There are 10 ways to get from Helsinki to Macedonia by plane, train, bus, car, ferry, or car train
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Fly Helsinki Airport to Sofia Airport, train
best- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane HEL - SOF
- Take the train from Zaharna Fabrika to Petrichtrain
13h 36m$132–360Fly Helsinki Airport to Skopje International Airport, drive
cheapest- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Skopje International Airport (SKP)plane HEL - SKP
- Drive from Skopje-Airport-SKP to Macedoniacar
10h 4m$103–346Bus
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Tallinn, Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Tallinn, Bus Station to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvarbus
- Take the bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Petrich Bus Stationbus
47h 51m$221–432Drive 4,798.6 km
- Drive from Helsinki to Macedoniacar 4,798.6 km
2d 3h$1,015–1,466Fly Helsinki Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, train, drive
- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane HEL - SKG
- Take the train from Thessaloniki to Rodopolistrain
- Drive from Rodopolis to Macedoniacar
10h 35m$138–333Ferry to Lennart Meri International Airport, fly to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, train, drive
- Take the ferry from Helsinki Terminal 2 to Tallinnferry
- Fly from Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane TLL - SKG
- Take the train from Thessaloniki to Rodopolistrain
- Drive from Rodopolis to Macedoniacar
14h 12m$169–385Fly Helsinki Airport to Pristina, bus, drive
- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Pristina (PRN)plane HEL - PRN
- Take the bus from Pristina to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Dobrejcibus
- Drive from Dobrejci to Macedoniacar
15h 18mFerry, bus
- Take the ferry from Helsinki to Tallinnferry
- Take the bus from Tallinn, Harbour Terminal D to Zhytomyrbus
- Take the bus from Zhytomyr Bus Station to Stara Zagorabus
- Take the bus from Stara Zagora to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Petrich Bus Stationbus
2d 13h$211–301Bus, train
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Bus Station to Tallinn, Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Tallinn to Chisinau, Gara Feroviarabus
- Take the train from Chisinau to Bucuresti Nordtrain 401
- Take the train from Bucuresti Nord to Sofiatrain 461
- Take the train from Sofia to Petrichtrain Ic
3d 15h$312–611Drive, car train
- Drive from Helsinki to Hamburg Hbfcar
- Take the cartrain from Hamburg Hbf to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Macedoniacar
2d 8h$932–1,325
Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Sofia Airport (SOF) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Helsinki to Macedonia is to fly and train and drive which costs $130 - $340 and takes 10h 35m.
The fastest way to get from Helsinki to Macedonia is to fly and drive which takes 10h 4m and costs $100 - $350.
No, there is no direct bus from Helsinki to Macedonia station. However, there are services departing from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 and arriving at Petrich Bus Station via Tallinn, Bus Station, Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar and Sofia Central Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 47h 51m.
The distance between Helsinki and Macedonia is 2220 km. The road distance is 4798.6 km.
The best way to get from Helsinki to Macedonia without a car is to bus which takes 47h 51m and costs $220 - $440.
It takes approximately 13h 36m to get from Helsinki to Macedonia, including transfers.
Helsinki to Macedonia bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 station.
Helsinki to Macedonia bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Tallinn, Bus Station.
Yes, the driving distance between Helsinki to Macedonia is 4799 km. It takes approximately 2 days 3h to drive from Helsinki to Macedonia.
There are 377+ hotels available in Macedonia.
What companies run services between Helsinki, Finland and Macedonia, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria?
You can take a bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Macedonia via Tallinn, Bus Station, Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar, Sofia Central Bus Station, and Petrich Bus Station in around 47h 51m.
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Sofia Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–420
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Sofia Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–380
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Sofia Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–390
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Skopje International Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $75–300
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Skopje International Airport via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–320
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Skopje International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $160–450
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Skopje International Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $180–480
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Sofia Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–440
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–440
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $100–420
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $65–240
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $75–250
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 42m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $75–250
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Wednesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–360
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Skopje International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–390
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Sofia Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–420
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Sofia Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–440
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–450
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Skopje International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–470
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $95–450
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Pristina via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–480
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–300
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–240
- Website
- smartwings.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–240
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
Train from Zaharna Fabrika to Petrich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $3–6
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $3–5
- 1st Class
- $4–6
Train from Sofia to Petrich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $3–6
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $3–5
- 1st Class
- $4–6
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- Hellenic Train S.A.
Train from Thessaloniki to Rodopolis
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $8–12
- Website
- Hellenic Train S.A.
Train from Thessaloniki to Rodopolis
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $8–12
- Website
- Hellenic Train S.A.
- Phone
- (+373) 22 83 33 33
- [email protected]
- Website
- Moldovan Railways (CFM)
Train from Chisinau to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $20–35
- Schedules at
- Moldovan Railways (CFM)
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Train from Bucuresti Nord to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $46–50
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Hamburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $120–140
- 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 Tallinn, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $7–13
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Tallinn, Bus Station to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $150–260
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Helsinki, Bus Station to Tallinn, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $8–13
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +359 2 812 0 812
- [email protected]
- Website
- karat-s.com
Bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $85–140
- Schedules at
- karat-s.com
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- [email protected]
- Website
- Citylines
Bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $50–70
- Website
- Citylines
- Phone
- +359 88 949 0000
- [email protected]
- Website
- Union Ivkoni
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Petrich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $8–13
- Website
- Union Ivkoni
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Petrich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $8–13
- Website
- Union Ivkoni
- Phone
- +383 49 166 760
- [email protected]
- Website
- Amalfi Tours
Bus from Pristina to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $11–13
- Website
- Amalfi Tours
- Phone
- +389 76 241 003
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Pristina to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $8–12
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- [email protected]
- Website
- Motoja
Bus from Pristina to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $8–11
- Website
- Motoja
- Phone
- +389 34 346 030
- Website
- Strumica Ekspres
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Dobrejci
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Strumica Ekspres
- Phone
- +38 (067) 467-44-00
- [email protected]
- Website
- TransTempo
Bus from Tallinn, Harbour Terminal D to Zhytomyr
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $95–130
- Website
- TransTempo
- Phone
- +380 (93) 320-44-44
- [email protected]
- Website
- Gunsel
Bus from Zhytomyr Bus Station to Stara Zagora
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $75–100
- Website
- Gunsel
- Phone
- 042 605 349
- [email protected]
- Website
- avtogara.starazagora.bg
Bus from Stara Zagora to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $4–20
- Schedules at
- avtogara.starazagora.bg
- Phone
- 0700 1 2222
- Website
- doris-bg.com
Bus from Stara Zagora to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $16
- Schedules at
- doris-bg.com
- [email protected]
- Website
- SVS
Bus from Stara Zagora to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 4m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $9–19
- Website
- SVS
- Phone
- 044/62 48 83
- [email protected]
- Website
- Globus ES
Bus from Stara Zagora to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $17
- Website
- Globus ES
- Phone
- +373 789 18 888
- [email protected]
- Website
- Express Busline
Bus from Tallinn to Chisinau, Gara Feroviara
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 3h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $230–500
- Website
- Express Busline
- Phone
- 06000 4300
- Website
- eckeroline.fi
Ferry from Helsinki Terminal 2 to Tallinn
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $23–35
- Schedules at
- Eckeroline
- Economy
- $23–35
- Phone
- +358 3 4399880
- [email protected]
- Website
- Viking Line
Ferry from Helsinki to Tallinn
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $23–35
- Website
- Viking Line
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