Transportation

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Estonia is a part of the Schengen visa area. Nationals of EU and EEA member states are free to enter Estonia. The required travel document for entry is a national ID card or passport.

Please refer to the page of Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the list of nationals who need a visa for visiting Estonia.

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Getting to Tallinn

There exist direct flights to Tallinn from many European cities. For information on the connections, see the web homepages of Tallinn Airport .

Tallinn is mostly served by traditional airlines whose flights are sold by any reasonable travel agent or online (Nordica, Adria, Lufthansa, Finnair, CSA, LOT, Air Baltic).

Late arrivals at, early departures from Tallinn are not to be worried about (or to try to optimize away). These times are the norm for Northern European airports. Luckily for you, in Tallinn, the airport is max 15 mins by taxi from any point in the city center. The airport is small, so collecting luggage goes also fast.

For ferry connections from/to Stockholm and Helsinki, see the web pages of Tallink , Viking Line and Eckerö Line .

From Vilnius, Riga, St Petersburg the coach services of Lux Express and Ecolines are the most practical travel option.

Getting from the airport to town

The city is 4 km from the airport and you reach it by taxi or scheduled bus.

Bus line no. 2 runs throughout the day (from early hours until quite late in the evening). You are travelling from "Lennujaam" (Airport) in the direction of "Reisisadam" (Passenger Port). The most centrally located stop in the city center is "A. Laikmaa", the travel time there is 13 min. Bus line no. 15 runs throughout the day (from early hours until quite late in the evening). You are travelling from "Lennujaam" (Airport) in the direction of "Estonia", here the final stop is closest to the Old Town and centre.
The timetable can be found here .

(More about public transport and taxis in Tallinn below.)

Getting around in Tallinn

The public city transportation system of Tallinn, consisting of bus, tram and trolleybus traffic, is quite efficient. The services are many and they run frequently. Most stops have timetables (affixed to the stop signpost) and many also have a map of the transport system on display (in the waiting booth). Some stops have electronic displays showing the next incoming journeys in real-time. The bus driver does not sell tickets! At the front entrance is an orange electronic ticket-validation "thing" that can be used to buy a ticket for a single journey by wireless credit card, which costs 2 EUR. Several rides within a single day will be charged up to the price of a day-ticket ( see info at pilet.ee ). From the various sales points (R-Kiosk newsstands, Rimi, Selver and Maxima supermarkets, post offices) you can buy a smartcard ( Ühiskaart ) for 2 EUR on which you can load prepayment or specific tickets (3-day ticket is 9 Euro, 5-day ticket is 11 Euro), at a sales point or online at www.pilet.ee . The simplest is to prepay some amount. If you travelling with Ühiskaart , you have to validate the card on entry to the vehicle and the cost of a single journey (2.00 EUR) is subtracted from the prepayment. If you make a number of journeys during a single day, the total deduction from your prepayment is capped to 5.50 EUR. You can also buy 1-hour QR-code tickets at www.pilet.ee , which can be printed. (The Ühiskaart can be returned at airport and harbour terminal A/D R-Kiosks, to get the 2 Euro deposit and unused prepaid balance back.)

A interactive public transportation map is available here . The timetables are here .