There are 8 ways to get from Vantaa to Basel by plane, ferry, train, bus, car, car ferry, or car train
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Fly to Basel
best- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Basel (BSL)HEL - BSL
6h 47mCHF 95–296Ferry, train
- Take the ferry from VUOSAAREN SATAMA: Vuosaaren satama to Travemünde Skandinavienkai
- Take the train from Luebeck Hbf to LueneburgRe
- Take the train from Lüneburg to Basel Bad Bf20
25h 23mBus, train
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Bus Station to Parnu, Bus Station
- Take the bus from Pärnu bussijaam to Riia
- Take the bus from Rīga to Karlsruhe
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
43h 28mCHF 163–285Drive 3,586.6 km
- Drive from Vantaa to Basel3,586.6 km
37h 15mCHF 599–864Fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)HEL - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
6h 36mCHF 115–320Ferry, train via Kassel
- Take the ferry from VUOSAAREN SATAMA: Vuosaaren satama to Travemünde Skandinavienkai
- Take the train from Lübeck-Travemünde Strand to Hamburg HbfRe8 / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe20 / ...
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Basel Bad Bf20 / ...
27h 27mCHF 197–371Bus
- Take the bus from Vaanta - Helsinki Airport to Warsaw Bus Station West
- Take the bus from Warsaw, Bus Station West to Zurich Bus Station
- Take the bus from Zurich Bus Station to Basel SBB
47h 50mCHF 116–255Drive, car ferry, car train
- Drive from Vantaa to Halmstad
- Take the car ferry from Halmstad to Grenå
- Drive from Grenå to Hamburg Altona
- Take the car train from Hamburg Altona to Lörrach Hbf
45h 34mCHF 552–1,419
Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Basel (BSL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Vantaa to Basel is to Bus which costs SFr 110 - SFr 260 and takes 47h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Vantaa to Basel is to fly and train which takes 6h 36m and costs SFr 110 - SFr 320.
No, there is no direct bus from Vantaa to Basel. However, there are services departing from Vehkapolku and arriving at Basel SBB via Vaanta - Helsinki Airport, Warsaw, Bus Station West and Zurich Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 47h 50m.
The distance between Vantaa and Basel is 1819 km. The road distance is 3586.6 km.
The best way to get from Vantaa to Basel without a car is to ferry and train which takes 25h 23m and costs .
It takes approximately 6h 47m to get from Vantaa to Basel, including transfers.
Vantaa to Basel bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Vaanta - Helsinki Airport station.
The best way to get from Vantaa to Basel is to fly which takes 6h 47m and costs SFr 90 - SFr 300. Alternatively, you can Bus, which costs SFr 110 - SFr 260 and takes 47h 50m.
Vantaa to Basel bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Warsaw Bus Station West.
Basel is 1h behind Vantaa. It is currently 6:06 PM in Vantaa and 5:06 PM in Basel.
What companies run services between Vantaa, Finland and Basel, Switzerland?
Lufthansa, Air Dolomiti, and four other airlines fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Basel (BSL) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Vehkapolku to Basel SBB via Lentoasema, Vaanta - Helsinki Airport, Warsaw, Bus Station West, and Zurich Bus Station in around 47h 50m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 38m
- When
- Every day
- 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
- easyjet.com
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
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–320
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–290
- Website
- flysas.com
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
- norwegian.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Basel via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–220
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–320
- Phone
- +49 581 97164183
- info@erixx.de
- Website
- erixx.de
Train from Luebeck Hbf to Lueneburg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- erixx.de
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Lüneburg to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 57m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–75
- 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
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–95
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 28–45
- 1st Class
- CHF 55–95
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–60
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- 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
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Lübeck-Travemünde Strand to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–20
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/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
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Helsinki, Bus Station to Parnu, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 39
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Pärnu bussijaam to Riia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–21
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Vaanta - Helsinki Airport to Warsaw Bus Station West
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–100
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Warsaw, Bus Station West to Zurich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–12
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +372 680 0909
- info@luxexpress.eu
- Website
- luxexpress.eu
Bus from Pärnu bussijaam to Riia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–17
- Website
- https://luxexpress.eu/en/
- peatus@agri.ee
- Website
- web.peatus.ee
Bus from Pärnu bussijaam to Riia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 3–5
- Website
- https://web.peatus.ee/?locale=en
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Pärnu bussijaam to Riia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–12
- Website
- https://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/
- Phone
- +358 0600 02010
- info@onnibus.com
- Website
- onnibus.com
Bus from Pärnu bussijaam to Riia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–15
- Website
- https://www.onnibus.com/home
- Phone
- +38 (067) 467-44-00
- transtempo@ukr.net
- Website
- transtempo.ua
Bus from Pärnu bussijaam to Riia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–28
- Schedules at
- transtempo.ua
- Phone
- +358 9 231 43100
- passenger@finnlines.com
- Website
- finnlines.com
Ferry from VUOSAAREN SATAMA: Vuosaaren satama to Travemünde Skandinavienkai
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–140
- Website
- https://www.finnlines.com/
- Book at
- https://booking.finnlines.com/en//search
- Phone
- +44 844 770 7070
- info.se@stenaline.com
- Website
- stenaline.dk
Car ferry from Halmstad to Grenå
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–50
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
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