There are 13 ways to get from Helsinki to Trieste by plane, bus, train, ferry, night train, shuttle, car, or car train
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 Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport
best- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS)plane HEL - TRS
8h 43m€87–290Bus, train
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Warsaw, Bus Station Westbus
- Take the train from Warszawa Zachodnia to Bohumintrain Ic
- Take the train from Bohumin to Wien Hbftrain Ic
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Trieste Centraletrain Rjx
35h 53m€179–327Bus, train via Kaunas
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Kaunas, Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Kaunas to Kraków Głównytrain
- Take the train from Krakow Glowny to Graz Hbftrain Ic
- Take the train from Graz Hbf to Trieste Centraletrain Rjx
39h 23m€145–269Ferry, night train, train
- Take the ferry from Helsinki to Stockholmferry
- Take the night train from Stockholm Centralstation to St. Johann im Pongaunighttrain Nt / ...
- Take the train from St. Johann Im Pongau to Villach Hbftrain Ic
- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Trieste Centraletrain Rjx
2d 2h€158–475Fly Helsinki Airport to Ljubljana, shuttle
- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Ljubljana (LJU)plane HEL - LJU
- Take a shuttle bus from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Trieste Centrale
6h 50m€118–493Fly Helsinki Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane HEL - VCE
- Take a shuttle bus from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Trieste Centrale
8h 8m€118–503Ferry to Lennart Meri International Airport, fly to Venice Marco Polo Airport, shuttle
- Take the ferry from Helsinki to Tallinnferry
- Fly from Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane TLL - VCE
- Take a shuttle bus from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Trieste Centrale
10h 16m€103–596Fly Helsinki Airport to Rijeka Airport, bus
- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Rijeka Airport (RJK)plane HEL - RJK
- Take the bus from Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor to Trieste, Autostazionebus
11h 41m€228–543Fly Helsinki Airport to Vienna International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)plane HEL - VIE
- Take a shuttle bus from Wien Hbf to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Take a shuttle bus from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Trieste Centrale
10h 7m€152–975Bus
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Tallinn, Harbour Terminal Dbus
- Take the bus from Tallinn, Harbour Terminal D to Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB)bus
- Take the bus from Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB) to Triestebus 297
38h 50m€141–334Bus, train #2
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Bus Station to Tallinn, Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Tallinn to Katowicebus
- Take the bus from Katowice to Udinebus
- Take the train from Udine to Trieste Centraletrain Re
2d 5hDrive, car train
- Drive from Helsinki to Hamburg Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Hamburg Hbf to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Triestecar
39h 59m€638–1,679Drive 3,937.9 km
- Drive from Helsinki to Triestecar 3,937.9 km
43h 13m€716–1,033
Helsinki to Trieste by bus and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Helsinki to Trieste is to bus and train via Kaunas which costs €140 - €270 and takes 39h 23m.
The fastest way to get from Helsinki to Trieste is to fly and shuttle which takes 6h 50m and costs €110 - €500.
No, there is no direct bus from Helsinki to Trieste. However, there are services departing from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 and arriving at Trieste via Tallinn, Harbour Terminal D and Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB). The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 38h 50m.
The distance between Helsinki and Trieste is 1837 km. The road distance is 3937.9 km.
The best way to get from Helsinki to Trieste without a car is to bus and train which takes 35h 53m and costs €170 - €330.
It takes approximately 8h 43m to get from Helsinki to Trieste, including transfers.
Helsinki to Trieste bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 station.
The best way to get from Helsinki to Trieste is to fly which takes 8h 43m and costs €85 - €290. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €140 - €340 and takes 38h 50m.
Helsinki to Trieste bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Tallinn, Harbour Terminal D station.
Trieste is 1h behind Helsinki. It is currently 10:30 PM in Helsinki and 9:30 PM in Trieste.
What companies run services between Helsinki, Finland and Trieste, Italy?
Lufthansa, Air Dolomiti, and three other airlines fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Trieste via Tallinn, Harbour Terminal D and Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB) in around 38h 50m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–380
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Rijeka Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €170–850
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Rijeka Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €180–750
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–350
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Rijeka Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €120–460
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–220
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €150–310
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–230
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–260
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–390
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–370
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Ljubljana via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–310
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Vienna International Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–230
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–370
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–250
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–250
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €27–240
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Rijeka Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €280–800
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Warszawa Zachodnia to Bohumin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €60–63
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Bohumin to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–21
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- 2nd Class
- €12–17
- 1st Class
- €16–21
Train from Krakow Glowny to Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- 2nd Class
- €21–30
- 1st Class
- €27–35
- Phone
- +420 220 311 700
- info@le.cz
- Website
- leoexpress.com
Train from Warszawa Zachodnia to Bohumin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €24–45
- Website
- https://www.leoexpress.com/en
- Economy
- €24–35
- Business
- €28–40
- Economy Plus
- €29–45
- Premium
- €30–45
Train from Wien Hbf to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 38m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–130
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €85–130
Train from Graz Hbf to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 9m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–90
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €55–90
Train from St. Johann Im Pongau to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €22–35
Train from Villach Hbf to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €30–45
Train from Udine to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €17–26
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €17–26
- Phone
- +370 700 55 111
- informacija@ltglink.lt
- Website
- ltglink.lt
Train from Kaunas to Kraków Główny
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- snalltaget@snalltaget.se
- Website
- snalltaget.se
Night train from Stockholm Centralstation to St. Johann im Pongau
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €110–160
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from St. Johann Im Pongau to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–27
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from St. Johann Im Pongau to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–27
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Train from St. Johann Im Pongau to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €26–260
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €250–260
- Couchette Carriage
- €120–150
- Seating Carriage
- €26–35
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from St. Johann Im Pongau to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €9–27
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Udine to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–11
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Hamburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–900
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- €420–470
- Car Compartment
- €750–900
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 Warsaw, Bus Station West
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Kaunas, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–95
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Tallinn, Harbour Terminal D
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–90
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Tallinn, Harbour Terminal D to Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB)
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–170
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB) to Trieste
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Helsinki, Bus Station to Tallinn, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–100
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Shuttle from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €31–170
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €31–34
- Private
- €95–170
Shuttle from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €34–250
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €34–38
- Private
- €140–250
Bus from Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor to Trieste, Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €35–120
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
Shuttle from Wien Hbf to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €35–550
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €35–50
- Private
- €270–550
- Phone
- +373 789 18 888
- info@busline.md
- Website
- busline.md
Bus from Tallinn to Katowice
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 23m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Website
- https://busline.md/en/
- Phone
- 13 43 232 76
- biuro@miskrosno.pl
- Website
- miskrosno.pl
Bus from Katowice to Udine
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- miskrosno.pl
- Book at
- api.euroticket.pl
- Phone
- +358 9 123574
- Website
- vikingline.fi
Ferry from Helsinki to Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €4–5
- Website
- https://www.sales.vikingline.com/
Ferry from Helsinki to Tallinn
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–75
- Website
- https://www.tallink.com/en
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