There are 10 ways to get from Leuven to Helsinki by plane, train, bus, car, car ferry, 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 Brussels Airport to Helsinki Airport
best- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)plane BRU - HEL
5h 20m€116–291Train, bus via Berlin
- Take the train from Louvain to Liège-Guilleminstrain Ic / ...
- Take the train from Liege-Guillemins to Koeln Hbftrain Ice / ...
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to S Spandau Bhftrain 10 / ...
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2bus
35h 37m€260–490Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Leuven to Grenåcar
- Take the carferry from Grenå to Halmstadcarferry
- Drive from Halmstad to Helsinkicar
39h 11m€674–993Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Helsinki Airport
- Take the train from Louvain to Anvers-Centraltrain
- Take the train from Anvers-Central to Schiphol Airporttrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)plane AMS - HEL
6h 59m€132–332Fly Brussels Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport, ferry
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL)plane BRU - TLL
- Take the ferry from Tallinn to Helsinki Terminal 2ferry
8h 21m€121–288Train, train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Helsinki Airport
- Take the train from Louvain to Liège-Guilleminstrain
- Take the train from Liege-Guillemins to Koeln Hbftrain
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafentrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)plane DUS - HEL
7h 50m€141–360Bus
- Take the bus from Leuven Station to Aachen station westbus N84
- Take the bus from Aachen - 58, Peterstraße to Masurenallee - Berlinbus
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2bus
38h 1mTrain, bus
- Take the train from Louvain to Liège-Guilleminstrain Ic / ...
- Take the train from Liege-Guillemins to Koeln Hbftrain Ice / ...
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2bus
38h 13m€273–496Train, bus, ferry
- Take the train from Louvain to Anvers-Berchemtrain Ic / ...
- Take the train from Anvers-Berchem to Rotterdam Centraaltrain Ec / ...
- Take the bus from Rotterdam Centraal to Rīgas SAObus
- Take the bus from Riga, Bus Station to Tallinn Bus Stationbus
- Take the ferry from Tallinn to Helsinki Terminal 2ferry
43h 47m€161–364Drive, car train, car ferry
- Drive from Leuven to Karlsruhe Hbfcar
- Take the cartrain from Karlsruhe Hbf to Lüneburgcartrain
- Drive from Lüneburg to Swinoujsciecar
- Take the carferry from Świnoujście to Ystadcarferry
- Drive from Bornholmerfærgen, Ystad to Helsinkicar
2d 3h€727–1,191
Leuven to Helsinki by train, foot, and bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Leuven to Helsinki is to fly and ferry which costs €120 - €290 and takes 8h 21m.
The fastest way to get from Leuven to Helsinki is to fly which takes 5h 20m and costs €110 - €300.
No, there is no direct bus from Leuven station to Helsinki. However, there are services departing from Leuven Station and arriving at Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 via Aachen, Bendplatz, Aachen - 58, Peterstraße and Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 38h 1m.
The distance between Leuven and Helsinki is 1690 km.
The best way to get from Leuven to Helsinki without a car is to train and bus via Berlin which takes 35h 37m and costs €260 - €490.
It takes approximately 5h 20m to get from Leuven to Helsinki, including transfers.
Leuven to Helsinki bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Leuven Station.
The best way to get from Leuven to Helsinki is to fly which takes 5h 20m and costs €110 - €300. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 38h 1m.
Leuven to Helsinki bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Aachen station west.
Helsinki is 1h ahead of Leuven. It is currently 10:25 PM in Leuven and 11:25 PM in Helsinki.
What companies run services between Leuven, Belgium and Helsinki, Finland?
Finnair, Scandinavian Airlines, and Brussels Airlines fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Helsinki Airport (HEL) every 4 hours. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Leuven Station to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 via Aachen station west, Aachen, Bendplatz, Aachen, Bushof, Aachen - 58, Peterstraße, Masurenallee - Berlin, and Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof in around 38h 1m.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Helsinki Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–280
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Helsinki Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–420
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Helsinki Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–210
Flights from Brussels Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–160
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Helsinki Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–230
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–260
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–220
Flights from Brussels Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–260
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–260
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–420
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Helsinki Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–420
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Helsinki Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–210
Flights from Brussels Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–220
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–220
Flights from Brussels Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–220
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Helsinki Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–150
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Helsinki Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €180–300
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Louvain to Liège-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–21
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Louvain to Anvers-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Anvers-Central to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Louvain to Liège-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–21
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Louvain to Liège-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–21
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Louvain to Anvers-Berchem
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–17
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Anvers-Berchem to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Louvain to Liège-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–21
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to S Spandau Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €80–160
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Louvain to Anvers-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €8–17
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Louvain to Liège-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–21
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–16
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Louvain to Liège-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–21
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €65–130
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Anvers-Central to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–90
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +49 9126 301 90 70
- [email protected]
- Website
- TRI Train Rental GmbH
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- TRI Train Rental GmbH
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Anvers-Berchem to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–21
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Lüneburg
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 48m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €150–230
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Leuven Station to Aachen station west
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €150–230
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €180–270
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +38 (050) 010-01-04
- [email protected]
- Website
- OrionBus
Bus from Aachen - 58, Peterstraße to Masurenallee - Berlin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- OrionBus
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- [email protected]
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Rotterdam Centraal to Rīgas SAO
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €110–240
- Schedules at
- ecolines.net
Bus from Riga, Bus Station to Tallinn Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–40
- Schedules at
- ecolines.net
- Phone
- +44 844 770 7070
- [email protected]
- Website
- Stena Line
Car ferry from Grenå to Halmstad
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- Stena Line
- Phone
- 06000 4300
- Website
- eckeroline.fi
Ferry from Tallinn to Helsinki Terminal 2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €17–30
- Schedules at
- Eckeroline
- Economy
- €20–30
Ferry from Tallinn to Helsinki Terminal 2
- 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 Świnoujście to Ystad
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- 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 Świnoujście to Ystad
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–170
- Schedules at
- polferries.com
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