There are 11 ways to get from Basel to Vaasa by train, plane, bus, car, ferry, car train, or car ferry
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 32m€185–490Fly Basel to Vaasa Airport
cheapest- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Vaasa Airport (VAA)plane BSL - VAA
18h 56m€83–324Train, bus via Frankfurt am Main
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurttrain 20 / ...
- Take the bus from Frankfurt central train station to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhofbus N13
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2bus
- Take the train from Helsinki Central Station to Vaasatrain
43h 24m€126–408Drive 3,315.1 km
- Drive from Basel to Vaasacar 3,315.1 km
34h 36m€605–873Train 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
11h 45m€365–559Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Umeå Airport, ferry
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Umeå Airport (UME)plane ZRH - UME
- Take the ferry from Holmsund, färjeläget to Ro-Ro 1ferry
15h 35m€177–406Train, train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Vaasa Airport
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Berntrain
- Take the train from Bern to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Vaasa Airport (VAA)plane GVA - VAA
12h 12m€242–618Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Helsinki Airport, train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)plane ZRH - HEL
- Take the train from Tikkurila to Vaasatrain
10h 52m€141–418Train, 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 Central Station to Vaasatrain
44h 1m€128–528Bus
- Take the bus from Basel SBB to Zurich Bus Stationbus 107 / ...
- Take the bus from Zurich Bus Station to Warsaw, Bus Station Westbus
- Take the bus from Warsaw, Bus Station West to Vaasa, Bus Stationbus
2d 3h€199–472Drive, car train, car ferry
- Drive from Basel to Würzburg Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Würzburg Hbf to Hamburg Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Hamburg Hbf to Grenåcar
- Take the car ferry from Grenå to Halmstadcarferry
- Drive from Halmstad to Vaasacar
38h 19m€610–884
Basel to Vaasa by train, bus, and tram
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Vaasa is to fly which costs €80 - €330 and takes 18h 56m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Vaasa is to train and fly which takes 9h 32m and costs €180 - €490.
No, there is no direct bus from Basel to Vaasa station. However, there are services departing from Basel SBB and arriving at Vaasa, Bus Station via Zurich Bus Station and Warsaw, Bus Station West. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 3h.
The distance between Basel and Vaasa is 2028 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 Frankfurt am Main which takes 43h 24m and costs €120 - €410.
It takes approximately 9h 32m to get from Basel to Vaasa, including transfers.
Basel to Vaasa bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Basel SBB station.
The best way to get from Basel to Vaasa is to fly which takes 18h 56m and costs €80 - €330. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €190 - €480 and takes 2 days 3h.
Basel to Vaasa bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Zurich Bus Station.
Vaasa is 1h ahead of Basel. It is currently 1:16 PM in Basel and 2:16 PM in Vaasa.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Vaasa, Finland?
Air Dolomiti, Lufthansa, and three other airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to Vaasa Airport (VAA) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Basel SBB to Vaasa, Bus Station via Zurich Bus Station and Warsaw, Bus Station West in around 2d 3h.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Basel to Vaasa Airport via Frankfurt, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–490
Flights from Basel to Vaasa Airport via Berlin Brandenburg, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–430
Flights from Basel to Vaasa Airport via Munich, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–500
Flights from Basel to Vaasa Airport via Copenhagen, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–320
Flights from Basel to Vaasa Airport via Hamburg, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €110–430
Flights from Zurich Airport to Umeå Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–410
Flights from Zurich Airport to Umeå Airport via Copenhagen, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–410
Flights from Zurich Airport to Helsinki Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–260
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Vaasa Airport via Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–440
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kokkola-Pietarsaari Airport via Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €190–550
Flights from Basel to Vaasa Airport via Berlin Brandenburg, Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €180–500
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Vaasa Airport via Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €180–500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–250
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Umeå Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–410
Flights from Zurich Airport to Umeå Airport via Hamburg, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €75–340
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Helsinki Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–260
- 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 Basel SBB to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–50
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- 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 Basel SBB to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–210
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +358 0100 3232
- Website
- vr.fi
Train from Helsinki Central Station to Vaasa
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–75
- Website
- https://www.vr.fi/en/
Train from Tikkurila to Vaasa
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–75
- Website
- https://www.vr.fi/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/
- 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
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Frankfurt central train station to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €22–60
- 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
- €60–180
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–210
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Basel SBB to Zurich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–13
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Warsaw, Bus Station West
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–160
- 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
- €130–300
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €19–23
- Website
- https://www.ingsva.fi/?lang=en
- Phone
- 0207 716 810
- info@wasaline.com
- Website
- wasaline.com
Ferry from Holmsund, färjeläget to Ro-Ro 1
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €42–46
- 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
- €40–60
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
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Yes, the driving distance between Basel to Vaasa is 3315 km. It takes approximately 34h 36m to drive from Basel to Vaasa.
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