There are 11 ways to get from Helsinki to Santander by plane, bus, train, car, ferry, car ferry, or car train
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Fly Helsinki Airport to Santander Airport
best- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Santander Airport (SDR)plane HEL - SDR
9h 39m€103–605Bus, train via Bordeaux
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain 82
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Massy Tgvtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Massy Tgv to Bordeaux St Jeantrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Bordeaux to Estación de autobuses de Santanderbus
46h 39m€479–1,188Drive 4,666.8 km
- Drive from Helsinki to Santandercar 4,666.8 km
2d€854–1,234Fly Helsinki Airport to Bilbao Airport, bus
- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane HEL - BIO
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Estación de autobuses de Santanderbus
11h 15m€132–325Ferry to Lennart Meri International Airport, fly to Bilbao Airport, bus
- Take the ferry from Helsinki Terminal 2 to Tallinnferry
- Fly from Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane TLL - BIO
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Estación de autobuses de Santanderbus
13h 21m€115–288Fly 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 to Bilbaobus
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Estación de autobuses de Santanderbus
13h 3m€183–392Bus, train
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain 82
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Paris Gare De Lyontrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Paris to Estación de autobuses de Santanderbus
2d 1h€427–1,071Bus
- 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 Estación de autobuses de Santanderbus
2d 7h€303–516Bus, train #2
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Bus Station to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the train from Hamburg-Harburg to Paris-Esttrain Trn
- Take the bus from Paris to Estación de autobuses de Santanderbus
2d 12h€399–722Bus via Hamburg
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Bus Station to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the bus from Hamburg - Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Santanderbus
2d 13h€330–582Drive, car ferry, car train
- Drive from Helsinki to Bornholmerfærgen, Ystadcar
- Take the car ferry from Ystad to Świnoujściecarferry
- Drive from Swinoujscie to Lüneburgcar
- Take the car train from Lüneburg to Lörrach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Lörrach Hbf to Santandercar
2d 13h€783–1,250
Helsinki to Santander by bus, train, and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Helsinki to Santander is to ferry and fly and bus which costs €110 - €290 and takes 13h 21m.
The fastest way to get from Helsinki to Santander is to fly which takes 9h 39m and costs €100 - €650.
No, there is no direct bus from Helsinki to Santander. However, there are services departing from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 and arriving at Estación de autobuses de Santander via Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof, Paris and Paris. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 7h.
The distance between Helsinki and Santander is 2710 km. The road distance is 4666.8 km.
The best way to get from Helsinki to Santander without a car is to bus and train via Bordeaux which takes 46h 39m and costs €470 - €1200.
It takes approximately 9h 39m to get from Helsinki to Santander, including transfers.
Helsinki to Santander bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 station.
The best way to get from Helsinki to Santander is to fly which takes 9h 39m and costs €100 - €650. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €300 - €550 and takes 2 days 7h.
Helsinki to Santander bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof station.
Santander is 1h behind Helsinki. It is currently 7:11 AM in Helsinki and 6:11 AM in Santander.
What companies run services between Helsinki, Finland and Santander, Spain?
Ryanair, Finnair, and two other airlines fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Santander Airport (SDR) 5 times a week. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Estación de autobuses de Santander via Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof, Paris, Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine), and Paris in around 2d 7h.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Bilbao Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–440
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–410
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–650
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–600
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–360
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–700
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–650
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–600
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Bilbao Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–270
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Bilbao Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–410
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Bilbao Airport via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–270
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Bilbao Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–390
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–370
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Santander Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–800
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Santander Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €240–650
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Santander Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €220–650
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Santander Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €220–650
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Bilbao Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–220
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 38m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–550
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 38m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–550
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Strasbourg to Massy Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €100–170
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Massy Tgv to Bordeaux St Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €110–180
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Strasbourg to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €90–150
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Strasbourg to Massy Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €85–170
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Massy Tgv to Bordeaux St Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €90–180
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Strasbourg to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €75–150
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Hamburg-Harburg to Paris-Est
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €150–310
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Lüneburg to Lörrach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 26m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €100–120
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–230
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bordeaux to Estación de autobuses de Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Biarritz to Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–20
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–230
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris to Estación de autobuses de Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–230
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–150
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris to Estación de autobuses de Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Helsinki, Bus Station to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €160–270
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris to Estación de autobuses de Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Helsinki, Bus Station to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €160–270
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Estación de autobuses de Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–17
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Estación de autobuses de Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–17
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Estación de autobuses de Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–17
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Hamburg - Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–160
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €85–160
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- 06000 4300
- Website
- eckeroline.fi
Ferry from Helsinki Terminal 2 to Tallinn
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €20–40
- Schedules at
- https://www.eckeroline.com/
- 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
- €40–160
- Schedules at
- polferries.com
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Yes, the driving distance between Helsinki to Santander is 4667 km. It takes approximately 2 days 0h to drive from Helsinki to Santander.
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