There are 10 ways to get from Helsinki to Leuven by plane, bus, train, car, car ferry, ferry, or car train
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Fly Helsinki Airport to Brussels Airport
best- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane HEL - BRU
5h 37m€106–310Bus, train via Ełk
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Elk, Dabrowskiego - Bus station 01 and Railway station 02bus
- Take the train from Elk to Poznan Glownytrain Ic
- Take the train from Poznan Glowny to Berlin Gesundbrunnentrain Eic / ...
- Take the train from S+U Gesundbrunnen Bhf to Köln Hbftrain 14
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Leuventrain 79
33h 39m€304–1,083Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Helsinki to Halmstadcar
- Take the carferry from Halmstad to Grenåcarferry
- Drive from Grenå to Leuvencar
39h 8m€582–878Ferry to Lennart Meri International Airport, fly to Brussels Airport
- Take the ferry from Helsinki Terminal 2 to Tallinnferry
- Fly from Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane TLL - BRU
7h 50m€119–287Fly Helsinki Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane HEL - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Anvers-Centraltrain
- Take the train from Anvers-Central to Louvaintrain
7h 29m€133–380Bus, train
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the train from S Spandau Bhf to Köln Hbftrain 19 / ...
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Leuventrain 79
34h 6m€191–764Bus
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the bus from Masurenallee - Berlin to Aachen - 58, Peterstraßebus
- Take the bus from Aachen station west to Leuven Stationbus N84
36h 47mBus, train #2
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhofbus N1206a
- Take the train from Hamburg-Harburg to Aarschottrain Trn
40h 39m€250–444Ferry, bus, train
- Take the ferry from Helsinki Terminal 2 to Tallinnferry
- Take the bus from Tallinn Bus Station to Riga, Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Rīgas SAO to Rotterdam Centraalbus
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Mechelentrain
45h 36m€157–314Drive, car train
- Drive from Helsinki to Hamburg Hbfcar
- Take the cartrain from Hamburg Hbf to Frankfurtcartrain
- Drive from Frankfurt to Leuvencar
40h 21m€660–942
Helsinki to Leuven by bus and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Helsinki to Leuven is to ferry and bus and train which costs €150 - €320 and takes 45h 36m.
The fastest way to get from Helsinki to Leuven is to fly which takes 5h 37m and costs €100 - €310.
No, there is no direct bus from Helsinki to Leuven station. However, there are services departing from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 and arriving at Leuven Station via Masurenallee - Berlin, Aachen, Bushof and Aachen station west. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 36h 47m.
The distance between Helsinki and Leuven is 1692 km.
The best way to get from Helsinki to Leuven without a car is to bus and train via Ełk which takes 33h 39m and costs €300 - €1100.
It takes approximately 5h 37m to get from Helsinki to Leuven, including transfers.
Helsinki to Leuven bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 station.
The best way to get from Helsinki to Leuven is to fly which takes 5h 37m and costs €100 - €310. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 36h 47m.
Helsinki to Leuven bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof station.
Leuven is 1h behind Helsinki. It is currently 11:00 PM in Helsinki and 10:00 PM in Leuven.
What companies run services between Helsinki, Finland and Leuven, Belgium?
Finnair, Scandinavian Airlines, and KLM fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Brussels Airport (BRU) every 4 hours. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Leuven Station via Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof, Masurenallee - Berlin, Aachen - 58, Peterstraße, Aachen, Bushof, Aachen, Bendplatz, and Aachen station west in around 36h 47m.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Brussels Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 58m
- When
- Sunday, Friday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €120–310
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Brussels Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–310
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Brussels Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–190
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Brussels Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–190
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–360
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–280
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–300
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Brussels Airport via Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–220
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–240
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Brussels Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–370
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–360
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Sunday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–280
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–280
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–200
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Brussels Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–200
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–190
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- [email protected]
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Elk to Poznan Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–250
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Poznan Glowny to Berlin Gesundbrunnen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–150
- Website
- PKP Intercity
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from S+U Gesundbrunnen Bhf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 56m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–430
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to Leuven
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €30–150
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Anvers-Central to Louvain
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from S Spandau Bhf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €95–410
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to Leuven
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €30–150
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Schiphol Airport to Anvers-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Schiphol Airport to Anvers-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €25–50
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Anvers-Central to Louvain
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–20
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Hamburg-Harburg to Aarschot
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 27m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €100–200
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from S Spandau Bhf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Mechelen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–29
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Hamburg Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 33m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- 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 Elk, Dabrowskiego - Bus station 01 and Railway station 02
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–110
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €120–200
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €120–200
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Aachen station west to Leuven Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–15
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €140–240
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +38 (050) 010-01-04
- [email protected]
- Website
- OrionBus
Bus from Masurenallee - Berlin to Aachen - 58, Peterstraße
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 31m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- OrionBus
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Aachen station west to Leuven Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €10–19
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- [email protected]
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Tallinn Bus Station to Riga, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–40
- Schedules at
- ecolines.net
Bus from Rīgas SAO to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €110–210
- Schedules at
- ecolines.net
- Phone
- +44 844 770 7070
- [email protected]
- Website
- Stena Line
Car ferry from Halmstad to Grenå
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €25–55
- Website
- Stena Line
- Phone
- 06000 4300
- Website
- eckeroline.fi
Ferry from Helsinki Terminal 2 to Tallinn
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €19–30
- Schedules at
- Eckeroline
- Economy
- €20–30
Ferry from Helsinki Terminal 2 to Tallinn
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €19–30
- Schedules at
- Eckeroline
- Economy
- €20–30
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