There are 10 ways to get from Basel to Kaunas by plane, train, bus, car, or car train
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Fly Basel to Vilnius Airport, train
best- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Vilnius Airport (VNO)plane BSL - VNO
- Take the train from Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis to Kaunastrain
9h 2m$97–313Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Basel SBB to Nuremberg central bus stationbus FlixBus N872
- Take the bus from Nuremberg central bus station to Kaunas, Bus Stationbus N1230
28h 5m$87–152Train
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurttrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Pasewalktrain 15
- Take the train from Pasewalk to Szczecin Glownytrain Re4
- Take the train from Szczecin Glowny to Mockavatrain Ic
- Take the train from Mockava Station to Kaunastrain 24
24h 25m$197–447Drive 1,745.6 km
- Drive from Basel to Kaunascar 1,745.6 km
15h 27m$352–509Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Kaunas
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Kaunas (KUN)plane ZRH - KUN
9h 49m$201–387Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Vilnius Airport, train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Vilnius Airport (VNO)plane ZRH - VNO
- Take the train from Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis to Kaunastrain
8h 17m$128–354Train to Frankfurt, fly to Vilnius Airport, train
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Vilnius Airport (VNO)plane FRA - VNO
- Take the train from Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis to Kaunastrain
9h 3m$146–373Fly Basel to Kaunas
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Kaunas (KUN)plane BSL - KUN
8h 19m$105–386Train, bus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain 20 / ...
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe to Kaunasbus
29h 47m$87–209Car train, drive
- Take the car train from Lörrach Hbf to Hamburg Altonacartrain
- Drive from Hamburg Altona to Kaunascar
24h 1m$302–1,233
Basel to Kaunas by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Kaunas is to bus which costs $85 - $160 and takes 28h 5m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Kaunas is to train and fly which takes 8h 17m and costs $120 - $360.
No, there is no direct bus from Basel to Kaunas station. However, there are services departing from Basel SBB and arriving at Kaunas, Bus Station via Nuremberg central bus station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 28h 5m.
No, there is no direct train from Basel to Kaunas. However, there are services departing from Basel Bad Bf and arriving at Kaunas via Frankfurt, Pasewalk, Szczecin Glowny and Mockava Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 24h 25m.
The distance between Basel and Kaunas is 1575 km. The road distance is 1745.6 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Kaunas without a car is to train which takes 24h 25m and costs $190 - $450.
It takes approximately 9h 2m to get from Basel to Kaunas, including transfers.
Basel to Kaunas bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Basel SBB station.
Basel to Kaunas train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Basel Bad Bf station.
The best way to get from Basel to Kaunas is to train which takes 24h 25m and costs $190 - $450. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $85 - $160 and takes 28h 5m, you could also fly, which costs $100 - $390 and takes 8h 19m.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Kaunas, Lithuania?
You can take a train from Basel Bad Bf to Kaunas via Frankfurt, Pasewalk, Szczecin Glowny, and Mockava Station in around 24h 25m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Basel SBB to Kaunas, Bus Station via Nuremberg central bus station in around 28h 5m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Basel to Vilnius Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $95–490
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kaunas via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–450
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kaunas via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–480
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kaunas via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–330
Flights from Basel to Kaunas via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–480
Flights from Basel to Kaunas via Zadar
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $100–380
Flights from Basel to Kaunas via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–400
Flights from Basel to Kaunas via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $95–390
Flights from Basel to Kaunas via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–390
Flights from Basel to Kaunas via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $100–380
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Vilnius Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–450
Flights from Zurich Airport to Vilnius Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–380
Flights from Frankfurt to Vilnius Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–390
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Basel to Vilnius Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–250
Flights from Zurich Airport to Vilnius Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–290
Flights from Frankfurt to Vilnius Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–480
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Basel to Vilnius Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–340
Flights from Basel to Vilnius Airport via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–370
Flights from Basel to Vilnius Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $100–320
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kaunas via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–410
Flights from Zurich Airport to Vilnius Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–190
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Vilnius Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $85–340
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Vilnius Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–360
- Phone
- +370 700 55 111
- informacija@ltglink.lt
- Website
- ltglink.lt
Train from Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis to Kaunas
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $7–16
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
Train from Mockava Station to Kaunas
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $7–20
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Pasewalk
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $110–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–60
- 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
- $130–230
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $26–50
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Pasewalk to Szczecin Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $12–18
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Szczecin Glowny to Mockava
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- 2nd Class
- $30–45
- 1st Class
- $40–50
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Lörrach Hbf to Hamburg Altona
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $120–950
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- $450–550
- Car Compartment
- $750–950
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Basel SBB to Nuremberg central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $26–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Nuremberg central bus station to Kaunas, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $60–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Karlsruhe to Kaunas
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $55–150
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
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More Questions & Answers
Basel to Kaunas bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Nuremberg central bus station.
Kaunas is 1h ahead of Basel. It is currently 3:20 AM in Basel and 4:20 AM in Kaunas.
Basel to Kaunas train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Frankfurt station.
Yes, the driving distance between Basel to Kaunas is 1746 km. It takes approximately 15h 27m to drive from Basel to Kaunas.
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