There are 12 ways to get from Basel to Aarhus by plane, train, bus, night train, train (Deutsche Bahn), car, or car train
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Fly Basel to Billund Airport, train
best- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Billund Airport (BLL)plane BSL - BLL
- Take the train from Vejle St. to Aarhus Htrain
7h 39mkr 947–5,034Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Basel SBB to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhofbus N33
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Aarhus C FlixBus stopbus N150 / ...
18h 5mkr 628–1,035Train via Frankfurt am Main
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurttrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Flensburgtrain 4
- Take the train from Flensburg to Fredericia St.train Ic
- Take the train from Fredericia St. to Aarhus Htrain Re / ...
13h 3mkr 849–2,542Night train, train
- Take the night train from Basel Sbb to Hamburg Dammtornighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Hamburg Dammtor to Odensetrain Rj
- Take the train from Odense St. to Aarhus Htrain Icl / ...
16h 48mkr 900–2,690Fly Basel to Aalborg Airport, train
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Aalborg Airport (AAL)plane BSL - AAL
- Take the train from Aalborg St. to Aarhus Htrain
8h 13mkr 1,310–2,530Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Aarhus Airport
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Aarhus Airport (AAR)plane ZRH - AAR
8h 27mkr 1,136–2,972Fly Basel to Copenhagen Airport, train
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Copenhagen Airport (CPH)plane BSL - CPH
- Take the train from København, Københavns Lufthavn to Aarhus Htrain
8h 18mkr 1,030–2,483Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Copenhagen Airport, train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Copenhagen Airport (CPH)plane ZRH - CPH
- Take the train from København, Københavns Lufthavn to Aarhus Htrain
9h 34mkr 1,403–2,926Train to Frankfurt, fly to Billund Airport, train
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Billund Airport (BLL)plane FRA - BLL
- Take the train from Vejle St. to Aarhus Htrain
8h 2mkr 1,148–2,907Train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Hamburg Hbftrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Odense St.train Ece
- Take the train from Odense St. to Aarhus Htrain Icl / ...
13h 17mkr 908–2,495Drive 1,138.7 km
- Drive from Basel to Aarhuscar 1,138.7 km
9h 33mkr 1,518–2,192Drive, car train
- Drive from Basel to Würzburg Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Würzburg Hbf to Hamburg Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Hamburg Hbf to Aarhuscar
9h 16mkr 1,627–2,204
Basel to Aarhus by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Aarhus is to bus which costs 600 kr - 1100 kr and takes 18h 5m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Aarhus is to fly and train which takes 7h 39m and costs 900 kr - 5500 kr.
No, there is no direct bus from Basel to Aarhus. However, there are services departing from Basel SBB and arriving at Aarhus C FlixBus stop via Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 18h 5m.
No, there is no direct train from Basel to Aarhus. However, there are services departing from Basel Bad Bf and arriving at Aarhus H via Frankfurt, Flensburg and Fredericia St.. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 3m.
The distance between Basel and Aarhus is 1030 km. The road distance is 1138.7 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Aarhus without a car is to train via Frankfurt am Main which takes 13h 3m and costs 850 kr - 2600 kr.
It takes approximately 7h 39m to get from Basel to Aarhus, including transfers.
Basel to Aarhus bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Basel SBB station.
Basel to Aarhus train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Basel Bad Bf station.
The best way to get from Basel to Aarhus is to train via Frankfurt am Main which takes 13h 3m and costs 850 kr - 2600 kr. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs 600 kr - 1100 kr and takes 18h 5m.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Aarhus, Denmark?
You can take a train from Basel Bad Bf to Aarhus H via Frankfurt, Flensburg, and Fredericia St. in around 13h 3m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Basel SBB to Aarhus C FlixBus stop via Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof in around 18h 5m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Billund Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 800–3,200
Flights from Basel to Copenhagen Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 700–3,300
Flights from Basel to Copenhagen Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 700–3,300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Copenhagen Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 500–2,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to Copenhagen Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 500–2,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Billund Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 800–3,100
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Basel to Billund Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 500–3,000
Flights from Basel to Billund Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 600–3,300
Flights from Basel to Aalborg Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 490–2,400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Aarhus Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 700–2,900
Flights from Zurich Airport to Aarhus Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 750–3,200
Flights from Basel to Copenhagen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 800–2,300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 850–1,900
Flights from Frankfurt to Billund Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 700–2,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Basel to Billund Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 500–3,000
Flights from Basel to Aalborg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 600–3,300
Flights from Basel to Aalborg Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 490–2,400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Aarhus Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 700–2,900
Flights from Basel to Copenhagen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 800–2,300
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 850–2,100
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Basel to Billund Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 600–3,300
Flights from Basel to Billund Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 500–3,000
Flights from Basel to Aalborg Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 490–2,400
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Basel to Billund Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 750–3,700
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Basel to Aalborg Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–2,000
Flights from Basel to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 300–1,800
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 330–1,500
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Copenhagen Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 800–2,400
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Billund Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 950–3,100
- Phone
- +47 70 13 14 15
- kundehenv@dsb.dk
- Website
- dsb.dk
Train from Vejle St. to Aarhus H
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 100–170
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
Train from Flensburg to Fredericia St.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 150–250
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
Train from Fredericia St. to Aarhus H
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 140–220
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
Train from Odense St. to Aarhus H
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 220–350
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
Train from Aalborg St. to Aarhus H
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 180–290
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
Train from København, Københavns Lufthavn to Aarhus H
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 450–700
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Odense St.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 440–700
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 200–700
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Flensburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 350–1,400
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 440–1,500
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Basel Sbb to Hamburg Dammtor
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 500–2,050
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- kr 1,900–2,050
- Couchette Carriage
- kr 1,100–1,400
- Seating Carriage
- kr 500–650
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Hamburg Dammtor to Odense
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 150–310
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- 2nd Class
- kr 150–210
- 1st Class
- kr 230–310
- Business
- kr 250–280
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Odense St.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 150–310
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- 2nd Class
- kr 150–210
- 1st Class
- kr 230–310
- Business
- kr 250–280
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 160–310
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Basel SBB to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–1,900
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- reiseauskunft.bahn.de
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Odense St.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Website
- https://reiseauskunft.bahn.de/bin/query.exe/en?revia=yes&existOptimizePrice=1&country=overseas&initialAvail=ON&S={fromName}&Z={toName}&start=1
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- snalltaget@snalltaget.se
- Website
- snalltaget.se
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Odense St.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 240–330
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Würzburg Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 700–850
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Basel SBB to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 470–700
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Aarhus C FlixBus stop
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 150–380
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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More Questions & Answers
Basel to Aarhus bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof station.
Basel to Aarhus train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Frankfurt station.
Yes, the driving distance between Basel to Aarhus is 1139 km. It takes approximately 9h 33m to drive from Basel to Aarhus.
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