There are 11 ways to get from Basel to Kaunas by plane, train, train (Trenitalia), bus, car, or car train
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Fly Basel to Vilnius Airport, train
best- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Vilnius Airport (VNO)plane BSL - VNO
- Take the train from Vilnius to Kaunastrain
8h 39m$113–338Train
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain 12 / ...
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Pasewalk Bahnhoftrain 15
- Take the train from Pasewalk Bahnhof to Szczecin Glownytrain Re4
- Take the train from Szczecin Glowny to Mockavatrain Ic
- Take the train from Mockava to Kaunastrain 36 / ...
24h 38m$371–1,561Train, bus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain 12 / ...
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe to Kaunasbus
29h 41m$181–420Drive 1,745.6 km
- Drive from Basel to Kaunascar 1,745.6 km
15h 29m$352–509Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Vilnius Airport, train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Vilnius Airport (VNO)plane ZRH - VNO
- Take the train from Vilnius to Kaunastrain
8h 33m$169–435Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Riga International Airport, car
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane ZRH - RIX
- Drive from Riga Airport to Kaunas Airportcar
10h 51m$206–964Fly Basel to Kaunas
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Kaunas (KUN)plane BSL - KUN
7h 35m$135–306Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Kaunas
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Kaunas (KUN)plane ZRH - KUN
9h 33m$151–593Train, bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly to Kaunas
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airportbus
- Fly from Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) to Kaunas (KUN)plane BGY - KUN
11h 25m$129–797Bus
- Take the bus from Basel SBB to Munich central bus stationbus FlixBus N199 / ...
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to Kaunas, Bus Stationbus N1230
30h$175–287Car train, drive
- Take the cartrain from Lörrach Hbf to Lüneburgcartrain
- Drive from Lüneburg to Kaunascar
22h 47m$292–423
Basel to Kaunas by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Kaunas is to fly which costs $130 - $310 and takes 7h 35m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Kaunas is to fly which takes 7h 35m and costs $130 - $310.
No, there is no direct bus from Basel to Kaunas station. However, there are services departing from Basel SBB and arriving at Kaunas, Bus Station via Munich central bus station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 30h.
No, there is no direct train from Basel to Kaunas. However, there are services departing from Basel Bad Bf and arriving at Kaunas via Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof, Pasewalk Bahnhof, Szczecin Glowny and Mockava. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 24h 38m.
The distance between Basel and Kaunas is 1573 km. The road distance is 1745.6 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Kaunas without a car is to train which takes 24h 38m and costs $370 - $1,600.
It takes approximately 8h 39m to get from Basel to Kaunas, including transfers.
Basel to Kaunas bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Basel SBB station.
Basel to Kaunas train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Basel Bad Bf station.
The best way to get from Basel to Kaunas is to train which takes 24h 38m and costs $370 - $1,600. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs $130 - $310 and takes 7h 35m, you could also bus, which costs $170 - $290 and takes 30h.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Kaunas, Lithuania?
You can take a train from Basel Bad Bf to Kaunas via Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof, Pasewalk Bahnhof, Szczecin Glowny, and Mockava in around 24h 38m. Alternatively, easyJet and Ryanair fly from Basel (BSL) to Kaunas (KUN) twice a week.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Basel to Vilnius Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–310
Flights from Basel to Vilnius Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–310
Flights from Basel to Kaunas via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kaunas via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $190–650
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kaunas via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $130–480
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kaunas via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–480
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kaunas via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–700
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Kaunas
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–360
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Kaunas via Zadar
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $70–360
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Vilnius Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–470
Flights from Zurich Airport to Vilnius Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–260
Flights from Zurich Airport to Riga International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–270
Flights from Zurich Airport to Riga International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–240
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Basel to Vilnius Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–310
Flights from Zurich Airport to Vilnius Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–370
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Basel to Vilnius Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $110–450
Flights from Zurich Airport to Vilnius Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–260
Flights from Zurich Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–240
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Vilnius Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–350
Flights from Zurich Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–240
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Vilnius Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–460
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kaunas via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–470
- Phone
- +370 700 55 111
- [email protected]
- Website
- LTG Link
Train from Vilnius to Kaunas
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Website
- LTG Link
Train from Mockava to Kaunas
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $6–9
- Website
- LTG Link
Train from Vilnius to Kaunas
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Website
- LTG Link
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–240
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Pasewalk Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $150–700
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–180
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $65–120
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- $85–120
- 2nd Class
- $65–90
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $60–95
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Pasewalk Bahnhof to Szczecin Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $12–21
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- [email protected]
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Szczecin Glowny to Mockava
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $150–600
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $35–110
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $35–110
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $35–110
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $100–320
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Lugano to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–95
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- [email protected]
- Website
- SBB GmbH
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $23–30
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Lörrach Hbf to Lüneburg
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 29m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $110–140
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- [email protected]
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Karlsruhe to Kaunas
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $140–240
- Schedules at
- ecolines.net
- [email protected]
- Website
- TERRAVISION
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $5–29
- Website
- TERRAVISION
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Basel SBB to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–60
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Munich central bus station to Kaunas, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $140–230
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +370 5 210 4304
- [email protected]
- Website
- Ollex
Car from Riga Airport to Kaunas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $45–550
- Website
- Ollex
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More Questions & Answers
Basel to Kaunas bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Munich central bus station.
Kaunas is 1h ahead of Basel. It is currently 6:24 AM in Basel and 7:24 AM in Kaunas.
Basel to Kaunas train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof station.
Yes, the driving distance between Basel to Kaunas is 1746 km. It takes approximately 15h 29m to drive from Basel to Kaunas.
Book your Basel to Kaunas bus tickets online with Omio and FlixBus.
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