There are 11 ways to get from Vantaa to Basel by plane, bus, train, ferry, car, car ferry, or car train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Helsinki Airport to Basel
best- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Basel (BSL)plane HEL - BSL
6h 46mCHF 94–306Bus, train via Berlin
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Bus Station to Tallinn Harbourbus
- Take the bus from Tallinn Harbour to Berlin Südkreuz train stationbus
- Take the train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Basel SBBtrain 12 / ...
39h 44mCHF 259–484Ferry, train
- Take the ferry from Helsinki to Port of Travemündeferry
- Take the train from Lübeck Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain Re8
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Basel Bad Bftrain 43 / ...
40h 57mCHF 429–759Drive 3,586.6 km
- Drive from Vantaa to Baselcar 3,586.6 km
37h 24mCHF 684–988Fly Helsinki Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane HEL - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
6h 34mCHF 130–265Fly Helsinki Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane HEL - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bftrain
8h 1mCHF 121–312Ferry to Lennart Meri International Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the ferry from Helsinki Terminal 2 to Tallinnferry
- Fly from Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL) to Basel (BSL)plane TLL - BSL
11h 13mCHF 94–291Ferry, train via Kassel
- Take the ferry from Helsinki to Port of Travemündeferry
- Take the train from Lübeck-Travemünde Strand to Hamburg Hbftrain Re8
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain 25 / ...
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Basel Bad Bftrain 20 / ...
41h 32mCHF 416–765Bus
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhofbus N1206 / ...
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Mulhousebus N1326
41h 39mCHF 206–321Bus, train
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Bus Station to Riga, Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Rīga to Karlsruhebus
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Strasbourgbus 091 / ...
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbbtrain Ter
45h 5mCHF 172–345Drive, car ferry, car train
- Drive from Vantaa to Bornholmerfærgen, Ystadcar
- Take the carferry from Ystad to Świnoujściecarferry
- Drive from Swinoujscie to Lüneburgcar
- Take the cartrain from Lüneburg to Lörrach Hbfcartrain
2dCHF 608–991
Vantaa to Basel by train, foot, and bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Vantaa to Basel is to fly which costs SFr 90 - SFr 310 and takes 6h 46m.
The fastest way to get from Vantaa to Basel is to fly and train which takes 6h 34m and costs SFr 130 - SFr 270.
No, there is no direct bus from Vantaa station to Basel. However, there are services departing from Vantaa, Railway Station Tikkurila and arriving at Mulhouse via Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 and Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 41h 39m.
The distance between Vantaa and Basel is 1820 km. The road distance is 3586.6 km.
The best way to get from Vantaa to Basel without a car is to bus and train via Berlin which takes 39h 44m and costs SFr 250 - SFr 490.
It takes approximately 6h 46m to get from Vantaa to Basel, including transfers.
Vantaa to Basel bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 station.
The best way to get from Vantaa to Basel is to fly which takes 6h 46m and costs SFr 90 - SFr 310. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 200 - SFr 330 and takes 41h 39m.
Vantaa to Basel bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof station.
Basel is 1h behind Vantaa. It is currently 6:58 AM in Vantaa and 5:58 AM in Basel.
What companies run services between Vantaa, Finland and Basel, Switzerland?
Lufthansa, Lufthansa City, and five other airlines fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Basel (BSL) 4 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Vantaa, Railway Station Tikkurila to St Louis via Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2, Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof, Mulhouse, and Mulhouse Ville in around 41h 39m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–390
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–380
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–340
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–200
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–290
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–350
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–350
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Zurich Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–210
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Zurich Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–210
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Frankfurt via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–200
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–280
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–210
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Basel via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Sunday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–370
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Basel via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–240
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–290
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Basel via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–270
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Basel via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–280
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–380
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–270
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 51m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–290
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–110
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–110
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–170
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–220
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 43m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–250
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Lübeck Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–55
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Lübeck-Travemünde Strand to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–75
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–45
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–60
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–40
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Lüneburg to Lörrach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 57m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–110
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Helsinki, Bus Station to Tallinn Harbour
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–11
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Tallinn Harbour to Berlin Südkreuz train station
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–200
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–200
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Mulhouse
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–110
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Helsinki, Bus Station to Riga, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–50
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 6–10
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Rīga to Karlsruhe
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 55m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–240
- Schedules at
- ecolines.net
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–10
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +358 9 231 43100
- passenger@finnlines.com
- Website
- Finnlines
Ferry from Helsinki to Port of Travemünde
Ferry from Helsinki to Port of Travemünde
- Phone
- 06000 4300
- Website
- eckeroline.fi
Ferry from Helsinki Terminal 2 to Tallinn
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–28
- Schedules at
- Eckeroline
- Economy
- CHF 18–28
- Phone
- +48 91 88 02 909
- rezerwacje@unityline.pl
- Website
- unityline.eu
Car ferry from Ystad to Świnoujście
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–45
- Schedules at
- unityline.eu
- Phone
- +48 94 35 52 102
- info@polferries.pl
- Website
- polferries.com
Car ferry from Ystad to Świnoujście
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–160
- Schedules at
- polferries.com
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