There are 10 ways to get from Basel to Lofoten by train, plane, bus, night train, car, ferry, or car train
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Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes, bus
best- 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 Lyngvær østbus
11h 48mkr 2,005–5,391Train, night train, bus
- 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 Narvik stasjonnighttrain
- Take the bus from Bromsgård to Lyngvær østbus 300
44h 29mkr 5,400–10,477Night train, bus
- Take the night train from Basel Sbb to Berlin Suedkreuznighttrain Nj
- Take the bus from Berlin Südkreuz train station to Arlanda Airport Terminal 5bus N32
- Take the night train from Arlanda Centralstation to Narvik stasjonnighttrain
- Take the bus from Bromsgård to Lyngvær østbus 300
2d 8hkr 3,735–6,729Drive 3,475.1 km
- Drive from Basel to Lofotencar 3,475.1 km
37h 11mkr 7,100–10,255Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Svolvær Airport, Helle
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Svolvær Airport, Helle (SVJ)plane ZRH - SVJ
14h 6mkr 3,140–7,656Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Bodø Airport, ferry
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Bodø Airport (BOO)plane ZRH - BOO
- Take the ferry from Bodø hurtigbåtkai to Svolvær hurtigbåtkaiferry
14h 47mFly Basel to Bodø Airport, ferry
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Bodø Airport (BOO)plane BSL - BOO
- Take the ferry from Bodø hurtigbåtkai to Svolvær hurtigbåtkaiferry
13h 17mTrain to Zurich Airport, fly to Leknes, bus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Leknes (LKN)plane ZRH - LKN
- Take the bus from Lufthavnveien kryss to Lyngvær østbus
12h 31mkr 2,445–6,661Train, bus
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbftrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Stockholm Centraltrain Ic
- Take the train from Stockholm Centralstation to Narvik stationtrain
- Take the bus from Bromsgård to Lyngvær østbus 300
44h 36mkr 5,431–10,188Drive, car train
- Drive from Basel to Würzburg Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Würzburg Hbf to Hamburg Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Hamburg Hbf to Lofotencar
36h 54mkr 6,719–10,338
Basel to Lofoten by train, night train, bus, and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Lofoten is to train and fly and bus which costs kr 2000 - kr 5500 and takes 11h 48m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Lofoten is to train and fly and bus which takes 11h 48m and costs kr 2000 - kr 5500.
The distance between Basel and Lofoten is 2680 km. The road distance is 3475.1 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Lofoten without a car is to train and night train and bus which takes 44h 29m and costs kr 5000 - kr 11000.
It takes approximately 11h 48m to get from Basel to Lofoten, including transfers.
Yes, the driving distance between Basel to Lofoten is 3475 km. It takes approximately 37h 11m to drive from Basel to Lofoten.
There are 35+ hotels available in Lofoten.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Lofoten, Norway?
There is no direct connection from Basel to Lofoten. However, you can take the train to Zürich HB, take the train to Zürich Flughafen, walk to Zurich Airport (ZRH) airport, fly to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes (EVE), walk to Harstad/Narvik lufthavn, take the bus to Lyngvær øst, then walk to Lofoten. Alternatively, you can take a train from Basel SBB to Lofoten via Hamburg Hbf, Hamburg Hauptbahnhof, Stockholm Centralstation, Stockholm Centralstation, Narvik stasjon, Bromsgård, and Lyngvær øst in around 44h 29m.
- Website
- wideroe.no
Flights from Zurich Airport to Svolvær Airport, Helle via Oslo, Bodø Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 3m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 2,500–7,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Svolvær Airport, Helle via Munich, Bodø Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–4,800
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bodø Airport via Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- kr 2,100–6,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Leknes via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–5,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Leknes via Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 2,700–8,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Leknes via Frankfurt, Bodø Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–4,800
Flights from Zurich Airport to Leknes via Munich, Bodø Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,500–4,900
Flights from Zurich Airport to Leknes via Oslo, Bodø Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–5,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–4,400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–4,300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Svolvær Airport, Helle via Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 2,600–8,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bodø Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–3,900
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bodø Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 7m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–3,800
Flights from Basel to Bodø Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–4,400
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 52m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–3,900
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bodø Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 950–4,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bodø Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–4,500
Flights from Basel to Bodø Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–4,700
Flights from Basel to Bodø Airport via Hamburg, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–4,700
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- kr 2,300–6,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes via Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 2,300–7,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–5,500
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bodø Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–3,800
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Basel to Bodø Airport via Hamburg, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–4,500
- 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 340–950
- 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 1,800–4,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 500–1,200
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–2,800
- 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 1,400–2,200
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Stockholm Central
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–2,200
- 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
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 1,600–3,000
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
Train from Stockholm Centralstation to Narvik station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 2,000–3,600
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
- Phone
- +46 77 175 75 75
- kundservice@sj.se
- Website
- sj.se
Night train from Stockholm Centralstation to Narvik stasjon
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 1,900–3,100
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en
Night train from Arlanda Centralstation to Narvik stasjon
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 1,900–3,100
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Basel Sbb to Berlin Suedkreuz
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 57m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 500–1,500
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- kr 1,200–1,500
- Couchette Carriage
- kr 850–1,000
- Seating Carriage
- kr 500–650
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 600–1,100
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 600–1,200
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- kr 800–1,200
- 2nd Class
- kr 600–850
- 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
- +47 910 09 600
- Website
- reisnordland.no
Bus from Harstad/Narvik lufthavn to Lyngvær øst
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 230–330
- Website
- https://www.reisnordland.no/
Bus from Bromsgård to Lyngvær øst
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 300–420
- Website
- https://www.reisnordland.no/
Bus from Lufthavnveien kryss to Lyngvær øst
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 70–100
- Website
- https://www.reisnordland.no/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Berlin Südkreuz train station to Arlanda Airport Terminal 5
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–1,800
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +47 910 09 600
- Website
- reisnordland.no
Ferry from Bodø hurtigbåtkai to Svolvær hurtigbåtkai
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.reisnordland.no/
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