There are 11 ways to get from Basel to De Efteling by train (Trenitalia), bus, car, plane, or train
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Train via Mannheim
best- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain 12 / ...
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to 's-Hertogenboschtrain 47
8h 6m€93–261Bus via Antwerp
cheapest- Take the bus from Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse (Bahnhof SBB) to Antwerp - Rooseveltplaatsbus BlaBlaCar Bus
- Take the bus from Antwerpen Roosevelt perron A3 to Turnhout Warande perron 1bus X41 / ...
12h€49–75Drive 607.9 km
- Drive from Basel to De Eftelingcar 607.9 km
6h 38m€112–162Fly Basel to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane BSL - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Bredatrain
6h 6m€118–336Train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Eindhoventrain 43N
10h 23m€146–213Bus
- Take the bus from Basel Euroairport FR to Eindhoven Stationbus FlixBus N831
- Take the bus from Eindhoven Station to De Eftelingbus N93
12h 24m€56–90Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Brussels Airport, train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane ZRH - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Bredatrain
7h 14m€134–313Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane ZRH - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Bredatrain
7h 30m€164–369Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane ZRH - DUS
- Take the train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Tilburgtrain
8h 55m€162–333Fly Basel to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane BSL - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to 's-Hertogenboschtrain
8h 38m€164–472Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane ZRH - CGN
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to 's-Hertogenboschtrain
9h 20m€125–332
Basel to De Efteling by bus and foot
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Basel to De Efteling is to bus via Antwerp which costs €45 - €80 and takes 12h.
The fastest way to get from Basel to De Efteling is to fly and train which takes 6h 6m and costs €110 - €340.
No, there is no direct bus from Basel to De Efteling. However, there are services departing from Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse (Bahnhof SBB) and arriving at Kaatsheuvel, Efteling via Antwerpen Roosevelt perron A3, Turnhout Warande perron 3 and Tilburg, Centraal Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h.
No, there is no direct train from Basel to De Efteling. However, there are services departing from Basel Bad Bf and arriving at 's-Hertogenbosch via Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 6m.
The distance between Basel and De Efteling is 682 km. The road distance is 607.9 km.
The best way to get from Basel to De Efteling without a car is to train via Mannheim which takes 8h 6m and costs €90 - €270.
It takes approximately 8h 6m to get from Basel to De Efteling, including transfers.
Basel to De Efteling bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse (Bahnhof SBB) station.
Basel to De Efteling train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Basel Bad Bf station.
The best way to get from Basel to De Efteling is to train via Mannheim which takes 8h 6m and costs €90 - €270. Alternatively, you can bus via Antwerp, which costs €45 - €80 and takes 12h.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and De Efteling, Netherlands?
You can take a train from Basel Bad Bf to De Efteling via Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof, 's-Hertogenbosch, 's-Hertogenbosch, Centraal Station, and Kaatsheuvel, Horst in around 8h 6m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse (Bahnhof SBB) to De Efteling via Antwerp - Rooseveltplaats, Antwerpen Roosevelt perron A3, Turnhout Warande perron 1, Turnhout Warande perron 3, Tilburg Centraal Station perron B, Tilburg, Centraal Station, and Kaatsheuvel, Efteling in around 12h.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–310
Flights from Zurich Airport to Brussels Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–220
Flights from Zurich Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–330
Flights from Zurich Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–320
Flights from Zurich Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–310
Flights from Basel to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–380
Flights from Basel to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–190
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- When
- Sunday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–330
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–230
Flights from Zurich Airport to Brussels Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–220
Flights from Zurich Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–320
Flights from Zurich Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–290
Flights from Basel to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–190
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–180
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Basel to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–320
Flights from Zurich Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–290
Flights from Zurich Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–290
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–180
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–230
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Basel to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–380
- 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
- €45–95
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to 's-Hertogenbosch
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–150
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to 's-Hertogenbosch
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €60–130
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to 's-Hertogenbosch
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- 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
- €55–110
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €70–110
- 2nd Class
- €55–75
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to 's-Hertogenbosch
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–90
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Breda
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–22
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Breda
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–21
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Breda
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–22
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Tilburg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–19
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Frankfurt to 's-Hertogenbosch
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–75
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Köln Hbf to 's-Hertogenbosch
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €18–40
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Basel SBB to Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €130–200
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Breda
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–26
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +49 6078 966930
- service@vias-online.eu
- Website
- VIAS Rail GmbH
Train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €39
- Schedules at
- VIAS Rail GmbH
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse (Bahnhof SBB) to Antwerp - Rooseveltplaats
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +32 70 22 02 00
- Website
- De Lijn
Bus from Antwerpen Roosevelt perron A3 to Turnhout Warande perron 1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €3
- Website
- De Lijn
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Basel Euroairport FR to Eindhoven Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–80
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Eindhoven Station to De Efteling
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €3–6
- Website
- Flixbus
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Booking & Getting There
Basel to De Efteling bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Antwerp - Rooseveltplaats station.
Basel to De Efteling train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof station.
Yes, the driving distance between Basel to De Efteling is 608 km. It takes approximately 6h 38m to drive from Basel to De Efteling.
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