There are 12 ways to get from La Rochelle to Finland by train, plane, bus, car, ferry, car train, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Nantes Atlantique Airport, fly to Helsinki Airport
best- Take the train from La Rochelle to Nantestrain
- Fly from Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)plane NTE - HEL
10h 8m€155–407Fly La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport to Helsinki Airport
cheapest- Fly from La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport (LRH) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)plane LRH - HEL
7h 57m€112–394Train, bus via Berlin
- Take the train from La Rochelle Ville to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2train Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Est to Berlin Gesundbrunnentrain Ice
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2bus
40h 34m€423–768Drive 4,142.6 km
- Drive from La Rochelle to Helsinkicar 4,142.6 km
43h 22m€877–1,267Train to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport, fly to Helsinki Airport
- Take the train from La Rochelle Ville to Bordeaux St Jeantrain
- Fly from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)plane BOD - HEL
10h 27m€169–531Train, bus to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport, fly to Helsinki Airport
- Take the train from La Rochelle to Nantestrain
- Take the bus from Nantes to Rennesbus
- Fly from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport (RNS) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)plane RNS - HEL
12h 34m€186–576Train to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, fly to Helsinki Airport
- Take the train from La Rochelle Ville to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2train
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)plane CDG - HEL
8h 59m€196–414Train to Nantes Atlantique Airport, fly to Lennart Meri International Airport, ferry
- Take the train from La Rochelle to Nantestrain
- Fly from Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) to Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL)plane NTE - TLL
- Take the ferry from Tallinn to Helsinki Terminal 2ferry
13h 59m€175–331Train, bus
- Take the train from La Rochelle Ville to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2train Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Nord to Hamburg-Harburgtrain Trn
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2bus
2d 1h€431–665Bus
- Take the bus from La Rochelle to Parisbus
- Take the bus from Paris to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2bus
2d 1h€284–448Bus via Hamburg
- Take the bus from La Rochelle - Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Hamburg - Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2bus
2d 5h€290–461Drive, car train, car ferry
- Drive from La Rochelle to Lörrach Hbfcar
- Take the cartrain from Lörrach Hbf to Lüneburgcartrain
- Drive from Lüneburg to Swinoujsciecar
- Take the carferry from Świnoujście to Ystadcarferry
- Drive from Bornholmerfærgen, Ystad to Helsinkicar
2d 11h€816–1,347
La Rochelle to Finland by train, foot, subway, bus, and tram
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from La Rochelle to Finland is to train and fly and ferry which costs €170 - €340 and takes 13h 59m.
The fastest way to get from La Rochelle to Finland is to fly which takes 7h 57m and costs €110 - €400.
No, there is no direct bus from La Rochelle to Finland station. However, there are services departing from La Rochelle and arriving at Helsinki, Bus Station via Paris, Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof and Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 1h.
The distance between La Rochelle and Finland is 2450 km. The road distance is 4142.6 km.
The best way to get from La Rochelle to Finland without a car is to train and bus via Berlin which takes 40h 34m and costs €420 - €800.
It takes approximately 10h 8m to get from La Rochelle to Finland, including transfers.
La Rochelle to Finland bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from La Rochelle station.
The best way to get from La Rochelle to Finland is to fly which takes 7h 57m and costs €110 - €400. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €280 - €450 and takes 2 days 1h.
La Rochelle to Finland bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Paris station.
Finland is 1h ahead of La Rochelle. It is currently 11:19 PM in La Rochelle and 12:19 AM in Finland.
What companies run services between La Rochelle, France and Finland?
Ryanair, Jet2.com, and Finnair fly from La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport (LRH) to Helsinki Airport (HEL) twice a week. Alternatively, you can take a bus from La Rochelle to Helsinki, Bus Station via Paris, Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof, and Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 in around 2d 1h.
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Helsinki Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–450
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Helsinki Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–280
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Helsinki Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–430
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Helsinki Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–750
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–390
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Helsinki Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–390
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 6m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–430
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–270
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Helsinki Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–450
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Helsinki Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–280
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Helsinki Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–430
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Helsinki Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–750
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–430
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–270
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Helsinki Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €170–460
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Helsinki Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €100–460
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Helsinki Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €90–350
Flights from La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport to Helsinki Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €260–700
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Helsinki Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €320–850
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Helsinki Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €260–700
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–390
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Helsinki Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–280
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Helsinki Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €230–390
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Helsinki Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–390
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Helsinki Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–250
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–270
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport to Helsinki Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–390
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 42m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–260
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Helsinki Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–550
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Helsinki Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €80–230
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Helsinki Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–450
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from La Rochelle to Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from La Rochelle Ville to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €85–140
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from La Rochelle Ville to Bordeaux St Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from La Rochelle to Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from La Rochelle Ville to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €85–140
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from La Rochelle to Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from La Rochelle Ville to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €85–140
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from La Rochelle Ville to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €90–140
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from La Rochelle Ville to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €90–140
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from La Rochelle Ville to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €90–140
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Paris Est to Berlin Gesundbrunnen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €190–400
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Paris Nord to Hamburg-Harburg
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 57m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €170–260
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Lörrach Hbf to Lüneburg
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 22m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €100–120
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €140–220
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Nantes to Rennes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €170–260
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from La Rochelle to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–80
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Paris to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €90–140
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €140–220
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €170–260
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Nantes to Rennes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–14
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from La Rochelle - Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Hamburg - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Nantes to Rennes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Website
- SNCF Bus
- Phone
- 06000 4300
- Website
- eckeroline.fi
Ferry from Tallinn to Helsinki Terminal 2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €17–30
- Schedules at
- Eckeroline
- Economy
- €20–30
- Phone
- +48 91 88 02 909
- rezerwacje@unityline.pl
- Website
- unityline.eu
Car ferry from Świnoujście to Ystad
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €25–50
- Schedules at
- unityline.eu
- Phone
- +48 94 35 52 102
- info@polferries.pl
- Website
- polferries.com
Car ferry from Świnoujście to Ystad
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–170
- Schedules at
- polferries.com
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