There are 9 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
10hkr 2,825–5,198Fly Basel to Alta
cheapest- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Alta (ALF)plane BSL - ALF
10h 20mkr 1,279–3,709Train, 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 Rovaniemi linja-autoasema, 3 to Palojoensuu P-paikkabus
- Drive from Palojoensuu P-paikka to Kautokeino Cirkle Kcar
- Take the bus from Kautokeino Cirkle K to Granshagenbus 170
2d 14hkr 2,673–6,163Drive 3,343 km
- Drive from Basel to Altacar 3,343 km
35h 20mkr 6,958–10,050Train 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 31mkr 2,383–7,451Train 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 7mkr 2,615–7,988Fly Basel to Tromsø Airport, Langnes, bus
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Tromsø Airport, Langnes (TOS)plane BSL - TOS
- Take the bus from Tromsø Prostneset to Maskinsvingenbus
16h 17mkr 2,269–4,299Train 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 18mkr 1,865–5,948Drive, 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 6,832–10,357
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Alta (ALF) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Alta is to fly which costs kr 1200 - kr 3800 and takes 10h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Alta is to train and fly which takes 9h 31m and costs kr 2300 - kr 7500.
The distance between Basel and Alta is 2733 km. The road distance is 3343 km.
It takes approximately 10h 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 1,000–3,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to Alta via Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 8m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, 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 1,200–3,600
Flights from Frankfurt to Alta
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–3,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Alta via Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–4,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–4,800
Flights from Basel to Tromsø Airport, Langnes via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–5,500
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tromsø Airport, Langnes via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–7,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tromsø Airport, Langnes via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Wednesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–7,000
- Website
- wideroe.no
Flights from Zurich Airport to Lakselv Airport via Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 11m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,500–7,000
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Alta via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–3,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Alta
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–3,200
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Basel to Tromsø Airport, Langnes via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–4,400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Lakselv Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–5,000
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–4,800
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to Tromsø Airport, Langnes via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–2,700
- 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 250–450
- 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 340–900
- 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 1,100–1,300
- 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 550–900
- 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 800–1,800
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Website
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from Frankfurt central train station to Warsaw, Bus Station West
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from Warsaw, Bus Station West to Rovaniemi, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
- Website
- eskelisen.fi
Bus from Rovaniemi linja-autoasema, 3 to Palojoensuu P-paikka
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Schedules at
- eskelisen.fi
- Phone
- +358 (0) 16 3422 160
- Website
- eskelisen.fi
Bus from Rovaniemi linja-autoasema, 3 to Palojoensuu P-paikka
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 550–650
- Website
- https://www.eskelisen.fi/en/
- post@snelandia.no
- Website
- snelandia.no
Bus from Kautokeino Cirkle K to Granshagen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 210–290
- Website
- Snelandia
Bus from Lakselv lufthavn Banak to Olderfjord bussterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 110–170
- Website
- Snelandia
Bus from Olderfjord bussterminal to Alta Helsesenter
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 170–240
- Website
- Snelandia
- Phone
- + 47 777 88 777
- Website
- svipper.no
Bus from Tromsø Prostneset to Maskinsvingen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–1,400
- Website
- https://svipper.no/?sprak=3
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