There are 6 ways to get from Basel to Iceland by train or plane
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Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Keflavík International Airport
best- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Keflavík International Airport (KEF)plane ZRH - KEF
8h 27m$203–449Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Keflavík International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Keflavík International Airport (KEF)plane MXP - KEF
12h 26m$108–597Fly Basel to Akureyri Airport
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Akureyri Airport (AEY)plane BSL - AEY
26h 54m$187–710Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Akureyri Airport
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Akureyri Airport (AEY)plane ZRH - AEY
20h 12m$183–529Train to Frankfurt, fly to Keflavík International Airport
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Keflavík International Airport (KEF)plane FRA - KEF
9h 18m$246–540Train, train to Stuttgart Airport, fly to Keflavík International Airport
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbftrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Keflavík International Airport (KEF)plane STR - KEF
12h 18m$245–546
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Keflavík International Airport (KEF) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Iceland is to train and fly which costs $200 - $450 and takes 8h 27m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Iceland is to train and fly which takes 8h 27m and costs $200 - $450.
The distance between Basel and Iceland is 2738 km.
It takes approximately 8h 27m to get from Basel to Iceland, including transfers.
Iceland is 2h behind Basel. It is currently 4:11 PM in Basel and 2:11 PM in Iceland.
There are 911+ hotels available in Iceland.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Iceland?
easyJet and Air France fly from Basel (BSL) to Akureyri Airport (AEY) 3 times a week.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to Akureyri Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $180–420
Flights from Basel to Akureyri Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–420
Flights from Zurich Airport to Akureyri Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 46m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $140–410
Flights from Zurich Airport to Akureyri Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–410
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Keflavík International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–290
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Keflavík International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Frankfurt to Keflavík International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–390
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Keflavík International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Keflavík International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Keflavík International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Keflavík International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Keflavík International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $320–900
Flights from Frankfurt to Keflavík International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–650
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Keflavík International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–700
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Keflavík International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 33m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Keflavík International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $170–800
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Keflavík International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $320–900
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Keflavík International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–180
- 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
- $35–110
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $100–300
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $70–170
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $18–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- arverio-bw.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $16–35
- Schedules at
- arverio-bw.de
- 2nd Class Ticket
- $16–20
- 1st Class Ticket
- $22–35
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- arverio-by.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $16–23
- Schedules at
- arverio-by.de
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $19–35
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 711 2092-7087
- Website
- regional.bahn.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $17–25
- Schedules at
- regional.bahn.de
- Phone
- +49 731 1550-0
- servicecenter@dbregiobus-rab.de
- Website
- meine-rab.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $13–17
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $23–30
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $7–9
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
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