There are 14 ways to get from Basel to Karlstad by plane, train, bus, night train, car, or car train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Basel to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen, train
best- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (OSL)plane BSL - OSL
- Take the train from Lillestrøm stasjon to Kongsvinger stasjontrain
- Take the train from Kongsvinger to Karlstad Centralstationtrain
8h 41mkr 1,332–3,687Fly Basel to Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport (GOT)plane BSL - GOT
- Take the train from Göteborg Centralstation to Karlstad Centralstationtrain
10h 1mkr 1,268–3,297Train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Hamburg Hbftrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Mölndal St.train 083 / ...
- Take the train from Göteborg Centralstation to Karlstad Centralstationtrain
19h 47mkr 3,294–7,501Bus
- Take the bus from Basel SBB to Freiburgbus
- Take the bus from Freiburg to Hamburg central bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Jönköpingbus
- Take the bus from Jönköping Bus Station to Karlstad Centralstationbus
29h 25mkr 1,655–3,590Night train, train
- Take the night train from Basel Sbb to Hamburg Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the night train from Hamburg Hbf to Molndal stationnighttrain
- Take the train from Göteborg Centralstation to Karlstad Centralstationtrain
24hkr 2,118–3,898Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport, train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport (GOT)plane ZRH - GOT
- Take the train from Göteborg Centralstation to Karlstad Centralstationtrain
9h 35mkr 1,879–4,790Fly Basel to Linköping City Airport, train
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Linköping City Airport (LPI)plane BSL - LPI
- Take the train from Linköping Centralstation to Karlstad Centralstationtrain
11h 8mkr 1,501–5,805Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen, train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (OSL)plane ZRH - OSL
- Take the train from Lillestrøm stasjon to Kongsvinger stasjontrain
- Take the train from Kongsvinger to Karlstad Centralstationtrain
10hkr 1,793–5,180Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport, train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN)plane ZRH - ARN
- Take the train from Stockholm Centralstation to Karlstad Centralstationtrain
9h 49mkr 2,403–5,045Train to Frankfurt, fly to Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport, train
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport (GOT)plane FRA - GOT
- Take the train from Göteborg Centralstation to Karlstad Centralstationtrain
10h 21mkr 2,137–5,561Fly Basel to Copenhagen Airport, train
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Copenhagen Airport (CPH)plane BSL - CPH
- Take the train from Copenhagen Lufthavn to Göteborg Centralstationtrain
- Take the train from Göteborg Centralstation to Karlstad Centralstationtrain
11h 51mkr 1,723–4,422Train via Frankfurt am Main
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurttrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Padborg sttrain 4
- Take the train from Padborg St. to Mölndal St.train 083 / ...
- Take the train from Göteborg Centralstation to Karlstad Centralstationtrain
20h 3mkr 3,286–9,965Drive 1,819.1 km
- Drive from Basel to Karlstadcar 1,819.1 km
17h 5mkr 3,569–5,155Car train, drive
- Take the car train from Lörrach Hbf to Lüneburgcartrain
- Drive from Lüneburg to Karlstadcar
20h 48mkr 3,023–4,233
Basel to Karlstad by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Karlstad is to fly and train which costs 1200 kr - 3300 kr and takes 10h 1m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Karlstad is to fly and train which takes 8h 41m and costs 1300 kr - 3700 kr.
No, there is no direct bus from Basel to Karlstad station. However, there are services departing from Basel SBB and arriving at Karlstad Centralstation via Freiburg, Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof and Jönköping Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 29h 25m.
No, there is no direct train from Basel to Karlstad station. However, there are services departing from Basel SBB and arriving at Karlstad Centralstation via Hamburg Hbf, Mölndal station and Göteborg Centralstation. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 19h 47m.
The distance between Basel and Karlstad is 1673 km. The road distance is 1819.1 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Karlstad without a car is to train which takes 19h 47m and costs 3200 kr - 7500 kr.
It takes approximately 8h 41m to get from Basel to Karlstad, including transfers.
Basel to Karlstad bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Basel SBB station.
Basel to Karlstad train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Basel SBB station.
The best way to get from Basel to Karlstad is to train which takes 19h 47m and costs 3200 kr - 7500 kr. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs 1600 kr - 3600 kr and takes 29h 25m.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Karlstad, Sweden?
