There are 8 ways to get from Basel to Alta by train, plane, bus, car, 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.
Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Alta
best- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Alta (ALF)plane ZRH - ALF
9h 50mkr 1,780–5,367Fly Basel to Alta
cheapest- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Alta (ALF)plane BSL - ALF
10h 10mkr 1,378–4,509Train, bus, drive
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurttrain 20 / ...
- Take the bus from Frankfurt central train station to Warsaw, Bus Station Westbus
- Take the bus from Warsaw, Bus Station West to Rovaniemi, Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from 1 to Enontekiö Ibus
- Drive from Enontekiö I to Stornescar
- Take the bus from Stornes to Granshagenbus 170
2d 14hkr 3,963–6,818Drive 3,343 km
- Drive from Basel to Altacar 3,343 km
35h 20mkr 6,879–9,937Train to Frankfurt, fly to Alta
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Alta (ALF)plane FRA - ALF
9h 21mkr 2,687–7,771Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Lakselv Airport, bus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Lakselv Airport (LKL)plane ZRH - LKL
- Take the bus from Lakselv lufthavn Banak to Olderfjord bussterminalbus
- Take the bus from Olderfjord bussterminal to Alta Helsesenterbus
14h 38mkr 2,120–6,717Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Tromsø Airport, Langnes, bus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Tromsø Airport, Langnes (TOS)plane ZRH - TOS
- Take the bus from Tromsø Prostneset to Maskinsvingenbus
15h 18mkr 2,813–8,742Drive, car train
- Drive from Basel to Würzburg Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Würzburg Hbf to Hamburg Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Hamburg Hbf to Altacar
35h 3mkr 6,724–10,345
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Alta (ALF) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Alta is to fly which costs kr 1300 - kr 4600 and takes 10h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Alta is to train and fly which takes 9h 21m and costs kr 2600 - kr 8000.
The distance between Basel and Alta is 2734 km. The road distance is 3343 km.
It takes approximately 9h 50m to get from Basel to Alta, including transfers.
Yes, the driving distance between Basel to Alta is 3343 km. It takes approximately 35h 20m to drive from Basel to Alta.
There are 49+ hotels available in Alta.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Alta, Norway?
Air Dolomiti, Airbus France, and Lufthansa fly from Basel (BSL) to Alta (ALF) 3 times a week.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Alta via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–3,600
Flights from Zurich Airport to Alta via Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–4,800
Flights from Basel to Alta via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–4,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Alta
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–3,700
Flights from Frankfurt to Alta via Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–4,700
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–4,800
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tromsø Airport, Langnes via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–7,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tromsø Airport, Langnes via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Wednesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–7,500
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–4,800
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Alta via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–3,600
Flights from Frankfurt to Alta
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–3,700
- Website
- wideroe.no
Flights from Zurich Airport to Alta via Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–4,800
Flights from Zurich Airport to Lakselv Airport via Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,600–7,000
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Alta via Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–4,800
Flights from Zurich Airport to Lakselv Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–5,500
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tromsø Airport, Langnes via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,600–3,700
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 400–750
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–2,200
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/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 650–750
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/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 1,000–1,300
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Frankfurt central train station to Warsaw, Bus Station West
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 750–1,400
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Warsaw, Bus Station West to Rovaniemi, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–2,400
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +358 0600 02010
- info@onnibus.com
- Website
- onnibus.com
Bus from 1 to Enontekiö I
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 190–270
- Website
- https://www.onnibus.com/home
- Phone
- 177
- post@snelandia.no
- Website
- snelandia.no
Bus from Stornes to Granshagen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 160–240
- Schedules at
- snelandia.no
Bus from Lakselv lufthavn Banak to Olderfjord bussterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 110–170
- Schedules at
- snelandia.no
Bus from Olderfjord bussterminal to Alta Helsesenter
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 170–240
- Schedules at
- snelandia.no
- Phone
- + 47 777 88 777
- Website
- svipper.no
Bus from Tromsø Prostneset to Maskinsvingen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 950–1,400
- Website
- https://svipper.no/?sprak=3
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