There are 11 ways to get from Basel to Kuopio by train, plane, 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 to Kuopio
best- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Kuopio (KUO)ZRH - KUO
9h 33m€169–437Fly Basel to Kuopio
cheapest- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Kuopio (KUO)BSL - KUO
10h 3m€88–361Train, bus via Warsaw
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Take the bus from Frankfurt central train station to Warsaw, Bus Station West
- Take the bus from Warsaw Bus Station West to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2
- Take the train from Helsinki Central Station to Kuopio
44h 27m€162–423Drive 3,283.3 km
- Drive from Basel to Kuopio3,283.3 km
34h 1m€590–852Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Helsinki Airport, train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)ZRH - HEL
- Take the train from Tikkurila to Kuopio
11h 24m€144–413Train, train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Kuopio
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Bern
- Take the train from Bern to Genève-Aéroport
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Kuopio (KUO)GVA - KUO
12h 24m€226–535Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Joensuu Airport, bus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Joensuu Airport (JOE)ZRH - JOE
- Take the bus from Kaislakatu P to T
15h 30m€236–546Train, bus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe to Rīga
- Take the bus from Riga, Bus Station to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2
- Take the train from Pasila to Kuopio
2d€174–311Train, bus #2
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe to Rīga
- Take the bus from Riia to Pärnu bussijaam
- Take the bus from Parnu, Bus Station to Helsinki, Bus Station
- Take the bus from Hki linja-autoasema, 29 to T
2d 2h€183–398Bus
- Take the bus from Basel SBB to Zurich Bus Station
- Take the bus from Zurich Bus Station to Warsaw, Bus Station West
- Take the bus from Warsaw Bus Station West to Jyvaskyla Transport Center
- Take the bus from Jyvaskyla, Transport Center to Kuopio, Bus Station
2d 4h€438–663Drive, car train
- Drive from Basel to Würzburg Hbf
- Take the car train from Würzburg Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Drive from Hamburg Hbf to Kuopio
33h 45m€599–863
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Kuopio (KUO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Kuopio is to fly which costs €85 - €370 and takes 10h 3m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Kuopio is to train and fly which takes 9h 33m and costs €160 - €440.
No, there is no direct bus from Basel to Kuopio station. However, there are services departing from Basel SBB and arriving at Kuopio, Bus Station via Zurich Bus Station, Warsaw Bus Station West and Jyvaskyla, Transport Center. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 4h.
The distance between Basel and Kuopio is 2213 km. The road distance is 3283.3 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Kuopio without a car is to train and bus via Warsaw which takes 44h 27m and costs €160 - €430.
It takes approximately 9h 33m to get from Basel to Kuopio, including transfers.
Basel to Kuopio bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Basel SBB station.
The best way to get from Basel to Kuopio is to fly which takes 10h 3m and costs €85 - €370. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €430 - €700 and takes 2 days 4h.
Basel to Kuopio bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Zurich Bus Station.
Kuopio is 1h ahead of Basel. It is currently 12:00 AM in Basel and 1:00 AM in Kuopio.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Kuopio, Finland?
easyJet, Finnair, and two other airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to Kuopio (KUO) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Basel SBB to Kuopio, Bus Station via Zurich Bus Station, Warsaw Bus Station West, and Jyvaskyla, Transport Center in around 2d 4h.
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kuopio via Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–380
Flights from Basel to Kuopio via Berlin Brandenburg, Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–420
Flights from Basel to Kuopio via Hamburg, Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–420
Flights from Basel to Kuopio via Munich, Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €160–430
Flights from Basel to Kuopio via Copenhagen, Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–350
Flights from Basel to Kuopio via Stockholm, Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–350
Flights from Basel to Kuopio via Prague, Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–420
Flights from Zurich Airport to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–310
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Kuopio via Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–410
Flights from Zurich Airport to Joensuu Airport via Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €180–460
Flights from Zurich Airport to Joensuu Airport via Prague, Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €180–460
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Helsinki Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–260
- 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
- €21–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–50
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +358 0100 3232
- Website
- vr.fi
Train from Helsinki Central Station to Kuopio
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €17–70
- Website
- https://www.vr.fi/en/
Train from Tikkurila to Kuopio
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–70
- Website
- https://www.vr.fi/en/
Train from Pasila to Kuopio
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–70
- Website
- https://www.vr.fi/en/
- 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
- €95–120
- 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 Frankfurt central train station to Warsaw, Bus Station West
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Warsaw Bus Station West to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €60–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Riga, Bus Station to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Riia to Pärnu bussijaam
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–20
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Parnu, Bus Station to Helsinki, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–160
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Basel SBB to Zurich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–13
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Warsaw, Bus Station West
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €70–150
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Warsaw Bus Station West to Jyvaskyla Transport Center
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €350–490
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Jyvaskyla, Transport Center to Kuopio, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–11
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +358 20 1415500
- info@savonlinja.fi
- Website
- savonlinja.fi
Bus from Kaislakatu P to T
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €25–28
- Website
- https://savonlinja.fi/en/
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Karlsruhe to Rīga
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €90–120
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
Bus from Riia to Pärnu bussijaam
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €5–12
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
- Phone
- +372 680 0909
- info@luxexpress.eu
- Website
- luxexpress.eu
Bus from Riia to Pärnu bussijaam
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–18
- Website
- https://luxexpress.eu/en/
- peatus@agri.ee
- Website
- web.peatus.ee
Bus from Riia to Pärnu bussijaam
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €3–5
- Website
- https://web.peatus.ee/?locale=en
- Phone
- +358 0600 02010
- info@onnibus.com
- Website
- onnibus.com
Bus from Riia to Pärnu bussijaam
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- https://www.onnibus.com/home
Bus from Hki linja-autoasema, 29 to T
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €3–30
- Website
- https://www.onnibus.com/home
- Phone
- +38 (067) 467-44-00
- transtempo@ukr.net
- Website
- transtempo.ua
Bus from Riia to Pärnu bussijaam
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €26–30
- Schedules at
- transtempo.ua
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