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)plane HEL - BSL
6h 42mCHF 90–316Ferry, train
- Take the ferry from VUOSAAREN SATAMA: Vuosaaren satama to Travemünde Skandinavienkaiferry
- Take the train from Lübeck Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain Re8
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Basel Bad Bftrain 20 / ...
25h 30mCHF 151–421Bus, train via Berlin
- Take the bus from Vantaa, Helsinki-Vantaa Airport to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhofbus N1206
- Take the train from Berlin Südkreuz to Basel Bad Bftrain Flx10
37h 45mCHF 114–405Drive 3,586.6 km
- Drive from Vantaa to Baselcar 3,586.6 km
37h 26mCHF 608–877Fly 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 36mCHF 120–320Bus, train
- Take the bus from Vantaa, Helsinki-Vantaa Airport to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhofbus N1206
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Basel SBBtrain 20 / ...
41h 21mCHF 188–432Bus
- Take the bus from Vantaa, Helsinki-Vantaa Airport to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhofbus N1206
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Mulhousebus N1326
43h 43mCHF 141–256Drive, car ferry, car train
- Drive from Vantaa to Halmstadcar
- Take the car ferry from Halmstad to Grenåcarferry
- Drive from Grenå to Hamburg Altonacar
- Take the car train from Hamburg Altona to Lörrach Hbfcartrain
45h 41mCHF 562–1,437
Vantaa to Basel by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Vantaa to Basel is to bus which costs SFr 140 - SFr 260 and takes 43h 43m.
The fastest way to get from Vantaa to Basel is to fly and train which takes 6h 36m and costs SFr 120 - SFr 320.
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 30m and costs SFr 150 - SFr 430.
It takes approximately 6h 42m to get from Vantaa to Basel, including transfers.
The best way to get from Vantaa to Basel is to fly which takes 6h 42m and costs SFr 85 - SFr 320. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 140 - SFr 260 and takes 43h 43m.
Basel is 1h behind Vantaa. It is currently 2:10 AM in Vantaa and 1:10 AM in Basel.
Yes, the driving distance between Vantaa to Basel is 3587 km. It takes approximately 37h 26m to drive from Vantaa to Basel.
There are 1268+ hotels available 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) every 4 hours. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Vehkapolku to St Louis via Lentoasema, Vantaa, Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof, Mulhouse, and Mulhouse Ville in around 43h 43m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–340
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 58m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–350
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–270
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Basel via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–350
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Basel via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–340
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Basel via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–350
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–230
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Zurich Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- 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 65–240
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–340
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Lübeck Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–17
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Lübeck Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–25
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Berlin Südkreuz to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 43m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–230
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
Train from Berlin Südkreuz to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–230
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–230
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixtrain.de
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–110
- Website
- https://www.flixtrain.com/
Train from Berlin Südkreuz to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–80
- Website
- https://www.flixtrain.com/
- 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 (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 Vantaa, Helsinki-Vantaa Airport to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 15m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–160
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Vantaa, Helsinki-Vantaa Airport to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 50m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–190
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Mulhouse
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–85
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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 40–55
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
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