There are 4 ways to get from Reykjavík to Basel by plane or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Basel
best- Fly from Keflavík International Airport (KEF) to Basel (BSL)plane KEF - BSL
6h 49mCHF 94–450Fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Keflavík International Airport (KEF) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane KEF - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
8h 7mCHF 158–502Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Keflavík International Airport (KEF) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane KEF - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bftrain
9h 37mCHF 189–671Fly to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Fly from Keflavík International Airport (KEF) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane KEF - STR
- Take the train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbftrain
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bftrain
11h 55mCHF 193–644
Keflavík International Airport (KEF) to Basel (BSL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Reykjavík to Basel is to fly which costs SFr 90 - SFr 450 and takes 6h 49m.
The fastest way to get from Reykjavík to Basel is to fly which takes 6h 49m and costs SFr 90 - SFr 450.
The distance between Reykjavík and Basel is 2634 km.
It takes approximately 6h 49m to get from Reykjavík to Basel, including transfers.
Basel is 2h ahead of Reykjavík. It is currently 6:45 AM in Reykjavík and 8:45 AM in Basel.
There are 1349+ hotels available in Basel.
What companies run services between Reykjavík, Iceland and Basel, Switzerland?
easyJet, Transavia Holland, and KLM fly from Keflavík International Airport (KEF) to Basel (BSL) 5 times a week.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Keflavík International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–550
Flights from Keflavík International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 21m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–480
Flights from Keflavík International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–420
Flights from Keflavík International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–430
Flights from Keflavík International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–650
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Keflavík International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 42m
- When
- Thursday, Sunday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–600
Flights from Keflavík International Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- When
- Thursday, Sunday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–470
Flights from Keflavík International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–600
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Keflavík International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–550
Flights from Keflavík International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 32m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–650
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from Keflavík International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–850
Flights from Keflavík International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–700
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Keflavík International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–550
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Keflavík International Airport to Zurich Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–350
Flights from Keflavík International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–340
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Keflavík International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 37m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–600
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Keflavík International Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–290
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–95
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–190
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–16
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–55
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–40
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–90
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- [email protected]
- Website
- arverio-bw.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–25
- Schedules at
- arverio-bw.de
- 2nd Class Ticket
- CHF 13–16
- 1st Class Ticket
- CHF 17–25
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- [email protected]
- Website
- arverio-by.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–19
- Schedules at
- arverio-by.de
- Phone
- +49 711 2092-7087
- Website
- regional.bahn.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–20
- Schedules at
- regional.bahn.de
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–60
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
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