There are 10 ways to get from Belfast to Basel by plane, busferry, train, ferry, car ferry, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly George Best Belfast City Airport to Basel
best- Fly from George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) to Basel (BSL)plane BHD - BSL
6h 13mCHF 95–276Fly Belfast International Airport to Basel
cheapest- Fly from Belfast International Airport (BFS) to Basel (BSL)plane BFS - BSL
6h 43mCHF 47–197Bus 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 8mTrain, 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 46mCHF 152–300Car 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 19mCHF 118–286Fly 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 48mCHF 154–250Bus to Dublin Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the bus from Grand Central Station Stand 12 to Dublin Airport T2bus
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Basel (BSL)plane DUB - BSL
6h 53mBus to Dublin Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the bus from Grand Central Station Stand 12 to Dublin Airport T2bus
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane DUB - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
8h 3mBus 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 28mBus 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 fly which costs SFr 45 - SFr 200 and takes 6h 43m.
The fastest way to get from Belfast to Basel is to fly which takes 6h 13m and costs SFr 95 - SFr 280.
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 28m.
The distance between Belfast and Basel is 1226 km.
The best way to get from Belfast to Basel without a car is to bus and ferry and train which takes 21h 8m and costs .
It takes approximately 6h 13m 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 1:05 PM in Belfast and 2:05 PM in Basel.
There are 1293+ hotels available in Basel.
What companies run services between Belfast, Northern Ireland and Basel, Switzerland?
KLM, easyJet, and British Airways fly from George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) to Basel (BSL) 4 times a day.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Basel via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–270
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Basel via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–270
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Basel via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–270
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Basel via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–190
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Basel via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–190
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Basel via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–180
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Zurich Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- 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
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–350
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–180
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–310
Flights from Dublin Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–270
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–350
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 65–310
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Zurich Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–300
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Zurich Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–300
Flights from Dublin Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–160
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–130
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–180
Flights from Dublin Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–260
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–130
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–160
- 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 50–110
- 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 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–250
- 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 22m
- 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 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–190
- 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 45–140
- 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 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 11m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–60
- 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 13m
- 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 13m
- 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/
Bus from Grand Central Station Stand 12 to Dublin Airport T2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- 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
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–23
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–65
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon to Basel Euroairport FR
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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 12–40
- 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 30–60
- 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 200–900
- 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 35–55
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
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