There are 9 ways to get from Brandenburg Gate to Bundesplatz by train, night train, car, plane or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2rio's travel planner.
Recommended option
Train
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Take the train from Berlin Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
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Take the train from Basel Sbb to Bern
Cheapest option
Fly to Basel, train
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Fly from Berlin Brandenburg (BER) to Basel (BSL)
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Take the train from Basel Sbb to Bern
7 alternative options
Train via Frankfurt am Main
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Take the train from Berlin Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
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Take the train from Frankfurt(Main)Hbf to Basel SBB
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Take the train from Basel Sbb to Bern
Night train, train
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Take the night train from Berlin Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
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Take the train from Basel Sbb to Bern
Drive
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Drive from Brandenburg Gate to Bundesplatz
Fly to Zurich, train
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Fly from Berlin Brandenburg (BER) to Zurich (ZRH)
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Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Bern
Fly to Geneva, train
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Fly from Berlin Brandenburg (BER) to Geneva (GVA)
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Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Bern
Fly to Stuttgart, bus, train
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Fly from Berlin Brandenburg (BER) to Stuttgart (STR)
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Take the bus from Stuttgart Airport Busterminal to Karlsruhe central train station
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Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
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Take the train from Basel Sbb to Bern
Fly to Milan Malpensa, train
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Fly from Berlin Brandenburg (BER) to Milan Malpensa (MXP)
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Take the train from Gallarate to Bern
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Conditions of entry into Switzerland from Germany
- There are no current restrictions
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Yes, entry into Switzerland is currently allowed from Germany.
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- Face masks are recommended
- Regional restriction measures in place
- Health pass is required for long-distance travel by plane, train or coach, as well as in some public venues
- Observe COVID-19 safety rules
The national COVID-19 helpline number in Bundesplatz is 0041 58 463 00 00.
Wearing a face mask on public transport in Bundesplatz is subject to regional advice.
Make yourself known to an official member of staff and/or call the national coronavirus helpline number on 0041 58 463 00 00.
No, returning to Germany from Switzerland is currently allowed.
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Last updated: 24 Jan 2023
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Questions & Answers
The most affordable way to get from Brandenburg Gate to Bundesplatz is to fly and train, which costs €75 - €250 and takes 6h 3m.
The quickest way to get from Brandenburg Gate to Bundesplatz is to fly and train which costs €75 - €250 and takes 6h 3m.
No, there is no direct train from Brandenburg Gate to Bundesplatz. However, there are services departing from Berlin Hauptbahnhof and arriving at Bern via Basel Sbb. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 7m.
The distance between Brandenburg Gate and Bundesplatz is 751 km. The road distance is 958.9 km.
The best way to get from Brandenburg Gate to Bundesplatz without a car is to train which takes 9h 7m and costs €180 - €270.
It takes approximately 9h 7m to get from Brandenburg Gate to Bundesplatz, including transfers.
Brandenburg Gate to Bundesplatz train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity-Express, depart from Berlin Hauptbahnhof station.
The quickest flight from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Basel Airport is the direct flight which takes 1h 30m.
Brandenburg Gate to Bundesplatz train services, operated by Swiss Railways (SBB/CFF/FFS), arrive at Bern station.
Yes, the driving distance between Brandenburg Gate to Bundesplatz is 959 km. It takes approximately 8h 5m to drive from Brandenburg Gate to Bundesplatz.
