There are 9 ways to get from Basel to Kiruna by train, plane, night train, bus, car, or car train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Zurich Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Kiruna Airport (KRN)plane ZRH - KRN
8h 47mkr 2,173–6,956Fly from Basel
cheapest- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Kiruna Airport (KRN)plane BSL - KRN
8h 58mkr 2,037–4,206Train, night train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Hamburg Hbftrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg Hauptbahnhof to Stockholm Centralstationtrain Ic
- Take the night train from Stockholm Centralstation to Kiruna stationnighttrain
35h 11mkr 4,520–9,039Bus
- Take the bus from Mulhouse to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Stockholm, Cityterminalenbus N32
- Take the bus from Stockholm, Cityterminalen to Umeå Busstationbus
- Take the bus from Umeå Centralstation to Kiruna stationbus 991
2d 6hNight train, bus
- Take the night train from Basel Sbb to Hamburg Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Arlanda Airport Terminal 4 & 5bus
- Take the night train from Arlanda Centralstation to Kiruna stationnighttrain
42h 40mkr 2,838–5,398Train, train to Geneva International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Renens VDtrain
- Take the train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Kiruna Airport (KRN)plane GVA - KRN
13h 11mkr 2,995–7,780Train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Hamburg Hbftrain 25 / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Stockholm Centraltrain Ic
- Take the train from Stockholm Centralstation to Kiruna stationtrain
36h 25mkr 4,454–8,455Drive 3,078.9 km
- Drive from Basel to Kirunacar 3,078.9 km
31h 41mkr 5,806–8,386Drive, car train
- Drive from Basel to Würzburg Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Würzburg Hbf to Hamburg Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Hamburg Hbf to Kirunacar
31h 25mkr 5,608–8,322
Basel to Kiruna by train and night train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Kiruna is to fly which costs 2000 kr - 4300 kr and takes 8h 58m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Kiruna is to train and fly which takes 8h 47m and costs 2100 kr - 7000 kr.
No, there is no direct bus from Basel to Kiruna station. However, there are services departing from Basel, Brausebad and arriving at Kiruna station via Basel Euroairport FR, Mulhouse, Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof, Stockholm, Cityterminalen and Umeå Centralstation. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 6h.
No, there is no direct train from Basel to Kiruna station. However, there are services departing from Basel SBB and arriving at Kiruna station via Hamburg Hauptbahnhof and Stockholm Centralstation. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 35h 11m.
The distance between Basel and Kiruna is 2469 km. The road distance is 3078.9 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Kiruna without a car is to train and night train which takes 35h 11m and costs 4500 kr - 9500 kr.
It takes approximately 8h 47m to get from Basel to Kiruna, including transfers.
Basel to Kiruna bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Mulhouse station.
Basel to Kiruna train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Basel SBB station.
The best way to get from Basel to Kiruna is to bus which takes 2 days 6h and costs . Alternatively, you can fly, which costs 2000 kr - 4300 kr and takes 8h 58m, you could also train, which costs 4400 kr - 8500 kr and takes 36h 25m.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Kiruna, Sweden?
You can take a bus from Basel, Brausebad to Kiruna station via Basel EuroAirport, Abflug, Basel Euroairport FR, Mulhouse, Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof, Stockholm, Cityterminalen, Umeå Busstation, and Umeå Centralstation in around 2d 6h. Alternatively, Norwegian Air International, Scandinavian Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to Kiruna Airport (KRN) once daily.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kiruna Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–6,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kiruna Airport via Gothenburg, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–6,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Kiruna Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 48m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,500–6,500
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Kiruna Airport via Copenhagen, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,800–4,300
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Kiruna Airport via Zurich Airport, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,500–6,500
Flights from Basel to Kiruna Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–5,500
Flights from Basel to Kiruna Airport via Frankfurt, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,800–7,500
Flights from Basel to Kiruna Airport via Munich, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,900–8,000
Flights from Basel to Kiruna Airport via Copenhagen, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,500–4,600
Flights from Basel to Kiruna Airport via Hamburg, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,700–7,000
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kiruna Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–6,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kiruna Airport via Berlin Brandenburg, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–4,800
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Kiruna Airport via Zurich Airport, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,500–6,500
Flights from Basel to Kiruna Airport via Frankfurt, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,800–7,500
Flights from Basel to Kiruna Airport via Berlin Brandenburg, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–5,500
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kiruna Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 32m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–4,100
- 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 330–1,000
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 650–2,000
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 230–700
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel SBB to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 1,600–3,700
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–2,300
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 550–1,400
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Basel SBB to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 1,800–2,700
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- snalltaget@snalltaget.se
- Website
- snalltaget.se
Train from Hamburg Hauptbahnhof to Stockholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–2,000
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Stockholm Central
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–2,000
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
- Phone
- +46 77 175 75 75
- kundservice@sj.se
- Website
- sj.se
Train from Hamburg Hauptbahnhof to Stockholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 1,500–2,600
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
Train from Stockholm Centralstation to Kiruna station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 1,700–2,800
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
- Phone
- +46 77 175 75 75
- Website
- sj.se
Night train from Stockholm Centralstation to Kiruna station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 1,700–2,800
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en
Night train from Arlanda Centralstation to Kiruna station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 1,600–2,700
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Basel Sbb to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 37m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 500–1,400
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- kr 1,100–1,400
- Couchette Carriage
- kr 850–1,000
- Seating Carriage
- kr 500–650
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Würzburg Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–1,300
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Mulhouse to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 600–1,100
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Stockholm, Cityterminalen
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 850–1,600
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Arlanda Airport Terminal 4 & 5
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 700–1,300
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +46 77 133 44 44
- Website
- ybuss.se
Bus from Stockholm, Cityterminalen to Umeå Busstation
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 900–1,500
- Website
- Y-buss
- Phone
- +46 970 248 00
- info@falcksomnibus.se
- Website
- falcksomnibus.se
Bus from Umeå Centralstation to Kiruna station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Falcks Omnibus
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More Questions & Answers
Basel to Kiruna bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof station.
Basel to Kiruna train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe 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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