There are 7 ways to get from Basel to Alta by plane, car, train, bus, or car train
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Fly Basel to Alta
best- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Alta (ALF)plane BSL - ALF
10h 15mkr 1,375–4,405Drive 3,342.8 km
- Drive from Basel to Altacar 3,342.8 km
35h 20mkr 6,679–9,648Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Alta
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Alta (ALF)plane ZRH - ALF
10h 19mkr 2,210–6,644Fly 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 Løkkeveienbus
15h 31mkr 2,310–6,285Train, train to Frankfurt, fly to Alta
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Alta (ALF)plane FRA - ALF
9h 10mkr 2,612–9,175Train 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 Løkkeveienbus
15h 15mkr 2,445–5,724Car train, drive
- Take the cartrain from Lörrach Hbf to Lüneburgcartrain
- Drive from Lüneburg to Altacar
39h 3mkr 6,022–8,832
Basel (BSL) to Alta (ALF) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Alta is to fly which costs kr 1300 - kr 4400 and takes 10h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Alta is to train and fly which takes 9h 10m and costs kr 2600 - kr 9500.
The distance between Basel and Alta is 2642 km. The road distance is 3342.8 km.
It takes approximately 10h 15m 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 60+ hotels available in Alta.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Alta, Norway?
Lufthansa, Airbus France, and two other airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to Alta (ALF) 5 times a week.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Alta via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–4,300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Alta via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 36m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–4,200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Alta via Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,500–6,500
Flights from Basel to Tromsø Airport, Langnes via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–2,900
Flights from Basel to Tromsø Airport, Langnes via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 12m
- When
- Sunday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–2,900
Flights from Frankfurt to Alta
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–4,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Alta via Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,500–5,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–5,500
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Basel to Tromsø Airport, Langnes via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,500–4,100
Flights from Basel to Tromsø Airport, Langnes via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,500–4,100
Flights from Basel to Tromsø Airport, Langnes via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,500–4,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tromsø Airport, Langnes via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,500–2,600
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Basel to Alta via Copenhagen, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–6,000
Flights from Basel to Tromsø Airport, Langnes via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 800–4,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tromsø Airport, Langnes via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–3,100
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Alta via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–4,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Alta
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–4,000
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Alta via Kittila
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 2,100–6,000
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–5,500
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 330–1,000
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 330–1,000
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 480–2,100
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 140–600
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 600–1,200
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- kr 800–1,200
- 2nd Class
- kr 600–850
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- kr 550–900
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 85–190
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Lörrach Hbf to Lüneburg
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 29m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–1,300
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
- Phone
- + 47 777 88 777
- Website
- Svipper
Bus from Tromsø Prostneset to Løkkeveien
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 950–1,400
- Website
- Svipper
Bus from Tromsø Prostneset to Løkkeveien
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 950–1,400
- Website
- Svipper
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