There are 10 ways to get from Helsinki to Scotland by plane, ferry, bus, or train
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Fly Helsinki Airport to Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane HEL - EDI
6h 4m£73–213Ferry, bus, train
- Take the ferry from VUOSAAREN SATAMA: Vuosaaren satama to Travemünde Skandinavienkaiferry
- Take the bus from Lübeck to Rotterdam Central Stationbus
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.train
- Take the train from London Euston to Glasgow Centraltrain
38h 16m£222–756Ferry, bus, train via Warsaw
- Take the ferry from Helsinki to Tallinnferry
- Take the bus from Tallinn, Harbour Terminal D to Warsaw, Bus Station Westbus
- Take the train from Warszawa Zachodnia to Berlin Hbftrain Eic
- 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
42h 2m£245–1,047Bus
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Bus Station to Warsaw Bus Station Westbus
- Take the bus from Warsaw Bus Station West to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Stationbus
2d 9h£137–355Fly Helsinki Airport to Aberdeen Airport
- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane HEL - ABZ
8h 35m£93–303Fly Helsinki Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane HEL - GLA
8h 14m£93–193Fly Helsinki Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport
- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV)plane HEL - INV
9h 23m£80–333Ferry 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 17m£77–256Ferry 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
11h 7m£112–326Bus, train
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Vilnius, Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis to Warszawa Zachodniatrain
- Take the train from Warszawa Zachodnia to Berlin Hbftrain
- Take the train from Berlin Hbf to Amsterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.train
- Take the train from London Euston to Glasgow Centraltrain
45h 18m£260–1,009
Helsinki to Scotland by ferry, foot, bus, and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Helsinki to Scotland is to fly which costs £90 - £200 and takes 8h 14m.
The fastest way to get from Helsinki to Scotland is to fly which takes 6h 4m and costs £70 - £220.
No, there is no direct bus from Helsinki station to Scotland station. However, there are services departing from Helsinki, Bus Station and arriving at Buchanan Bus Station via Warsaw Bus Station West and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 9h.
The distance between Helsinki and Scotland is 1096 miles.
The best way to get from Helsinki to Scotland without a car is to ferry and bus and train which takes 38h 16m and costs £220 - £800.
It takes approximately 6h 4m to get from Helsinki to Scotland, including transfers.
Helsinki to Scotland bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Helsinki, Bus Station.
The best way to get from Helsinki to Scotland is to fly which takes 6h 4m and costs £70 - £220. Alternatively, you can Bus, which costs £130 - £360 and takes 2 days 9h.
Helsinki to Scotland bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Warsaw Bus Station West.
Scotland is 2h behind Helsinki. It is currently 2:02 AM in Helsinki and 12:02 AM in Scotland.
What companies run services between Helsinki, Finland and Scotland?
Finnair flies from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) once daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Helsinki, Bus Station to Buchanan Bus Station via Warsaw Bus Station West and London Victoria in around 2d 9h.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–200
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Aberdeen Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £140–380
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £130–360
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–280
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £150–390
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £140–370
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Edinburgh Airport, Stornoway
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £130–360
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £130–200
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–200
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Aberdeen Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £140–380
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–280
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £150–390
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £130–200
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £85–400
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–310
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £90–410
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–240
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–320
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £60–250
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £45–190
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–170
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £40–170
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £75–310
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–240
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £80–310
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–220
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £75–290
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £55–170
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–170
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £65–230
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- £65–100
- 1st Class
- £140–230
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
- £80–270
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £50–330
- 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
- £50–310
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from London Euston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–200
- 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
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £55–95
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Warszawa Zachodnia to Berlin Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–110
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +370 700 55 111
- informacija@ltglink.lt
- Website
- ltglink.lt
Train from Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis to Warszawa Zachodnia
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £23–30
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/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
- £29–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Tallinn, Harbour Terminal D to Warsaw, Bus Station West
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £35–75
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Helsinki, Bus Station to Warsaw Bus Station West
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £50–100
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Warsaw Bus Station West to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £65–180
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £21–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Vilnius, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 8m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £35–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 01204 327509
- info@atlantictravel.co.uk
- Website
- atlantictravel.co.uk
Bus from Warsaw Bus Station West to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Website
- Atlantic Travel GB Ltd
Bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Website
- Atlantic Travel GB Ltd
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £23–80
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- 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
- £90–130
- Website
- https://www.finnlines.com/
- Book at
- https://booking.finnlines.com/en//search
Ferry from Helsinki to Tallinn
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £9–65
- Website
- https://www.tallink.com/en
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