ARRIVAL

BY AIR FROM HELSINKI TO KUUSAMO

Kuusamo airport is a 45-minute drive from Posio. Finnair flies from Helsinki to Kuusamo all year round, daily during the winter season.  The flight time from Helsinki to Kuusamo is one hour.

From Europe, during winter there are direct flights by Lufthansa from Frankfurt to Kuusamo once a week on Saturdays as well as two new routes: from Düsseldorf to Kuusamo by Eurowings once a week on Sundays and from Zürich to Kuusamo by Edelweiss Air once a week on Fridays.

Other airports close-by are located in Rovaniemi (130 km) and Oulu (230 km). There are daily flight connections also from Helsinki to Rovaniemi and Oulu. Helsinki airport is 825 km from Posio.

All the airports have seasonal connecting flights to elsewhere in Europe.

BY TRAIN TO ROVANIEMI OR KEMIJÄRVI

The nearest railway station are situated in Rovaniemi (132 km) and Kemijärvi (97 km). More information about tickets and timetables here. Posio can be reached by a local bus which runs from the Rovaniemi railway station to Posio. A mixed rail-and-car option is also available.

BY CAR

Posio is 825 km from Helsinki by the shortest road route. Helsinki and Kuusamo are connected by highways E75 and 5, or you can travel via the city of Oulu. There are plenty of round-the-clock service stations and food outlets along the way. There are also good road connections to Posio from Rovaniemi, Kuusamo, Kemijärvi, Ranua and Taivalkoski.

The nearest car rental points are in Kuusamo and Rovaniemi airports as well as in Kemijärvi (Pohjolankatu 5, 98100 Kemijärvi).

BY BUS

There are daily bus connections from Posio to Rovaniemi and Kuusamo. The buses depart from and arrive to center od Posio (address: Toritie 4, 97900 Posio). Detailed schedules here.

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