There are 13 ways to get from Rovaniemi to Lyon by plane, train, bus, car, or car train
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Fly Rovaniemi to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
best- Fly from Rovaniemi (RVN) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane RVN - LYS
7h 1m€171–772Train to Kemi-Tornio Airport, fly to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Rovaniemi to Kemitrain
- Fly from Kemi-Tornio Airport (KEM) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane KEM - LYS
16h 26m€120–467Train, bus via Paris
- Take the train from Rovaniemi to Helsinki Central Stationtrain
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Parisbus
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Lyon Part Dieutrain Tgv
2d 3h€382–652Drive 3,291.3 km
- Drive from Rovaniemi to Lyoncar 3,291.3 km
34h 21m€624–902Bus to Kittilä Airport, fly to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Take the bus from Roimunrotko P to Sadinkumpu Pbus
- Fly from Kittilä Airport (KTT) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane KTT - LYS
10h 48m€315–899Fly Rovaniemi to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, train
- Fly from Rovaniemi (RVN) to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG)plane RVN - CDG
- Take the train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Lyon Part Dieutrain
8h 8m€220–556Fly Rovaniemi to Geneva International Airport, train
- Fly from Rovaniemi (RVN) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane RVN - GVA
- Take the train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieutrain
11h 11m€156–444Fly Rovaniemi to Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport, train
- Fly from Rovaniemi (RVN) to Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport (CFE)plane RVN - CFE
- Take the train from Clermont Ferrand to Lyon Part Dieutrain
13h 49m€411–1,773Fly Rovaniemi to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Rovaniemi (RVN) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane RVN - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Mulhousetrain
- Take the train from Mulhouse Ville to Lyon Part Dieutrain
11h 56m€268–590Train, bus
- Take the train from Rovaniemi to Helsinkitrain
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Lyonbus
2d 6h€344–548Bus
- Take the bus from Rovaniemi, Bus Station to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2bus
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Lyonbus
2d 9h€299–473Bus, train
- Take the bus from 1 to 30-35bus Ob4
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Bus Station to Riga, Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Rīga to Karlsruhebus
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain 83 / ...
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Lyon Part Dieutrain Tgv
2d 10h€288–547Drive, car train
- Drive from Rovaniemi to Hamburg Hbfcar
- Take the cartrain from Hamburg Hbf to Lörrach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Lörrach Hbf to Lyoncar
39h 33m€569–803
Rovaniemi to Lyon by train, tram, bus, and subway
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Rovaniemi to Lyon is to fly and train which costs €150 - €450 and takes 11h 11m.
The fastest way to get from Rovaniemi to Lyon is to fly which takes 7h 1m and costs €170 - €800.
No, there is no direct bus from Rovaniemi station to Lyon. However, there are services departing from Rovaniemi, Bus Station and arriving at Lyon via Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 and Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 9h.
The distance between Rovaniemi and Lyon is 2651 km. The road distance is 3291.3 km.
The best way to get from Rovaniemi to Lyon without a car is to train and bus via Paris which takes 2 days 3h and costs €380 - €650.
It takes approximately 7h 1m to get from Rovaniemi to Lyon, including transfers.
Rovaniemi to Lyon bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Rovaniemi, Bus Station.
The best way to get from Rovaniemi to Lyon is to fly which takes 7h 1m and costs €170 - €800. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €290 - €480 and takes 2 days 9h.
Rovaniemi to Lyon bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 station.
Lyon is 1h behind Rovaniemi. It is currently 11:48 AM in Rovaniemi and 10:48 AM in Lyon.
What companies run services between Rovaniemi, Finland and Lyon, France?
easyJet and KLM fly from Rovaniemi (RVN) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) twice a week. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Rovaniemi, Bus Station to Lyon via Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 and Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof in around 2d 9h.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Rovaniemi to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–700
Flights from Kittilä Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 37m
- When
- Sunday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €180–850
Flights from Rovaniemi to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €130–600
Flights from Rovaniemi to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–600
Flights from Rovaniemi to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–650
Flights from Rovaniemi to Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €370–1,700
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Rovaniemi to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €160–320
Flights from Rovaniemi to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–320
Flights from Rovaniemi to Zurich Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–400
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Kittilä Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 2m
- When
- Sunday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €180–850
Flights from Rovaniemi to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €130–600
Flights from Rovaniemi to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–650
Flights from Rovaniemi to Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €370–1,700
Flights from Rovaniemi to Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport via Helsinki, Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €390–1,800
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Rovaniemi to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–800
Flights from Rovaniemi to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–480
Flights from Rovaniemi to Geneva International Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €120–500
Flights from Rovaniemi to Geneva International Airport via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–400
Flights from Rovaniemi to Geneva International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €120–550
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Kittilä Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €170–550
Flights from Rovaniemi to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–550
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Rovaniemi to Geneva International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €130–650
Flights from Rovaniemi to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €120–600
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Kittilä Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–600
Flights from Kemi-Tornio Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–430
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Rovaniemi to Zurich Airport via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–390
Flights from Rovaniemi to Zurich Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–390
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Rovaniemi to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €120–600
- Phone
- +358 0100 3232
- Website
- Finnish Railways (VR)
Train from Rovaniemi to Helsinki Central Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €110–180
- Website
- Finnish Railways (VR)
Train from Rovaniemi to Kemi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–22
- Website
- Finnish Railways (VR)
Train from Rovaniemi to Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €110–180
- Website
- Finnish Railways (VR)
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €80–130
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €85–130
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Strasbourg to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €95–150
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–70
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €21–40
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Clermont Ferrand to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Strasbourg to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €85–150
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €80–130
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Zürich HB to Mulhouse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Hamburg Hbf to Lörrach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €100–120
- 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 Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–210
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–130
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–210
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €100–160
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Rovaniemi, Bus Station to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €65–110
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–210
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €100–160
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Helsinki, Bus Station to Riga, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +358 (0) 16 3422 160
- Website
- J.M Eskelisen Lapin Linjat
Bus from Roimunrotko P to Sadinkumpu P
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €29–34
- Website
- J.M Eskelisen Lapin Linjat
- Schedules at
- J.M Eskelisen Lapin Linjat
- Website
- FlixBus Finland Oy
Bus from Rovaniemi, Bus Station to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- FlixBus Finland Oy
- Phone
- +358 600 02010
- [email protected]
- Website
- Omni Bus
Bus from 1 to 30-35
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- Omni Bus
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- [email protected]
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Rīga to Karlsruhe
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 55m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €120–260
- Schedules at
- ecolines.net
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