There are 11 ways to get from Essen to Tallinn by plane, train, bus, car, or ferry
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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 11m€86–266Train, bus via Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhoftrain 10 / ...
- Take the bus from Berlin Airport BER to Tallinn, Bus Stationbus N1324 / ...
27h 28m€99–290Train
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhoftrain 10 / ...
- Take the train from S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhof to Rzepintrain 95 / ...
- Take the train from Rzepin to Kraków Głównytrain 96 / ...
- Take the train from Kraków Główny to Vilniaus geležinkelio stotistrain 144
- Take the train from Vilnius to Tallinntrain
38h 3m€139–275Drive 1,869.3 km
- Drive from Essen to Tallinncar 1,869.3 km
23h 34m€294–425Fly Dortmund Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport
- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL)plane DTM - TLL
11h 48m€109–413Train 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 16m€109–312Train, 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 Airporttrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL)plane AMS - TLL
7h 32m€128–346Fly 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 to Tallinnferry
8h 40m€117–385Bus
- Take the bus from Essen Hbf to Hannover Hbfbus
- Take the bus from Hanover central bus station to Berlin Airport BERbus 144
- Take the bus from Berlin Airport BER to Tallinn, Bus Stationbus
29h 42m€136–278Train, 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€90–228Train, 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 Riia to Vana-Pääskülabus
35h 15m€99–226
Essen to Tallinn by train, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Essen to Tallinn is to train and bus which costs €90 - €230 and takes 31h 34m.
The fastest way to get from Essen to Tallinn is to fly which takes 5h 11m and costs €85 - €270.
No, there is no direct bus from Essen to Tallinn station. However, there are services departing from Essen Hbf and arriving at Tallinn, Bus Station via Hanover central bus station and Berlin Airport BER. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 29h 42m.
No, there is no direct train from Essen to Tallinn. However, there are services departing from Essen Hbf and arriving at Tallinn via S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhof, Rzepin, Kraków Główny and Vilnius. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 38h 3m.
The distance between Essen and Tallinn is 1487 km. The road distance is 1869.3 km.
The best way to get from Essen to Tallinn without a car is to train and bus via Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) which takes 27h 28m and costs €95 - €290.
It takes approximately 5h 11m to get from Essen to Tallinn, including transfers.
Essen to Tallinn bus services, operated by East West Eurolines, depart from Essen Hbf station.
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 11m and costs €85 - €270. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €130 - €280 and takes 38h 3m, you could also bus, which costs €130 - €280 and takes 29h 42m.
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+U Berlin Hauptbahnhof, Rzepin, Kraków Główny, and Vilnius in around 38h 3m.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–170
Flights from Frankfurt to Lennart Meri International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–200
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Lennart Meri International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–290
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Lennart Meri International Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–430
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Helsinki Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–250
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–210
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
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Lennart Meri International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–290
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Lennart Meri International Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–290
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–250
Flights from Frankfurt to Lennart Meri International Airport via Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–210
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Lennart Meri International Airport via Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–260
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–280
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Lennart Meri International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–290
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Lennart Meri International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–290
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Lennart Meri International Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–430
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Vilnius
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–220
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–220
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Gdansk
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–220
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–220
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Katowice, Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 2m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–330
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Lennart Meri International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–340
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–180
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €60–240
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Essen Hbf to S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhof to Rzepin
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €28–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Rzepin to Kraków Główny
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–29
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- 2nd Class
- €18–25
- 1st Class
- €23–29
- 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 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–50
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–50
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €15–23
- 1st Class
- €29–50
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €21–24
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- 069 450099650
- Kundenservice-Linie10@vias-online.de
- Website
- vias-online.de
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–21
- Schedules at
- vias-online.de
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Kamen
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Kamen to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
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
- €60–170
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Hanover central bus station to Berlin Airport BER
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–45
- 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
- €65–160
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +380 98 815 4444
- support@ewe.ua
- Website
- ewe.ua
Bus from Essen Hbf to Hannover Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–65
- Website
- https://ewe.ua/
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Kassel to Rīga
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–130
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
- Phone
- +372 680 0909
- info@luxexpress.eu
- Website
- luxexpress.eu
Bus from Riia to Vana-Pääsküla
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–23
- Website
- https://luxexpress.eu/en/
- Website
- highwayriders.eu
Bus from Riia to Vana-Pääsküla
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- highwayriders.eu
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
Essen to Tallinn bus services, operated by East West Eurolines, arrive at Hannover Hbf station.
Tallinn is 1h ahead of Essen. It is currently 10:39 PM in Essen and 11:39 PM in Tallinn.
Essen to Tallinn train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhof station.
Yes, the driving distance between Essen to Tallinn is 1869 km. It takes approximately 23h 34m to drive from Essen to Tallinn.
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