There are 9 ways to get from Amsterdam to Switzerland by plane, train, bus, night train, night bus or car
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 Geneva
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Fly from Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS) to Geneva (GVA)
Fly to Zurich
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Fly from Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS) to Zurich (ZRH)
Fly to Milan Malpensa, train
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Fly from Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS) to Milan Malpensa (MXP)
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Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Mendrisio
Train
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Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
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Take the train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
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Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
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Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
Bus
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Take the bus from Amsterdam Sloterdijk to Basel SBB
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Take the bus from Basel SBB to Zurich Bus Station
Night train
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Take the night train from Amsterdam Centraal to Zuerich Hb
Train, night bus
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Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to Rotterdam Centraal
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Take the night bus from Rotterdam to Zürich
Drive
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Drive from Amsterdam to Zürich
Amsterdam to Switzerland by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Amsterdam to Switzerland is to train and night bus which costs €65 - €110 and takes 13h 37m.
The quickest way to get from Amsterdam to Switzerland is to fly which costs €60 - €270 and takes 3h 39m.
No, there is no direct train from Amsterdam to Switzerland. However, there are services departing from Amsterdam Centraal and arriving at Zürich Stadelhofen via Frankfurt, Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof, Basel SBB and Zürich HB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 3m.
The distance between Amsterdam and Switzerland is 665 km. The road distance is 824.8 km.
The best way to get from Amsterdam to Switzerland without a car is to train which takes 9h 3m and costs €110 - €250.
It takes approximately 3h 39m to get from Amsterdam to Switzerland, including transfers.
Amsterdam to Switzerland train services, operated by Dutch Railways (NS), depart from Amsterdam Centraal station.
The best way to get from Amsterdam to Switzerland is to fly which takes 3h 39m and costs €60 - €270. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €110 - €250 and takes 9h 3m, you could also bus, which costs €70 - €110 and takes 13h 46m.
The quickest flight from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport to Basel Airport is the direct flight which takes 1h 10m.
Amsterdam to Switzerland train services, operated by Swiss Railways (SBB/CFF/FFS), arrive at Zürich HB station.
- Distance: 665 km
- Duration: 3h 39m
What companies run services between Amsterdam, Netherlands and Switzerland?
KLM, easyJet and Lufthansa fly from Amsterdam to Basel every 4 hours. Alternatively, you can take a train from Amsterdam to Zürich via Frankfurt, Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof, Basel SBB, and Zürich HB in around 9h 3m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SFr 55 - SFr 290
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SFr 55 - SFr 300
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SFr 50 - SFr 350
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Milan Malpensa via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- SFr 50 - SFr 350
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SFr 100 - SFr 800
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SFr 110 - SFr 650
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SFr 140 - SFr 650
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SFr 130 - SFr 750
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Geneva via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SFr 150 - SFr 550
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SFr 130 - SFr 470
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Milan Malpensa via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SFr 160 - SFr 650
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SFr 140 - SFr 600
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Zurich via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SFr 170 - SFr 550
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Milan Malpensa via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SFr 160 - SFr 650
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Geneva via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SFr 140 - SFr 550
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Zurich via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SFr 150 - SFr 650
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol to Milan Malpensa via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SFr 140 - SFr 550
- Phone
- +41 848 44 66 88
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Mendrisio
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- SFr 24 - SFr 45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en/home.html
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- SFr 30 - SFr 60
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en/home.html
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- SFr 40 - SFr 100
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class Full Fare
- SFr 40 - SFr 60
- 1st Class Full Fare
- SFr 65 - SFr 100
Night train from Amsterdam Centraal to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- SFr 75 - SFr 190
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class Full Fare
- SFr 75 - SFr 110
- 1st Class Full Fare
- SFr 120 - SFr 190
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- SFr 10 - SFr 26
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class Full Fare
- SFr 10 - SFr 16
- 1st Class Full Fare
- SFr 18 - SFr 26
- Phone
- +49 0180 6 99 66 33
- Website
- bahn.com
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- SFr 23 - SFr 35
- Website
- https://www.bahn.com/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- SFr 35 - SFr 55
- Website
- https://www.bahn.com/en
Train from Basel Sbb to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- SFr 24 - SFr 35
- Website
- https://www.bahn.com/en
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- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- en.oui.sncf
Train from Basel Sbb to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- SFr 21 - SFr 50
- Website
- https://www.sncf.com/en
- 2nd Class
- SFr 21 - SFr 28
- 1st Class
- SFr 35 - SFr 50
- Phone
- +33 (0) 1 84 94 36 35
- info@lyria.com
- Website
- tgv-lyria.com
Train from Basel to Zürich
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- SFr 19 - SFr 27
- Schedules at
- tgv-lyria.com
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- SFr 8 - SFr 11
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.de
Bus from Amsterdam Sloterdijk to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- SFr 55 - SFr 80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Book at
- https://shop.global.flixbus.com/
Bus from Basel SBB to Zurich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- SFr 8 - SFr 12
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Book at
- https://shop.global.flixbus.com/
Frequently asked questions
- Phone
- +33 1 71 53 01 80
- Website
- blablacar.fr
Night bus from Rotterdam to Zürich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- SFr 50 - SFr 75
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/
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Read the travel guideMore Questions & Answers
Yes, the driving distance between Amsterdam to Switzerland is 825 km. It takes approximately 7h 21m to drive from Amsterdam to Switzerland.
Lufthansa, KLM and easyJet offer flights from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport to Basel Airport.
There are 859+ hotels available in Switzerland. Prices start at SFr 95 per night.
The best way to get from Amsterdam to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport is to train which takes 13 min and costs €6 - €16.