There are 12 ways to get from Basel to Flensburg by train, bus, night train, car, car train, or plane
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Train via Frankfurt am Main
best- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurttrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Flensburgtrain 4
9h 7m€180–897Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Basel SBB to Freiburgbus
- Take the bus from Freiburg to Hamburg central bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Flensburg central train stationbus N74 / ...
15h 55m€77–129Night train, train
- Take the nighttrain from Basel Sbb to Hamburg Dammtornighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Elmshorn to Flensburgtrain Re7
12h 40m€107–249Drive 958.8 km
- Drive from Basel to Flensburgcar 958.8 km
7h 56m€166–240Train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Hamburg Hbftrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Flensburgtrain Re7
9h 22m€184–811Car train, drive
- Take the cartrain from Lörrach Hbf to Hamburg Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Hamburg Hbf to Flensburgcar
11h 49m€124–158Fly Basel to Hamburg Airport, train
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)plane BSL - HAM
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Flensburgtrain
6h 55m€81–378Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Hamburg Airport, train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)plane ZRH - HAM
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Flensburgtrain
8h 4m€142–448Train, train to Stuttgart Airport, fly to Hamburg Airport
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbftrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)plane STR - HAM
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Flensburgtrain
8h 24m€160–608Fly Basel to Copenhagen Airport, train
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Copenhagen Airport (CPH)plane BSL - CPH
- Take the train from København H to Padborg St.train
8h 31m€112–373Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Westerland, bus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Westerland (GWT)plane ZRH - GWT
- Take the bus from Niebüll Bahnhof to Flensburg Deutsches Hausbus
8h 44mTrain to Zurich Airport, fly to Hannover Airport, train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Hannover Airport (HAJ)plane ZRH - HAJ
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Flensburgtrain
9h 31m€204–694
Basel to Flensburg by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Flensburg is to bus which costs €75 - €130 and takes 15h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Flensburg is to fly and train which takes 6h 55m and costs €80 - €380.
No, there is no direct bus from Basel to Flensburg station. However, there are services departing from Basel SBB and arriving at Flensburg central train station via Freiburg and Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 55m.
No, there is no direct train from Basel to Flensburg. However, there are services departing from Basel Bad Bf and arriving at Flensburg via Frankfurt. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 7m.
The distance between Basel and Flensburg is 993 km. The road distance is 958.8 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Flensburg without a car is to train via Frankfurt am Main which takes 9h 7m and costs €180 - €900.
It takes approximately 9h 7m to get from Basel to Flensburg, including transfers.
Basel to Flensburg bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Basel SBB station.
Basel to Flensburg train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Basel Bad Bf station.
The best way to get from Basel to Flensburg is to train via Frankfurt am Main which takes 9h 7m and costs €180 - €900. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €75 - €130 and takes 15h 55m.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Flensburg, Germany?
You can take a train from Basel Bad Bf to Flensburg via Frankfurt in around 9h 7m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Basel SBB to Flensburg central train station via Freiburg and Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof in around 15h 55m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Hamburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–350
Flights from Basel to Hamburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–600
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hamburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–340
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hamburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–350
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Hamburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–380
Flights from Basel to Copenhagen Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–550
Flights from Zurich Airport to Westerland via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–420
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hannover Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–410
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hannover Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–360
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–200
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Hamburg Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–240
Flights from Zurich Airport to Westerland
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–450
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hannover Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–410
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hamburg Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €75–200
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–240
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–230
Flights from Basel to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–250
Flights from Basel to Copenhagen Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, Monday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–250
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Basel to Hamburg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–340
Flights from Basel to Copenhagen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–340
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hannover Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–390
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Basel to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
- 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
- €55–260
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Flensburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €120–550
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel SBB to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €150–700
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Flensburg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–140
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Flensburg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–140
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Flensburg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–140
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–160
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Flensburg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–140
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Flensburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–270
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €110–350
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–95
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–95
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–95
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Basel Sbb to Hamburg Dammtor
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 46m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–130
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €100–130
- Couchette Carriage
- €75–95
- Seating Carriage
- €50–60
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Elmshorn to Flensburg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Flensburg
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Flensburg
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Flensburg
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Flensburg
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Basel SBB to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €160–250
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +47 70 13 14 15
- [email protected]
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Flensburg
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Flensburg
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Flensburg
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Flensburg
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from København H to Padborg St.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–95
- Website
- Danish Railways
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Lörrach Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 6m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €100–120
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- [email protected]
- Website
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €14–26
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg
- 2nd Class Ticket
- €14–17
- 1st Class Ticket
- €18–26
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- [email protected]
- Website
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg GmbH
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg GmbH
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–25
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +49 711 2092-7087
- Website
- DB Regio Stuttgart
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Schedules at
- DB Regio Stuttgart
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- [email protected]
- Website
- Snälltåget
Train from København H to Padborg St.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- Snälltåget
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Basel SBB to Freiburg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €5–9
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Freiburg to Hamburg central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–100
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Flensburg central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–20
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Bus from Niebüll Bahnhof to Flensburg Deutsches Haus
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
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More Questions & Answers
Basel to Flensburg bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Freiburg station.
Basel to Flensburg train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Frankfurt station.
Yes, the driving distance between Basel to Flensburg is 959 km. It takes approximately 7h 56m to drive from Basel to Flensburg.
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