There are 12 ways to get from Basel to Lapland by plane, train, bus, car, taxi, 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 Basel to Rovaniemi
best- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Rovaniemi (RVN)plane BSL - RVN
8h 41m€102–412Train, bus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Hamburg Hbftrain 20 / ...
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Helsinki to Rovaniemitrain
2d€370–728Drive 2,988 km
- Drive from Basel to Rovaniemicar 2,988 km
30h 46m€545–787Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Kittilä Airport
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Kittilä Airport (KTT)plane ZRH - KTT
8h 25m€206–486Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Rovaniemi
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Rovaniemi (RVN)plane ZRH - RVN
8h 10m€148–479Fly Basel to Kittilä Airport
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Kittilä Airport (KTT)plane BSL - KTT
9h 20m€105–449Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Kemi-Tornio Airport
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Kemi-Tornio Airport (KEM)plane ZRH - KEM
12h 33m€214–451Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Luleå/Kallax Airport, taxi
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Luleå/Kallax Airport (LLA)plane ZRH - LLA
- Take the taxi from Luleå Airport to Haparanda Tornio resecentrumtaxi
9h 32m€174–484Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Oulu Airport, train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Oulu Airport (OUL)plane ZRH - OUL
- Take the train from Oulu to Kemitrain
11h 21m€199–525Bus
- Take the bus from Mulhouse to Warsaw, Bus Station Westbus N1326
- Take the bus from Warsaw, Bus Station West to Rovaniemi, Bus Stationbus N1207
2d 9h€229–407Bus via Riga
- Take the bus from Basel to Karlsruhe - Central Station South Sidebus
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe to Rīgabus
- Take the bus from Riga, Bus Station to Rovaniemi, Bus Stationbus
2d 10h€205–366Drive, car train
- Drive from Basel to Würzburg Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Würzburg Hbf to Hamburg Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Hamburg Hbf to Rovaniemicar
30h 30m€550–814
Basel to Lapland by train, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Lapland is to fly which costs €100 - €420 and takes 8h 41m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Lapland is to train and fly which takes 8h 10m and costs €140 - €480.
No, there is no direct bus from Basel to Lapland station. However, there are services departing from Basel, Brausebad and arriving at Rovaniemi, Bus Station via Basel Euroairport FR, Mulhouse and Warsaw, Bus Station West. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 9h.
The distance between Basel and Lapland is 2376 km. The road distance is 2988 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Lapland without a car is to train and bus which takes 2 days 0h and costs €370 - €750.
It takes approximately 8h 41m to get from Basel to Lapland, including transfers.
Basel to Lapland bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Basel station.
The best way to get from Basel to Lapland is to fly which takes 8h 41m and costs €100 - €420. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €220 - €410 and takes 2 days 9h.
Basel to Lapland bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Karlsruhe - Central Station South Side.
Lapland is 1h ahead of Basel. It is currently 6:21 AM in Basel and 7:21 AM in Lapland.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Lapland, Finland?
Air Dolomiti, Lufthansa, and eight other airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to Rovaniemi (RVN) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Basel, Brausebad to Rovaniemi, Bus Station via Basel EuroAirport, Abflug, Basel Euroairport FR, Mulhouse, and Warsaw, Bus Station West in around 2d 9h.
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kittilä Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €170–350
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kittilä Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–350
Flights from Zurich Airport to Rovaniemi via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–700
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kemi-Tornio Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 26m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €190–500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kemi-Tornio Airport via Copenhagen, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–480
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kemi-Tornio Airport via Hamburg, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €190–550
Flights from Zurich Airport to Oulu Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–410
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Basel to Rovaniemi via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €120–480
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kittilä Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–460
Flights from Zurich Airport to Rovaniemi via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €190–440
Flights from Zurich Airport to Luleå/Kallax Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 16m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–320
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Basel to Rovaniemi via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–650
Flights from Basel to Rovaniemi via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €120–480
Flights from Basel to Kittilä Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–700
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Rovaniemi via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–550
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kittilä Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–430
Flights from Basel to Kittilä Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €140–490
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kittilä Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €120–600
Flights from Zurich Airport to Rovaniemi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–550
Flights from Zurich Airport to Luleå/Kallax Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–500
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to Rovaniemi via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–320
Flights from Zurich Airport to Rovaniemi via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–270
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Basel to Rovaniemi via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–400
Flights from Basel to Kittilä Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–440
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Basel to Rovaniemi via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–490
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Basel to Rovaniemi via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €90–410
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Basel to Rovaniemi via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €140–600
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Oulu Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–420
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel SBB to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €150–340
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/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
- +358 0100 3232
- Website
- vr.fi
Train from Helsinki to Rovaniemi
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €100–170
- Website
- https://www.vr.fi/en/
Train from Oulu to Kemi
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- https://www.vr.fi/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
- €30–90
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/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
- +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
- €120–220
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Mulhouse to Warsaw, Bus Station West
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–170
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Warsaw, Bus Station West to Rovaniemi, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–230
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Riga, Bus Station to Rovaniemi, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Basel to Karlsruhe - Central Station South Side
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €14–27
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Karlsruhe to Rīga
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €110–200
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
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More Questions & Answers
Yes, the driving distance between Basel to Lapland is 2988 km. It takes approximately 30h 46m to drive from Basel to Lapland.
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