There are 10 ways to get from Bern to Lofoten (Island) by train, plane, bus, night train, car, ferry, or car train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train, fly to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes, bus
best- Take the train from Bern to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes (EVE)plane ZRH - EVE
- Take the bus from Harstad/Narvik lufthavn to Jordnes kryssbus
10h 14mkr 1,982–5,659Train, fly to Vaeroy
cheapest- Take the train from Bern to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Vaeroy (VRY)plane ZRH - VRY
11h 47mkr 1,402–3,499Train, night train, bus
- Take the train from Bern to Basel SBBtrain Ic6 / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Hamburg Hbftrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Malmö Ctrain 083 / ...
- Take the nighttrain from Malmö Centralstation to Narvik stasjonnighttrain Nt
- Take the bus from Bromsgård to Vestpollen sørbus 300
2dkr 4,806–11,890Drive 3,533.5 km
- Drive from Bern to Lofoten (Island)car 3,533.5 km
37h 36mkr 7,088–10,238Train, fly to Svolvær Airport, Helle
- Take the train from Bern to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Svolvær Airport, Helle (SVJ)plane ZRH - SVJ
10h 52mkr 2,802–6,299Train, fly to Leknes
- Take the train from Bern to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Leknes (LKN)plane ZRH - LKN
8h 52mkr 4,202–6,799Train, fly to Bodø Airport, ferry
- Take the train from Bern to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Bodø Airport (BOO)plane ZRH - BOO
- Take the ferry from Bodø hurtigbåtkai to Svolvær hurtigbåtkaiferry
14h 19mTrain, night train, bus via Mannheim
- Take the train from Bern to Basel SBBtrain Ic6 / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain 12 / ...
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Neumünstertrain 22
- Take the train from Neumünster to Malmö, Centralstationtrain Ic
- Take the nighttrain from Malmö Centralstation to Narvik stasjonnighttrain Nt
- Take the bus from Bromsgård to Vestpollen sørbus 300
2dkr 4,806–12,090Train, night train, bus via Lund
- Take the train from Bern to Basel SBBtrain Ic6 / ...
- Take the nighttrain from Basel Sbb to Hamburg-Harburgnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Hamburg-Harburg to Lund Centralstationtrain 344
- Take the nighttrain from Lund Centralstation to Narvik stasjonnighttrain Nt
- Take the bus from Bromsgård to Vestpollen sørbus 300
2d 4hkr 3,906–9,390Drive, car train
- Drive from Bern to Lörrach Hbfcar
- Take the cartrain from Lörrach Hbf to Hamburg Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Hamburg Hbf to Svolværcar
42h 37mkr 6,187–9,570
Bern to Lofoten (Island) by train, night train, and bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Bern to Lofoten (Island) is to train and fly which costs kr 1400 - kr 3500 and takes 11h 47m.
The fastest way to get from Bern to Lofoten (Island) is to train and fly which takes 8h 52m and costs kr 4200 - kr 7000.
The distance between Bern and Lofoten (Island) is 2664 km. The road distance is 3533.5 km.
The best way to get from Bern to Lofoten (Island) without a car is to train and night train and bus which takes 2 days 0h and costs kr 4800 - kr 12000.
It takes approximately 10h 14m to get from Bern to Lofoten (Island), including transfers.
Yes, the driving distance between Bern to Lofoten (Island) is 3534 km. It takes approximately 37h 36m to drive from Bern to Lofoten (Island).
There are 331+ hotels available in Lofoten (Island).
What companies run services between Bern, Switzerland and Lofoten (Island), Norway?
There is no direct connection from Bern to Lofoten (Island). However, you can take the train to Zürich Flughafen, walk to Zurich Airport (ZRH) airport, fly to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes (EVE), walk to Harstad/Narvik lufthavn, then take the bus to Jordnes kryss. Alternatively, you can take a train from Bern to Vestpollen sør via Basel SBB, Hamburg Hbf, Malmö C, Malmö Centralstation, Narvik stasjon, and Bromsgård in around 2d.
- Website
- wideroe.no
Flights from Zurich Airport to Svolvær Airport, Helle via Oslo, Bodø Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–5,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Svolvær Airport, Helle via Munich, Bodø Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 11m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–3,300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Svolvær Airport, Helle via Stockholm, Bodø Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–4,400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Svolvær Airport, Helle via Copenhagen, Bodø Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 2,300–5,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Leknes via Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–6,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Leknes via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–4,300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Leknes via Frankfurt, Bodø Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 32m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–3,200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Leknes via Munich, Bodø Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–3,300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bodø Airport via Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–4,700
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–3,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–3,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bodø Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 850–2,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bodø Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 800–2,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bodø Airport via Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–4,700
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bodø Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 32m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 800–3,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bodø Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- kr 800–3,300
- Website
- lufttransport.no
Flights from Zurich Airport to Vaeroy via Munich, Bodø Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 900–2,700
Flights from Zurich Airport to Vaeroy via Tromso, Bodø Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–5,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Vaeroy via Copenhagen, Bodø Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 950–4,000
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–5,500
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–3,700
Train from Bern to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 500–800
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Bern to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 390–650
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Bern to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 500–800
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Bern to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 500–800
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Bern to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 500–800
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Bern to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 500–800
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Bern to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 390–650
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Bern to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 390–650
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel SBB to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 1,500–3,300
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 450–1,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Neumünster
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–2,600
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Basel SBB to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 1,700–2,600
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- [email protected]
- Website
- Snälltåget
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Malmö C
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 550–1,600
- Website
- Snälltåget
Night train from Malmö Centralstation to Narvik stasjon
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 19m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- kr 2,100–6,000
- Website
- Snälltåget
Train from Neumünster to Malmö, Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 53m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 500–1,400
- Website
- Snälltåget
Night train from Malmö Centralstation to Narvik stasjon
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 19m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- kr 2,100–6,000
- Website
- Snälltåget
Night train from Lund Centralstation to Narvik stasjon
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 4m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- kr 2,100–6,000
- Website
- Snälltåget
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 600–1,100
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- kr 750–1,100
- 2nd Class
- kr 600–800
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Basel Sbb to Hamburg-Harburg
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 500–1,400
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- kr 1,100–1,400
- Couchette Carriage
- kr 800–950
- Seating Carriage
- kr 500–600
- Phone
- +46 77 175 75 75
- Website
- Swedish Railways (SJ)
Train from Hamburg-Harburg to Lund Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 34m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 650–1,000
- Website
- Swedish Railways (SJ)
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Lörrach Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–1,300
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
- Phone
- +47 910 09 600
- Website
- Nordland fylkeskommune
Bus from Harstad/Narvik lufthavn to Jordnes kryss
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 180–260
- Website
- Nordland fylkeskommune
Bus from Bromsgård to Vestpollen sør
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 260–360
- Website
- Nordland fylkeskommune
Bus from Bromsgård to Vestpollen sør
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 260–360
- Website
- Nordland fylkeskommune
Bus from Bromsgård to Vestpollen sør
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 260–360
- Website
- Nordland fylkeskommune
- Phone
- +47 910 09 600
- Website
- Nordland fylkeskommune
Ferry from Bodø hurtigbåtkai to Svolvær hurtigbåtkai
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Nordland fylkeskommune
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