There are 8 ways to get from Basel to Kiruna by train, plane, bus, night train, 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 HB
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Kiruna Airport (KRN)ZRH - KRN
8h 46mkr 2,266–5,793Train
cheapest- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe20 / ...
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Hamburg Hbf20 / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Stockholm Centralstation344
- Take the train from Stockholm Centralstation to Kiruna station
36h 8mkr 2,023–5,896Bus, night train
- Take the bus from Basel SBB to Hamburg, Zentraler OmnibusbahnhofN33
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Arlanda Airport Terminal 4 & 5
- Take the night train from Arlanda Centralstation to Kiruna station
45h 8mTrain, night train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Hamburg Hbf20 / ...
- Take the night train from Hamburg Hauptbahnhof to Stockholm CentralstationNt
- Take the night train from Stockholm Centralstation to Kiruna station
37h 6mFly from Basel
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Kiruna Airport (KRN)BSL - KRN
9h 40mkr 2,033–5,902Train, train to Stuttgart Airport, fly
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Kiruna Airport (KRN)STR - KRN
11h 20mkr 2,603–6,946Drive 3,078.9 km
- Drive from Basel to Kiruna3,078.9 km
31h 30mkr 5,697–8,229Drive, car train
- Drive from Basel to Würzburg Hbf
- Take the car train from Würzburg Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Drive from Hamburg Hbf to Kiruna
31h 14mkr 5,594–8,303
Basel to Kiruna by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Kiruna is to train which costs 2000 kr - 6000 kr and takes 36h 8m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Kiruna is to train and fly which takes 8h 46m and costs 2200 kr - 6000 kr.
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 Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe, Hamburg Hbf and Stockholm Centralstation. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 36h 8m.
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 which takes 36h 8m and costs 2000 kr - 6000 kr.
It takes approximately 8h 46m to get from Basel to Kiruna, including transfers.
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 36h 8m and costs 2000 kr - 6000 kr. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs 2000 kr - 6000 kr and takes 9h 40m.
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 30m to drive from Basel to Kiruna.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Kiruna, Sweden?
You can take a train from Basel Bad Bf to Kiruna station via Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe, Hamburg Hbf, and Stockholm Centralstation in around 36h 8m. Alternatively, Norwegian Air International, Scandinavian Airlines, and four other airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to Kiruna Airport (KRN) twice daily.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kiruna Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 8m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–5,500
Flights from Basel to Kiruna Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–5,000
Flights from Basel to Kiruna Airport via Frankfurt, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,500–6,500
Flights from Basel to Kiruna Airport via Berlin Brandenburg, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–6,000
Flights from Basel to Kiruna Airport via Munich, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,500–6,500
Flights from Basel to Kiruna Airport via Hamburg, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–6,000
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Kiruna Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–4,800
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Kiruna Airport via Copenhagen, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,800–4,700
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Kiruna Airport via Frankfurt, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,600–6,500
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kiruna Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 7m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–4,200
- 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
- kr 230–450
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/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
- kr 550–1,300
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 320–1,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 750–2,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 240–650
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 190–310
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +46 77 175 75 75
- kundservice@sj.se
- Website
- sj.se
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Stockholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 470–900
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
Train from Stockholm Centralstation to Kiruna station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 650–1,900
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- snalltaget@snalltaget.se
- Website
- snalltaget.se
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Stockholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 18m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 500–1,700
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
Night train from Hamburg Hauptbahnhof to Stockholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 18m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 700–1,100
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
- Phone
- +46 77 175 75 75
- Website
- sj.se
Night train from Arlanda Centralstation to Kiruna station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en
Night train from Stockholm Centralstation to Kiruna station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Basel SBB to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 49m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 1,800–2,700
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 300–430
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- service@gabw-bahn.de
- Website
- go-ahead-bw.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 150–290
- Schedules at
- go-ahead-bw.de
- 2nd Class Ticket
- kr 150–190
- 1st Class Ticket
- kr 200–290
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 75–340
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 7821 9960770
- info@sweg.de
- Website
- sweg.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- sweg.de
- 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
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Basel SBB to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 650–950
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Arlanda Airport Terminal 4 & 5
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 18m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 550–800
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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