There are 12 ways to get from Switzerland to Finland by plane, train, bus, car, car ferry, ferry, night train, 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 Zurich Airport to Helsinki Airport
best- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)plane ZRH - HEL
5h 12m€115–288Train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Helsinki Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)plane MXP - HEL
6h 46m€87–269Train, bus via Berlin
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain Ice / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to S Spandau Bhftrain 12
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2bus
38h 21m€314–594Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Zurich to Swinoujsciecar
- Take the carferry from Świnoujście to Trelleborgcarferry
- Drive from Port Of Trelleborg to Helsinkicar
43h 26m€659–1,026Fly Geneva International Airport to Helsinki Airport
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)plane GVA - HEL
5h 29m€128–308Fly Basel to Helsinki Airport
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)plane BSL - HEL
6h 44m€104–346Train, bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly to Helsinki Airport
- Take the train from Lugano to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airportbus
- Fly from Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)plane BGY - HEL
7h 19m€92–311Fly Zurich Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport, ferry
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL)plane ZRH - TLL
- Take the ferry from Tallinn to Helsinki Terminal 2ferry
9h 13m€125–292Night train, bus
- Take the nighttrain from Zuerich Hb to Berlin Suedkreuznighttrain Nj
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2bus N1206 / ...
41h 10m€197–369Bus
- Take the bus from Zurich Bus Station to Warsaw, Bus Station Westbus FlixBus N1304
- Take the bus from Warsaw, Bus Station West to Helsinki, Bus Stationbus N1205
42h 53m€201–321Train, bus
- Take the train from Zuerich Hb to Karlsruhe Hbftrain Ec
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe to Rīgabus
- Take the bus from Riga, Bus Station to Helsinki, Bus Stationbus
46h 8m€211–426Drive, car train, car ferry
- Drive from Zurich to Freiburg im Breisgau Train Stationcar
- Take the cartrain from Freiburg im Breisgau Train Station to Lüneburgcartrain
- Drive from Lüneburg to Swinoujsciecar
- Take the carferry from Świnoujście to Ystadcarferry
- Drive from Bornholmerfærgen, Ystad to Helsinkicar
2d 1h€622–1,047
Switzerland to Finland by train, foot, bus, and tram
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Switzerland to Finland is to train and bus and fly which costs €90 - €320 and takes 7h 19m.
The fastest way to get from Switzerland to Finland is to fly which takes 5h 12m and costs €110 - €290.
No, there is no direct bus from Switzerland station to Finland station. However, there are services departing from Zurich Bus Station and arriving at Helsinki, Bus Station via Warsaw, Bus Station West. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 42h 53m.
The distance between Switzerland and Finland is 1800 km.
The best way to get from Switzerland to Finland without a car is to train and bus via Berlin which takes 38h 21m and costs €310 - €600.
It takes approximately 5h 12m to get from Switzerland to Finland, including transfers.
Switzerland to Finland bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Zurich Bus Station.
The best way to get from Switzerland to Finland is to fly which takes 5h 12m and costs €110 - €290. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €200 - €330 and takes 42h 53m.
Switzerland to Finland bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Warsaw, Bus Station West.
Finland is 1h ahead of Switzerland. It is currently 3:15 PM in Switzerland and 4:15 PM in Finland.
What companies run services between Switzerland and Finland?
Finnair, Lufthansa, and two other airlines fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Helsinki Airport (HEL) 5 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from Zürich Stadelhofen to Helsinki, Bus Station via Zürich HB, Zurich Bus Station, and Warsaw, Bus Station West in around 42h 53m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Helsinki Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–310
Flights from Basel to Helsinki Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Friday, Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–340
Flights from Basel to Helsinki Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–410
Flights from Zurich Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- €100–220
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–320
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–250
Flights from Basel to Helsinki Airport via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–410
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–230
Flights from Zurich Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–250
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Helsinki Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–230
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Helsinki Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–300
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Helsinki Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–250
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Helsinki Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €140–250
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Basel to Helsinki Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–350
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Helsinki Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–320
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Thursday, Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–240
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–220
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–270
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- [email protected]
- Website
- SBB GmbH
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–11
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel SBB to S Spandau Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 59m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €160–330
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–8
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Lugano to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Zuerich Hb to Berlin Suedkreuz
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–140
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €110–140
- Couchette Carriage
- €80–95
- Seating Carriage
- €50–65
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Zuerich Hb to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–110
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €75–110
- 2nd Class
- €60–85
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Freiburg im Breisgau Train Station to Lüneburg
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 39m
- 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 Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €140–220
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €140–220
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Warsaw, Bus Station West
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–180
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Warsaw, Bus Station West to Helsinki, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €90–140
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Riga, Bus Station to Helsinki, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Flixbus
- [email protected]
- Website
- TERRAVISION
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €5–23
- Website
- TERRAVISION
- Phone
- 035.319366
- [email protected]
- Website
- orioshuttle.com
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–15
- Schedules at
- orioshuttle.com
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- [email protected]
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Karlsruhe to Rīga
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €120–260
- Schedules at
- ecolines.net
- Phone
- +49 180 6 666600
- [email protected]
- Website
- TT-Line
Car ferry from Świnoujście to Trelleborg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–110
- Website
- TT-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
- 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
- €35–170
- Schedules at
- polferries.com
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