There are 5 ways to get from Bern to Svalbard by train or plane
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Train to Geneva International Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Bern to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR)plane GVA - LYR
18h 57m$235–839Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Bern to Brigtrain
- Take the train from Domodossola to Gallaratetrain
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR)plane MXP - LYR
25h 47m$233–796Train to Zurich Airport, fly
- Take the train from Bern to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR)plane ZRH - LYR
12h 39m$326–687Train to Basel, fly
- Take the train from Bern to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR)plane BSL - LYR
21h 10m$274–540Train, train to Munich International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Bern to Winterthurtrain
- Take the train from Winterthur to St. Margrethen SGtrain
- Take the train from St. Margrethen Sg to Muenchen Hbf Gl.27-36train
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR)plane MUC - LYR
23h 13m$535–825
Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bern to Svalbard is to train and fly which costs $270 - $550 and takes 21h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Bern to Svalbard is to train and fly which takes 12h 39m and costs $320 - $700.
The distance between Bern and Svalbard is 3752 km.
It takes approximately 18h 57m to get from Bern to Svalbard, including transfers.
There are 16+ hotels available in Svalbard.
What companies run services between Bern, Switzerland and Svalbard, SJ?
There is no direct connection from Bern to Svalbard. However, you can take the train to Genève-Aéroport, walk to Geneva International Airport (GVA) airport, fly to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR), walk to Longyearbyen Airport, then take the bus to Unis Longyearbyen. Alternatively, you can take the train to Brig, take the train to Domodossola, take the train to Gallarate, take the train to Malpensa Aeroporto T1, walk to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) airport, fly to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR), walk to Longyearbyen Airport, then take the bus to Unis Longyearbyen.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Copenhagen, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 32m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Copenhagen, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Stockholm, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Oslo, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Zurich Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Flights from Zurich Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Zurich Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Copenhagen, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Zurich Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Stockholm, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Basel to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Basel to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Copenhagen, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 37m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from Munich International Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Munich International Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Copenhagen, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 37m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Munich International Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Stockholm, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $200–850
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $210–750
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Oslo, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–650
Flights from Zurich Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Hamburg, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Munich International Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–550
Flights from Munich International Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Hamburg, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Bern to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–80
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Brig
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–80
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $45–80
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $29–55
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Winterthur
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–70
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Winterthur to St. Margrethen SG
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $18–40
- 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
- $7–10
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Domodossola to Gallarate
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $9–10
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Winterthur to St. Margrethen SG
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $6–9
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +41 71 554 00 00
- Website
- thurbo.ch
Train from Winterthur to St. Margrethen SG
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $10–18
- Schedules at
- thurbo.ch
- 2nd Class Ticket
- $10–14
- 1st Class Ticket
- $15–18
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from St. Margrethen Sg to Muenchen Hbf Gl.27-36
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $86–88
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
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