There are 10 ways to get from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Bilbao by plane, bus, car, train, car ferry, or car train
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Fly to Bilbao Airport
best- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane HEL - BIO
6h 23m€117–304Bus
- Take the bus from Vantaa, Helsinki-Vantaa Airport to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Parisbus
- Take the bus from Paris - Pershing-Porte Maillot Bus Station to Bilbao Intermodalbus
2d 8h€304–526Drive 4,558.4 km
- Drive from Helsinki-Airport-HEL to Bilbaocar 4,558.4 km
47h 23m€826–1,193Fly to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport, bus
- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport (BIQ)plane HEL - BIQ
- Take the bus from Biarritz to Bilbaobus
8h 35m€149–381Fly to Santander Airport, bus
- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Santander Airport (SDR)plane HEL - SDR
- Take the bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Bilbao Intermodalbus
10h 7m€118–571Fly to San Sebastián Airport, bus
- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to San Sebastián Airport (EAS)plane HEL - EAS
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián to Bilbao Intermodalbus
10h 52m€230–402Fly to Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport, bus
- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport (VIT)plane HEL - VIT
- Take the bus from Aireportua/Aeropuerto Vitoria-Gasteiz to Bilbao Boluetabus
8h 55m€134–436Bus, train via Paris Orly Airport (ORY)
- Take the bus from Vantaa, Helsinki-Vantaa Airport to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the train from Hamburg-Harburg to Paris-Esttrain Trn
- Take the bus from Aéroport Orly 4 to Bilbao Intermodalbus
2d 13h€359–711Bus, train
- Take the bus from Vantaa, Helsinki-Vantaa Airport to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Dortmund Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the bus from Dortmund central bus station to Vitoria-Gasteizbus
- Take the bus from Vitoria-Gasteiz to Bilbao Intermodalbus
2d 14h€358–766Drive, car ferry, car train
- Drive from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Bornholmerfærgen, Ystadcar
- Take the carferry from Ystad to Świnoujściecarferry
- Drive from Swinoujscie to Lüneburgcar
- Take the cartrain from Lüneburg to Lörrach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Lörrach Hbf to Bilbaocar
2d 11h€767–1,222
Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Bilbao by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Bilbao is to fly which costs €110 - €310 and takes 6h 23m.
The fastest way to get from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Bilbao is to fly which takes 6h 23m and costs €110 - €310.
No, there is no direct bus from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Bilbao. However, there are services departing from Vantaa, Helsinki-Vantaa Airport and arriving at Bilbao Intermodal via Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof and Paris - Pershing-Porte Maillot Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 8h.
The distance between Helsinki Airport (HEL) and Bilbao is 2668 km. The road distance is 4558.4 km.
The best way to get from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Bilbao without a car is to bus which takes 2 days 8h and costs €300 - €550.
It takes approximately 6h 23m to get from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Bilbao, including transfers.
Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Bilbao bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Vantaa, Helsinki-Vantaa Airport station.
The best way to get from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Bilbao is to fly which takes 6h 23m and costs €110 - €310. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €300 - €550 and takes 2 days 8h.
Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Bilbao bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof station.
Bilbao is 1h behind Helsinki Airport (HEL). It is currently 2:02 AM in Helsinki Airport (HEL) and 1:02 AM in Bilbao.
What companies run services between Helsinki Airport (HEL), Finland and Bilbao, Spain?
Eurowings, Scandinavian Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Bilbao Airport (BIO) 4 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Vantaa, Helsinki-Vantaa Airport to Bilbao Intermodal via Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof and Paris - Pershing-Porte Maillot Bus Station in around 2d 8h.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Bilbao Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–420
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–650
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–600
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Santander Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–800
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Santander Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €240–650
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport via Alicante–Elche
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €320–900
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €310–850
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport via Malaga
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €350–950
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport via Stockholm, Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €120–430
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–650
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–600
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Bilbao Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–260
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Bilbao Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–380
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Bilbao Airport via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–260
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €110–550
Flights from Helsinki Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, London City
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €160–750
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Bilbao Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–380
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–650
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Santander Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €230–600
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Santander Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €220–600
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Florence
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €260–700
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, London City
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €160–750
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €310–850
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Hamburg-Harburg to Paris-Est
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 2m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €150–320
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–270
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 221 800 20 80
- [email protected]
- Website
- MSM Partyzug
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- MSM Partyzug
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Lüneburg to Lörrach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 26m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €100–120
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Vantaa, Helsinki-Vantaa Airport to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–230
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–150
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Biarritz to Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–20
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Vantaa, Helsinki-Vantaa Airport to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €160–270
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Vantaa, Helsinki-Vantaa Airport to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €160–270
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Dortmund central bus station to Vitoria-Gasteiz
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €130–220
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Paris - Pershing-Porte Maillot Bus Station to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–150
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–14
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Aéroport Orly 4 to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–120
- Schedules at
- alsa.es
Bus from Vitoria-Gasteiz to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €5–9
- Website
- ALSA
- Phone
- +34 900 121 400
- [email protected]
Bus from Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Schedules at
- gipuzkoa.avanzagrupo.com
- Book at
- online.pesa.net
- Phone
- +34 94 476 50 07
- Website
- Autobuses La Union
Bus from Aireportua/Aeropuerto Vitoria-Gasteiz to Bilbao Bolueta
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €7–15
- Website
- Autobuses La Union
Bus from Vitoria-Gasteiz to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €6–12
- Website
- Autobuses La Union
- Phone
- +48 91 88 02 909
- [email protected]
- Website
- unityline.eu
Car ferry from Ystad to Świnoujście
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- 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 Ystad to Świnoujście
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–160
- Schedules at
- polferries.com
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