There are 5 ways to get from Basel to Svalbard by plane or train
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Fly from Basel
best- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR)plane BSL - LYR
18h 37m$195–766Train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR)plane FRA - LYR
18h 50m$364–620Train, train to Stuttgart Airport, fly
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbftrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR)plane STR - LYR
24h 32m$483–677Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR)plane MXP - LYR
29h 9m$291–604Train to Zurich Airport, fly
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR)plane ZRH - LYR
12h 33m$309–617
Basel (BSL) to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Svalbard is to train and fly which costs $300 - $650 and takes 12h 33m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Svalbard is to train and fly which takes 12h 33m and costs $300 - $650.
The distance between Basel and Svalbard is 3436 km.
It takes approximately 18h 37m to get from Basel to Svalbard, including transfers.
There are 17+ hotels available in Svalbard.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Svalbard, SJ?
Norwegian Air Shuttle, Scandinavian Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR) 6 times a week.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Basel to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Basel to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Frankfurt, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Basel to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Copenhagen, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Frankfurt to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–460
Flights from Frankfurt to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Copenhagen, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $300–460
Flights from Frankfurt to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Stockholm, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Copenhagen, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Oslo, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Stockholm, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $130–650
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 52m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–460
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Oslo, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $250–460
Flights from Zurich Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from Zurich Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from Zurich Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Copenhagen, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from Zurich Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Stockholm, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $150–600
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–650
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Oslo, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–650
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $26–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $15–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/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
- $30–50
- 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
- $16–35
- Schedules at
- go-ahead-bw.de
- 2nd Class Ticket
- $16–20
- 1st Class Ticket
- $22–35
- 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
- $8–35
- 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
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $65–130
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $25–50
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $23–30
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $7–9
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
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