There are 9 ways to get from Basel to Kirkenes by train, plane, bus, car, car ferry, or car train
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Train to Zurich Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Kirkenes Airport (KKN)plane ZRH - KKN
11h 24mkr 1,642–6,288Fly from Basel
cheapest- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Kirkenes Airport (KKN)plane BSL - KKN
11h 31mkr 1,492–5,817Bus
- Take the bus from Mulhouse to Warsaw, Bus Station Westbus
- Take the bus from Warsaw, Bus Station West to Rovaniemi, SantaClaus Village Napapiiribus
- Take the bus from Napapiiri Sodankyläntie I to Hotel Tunturibus
- Take the bus from Saariselkä to Kirkenesbus
2d 19hTrain, bus, drive
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Magdeburg Hbftrain 12
- Take the bus from Magdeburg to Minsk Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Minsk Pas to Murmansktrain
- Take the bus from Murmansk Bus station to Zapolyarnybus 211
- Drive from Zapolyarny to Kirkenescar
3d 1hkr 4,154–8,848Train, bus, car ferry
- Take the train from Basel SBB to S Südkreuz Bhftrain 12N
- Take the bus from Berlin Südkreuz train station to Oslo bussterminalbus
- Take the bus from Oslo bussterminal to Geirangerbus
- Take the car ferry from Geiranger ferjekai to Kirkenes kystrutekaicarferry Hur
6d 9hkr 9,010–22,358Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Kirkenes Airport (KKN)plane MXP - KKN
14h 14mkr 1,538–5,822Train, bus
- Take the train from Weil am Rhein Bahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain Re7
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe to Rīgabus
- Take the bus from Riga, Bus Station to Rovaniemi, SantaClaus Village Napapiiribus
- Take the bus from Napapiiri Sodankyläntie I to Tunturikeskus Kiilopääbus
- Take the bus from Kiilopää to Kirkenesbus
2d 20hkr 7,909–11,300Drive 3,434.8 km
- Drive from Basel to Kirkenescar 3,434.8 km
37h 2mkr 6,904–9,972Car train, drive
- Take the car train from Lörrach Hbf to Lüneburgcartrain
- Drive from Lüneburg to Kirkenescar
40h 45mkr 6,022–9,332
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Kirkenes Airport (KKN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Kirkenes is to train and fly which costs kr 1500 - kr 6000 and takes 14h 14m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Kirkenes is to train and fly which takes 11h 24m and costs kr 1600 - kr 6500.
No, there is no direct bus from Basel to Kirkenes. However, there are services departing from Basel, Brausebad and arriving at Kirkenes via Basel Euroairport FR, Mulhouse, Warsaw, Bus Station West, Napapiiri Sodankyläntie I and Saariselkä. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 19h.
The distance between Basel and Kirkenes is 2848 km. The road distance is 3434.8 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Kirkenes without a car is to bus which takes 2 days 19h and costs .
It takes approximately 11h 24m to get from Basel to Kirkenes, including transfers.
Basel to Kirkenes bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Mulhouse station.
The best way to get from Basel to Kirkenes is to bus which takes 2 days 19h and costs . Alternatively, you can fly, which costs kr 1400 - kr 6000 and takes 11h 31m.
Basel to Kirkenes bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Warsaw, Bus Station West.
Yes, the driving distance between Basel to Kirkenes is 3435 km. It takes approximately 37h 2m to drive from Basel to Kirkenes.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Kirkenes, Norway?
You can take a bus from Basel, Brausebad to Kirkenes via Basel EuroAirport, Abflug, Basel Euroairport FR, Mulhouse, Warsaw, Bus Station West, Rovaniemi, SantaClaus Village Napapiiri, Napapiiri Sodankyläntie I, and Saariselkä in around 2d 19h. Alternatively, Lufthansa, Finnair, and five other airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to Kirkenes Airport (KKN) once daily.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 31m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,600–6,500
Flights from Basel to Kirkenes Airport via Copenhagen, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 22m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,800–6,500
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–4,400
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,600–6,500
Flights from Basel to Kirkenes Airport via Hamburg, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Sunday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,700–6,500
Flights from Basel to Kirkenes Airport via Berlin Brandenburg, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,800–6,500
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–4,400
- Website
- wideroe.no
Flights from Basel to Kirkenes Airport via Stockholm, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–5,500
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–2,600
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Basel to Kirkenes Airport via Frankfurt, Ivalo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 2,100–7,500
- 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 350–1,000
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–2,900
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel SBB to Magdeburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 27m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- kr 1,500–3,700
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 1,800–4,400
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Weil am Rhein Bahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 370–900
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Minsk Pas to Murmansk
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 10m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- kr 950–1,800
- Website
- https://www.rw.by/
- Website
- https://pass.rw.by/ru/
- Website
- https://pass.rw.by/ru/
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- kr 950–1,100
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- kr 1,500–1,800
- 1nd Class (SW)
- kr 2,600–3,600
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Basel SBB to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 2,000–2,900
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/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
- kr 210–280
- 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
- kr 65–85
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Weil am Rhein Bahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 430–650
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/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 1,000–1,300
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Mulhouse to Warsaw, Bus Station West
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–1,900
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Warsaw, Bus Station West to Rovaniemi, SantaClaus Village Napapiiri
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 1,500–2,700
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Berlin Südkreuz train station to Oslo bussterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 800–1,400
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Riga, Bus Station to Rovaniemi, SantaClaus Village Napapiiri
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 950–1,700
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Napapiiri Sodankyläntie I to Hotel Tunturi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Schedules at
- mikkeli.fi
- Phone
- +358 40 179 6069
- sales@visitinari.fi
- Website
- visitinari.fi
Bus from Saariselkä to Kirkenes
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 4,800–5,300
- Schedules at
- visitinari.fi
Bus from Kiilopää to Kirkenes
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 5,100–5,500
- Schedules at
- visitinari.fi
- Phone
- +375 (29) 148-41-31
- info@vt.by
- Website
- vt.by
Bus from Magdeburg to Minsk Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 1,500–3,200
- Schedules at
- vt.by
- Website
- route51.ru
Bus from Murmansk Bus station to Zapolyarny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 39
- Schedules at
- route51.ru
- Phone
- +47 407 05070
- buss@vy.no
- Website
- vybuss.no
Bus from Oslo bussterminal to Geiranger
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 850–1,600
- Website
- https://www.vybuss.com/
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Karlsruhe to Rīga
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–2,600
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
- Phone
- +358 (0) 16 3422 160
- Website
- eskelisen.fi
Bus from Napapiiri Sodankyläntie I to Tunturikeskus Kiilopää
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 470–550
- Website
- https://www.eskelisen.fi/en/
- Phone
- +358 0600 02010
- info@onnibus.com
- Website
- onnibus.com
Bus from Napapiiri Sodankyläntie I to Tunturikeskus Kiilopää
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 150–220
- Website
- https://www.onnibus.com/home
- Phone
- +442039 935 562
- book@hurtigruten.com
- Website
- hurtigruten.com
Car ferry from Geiranger ferjekai to Kirkenes kystrutekai
- Ave. Duration
- 4d 18h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 9,000–15,000
- Website
- https://www.hurtigruten.com
- Phone
- +47 70 00 70 70
- kystruten@havila.no
- Website
- havilavoyages.com
Car ferry from Geiranger ferjekai to Kirkenes kystrutekai
- Ave. Duration
- 4d 18h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 5,500–6,500
- Website
- https://www.havilavoyages.com/
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