Getting from HEL into town
A private transfer is booked before you fly and the driver waits at arrivals with your name, which is the difference that matters after a long flight: no taxi queue, no fare haggling in a language you do not speak, and a price agreed before you land.
Fares, vehicle classes and pickup rules are the partner's own and appear on their page. We do not repeat them here, because they change by the hour and by the car.
Background on the airport itself: Wikipedia.
How far the towns are
Straight-line distance from HEL, computed from published coordinates. Road distance is longer, and how much longer depends on the terrain between the two points. Population is from GeoNames.
| Town or city | Distance | Direction | People |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helsinki | 17 km | S | 658 864 |
| Espoo | 21 km | SW | 323 910 |
| Tampere | 146 km | NW | 260 646 |
| Vantaa | 5 km | SE | 252 724 |
| Turku | 149 km | W | 206 655 |
| East Helsinki | 14 km | SE | 170 557 |
| Lahti | 83 km | NE | 121 622 |
| Kouvola | 113 km | NE | 78 094 |