There are 8 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€260–466Fly 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 10m€122–467Bus
- Take the bus from Mulhouse 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 10h€248–475Drive 3,162.2 km
- Drive from Basel to Rukacar 3,162.2 km
33h 2m€581–839Fly Basel to Kuusamo
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Kuusamo (KAO)plane BSL - KAO
11h 12m€269–713Train, 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 40m€247–795Train 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€163–560Drive, 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€591–865
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 €120 - €470 and takes 12h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Ruka is to train and fly which takes 8h 27m and costs €260 - €470.
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 bus which takes 2 days 10h and costs €240 - €480.
It takes approximately 8h 27m to get from Basel to Ruka, including transfers.
The best way to get from Basel to Ruka is to bus which takes 2 days 10h and costs €240 - €480. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs €260 - €750 and takes 11h 12m.
Ruka is 1h ahead of Basel. It is currently 12:18 AM in Basel and 1:18 AM 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 415+ hotels available in Ruka.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Ruka, Finland?
You can take a train from Basel SBB to Talvijärvi P via Mulhouse, Mulhouse, Warsaw, Bus Station West, Oulu, Bus Station, 12, and Kelantie in around 2d 10h. Alternatively, Lufthansa and Air Dolomiti fly from Basel (BSL) to Kuusamo (KAO) twice a week.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kuusamo via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–550
Flights from Basel to Kuusamo via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–650
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Kuusamo via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €140–600
Flights from Zurich Airport to Rovaniemi via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 1m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–480
Flights from Basel to Rovaniemi via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €130–550
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kuusamo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €240–700
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Kuusamo via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €250–750
Flights from Zurich Airport to Rovaniemi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €210–600
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kuusamo via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €220–360
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Kuusamo via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €200–550
Flights from Zurich Airport to Rovaniemi via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–700
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kuusamo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €240–700
Flights from Zurich Airport to Rovaniemi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €210–600
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Rovaniemi via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €100–420
Flights from Basel to Rovaniemi via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €110–480
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Basel to Rovaniemi via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–650
Flights from Basel to Rovaniemi via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €110–480
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Kuusamo via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–550
- 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
- €90–390
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Basel to Rovaniemi via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–600
- 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
- 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 Mulhouse to Warsaw, Bus Station West
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–180
- 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
- €120–210
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from 12 to Kelantie
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Schedules at
- mikkeli.fi
- Phone
- +358 201 303 303
- myynti@pohjolanmatka.fi
- Website
- pohjolanmatka.fi
Bus from 12 to Kelantie
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- 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/
- 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
- 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
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