There are 9 ways to get from Basel to Tallinn by plane, train, bus, 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)plane BSL - TLL
7h 9m€79–226Train, bus via Frankfurt am Main
- 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€125–361Train
- 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 Tallinntrain 889
41h 38m€210–379Drive 2,306.6 km
- Drive from Basel to Tallinncar 2,306.6 km
22h 50m€393–567Train 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 30m€116–280Train 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 12m€106–302Fly Basel to Helsinki Airport, ferry
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)plane BSL - HEL
- Take the ferry from Helsinki to Tallinnferry
10h 13m€105–405Train, bus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Hamburg Hbftrain 20 / ...
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Tallinn, Harbour Terminal Dbus N1206
35h 2m€120–383Bus
- 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 Riia to Tallinna bussijaambus
36h 41m€90–188
Basel to Tallinn by train, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Tallinn is to bus which costs €90 - €190 and takes 36h 41m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Tallinn is to train and fly which takes 6h 30m and costs €110 - €280.
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 41m.
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 38m.
The distance between Basel and Tallinn is 1738 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 via Frankfurt am Main which takes 30h 56m and costs €120 - €370.
It takes approximately 7h 9m 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 9m and costs €75 - €230. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €210 - €380 and takes 41h 38m, you could also bus, which costs €90 - €190 and takes 36h 41m.
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) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a train from Basel SBB to Tallinn via Zürich HB, Zuerich Hb, Wien Hbf, Krakow Glowny, Kraków Główny, and Vilnius in around 41h 38m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Lennart Meri International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–220
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, 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
- €80–340
Flights from Basel to Helsinki Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–330
Flights from Basel to Helsinki Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–330
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–320
Flights from Frankfurt to Lennart Meri International Airport via Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–200
Flights from Basel to Helsinki Airport via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €130–360
Flights from Basel to Helsinki Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–360
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Basel to Lennart Meri International Airport via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–310
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 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–190
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Basel to Lennart Meri International Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–280
Flights from Frankfurt to Lennart Meri International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–190
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Basel to Lennart Meri International Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–200
- 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
- €28–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/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
- €21–40
- 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
- €23–75
- 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 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–50
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Basel SBB to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €160–250
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/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
- €60–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Tallinn, Harbour Terminal D
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Basel SBB to Nuremberg central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Nuremberg central bus station to Riga, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Riia to Tallinna bussijaam
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–19
- 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 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–21
- Website
- https://luxexpress.eu/en/
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Riia to Tallinna bussijaam
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–12
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
- 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
- €30–34
- 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/
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 2:06 AM in Basel and 3:06 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 50m to drive from Basel to Tallinn.
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