There are 13 ways to get from Basel to Helsinki by plane, train, ferry, bus, car, car train, or car ferry
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Fly Basel to Helsinki Airport
best- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)plane BSL - HEL
7h 3m€98–319Train, ferry
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Hamburg Hbftrain 25 / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Stockholm Centraltrain Ic
- Take the ferry from Stockholm to Helsinkiferry
38h 33mTrain, bus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Hamburg Hbftrain 20 / ...
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Bus Stationbus N1206
39h 12m€242–453Drive, car train
- Drive from Basel to Würzburg Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Würzburg Hbf to Hamburg Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Hamburg Hbf to Helsinkicar
37h 23m€660–963Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Helsinki Airport
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)plane ZRH - HEL
6h 58m€149–357Fly Basel to Lennart Meri International Airport, ferry
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL)plane BSL - TLL
- Take the ferry from Tallinn to Helsinkiferry
10h 33mTrain to Frankfurt, fly to Helsinki Airport
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)plane FRA - HEL
7h 54m€157–328Train, train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Helsinki Airport
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Renens VDtrain
- Take the train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)plane GVA - HEL
9h 12m€184–414Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Lennart Meri International Airport, ferry
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL)plane ZRH - TLL
- Take the ferry from Tallinn to Helsinkiferry
9h 53mTrain, bus via Warsaw
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to München Hbftrain 60
- Take the train from Muenchen Hbf to Warszawa Wschodniatrain Ic
- Take the train from Warszawa Wschodnia to Elktrain Ic
- Take the bus from Elk, Dabrowskiego - Bus station 01 and Railway station 02 to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2bus
40h 37m€173–255Bus via Berlin
- Take the bus from Mulhouse to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhofbus N1326
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Bus Stationbus N1206
43h 32m€159–287Bus
- Take the bus from Basel to Stuttgartbus
- Take the bus from Stuttgart Airport to Rīgabus
- Take the bus from Tērbatas iela to Tallinna bussijaambus
- Take the bus from Tallinn, Bus Station to Helsinki, Bus Stationbus
2dDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Basel to Swinoujsciecar
- Take the car ferry from Świnoujście to Trelleborgcarferry
- Drive from Port Of Trelleborg to Helsinkicar
43h 36m€625–1,016
Basel to Helsinki by train, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Helsinki is to bus via Berlin which costs €150 - €290 and takes 43h 32m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Helsinki is to train and fly which takes 6h 58m and costs €140 - €360.
No, there is no direct bus from Basel to Helsinki station. However, there are services departing from Basel, Brausebad and arriving at Helsinki, Bus Station via Basel Euroairport FR, Mulhouse and Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 43h 32m.
The distance between Basel and Helsinki is 1837 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Helsinki without a car is to train and ferry which takes 38h 33m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 3m to get from Basel to Helsinki, including transfers.
Basel to Helsinki bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Mulhouse station.
The best way to get from Basel to Helsinki is to fly which takes 7h 3m and costs €95 - €320. Alternatively, you can bus via Berlin, which costs €150 - €290 and takes 43h 32m.
Basel to Helsinki bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof station.
Helsinki is 1h ahead of Basel. It is currently 1:00 PM in Basel and 2:00 PM in Helsinki.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Helsinki, Finland?
Lufthansa, Air Dolomiti, and three other airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to Helsinki Airport (HEL) 4 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Basel, Brausebad to Helsinki, Bus Station via Basel EuroAirport, Abflug, Basel Euroairport FR, Mulhouse, and Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof in around 43h 32m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Helsinki Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–240
Flights from Basel to Helsinki Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–240
Flights from Zurich Airport to Helsinki Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–280
Flights from Basel to Lennart Meri International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–200
Flights from Basel to Lennart Meri International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €85–310
Flights from Frankfurt to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–340
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Basel to Helsinki Airport via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €140–380
Flights from Zurich Airport to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–310
Flights from Frankfurt to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–250
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–300
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Helsinki Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–260
Flights from Basel to Lennart Meri International Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–280
Flights from Frankfurt to Helsinki Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–220
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Helsinki Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–250
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Basel to Lennart Meri International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–270
Flights from Zurich Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–140
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Basel to Helsinki Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–240
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Helsinki Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–360
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Basel to Lennart Meri International Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–200
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–340
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–320
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel SBB to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €80–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €120–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel Bad Bf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 49m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €80–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- snalltaget@snalltaget.se
- Website
- snalltaget.se
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Stockholm Central
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–95
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Basel SBB to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €160–250
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Würzburg Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–110
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €27–50
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Muenchen Hbf to Warszawa Wschodnia
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €240–370
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Muenchen Hbf to Warszawa Wschodnia
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- 2nd Class
- €30–50
- 1st Class
- €40–50
Train from Warszawa Wschodnia to Elk
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €12–21
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- 2nd Class
- €12–17
- 1st Class
- €16–21
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €120–210
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Elk, Dabrowskiego - Bus station 01 and Railway station 02 to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–95
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Mulhouse to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–100
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–180
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Tallinn, Bus Station to Helsinki, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €5–10
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +380(67)-484-57-27
- support@pavluks-trans.com
- Website
- pavluks-trans.com
Bus from Basel to Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Website
- https://pavluks-trans.com/en/tickets/kyiv/goettingen?sort_by=departure&order_by=ASC&page=1
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Stuttgart Airport to Rīga
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €55–130
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
- Phone
- +372 680 0909
- info@luxexpress.eu
- Website
- luxexpress.eu
Bus from Tērbatas iela to Tallinna bussijaam
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Website
- https://luxexpress.eu/en/
- Website
- vikingline.com
Ferry from Stockholm to Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- vikingline.com
- Website
- en.tallink.com
Ferry from Tallinn to Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- en.tallink.com
- Phone
- +49 180 6 666600
- info@ttline.com
- Website
- ttline.com
Car ferry from Świnoujście to Trelleborg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €28–110
- Website
- https://www.ttline.com/en/#/
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