There are 11 ways to get from Essen to Tallinn by plane, train, bus, car, ferry, or car train
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Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport
best- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL)plane DUS - TLL
5h 10m€104–242Fly Dortmund Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL)plane DTM - TLL
10h 42m€92–308Train, bus via Berlin
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to S Spandau Bhftrain 10 / ...
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Tallinn, Bus Stationbus N1324 / ...
27h 37m€219–600Train
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to S Spandau Bhftrain 10 / ...
- Take the train from Berlin-Spandau to Kolíntrain
- Take the train from Kolin to Warszawa Wschodniatrain 113
- Take the train from Warszawa Wschodnia to Vilniaus geležinkelio stotistrain
- Take the train from Vilnius to Tallinntrain 889
37h 13m€205–756Drive 1,869.7 km
- Drive from Essen to Tallinncar 1,869.7 km
23h 36m€294–425Train to Frankfurt, fly to Lennart Meri International Airport
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL)plane FRA - TLL
6h 21m€141–456Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Lennart Meri International Airport
- Take the train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL)plane AMS - TLL
7h 26m€125–423Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Helsinki Airport, ferry
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)plane DUS - HEL
- Take the ferry from Helsinki Terminal 2 to Tallinnferry
9h 5m€133–324Train, bus
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Tallinn, Harbour Terminal Dbus N1206
31h 34m€218–553Train, bus #2
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Kamentrain Re
- Take the train from Kamen to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehetrain Re
- Take the bus from Kassel to Rīgabus
- Take the bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Tallinn Vana Paaskulabus
35h 30mDrive, car train
- Drive from Essen to Frankfurtcar
- Take the cartrain from Frankfurt to Lüneburgcartrain
- Drive from Lüneburg to Tallinncar
27h 57m€380–540
Essen to Tallinn by train, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Essen to Tallinn is to fly which costs €100 - €250 and takes 5h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Essen to Tallinn is to fly which takes 5h 10m and costs €100 - €250.
No, there is no direct train from Essen to Tallinn. However, there are services departing from Essen Hbf and arriving at Tallinn via Berlin-Spandau, Kolin, Warszawa Wschodnia and Vilnius. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 37h 13m.
The distance between Essen and Tallinn is 1487 km. The road distance is 1869.7 km.
The best way to get from Essen to Tallinn without a car is to train and bus via Berlin which takes 27h 37m and costs €210 - €600.
It takes approximately 5h 10m to get from Essen to Tallinn, including transfers.
Essen to Tallinn train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Essen Hbf station.
The best way to get from Essen to Tallinn is to fly which takes 5h 10m and costs €100 - €250. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €200 - €800 and takes 37h 13m.
Tallinn is 1h ahead of Essen. It is currently 6:21 AM in Essen and 7:21 AM in Tallinn.
Essen to Tallinn train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at S Spandau Bhf station.
What companies run services between Essen, Germany and Tallinn, Estonia?
Eurowings, Air Baltic, and two other airlines fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL) 4 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from Essen Hbf to Tallinn via S Spandau Bhf, Berlin-Spandau, Kolín, Kolin, Warszawa Wschodnia, and Vilnius in around 37h 13m.
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–230
Flights from Frankfurt to Lennart Meri International Airport via Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–190
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Lennart Meri International Airport via Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–270
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €170–320
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–130
Flights from Frankfurt to Lennart Meri International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–370
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Lennart Meri International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–310
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Lennart Meri International Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–440
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Helsinki Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–230
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Lennart Meri International Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–230
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Vilnius
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–280
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €170–700
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Lennart Meri International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–200
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Lennart Meri International Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–200
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Lennart Meri International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–200
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Lennart Meri International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–310
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Lennart Meri International Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–440
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Lennart Meri International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–360
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–260
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Helsinki Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €140–290
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–280
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Wroclaw, Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–370
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Vilnius
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–280
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Essen Hbf to S Spandau Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €85–380
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Essen Hbf to S Spandau Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €85–380
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–200
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–75
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Essen Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €65–300
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Berlin-Spandau to Kolín
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 58m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €21–40
- Website
- Railways of Slovak Republic (ZSSK)
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Kolin to Warszawa Wschodnia
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €80–130
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Kolin to Warszawa Wschodnia
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €140–260
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +420 220 311 700
- info@le.cz
- Website
- LEO Express
Train from Kolin to Warszawa Wschodnia
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 46m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- LEO Express
- Phone
- +370 700 55 111
- informacija@ltglink.lt
- Website
- LTG Link
Train from Warszawa Wschodnia to Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €22–30
- Website
- LTG Link
Train from Vilnius to Tallinn
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–50
- Website
- LTG Link
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–21
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–23
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +49 6078 966930
- service@vias-online.eu
- Website
- VIAS Rail GmbH
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €31
- Schedules at
- VIAS Rail GmbH
- Phone
- +49 221 800 20 80
- info@msm-gruppe.de
- Website
- MSM Partyzug
Train from Essen Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- MSM Partyzug
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Essen Hbf to Kamen
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Schedules at
- National Express
Train from Kamen to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- info@eurobahn.de
- Website
- Eurobahn
Train from Essen Hbf to Kamen
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Website
- Eurobahn
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Frankfurt to Lüneburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 18m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Tallinn, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €130–220
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Tallinn, Harbour Terminal D
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €150–260
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Kassel to Rīga
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €120–200
- Schedules at
- ecolines.net
- Phone
- +372 680 0909
- info@luxexpress.eu
- Website
- Lux Express
Bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Tallinn Vana Paaskula
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- Website
- Lux Express
- Phone
- 06000 4300
- Website
- eckeroline.fi
Ferry from Helsinki Terminal 2 to Tallinn
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Schedules at
- Eckeroline
- Economy
- €20–30
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