There are 11 ways to get from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Ruka by train, plane, bus, car, car train, or car ferry
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Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Kuusamo
best- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Farringdontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Kuusamo (KAO)plane LHR - KAO
10h 11m€208–720Train to London Stansted Airport, fly to Kuusamo
cheapest- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to London Victoriatrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Kuusamo (KAO)plane STN - KAO
11h 5m€147–458Fly London Gatwick Airport to Kuusamo
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Kuusamo (KAO)plane LGW - KAO
4h 58m€158–590Train, bus
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to London Victoriatrain
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Warsaw, Bus Station Westbus
- Take the bus from Warsaw, Bus Station West to Oulu, Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from 12 to Kelantiebus 8
2d 17h€305–544Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Folkestonecar
- Take the cartrain from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Rukacar
35h 6m€708–1,017Fly London Gatwick Airport to Rovaniemi, bus
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Rovaniemi (RVN)plane LGW - RVN
- Take the bus from Lentoasema to ABC pihabus
- Take the bus from ABC piha to Talvijärvi Ebus
8h 3m€149–675Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Rovaniemi, bus
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Farringdontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Rovaniemi (RVN)plane LHR - RVN
- Take the bus from Lentoasema to ABC pihabus
- Take the bus from ABC piha to Talvijärvi Ebus
13h 45m€210–552Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Oulu Airport, bus
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Farringdontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Oulu Airport (OUL)plane LHR - OUL
- Take the bus from 12 to Kelantiebus
14h 44m€245–556Fly London Gatwick Airport to Ivalo, bus
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Ivalo (IVL)plane LGW - IVL
- Take the bus from Lentoasema to Tunturikeskus Kiilopääbus
- Take the bus from Tunturikeskus Kiilopää to 2bus
- Take the bus from 2 to Kemijärvi rautatieasemabus
- Take the bus from Kemijärvi rautatieasema to Talvijärvi Ebus
14h 16m€223–763Bus, train
- Take the bus from South Terminal Bus Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 025
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Helsinki to Kemijärvitrain
- Take the bus from Kemijärvi rautatieasema to Talvijärvi Ebus 5
2d 23h€369–633Drive, car ferry
- Drive from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Port of Dovercar
- Take the carferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Rukacar
36h 15m€582–934
London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Ruka by train, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Ruka is to fly and bus which costs €140 - €700 and takes 8h 3m.
The fastest way to get from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Ruka is to fly which takes 4h 58m and costs €150 - €600.
The distance between London Gatwick Airport (LGW) and Ruka is 2416 km.
The best way to get from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Ruka without a car is to train and bus which takes 2 days 17h and costs €300 - €550.
It takes approximately 10h 11m to get from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Ruka, including transfers.
Ruka is 2h ahead of London Gatwick Airport (LGW). It is currently 4:43 AM in London Gatwick Airport (LGW) and 6:43 AM in Ruka.
There are 786+ hotels available in Ruka.
What companies run services between London Gatwick Airport (LGW), England and Ruka, Finland?
Air Baltic flies from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Kuusamo (KAO) once a week.
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kuusamo via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €170–600
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Rovaniemi via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–400
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Oulu Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–390
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Oulu Airport via Copenhagen, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 32m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–650
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Kuusamo via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 52m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–350
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kuusamo via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €180–750
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Kuusamo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–600
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Kuusamo via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €160–650
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Kuusamo via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €170–700
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Kuusamo via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–360
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Rovaniemi via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–400
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Oulu Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–390
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Ivalo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €150–700
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kuusamo via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €200–900
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kuusamo via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €200–700
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Rovaniemi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €120–220
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Rovaniemi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–330
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Rovaniemi via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–650
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Rovaniemi via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €180–270
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Rovaniemi via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–410
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Gatwick Airport to Farringdon
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Gatwick Airport to Farringdon
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Gatwick Airport to Farringdon
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Website
- Thameslink
- Phone
- +44 (0)3457 282930
- Website
- Southern
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- Southern
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- Southern
- Phone
- +44 345 850 1530
- Website
- Gatwick Express
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- Gatwick Express
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- Gatwick Express
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €137
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- €137
- Phone
- +358 0100 3232
- Website
- Finnish Railways (VR)
Train from Helsinki to Kemijärvi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–200
- Website
- Finnish Railways (VR)
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Warsaw, Bus Station West
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–220
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Warsaw, Bus Station West to Oulu, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €140–240
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–130
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €150–250
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +358 201 303304
- [email protected]
- Website
- Pohjolan Matka
Bus from 12 to Kelantie
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–40
- Schedules at
- Pohjolan Matka
- Website
- Pohjolan Matka
Bus from 12 to Kelantie
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–40
- Schedules at
- Pohjolan Matka
- Website
- Pohjolan Matka
- Website
- Ruka Charter Oy
Bus from 12 to Kelantie
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- Ruka Charter Oy
Bus from 12 to Kelantie
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- Ruka Charter Oy
- Phone
- +358 600 02010
- [email protected]
- Website
- Omni Bus
Bus from 12 to Kelantie
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Website
- Omni Bus
Bus from 12 to Kelantie
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Website
- Omni Bus
- Phone
- +358 16 821164
- [email protected]
- Website
- Möllärin Linjat Oy
Bus from Lentoasema to ABC piha
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Website
- Möllärin Linjat Oy
Bus from Lentoasema to ABC piha
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Website
- Möllärin Linjat Oy
- Phone
- +358 08 868 1700
- [email protected]
- Website
- Rukahuolto Oy
Bus from Lentoasema to ABC piha
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €12–17
- Schedules at
- Rukahuolto Oy
Bus from ABC piha to Talvijärvi E
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €16–23
- Schedules at
- Rukahuolto Oy
Bus from Lentoasema to ABC piha
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €12–17
- Schedules at
- Rukahuolto Oy
Bus from ABC piha to Talvijärvi E
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €16–23
- Schedules at
- Rukahuolto Oy
Bus from Kemijärvi rautatieasema to Talvijärvi E
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €16–23
- Schedules at
- Rukahuolto Oy
Bus from Kemijärvi rautatieasema to Talvijärvi E
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €16–23
- Schedules at
- Rukahuolto Oy
- Website
- Kutilan Liikenne Oy
Bus from Lentoasema to ABC piha
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- Kutilan Liikenne Oy
Bus from Lentoasema to ABC piha
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- Kutilan Liikenne Oy
- Phone
- +358 (0) 16 3422 160
- Website
- J.M Eskelisen Lapin Linjat
Bus from Lentoasema to Tunturikeskus Kiilopää
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €10–13
- Website
- J.M Eskelisen Lapin Linjat
- Schedules at
- J.M Eskelisen Lapin Linjat
Bus from Tunturikeskus Kiilopää to 2
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €23–27
- Website
- J.M Eskelisen Lapin Linjat
- Schedules at
- J.M Eskelisen Lapin Linjat
- Website
- LaplandTours Oy
Bus from Tunturikeskus Kiilopää to 2
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- LaplandTours Oy
Bus from 2 to Kemijärvi rautatieasema
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €22–25
- Website
- Rukan Taksi Ja Huoltopalvelu Oy Saapunki
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from South Terminal Bus Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–30
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- [email protected]
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–50
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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