There are 11 ways to get from Rostock to Kotka by train, plane, bus, ferry, or car
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Train to Hamburg Airport, fly to Helsinki Airport, train
best- Take the train from Rostock Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbf
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)HAM - HEL
- Take the train from Tikkurila to Kouvola
- Take the train from Kouvola to Kotka
10h 39m€128–332Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Helsinki Airport, train
cheapest- Take the train from Rostock Hauptbahnhof to Flughafen BER
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)BER - HEL
- Take the train from Tikkurila to Kouvola
- Take the train from Kouvola to Kotka
10h 11m€109–307Bus
- Take the bus from Rostock central bus station to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Tallinn, Harbour Terminal D
- Take the bus from Tallinn to Helsinki
- Take the bus from Helsinki Kamppi to Kotka
30h 48mTrain, ferry, bus
- Take the train from Rostock Hauptbahnhof to Lübeck Hbf33 / ...
- Take the ferry from Port of Travemünde to Helsinki
- Take the bus from Helsinki Kamppi to KotkaOb7
37h 7m€146–482Drive, ferry
- Drive from Rostock to Stockholm Värtahamnen
- Take the ferry from Stockholm to Port of Turku
- Drive from Port Of Turku to Kotka
25h 40m€249–386Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Lennart Meri International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Rostock Hauptbahnhof to Flughafen BER
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL)BER - TLL
- Take the bus from Tallinn to Helsinki
- Take the bus from Helsinki Kamppi to Kotka
10h 31mFerry, bus to Copenhagen Airport, fly to Lennart Meri International Airport, bus
- Take the ferry from Rostock Port to Gedser
- Take the bus from Gedser to Copenhagen Busterminal
- Fly from Copenhagen Airport (CPH) to Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL)CPH - TLL
- Take the bus from Tallinn to Helsinki
- Take the bus from Helsinki Kamppi to Kotka
15h 9mFerry, bus to Copenhagen Airport, fly to Helsinki Airport, train
- Take the ferry from Rostock Port to Gedser
- Take the bus from Gedser to Copenhagen Busterminal
- Fly from Copenhagen Airport (CPH) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)CPH - HEL
- Take the train from Tikkurila to Kouvola
- Take the train from Kouvola to Kotka
14h 39m€136–326Train, bus
- Take the train from Rostock Hauptbahnhof to S+U Gesundbrunnen Bhf
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Tallinn, Harbour Terminal D
- Take the bus from Tallinn, Harbour Terminal D to Helsinki, Pasila H2358
- Take the train from Pasila to Kouvola
- Take the train from Kouvola to Kotka
34h 42m€156–270Train, ferry, bus via Bad Kleinen
- Take the train from Rostock Hauptbahnhof to Bad Kleinen BahnhofRe1
- Take the train from Bad Kleinen Bahnhof to Lübeck HbfRe2 / ...
- Take the ferry from Port of Travemünde to Helsinki
- Take the bus from Landbo vt 7 to Koulukatu 16 E
37h 11m€150–506Train, ferry, bus via Travemünde
- Take the train from Rostock Hauptbahnhof to Lübeck Hbf33 / ...
- Take the ferry from Travemünde Skandinavienkai to VUOSAAREN SATAMA: Vuosaaren satama
- Take the bus from Helsinki Kamppi to KotkaOb7
37h 44m€145–221
Rostock to Kotka by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Rostock to Kotka is to train and fly which costs €100 - €310 and takes 10h 11m.
The fastest way to get from Rostock to Kotka is to train and fly which takes 10h 11m and costs €100 - €310.
No, there is no direct bus from Rostock station to Kotka. However, there are services departing from Rostock central bus station and arriving at Kotka via Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof, Tallinn and Helsinki Kamppi. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 30h 48m.
The distance between Rostock and Kotka is 1583 km.
The best way to get from Rostock to Kotka without a car is to bus which takes 30h 48m and costs .
It takes approximately 10h 39m to get from Rostock to Kotka, including transfers.
