There are 10 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 8m€78–215Train, bus via Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Bielefeld Hbftrain Re
- Take the train from Buende(Westf) to Berlin Hbftrain Ice
- Take the bus from Berlin Airport BER to Tallinn, Bus Stationbus
30h 2mTrain
- Take the train from Duisburg Hbf to Muenchen Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Muenchen Hbf to Warszawa Wschodniatrain Ic
- Take the train from Warszawa Wschodnia to Vilniaus geležinkelio stotistrain
- Take the train from Vilnius to Tallinntrain 889
39h 54m€252–665Drive 1,869.3 km
- Drive from Essen to Tallinncar 1,869.3 km
23h 34m€291–421Train to Dortmund Airport, fly to Lennart Meri International Airport
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Dortmund-Kurltrain
- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL)plane DTM - TLL
8h 13mTrain, 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 57m€101–327Fly 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 49m€112–282Bus
- Take the bus from Dortmund to Masurenallee - Berlinbus Mykolayiv
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Tallinn, Bus Stationbus N1324 / ...
30h 32mBus via Hamburg
- Take the bus from Essen Hbf to Hamburgbus Ivano-Frankivsk
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Tallinn, Harbour Terminal Dbus N1206
32h 29m€154–268Train, bus
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehetrain Re
- Take the bus from Kassel to Rīgabus
- Take the bus from Riia to Vana-Pääskülabus
34h 37m
Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Essen to Tallinn is to fly which costs €75 - €220 and takes 5h 8m.
The fastest way to get from Essen to Tallinn is to fly which takes 5h 8m and costs €75 - €220.
No, there is no direct bus from Essen station to Tallinn station. However, there are services departing from Essen central train station and arriving at Tallinn, Bus Station via Dortmund and Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 30h 32m.
No, there is no direct train from Essen to Tallinn. However, there are services departing from Essen Hbf and arriving at Tallinn via Duisburg Hbf, Muenchen Hbf, Warszawa Wschodnia and Vilnius. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 39h 54m.
The distance between Essen and Tallinn is 1480 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 30h 2m and costs .
It takes approximately 5h 8m to get from Essen to Tallinn, including transfers.
Essen to Tallinn bus services, operated by GrandBus, depart from Essen Hbf station.
Essen to Tallinn train services, operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), depart from Duisburg Hbf station.
The best way to get from Essen to Tallinn is to fly which takes 5h 8m and costs €75 - €220. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €250 - €700 and takes 39h 54m, you could also bus, which costs and takes 30h 32m.
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 Duisburg Hbf, Muenchen Hbf, Warszawa Wschodnia, and Vilnius in around 39h 54m.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–190
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Lennart Meri International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–220
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Lennart Meri International Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–400
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Helsinki Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–240
- 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
- €110–220
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Lennart Meri International Airport via Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–270
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–280
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Lennart Meri International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–170
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Lennart Meri International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–220
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Lennart Meri International Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–400
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Vilnius
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–190
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Lennart Meri International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–170
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Lennart Meri International Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–170
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Helsinki Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €110–250
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–190
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–190
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €75–190
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Bielefeld Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Dortmund-Kurl
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Buende(Westf) to Berlin Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–90
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Duisburg Hbf to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €65–170
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–24
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–26
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Muenchen Hbf to Warszawa Wschodnia
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €120–220
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Muenchen Hbf to Warszawa Wschodnia
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 48m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €180–400
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +370 700 55 111
- informacija@ltglink.lt
- Website
- ltglink.lt
Train from Warszawa Wschodnia to Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €26–35
- 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
- 069 450099650
- Kundenservice-Linie10@vias-online.de
- Website
- vias-online.de
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–50
- Schedules at
- vias-online.de
- 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
- €100–190
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Tallinn, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €100–190
- 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
- €130–230
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +38 (050) 010-01-04
- orionbilet@gmail.com
- Website
- orionbus.net
Bus from Dortmund to Masurenallee - Berlin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://orionbus.net/en
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Essen Hbf to Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
- Phone
- +380 98 815 4444
- support@ewe.ua
- Website
- ewe.ua
Bus from Essen Hbf to Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- 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
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €95–170
- 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
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- https://luxexpress.eu/en/
Ferry from Helsinki to Tallinn
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–29
- Website
- https://www.tallink.com/en
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More Questions & Answers
Essen to Tallinn bus services, operated by GrandBus, arrive at Hamburg station.
Tallinn is 1h ahead of Essen. It is currently 11:48 AM in Essen and 12:48 PM in Tallinn.
Essen to Tallinn train services, operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), arrive at Muenchen Hbf 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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