There are 9 ways to get from Basel to Kiruna by train, plane, bus, night train, car, or car train
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Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Kiruna Airport
best- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Kiruna Airport (KRN)plane ZRH - KRN
9h 56mkr 2,126–5,586Train
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurttrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Neumünstertrain 22 / ...
- Take the train from Neumünster St. to Stockholm Ctrain 083 / ...
- Take the train from Stockholm Centralstation to Boden C/Resecentrumtrain 94
- Take the train from Boden C/Resecentrum to Kiruna stationtrain 98
38h 9mkr 4,560–7,158Bus
- Take the bus from Basel SBB to Strasbourgbus
- Take the bus from Strasbourg to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhofbus 198
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Stockholm, Cityterminalenbus
- Take the bus from Stockholm, Cityterminalen to Törebus
- Take the bus from Töre busstation to Sjukhusetbus 10
2d 2hkr 3,244–4,617Train, night train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Hamburg Hbftrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Malmö Ctrain 083 / ...
- Take the nighttrain from Malmö Centralstation to Kiruna stationnighttrain Nt
38h 12mkr 4,812–6,409Fly Basel to Kiruna Airport
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Kiruna Airport (KRN)plane BSL - KRN
11h 28mkr 2,507–11,147Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes, bus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes (EVE)plane ZRH - EVE
- Take the bus from Harstad/Narvik lufthavn to Bromsgårdbus
- Take the bus from Narvik Bromsgård to Sjukhusetbus
12h 13mkr 2,286–6,576Night train
- Take the nighttrain from Basel Sbb to Hamburg-Altonanighttrain Nj
- Take the nighttrain from Hamburg-Altona to Lund Centralstationnighttrain En
- Take the nighttrain from Lund Centralstation to Kiruna stationnighttrain Nt
41h 50mDrive 3,078.8 km
- Drive from Basel to Kirunacar 3,078.8 km
31h 41mkr 6,995–10,103Car train, drive
- Take the cartrain from Lörrach Hbf to Lüneburgcartrain
- Drive from Lüneburg to Kirunacar
36h 18mkr 5,827–8,339
Basel to Kiruna by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Kiruna is to fly which costs 2500 kr - 12000 kr and takes 11h 28m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Kiruna is to train and fly which takes 9h 56m and costs 2100 kr - 6000 kr.
No, there is no direct bus from Basel to Kiruna. However, there are services departing from Basel SBB and arriving at Sjukhuset via Strasbourg, Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof, Stockholm, Cityterminalen and Töre busstation. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 2h.
No, there is no direct train from Basel to Kiruna station. However, there are services departing from Basel Bad Bf and arriving at Kiruna station via Frankfurt, Neumünster St., Stockholm Centralstation and Boden C/Resecentrum. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 38h 9m.
The distance between Basel and Kiruna is 2467 km. The road distance is 3078.8 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Kiruna without a car is to train which takes 38h 9m and costs 4500 kr - 7500 kr.
It takes approximately 9h 56m to get from Basel to Kiruna, including transfers.
Basel to Kiruna bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Basel SBB station.
Basel to Kiruna train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Basel Bad Bf station.
The best way to get from Basel to Kiruna is to train which takes 38h 9m and costs 4500 kr - 7500 kr. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs 3200 kr - 4700 kr and takes 2 days 2h, you could also fly, which costs 2500 kr - 12000 kr and takes 11h 28m.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Kiruna, Sweden?
You can take a train from Basel Bad Bf to Kiruna station via Frankfurt, Neumünster St., Stockholm Centralstation, and Boden C/Resecentrum in around 38h 9m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Basel SBB to Sjukhuset via Strasbourg, Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof, Stockholm, Cityterminalen, and Töre busstation in around 2d 2h.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kiruna Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–4,800
Flights from Basel to Kiruna Airport via Berlin Brandenburg, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 2,500–4,500
Flights from Basel to Kiruna Airport via Copenhagen, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–4,300
Flights from Basel to Kiruna Airport via Munich, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 22m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Sunday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,900–6,500
Flights from Basel to Kiruna Airport via Frankfurt, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,900–6,500
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kiruna Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 950–4,100
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–3,200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–3,100
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–5,500
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 850–3,800
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–4,100
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 320–500
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 320–500
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 600–1,300
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Neumünster
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–2,200
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel SBB to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 1,500–3,200
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- snalltaget@snalltaget.se
- Website
- Snälltåget
Train from Neumünster St. to Stockholm C
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 1,454
- Website
- Snälltåget
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Malmö C
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 736
- Website
- Snälltåget
Night train from Malmö Centralstation to Kiruna station
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- kr 2,512
- Website
- Snälltåget
Night train from Lund Centralstation to Kiruna station
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- kr 2,490
- Website
- Snälltåget
- Phone
- +46 77 175 75 75
- Website
- Swedish Railways (SJ)
Train from Stockholm Centralstation to Boden C/Resecentrum
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–1,800
- Website
- Swedish Railways (SJ)
Train from Boden C/Resecentrum to Kiruna station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 300–450
- Website
- Swedish Railways (SJ)
- Phone
- 0771-444 111
- servicecenter@vy.se
- Website
- Vy Norrtåg
Train from Boden C/Resecentrum to Kiruna station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 480
- Schedules at
- Vy Norrtåg
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Basel SBB to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 1,800–2,700
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Basel Sbb to Hamburg-Altona
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 500–1,500
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- kr 1,200–1,500
- Couchette Carriage
- kr 850–1,000
- Seating Carriage
- kr 500–650
Night train from Hamburg-Altona to Lund Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- BahnTouristikExpress GmbH
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Lörrach Hbf to Lüneburg
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 22m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–1,300
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Basel SBB to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 130–200
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Strasbourg to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 700–1,100
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Stockholm, Cityterminalen
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 950–1,500
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +46 922-129 55
- info@tapanis.se
- Website
- Tapanis Buss
Bus from Stockholm, Cityterminalen to Töre
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–1,300
- Website
- Tapanis Buss
Bus from Töre busstation to Sjukhuset
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 460–520
- Book at
- resrobot.se
- Online fare
- kr 460–520
- Phone
- (+47) 22 31 31 50
- kundeservice@nor-way.no
- Website
- Nor-Way Bussekspress
Bus from Harstad/Narvik lufthavn to Bromsgård
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 240–340
- Website
- Nor-Way Bussekspress
- Phone
- +47 910 09 600
- Website
- Nordland fylkeskommune
Bus from Harstad/Narvik lufthavn to Bromsgård
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 80–120
- Website
- Nordland fylkeskommune
- Phone
- +46 980 124 00
- info@kirunabuss.se
- Website
- Kiruna Buss Ab
Bus from Narvik Bromsgård to Sjukhuset
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 550–850
- Schedules at
- Kiruna Buss Ab
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Booking & Getting There
Basel to Kiruna bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Strasbourg station.
Basel to Kiruna train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Frankfurt station.
Yes, the driving distance between Basel to Kiruna is 3079 km. It takes approximately 31h 41m to drive from Basel to Kiruna.
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