There are 11 ways to get from Lausanne to Kirkenes by train, plane, bus, car, 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 to Geneva International Airport, fly to Kirkenes Airport
best- Take the train from Lausanne to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Kirkenes Airport (KKN)plane GVA - KKN
22h 13mkr 1,613–5,288Train, bus to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Kirkenes Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Lausanne to Domodossolatrain
- Take the bus from Domodossola - Stazione Ferroviaria to Aeroporto Malpensa - Terminal 1bus
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Kirkenes Airport (KKN)plane MXP - KKN
26h 38mkr 1,610–4,199Train, bus, drive
- Take the train from Lausanne to Basel SBBtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Braunschweig, Hauptbahnhoftrain 12
- Take the bus from Braunschweig to Minsk Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Minsk Pas to Murmansktrain
- Take the bus from Murmansk Bus station to Zapolyarnybus 211
- Drive from Zapolyarny to Kirkenescar
3d 5hkr 4,949–9,722Train, bus, car ferry
- Take the train from Lausanne to Basel SBBtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to S Südkreuz Bhftrain 12N
- Take the bus from Berlin Südkreuz train station to Oslo bussterminalbus
- Take the bus from Oslo bussterminal to Skateflukaiabus
- Take the carferry from Ålesund to Kirkenes kystrutekaicarferry Hur
6d 7hkr 9,444–22,597Drive 3,616.6 km
- Drive from Lausanne to Kirkenescar 3,616.6 km
39h 9mkr 7,237–10,454Train to Basel, fly to Kirkenes Airport
- Take the train from Lausanne to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Kirkenes Airport (KKN)plane BSL - KKN
15h 12mkr 2,056–6,088Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Kirkenes Airport
- Take the train from Lausanne to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Kirkenes Airport (KKN)plane ZRH - KKN
13h 20mkr 2,249–5,493Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Ivalo, bus
- Take the train from Lausanne to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Ivalo (IVL)plane GVA - IVL
- Take the bus from Ivalo Airport to Kirkenesbus
14h 10mkr 5,958–12,108Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Ivalo, bus
- Take the train from Lausanne to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Ivalo (IVL)plane ZRH - IVL
- Take the bus from Ivalo Airport to Kirkenesbus
13h 57mkr 7,094–13,613Bus, car ferry
- Take the bus from LAUSANNE, Parking du Velodrome to SŁUBICE, Port Świecko, Świecko 39bus
- Take the bus from Słubice to Oslo bussterminalbus
- Take the bus from Oslo bussterminal to Skateflukaiabus
- Take the carferry from Ålesund to Kirkenes kystrutekaicarferry
6d 14hkr 8,350–21,829Drive, car train
- Drive from Lausanne to Lörrach Hbfcar
- Take the cartrain from Lörrach Hbf to Lüneburgcartrain
- Drive from Lüneburg to Kirkenescar
42h 49mkr 6,355–9,812
Lausanne to Kirkenes by train, bus, and car ferry
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Lausanne to Kirkenes is to train and bus and fly which costs kr 1600 - kr 4200 and takes 26h 38m.
The fastest way to get from Lausanne to Kirkenes is to train and fly which takes 13h 20m and costs kr 2200 - kr 5500.
The distance between Lausanne and Kirkenes is 3004 km. The road distance is 3616.6 km.
The best way to get from Lausanne to Kirkenes without a car is to train and bus and car ferry which takes 6 days 7h and costs kr 9000 - kr 23000.
It takes approximately 22h 13m to get from Lausanne to Kirkenes, including transfers.
Yes, the driving distance between Lausanne to Kirkenes is 3617 km. It takes approximately 39h 9m to drive from Lausanne to Kirkenes.
There are 40+ hotels available in Kirkenes.
What companies run services between Lausanne, Switzerland and Kirkenes, Norway?
There is no direct connection from Lausanne to Kirkenes. However, you can take the train to Genève-Aéroport, walk to Geneva International Airport (GVA) airport, fly to Kirkenes Airport (KKN), walk to Kirkenes lufthavn Høybuktmoen, then take the line 150 bus to Thon Hotel Kirkenes. Alternatively, you can take a train from Lausanne to Kirkenes via Basel SBB, Braunschweig, Hauptbahnhof, Braunschweig, Minsk Central Bus Station, Minsk Pas, Murmansk, Murmansk Bus station, and Zapolyarny in around 3d 5h.
