There are 7 ways to get from Bern to Alta by train, plane, bus, car, or car train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
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 36mkr 1,945–5,716Train to Basel, fly to Alta
cheapest- Take the train from Bern to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Alta (ALF)plane BSL - ALF
10h 42mkr 1,778–5,863Train, bus, drive
- Take the train from Bern to Zürich HBtrain Ic1 / ...
- Take the bus from Zurich Bus Station to Krakow, MDA Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Krakow, MDA Bus Station to Rovaniemi, Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from 1 to Enontekiö Ibus
- Drive from Enontekiö I to Stornescar
- Take the bus from Stornes to Granshagenbus 170
2d 20hkr 3,462–5,978Drive 3,435.4 km
- Drive from Bern to Altacar 3,435.4 km
36h 17mkr 7,168–10,354Train 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
11h 34mkr 2,286–6,524Train 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 54mkr 2,778–6,591Drive, 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 6,830–10,499
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 1700 - kr 6000 and takes 10h 42m.
The fastest way to get from Bern to Alta is to train and fly which takes 10h 36m and costs kr 1900 - kr 6000.
The distance between Bern and Alta is 2762 km. The road distance is 3435.4 km.
It takes approximately 10h 36m 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 53+ 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, Krakow, MDA Bus Station, 1, Enontekiö I, and Stornes in around 2d 20h.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Alta via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 56m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–4,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Alta via Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–5,500
Flights from Basel to Alta via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 41m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–4,600
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Alta via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 31m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–4,300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–5,500
- Website
- wideroe.no
Flights from Zurich Airport to Alta via Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 2m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–5,500
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Alta via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–4,000
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–5,500
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tromsø Airport, Langnes via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–3,600
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Bern to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 500–1,500
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 460–1,400
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 390–1,200
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 600–1,900
- 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
- Estimated price
- kr 440–650
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
- 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 Krakow, MDA Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 850–1,600
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Krakow, MDA Bus Station to Rovaniemi, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 1,600–2,900
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +358 0600 02010
- info@onnibus.com
- Website
- onnibus.com
Bus from 1 to Enontekiö I
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 190–270
- Website
- https://www.onnibus.com/home
- Phone
- 177
- post@snelandia.no
- Website
- snelandia.no
Bus from Stornes to Granshagen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 160–240
- 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 950–1,400
- Website
- https://svipper.no/?sprak=3
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