There are 9 ways to get from Helsinki to Bilbao by plane, bus, car, ferry, train, car ferry, or car train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Helsinki Airport to Bilbao Airport
best- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane HEL - BIO
8h 54m€99–338Bus
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Parisbus
- Take the bus from Paris to Bilbaobus
2d 4h€311–475Drive 4,568.2 km
- Drive from Helsinki to Bilbaocar 4,568.2 km
47h 29m€865–1,249Ferry to Lennart Meri International Airport, fly to Bilbao Airport
- Take the ferry from Helsinki Terminal 2 to Tallinnferry
- Fly from Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane TLL - BIO
11h 2m€104–275Fly Helsinki Airport 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 - Airport Bus Station to Bilbao Intermodalbus
11h 48m€154–435Bus, train via Paris
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the train from S Spandau Bhf to Saarbrücken Hbftrain 3
- Take the train from Saarbrücken Hbf to Paris Gare de Lyontrain 82
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Barcelona-Santstrain Tgv
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Bilbao-Abandotrain Alv
2d 5h€623–1,059Bus via Brussels
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the bus from Hamburg - Bus Station to Brussels - Midi Train Stationbus
- Take the bus from Brussels - Midi Train Station to Bilbao Intermodalbus
2d 11h€311–496Bus, train
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 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 12h€370–615Drive, car ferry, car train
- Drive from Helsinki 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 12h€787–1,276
Helsinki to Bilbao by bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Helsinki to Bilbao is to fly which costs €95 - €340 and takes 8h 54m.
The fastest way to get from Helsinki to Bilbao is to fly which takes 8h 54m and costs €95 - €340.
No, there is no direct bus from Helsinki to Bilbao. However, there are services departing from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 and arriving at Bilbao via Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof and Paris. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 4h.
The distance between Helsinki and Bilbao is 2694 km. The road distance is 4568.2 km.
The best way to get from Helsinki to Bilbao without a car is to bus which takes 2 days 4h and costs €310 - €480.
It takes approximately 8h 54m to get from Helsinki to Bilbao, including transfers.
Helsinki to Bilbao bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 station.
The best way to get from Helsinki to Bilbao is to fly which takes 8h 54m and costs €95 - €340. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €310 - €480 and takes 2 days 4h.
Helsinki to Bilbao bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof station.
Bilbao is 1h behind Helsinki. It is currently 6:02 AM in Helsinki and 5:02 AM in Bilbao.
What companies run services between Helsinki, Finland and Bilbao, Spain?
KLM, Finnair, and four other airlines fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Bilbao Airport (BIO) 4 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Bilbao via Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof and Paris in around 2d 4h.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Bilbao Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–440
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–420
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–700
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–650
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–410
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–700
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–650
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Bilbao Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–380
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–370
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 22m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €140–600
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–360
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 12m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–700
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Bilbao Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–420
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €95–420
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Bilbao Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €150–420
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–270
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from S Spandau Bhf to Saarbrücken Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €120–280
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–130
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Saarbrücken Hbf to Paris Gare de Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €210–320
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Bilbao-Abando
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Lüneburg to Lörrach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 57m
- 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 Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €140–220
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €90–140
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Paris to Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Biarritz - Airport Bus Station to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €13–20
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €140–220
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €170–260
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €170–260
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Dortmund central bus station to Vitoria-Gasteiz
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €140–220
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Biarritz - Airport Bus Station to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Hamburg - Bus Station to Brussels - Midi Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–85
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Brussels - Midi Train Station to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €90–160
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Vitoria-Gasteiz to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €4–8
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +34 94 476 50 07
- Website
- Autobuses La Union
Bus from Vitoria-Gasteiz to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–14
- Website
- Autobuses La Union
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Vitoria-Gasteiz to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €5–9
- Website
- ALSA
- Phone
- 06000 4300
- Website
- eckeroline.fi
Ferry from Helsinki Terminal 2 to Tallinn
- 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 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
- €35–170
- Schedules at
- polferries.com
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