There are 12 ways to get from Helsinki to Scotland by plane, bus, train, car, car train, or ferry
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Fly Helsinki Airport to Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane HEL - EDI
5h 48m£77–194Bus, 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
41h 59m£424–892Drive, bus, train, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Helsinki to Hamburg Hbfcar
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Lillebus
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Calais Frethuntrain Ter
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Glasgowcar
2d 5hFly Helsinki Airport to Aberdeen Airport
- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane HEL - ABZ
7h 38m£127–341Fly Helsinki Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane HEL - GLA
7h 44m£95–189Ferry 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 6m£90–210Ferry to Lennart Meri International Airport, fly to Aberdeen Airport
- Take the ferry from Helsinki to Tallinnferry
- Fly from Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane TLL - ABZ
10h 2m£90–247Fly Helsinki Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport
- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV)plane HEL - INV
8h 51m£116–303Bus, train via Dortmund
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the train from S Spandau Bhf to Dortmund Hbftrain 10 / ...
- Take the train from Dortmund Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Glasgow Centraltrain
42h 50m£464–912Bus, train via Bremen
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Bus Station to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Bremen Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Bremen 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
2d 1hFerry, bus, train
- 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
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.train
- Take the train from King's Cross to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
2d 5h£247–513Bus
- 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£207–479
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 - £200 and takes 5h 48m.
The fastest way to get from Helsinki to Scotland is to fly which takes 5h 48m and costs £75 - £200.
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 1095 miles.
The best way to get from Helsinki to Scotland without a car is to bus and train which takes 41h 59m and costs £420 - £900.
It takes approximately 5h 48m 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 5h 48m and costs £75 - £200. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £200 - £480 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 5:28 AM in Helsinki and 3:28 AM in Scotland.
What companies run services between Helsinki, Finland and Scotland?
Finnair and Norwegian Air International fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) once daily. 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 Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £85–250
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £120–350
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £130–370
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–290
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–230
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £95–210
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £65–210
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–350
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £130–380
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £90–410
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–330
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £85–320
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £90–420
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £85–250
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–290
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £95–210
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £90–310
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–230
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–230
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–290
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £70–180
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £70–180
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £130–370
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £65–210
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Glasgow Airport via Warsaw Modlin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 19m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £90–180
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £100–290
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–230
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Glasgow Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £65–180
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £50–160
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £75–290
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from S Spandau Bhf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £85–210
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £35–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from S Spandau Bhf to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £70–170
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £18–45
- 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
- £60–100
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £100–170
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £90–160
- 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
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £35–70
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from London Euston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £140–240
- 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
- £100–180
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Lille Europe to Calais Frethun
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £13–30
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lille Europe to Calais Frethun
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £18–29
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +49 581 97164164
- info@der-metronom.de
- Website
- der-metronom.de
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £30–70
- Schedules at
- der-metronom.de
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £25–40
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- service@govolta.nl
- Website
- govolta.nl
Train from Bremen Hbf to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Website
- https://govolta.nl/nl?_fl=en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £55–130
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £45–110
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- Passengerassistance@lumo.co.uk.
- Website
- lumo.co.uk
Train from King's Cross to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £80–150
- Website
- https://www.lumo.co.uk/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £100–170
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Lille
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £45–75
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Helsinki, Bus Station to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £110–200
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £65–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £40–70
- 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
- £8–35
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
Bus from Rīgas SAO to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £95–190
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
- 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
- £75–190
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Ferry from Helsinki to Tallinn
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £18–27
- Website
- https://www.tallink.com/en
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