There are 9 ways to get from Basel to Tallinn by plane, train, bus, night train, car ferry, car, or ferry
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Fly Basel to Lennart Meri International Airport
best- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL)plane BSL - TLL
7h 46m€79–236Train, bus
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurttrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to S Südkreuz Bhftrain 11 / ...
- Take the bus from Berlin Airport BER to Tallinn, Bus Stationbus
30h 56m€123–433Train, night train, car ferry
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Hamburg Hbftrain 20 / ...
- Take the night train from Hamburg Hbf to Stockholm Centralnighttrain En
- Take the car ferry from Stockholm to Tallinncarferry
37h 14m€230–708Drive 2,306.6 km
- Drive from Basel to Tallinncar 2,306.6 km
22h 51m€399–576Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Lennart Meri International Airport
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL)plane ZRH - TLL
6h 32m€116–282Train to Frankfurt, fly to Lennart Meri International Airport
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL)plane FRA - TLL
7h 14m€111–336Fly Basel to Helsinki Airport, ferry
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)plane BSL - HEL
- Take the ferry from Helsinki to Tallinnferry
10h 28m€110–405Bus
- Take the bus from Basel SBB to Nuremberg central bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Nuremberg central bus station to Riga, Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Tallinn Bus Stationbus
36h 44m€96–262Train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain Ice / ...
- Take the train from Zuerich Hb to Wien Hbftrain Rjx
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Krakow Glownytrain Ec
- Take the train from Kraków Główny to Vilniaus geležinkelio stotistrain 144
- Take the train from Vilnius to Kitsekulatrain 181
41h 21m€210–406
Basel to Tallinn by train, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Tallinn is to fly which costs €75 - €240 and takes 7h 46m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Tallinn is to train and fly which takes 6h 32m and costs €110 - €290.
No, there is no direct bus from Basel to Tallinn station. However, there are services departing from Basel SBB and arriving at Tallinn Bus Station via Nuremberg central bus station and Riga Central Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 36h 44m.
No, there is no direct train from Basel to Tallinn. However, there are services departing from Basel SBB and arriving at Kitsekula via Zuerich Hb, Wien Hbf, Kraków Główny and Vilnius. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 41h 21m.
The distance between Basel and Tallinn is 1739 km. The road distance is 2306.6 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Tallinn without a car is to train and bus which takes 30h 56m and costs €120 - €440.
It takes approximately 7h 46m to get from Basel to Tallinn, including transfers.
Basel to Tallinn bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Basel SBB station.
Basel to Tallinn train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Basel SBB station.
The best way to get from Basel to Tallinn is to fly which takes 7h 46m and costs €75 - €240. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €95 - €270 and takes 36h 44m, you could also train, which costs €210 - €410 and takes 41h 21m.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Tallinn, Estonia?
Lufthansa, Air Dolomiti, and six other airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Basel SBB to Tallinn Bus Station via Nuremberg central bus station, Riga, Bus Station, and Riga Central Bus Station in around 36h 44m.
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–300
Flights from Frankfurt to Lennart Meri International Airport via Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–210
Flights from Basel to Helsinki Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–370
Flights from Basel to Helsinki Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from Basel to Helsinki Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–320
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Lennart Meri International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 12m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–190
Flights from Basel to Lennart Meri International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €80–320
Flights from Zurich Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–200
Flights from Frankfurt to Lennart Meri International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–340
Flights from Basel to Helsinki Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–340
Flights from Basel to Helsinki Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–340
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Basel to Lennart Meri International Airport via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–310
Flights from Basel to Lennart Meri International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–290
Flights from Zurich Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–200
Flights from Frankfurt to Lennart Meri International Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–340
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Basel to Lennart Meri International Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–290
Flights from Frankfurt to Lennart Meri International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–230
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Basel to Lennart Meri International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–250
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Basel to Helsinki Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–210
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Basel SBB to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 37m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €160–250
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +46 77 175 75 75
- kundservice@sj.se
- Website
- sj.se
Night train from Hamburg Hbf to Stockholm Central
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–140
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
- 1st Class Ticket
- €95–140
- 2nd Class Ticket
- €100–140
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- snalltaget@snalltaget.se
- Website
- snalltaget.se
Night train from Hamburg Hbf to Stockholm Central
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 18m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €65–95
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zuerich Hb to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 52m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €100–160
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €100–160
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wien Hbf to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–100
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +370 700 55 111
- informacija@ltglink.lt
- Website
- ltglink.lt
Train from Kraków Główny to Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
Train from Vilnius to Kitsekula
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–50
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Berlin Airport BER to Tallinn, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €60–180
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Basel SBB to Nuremberg central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €22–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Nuremberg central bus station to Riga, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–180
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Tallinn Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–23
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +372 680 0909
- info@luxexpress.eu
- Website
- luxexpress.eu
Bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Tallinn Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–23
- Website
- https://luxexpress.eu/en/
- peatus@agri.ee
- Website
- web.peatus.ee
Bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Tallinn Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €3–5
- Website
- https://web.peatus.ee/?locale=en
- Phone
- +38 (067) 467-44-00
- transtempo@ukr.net
- Website
- transtempo.ua
Bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Tallinn Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–35
- Schedules at
- transtempo.ua
- Phone
- +373 789 18 888
- info@busline.md
- Website
- busline.md
Bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Tallinn Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 28m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Website
- https://busline.md/en/
Car ferry from Stockholm to Tallinn
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €100–320
- Website
- https://www.tallink.com/en
- Adult
- €100–170
- Vehicle
- €230–320
Ferry from Helsinki to Tallinn
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–75
- Website
- https://www.tallink.com/en
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More Questions & Answers
Basel to Tallinn bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Nuremberg central bus station.
Tallinn is 1h ahead of Basel. It is currently 11:05 AM in Basel and 12:05 PM in Tallinn.
Basel to Tallinn train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Zürich HB station.
Yes, the driving distance between Basel to Tallinn is 2307 km. It takes approximately 22h 51m to drive from Basel to Tallinn.
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