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–4,800
Flights from Basel to Kirkenes Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–4,900
Flights from Basel to Kirkenes Airport via Copenhagen, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–4,900
Flights from Basel to Kirkenes Airport via Hamburg, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–4,900
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 57m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–4,200
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–4,800
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–6,000
Flights from Basel to Kirkenes Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–4,900
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–4,200
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–4,800
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Helsinki, Ivalo
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 2,400–6,500
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Ivalo via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 2,700–7,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Ivalo via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,800–7,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Helsinki, Ivalo
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 2,000–5,500
- Website
- wideroe.no
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–5,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 2m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–6,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- kr 750–2,900
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Ivalo via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 2,400–8,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Ivalo via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 22m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 2,100–7,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Ivalo via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,600–4,800
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Ivalo via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 2,200–10,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Ivalo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,800–8,500
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Ivalo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,800–8,500
Train from Lausanne to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 250–410
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Lausanne to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 650–1,100
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Lausanne to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 650–1,100
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Lausanne to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 650–1,100
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Lausanne to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 850–1,500
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Lausanne to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 250–410
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Lausanne to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 850–1,500
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Lausanne to Domodossola
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 700–1,200
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel SBB to Braunschweig, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–2,700
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel SBB to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 31m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 1,500–3,400
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- 105
- Website
- Belarusian Railway
Train from Minsk Pas to Murmansk
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 10m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–2,416
- Website
- Belarusian Railway
- Website
- Belarusian Railway
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- kr 1,400–1,600
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- kr 2,416
- 1nd Class (SW)
- kr 4,600–5,500
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Basel SBB to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 1,800–2,600
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- 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
- kr 1,000–1,300
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
- Phone
- +375 (29) 148-41-31
- [email protected]
- Website
- vt.by
Bus from Braunschweig to Minsk Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 1,500–3,200
- Schedules at
- vt.by
- Website
- route51.ru
Bus from Murmansk Bus station to Zapolyarny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 35
- Schedules at
- route51.ru
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Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Berlin Südkreuz train station to Oslo bussterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 950–1,500
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +47 407 05070
- [email protected]
- Website
- Vy Buss
Bus from Oslo bussterminal to Skateflukaia
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 37m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–2,600
- Website
- Vy Buss
Bus from Oslo bussterminal to Skateflukaia
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 37m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–2,600
- Website
- Vy Buss
- Phone
- +358 40 179 6069
- [email protected]
- Website
- visitinari.fi
Bus from Ivalo Airport to Kirkenes
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 4,300–4,700
- Schedules at
- visitinari.fi
Bus from Ivalo Airport to Kirkenes
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 4,300–4,700
- Schedules at
- visitinari.fi
- Phone
- +39 0322 844 862
- [email protected]
- Website
- Comazzi Bus
Bus from Domodossola - Stazione Ferroviaria to Aeroporto Malpensa - Terminal 1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 90
- Website
- Comazzi Bus
- Phone
- +48 77 443 44 44
- [email protected]
- Website
- Sindbad
Bus from LAUSANNE, Parking du Velodrome to SŁUBICE, Port Świecko, Świecko 39
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 950–2,500
- Website
- Sindbad
Bus from Słubice to Oslo bussterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–2,800
- Website
- Sindbad
- Phone
- +442039 938 814
- [email protected]
- Website
- Hurtigruten
Car ferry from Ålesund to Kirkenes kystrutekai
- Ave. Duration
- 4d 13h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 8,500–14,000
- Website
- Hurtigruten
Car ferry from Ålesund to Kirkenes kystrutekai
- Ave. Duration
- 4d 13h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 8,500–14,000
- Website
- Hurtigruten
- Phone
- +47 70 00 70 70
- [email protected]
- Website
- Havila
Car ferry from Ålesund to Kirkenes kystrutekai
- Ave. Duration
- 4d 13h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 5,000–6,000
- Website
- Havila
Car ferry from Ålesund to Kirkenes kystrutekai
- Ave. Duration
- 4d 13h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 5,000–6,000
- Website
- Havila
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