There are 11 ways to get from Tallinn to Basel by plane, bus, train, car, ferry, or car train
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Fly Lennart Meri International Airport to Basel
best- Fly from Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL) to Basel (BSL)plane TLL - BSL
6h 51mCHF 79–276Bus, train via Frankfurt am Main
- Take the bus from Tallinn, Bus Station to Berlin Südkreuz train stationbus
- Take the train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Frankfurttrain 82 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bftrain 20 / ...
31h 26mCHF 248–709Train
- Take the train from Tallinn to Vilniustrain 12
- Take the train from Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis to Kraków Głównytrain
- Take the train from Krakow Glowny to Berlin Ostbahnhoftrain Ic
- Take the train from S Ostbahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain 12 / ...
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Basel Bad Bftrain 20 / ...
40h 10mCHF 298–658Drive 2,306.2 km
- Drive from Tallinn to Baselcar 2,306.2 km
22h 46mCHF 369–532Fly Lennart Meri International Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane TLL - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
6h 39mCHF 133–347Ferry to Helsinki Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the ferry from Tallinn to Helsinkiferry
- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Basel (BSL)plane HEL - BSL
9h 34mCHF 137–361Ferry to Helsinki Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the ferry from Tallinn to Helsinkiferry
- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane HEL - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
9h 18mCHF 166–322Bus, train
- Take the bus from Tallinn, Harbour Terminal D to Berlin Südkreuz train stationbus N1224
- Take the train from Berlin Hbf to Basel SBBtrain 12 / ...
32h 35mCHF 259–542Bus, train #2
- Take the bus from Tallinn, Harbour Terminal D to Berlin Südkreuz train stationbus N1224
- Take the train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Basel SBBtrain 12N
35h 32mCHF 248–529Bus
- Take the bus from Tallinn Bus Station to Riga Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Rīga to Frankfurtbus
- Take the bus from Frankfurt, Hauptbahnhof FOB to Basel, Bahnhofbus
37h 50mDrive, car train
- Drive from Tallinn to Lüneburgcar
- Take the car train from Lüneburg to Lörrach Hbfcartrain
30h 39mCHF 325–451
Tallinn to Basel by bus and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Tallinn to Basel is to fly which costs SFr 75 - SFr 280 and takes 6h 51m.
The fastest way to get from Tallinn to Basel is to fly and train which takes 6h 39m and costs SFr 130 - SFr 350.
No, there is no direct bus from Tallinn station to Basel. However, there are services departing from Tallinn Bus Station and arriving at Basel, Bahnhof via Rīga and Frankfurt, Hauptbahnhof FOB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 37h 50m.
No, there is no direct train from Tallinn to Basel. However, there are services departing from Tallinn and arriving at Basel Bad Bf via Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis, Krakow Glowny, S Ostbahnhof and Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 40h 10m.
The distance between Tallinn and Basel is 1740 km. The road distance is 2306.2 km.
The best way to get from Tallinn to Basel without a car is to bus and train via Frankfurt am Main which takes 31h 26m and costs SFr 240 - SFr 750.
It takes approximately 6h 51m to get from Tallinn to Basel, including transfers.
Tallinn to Basel bus services, operated by Lux Express, depart from Tallinn Bus Station.
Tallinn to Basel train services, operated by LTG Link, depart from Tallinn station.
The best way to get from Tallinn to Basel is to fly which takes 6h 51m and costs SFr 75 - SFr 280. Alternatively, you can train, which costs SFr 290 - SFr 700 and takes 40h 10m, you could also bus, which costs and takes 37h 50m.
What companies run services between Tallinn, Estonia and Basel, Switzerland?
Lufthansa, Air Baltic, and four other airlines fly from Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL) to Basel (BSL) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a train from Tallinn to Basel Bad Bf via Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis, Kraków Główny, Krakow Glowny, S Ostbahnhof, and Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe in around 40h 10m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–430
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–350
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–370
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–470
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 33m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–470
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Basel via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–240
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Basel via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 2m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–270
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Basel via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–400
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Basel via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–320
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Zurich Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–240
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Zurich Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–230
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Zurich Airport via Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–330
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–330
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Basel via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–300
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Basel via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–290
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–170
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–400
- 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 95–150
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–210
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from S Ostbahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–160
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–210
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Berlin Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–360
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 22m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–350
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- 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 110–320
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–85
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +370 700 55 111
- informacija@ltglink.lt
- Website
- ltglink.lt
Train from Tallinn to Vilnius
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–45
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
Train from Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis to Kraków Główny
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 9m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–45
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Krakow Glowny to Berlin Ostbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 7m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–200
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Berlin Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–240
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
Train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 22m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–230
- 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 Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Tallinn, Bus Station to Berlin Südkreuz train station
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–180
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Tallinn, Harbour Terminal D to Berlin Südkreuz train station
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–180
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Tallinn Bus Station to Riga Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +372 680 0909
- info@luxexpress.eu
- Website
- luxexpress.eu
Bus from Tallinn Bus Station to Riga Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–35
- Website
- https://luxexpress.eu/en/
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Tallinn Bus Station to Riga Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–35
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
Bus from Rīga to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 25m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–210
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
- Phone
- +38 (067) 467-44-00
- transtempo@ukr.net
- Website
- transtempo.ua
Bus from Tallinn Bus Station to Riga Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–31
- Website
- https://transtempo.ua/
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Frankfurt, Hauptbahnhof FOB to Basel, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
Ferry from Tallinn to Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–28
- Website
- https://www.tallink.com/en
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More Questions & Answers
Tallinn to Basel bus services, operated by Lux Express, arrive at Riga Central Bus Station.
Basel is 1h behind Tallinn. It is currently 5:12 PM in Tallinn and 4:12 PM in Basel.
Tallinn to Basel train services, operated by LTG Link, arrive at Vilnius station.
Yes, the driving distance between Tallinn to Basel is 2306 km. It takes approximately 22h 46m to drive from Tallinn to Basel.
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