There are 11 ways to get from Basel to Kaunas by plane, train, train (Trenitalia), 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 Vilnius to Kaunastrain
8h 49m$123–338Train
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain 12 / ...
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Pasewalk Bahnhoftrain 15
- Take the train from Pasewalk Bahnhof to Szczecin Glownytrain Re4
- Take the train from Szczecin Glowny to Mockavatrain Ic
- Take the train from Mockava to Kaunastrain 36 / ...
24h 35m$370–1,500Train, bus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain 12 / ...
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe to Kaunasbus
29h 41m$181–422Drive 1,745.6 km
- Drive from Basel to Kaunascar 1,745.6 km
15h 29m$352–509Train 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 Vilnius to Kaunastrain
8h 33m$169–439Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Riga International Airport, car
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane ZRH - RIX
- Drive from Riga Airport to Kaunas Airportcar
10h 51m$206–958Fly Basel to Kaunas
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Kaunas (KUN)plane BSL - KUN
7h 30m$135–206Train 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 33m$161–617Train, bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly to Kaunas
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airportbus
- Fly from Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) to Kaunas (KUN)plane BGY - KUN
11h 25m$139–744Bus
- Take the bus from Basel SBB to Munich central bus stationbus FlixBus N199 / ...
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to Kaunas, Bus Stationbus N1230
30h$189–313Car train, drive
- Take the car train from Lörrach Hbf to Lüneburgcartrain
- Drive from Lüneburg to Kaunascar
22h 47m$292–423
Basel to Kaunas by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Kaunas is to fly which costs $130 - $210 and takes 7h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Kaunas is to fly which takes 7h 30m and costs $130 - $210.
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 Munich central bus station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 30h.
No, there is no direct train from Basel to Kaunas. However, there are services departing from Basel Bad Bf and arriving at Kaunas via Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof, Pasewalk Bahnhof, Szczecin Glowny and Mockava. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 24h 35m.
The distance between Basel and Kaunas is 1573 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 35m and costs $370 - $1,500.
It takes approximately 8h 49m 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 35m and costs $370 - $1,500. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs $130 - $210 and takes 7h 30m, you could also bus, which costs $180 - $320 and takes 30h.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Kaunas, Lithuania?
You can take a train from Basel Bad Bf to Kaunas via Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof, Pasewalk Bahnhof, Szczecin Glowny, and Mockava in around 24h 35m. Alternatively, easyJet, Ryanair, and Wizz Air UK fly from Basel (BSL) to Kaunas (KUN) 3 times a week.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Vilnius Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Vilnius Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–260
Flights from Zurich Airport to Riga International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–280
Flights from Zurich Airport to Riga International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–240
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Basel to Vilnius Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $140–310
Flights from Basel to Kaunas via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $150–600
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kaunas via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 22m
- When
- Friday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $200–750
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kaunas via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $140–500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kaunas via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–750
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kaunas via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–500
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Kaunas
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–320
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Kaunas via Zadar
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $65–320
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Basel to Vilnius Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–310
Flights from Zurich Airport to Vilnius Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–370
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Basel to Vilnius Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–460
Flights from Zurich Airport to Vilnius Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–260
Flights from Zurich Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–240
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Vilnius Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–350
Flights from Zurich Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–240
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Basel to Kaunas via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kaunas via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–490
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Vilnius Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–460
- Phone
- +370 700 55 111
- informacija@ltglink.lt
- Website
- ltglink.lt
Train from Vilnius to Kaunas
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
Train from Mockava to Kaunas
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $6–9
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
Train from Vilnius to Kaunas
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–230
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Pasewalk Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $150–650
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–180
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $65–120
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- $85–120
- 2nd Class
- $65–90
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $60–95
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Pasewalk Bahnhof to Szczecin Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $11–20
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- sekretariat@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Szczecin Glowny to Mockava
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $150–600
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- 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
- $35–120
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $35–120
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $35–120
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $100–330
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lugano to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–100
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- 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
- $23–29
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- 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
- $110–140
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Karlsruhe to Kaunas
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $140–250
- Schedules at
- ecolines.net
- customerservices@terravision.eu
- Website
- terravision.eu
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $5–29
- Website
- https://www.terravision.eu/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Basel SBB to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–65
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Munich central bus station to Kaunas, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $150–250
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +370 5 210 4304
- info@ollex.lt
- Website
- ollex.lt
Car from Riga Airport to Kaunas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $45–550
- Website
- https://www.ollex.lt/en/express
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More Questions & Answers
Basel to Kaunas bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Munich central bus station.
Kaunas is 1h ahead of Basel. It is currently 8:12 AM in Basel and 9:12 AM in Kaunas.
Basel to Kaunas train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof station.
Yes, the driving distance between Basel to Kaunas is 1746 km. It takes approximately 15h 29m to drive from Basel to Kaunas.
Book your Basel to Kaunas bus tickets online with Omio and FlixBus.
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