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
7h 14mCHF 74–216Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Tallinna bussijaam to Riiabus
- Take the bus from Rīga to Karlsruhebus
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Basel SBBbus
39h 40mCHF 68–173Bus, train via Frankfurt am Main
- Take the bus from Tallinn, Bus Station to Berlin Airport BERbus
- Take the train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Frankfurttrain 82 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bftrain 20 / ...
30h 11mCHF 180–462Train
- 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 / ...
41h 24mCHF 185–362Drive 2,306.2 km
- Drive from Tallinn to Baselcar 2,306.2 km
22h 45mCHF 361–521Fly 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 49mCHF 103–270Ferry 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 36mFerry 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 26mBus, train
- Take the bus from Tallinn, Harbour Terminal D to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhofbus N1206
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Basel SBBtrain 20 / ...
35h 21mCHF 118–328Bus, train #2
- Take the bus from Tallinna bussijaam to Prahabus 000318
- Take the train from Praha-Holesovice to Basel Sbbtrain Ec
41hCHF 142–204Drive, car train
- Drive from Tallinn to Hamburg Altonacar
- Take the car train from Hamburg Altona to Lörrach Hbfcartrain
31h 1mCHF 321–1,085
Tallinn to Basel by bus, foot, and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Tallinn to Basel is to fly which costs SFr 70 - SFr 220 and takes 7h 14m.
The fastest way to get from Tallinn to Basel is to fly and train which takes 6h 49m and costs SFr 100 - SFr 270.
No, there is no direct bus from Tallinn to Basel. However, there are services departing from Tallinna bussijaam and arriving at Basel SBB via Rīga and Karlsruhe central train station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 39h 40m.
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 41h 24m.
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 30h 11m and costs SFr 180 - SFr 470.
It takes approximately 7h 14m to get from Tallinn to Basel, including transfers.
Tallinn to Basel bus services, operated by Lux Express, depart from Tallinna bussijaam 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 7h 14m and costs SFr 70 - SFr 220. Alternatively, you can train, which costs SFr 180 - SFr 370 and takes 41h 24m, you could also bus, which costs SFr 65 - SFr 180 and takes 39h 40m.
What companies run services between Tallinn, Estonia and Basel, Switzerland?
Lufthansa, Air Dolomiti, and six other airlines fly from Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL) to Basel (BSL) 3 times a day. 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 41h 24m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–180
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–290
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–120
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–220
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–340
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–310
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Zurich Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–220
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Zurich Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–220
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Zurich Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–220
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Basel via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–210
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Basel via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–220
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Basel via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–330
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–290
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–340
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Basel via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–250
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Basel via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–230
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–280
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Basel via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–200
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Zurich Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–120
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Zurich Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–240
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from S Ostbahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–130
- 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
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–180
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–40
- 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
- 12h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–50
- 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 8m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–90
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–220
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–200
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Hamburg Altona to Lörrach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 33m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–750
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- CHF 340–400
- Car Compartment
- CHF 550–750
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Tallinn, Bus Station to Berlin Airport BER
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–150
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Tallinn, Harbour Terminal D to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Tallinna bussijaam to Riia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–15
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–22
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +372 680 0909
- info@luxexpress.eu
- Website
- luxexpress.eu
Bus from Tallinna bussijaam to Riia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–18
- Website
- https://luxexpress.eu/en/
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Tallinna bussijaam to Riia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–10
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
Bus from Rīga to Karlsruhe
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–120
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Tallinna bussijaam to Riia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 1–2
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.pl
Bus from Tallinna bussijaam to Riia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- flixbus.pl
Bus from Tallinna bussijaam to Praha
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 1–2
- Schedules at
- flixbus.pl
- Phone
- +38 (067) 467-44-00
- transtempo@ukr.net
- Website
- transtempo.ua
Bus from Tallinna bussijaam to Riia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–32
- Schedules at
- transtempo.ua
- Phone
- +373 789 18 888
- info@busline.md
- Website
- busline.md
Bus from Tallinna bussijaam to Riia
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 27m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Website
- https://busline.md/en/
- Website
- highwayriders.eu
Bus from Tallinna bussijaam to Riia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- highwayriders.eu
- Website
- en.tallink.com
Ferry from Tallinn to Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- en.tallink.com
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More Questions & Answers
Tallinn to Basel bus services, operated by Lux Express, arrive at Riia station.
Basel is 1h behind Tallinn. It is currently 3:56 PM in Tallinn and 2:56 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 45m to drive from Tallinn to Basel.
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