There are 11 ways to get from Tallinn to Basel by plane, bus, train, car ferry, night 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)TLL - BSL
7h 13mCHF 73–226Bus, train via Frankfurt am Main
- Take the bus from Tallinn, Bus Station to Berlin Airport BER
- Take the train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Frankfurt82 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bf20 / ...
30h 8mCHF 131–426Car ferry, train, night train
- Take the car ferry from Tallinn to Stockholm
- Take the train from Stockholm Centralstation to Malmö, Centralstation345
- Take the night train from Malmö, Centralstation to Basel SbbEn
39h 9mDrive 2,306 km
- Drive from Tallinn to Basel2,306 km
22h 37mCHF 367–530Fly Lennart Meri International Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)TLL - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
6h 52mCHF 108–260Ferry to Helsinki Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the ferry from Tallinn to Helsinki
- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Basel (BSL)HEL - BSL
9h 35mCHF 131–355Ferry to Helsinki Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the ferry from Tallinn to Helsinki
- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)HEL - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
9h 24mCHF 151–379Bus, train
- Take the bus from Tallinn, Harbour Terminal D to Berlin, Zentralen OmnibusbahnhofN1224 / ...
- Take the train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Basel SBB12N
35h 2mCHF 167–351Bus
- Take the bus from Tallinna bussijaam to Riia
- Take the bus from Rīga to Karlsruhe
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Basel SBB122 / ...
39hCHF 104–165Train
- Take the train from Tallinn to Vilnius217
- Take the train from Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis to Kraków Główny
- Take the train from Krakow Glowny to Berlin OstbahnhofIc
- Take the train from S Ostbahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe12 / ...
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Basel Bad Bf20 / ...
40h 51mCHF 166–413Drive, car train
- Drive from Tallinn to Hamburg Altona
- Take the car train from Hamburg Altona to Lörrach Hbf
31h 8mCHF 325–1,091
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 230 and takes 7h 13m.
The fastest way to get from Tallinn to Basel is to fly and train which takes 6h 52m and costs SFr 100 - SFr 260.
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.
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 51m.
The distance between Tallinn and Basel is 1739 km. The road distance is 2306 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 8m and costs SFr 130 - SFr 430.
It takes approximately 7h 13m 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 13m and costs SFr 70 - SFr 230. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 100 - SFr 170 and takes 39h, you could also train, which costs SFr 160 - SFr 420 and takes 40h 51m.
What companies run services between Tallinn, Estonia and Basel, Switzerland?
Lufthansa, Air Dolomiti, and five other airlines fly from Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL) to Basel (BSL) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Tallinna bussijaam to Basel SBB via Rīga, Karlsruhe, and Karlsruhe central train station in around 39h.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–170
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–280
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–190
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 38m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–320
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–330
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–260
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Zurich Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–200
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Zurich Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–240
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Zurich Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–240
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Zurich Airport via Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–260
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–290
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Basel via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–220
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Basel via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–190
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Basel via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–330
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Basel via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–260
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Basel via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–320
- 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 90–220
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–220
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–330
- 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 85–190
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–320
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–170
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 22m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from S Ostbahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +46 77 175 75 75
- kundservice@sj.se
- Website
- sj.se
Train from Stockholm Centralstation to Malmö, Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–120
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- snalltaget@snalltaget.se
- Website
- snalltaget.se
Train from Stockholm Centralstation to Malmö, Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–100
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
- Website
- bahntouristikexpress.de
Night train from Malmö, Centralstation to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 33m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- bahntouristikexpress.de
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–40
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 22m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–230
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
Train from S Ostbahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–110
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +370 700 55 111
- informacija@ltglink.lt
- Website
- ltglink.lt
Train from Tallinn to Vilnius
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 51m
- 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 7m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–80
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixtrain.de
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–55
- Website
- https://www.flixtrain.com/
- 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 350–400
- Car Compartment
- CHF 600–750
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 60–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Tallinn, Harbour Terminal D to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Tallinna bussijaam to Riia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–23
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–23
- 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 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–22
- Website
- https://luxexpress.eu/en/
- peatus@agri.ee
- Website
- web.peatus.ee
Bus from Tallinna bussijaam to Riia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 3–5
- Website
- https://web.peatus.ee/?locale=en
- 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 29–33
- 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/
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Rīga to Karlsruhe
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–110
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
Car ferry from Tallinn to Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–300
- Website
- https://www.tallink.com/en
- Adult
- CHF 100–160
- Vehicle
- CHF 210–300
Ferry from Tallinn to Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–70
- Website
- https://www.tallink.com/en
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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 6:14 AM in Tallinn and 5:14 AM 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 37m to drive from Tallinn to Basel.
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