There are 10 ways to get from Belfast to Basel by plane, busferry, train, ferry, car ferry, or bus
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Fly George Best Belfast City Airport to Basel
best- Fly from George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) to Basel (BSL)plane BHD - BSL
6h 5mCHF 104–216Bus to Dublin Airport, fly to Basel
cheapest- Take the bus from Glengall Street to Dublin Airport Terminal 2 Zone 21bus
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Basel (BSL)plane DUB - BSL
6h 25mCHF 53–185Bus and ferry, train
- Take the busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchananbusferry 923
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain Eil
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Strasbourgtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbbtrain Ter
21h 5mTrain, ferry
- Take the train from Belfast Great Central to Dublin Connollytrain
- Take the ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Cherbourgferry
- Take the train from Cherbourg to Paris St Lazaretrain
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Basel Sbbtrain Tgv
30h 45mCHF 142–290Car ferry, bus, train
- Take the car ferry from Belfast to Liverpoolcarferry
- Take the bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus 700
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Basel Sbbtrain Tgv
31h 25mCHF 111–302Fly Belfast International Airport to Basel
- Fly from Belfast International Airport (BFS) to Basel (BSL)plane BFS - BSL
6h 55mCHF 77–147Fly George Best Belfast City Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane BHD - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
7h 49mCHF 154–250Bus to Dublin Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the bus from Glengall Street to Dublin Airport Terminal 2 Zone 21bus
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane DUB - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
7h 39mCHF 88–219Bus and ferry, bus
- Take the busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchananbusferry 923
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Luxembourg P+R Bouillonbus
- Take the bus from Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon to Basel Euroairport FRbus
32h 8mBus and ferry, bus via Sheffield
- Take the busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchananbusferry 923
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Sheffield Interchange/E2bus 180
- Take the bus from Sheffield to Brussel Eurolines Busstationbus
- Take the bus from Brussels-North Station to Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strassebus
35h 47m
George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) to Basel (BSL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Belfast to Basel is to bus and fly which costs SFr 50 - SFr 190 and takes 6h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Belfast to Basel is to fly which takes 6h 5m and costs SFr 100 - SFr 220.
No, there is no direct bus from Belfast to Basel. However, there are services departing from Belfast, Europa Buscentre and arriving at Basel, Brausebad via Buchanan Bus Station, London Victoria, Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon and Basel EuroAirport, Ankunft. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 32h 8m.
The distance between Belfast and Basel is 1225 km.
The best way to get from Belfast to Basel without a car is to bus and ferry and train which takes 21h 5m and costs .
It takes approximately 6h 5m to get from Belfast to Basel, including transfers.
Belfast to Basel bus services, operated by Translink, depart from Belfast, Europa Buscentre station.
Belfast to Basel bus services, operated by Translink, arrive at Glasgow Buchanan station.
Basel is 1h ahead of Belfast. It is currently 9:23 AM in Belfast and 10:23 AM in Basel.
There are 1273+ hotels available in Basel.
What companies run services between Belfast, Northern Ireland and Basel, Switzerland?
easyJet, KLM, and British Airways fly from George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) to Basel (BSL) 3 times a day.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Basel via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–170
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Basel via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–170
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Basel via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–170
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Basel via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–170
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Basel via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–170
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Basel via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–180
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Basel via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–190
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Basel via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–180
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Basel via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–180
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Zurich Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–200
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Zurich Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–200
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–360
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–180
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–180
Flights from Dublin Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–280
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–320
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–360
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Zurich Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–320
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–180
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–180
Flights from Dublin Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–270
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–180
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Zurich Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–300
Flights from Dublin Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–150
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–120
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–160
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- Passengerassistance@lumo.co.uk.
- Website
- lumo.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 41m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–120
- Website
- https://www.lumo.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–230
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–130
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 35–55
- 1st Class
- CHF 75–130
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lille Europe to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–170
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–130
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–28
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Cherbourg to Paris St Lazare
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–60
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- translink.co.uk
Train from Belfast Great Central to Dublin Connolly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–26
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
- Phone
- +353 1 836 6222
- info@irishrail.ie
- Website
- irishrail.ie
Train from Belfast Great Central to Dublin Connolly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–21
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- CHF 14–21
- Phone
- +33 2 22 55 00 10
- nomad-car@laregionnormandie.fr
- Website
- nomad.normandie.fr
Train from Cherbourg to Paris St Lazare
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Schedules at
- nomad.normandie.fr
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–40
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- translink.co.uk
Busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchanan
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–30
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon to Basel Euroairport FR
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +353 1 903 9508
- Website
- dublinexpress.ie
Bus from Glengall Street to Dublin Airport Terminal 2 Zone 21
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 11
- Website
- https://www.dublinexpress.ie/
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from London Victoria to Luxembourg P+R Bouillon
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–50
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon to Basel Euroairport FR
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–45
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Sheffield Interchange/E2
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–50
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Sheffield to Brussel Eurolines Busstation
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 42m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–34
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Bus from Brussels-North Station to Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 29m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–75
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- CHF 200–950
- On Foot
- CHF 60–75
- Phone
- +44 844 770 7070
- info.se@stenaline.com
- Website
- stenaline.dk
Car ferry from Belfast to Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–65
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
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