There are 12 ways to get from France to Helsinki by plane, train, 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.
Fly Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Helsinki Airport
best- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)plane CDG - HEL
6h 3m€109–286Fly Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Helsinki Airport
cheapest- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)plane NCE - HEL
6h 19m€105–418Train, bus via Berlin
- Take the train from Paris Est to Berlin Suedkreuztrain Ice
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2bus N1206 / ...
36h 53m€335–667Drive 3,678.8 km
- Drive from Paris to Helsinkicar 3,678.8 km
39h 4m€697–1,006Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Helsinki Airport
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)plane GVA - HEL
8h 6m€154–327Fly Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport, ferry
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL)plane CDG - TLL
- Take the ferry from Tallinn to Helsinki Terminal 2ferry
9h 18m€129–343Train, train to Frankfurt, fly to Helsinki Airport
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Karlsruhe Hbftrain
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)plane FRA - HEL
7h 43m€134–325Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly to Helsinki Airport
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbbtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)plane ZRH - HEL
8h 16m€171–361Bus
- Take the bus from Paris to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhofbus N100
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2bus N1206 / ...
41h 48m€232–363Train, bus
- Take the train from Paris Nord to Hamburg-Harburgtrain Trn
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2bus N1206 / ...
46h 11m€336–517Bus via Hamburg
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Hamburg - Bus Stationbus BlaBlaCar Bus
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2bus N1206 / ...
47h 37m€243–383Drive, car train, car ferry
- Drive from Paris to Karlsruhe Hbfcar
- Take the cartrain from Karlsruhe Hbf to Lüneburgcartrain
- Drive from Lüneburg to Swinoujsciecar
- Take the carferry from Świnoujście to Ystadcarferry
- Drive from Bornholmerfærgen, Ystad to Helsinkicar
2d 4h€680–1,137
France to Helsinki by subway, train, and bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from France to Helsinki is to fly which costs €100 - €420 and takes 6h 19m.
The fastest way to get from France to Helsinki is to fly which takes 6h 3m and costs €100 - €290.
No, there is no direct bus from France to Helsinki. However, there are services departing from Châtelet and arriving at Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 via Paris and Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 41h 48m.
The distance between France and Helsinki is 1950 km. The road distance is 3678.8 km.
The best way to get from France to Helsinki without a car is to train and bus via Berlin which takes 36h 53m and costs €330 - €700.
It takes approximately 6h 3m to get from France to Helsinki, including transfers.
France to Helsinki bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Paris station.
The best way to get from France to Helsinki is to fly which takes 6h 3m and costs €100 - €290. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €230 - €370 and takes 41h 48m.
France to Helsinki bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof station.
Helsinki is 1h ahead of France. It is currently 9:20 AM in France and 10:20 AM in Helsinki.
What companies run services between France and Helsinki, Finland?
Finnair, Air France, and two other airlines fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Helsinki Airport (HEL) every 4 hours. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Châtelet to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 via Porte Maillot - Palais des Congrès, Paris, and Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof in around 41h 48m.
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–410
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–260
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–290
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–210
Flights from Frankfurt to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–290
Flights from Zurich Airport to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–330
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–410
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Helsinki Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–410
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Helsinki Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €95–240
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–160
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–330
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–160
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–330
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–210
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Helsinki Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–410
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Helsinki Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €95–240
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Helsinki Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–300
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–330
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–330
Flights from Frankfurt to Helsinki Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Monday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–220
Flights from Zurich Airport to Helsinki Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €150–220
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–350
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Helsinki Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €80–200
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–280
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–160
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–160
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Helsinki Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–260
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Paris Est to Berlin Suedkreuz
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €190–440
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Strasbourg to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–30
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–50
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–50
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Strasbourg to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €14–24
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–45
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Strasbourg to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €15–24
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- 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
- €160–250
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Lüneburg
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 48m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €140–220
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Paris to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €90–140
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €140–220
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €170–260
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €170–260
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Hamburg - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- BlaBlaCar 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
- [email protected]
- 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
- [email protected]
- Website
- polferries.com
Car ferry from Świnoujście to Ystad
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–170
- Schedules at
- polferries.com
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