There are 11 ways to get from Scotland to Helsinki by plane, train, bus, car, car train, or ferry
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Fly Edinburgh Airport to Helsinki Airport
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)plane EDI - HEL
5h 45m€83–246Train, bus
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to Hamburg Hbftrain
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Bus Stationbus
2dDrive, Eurotunnel, train, bus
- Drive from Glasgow to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Take the train from Calais Frethun to Lille Europetrain Ter
- Take the bus from Lille to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Drive from Hamburg Hbf to Helsinkicar
2d 5hFly Aberdeen Airport to Helsinki Airport
- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)plane ABZ - HEL
7h 12m€108–353Fly Glasgow Airport to Helsinki Airport
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)plane GLA - HEL
7h 55m€108–281Fly Inverness Dalcross Airport to Helsinki Airport
- Fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)plane INV - HEL
8h 6m€128–346Fly Edinburgh Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport, ferry
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL)plane EDI - TLL
- Take the ferry from Tallinn to Helsinkiferry
8h 57m€103–260Train, bus via Warsaw
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the bus from Amsterdam Centraal Station to Warszawa Centralna Stationbus
- Take the bus from Warsaw, Bus Station West to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2bus
2d 1hTrain, bus via Warsaw #2
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to London Eustontrain
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Lodz, Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Lodz Fabryczna to Warszawa Centralnatrain Ic
- Take the train from Warszawa Centralna to Vilniaus geležinkelio stotistrain
- Take the bus from Vilnius, Autobusų Stotis (Sodų g. 22) to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2bus
2d 6h€285–575Train, bus, ferry
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the bus from Rotterdam Centraal to Rīgas SAObus
- Take the bus from Riga, Bus Station to Tallinn Bus Stationbus
- Take the ferry from Tallinn to Helsinkiferry
2d 7h€264–565Bus
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Bus Stationbus
2d 9h€231–396
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Helsinki Airport (HEL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Scotland to Helsinki is to fly which costs €80 - €250 and takes 5h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Scotland to Helsinki is to fly which takes 5h 45m and costs €80 - €250.
No, there is no direct bus from Scotland station to Helsinki station. However, there are services departing from Buchanan Bus Station and arriving at Helsinki, Bus Station via London Victoria and Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 9h.
The distance between Scotland and Helsinki is 1752 km.
The best way to get from Scotland to Helsinki without a car is to train and bus which takes 2 days 0h and costs .
It takes approximately 5h 45m to get from Scotland to Helsinki, including transfers.
Scotland to Helsinki bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Buchanan Bus Station.
The best way to get from Scotland to Helsinki is to fly which takes 5h 45m and costs €80 - €250. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €230 - €400 and takes 2 days 9h.
Scotland to Helsinki bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Helsinki is 2h ahead of Scotland. It is currently 10:13 AM in Scotland and 12:13 PM in Helsinki.
What companies run services between Scotland and Helsinki, Finland?
Finnair, Scandinavian Airlines, and Norwegian Air International fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Helsinki Airport (HEL) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Helsinki, Bus Station via London Victoria and Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof in around 2d 9h.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €170–270
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Helsinki Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €170–460
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Helsinki Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–430
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Helsinki Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–330
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Helsinki Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–420
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Helsinki Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–390
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 18m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–240
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €170–270
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Helsinki Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €170–460
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Helsinki Airport via Bergen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–370
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Helsinki Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–330
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–240
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Helsinki Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–500
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Helsinki Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–370
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Helsinki Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–460
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Helsinki Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–290
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Helsinki Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–290
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Helsinki Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–390
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–170
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Helsinki Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–230
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Helsinki Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–330
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Helsinki Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–380
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Helsinki Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–360
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €160–270
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €110–190
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €60–140
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–130
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Website
- govolta.nl
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 21m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- govolta.nl
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Calais Frethun to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €24–45
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €120–200
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Lodz Fabryczna to Warszawa Centralna
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–45
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +48 22 474 00 44
- bilety@polregio.pl
- Website
- polregio.pl
Train from Lodz Fabryczna to Warszawa Centralna
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €5–9
- Website
- https://polregio.pl/pl/
- Phone
- 42 205 55 15
- bok@lka.lodzkie.pl
- Website
- lka.lodzkie.pl
Train from Lodz Fabryczna to Warszawa Centralna
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Schedules at
- lka.lodzkie.pl
- Phone
- +370 700 55 111
- informacija@ltglink.lt
- Website
- ltglink.lt
Train from Warszawa Centralna to Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €23–30
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- Passengerassistance@lumo.co.uk.
- Website
- lumo.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 41m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €85–170
- Website
- https://www.lumo.co.uk/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–230
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Lille to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–85
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Warsaw, Bus Station West to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Lodz, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–180
- 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
- €45–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–190
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Amsterdam Centraal Station to Warszawa Centralna Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Rotterdam Centraal to Rīgas SAO
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €90–200
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
Bus from Riga, Bus Station to Tallinn Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–35
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
Ferry from Tallinn to Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- https://www.tallink.com/en
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