There are 7 ways to get from Kiel to Finland by train, plane, bus, ferry, or car
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Train to Hamburg Airport, fly to Helsinki Airport
best- Take the train from Kiel Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)plane HAM - HEL
5h 51m€112–309Bus
- Take the bus from Kiel central bus station to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhofbus N74 / ...
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2bus N1206 / ...
33h 31m€181–276Train, ferry
- Take the train from Kiel Hbf to Luebeck Hbftrain Rb / ...
- Take the ferry from Port of Travemünde to Helsinkiferry
34h 26m€331–492Drive, ferry
- Drive from Kiel to Stockholm Värtahamnencar
- Take the ferry from Stockholm to Port of Turkuferry
- Drive from Port Of Turku to Helsinkicar
22h 47m€225–411Train to Hamburg Airport, fly to Turku Airport
- Take the train from Kiel Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Turku Airport (TKU)plane HAM - TKU
8h 33m€116–442Train, train to Billund Airport, fly to Helsinki Airport
- Take the train from Kiel Hbf to Flensburgtrain
- Take the train from Flensburg to Fredericia St.train
- Fly from Billund Airport (BLL) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)plane BLL - HEL
8h 50m€147–418Train, bus
- Take the train from Kiel Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain Re7
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Bützow, Bahnhoftrain 33 / ...
- Take the train from Bützow, Bahnhof to Szczecin Glownytrain Re4
- Take the train from Szczecin Glowny to Suwalkitrain Ic
- Take the bus from Suwalki, Bus Station to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2bus
35h 7m€246–657
Kiel to Finland by bus and tram
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Kiel to Finland is to train and fly which costs €110 - €310 and takes 5h 51m.
The fastest way to get from Kiel to Finland is to train and fly which takes 5h 51m and costs €110 - €310.
No, there is no direct bus from Kiel station to Finland. However, there are services departing from Kiel central bus station and arriving at Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 via Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 33h 31m.
The distance between Kiel and Finland is 1297 km.
The best way to get from Kiel to Finland without a car is to bus which takes 33h 31m and costs €180 - €280.
It takes approximately 5h 51m to get from Kiel to Finland, including transfers.
Kiel to Finland bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Kiel central bus station.
Kiel to Finland bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof station.
Finland is 1h ahead of Kiel. It is currently 6:41 AM in Kiel and 7:41 AM in Finland.
There are 1253+ hotels available in Finland.
What companies run services between Kiel, Germany and Finland?
You can take a bus from Kiel central bus station to Simonkatu via Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof, Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2, and Länsiterminaali 2 in around 33h 31m.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Helsinki Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–210
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Turku Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–400
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Turku Airport via Copenhagen, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 2m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–350
Flights from Billund Airport to Helsinki Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–280
Flights from Billund Airport to Helsinki Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–280
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–260
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Turku Airport via Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €170–480
Flights from Billund Airport to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–350
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Helsinki Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–180
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Turku Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–410
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Helsinki Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–200
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Kiel Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €20–85
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Kiel Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €20–85
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Kiel Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €20–85
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Bützow, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–140
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Bützow, Bahnhof to Szczecin Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–150
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Kiel Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Kiel Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Kiel Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Bützow, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 581 97164183
- [email protected]
- Website
- Erixx
Train from Kiel Hbf to Luebeck Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Schedules at
- Erixx
- Phone
- (040) 303 977-333
- [email protected]
- Website
- Nordbahn Eisenbahngesellschaft
Train from Kiel Hbf to Flensburg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–110
- Schedules at
- Nordbahn Eisenbahngesellschaft
- Phone
- +47 70 13 14 15
- [email protected]
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from Flensburg to Fredericia St.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €10
- Website
- Danish Railways
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- [email protected]
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Szczecin Glowny to Suwalki
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €90–170
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Kiel central bus station to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €8–13
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €170–260
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Suwalki, Bus Station to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +358 9 231 43100
- [email protected]
- Website
- Finnlines
Ferry from Port of Travemünde to Helsinki
- Phone
- +358 3 4399880
- [email protected]
- Website
- Viking Line
Ferry from Stockholm to Port of Turku
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–80
- Website
- Viking Line
- Phone
- +49 (0) 40 547 541 222
- [email protected]
- Website
- Tallink
Ferry from Stockholm to Port of Turku
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–110
- Website
- Tallink
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