There are 9 ways to get from Basel to Tallinn by plane, train, bus, night train, car ferry, car, or ferry
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 Lennart Meri International Airport
best- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL)BSL - TLL
7h 11m€79–236Train, bus
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt20 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to S Südkreuz Bhf11 / ...
- Take the bus from Berlin Airport BER to Tallinn, Bus Station
30h 56m€134–453Night train, train, car ferry
- Take the night train from Basel Sbb to Malmö, CentralstationEn
- Take the train from Malmö, Centralstation to Stockholm Centralstation
- Take the car ferry from Stockholm to Tallinn
38h 32mDrive 2,307.2 km
- Drive from Basel to Tallinn2,307.2 km
22h 43m€395–570Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Lennart Meri International Airport
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL)ZRH - TLL
6h 32m€120–282Train to Frankfurt, fly to Lennart Meri International Airport
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL)FRA - TLL
7h 14m€126–322Fly Basel to Helsinki Airport, ferry
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)BSL - HEL
- Take the ferry from Helsinki to Tallinn
10h 8m€120–385Bus
- Take the bus from Basel SBB to Nuremberg central bus station
- Take the bus from Nuremberg central bus station to Riga, Bus Station
- Take the bus from Riia to Tallinna bussijaam
36h 38m€108–249Train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBIce / ...
- Take the train from Zuerich Hb to Wien HbfRjx
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Krakow GlownyEc
- Take the train from Kraków Główny to Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis144
- Take the train from Vilnius to Tallinn215
41h 10m€209–406
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 11m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Tallinn is to train and fly which takes 6h 32m and costs €120 - €290.
No, there is no direct bus from Basel to Tallinn. However, there are services departing from Basel SBB and arriving at Tallinna bussijaam via Nuremberg central bus station and Riia. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 36h 38m.
No, there is no direct train from Basel to Tallinn. However, there are services departing from Basel SBB and arriving at Tallinn via Zuerich Hb, Wien Hbf, Kraków Główny and Vilnius. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 41h 10m.
The distance between Basel and Tallinn is 1739 km. The road distance is 2307.2 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Tallinn without a car is to train and bus which takes 30h 56m and costs €130 - €460.
It takes approximately 7h 11m 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 11m and costs €75 - €240. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €100 - €250 and takes 36h 38m, you could also train, which costs €200 - €410 and takes 41h 10m.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Tallinn, Estonia?
Air Dolomiti, Lufthansa, and five other airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Basel SBB to Tallinna bussijaam via Nuremberg central bus station, Riga, Bus Station, and Riia in around 36h 38m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Lennart Meri International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–180
Flights from Basel to Lennart Meri International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €80–310
Flights from Zurich Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–210
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
- €110–330
Flights from Basel to Helsinki Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–330
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–280
Flights from Frankfurt to Lennart Meri International Airport via Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–200
Flights from Basel to Helsinki Airport via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–350
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Basel to Lennart Meri International Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–310
Flights from Zurich Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–210
Flights from Frankfurt to Lennart Meri International Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–240
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Basel to Lennart Meri International Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–200
- 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
- €65–210
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–240
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Lennart Meri International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–190
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Basel to Helsinki Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–240
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–160
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Website
- bahntouristikexpress.de
Night train from Basel Sbb to Malmö, Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- bahntouristikexpress.de
- Phone
- +46 77 175 75 75
- kundservice@sj.se
- Website
- sj.se
Train from Malmö, Centralstation to Stockholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–130
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- snalltaget@snalltaget.se
- Website
- snalltaget.se
Train from Malmö, Centralstation to Stockholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 59m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €25–100
- 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
- Every 4 hours
- 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 Tallinn
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 4m
- 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
- €65–180
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Basel SBB to Nuremberg central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €25–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Nuremberg central bus station to Riga, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–160
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Riia to Tallinna bussijaam
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €8–23
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +372 680 0909
- info@luxexpress.eu
- Website
- luxexpress.eu
Bus from Riia to Tallinna bussijaam
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–23
- Website
- https://luxexpress.eu/en/
- peatus@agri.ee
- Website
- web.peatus.ee
Bus from Riia to Tallinna bussijaam
- 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 Riia to Tallinna bussijaam
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €31–35
- Schedules at
- transtempo.ua
- Phone
- +373 789 18 888
- info@busline.md
- Website
- busline.md
Bus from Riia to Tallinna bussijaam
- 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 5:15 AM in Basel and 6:15 AM 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 43m to drive from Basel to Tallinn.
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