There are 11 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)BSL - VNO
- Take the train from Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis to Kaunas
9h 10m$112–313Train, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof20 / ...
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe to Kaunas
29h 47m$87–218Train, bus via Rzepin
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe20 / ...
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhof12 / ...
- Take the train from S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhof to Rzepin95 / ...
- Take the train from Rzepin to Warszawa Centralna95
- Take the bus from Warsaw to Kaunas
20h 32m$224–454Bus
- Take the bus from Basel SBB to Nuremberg central bus stationFlixBus N872
- Take the bus from Nuremberg central bus station to Kaunas, Bus StationN1230 / ...
28h 5m$105–256Drive 1,746.2 km
- Drive from Basel to Kaunas1,746.2 km
15h 25m$352–509Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Kaunas
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Kaunas (KUN)ZRH - KUN
9h 48m$200–389Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Vilnius Airport, train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Vilnius Airport (VNO)ZRH - VNO
- Take the train from Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis to Kaunas
8h 16m$127–366Train to Frankfurt, fly to Vilnius Airport, train
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Vilnius Airport (VNO)FRA - VNO
- Take the train from Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis to Kaunas
9h 3m$141–444Fly Basel to Kaunas
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Kaunas (KUN)BSL - KUN
8h 17m$115–376Train
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe20 / ...
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhof12 / ...
- Take the train from S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhof to Rzepin95 / ...
- Take the train from Rzepin to Warszawa Centralna95
- Take the train from Warszawa Centralna to Kaunas144
23h 3m$224–454Car train, drive
- Take the car train from Lörrach Hbf to Hamburg Altona
- Drive from Hamburg Altona to Kaunas
24h 13m$292–1,233
Basel to Kaunas by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Kaunas is to bus which costs $100 - $260 and takes 28h 5m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Kaunas is to train and fly which takes 8h 16m and costs $120 - $370.
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 Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe, S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhof, Rzepin and Warszawa Centralna. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 23h 3m.
The distance between Basel and Kaunas is 1574 km. The road distance is 1746.2 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Kaunas without a car is to train and bus via Rzepin which takes 20h 32m and costs $220 - $460.
It takes approximately 9h 10m 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 bus which takes 28h 5m and costs $100 - $260. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs $110 - $380 and takes 8h 17m, you could also train, which costs $220 - $460 and takes 23h 3m.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Kaunas, Lithuania?
You can take a bus from Basel SBB to Kaunas, Bus Station via Nuremberg central bus station in around 28h 5m. Alternatively, Norwegian Air International, Ryanair, and two other airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to Kaunas (KUN) 6 times a week.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Basel to Vilnius Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–310
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kaunas via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–490
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kaunas via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kaunas via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–340
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
- $110–370
Flights from Basel to Kaunas via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–380
Flights from Basel to Kaunas via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–390
Flights from Basel to Kaunas via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $90–370
Flights from Basel to Kaunas via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $110–380
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Basel to Vilnius Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 13m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–260
Flights from Zurich Airport to Vilnius Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–440
Flights from Frankfurt to Vilnius Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Vilnius Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–460
Flights from Zurich Airport to Vilnius Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–410
Flights from Frankfurt to Vilnius Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–270
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Basel to Vilnius Airport via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–370
Flights from Basel to Vilnius Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–350
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kaunas via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–410
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Vilnius Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–440
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Vilnius Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–400
- 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 Warszawa Centralna to Kaunas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $25–35
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $60–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhof to Rzepin
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $23–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $95–150
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Rzepin to Warszawa Centralna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $72–73
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $25–50
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- 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
- $110–950
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- $440–550
- Car Compartment
- $750–950
- Phone
- +358 0600 02010
- info@onnibus.com
- Website
- onnibus.com
Bus from Warsaw to Kaunas
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $25–35
- Website
- https://www.onnibus.com/home
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
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–60
- 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
- $75–200
- 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 4:33 AM in Basel and 5:33 AM in Kaunas.
Basel to Kaunas train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe station.
Yes, the driving distance between Basel to Kaunas is 1746 km. It takes approximately 15h 25m to drive from Basel to Kaunas.
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