There are 8 ways to get from Bern to Alta by train, plane, bus, car, or car train
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Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Alta
best- Take the train from Bern to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Alta (ALF)plane ZRH - ALF
10h 2mkr 2,674–8,071Train to Basel, fly to Alta
cheapest- Take the train from Bern to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Alta (ALF)plane BSL - ALF
12h 24mkr 2,101–5,507Bus, drive
- Take the bus from Bern to Mulhousebus
- Take the bus from Mulhouse to Warsaw, Bus Station Westbus
- Take the bus from Warsaw, Bus Station West to Rovaniemi, Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from 1 to Hotelli Hetta Ibus
- Drive from Hotelli Hetta I to Kautokeino Cirkle Kcar
- Take the bus from Kautokeino Cirkle K to Alta Helsesenterbus 170
2d 19hkr 3,896–6,353Drive 3,435.3 km
- Drive from Bern to Altacar 3,435.3 km
36h 16mkr 7,253–10,477Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Alta
- Take the train from Bern to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Alta (ALF)plane GVA - ALF
10h 59mkr 2,324–5,995Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Tromsø Airport, Langnes, bus
- Take the train from Bern to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Tromsø Airport, Langnes (TOS)plane ZRH - TOS
- Take the bus from Tromsø Prostneset to Maskinsvingenbus
14h 47mkr 2,857–6,546Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Alta
- Take the train from Bern to Brigtrain
- Take the train from Domodossola to Gallaratetrain
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Alta (ALF)plane MXP - ALF
14h 38mkr 3,141–7,725Drive, car train
- Drive from Bern to Lörrach Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Lörrach Hbf to Lüneburgcartrain
- Drive from Lüneburg to Altacar
39h 57mkr 6,797–9,584
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Alta (ALF) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bern to Alta is to train and fly which costs kr 2100 - kr 5500 and takes 12h 24m.
The fastest way to get from Bern to Alta is to train and fly which takes 10h 2m and costs kr 2600 - kr 8500.
The distance between Bern and Alta is 2762 km. The road distance is 3435.3 km.
It takes approximately 10h 2m to get from Bern to Alta, including transfers.
Yes, the driving distance between Bern to Alta is 3435 km. It takes approximately 36h 16m to drive from Bern to Alta.
There are 55+ hotels available in Alta.
What companies run services between Bern, Switzerland and Alta, Norway?
There is no direct connection from Bern to Alta. However, you can take the train to Zürich Flughafen, walk to Zurich Airport (ZRH) airport, fly to Alta (ALF), walk to Alta lufthavn, then take the line 42 bus to Alta sentrum. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Bern to Alta Helsesenter via Mulhouse, Warsaw, Bus Station West, 1, Hotelli Hetta I, and Kautokeino Cirkle K in around 2d 19h.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Alta via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 36m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,500–3,800
Flights from Zurich Airport to Alta via Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,500–6,500
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Alta via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,600–4,000
Flights from Basel to Alta via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,600–4,200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–5,500
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Alta via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 47m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–3,100
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Alta via Kittila
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 2,200–6,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Alta via Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,500–6,500
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Alta via Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–2,800
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tromsø Airport, Langnes via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,600–3,500
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Alta via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–4,100
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Alta via Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–2,800
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tromsø Airport, Langnes via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–3,300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tromsø Airport, Langnes via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–3,300
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Alta via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,500–3,800
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Alta via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–3,100
- Website
- wideroe.no
Flights from Zurich Airport to Alta via Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,500–6,500
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Alta via Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–2,800
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–5,500
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Bern to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 500–1,600
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 650–2,000
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 420–1,200
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Brig
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 430–1,300
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Domodossola to Gallarate
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 70–90
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Domodossola to Gallarate
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 110–190
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Lörrach Hbf to Lüneburg
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 29m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–1,300
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Bern to Mulhouse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 110–210
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Mulhouse to Warsaw, Bus Station West
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–2,100
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Warsaw, Bus Station West to Rovaniemi, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 1,600–2,800
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +358 (0) 16 3422 160
- Website
- eskelisen.fi
Bus from 1 to Hotelli Hetta I
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 600–700
- Website
- https://www.eskelisen.fi/en/
- Schedules at
- https://www.eskelisen.fi/en/timetables-and-routes/
- Phone
- 177
- post@snelandia.no
- Website
- snelandia.no
Bus from Kautokeino Cirkle K to Alta Helsesenter
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 210–290
- Schedules at
- snelandia.no
- Phone
- + 47 777 88 777
- Website
- svipper.no
Bus from Tromsø Prostneset to Maskinsvingen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–1,400
- Website
- https://svipper.no/?sprak=3
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