There are 11 ways to get from Basel to Rovaniemi by train, plane, bus, car, 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.
Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Rovaniemi
best- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Rovaniemi (RVN)plane ZRH - RVN
8h 26m€207–463Fly Basel to Rovaniemi
cheapest- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Rovaniemi (RVN)plane BSL - RVN
8h 53m€114–707Train, bus via Frankfurt am Main
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurttrain 20 / ...
- Take the bus from Frankfurt central train station to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhofbus N13
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2bus
- Take the train from Helsinki Central Station to Rovaniemitrain
47h 45m€354–612Drive 2,988 km
- Drive from Basel to Rovaniemicar 2,988 km
30h 46m€566–817Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Kittilä Airport, bus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Kittilä Airport (KTT)plane ZRH - KTT
- Take the bus from Sadinkumpu E to Villenpuisto Ibus
10h 12m€294–693Train, train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Rovaniemi
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Renens VDtrain
- Take the train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Rovaniemi (RVN)plane GVA - RVN
12h 19m€209–543Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Oulu Airport, train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Oulu Airport (OUL)plane ZRH - OUL
- Take the train from Oulu to Rovaniemitrain
12h 37m€297–502Train, bus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to S Südkreuz Bhftrain 12N
- Take the bus from Berlin Südkreuz train station to Tallinn Harbourbus
- Take the bus from Tallinn Harbour to Helsinki, Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Helsinki to Rovaniemitrain
47h 58m€405–747Bus
- Take the bus from Basel SBB to Hamburg central bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2bus
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Rovaniemi, Bus Stationbus
2d 8h€315–480Train, bus #2
- Take the train from Weil am Rhein Bahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain Re7
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe to Rīgabus
- Take the bus from Riga, Bus Station to Helsinki, Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from 29 to 1bus Ob4
2d 10h€224–525Car train, drive
- Take the cartrain from Lörrach Hbf to Lüneburgcartrain
- Drive from Lüneburg to Rovaniemicar
35h 22m€522–773
Basel to Rovaniemi by train, bus, and tram
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Rovaniemi is to train and bus which costs €220 - €550 and takes 2 days 10h.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Rovaniemi is to train and fly which takes 8h 26m and costs €200 - €470.
No, there is no direct bus from Basel to Rovaniemi station. However, there are services departing from Basel SBB and arriving at Rovaniemi, Bus Station via Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof and Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 8h.
The distance between Basel and Rovaniemi is 2457 km. The road distance is 2988 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Rovaniemi without a car is to train and bus via Frankfurt am Main which takes 47h 45m and costs €350 - €650.
It takes approximately 8h 26m to get from Basel to Rovaniemi, including transfers.
Basel to Rovaniemi bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Basel SBB station.
The best way to get from Basel to Rovaniemi is to fly which takes 8h 53m and costs €110 - €750. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €310 - €480 and takes 2 days 8h.
Basel to Rovaniemi bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Hamburg central bus station.
Rovaniemi is 1h ahead of Basel. It is currently 11:59 AM in Basel and 12:59 PM in Rovaniemi.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Rovaniemi, Finland?
Lufthansa, Lufthansa City, and five other airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to Rovaniemi (RVN) 6 times a week. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Basel SBB to Rovaniemi, Bus Station via Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof and Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 in around 2d 8h.
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Rovaniemi via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €170–400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kittilä Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €230–600
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kittilä Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €230–600
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Rovaniemi via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €190–400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Oulu Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–340
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Rovaniemi via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 7m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–550
Flights from Basel to Rovaniemi via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €160–600
Flights from Basel to Rovaniemi via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €140–650
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kittilä Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €180–650
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kittilä Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–400
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Rovaniemi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €120–550
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kittilä Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–700
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Rovaniemi via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €140–650
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Rovaniemi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €120–550
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kittilä Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–700
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Basel to Rovaniemi via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–430
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kittilä Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–460
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Basel to Rovaniemi via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €140–650
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Basel to Rovaniemi via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–700
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Basel to Rovaniemi via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €110–490
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kittilä Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–470
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Oulu Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–550
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–100
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–130
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel SBB to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 31m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €140–330
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Weil am Rhein Bahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +358 0100 3232
- Website
- Finnish Railways (VR)
Train from Helsinki Central Station to Rovaniemi
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 3m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €110–190
- Website
- Finnish Railways (VR)
Train from Oulu to Rovaniemi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–45
- Website
- Finnish Railways (VR)
Train from Helsinki to Rovaniemi
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €110–190
- Website
- Finnish Railways (VR)
Train from Oulu to Rovaniemi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- Pohjois-Suomen Rautatieharrastajat ry
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Basel SBB to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €170–250
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Weil am Rhein Bahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–150
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Lörrach Hbf to Lüneburg
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 22m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €100–120
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Frankfurt central train station to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €140–220
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Berlin Südkreuz train station to Tallinn Harbour
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €140–220
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Tallinn Harbour to Helsinki, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €7–12
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Basel SBB to Hamburg central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–110
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €170–260
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Rovaniemi, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Riga, Bus Station to Helsinki, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +358 (0) 16 3422 160
- Website
- J.M Eskelisen Lapin Linjat
Bus from Sadinkumpu E to Villenpuisto I
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €28–33
- Website
- J.M Eskelisen Lapin Linjat
- Schedules at
- J.M Eskelisen Lapin Linjat
- Website
- FlixBus Finland Oy
Bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Rovaniemi, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- FlixBus Finland Oy
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- [email protected]
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Karlsruhe to Rīga
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €120–260
- Schedules at
- ecolines.net
- Phone
- +358 600 02010
- [email protected]
- Website
- Omni Bus
Bus from 29 to 1
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- Omni Bus
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