There are 10 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
9h 35mkr 2,973–5,285Train to Basel, fly to Alta
cheapest- Take the train from Bern to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Alta (ALF)plane BSL - ALF
11h 16mkr 1,566–4,329Train, bus, drive
- Take the train from Bern to Zürich HBtrain Ic1 / ...
- Take the bus from Zurich Bus Station to Warsaw, Bus Station Westbus
- Take the bus from Warsaw, Bus Station West to Rovaniemi, Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from 1 to Palojoensuu P-paikkabus
- Drive from Palojoensuu P-paikka to Kautokeino Cirkle Kcar
- Take the bus from Kautokeino Cirkle K to Granshagenbus 170
2d 18hkr 2,740–4,376Drive 3,435.4 km
- Drive from Bern to Altacar 3,435.4 km
36h 17mkr 7,018–10,137Train 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
12h 8mkr 2,059–5,300Train 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
15h 2mkr 2,713–8,170Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Lakselv Airport, bus
- Take the train from Bern to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Lakselv Airport (LKL)plane ZRH - LKL
- Take the bus from Lakselv lufthavn Banak to Olderfjord bussterminalbus
- Take the bus from Olderfjord bussterminal to Alta Helsesenterbus
14h 24mkr 2,113–6,135Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Tromsø Airport, Langnes, bus
- Take the train from Bern to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Tromsø Airport, Langnes (TOS)plane GVA - TOS
- Take the bus from Tromsø Prostneset to Maskinsvingenbus
16h 10mkr 2,199–5,085Train, train to Frankfurt, fly to Alta
- Take the train from Bern to Basel SBBtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Alta (ALF)plane FRA - ALF
11h 26mkr 2,776–8,024Drive, car train
- Drive from Bern to Würzburg Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Würzburg Hbf to Hamburg Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Hamburg Hbf to Altacar
36h 21mkr 6,813–9,974
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 1500 - kr 4400 and takes 11h 16m.
The fastest way to get from Bern to Alta is to train and fly which takes 9h 35m and costs kr 2900 - kr 5500.
The distance between Bern and Alta is 2762 km. The road distance is 3435.4 km.
It takes approximately 9h 35m to get from Bern to Alta, including transfers.
Yes, the driving distance between Bern to Alta is 3435 km. It takes approximately 36h 17m to drive from Bern to Alta.
There are 49+ 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 train from Bern to Granshagen via Zürich HB, Zurich Bus Station, Warsaw, Bus Station West, 1, Palojoensuu P-paikka, and Kautokeino Cirkle K in around 2d 18h.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Alta via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–3,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to Alta via Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–4,700
Flights from Basel to Alta via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–3,700
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Alta via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 57m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–3,500
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Alta via Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 12m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 900–3,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–4,600
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Tromsø Airport, Langnes via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–4,900
Flights from Frankfurt to Alta
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–3,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Alta via Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–4,500
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tromsø Airport, Langnes via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–7,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tromsø Airport, Langnes via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Wednesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–7,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Tromsø Airport, Langnes via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–3,200
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Tromsø Airport, Langnes via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Wednesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–3,200
- Website
- wideroe.no
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Alta via Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 12m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 900–3,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Lakselv Airport via Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,500–7,000
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Lakselv Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–5,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 700–2,700
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Tromsø Airport, Langnes via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 700–2,700
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Alta via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–3,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Alta
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–3,200
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tromsø Airport, Langnes via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–3,700
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 800–2,700
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–4,600
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Bern to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 430–750
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 370–650
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 280–550
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 410–750
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- info@sob.ch
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Bern to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel SBB to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 450–950
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- 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
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Warsaw, Bus Station West
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 650–1,100
- 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 750–1,400
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Website
- eskelisen.fi
Bus from 1 to Palojoensuu P-paikka
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Schedules at
- eskelisen.fi
- Phone
- +358 (0) 16 3422 160
- Website
- eskelisen.fi
Bus from 1 to Palojoensuu P-paikka
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 550–650
- Website
- https://www.eskelisen.fi/en/
- post@snelandia.no
- Website
- snelandia.no
Bus from Kautokeino Cirkle K to Granshagen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 210–290
- Website
- Snelandia
Bus from Lakselv lufthavn Banak to Olderfjord bussterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 110–170
- Website
- Snelandia
Bus from Olderfjord bussterminal to Alta Helsesenter
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 170–240
- Website
- Snelandia
- Phone
- + 47 777 88 777
- Website
- svipper.no
Bus from Tromsø Prostneset to Maskinsvingen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 950–1,400
- Website
- https://svipper.no/?sprak=3
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