There are 9 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
9h 35mkr 1,881–5,510Train 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 11mkr 1,828–5,401Train, 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 3,526–6,028Drive 3,435.4 km
- Drive from Bern to Altacar 3,435.4 km
36h 17mkr 7,096–10,249Train 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 2,175–6,672Train 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 2,321–7,360Train 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 4mkr 2,914–6,685Train, 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 3,088–8,596Drive, 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 6,822–10,487
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 1800 - kr 5500 and takes 11h 11m.
The fastest way to get from Bern to Alta is to train and fly which takes 9h 35m and costs kr 1800 - 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, 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
- 5h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–3,800
Flights from Zurich Airport to Alta via Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–5,000
Flights from Basel to Alta via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 7m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–4,500
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Alta via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 57m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–4,200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–4,900
Flights from Frankfurt to Alta
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–3,800
Flights from Frankfurt to Alta via Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–4,800
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tromsø Airport, Langnes via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–4,600
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tromsø Airport, Langnes via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–4,600
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–4,900
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Alta via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–3,800
Flights from Frankfurt to Alta
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–3,800
- Website
- wideroe.no
Flights from Zurich Airport to Alta via Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–5,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Lakselv Airport via Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,600–7,500
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Lakselv Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,500–6,000
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Bern to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 500–950
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 500–900
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 440–800
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 600–1,200
- 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 600–750
- 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 Krakow, MDA Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 850–1,500
- 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 1,600–2,800
- 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
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 160–240
- Schedules at
- snelandia.no
Bus from Lakselv lufthavn Banak to Olderfjord bussterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 110–170
- Schedules at
- snelandia.no
Bus from Olderfjord bussterminal to Alta Helsesenter
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 170–240
- 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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