Rostock to Kotka bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Rostock central bus station.
Rostock to Kotka bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof station.
Kotka is 1h ahead of Rostock. It is currently 5:51 PM in Rostock and 6:51 PM in Kotka.
There are 119+ hotels available in Kotka.
What companies run services between Rostock, Germany and Kotka, Finland?
You can take a bus from Rostock central bus station to Kotka via Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof, Tallinn, Harbour Terminal D, Tallinn, Helsinki, and Helsinki Kamppi in around 30h 48m.
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- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Helsinki Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–220
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Helsinki Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–220
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–200
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–200
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Helsinki Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Helsinki Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–170
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–170
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–130
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Helsinki Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–130
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–340
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–190
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–240
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–180
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–200
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Helsinki Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–170
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–190
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–190
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Helsinki Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–160
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–160
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Helsinki Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–140
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Helsinki Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €85–260
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Helsinki Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–180
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–150
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Helsinki Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–150
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–170
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–200
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–140
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Rostock Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Rostock Hauptbahnhof to Lübeck Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €24–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Rostock Hauptbahnhof to Flughafen BER
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Rostock Hauptbahnhof to S+U Gesundbrunnen Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Rostock Hauptbahnhof to Bad Kleinen Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–25
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bad Kleinen Bahnhof to Lübeck Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–21
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Rostock Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Rostock Hauptbahnhof to Lübeck Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €21–30
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Rostock Hauptbahnhof to S+U Gesundbrunnen Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Rostock Hauptbahnhof to Bad Kleinen Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–20
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bad Kleinen Bahnhof to Lübeck Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +358 0100 3232
- Website
- vr.fi
Train from Tikkurila to Kouvola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–28
- Website
- https://www.vr.fi/en/
Train from Kouvola to Kotka
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €6
- Website
- https://www.vr.fi/en/
Train from Pasila to Kouvola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–25
- Website
- https://www.vr.fi/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 514 88 88 88
- info@odeg.de
- Website
- odeg.de
Train from Rostock Hauptbahnhof to Bad Kleinen Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €7–11
- Schedules at
- odeg.de
- Phone
- +48 22 474 00 44
- bilety@polregio.pl
- Website
- polregio.pl
Train from Bad Kleinen Bahnhof to Lübeck Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €3–5
- Website
- https://polregio.pl/pl/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Rostock central bus station to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–25
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Tallinn, Harbour Terminal D
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €65–150
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Gedser to Copenhagen Busterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–24
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Tallinn, Harbour Terminal D to Helsinki, Pasila H2358
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €41
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +358 0600 02010
- info@onnibus.com
- Website
- onnibus.com
Bus from Helsinki Kamppi to Kotka
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- https://www.onnibus.com/home
- Phone
- +358 029 170 0124
- asiakaspalvelu@reissuruoti.fi
- Website
- reissuruoti.fi
Bus from Landbo vt 7 to Koulukatu 16 E
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €3–16
- Website
- https://www.reissuruoti.fi/en/
- Phone
- +358 9 231 43100
- passenger@finnlines.com
- Website
- finnlines.com
Ferry from Port of Travemünde to Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–410
- Website
- https://www.finnlines.com/
- Book at
- https://booking.finnlines.com/en//search
Ferry from Travemünde Skandinavienkai to VUOSAAREN SATAMA: Vuosaaren satama
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Website
- https://www.finnlines.com/
- Book at
- https://booking.finnlines.com/en//search
- Phone
- +358 9 123574
- Website
- vikingline.fi
Ferry from Stockholm to Port of Turku
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €3–20
- Website
- https://www.sales.vikingline.com/
Ferry from Stockholm to Port of Turku
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €11–23
- Website
- https://www.tallink.com/en
- Phone
- +45 33 15 15 15
- Scandlines@scandlines.com
- Website
- scandlines.se
Ferry from Rostock Port to Gedser
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–54
- Website
- Scandlines
- Economy
- €40
- Flexible
- €134
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