There are 11 ways to get from Basel to Vaasa by train, plane, bus, car, car ferry, or car train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Vaasa Airport
best- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Vaasa Airport (VAA)plane ZRH - VAA
9h 23m€175–651Fly Basel to Vaasa Airport
cheapest- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Vaasa Airport (VAA)plane BSL - VAA
11h 19m€123–374Train, bus via Kassel
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain 20 / ...
- Take the bus from Kassel to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2bus
- Take the train from Helsinki to Vaasatrain
43h 11m€284–561Drive 3,315.1 km
- Drive from Basel to Vaasacar 3,315.1 km
34h 37m€605–873Fly Basel to Umeå Airport, car ferry
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Umeå Airport (UME)plane BSL - UME
- Take the car ferry from Umeå to Vaasacarferry
14h 53m€176–562Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Kokkola-Pietarsaari Airport, bus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Kokkola-Pietarsaari Airport (KOK)plane ZRH - KOK
- Take the bus from Söderpåraksentie E to Vaasanpuistikko/ Maasilta pohjoinenbus
13h 21m€285–700Train, train to Stuttgart Airport, fly to Vaasa Airport
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbftrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Vaasa Airport (VAA)plane STR - VAA
12h 29m€189–613Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Umeå Airport, car ferry
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Umeå Airport (UME)plane ZRH - UME
- Take the car ferry from Umeå to Vaasacarferry
15h 11m€248–509Train, bus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Hamburg Hbftrain 20 / ...
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Helsinki to Vaasatrain
44h 1m€337–681Bus
- Take the bus from Mulhouse to Warsaw, Bus Station Westbus N1326
- Take the bus from Warsaw, Bus Station West to Vaasa, Bus Stationbus N1205
2d 4h€214–378Car train, drive, car ferry
- Take the car train from Lörrach Hbf to Lüneburgcartrain
- Drive from Lüneburg to Grenåcar
- Take the car ferry from Grenå to Halmstadcarferry
- Drive from Halmstad to Vaasacar
42h 22m€535–788
Basel to Vaasa by train, bus, tram, and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Vaasa is to fly which costs €120 - €380 and takes 11h 19m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Vaasa is to train and fly which takes 9h 23m and costs €170 - €650.
No, there is no direct bus from Basel to Vaasa station. However, there are services departing from Basel, Brausebad and arriving at Vaasa, Bus Station via Basel Euroairport FR, Mulhouse and Warsaw, Bus Station West. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 4h.
The distance between Basel and Vaasa is 2029 km. The road distance is 3315.1 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Vaasa without a car is to train and bus via Kassel which takes 43h 11m and costs €280 - €600.
It takes approximately 9h 23m to get from Basel to Vaasa, including transfers.
Basel to Vaasa bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Mulhouse station.
The best way to get from Basel to Vaasa is to fly which takes 11h 19m and costs €120 - €380. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €210 - €380 and takes 2 days 4h.
Basel to Vaasa bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Warsaw, Bus Station West.
Vaasa is 1h ahead of Basel. It is currently 5:00 PM in Basel and 6:00 PM in Vaasa.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Vaasa, Finland?
easyJet, Finnair, and three other airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to Vaasa Airport (VAA) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Basel, Brausebad to Vaasa, Bus Station via Basel EuroAirport, Abflug, Basel Euroairport FR, Mulhouse, and Warsaw, Bus Station West in around 2d 4h.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Vaasa Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–600
Flights from Zurich Airport to Vaasa Airport via Copenhagen, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–550
Flights from Basel to Vaasa Airport via Frankfurt, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 47m
- When
- Sunday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €170–650
Flights from Basel to Vaasa Airport via Berlin Brandenburg, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–550
Flights from Basel to Vaasa Airport via Copenhagen, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €120–370
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Vaasa Airport via Copenhagen, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–490
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Vaasa Airport via Frankfurt, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–600
Flights from Zurich Airport to Umeå Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €170–700
Flights from Zurich Airport to Umeå Airport via Copenhagen, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–350
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Vaasa Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–550
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kokkola-Pietarsaari Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–550
Flights from Basel to Vaasa Airport via Berlin Brandenburg, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €200–550
Flights from Basel to Vaasa Airport via Stockholm, Umeå Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–450
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Vaasa Airport via Berlin Brandenburg, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 46m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €180–490
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Basel to Umeå Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–500
Flights from Basel to Umeå Airport via Copenhagen, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Umeå Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €170–700
- 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
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel SBB to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €95–230
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €150–370
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +358 0100 3232
- Website
- vr.fi
Train from Helsinki to Vaasa
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 39m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €50–85
- Website
- https://www.vr.fi/en/
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- arverio-bw.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–27
- Schedules at
- arverio-bw.de
- 2nd Class Ticket
- €14–18
- 1st Class Ticket
- €18–27
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- arverio-by.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–20
- Schedules at
- arverio-by.de
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–26
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 711 2092-7087
- Website
- regional.bahn.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Schedules at
- regional.bahn.de
- Phone
- +49 731 1550-0
- servicecenter@dbregiobus-rab.de
- Website
- meine-rab.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €11–15
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Basel SBB to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €160–250
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Lörrach Hbf to Lüneburg
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 29m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €100–120
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Kassel to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €25–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–200
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–230
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Mulhouse to Warsaw, Bus Station West
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–180
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Warsaw, Bus Station West to Vaasa, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–190
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Kassel to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €24–45
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
- Phone
- +358 (0) 20 7434 530
- info@ingsva.fi
- Website
- ingsva.fi
Bus from Söderpåraksentie E to Vaasanpuistikko/ Maasilta pohjoinen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €19–23
- Website
- https://www.ingsva.fi/?lang=en
- Phone
- 0207 716 810
- info@wasaline.com
- Website
- wasaline.com
Car ferry from Umeå to Vaasa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €43–48
- Website
- https://www.wasaline.com/en/
- Phone
- +44 844 770 7070
- info.se@stenaline.com
- Website
- stenaline.dk
Car ferry from Grenå to Halmstad
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €13–45
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
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