There are 9 ways to get from Basel to Esbjerg by plane, bus, train, night train, car train, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Basel, bus
best- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Billund Airport (BLL)plane BSL - BLL
- Take the bus from Billund Lufthavn / Billund Airport to Esbjerg Busterminalbus
7h 12mkr 765–2,192Bus, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Basel SBB to Hamburg central bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Kolding bus stationbus 353 / ...
- Take the train from Kolding St. to Esbjerg St.train Ic / ...
17h 53mkr 680–1,117Train 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 Lunderskov St.train Ic
- Take the train from Lunderskov St. to Esbjerg St.train Ic / ...
12h 28mkr 1,570–5,043Night train, train
- Take the night train from Basel Sbb to Hamburg-Altonanighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Hamburg-Altona to Niebülltrain Re6
- Take the train from Tønder St. to Esbjerg St.train 030
16h 8mTrain to Zurich Airport, fly, bus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Billund Airport (BLL)plane ZRH - BLL
- Take the bus from Billund Lufthavn / Billund Airport to Esbjerg Busterminalbus
8h 31mkr 1,252–3,416Train to Frankfurt, fly, bus
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Billund Airport (BLL)plane FRA - BLL
- Take the bus from Billund Lufthavn / Billund Airport to Esbjerg Busterminalbus
7h 52mkr 1,487–3,497Car train, drive
- Take the car train from Lörrach Hbf to Hamburg Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Hamburg Hbf to Esbjergcar
13h 17mkr 1,115–1,472Train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Hamburg-Altonatrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg-Altona to Niebülltrain Re6
- Take the train from Tønder St. to Esbjerg St.train 030
14h 31mDrive 1,069.7 km
- Drive from Basel to Esbjergcar 1,069.7 km
9h 25mkr 1,418–2,048
Basel to Esbjerg by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Esbjerg is to bus and train which costs 650 kr - 1200 kr and takes 17h 53m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Esbjerg is to fly and bus which takes 7h 12m and costs 750 kr - 2200 kr.
No, there is no direct train from Basel to Esbjerg. However, there are services departing from Basel Bad Bf and arriving at Esbjerg St. via Frankfurt, Flensburg and Lunderskov St.. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 28m.
The distance between Basel and Esbjerg is 990 km. The road distance is 1069.7 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Esbjerg without a car is to train via Frankfurt am Main which takes 12h 28m and costs 1500 kr - 5500 kr.
It takes approximately 7h 12m to get from Basel to Esbjerg, including transfers.
Basel to Esbjerg train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Basel Bad Bf station.
Basel to Esbjerg train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Frankfurt station.
Yes, the driving distance between Basel to Esbjerg is 1070 km. It takes approximately 9h 25m to drive from Basel to Esbjerg.
There are 1542+ hotels available in Esbjerg.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Esbjerg, Denmark?
You can take a train from Basel Bad Bf to Esbjerg St. via Frankfurt, Flensburg, and Lunderskov St. in around 12h 28m.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Basel to Billund Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 600–3,400
Flights from Basel to Billund Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 650–3,600
Flights from Zurich Airport to Billund Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,600–3,400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Billund Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 550–3,200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Billund Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,600–3,400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Billund Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 650–3,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Billund Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 480–2,900
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Billund Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 600–1,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Billund Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 900–3,800
Flights from Frankfurt to Billund Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 950–3,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Basel to Billund Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 600–3,400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Billund Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 550–3,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Billund Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 480–2,900
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Basel to Billund Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 600–3,400
Flights from Basel to Billund Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 650–3,600
Flights from Zurich Airport to Billund Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 650–3,500
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Billund Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 900–4,000
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 450–1,100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Flensburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 900–2,200
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Hamburg-Altona
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–3,100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 850–2,600
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 230–700
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Hamburg-Altona
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 18m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 2,500–7,500
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +47 70 13 14 15
- kundehenv@dsb.dk
- Website
- dsb.dk
Train from Flensburg to Lunderskov St.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 130–200
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
Train from Lunderskov St. to Esbjerg St.
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 85–130
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
Train from Kolding St. to Esbjerg St.
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 100–150
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Basel Sbb to Hamburg-Altona
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 370–1,000
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- kr 800–1,000
- Couchette Carriage
- kr 550–700
- Seating Carriage
- kr 370–440
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hamburg-Altona to Niebüll
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 300–430
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +45 72 30 25 00
- kommunikation.afd@gocollective.dk
- Website
- gocollective.dk
Train from Tønder St. to Esbjerg St.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- gocollective.dk
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Lörrach Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 6m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- kr 750–900
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Basel SBB to Hamburg-Altona
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–2,100
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- 7010 4410
- post@sydtrafik.dk
- Website
- sydtrafik.dk
Bus from Billund Lufthavn / Billund Airport to Esbjerg Busterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 40–60
- Website
- https://sydtrafik.dk/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Basel SBB to Hamburg central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 440–750
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Kolding bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 140–240
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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