You can take a train from Basel SBB to Karlstad Centralstation via Hamburg Hbf, Mölndal station, and Göteborg Centralstation in around 19h 47m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Basel SBB to Karlstad Centralstation via Freiburg, Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof, and Jönköping Bus Station in around 29h 25m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–4,800
Flights from Basel to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–4,700
Flights from Basel to Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–5,500
Flights from Basel to Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 950–4,800
Flights from Zurich Airport to Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–4,800
Flights from Zurich Airport to Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–4,800
Flights from Zurich Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–4,200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–4,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–2,900
Flights from Basel to Copenhagen Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–5,000
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Basel to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 900–4,300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–3,200
Flights from Basel to Linköping City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–5,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–3,400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–3,400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–2,800
Flights from Zurich Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–2,800
Flights from Basel to Copenhagen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 750–3,900
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Basel to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 900–4,300
Flights from Basel to Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 950–4,700
Flights from Basel to Linköping City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–5,000
Flights from Basel to Linköping City Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–5,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 750–3,900
Flights from Basel to Copenhagen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 750–3,900
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–4,400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–3,900
Flights from Zurich Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–3,000
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Basel to Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–5,000
Flights from Basel to Linköping City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–5,000
Flights from Basel to Linköping City Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–5,500
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–2,600
Flights from Zurich Airport to Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–2,600
Flights from Zurich Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–2,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–2,500
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 550–2,500
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Basel to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 750–2,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 950–2,700
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Basel to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–3,100
Flights from Basel to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 500–1,700
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Basel to Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 950–4,800
- Phone
- +47 61 05 19 10
- tog@vy.no
- Website
- vy.no
Train from Lillestrøm stasjon to Kongsvinger stasjon
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 170–260
- Website
- https://www.vy.no/en
- Book at
- https://www.vy.no/en/buy-tickets/train-and-bus-tickets
- Phone
- +46 77 144 41 11
- Website
- vy.se
Train from Lillestrøm stasjon to Kongsvinger stasjon
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 85–130
- Schedules at
- vy.se
Train from Kongsvinger to Karlstad Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 130–200
- Schedules at
- vy.se
Train from Stockholm Centralstation to Karlstad Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 270–380
- Schedules at
- vy.se
- Phone
- +46 771 15 15 15
- info@vy.se
- Website
- vy.se
Train from Lillestrøm stasjon to Kongsvinger stasjon
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- vy.se
Train from Kongsvinger to Karlstad Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- vy.se
Train from Stockholm Centralstation to Karlstad Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- vy.se
- Phone
- +46 77 175 75 75
- kundservice@sj.se
- Website
- sj.se
Train from Kongsvinger to Karlstad Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 240–370
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
Train from Göteborg Centralstation to Karlstad Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 420–650
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
Train from Stockholm Centralstation to Karlstad Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 550–850
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
- Phone
- +46 77 175 75 75
- kundservice@sj.se
- Website
- sj.se
Train from Kongsvinger to Karlstad Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 200–320
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en
Train from Stockholm Centralstation to Karlstad Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 450–750
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel SBB to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 1,700–5,500
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 650–2,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Padborg st
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–4,100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Basel SBB to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 37m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 1,800–2,700
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- snalltaget@snalltaget.se
- Website
- snalltaget.se
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Mölndal St.
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 19m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–1,800
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
Night train from Hamburg Hbf to Molndal station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 21m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–1,800
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
Train from Padborg St. to Mölndal St.
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 59m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 950–1,400
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
- Phone
- 0550-875 61
- info@tagakeriet.se
- Website
- tagakeriet.se
Train from Göteborg Centralstation to Karlstad Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- kr 400–650
- Website
- https://www.tagakeriet.se/
Train from Linköping Centralstation to Karlstad Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- kr 460–750
- Website
- https://www.tagakeriet.se/
Train from Stockholm Centralstation to Karlstad Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 500–850
- Website
- https://www.tagakeriet.se/
- Phone
- +46 8 580 971 66
- kundservice@vrresa.se
- Website
- vrresa.se
Train from Göteborg Centralstation to Karlstad Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- kr 360–550
- Website
- https://vrresa.se/en
Train from Stockholm Centralstation to Karlstad Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- kr 480–700
- Website
- https://vrresa.se/en
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Basel Sbb to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 550–1,500
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- kr 1,200–1,500
- Couchette Carriage
- kr 850–1,000
- Seating Carriage
- kr 550–650
- 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
- kr 360–1,100
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–3,800
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +46 771-77 77 1
- bokningssupporten@oresundstag.se
- Website
- oresundstag.se
Train from Copenhagen Lufthavn to Göteborg Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 550–1,000
- Website
- https://www.oresundstag.se/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Lörrach Hbf to Lüneburg
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 29m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–1,300
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Basel SBB to Freiburg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 55–90
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Freiburg to Hamburg central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 600–1,100
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Jönköping
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 500–900
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +47 407 05070
- buss@vy.no
- Website
- vybuss.no
Bus from Jönköping Bus Station to Karlstad Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 500–900
- Website
- https://www.vybuss.com/
- Phone
- 0550-66 15 70
- Website
- bergslagstaget.se
Bus from Jönköping Bus Station to Karlstad Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- kr 1,458
- Website
- http://www.bergslagstaget.se/
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More Questions & Answers
Basel to Karlstad bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Freiburg station.
Basel to Karlstad train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Hamburg Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Basel to Karlstad is 1819 km. It takes approximately 17h 5m to drive from Basel to Karlstad.
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