There are 10 ways to get from Basel to Ruka by train, plane, bus, car, or car train
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Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Kuusamo
best- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Kuusamo (KAO)plane ZRH - KAO
8h 27m€270–709Fly Basel to Rovaniemi, bus
cheapest- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Rovaniemi (RVN)plane BSL - RVN
- Take the bus from Lentoasema to ABC pihabus
- Take the bus from ABC piha to Talvijärvi Ebus
12h 20m€132–467Train, bus via Karlsruhe
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain 20 / ...
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Warsaw, Bus Station Westbus
- Take the bus from Warsaw, Bus Station West to Oulu, Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from 12 to Kelantiebus 8
2d 8h€244–468Drive 3,162.2 km
- Drive from Basel to Rukacar 3,162.2 km
33h 2m€586–846Fly Basel to Kuusamo
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Kuusamo (KAO)plane BSL - KAO
12h 22m€279–713Train, train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Kuusamo
- 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 Kuusamo (KAO)plane GVA - KAO
12h 15m€329–1,050Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Rovaniemi, bus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Rovaniemi (RVN)plane ZRH - RVN
- Take the bus from Lentoasema to ABC pihabus
- Take the bus from ABC piha to Talvijärvi Ebus
11h 49m€173–523Train, bus
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurttrain 20 / ...
- Take the bus from Frankfurt central train station to Warsaw, Bus Station Westbus
- Take the bus from Warsaw, Bus Station West to Oulu, Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Oulu to Kemijärvitrain
- Take the bus from Kemijärvi rautatieasema to Talvijärvi Ebus 5
2d 9h€284–743Train, bus via Riga
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain 20 / ...
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe to Rīgabus
- Take the bus from Riga, Bus Station to Helsinki, Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Helsinki to Kemijärvitrain
- Take the bus from Kemijärvi rautatieasema to Talvijärvi Ebus 5
2d 13h€296–528Drive, car train
- Drive from Basel to Würzburg Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Würzburg Hbf to Hamburg Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Hamburg Hbf to Rukacar
32h 45m€591–866
Basel to Ruka by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Ruka is to fly and bus which costs €130 - €470 and takes 12h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Ruka is to train and fly which takes 8h 27m and costs €270 - €750.
The distance between Basel and Ruka is 2521 km. The road distance is 3162.2 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Ruka without a car is to train and bus via Karlsruhe which takes 2 days 8h and costs €240 - €470.
It takes approximately 8h 27m to get from Basel to Ruka, including transfers.
Ruka is 1h ahead of Basel. It is currently 12:06 PM in Basel and 1:06 PM in Ruka.
Yes, the driving distance between Basel to Ruka is 3162 km. It takes approximately 33h 2m to drive from Basel to Ruka.
There are 764+ hotels available in Ruka.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Ruka, Finland?
Air Dolomiti, Lufthansa, and two other airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to Kuusamo (KAO) 4 times a week.
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kuusamo via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 2m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €230–600
Flights from Basel to Kuusamo via Munich, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €150–650
Flights from Basel to Kuusamo via Stockholm, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–480
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Kuusamo via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €240–800
Flights from Zurich Airport to Rovaniemi via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–700
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kuusamo via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–550
Flights from Basel to Kuusamo via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–650
Flights from Basel to Rovaniemi via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €140–600
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Kuusamo via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €140–600
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kuusamo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–600
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Kuusamo via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €140–650
Flights from Zurich Airport to Rovaniemi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €110–550
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kuusamo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–600
Flights from Zurich Airport to Rovaniemi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €110–550
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to Rovaniemi via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–320
Flights from Zurich Airport to Rovaniemi via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–270
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Basel to Rovaniemi via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–650
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Basel to Rovaniemi via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–550
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Basel to Rovaniemi via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €100–440
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Basel to Rovaniemi via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €140–650
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Basel to Rovaniemi via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–430
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Rovaniemi via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €270–450
- 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
Train from Basel SBB to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–180
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €21–65
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €110–340
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +358 0100 3232
- Website
- vr.fi
Train from Oulu to Kemijärvi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.vr.fi/en/
Train from Helsinki to Kemijärvi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–180
- Website
- https://www.vr.fi/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
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Warsaw, Bus Station West
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Warsaw, Bus Station West to Oulu, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–200
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Frankfurt central train station to Warsaw, Bus Station West
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Riga, Bus Station to Helsinki, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €25–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +358 201 303 303
- myynti@pohjolanmatka.fi
- Website
- pohjolanmatka.fi
Bus from 12 to Kelantie
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €27–40
- Schedules at
- https://pohjolanmatka.fi/linjaliikenne/
Bus from ABC piha to Talvijärvi E
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €17–23
- Schedules at
- https://pohjolanmatka.fi/linjaliikenne/
Bus from Kemijärvi rautatieasema to Talvijärvi E
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €17–23
- Schedules at
- https://pohjolanmatka.fi/linjaliikenne/
- Phone
- 0400 153884
- myynti@tilausliikennehimanen.fi
- Website
- tilausliikennehimanen.fi
Bus from 12 to Kelantie
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Website
- Tilausliikenne Himanen
- Phone
- +358 0600 02010
- info@onnibus.com
- Website
- onnibus.com
Bus from 12 to Kelantie
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Website
- https://www.onnibus.com/home
- Phone
- 0201 303 303
- myynti@pohjolanmatka.fi
- Website
- pohjolanmatka.fi
Bus from 12 to Kelantie
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €28–40
- Schedules at
- pohjolanmatka.fi
Bus from ABC piha to Talvijärvi E
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €18–26
- Schedules at
- pohjolanmatka.fi
Bus from Kemijärvi rautatieasema to Talvijärvi E
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €18–26
- Schedules at
- pohjolanmatka.fi
- Phone
- +358 16 821164
- info@mollarinlinjat.fi
- Website
- mollarinlinjat.fi
Bus from Lentoasema to ABC piha
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Website
- https://www.mollarinlinjat.fi/english/
- Phone
- +358 08 868 1700
- info@rukahuolto.fi
- Website
- rukahuolto.fi
Bus from Lentoasema to ABC piha
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €12–17
- Schedules at
- rukahuolto.fi
- 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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