There are 3 ways to get from Tallinn to Svalbard by plane, ferry, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Lennart Meri International Airport
best- Fly from Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL) to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR)plane TLL - LYR
11h 48m$153–563Ferry to Helsinki Airport, fly
- Take the ferry from Tallinn to Helsinkiferry
- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR)plane HEL - LYR
11h 57m$292–755Bus to Riga International Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Tallinna bussijaam to Riiabus
- Fly from Riga International Airport (RIX) to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR)plane RIX - LYR
16h 24m$201–482
Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL) to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Tallinn to Svalbard is to fly which costs $150 - $600 and takes 11h 48m.
The fastest way to get from Tallinn to Svalbard is to fly which takes 11h 48m and costs $150 - $600.
The distance between Tallinn and Svalbard is 2130 km.
It takes approximately 11h 48m to get from Tallinn to Svalbard, including transfers.
Svalbard is 1h behind Tallinn. It is currently 4:23 PM in Tallinn and 3:23 PM in Svalbard.
There are 17+ hotels available in Svalbard.
What companies run services between Tallinn, Estonia and Svalbard, SJ?
Scandinavian Airlines flies from Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL) to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR) 4 times a week.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Stockholm, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $140–550
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Copenhagen, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $220–600
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–650
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Stockholm, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 7m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–650
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Copenhagen, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–650
Flights from Riga International Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Riga International Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Stockholm, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150–600
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–600
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $290–650
- Phone
- +372 680 0909
- info@luxexpress.eu
- Website
- luxexpress.eu
Bus from Tallinna bussijaam to Riia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $15–26
- Website
- https://luxexpress.eu/en/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Tallinna bussijaam to Riia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $9–22
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Tallinna bussijaam to Riia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $11–15
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
- 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
- $36–41
- 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/
Ferry from Tallinn to Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–90
- Website
- https://www.tallink.com/en
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