There are 10 ways to get from Tallinn to Essen by plane, bus, train, car ferry, ferry, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Lennart Meri International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
best- Fly from Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane TLL - DUS
5h 21m€104–251Bus, train
- Take the bus from Tallinn Harbour to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhofbus N1206 / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Essen Hbftrain 43 / ...
30h 59m€223–369Car ferry, train
- Take the carferry from Tallinn to Stockholmcarferry
- Take the train from Stockholm Centralstation to Hamburg Hbftrain Ic / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Essen Hbftrain 43 / ...
32h 49m€244–685Train
- 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-Lichtenbergtrain Ic
- Take the train from S+U Lichtenberg Bhf to Essen Hbftrain 10
37h 9m€236–426Ferry to Helsinki Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the ferry from Tallinn to Helsinki Terminal 2ferry
- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane HEL - DUS
8h 10m€130–328Fly Lennart Meri International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
- Fly from Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane TLL - CGN
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Essen Hbftrain
7h 41m€139–383Fly Lennart Meri International Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane TLL - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Essen Hbftrain
6h 45m€142–367Fly Lennart Meri International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Fly from Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane TLL - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Utrecht Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Oberhausen Hbftrain
7h 40m€118–403Bus
- Take the bus from Tallinn, Bus Station to Riga, Bus Stationbus N1205 / ...
- Take the bus from Rīga to Essenbus 846421
34h 30m€131–284Drive 1,947.6 km
- Drive from Tallinn to Essencar 1,947.6 km
21h 36m€319–460
Tallinn to Essen by bus, foot, and train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Tallinn to Essen is to fly which costs €100 - €260 and takes 5h 21m.
The fastest way to get from Tallinn to Essen is to fly which takes 5h 21m and costs €100 - €260.
No, there is no direct bus from Tallinn station to Essen. However, there are services departing from Tallinn, Bus Station and arriving at Essen via Rīga. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 34h 30m.
No, there is no direct train from Tallinn to Essen. However, there are services departing from Tallinn and arriving at Essen Hbf via Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis, Krakow Glowny and S+U Lichtenberg Bhf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 37h 9m.
The distance between Tallinn and Essen is 1488 km. The road distance is 1947.6 km.
The best way to get from Tallinn to Essen without a car is to bus and train which takes 30h 59m and costs €220 - €370.
It takes approximately 5h 21m to get from Tallinn to Essen, including transfers.
Tallinn to Essen bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Tallinn, Bus Station.
Tallinn to Essen train services, operated by LTG Link, depart from Tallinn station.
The best way to get from Tallinn to Essen is to fly which takes 5h 21m and costs €100 - €260. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €230 - €430 and takes 37h 9m, you could also bus, which costs €130 - €290 and takes 34h 30m.
What companies run services between Tallinn, Estonia and Essen, Germany?
Eurowings, Finnair, and Scandinavian Airlines fly from Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) 4 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from Tallinn to Essen Hbf via Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis, Kraków Główny, Krakow Glowny, and S+U Lichtenberg Bhf in around 37h 9m.
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Friday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- €160–240
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–330
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Frankfurt via Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–200
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–260
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–200
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–250
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Frankfurt via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–210
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–300
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–300
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–260
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–380
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Frankfurt via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–250
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–200
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–200
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- When
- Sunday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €95–380
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–300
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–280
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €170–310
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–190
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–190
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–350
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–140
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–140
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from S+U Lichtenberg Bhf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 59m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €100–200
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–30
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €45–95
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Oberhausen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €27–55
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- snalltaget@snalltaget.se
- Website
- Snälltåget
Train from Stockholm Centralstation to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 14m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €100–230
- Website
- Snälltåget
- Phone
- +370 700 55 111
- informacija@ltglink.lt
- Website
- LTG Link
Train from Tallinn to Vilnius
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 58m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–50
- Website
- LTG Link
Train from Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis to Kraków Główny
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 49m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–50
- Website
- LTG Link
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- sekretariat@intercity.pl
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Krakow Glowny to Berlin-Lichtenberg
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €65–130
- Website
- PKP Intercity
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €4–10
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Oberhausen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- Arriva NL
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €8–13
- Website
- Arriva NL
- Second Class Single
- €8–13
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Tallinn Harbour to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €150–230
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Tallinn, Bus Station to Riga, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +372 680 0909
- info@luxexpress.eu
- Website
- Lux Express
Bus from Tallinn, Bus Station to Riga, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–30
- Website
- Lux Express
- Phone
- +38 (067) 467-44-00
- transtempo@ukr.net
- Website
- TransTempo
Bus from Tallinn, Bus Station to Riga, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–35
- Website
- TransTempo
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Rīga to Essen
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €100–250
- Schedules at
- ecolines.net
- Phone
- +49 (0) 40 547 541 222
- international.sales@tallinksilja.com
- Website
- Tallink
Car ferry from Tallinn to Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €70–320
- Website
- Tallink
- Adult
- €100–170
- Vehicle
- €230–320
- Phone
- 06000 4300
- Website
- eckeroline.fi
Ferry from Tallinn to Helsinki Terminal 2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €17–30
- Schedules at
- Eckeroline
- Economy
- €20–30
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Booking & Getting There
Tallinn to Essen bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Riga, Bus Station.
Essen is 1h behind Tallinn. It is currently 5:30 AM in Tallinn and 4:30 AM in Essen.
Tallinn to Essen train services, operated by LTG Link, arrive at Vilnius station.
Yes, the driving distance between Tallinn to Essen is 1948 km. It takes approximately 21h 36m to drive from Tallinn to Essen.
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