HOW TO GET AND MOVE TO ESTONIA: FLIGHTS, BUSES, FERRIES AND TRAINS

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Tallinn International Airport (TLL) is located just 4 km from Tallinn City centre. To/from the airport: Buses run between the city and the airport (journey time – 15 minutes). A shuttle bus to the main hotels and the city centre meets all flights. Taxis are also available.

There are direct flights to Tallinn from Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Brussels, Copenhagen, Dublin, Dubrovnik, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Helsinki, Kiev, London-Gatwich, Milan, Minsk, Munchen, Moscow, Oslo, Paris, Prague, Riga, Rome, Simferopol, Stockholm, Vienna, Vilnius and Warsaw.

Flights to Tallinn are operated by following companies: Aero Airlines, Air Baltic, Airest, Avies - EstAir, CSA Czech Airlines, Easyjet, Estonian Air, Finnair, Flynordic, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, LOT Polish Airlines, Lufthansa, Norweigian, Scandinavian Airlines. The national airline is Estonian Air (OV).

Domestic air travel: Airest runs domestic charter flights. Avies operates flights between Tallinn and Kuressaare.

Sea travel:

Main ports: Tallinn, from where ferries operate to Helsinki (Finland) (journey time – 2 hours 30 minutes, express service – 1 hour 30 minutes), Rostok (Germany) and Stockholm (Sweden) (journey time – 15 hours). There are also services between Paldiski and Kapellskär (Sweden).

Tallink: Tallinn - Helsinki, Tallinn - Stokholm, Paldiski - Kapelskar.

Silja Line: Tallinn - Helsinki.

Eckero Line: Tallinn - Helsinki.

Nordic Jet Line: Tallinn - Helsinki.

Frequent ferry services connect the mainland with the larger islands, and boats operate on Lake Peipsi and the Emajõgi River.

Buses: Long-distance services run regularly to Riga, Vilnius, Kaliningrad and St Petersburg. There are numerous excellent road links with all neighbouring countries. Eurolines runs regular coach services from other EU countries to Estonia.

There is a wide network of bus lines covering most of the country, including express services. GoBus provides affordable and reliable public transportation service in cities, counties, as well as charter transportation.

Trains: Eesti Raudtee (Estonian Railways) is underdeveloped, although there is a daily overnight EVR Ekspress train from Tallinn to Moscow (Russian Federation) (journey time – 14 to 16 hours). Travel is slower than by bus.

Local trains run by Edelarautee link Tallinn with many Estonian towns, including Pärnu, Viljandi, Valga, Tapa and Tartu.

Taxis: Taxis in Tallinn are inexpensive. Private taxis must display the name of the company and their number on the roof. Fares should be agreed upon beforehand.

Marshrut-taxis are minibuses which operate on fixed routes stopping on request. They can take up to 10 people.

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