There are 9 ways to get from Messina to Helsinki by train, plane, ferry, bus, car, 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 Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Helsinki Airport
best- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centraletrain
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)plane CTA - HEL
9h 40m€98–278Ferry, train, bus
- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa S.Giovanniferry M1 / ...
- Take the train from Villa S.Giovanni to Venezia Mestretrain Fr
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Wien Hbftrain Rjx
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Warszawa Zachodniatrain Ec
- Take the bus from Warsaw, Bus Station West to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2bus
47h 31mBus
- Take the bus from Messina - Piazza della Repubblica to Nürnberg, Zobbus
- Take the bus from Nuremberg central bus station to Berlin central bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Bus Stationbus
2d 11hFerry, drive
- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa San Giovanniferry
- Drive from Villa San Giovanni to Helsinkicar
2d 4h€902–1,402Train to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Lennart Meri International Airport, ferry
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centraletrain
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL)plane CTA - TLL
- Take the ferry from Tallinn to Helsinki Terminal 2ferry
13h 16m€103–327Train to Palermo Airport, fly to Helsinki Airport
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centraletrain
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)plane PMO - HEL
13h 9m€110–311Ferry, train, bus via Vilnius
- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa S.Giovanniferry M1 / ...
- Take the train from Villa S.Giovanni to Venezia Mestretrain Fr
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Wien Hbftrain Rjx
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Warszawa Zachodniatrain Ec
- Take the train from Warszawa Zachodnia to Vilniaus geležinkelio stotistrain
- Take the bus from Vilnius, Autobusų Stotis (Sodų g. 22) to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2bus
2dCar ferry, train, bus
- Take the car ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa San Giovannicarferry
- Take the train from Villa S.Giovanni to Salernotrain Ic
- Take the bus from Salerno to Kielcebus
- Take the bus from Kielce, Bus Station to Helsinki, Bus Stationbus
2d 15h€271–529Car ferry, bus, ferry
- Take the car ferry from Messina to Port of Salernocarferry
- Take the bus from Salerno to Rivne Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Rivne Central Bus Station to Tallinn, Harbour Terminal Dbus
- Take the ferry from Tallinn to Helsinkiferry
3d 3h€225–337
Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Helsinki Airport (HEL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Messina to Helsinki is to train and fly which costs €95 - €280 and takes 9h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Messina to Helsinki is to train and fly which takes 9h 40m and costs €95 - €280.
No, there is no direct bus from Messina to Helsinki station. However, there are services departing from Messina - Piazza della Repubblica and arriving at Helsinki, Bus Station via Nuremberg central bus station and Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 11h.
The distance between Messina and Helsinki is 2757 km.
The best way to get from Messina to Helsinki without a car is to ferry and train and bus which takes 47h 31m and costs .
It takes approximately 9h 40m to get from Messina to Helsinki, including transfers.
Messina to Helsinki bus services, operated by Onebus, depart from Messina - Piazza della Repubblica station.
Messina to Helsinki bus services, operated by Onebus, arrive at Nürnberg, Zob station.
Helsinki is 1h ahead of Messina. It is currently 1:44 PM in Messina and 2:44 PM in Helsinki.
Book your Messina to Helsinki bus tickets online with Omio.
What companies run services between Messina, Italy and Helsinki, Finland?
You can take a bus from Messina - Piazza della Repubblica to Helsinki, Bus Station via Nuremberg central bus station, Berlin central bus station, and Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof in around 2d 11h.
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Sunday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €130–360
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- When
- Sunday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €130–370
Flights from Palermo Airport to Helsinki Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–340
Flights from Palermo Airport to Helsinki Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–370
Flights from Palermo Airport to Helsinki Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–210
Flights from Palermo Airport to Helsinki Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–370
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Helsinki Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–380
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–360
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Gdansk
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–180
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €80–270
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–270
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Helsinki Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 22m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–280
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Helsinki Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €90–340
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–45
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €10–21
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €10–21
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €23–50
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Salerno
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–85
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €170–330
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €170–330
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Salerno
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Venezia Mestre to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €90–140
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- €90–140
Train from Venezia Mestre to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €90–140
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- €90–140
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wien Hbf to Warszawa Zachodnia
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €140–260
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Wien Hbf to Warszawa Zachodnia
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €140–260
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +370 700 55 111
- informacija@ltglink.lt
- Website
- ltglink.lt
Train from Warszawa Zachodnia to Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €23–30
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Salerno
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 49m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–95
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Warsaw, Bus Station West to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €85–150
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Nuremberg central bus station to Berlin central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–230
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Vilnius, Autobusų Stotis (Sodų g. 22) to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–95
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Kielce, Bus Station to Helsinki, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–190
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- info@onebus.it
- Website
- onebus.it
Bus from Messina - Piazza della Repubblica to Nürnberg, Zob
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 56m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Website
- https://onebus.it/
- Phone
- 13 43 232 76
- biuro@miskrosno.pl
- Website
- miskrosno.pl
Bus from Salerno to Kielce
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 55m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €120–190
- Schedules at
- miskrosno.pl
- Book at
- api.euroticket.pl
- Phone
- +38 (032) 221-68-58
- altransinfo@gmail.com
- Website
- al-trans.com.ua
Bus from Salerno to Rivne Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 47m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €100–120
- Website
- https://al-trans.com.ua/en
- Schedules at
- https://al-trans.com.ua/en/routes
- Phone
- +38 (067) 467-44-00
- transtempo@ukr.net
- Website
- transtempo.ua
Bus from Rivne Central Bus Station to Tallinn, Harbour Terminal D
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- https://transtempo.ua/
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- 3409848540
- info@blujetlines.it
- Website
- blujetlines.it
Ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa San Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €2–3
- Schedules at
- blujetlines.it
- Phone
- 06000 4300
- Website
- eckeroline.fi
Ferry from Tallinn to Helsinki Terminal 2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €20–40
- Schedules at
- https://www.eckeroline.com/
- Economy
- €20–30
- Phone
- +39.090.57.37
- servizioclienti@carontetourist.it
- Website
- carontetourist.it
Car ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa San Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €1–39
- Schedules at
- carontetourist.it
- Passenger
- €3
- Car
- €39
Car ferry from Messina to Port of Salerno
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €29–60
- Schedules at
- carontetourist.it
- Passenger
- €29
- Cars
- €60
- Phone
- +358 3 4399880
- individual.sales@vikingline.com
- Website
- vikingline.fi
Ferry from Tallinn to Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- https://www.sales.vikingline.com/
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