helsinki Airport to Glasgow Airport
best- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane HEL - GLA
7h 52m£74–212Bus, train
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the train from S Spandau Bhf to Köln Hbftrain 19 / ...
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Miditrain 79
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Glasgow Centraltrain
42h 5m£227–737Bus, 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 Tczewtrain Tlk / ...
- Take the train from Tczew to Berlin Hbftrain Ic
- Take the train from Berlin Hbf to Amsterdam Centraaltrain Ice
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.train
- Take the train from London Euston to Glasgow Centraltrain
44h 4m£292–945Fly Helsinki Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane HEL - EDI
5h 58m£79–222Fly Helsinki Airport to Aberdeen Airport
- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane HEL - ABZ
8h 50m£99–262Fly Helsinki Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport
- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV)plane HEL - INV
9h 27m£81–272Ferry to Lennart Meri International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the ferry from Helsinki to Tallinnferry
- Fly from Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane TLL - EDI
8h 6mFerry to Lennart Meri International Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport
- Take the ferry from Helsinki to Tallinnferry
- Fly from Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane TLL - GLA
10h 55mFly Helsinki Airport to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane HEL - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Prestontrain
- Take the train from Preston to Glasgow Centraltrain
9h 31m£107–342Bus, train via Hamburg
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Bus Station to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the train from Hamburg-Bergedorf to Amsterdam Centraaltrain Ice
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.train
- Take the train from London Euston to Glasgow Centraltrain
2d£244–856Bus
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Stationbus
2d 7h£126–264Bus via Prague
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Bus Station to Tallinn, Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Tallinna bussijaam to Prahabus
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Sheffieldbus
- Take the bus from Sheffield Interchange/E2 to Buchanan Bus Stationbus 180
2d 20h£127–297
Helsinki to Scotland by bus, foot, and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Helsinki to Scotland is to fly which costs £75 - £230 and takes 5h 58m.
The fastest way to get from Helsinki to Scotland is to fly which takes 5h 58m and costs £75 - £230.
No, there is no direct bus from Helsinki to Scotland station. However, there are services departing from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 and arriving at Buchanan Bus Station via Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 7h.
The distance between Helsinki and Scotland is 1136 miles.
The best way to get from Helsinki to Scotland without a car is to bus and train which takes 42h 5m and costs £220 - £750.
It takes approximately 7h 52m to get from Helsinki to Scotland, including transfers.
Helsinki to Scotland bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 station.
The best way to get from Helsinki to Scotland is to fly which takes 7h 52m and costs £70 - £220. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £120 - £270 and takes 2 days 7h.
Helsinki to Scotland bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof station.
Scotland is 2h behind Helsinki. It is currently 2:15 PM in Helsinki and 12:15 PM in Scotland.
What companies run services between Helsinki, Finland and Scotland?
KLM, Finnair, and two other airlines fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Glasgow Airport (GLA) 4 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Buchanan Bus Station via Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof and London Victoria in around 2d 7h.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–270
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £130–200
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £130–360
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £140–370
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £130–350
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Edinburgh Airport, Stornoway
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £130–340
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £110–190
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £130–170
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–270
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £130–200
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £140–370
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £110–190
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £130–170
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–290
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £85–400
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £85–390
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–240
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 17m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–300
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–280
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £100–240
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £85–200
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Manchester Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £110–210
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Manchester Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £110–210
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–300
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £65–250
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £40–160
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £80–310
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–240
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £140–360
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £50–170
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £40–160
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Manchester Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £70–200
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from S Spandau Bhf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £27–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £45–85
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £65–230
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £55–290
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 24m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £17–25
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- £17–25
- 1st Class
- £26–40
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from London Euston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–210
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–110
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from London Euston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 28m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60–80
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £60–80
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £260–300
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Elk to Tczew
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 18m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £11–19
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- 2nd Class
- £11–16
- 1st Class
- £15–19
Train from Tczew to Berlin Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £30–60
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Berlin Hbf to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £80–290
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- £80–130
- 1st Class
- £170–290
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £85–270
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Hamburg-Bergedorf to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 3m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60–220
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- £60–95
- 1st Class
- £130–220
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Manchester Airport to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £7–30
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Manchester Airport to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–28
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £26–95
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £50–100
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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
- £55–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Helsinki, Bus Station to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £65–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 11m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £50–100
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £23–60
- 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
- £35–75
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £23–65
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from Sheffield Interchange/E2 to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £30–60
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Website
- flixbus.pl
Bus from Tallinna bussijaam to Praha
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £1–2
- Schedules at
- flixbus.pl
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 58m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60–160
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/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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