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Travel to Tallinn

Tallinn Airport is open to both domestic and international flights. It is located approximately 4 kilometers from the city center of Tallinn on the eastern shore of Lake Ülemiste.

Tallinn International Airport is open to international air links with most Scandinavian and European cities. The Estonian national flight company Estonian Air operates from Tallinn to fifteen international destinations: Copenhagen , Stockholm , Gothenburg, Oslo, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Berlin, Munich , Brussels , Dublin , London Gatwick, Amsterdam , Paris , Kiev , Moscow and Vilnius. Various other flight companies operate regular air traffic through Tallinn Airport: Lufthansa between Frankfurt and Tallinn; Finnair between Helsinki and Tallinn (in code-share with its affiliate company Aero Airlines and British Airways); Air Baltic Corporation between Riga and Tallinn and Vilnius and Tallinn; CSA Czech Airlines between Prague and Tallinn; LOT Polish Airlines between Warsaw and Tallinn; easyJet between London (Stansted) and Tallinn and Berlin (Schoenefeld) and Tallinn. And KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will start operating on Amsterdam-Tallinn route from Spring 2005.
Besides, Copterline (Finnish Copter Action OY) operates a regular helicopter line Tallinn-Helsinki and helicopter taxi flights by Karelia Copters are also available.

For more information about Estonian connections please visit the web page of Tallinn Airport .

Due to its auspicious location Tallinn has been a meeting point on the trading routes between the East and West throughout history. 

In recent years, along with the rapid deterioration of train traffic, bus traffic has improved. Bus links to Europe are good, ticket prices are very reasonable, buses are new and comfortable and have fewer delays at borders. It takes at least 48 hours to get to Western Europe from Tallinn by bus. The bus station is located at Lastekodu 46, tel. 680-0900, a kilometer from downtown. Domestic routes are inexpensive.

Ecolines: Viru väljak 4/6, tel. 610-1570; ecolines@ecolines.ee. Buses go to the Baltic states, Germany, Russia, Ukraine, Belgium, France, UK, Ireland, Norway, Poland and Sweden.

Eurolines: Lastekodu 46, at the bus terminal, tel. 680-0909, mreis@eurolines.ee; tickets are also sold through the Wris Travel Agency. Buses go to Stuttgart, Cologne, Munich, St. Petersburg, Kaliningrad, Moscow, Warsaw, Kiev and Minsk. Buses from Tallinn to Riga leave four times a day, and to Vilnius twice a day (in the morning and in the evening). They also sell tickets for buses to destinations around Europe. The prices are affordable and service good. When traveling, you should ask about the bus you are taking since, because of different sub-contractors, bus quality can vary.

Travel from Lithuania and Vilnius 

Located about 6 km south of Vilnius, the Vilnius airport is small, fast and easy. Getting there can be easily - and relatively inexpensively - arranged by taxi, or take the number 1 bus from in front of the train station or the 2 bus from Lukiskiu square, or 15 shuttle bus. The trip should only take about fifteen minutes (hopefully). From the Vilnius airport you'll find direct flights to 27 European cities with several leading airlines, including British Airways, Lufthansa, Dutch KLM, Polish LOT and of course Lithuanian Airlines. Budget airlines such as Wizz are also getting in on the act, but some services arrive at nearby Kaunas (in which case you have to travel to Kaunas and then take a shuttle bus to Kaunas Karmelava airport).

Train and coach

The train station is located at Gelezinkelio 16 (E-4). Train services may be plentiful within Lithuania itself, but travel connections between Vilnius and the major European capitals are few and far between. Indeed, they seem to be shrinking rather than growing. The most used service is the Warsaw-Vilnius connection, which leaves bright and early every day, arriving the same evening. However, this involves changing at Sestokai. There are train connections with Poland through Grodno in Belarus (Belarus visa required). There are also regular trains to Russia (Moscow and St Petersburg). Rail travel between Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia is slow. Timetables can be viewed online at http://www. litrail.lt and tickets can be bought at the station or from the conductor (for a bit more).

The bus station is located at Sodu 22, Vilnius, tel.: (8-9000) 1661. Bus links to Europe and within the country are good and reasonably priced. Eurolines offer more than 20 European destinations: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, England, Poland, Germany, Spain, Italy Ukrain, Russia, etc. Buses from Vilnius to Riga leave four times per day and it takes a bit more than four hours to reach the destination. Buses from Vilnius to Tallinn leave twice a day: in the morning and in the evening and take 10 hours to get to the place. At the bus station you'll find all the domestic timetables posted, as well as online at http://www.toks.lt or http://www.ticket.eurolines.ee. Tickets stop being sold 10 minutes before departure, after which they can be purchased from the driver.

By car

The Green card is valid on the territory of Lithuania. Alternatively it can be purchased on the border. No extra insurances are required for visitors from the Baltic states.
Speed: the speed limit in residential areas is 50 km/h, in other areas it may reach 90 km/h. The speed limit on highways is 130 km/h (110km/h from 1st November to 1st May).

Ferry connections

In Lithuania there are regular ferry connections (6 times weekly) between the towns of Klaipeda (Lithuania) and Kiel (Germany), Klaipeda and Sassnitz (Germany) , and Klaipeda and Karlshamn (Sweeden). The prices are from EURO 46.
Information & booking VILNIUS OFFICE (Map ), 6, A. Vienuolio str., LT-01104 Vilnius,Tel. +370 5 2313314
vilnius@vilnius.krantas.lt , or online: http://www.krantas.lt. Klaipeda can be reached by train or coach and it will take you around five hours.