There are 7 ways to get from Kristiansand to Basel by plane, car ferry, car, car train, train, or bus
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Fly Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik to Basel
best- Fly from Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik (KRS) to Basel (BSL)plane KRS - BSL
6h 22mCHF 160–374Fly Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik to Zurich Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik (KRS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane KRS - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
7h 45mCHF 136–389Car ferry, drive, car train
- Take the carferry from Kristiansand to Hirtshalscarferry
- Drive from Hirtshals to Hamburg Hbfcar
- Take the cartrain from Hamburg Hbf to Lörrach Hbfcartrain
19h 13mCHF 211–339Drive 2,155.1 km
- Drive from Kristiansand to Baselcar 2,155.1 km
20h 36mCHF 374–540Train to Stavanger Airport, Sola, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Kristiansand stasjon to Stavanger stasjontrain
- Fly from Stavanger Airport, Sola (SVG) to Basel (BSL)plane SVG - BSL
10h 25mCHF 178–485Car ferry, train, bus
- Take the carferry from Kristiansand to Hirtshalscarferry
- Take the train from Hirtshals St. to Aalborg St.train 76
- Take the bus from Aalborg to Flensburg central train stationbus 172
- Take the train from Flensburg to Frankfurttrain 4
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bftrain 12 / ...
20h 30mCHF 228–976Train
- Take the train from Kristiansand stasjon to Oslo Strain F5
- Take the train from Oslo S to Göteborg Centralstationtrain
- Take the train from Göteborg Centralstation to Hamburg Hbftrain
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Basel SBBtrain Ec
27h 15mCHF 503–1,230
Kristiansand to Basel by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Kristiansand to Basel is to fly which costs SFr 160 - SFr 380 and takes 6h 22m.
The fastest way to get from Kristiansand to Basel is to fly which takes 6h 22m and costs SFr 160 - SFr 380.
No, there is no direct train from Kristiansand to Basel. However, there are services departing from Kristiansand stasjon and arriving at Basel SBB via Oslo S, Göteborg Centralstation and Hamburg Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 15m.
The distance between Kristiansand and Basel is 1203 km. The road distance is 2155.1 km.
The best way to get from Kristiansand to Basel without a car is to car ferry and train and bus which takes 20h 30m and costs SFr 220 - SFr 1000.
It takes approximately 6h 22m to get from Kristiansand to Basel, including transfers.
Kristiansand to Basel train services, operated by Go-Ahead Nordic, depart from Kristiansand stasjon station.
The best way to get from Kristiansand to Basel is to fly which takes 6h 22m and costs SFr 160 - SFr 380. Alternatively, you can train, which costs SFr 500 - SFr 1300 and takes 27h 15m.
Kristiansand to Basel train services, operated by Go-Ahead Nordic, arrive at Oslo S station.
Yes, the driving distance between Kristiansand to Basel is 2155 km. It takes approximately 20h 36m to drive from Kristiansand to Basel.
What companies run services between Kristiansand, Norway and Basel, Switzerland?
KLM, Norwegian Air Shuttle, and four other airlines fly from Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik (KRS) to Basel (BSL) 4 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from Kristiansand stasjon to Basel SBB via Oslo S, Göteborg Centralstation, and Hamburg Hbf in around 27h 15m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–430
Flights from Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik to Basel via Bergen, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–490
Flights from Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–410
Flights from Stavanger Airport, Sola to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–450
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik to Basel via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 7m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–420
Flights from Stavanger Airport, Sola to Basel via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 7m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–440
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik to Zurich Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–250
Flights from Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik to Zurich Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–250
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik to Basel via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–340
Flights from Stavanger Airport, Sola to Basel via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–360
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik to Basel via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–340
Flights from Stavanger Airport, Sola to Basel via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–320
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik to Zurich Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–420
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Hamburg Hbf to Lörrach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–110
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–90
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–330
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 41m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–850
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +47 61 25 80 00
- [email protected]
- Website
- Go-Ahead Nordic
Train from Kristiansand stasjon to Stavanger stasjon
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–70
- Website
- Go-Ahead Nordic
Train from Kristiansand stasjon to Oslo S
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 59m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–110
- Website
- Go-Ahead Nordic
- Phone
- 98 11 11 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- Nordjyllands Trafikselskab
Train from Hirtshals St. to Aalborg St.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–12
- Website
- Nordjyllands Trafikselskab
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Flensburg to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–500
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–250
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +47 61 05 19 10
- [email protected]
- Website
- Norwegian Railways (VY)
Train from Oslo S to Göteborg Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–90
- Website
- Norwegian Railways (VY)
- Book at
- Norwegian Railways (VY)
- Phone
- +46 77 175 75 75
- [email protected]
- Website
- Swedish Railways (SJ)
Train from Göteborg Centralstation to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 4m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–180
- Website
- Swedish Railways (SJ)
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Aalborg to Flensburg central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–40
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +45 99 56 19 00
- Website
- Color Line AS
Car ferry from Kristiansand to Hirtshals
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 34–94
- Website
- Color Line AS
- Car
- CHF 94
- No Car
- CHF 34
Car ferry from Kristiansand to Hirtshals
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 34–94
- Website
- Color Line AS
- Car
- CHF 94
- No Car
- CHF 34
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