There are 8 ways to get from Zurich to Kirkenes by plane, train, 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.
Fly Zurich Airport to Kirkenes Airport
best- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Kirkenes Airport (KKN)plane ZRH - KKN
10h 44mkr 1,694–5,635Train to Basel, fly to Kirkenes Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Kirkenes Airport (KKN)plane BSL - KKN
14h 8mkr 1,454–5,935Train, bus, drive
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain Ice / ...
- 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 4,458–8,969Train, 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 Skateflukaiabus
- Take the carferry from Ålesund to Kirkenes kystrutekaicarferry Hur
6d 5hkr 9,124–21,972Drive 3,478 km
- Drive from Zurich to Kirkenescar 3,478 km
38h 18mkr 7,120–10,284Fly 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 36mkr 6,239–13,355Bus, car ferry
- Take the bus from ZÜRICH, Carparkplatz am Sihlquai 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 Hur
6d 11hkr 8,446–21,113Drive, car train
- Drive from Zurich to Freiburg im Breisgau Train Stationcar
- Take the cartrain from Freiburg im Breisgau Train Station to Lüneburgcartrain
- Drive from Lüneburg to Kirkenescar
41h 32mkr 6,734–9,639
Zurich to Kirkenes by train, bus, and car ferry
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Zurich to Kirkenes is to train and fly which costs kr 1400 - kr 6000 and takes 14h 8m.
The fastest way to get from Zurich to Kirkenes is to fly which takes 10h 44m and costs kr 1600 - kr 6000.
The distance between Zurich and Kirkenes is 2762 km. The road distance is 3478 km.
The best way to get from Zurich to Kirkenes without a car is to train and bus and car ferry which takes 6 days 5h and costs kr 9000 - kr 22000.
It takes approximately 10h 44m 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, Norwegian Air Shuttle, and Swiss fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Kirkenes Airport (KKN) 5 times a week.
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–4,800
Flights from Basel to Kirkenes Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–5,500
Flights from Basel to Kirkenes Airport via Hamburg, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Sunday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–5,500
Flights from Basel to Kirkenes Airport via Berlin Brandenburg, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–5,500
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–5,500
Flights from Basel to Kirkenes Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–5,500
Flights from Basel to Kirkenes Airport via Copenhagen, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–6,500
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Ivalo via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 2,300–8,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Ivalo via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,900–6,000
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Basel to Kirkenes Airport via Frankfurt, Ivalo
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,700–6,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Ivalo via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,800–7,000
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Ivalo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 2,000–9,000
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- [email protected]
- Website
- SBB GmbH
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 90–120
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
Train from Zürich Stadelhofen to Schaffhausen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 60–80
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 90–120
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 170–350
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel SBB to Braunschweig, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–2,700
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Schaffhausen to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 360–750
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hauptbahnhof to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–2,900
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 170–350
- 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 1,400–2,401
- Website
- Belarusian Railway
- Website
- Belarusian Railway
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- kr 1,400–1,600
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- kr 2,401
- 1nd Class (SW)
- kr 4,500–5,500
Train from Zürich Stadelhofen to Schaffhausen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 150–230
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Freiburg im Breisgau Train Station to Lüneburg
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 39m
- 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 1,500–3,300
- 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
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
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 900–1,400
- 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 1,400–2,700
- Website
- Vy Buss
Bus from Oslo bussterminal to Skateflukaia
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 37m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–2,700
- 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 4,400–4,800
- Schedules at
- visitinari.fi
- Phone
- +48 77 443 44 44
- [email protected]
- Website
- Sindbad
Bus from ZÜRICH, Carparkplatz am Sihlquai to SŁUBICE, Port Świecko, Świecko 39
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 800–1,900
- Website
- Sindbad
Bus from Słubice to Oslo bussterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–2,600
- 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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