There are 6 ways to get from Akureyri to Zurich by plane, train, car, car ferry, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Akureyri Airport to Basel, train
best- Fly from Akureyri Airport (AEY) to Basel (BSL)plane AEY - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
15h 40mCHF 135–403Fly Akureyri Airport to Zurich Airport
cheapest- Fly from Akureyri Airport (AEY) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane AEY - ZRH
6h 45mCHF 129–563Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Akureyri to Seyðisfjörðurcar
- Take the carferry from Seyðisfjörður to Hirtshalscarferry
- Drive from Hirtshals to Zurichcar
2d 15hCHF 346–1,263Bus to Keflavík International Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the bus from Akureyri - Hof to Ártún Abus
- Fly from Keflavík International Airport (KEF) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane KEF - ZRH
14h 27mCHF 255–594Fly Akureyri Airport to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Fly from Akureyri Airport (AEY) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane AEY - STR
- Take the train from Böblingen to Singentrain
- Take the train from Singen to Zürich HBtrain
18h 45mCHF 146–498Bus to Keflavík International Airport, fly to Basel, train
- Take the bus from Akureyri - Hof to Ártún Abus
- Fly from Keflavík International Airport (KEF) to Basel (BSL)plane KEF - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
15h 41mCHF 246–644
Akureyri Airport (AEY) to Basel (BSL) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Akureyri to Zurich is to fly and train which costs SFr 130 - SFr 410 and takes 15h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Akureyri to Zurich is to fly which takes 6h 45m and costs SFr 120 - SFr 600.
The distance between Akureyri and Zurich is 2619 km.
It takes approximately 15h 40m to get from Akureyri to Zurich, including transfers.
Zurich is 2h ahead of Akureyri. It is currently 8:43 PM in Akureyri and 10:43 PM in Zurich.
There are 1271+ hotels available in Zurich.
What companies run services between Akureyri, Iceland and Zurich, Switzerland?
Edelweiss Air flies from Akureyri Airport (AEY) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) once a week.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Akureyri Airport to Basel via Zurich Airport, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–650
Flights from Akureyri Airport to Basel via Zurich Airport, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 16m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–650
Flights from Keflavík International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–600
Flights from Akureyri Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–550
Flights from Akureyri Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 37m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–650
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Keflavík International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–600
Flights from Keflavík International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Friday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–550
Flights from Keflavík International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 2m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–600
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Akureyri Airport to Basel via Manchester, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–350
Flights from Keflavík International Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–600
Flights from Akureyri Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Manchester, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–360
Flights from Keflavík International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–650
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Akureyri Airport to Basel via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–350
Flights from Keflavík International Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–300
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Keflavík International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–600
Flights from Akureyri Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–550
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from Keflavík International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–1,000
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–45
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Singen to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–35
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–45
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Böblingen to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–50
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Böblingen to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–85
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Böblingen to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–22
- Schedules at
- DB ZugBus Regionalverkehr Alb-Bodensee GmbH (RAB)
- Phone
- +354 540 2700
- [email protected]
- Website
- Strætó
Bus from Akureyri - Hof to Ártún A
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–160
- Website
- Strætó
Bus from Akureyri - Hof to Ártún A
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–160
- Website
- Strætó
- Phone
- +45 96 55 85 00
- [email protected]
- Website
- Smyril Line
Car ferry from Seyðisfjörður to Hirtshals
- Ave. Duration
- 2d
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–850
- Website
- Smyril Line
- Website
- Smyril Line
- Passenger
- CHF 65–260
- Car
- CHF 270–850
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