There are 8 ways to get from Zurich to Kirkenes by plane, night train, bus, train, car, car ferry, or car train
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Fly Zurich Airport to Kirkenes Airport
best- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Kirkenes Airport (KKN)plane ZRH - KKN
9h 54mkr 1,504–5,418Night train, bus
- Take the night train from Zuerich Hb to Karlsruhe Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe to Panevėžysbus
- Take the bus from Panevezys, Bus Station to Rovaniemi, SantaClaus Village Napapiiribus
- Take the bus from Napapiiri Sodankyläntie I to Tunturikeskus Kiilopääbus
- Take the bus from Kiilopää to Kirkenesbus
2d 19hkr 8,439–12,116Train, bus, drive
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain Ic3 / ...
- 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 4hkr 4,206–12,394Train, bus, car ferry
- Take the train from Zürich Stadelhofen to Schaffhausentrain S9 / ...
- Take the train from Schaffhausen to Hauptbahnhoftrain 87
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to S Südkreuz Bhftrain 11
- Take the bus from Berlin Südkreuz train station to Oslo bussterminalbus
- Take the bus from Oslo bussterminal to Geirangerbus
- Take the car ferry from Geiranger kystrutekai to Kirkenes kystrutekaicarferry Hur
6d 10hkr 9,186–27,093Train to Basel, fly to Kirkenes Airport
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Kirkenes Airport (KKN)plane BSL - KKN
13h 54mkr 1,846–7,394Fly Zurich Airport to Ivalo, bus
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Ivalo (IVL)plane ZRH - IVL
- Take the bus from Ivalo Airport to Kirkenesbus
11h 31mkr 6,649–12,148Drive 3,478.3 km
- Drive from Zurich to Kirkenescar 3,478.3 km
38h 18mkr 7,102–10,259Drive, car train
- Drive from Zurich to Freiburg im Breisgau Train Stationcar
- Take the car train from Freiburg im Breisgau Train Station to Lüneburgcartrain
- Drive from Lüneburg to Kirkenescar
41h 31mkr 6,834–9,638
Zurich to Kirkenes by night train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zurich to Kirkenes is to fly which costs kr 1500 - kr 5500 and takes 9h 54m.
The fastest way to get from Zurich to Kirkenes is to fly which takes 9h 54m and costs kr 1500 - kr 5500.
The distance between Zurich and Kirkenes is 2762 km. The road distance is 3478.3 km.
The best way to get from Zurich to Kirkenes without a car is to night train and bus which takes 2 days 19h and costs kr 8000 - kr 13000.
It takes approximately 9h 54m to get from Zurich to Kirkenes, including transfers.
Yes, the driving distance between Zurich to Kirkenes is 3478 km. It takes approximately 38h 18m to drive from Zurich to Kirkenes.
There are 40+ hotels available in Kirkenes.
What companies run services between Zurich, Switzerland and Kirkenes, Norway?
Scandinavian Airlines and Swiss fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Kirkenes Airport (KKN) once daily.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–5,500
Flights from Basel to Kirkenes Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–6,000
Flights from Basel to Kirkenes Airport via Copenhagen, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 42m
- When
- Sunday, Thursday, Friday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,500–6,500
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Ivalo via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 2,400–8,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Ivalo via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- kr 2,000–5,500
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Basel to Kirkenes Airport via Frankfurt, Ivalo
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,800–6,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Ivalo via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 2,900–7,000
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Basel to Kirkenes Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–6,000
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Ivalo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 2,100–9,000
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Zuerich Hb to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 260–1,020
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- kr 970–1,020
- Couchette Carriage
- kr 600–750
- Seating Carriage
- kr 260–320
- 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
- kr 350–1,100
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich Stadelhofen to Schaffhausen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 190–600
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 350–1,100
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel SBB to Braunschweig, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 43m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–6,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Schaffhausen to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 370–1,600
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 33m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–6,500
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Minsk Pas to Murmansk
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 10m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- kr 900–1,700
- Website
- https://www.rw.by/
- Website
- https://pass.rw.by/ru/
- Website
- https://pass.rw.by/ru/
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- kr 900–1,100
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- kr 1,400–1,700
- 1nd Class (SW)
- kr 2,500–3,500
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- [email protected]
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Zürich Stadelhofen to Schaffhausen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 65–85
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Freiburg im Breisgau Train Station to Lüneburg
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 39m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–1,300
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- [email protected]
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Karlsruhe to Panevėžys
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–2,600
- Schedules at
- ecolines.net
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
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- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Panevezys, Bus Station to Rovaniemi, SantaClaus Village Napapiiri
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–2,200
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Berlin Südkreuz train station to Oslo bussterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–1,700
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +358 (0) 16 3422 160
- Website
- eskelisen.fi
Bus from Napapiiri Sodankyläntie I to Tunturikeskus Kiilopää
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 470–550
- Website
- https://www.eskelisen.fi/en/
- Schedules at
- https://www.eskelisen.fi/en/timetables-and-routes/
- Phone
- +358 40 0291582
- [email protected]
- Website
- jbus.fi
Bus from Napapiiri Sodankyläntie I to Tunturikeskus Kiilopää
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 500–800
- Schedules at
- jbus.fi
- Phone
- +358 40 179 6069
- [email protected]
- Website
- visitinari.fi
Bus from Kiilopää to Kirkenes
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 5,100–5,500
- Schedules at
- visitinari.fi
Bus from Ivalo Airport to Kirkenes
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 4,600–5,000
- Schedules at
- visitinari.fi
- 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 1,500–3,400
- 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
- Phone
- +47 407 05070
- [email protected]
- Website
- vybuss.no
Bus from Oslo bussterminal to Geiranger
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 850–1,700
- Website
- https://www.vybuss.com/
- Phone
- +442039 935 562
- [email protected]
- Website
- hurtigruten.com
Car ferry from Geiranger kystrutekai to Kirkenes kystrutekai
- Ave. Duration
- 4d 18h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 9,500–15,000
- Website
- https://www.hurtigruten.com
- Phone
- +47 70 00 70 70
- [email protected]
- Website
- havilavoyages.com
Car ferry from Geiranger kystrutekai to Kirkenes kystrutekai
- Ave. Duration
- 4d 18h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 5,500–6,500
- Website
- https://www.havilavoyages.com/
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