There are 10 ways to get from Messina to Helsinki by train, plane, ferry, bus, car, car ferry, or busferry
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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
8h 32m€114–260Train to Palermo Airport, fly to Helsinki Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centraletrain
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)plane PMO - HEL
12h 13m€100–345Ferry, 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 Meidlingtrain Rjx
- Take the train from Wien Meidling to Warszawa Zachodniatrain Ec
- Take the bus from Warszawa, Dworzec Zachodni to Tallinn, Harbour Terminal Dbus
- Take the ferry from Tallinn to Helsinkiferry
47h 24mBus
- Take the bus from Messina to Bologna Centralebus
- Take the bus from Bologna Centrale to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Bus Stationbus
2d 11h€227–467Ferry, 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 Helsinkiferry
12h 33m€101–287Ferry, train to Lamezia Terme International Airport, fly to Helsinki Airport
- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa S.Giovanniferry
- Take the train from Villa S.Giovanni to Lamezia Terme C.train
- Fly from Lamezia Terme International Airport (SUF) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)plane SUF - HEL
10h 3mFerry, 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 Wschodniatrain Ec
- Take the train from Warszawa Wschodnia 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€262–450Bus and ferry, bus, ferry
- Take the busferry from Messina - Piazza della Repubblica to Lushnjëbusferry
- Take the bus from Lushnjë to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Stockholm, Cityterminalenbus
- Take the ferry from Stockholm to Helsinkiferry
3d 9h
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 €110 - €260 and takes 8h 32m.
The fastest way to get from Messina to Helsinki is to train and fly which takes 8h 32m and costs €110 - €260.
No, there is no direct bus from Messina to Helsinki station. However, there are services departing from Messina and arriving at Helsinki, Bus Station via Bologna Centrale and Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 11h.
The distance between Messina and Helsinki is 2760 km.
The best way to get from Messina to Helsinki without a car is to ferry and train and bus which takes 47h 24m and costs .
It takes approximately 8h 32m to get from Messina to Helsinki, including transfers.
Messina to Helsinki bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Messina station.
Messina to Helsinki bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Bologna Centrale station.
Helsinki is 1h ahead of Messina. It is currently 8:58 PM in Messina and 9:58 PM in Helsinki.
Book your Messina to Helsinki bus tickets online with Omio and FlixBus.
What companies run services between Messina, Italy and Helsinki, Finland?
You can take a bus from Messina to Helsinki, Bus Station via Bologna Centrale 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, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–340
Flights from Palermo Airport to Helsinki Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–340
Flights from Palermo Airport to Helsinki Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–270
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–330
Flights from Lamezia Terme International Airport to Helsinki Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 7m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–240
Flights from Lamezia Terme International Airport to Helsinki Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–340
Flights from Lamezia Terme International Airport to Helsinki Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–350
Flights from Lamezia Terme International Airport to Helsinki Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–340
Flights from Lamezia Terme International Airport to Helsinki Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–250
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–270
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Gdansk
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–270
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €80–190
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Helsinki Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–330
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–310
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Helsinki Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–440
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Helsinki Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €65–290
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Helsinki Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–350
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–20
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–50
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Lamezia Terme C.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–23
- 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
- €9–22
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–55
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Lamezia Terme C.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–24
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Salerno
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–85
- 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 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €160–320
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Lamezia Terme C.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–29
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Salerno
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €90–140
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €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
- *
- €90–140
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wien Meidling to Warszawa Zachodnia
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- 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 Wschodnia
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 9m
- 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
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Wien Meidling to Warszawa Zachodnia
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
Train from Wien Hbf to Warszawa Wschodnia
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 4m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Wien Meidling to Warszawa Zachodnia
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 51m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €110–240
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Wien Hbf to Warszawa Wschodnia
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 4m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €110–240
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +370 700 55 111
- informacija@ltglink.lt
- Website
- ltglink.lt
Train from Warszawa Wschodnia to Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €26–35
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Salerno
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–100
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +38 (067) 467-44-00
- transtempo@ukr.net
- Website
- transtempo.ua
Bus from Warszawa, Dworzec Zachodni to Tallinn, Harbour Terminal D
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–120
- Website
- https://transtempo.ua/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Messina to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–200
- 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
- €45–85
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Kielce, Bus Station to Helsinki, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–170
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Messina to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.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
- €131
- Schedules at
- miskrosno.pl
- Book at
- api.euroticket.pl
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Messina - Piazza della Repubblica to Lushnjë
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 57m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +383 38 616 161
- Website
- travel.gjirafa.com
Bus from Lushnjë to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €6
- Schedules at
- travel.gjirafa.com
- Phone
- +355 69 930 4724
- basharodolf@gmail.com
- Website
- visit-gjirokastra.com
Bus from Lushnjë to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- travel.gjirafa.com
- Website
- travel.gjirafa.com
Bus from Lushnjë to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Schedules at
- travel.gjirafa.com
- Phone
- +383 38 616 161
- travel@gjirafa.com
- Website
- gjirafa.com
Bus from Lushnjë to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €2
- Schedules at
- https://travel.gjirafa.com/en
- Phone
- +355 (0) 69 432/6000
- bleditravel@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Stockholm, Cityterminalen
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 28m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/bleditravellipjan/
- 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 Tallinn to Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–29
- Website
- https://www.tallink.com/en
- 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
- +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
- Phone
- +358 9 123574
- Website
- vikingline.fi
Ferry from Stockholm to Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €12–45
- Website
- https://www.sales.vikingline.com/
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