There are 11 ways to get from Helsinki to Basel by plane, bus, train, car, car ferry, ferry, night train, 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.
Fly Helsinki Airport to Basel
best- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Basel (BSL)plane HEL - BSL
7h 3mCHF 106–338Ferry to Lennart Meri International Airport, fly to Basel
cheapest- Take the ferry from Helsinki Terminal 2 to Tallinnferry
- Fly from Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL) to Basel (BSL)plane TLL - BSL
10h 3mCHF 98–320Bus, train via Ełk
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Elk, Dabrowskiego - Bus station 01 and Railway station 02bus
- Take the train from Elk to Poznan Glownytrain Ic
- Take the train from Poznan Glowny to Berlin Gesundbrunnentrain Eic / ...
- Take the train from S+U Gesundbrunnen Bhf to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain 82
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbbtrain Ter
33h 31mCHF 307–1,082Bus, train
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Frankfurttrain 11 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bftrain 12 / ...
34h 42mCHF 275–922Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Helsinki to Port Of Trelleborgcar
- Take the car ferry from Trelleborg to Świnoujściecarferry
- Drive from Swinoujscie to Baselcar
43h 38mCHF 586–936Fly Helsinki Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane HEL - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
6h 46mCHF 146–360Ferry to Lennart Meri International Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the ferry from Helsinki Terminal 2 to Tallinnferry
- Fly from Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane TLL - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
9h 17mCHF 153–382Bus, night train
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Bus Station to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhofbus N1206
- Take the night train from Berlin Suedkreuz to Basel Sbbnighttrain Nj
39h 13mCHF 175–332Bus, train #2
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Bus Station to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhofbus N1206
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Basel SBBtrain 43 / ...
40h 5mCHF 309–894Bus
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhofbus N1206
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Mulhousebus N1326
41h 4mCHF 197–337Drive, car ferry, car train
- Drive from Helsinki to Bornholmerfærgen, Ystadcar
- Take the car ferry from Ystad to Świnoujściecarferry
- Drive from Swinoujscie to Lüneburgcar
- Take the car train from Lüneburg to Lörrach Hbfcartrain
2dCHF 550–899
Helsinki to Basel by bus and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Helsinki to Basel is to ferry and fly which costs SFr 95 - SFr 320 and takes 10h 3m.
The fastest way to get from Helsinki to Basel is to fly and train which takes 6h 46m and costs SFr 140 - SFr 360.
No, there is no direct bus from Helsinki to Basel. However, there are services departing from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 and arriving at Basel, Brausebad via Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof, Mulhouse and Basel EuroAirport, Ankunft. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 41h 4m.
The distance between Helsinki and Basel is 1835 km.
The best way to get from Helsinki to Basel without a car is to bus and train via Ełk which takes 33h 31m and costs SFr 300 - SFr 1100.
It takes approximately 7h 3m to get from Helsinki to Basel, including transfers.
Helsinki to Basel bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 station.
The best way to get from Helsinki to Basel is to fly which takes 7h 3m and costs SFr 100 - SFr 340. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 190 - SFr 340 and takes 41h 4m.
Helsinki to Basel bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof station.
Basel is 1h behind Helsinki. It is currently 4:01 AM in Helsinki and 3:01 AM in Basel.
What companies run services between Helsinki, Finland and Basel, Switzerland?
Lufthansa, Air Dolomiti, and four other airlines fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Basel (BSL) 4 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Basel, Brausebad via Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof, Mulhouse, Basel Euroairport FR, and Basel EuroAirport, Ankunft in around 41h 4m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–370
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 13m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–380
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–280
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–350
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–350
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–330
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Basel via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–330
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Basel via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Sunday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–360
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Basel via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–360
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Basel via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 22m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–240
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–240
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Zurich Airport via Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–210
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Zurich Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–220
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Zurich Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–210
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Thursday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–380
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–360
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–270
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Zurich Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–210
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Basel via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–270
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Zurich Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–190
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- sekretariat@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Elk to Poznan Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–240
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Poznan Glowny to Berlin Gesundbrunnen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–140
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from S+U Gesundbrunnen Bhf to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–550
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–370
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–230
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–650
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–45
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–340
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–95
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–95
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Berlin Suedkreuz to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 23m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–120
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- CHF 100–120
- Couchette Carriage
- CHF 70–85
- Seating Carriage
- CHF 45–55
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–250
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Lüneburg to Lörrach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 26m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–110
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Elk, Dabrowskiego - Bus station 01 and Railway station 02
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–210
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Helsinki, Bus Station to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–210
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Helsinki, Bus Station to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–250
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–210
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Mulhouse
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +49 180 6 666600
- info@ttline.com
- Website
- ttline.com
Car ferry from Trelleborg to Świnoujście
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–110
- Website
- https://www.ttline.com/en/#/
- Phone
- 06000 4300
- Website
- eckeroline.fi
Ferry from Helsinki Terminal 2 to Tallinn
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–35
- Schedules at
- https://www.eckeroline.com/
- Economy
- CHF 18–28
Ferry from Helsinki Terminal 2 to Tallinn
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–35
- Schedules at
- https://www.eckeroline.com/
- Economy
- CHF 18–28
- Phone
- +48 91 88 02 909
- rezerwacje@unityline.pl
- Website
- unityline.eu
Car ferry from Ystad to Świnoujście
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–45
- Schedules at
- unityline.eu
- Phone
- +48 94 35 52 102
- info@polferries.pl
- Website
- polferries.com
Car ferry from Ystad to Świnoujście
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–150
- Website
- https://polferries.com/?_gl=1*1lrzcqj*_ga*MTg4Mjk0NTU5MS4xNzEwMDcwNDIw*_ga_YXVPYSX9EP*MTcxMDA3MDQyMC4xLjEuMTcxMDA3MDU2NC42MC4wLjA.*_gcl_au*NjM3MTI2OTEzLjE3MTAwNzA0MjA.*_ga_M0NZ9YKMD8*MTcxMDA3MDQyMC4xLjEuMTcxMDA3MDU2NC4wLjAuMA..
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