There are 9 ways to get from Basel to Esbjerg by plane, bus, train, night train, car, or car train
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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 20mkr 715–4,192Bus, 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 47mkr 652–1,094Train 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 Kolding St.train Ic / ...
- Take the train from Kolding St. to Esbjerg St.train Ic / ...
12h 20mkr 1,468–4,889Night 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 25mkr 1,198–3,109Train 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 46mkr 1,365–3,321Train
- 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 1,069.6 km
- Drive from Basel to Esbjergcar 1,069.6 km
9h 25mkr 1,426–2,059Drive, car train
- Drive from Basel to Würzburg Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Würzburg Hbf to Hamburg Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Hamburg Hbf to Esbjergcar
9h 8mkr 1,537–2,104
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 - 1100 kr and takes 17h 47m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Esbjerg is to fly and bus which takes 7h 20m and costs 700 kr - 4200 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 Kolding St.. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 20m.
The distance between Basel and Esbjerg is 984 km. The road distance is 1069.6 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Esbjerg without a car is to train via Frankfurt am Main which takes 12h 20m and costs 1400 kr - 4900 kr.
It takes approximately 7h 20m 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.
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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 Kolding St. in around 12h 20m.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Basel to Billund Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 500–3,100
Flights from Basel to Billund Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 600–3,300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Billund Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 950–2,800
Flights from Zurich Airport to Billund Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 470–2,700
Flights from Zurich Airport to Billund Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 500–2,900
Flights from Zurich Airport to Billund Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 950–2,800
Flights from Frankfurt to Billund Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–2,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Billund Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 430–2,600
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Billund Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 600–1,600
Flights from Zurich Airport to Billund Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 950–2,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Billund Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 900–3,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Basel to Billund Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 500–3,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to Billund Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 470–2,700
Flights from Frankfurt to Billund Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 430–2,600
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Basel to Billund Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 750–3,600
Flights from Zurich Airport to Billund Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 26m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 650–3,100
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Basel to Billund Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 500–3,100
Flights from Basel to Billund Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 600–3,300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Billund Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 500–2,900
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 430–1,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Flensburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 850–2,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Hamburg-Altona
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–2,800
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- kr 850–2,500
- 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
- Phone
- +47 70 13 14 15
- kundehenv@dsb.dk
- Website
- dsb.dk
Train from Flensburg to Kolding St.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 160–240
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
Train from Kolding St. to Esbjerg St.
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 110–160
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Flensburg to Kolding St.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 75–120
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- 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 310–460
- 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
- +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
- +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 700–850
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- 7010 4410
- post@sydtrafik.dk
- Website
- sydtrafik.dk
Bus from Billund Lufthavn / Billund Airport to Esbjerg Busterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 40–60
- Website
- https://sydtrafik.dk/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Basel SBB to Hamburg central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 410–750
- 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 130–230
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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