There are 10 ways to get from Bern to Riga 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
best- Take the train from Bern to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane ZRH - RIX
6h 5m$175–450Train to Basel, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Bern to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane BSL - RIX
8h 2m$147–502Train, bus via Berlin
- Take the train from Bern to Basel SBBtrain Ic6 / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Halle(Saale)Hbftrain 12
- Take the train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhftrain 29 / ...
- Take the bus from Berlin Airport BER to Riga, Bus Stationbus
27h 52m$335–1,144Train
- Take the train from Bern to Zürich HBtrain Ic1 / ...
- Take the train from Zuerich Hb to Wien Hbftrain Rjx
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Krakow Glownytrain Ec
- Take the train from Kraków Główny to Vilniaus geležinkelio stotistrain
- Take the train from Vilnius to Riga-Pasazierutrain 889
33h 53m$334–537Drive 2,050.7 km
- Drive from Bern to Rigacar 2,050.7 km
20h 4m$414–598Train to Geneva International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Bern to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane GVA - RIX
7h 37m$209–584Train, bus
- Take the train from Bern to Basel SBBtrain Ic6 / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain 12 / ...
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe to Rīgabus
35h 20m$221–584Bus
- Take the bus from Bern to Munich central bus stationbus FlixBus N106 / ...
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to Riga, Bus Stationbus N1230
35h 25m$209–367Train, bus #2
- Take the train from Bern to Basel SBBtrain Ic6 / ...
- Take the bus from Basel, Bahnhof to Stuttgartbus
- Take the bus from Stuttgart Airport Busterminal to Kaliningrad Bus stationbus 399
- Take the bus from Kaliningrad Bus station to Riga Central Bus Stationbus
38h 11mDrive, car train
- Drive from Bern to Lörrach Hbfcar
- Take the cartrain from Lörrach Hbf to Lüneburgcartrain
- Drive from Lüneburg to Rigacar
26h 54m$360–519
Bern to Riga by train, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bern to Riga is to train and fly which costs $140 - $500 and takes 8h 2m.
The fastest way to get from Bern to Riga is to train and fly which takes 6h 5m and costs $170 - $450.
No, there is no direct bus from Bern to Riga station. However, there are services departing from Bern and arriving at Riga, Bus Station via Munich central bus station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 35h 25m.
No, there is no direct train from Bern to Riga. However, there are services departing from Bern and arriving at Riga-Pasazieru via Zuerich Hb, Wien Hbf, Kraków Główny and Vilnius. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 33h 53m.
The distance between Bern and Riga is 1617 km. The road distance is 2050.7 km.
The best way to get from Bern to Riga without a car is to train and bus via Berlin which takes 27h 52m and costs $330 - $1,200.
It takes approximately 6h 5m to get from Bern to Riga, including transfers.
Bern to Riga bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Bern station.
Bern to Riga train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Bern station.
The best way to get from Bern to Riga is to train which takes 33h 53m and costs $330 - $550. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $200 - $370 and takes 35h 25m.
What companies run services between Bern, Switzerland and Riga, Latvia?
You can take a train from Bern to Riga-Pasazieru via Zürich HB, Zuerich Hb, Wien Hbf, Krakow Glowny, Kraków Główny, and Vilnius in around 33h 53m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Bern to Riga, Bus Station via Munich central bus station in around 35h 25m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Riga International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–290
Flights from Zurich Airport to Riga International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–240
Flights from Basel to Riga International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–480
Flights from Basel to Riga International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $120–460
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–240
Flights from Basel to Riga International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–360
Flights from Basel to Riga International Airport via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–470
Flights from Basel to Riga International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–490
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–490
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–240
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Riga International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–490
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Basel to Riga International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–360
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Basel to Riga International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $85–340
Train from Bern to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–160
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Bern to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–130
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Bern to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $45–150
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Bern to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–130
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Bern to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $65–210
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Bern to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–130
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Bern to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–130
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel SBB to Halle(Saale)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $140–650
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–150
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–180
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $45–80
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- Website
- Schweizerische Südostbahn AG
Train from Bern to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $45–70
- Schedules at
- Schweizerische Südostbahn AG
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Wien Hbf to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $110–200
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +370 700 55 111
- informacija@ltglink.lt
- Website
- LTG Link
Train from Kraków Główny to Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $40–55
- Website
- LTG Link
Train from Vilnius to Riga-Pasazieru
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $19–26
- Website
- LTG Link
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Lörrach Hbf to Lüneburg
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 29m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $110–140
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Berlin Airport BER to Riga, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $120–200
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Bern to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $40–70
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Munich central bus station to Riga, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $170–290
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Karlsruhe to Rīga
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $140–280
- Schedules at
- ecolines.net
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Bern to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $40–80
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from Bern to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- Grand Bus
Bus from Basel, Bahnhof to Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Grand Bus
- Phone
- +7 (4012) 64-36-35
- info@avl39.ru
- Website
- avl39.ru
Bus from Stuttgart Airport Busterminal to Kaliningrad Bus station
- Phone
- +7 812 386 79 79
- eco@ecolines.ru
- Website
- ecolines.ru
Bus from Kaliningrad Bus station to Riga Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $15–80
- Schedules at
- ecolines.ru
- Book at
- ecolines.ru
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More Questions & Answers
Bern to Riga bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Munich central bus station.
Riga is 1h ahead of Bern. It is currently 11:00 PM in Bern and 12:00 AM in Riga.
Bern to Riga train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Zürich HB station.
Yes, the driving distance between Bern to Riga is 2051 km. It takes approximately 20h 4m to drive from Bern to Riga.
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