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Getting to Finland
When you get picked up ESN-HELGA tutors will take you to your apartment.
It is important that you inform ESN-HELGA and the HAAGA-HELIA International Services your arrival time by filling in the electronic Arrival Form at:
www.haaga-helia.fi/en/about-haaga-helia/int/exch/arrival
Traveling by air
Most students choose to travel by air arriving at Helsinki's main airport Helsinki-Vantaa (HEL) located just outside Helsinki in the city of Vantaa. Most international airlines operate routes or code shares to this airport. There are frequent bus services between Helsinki city centre and the airport, the journey takes about 30 minutes. If you take the Finnair bus the cost is 5,20 €, and if you take the local bus, number 615 or 615T, the cost is 3,80 €.
The airport in Helsinki is at Malmi (HEM) but this is only used for small, mainly private, aircraft and the Helicopter service to Tallinn.
Finland's national carriers are Finnair (One World Alliance) and Blue1, a subsidiary of SAS. SAS also operates its own direct and indirect flights to Helsinki and young people under 26 can often get good youth fares from SAS.
In addition to the traditional carriers, a number of low cost airlines have appeared in recent years:
Blue1 operates on a low cost model, they fly direct to most bigger cities in Europe (for example, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Brussels, Budapest, Copenhagen, Dublin, Hamburg, London, Paris, Rome and Stockholm).
German Wings travels between Helsinki and Cologne/Bonn, from there they have flights to many other European destinations.
Ryanair travels from Tampere (TMP) to Bremen, Dublin, London Stansted, Frankfurt/Hahn, Liverpool and Riga. Tampere is a city north of Helsinki and there are frequent train connections to Helsinki. Pendolino train takes 1h30m to get to Helsinki (30 €), InterCity 1h45m (25 €) and Fast Train 2h10m (20 €). Details from VR Finnish Railways
Air Baltic operates affordable flights between Riga, Latvia and Helsinki as well as Vilnius, Lithuania and Helsinki. From Riga and Vilnius, the company connects to many other destinations.
Air Finland operates flights between Alicante and Malaga in Spain.
Easyjet is another option. They don't fly to Finland but you can fly to Tallinn, Estonia and take a ferry from there to Helsinki. See below for more details of ferries.
Arriving by Sea
Finland's location means that there are numerous sea connections to Sweden, Estonia and mainland Europe. If you think that the 20/25kg luggage limit inside European air flights is too low for you, the ferry connection may be a good choice. In addition, you may find a lower priced flight to Estonia's capital Tallinn from where you can take a ferry to Helsinki.
Ferry between Rostock in Germany and Hankö on the south west coast of Finland.
Ferries from Helsinki and Turku to Stockholm.
Silja also operates Ferries and Fast Ferries between Helsinki and Tallinn as well as a ferry between Rostock and Helsinki via Tallinn.
Ferries between Stockholm in Sweden and Turku (2 hours North West of Helsinki). Note, you must have a car to be able to travel on this journey, foot passengers are not allowed. Low priced, no frills travel. Cabin for 1-4 persons included in the price.
Good value ferry between Helsinki and Tallinn. Journey time 3h30min.
Fast ferries between Helsinki and Tallinn. Journey time from 90 minutes.
Arriving by train
VR Finnish Railways and Russian Railways operate joint between Helsinki and St Petersburg, and Helsinki and Moscow.
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