- Distance: 751.4 km
- Duration: 9h 7m
What companies run services between Brandenburg Gate, Berlin, Germany and Bundesplatz, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Brandenburg Gate to Bundesplatz via Berlin Hauptbahnhof, Basel Sbb, and Bern in around 9h 7m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SFr 120 - SFr 320
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SFr 120 - SFr 320
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg to Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SFr 120 - SFr 320
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg to Zurich via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SFr 140 - SFr 350
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg to Zurich via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SFr 140 - SFr 350
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg to Geneva via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SFr 120 - SFr 360
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg to Geneva via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SFr 120 - SFr 350
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg to Geneva via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SFr 120 - SFr 350
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg to Stuttgart via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SFr 200 - SFr 390
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg to Stuttgart via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SFr 160 - SFr 490
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg to Stuttgart via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SFr 200 - SFr 390
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg to Milan Malpensa via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SFr 110 - SFr 350
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg to Milan Malpensa via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SFr 110 - SFr 350
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg to Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SFr 120 - SFr 320
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg to Geneva via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SFr 120 - SFr 360
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg to Stuttgart via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SFr 160 - SFr 490
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg to Milan Malpensa via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SFr 120 - SFr 350
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SFr 40 - SFr 230
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- SFr 40 - SFr 230
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg to Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SFr 45 - SFr 290
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg to Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SFr 40 - SFr 300
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg to Milan Malpensa via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- SFr 80 - SFr 340
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg to Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SFr 55 - SFr 260
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg to Milan Malpensa via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- SFr 75 - SFr 300
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg to Milan Malpensa via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- SFr 75 - SFr 300
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg to Geneva via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SFr 100 - SFr 360
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg to Milan Malpensa via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- SFr 100 - SFr 750
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg to Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SFr 26 - SFr 240
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg to Milan Malpensa via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- SFr 26 - SFr 240
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SFr 140 - SFr 490
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg to Geneva via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- SFr 130 - SFr 420
German rail company Deutsche Bahn is known for its efficient and comfortable service. It offers many different types of rail transportation, including ICE or Intercity-Express for high-speed services between major cities and regions, IC (InterCity) for long-distance trains, RE (Regional Express) trains that connect regions and cities, and the S-Bahn rapid transit service. There are two main tickets on offer: the Flexpreis that has full flexibility, and the Sparpreis which is the cheaper, advanced fare (bookings usually open 6 months in advance for domestic tickets).
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 0180 6 99 66 33
- Website
- bahn.com
Train from Berlin Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- SFr 140 - SFr 200
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn
Train from Berlin Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- SFr 85 - SFr 130
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn
Train from Frankfurt(Main)Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- SFr 60 - SFr 85
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- SFr 40 - SFr 55
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn
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The national railway company of Switzerland, Swiss Railways operates trains throughout the country and adjacent European nations including Germany, France, Italy and Austria. Tickets are sold in two classes - First and Second - with most long-distance trains offering a bistro car serving beverages and snacks. Individual tickets can be bought easily at stands, while a variety of travel passes are on offer to suit different travel needs.
Contact Details
- Phone
- +41 51 220 11 11
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel Sbb to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- SFr 35 - SFr 65
- Website
- Swiss Railways (SBB/CFF/FFS)
Train from Frankfurt(Main)Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- SFr 100 - SFr 180
- Website
- Swiss Railways (SBB/CFF/FFS)
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- SFr 40 - SFr 80
- Website
- Swiss Railways (SBB/CFF/FFS)
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- SFr 50 - SFr 90
- Website
- Swiss Railways (SBB/CFF/FFS)
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Basel SBB to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Website
- SBB GmbH
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Frankfurt(Main)Hbf to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- SFr 16 - SFr 28
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
- 2nd Class
- SFr 16 - SFr 20
- Business
- SFr 23 - SFr 27
- 1st Class
- SFr 23 - SFr 28
The primary train operator in Italy, Trenitalia was created in the year 2000. Trenitalia offers national rail connections in Italy as well as international connections to Austria, France, Germany and Switzerland. The company operates regional and long-distance trains, as well as high-speed trains called Frecce that travel on specialised tracks on speeds of up to 360km/h. Trenitalia tickets are available online, in stations across the country or from many travel agents that offer bookings.
Contact Details
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Gallarate to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- SFr 50 - SFr 130
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 2nd Class
- SFr 50 - SFr 70
- 1st Class
- SFr 90 - SFr 130
One of Europe’s leading bus companies, Flixbus serves 2000+ destinations in 29 countries, including Germany, France, Italy, Austria, the Netherlands and Croatia and into Scandinavia and eastern Europe, as well as some US cities. Coaches have toilets, free WiFi and power outlets, plus snacks and drinks for purchase on board. Flixbus is a good choice for the budget-conscious traveller; purchase tickets in advance for the cheapest fares (note: there is no option to reserve a seat in advance).
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.de
Bus from Stuttgart Airport Busterminal to Karlsruhe central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- SFr 7 - SFr 9
- Website
- flixbus.co.uk
Frequently asked questions
As the bus subsidiary of French railway SNCF, Ouibus offers eco-friendly coaches serving 35 French cities and 10 European cities at affordable fares. Ouibus journeys are safe and comfortable, with the four-star coaches offering power outlets, restrooms and WiFi. All Ouibus stations are located close to town centres for easy access to public transport. Getting on one of the 130 daily journeys is easy - electronic travel documents include your ticket and a personalised mini-guide with handy information.
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 71 53 01 80
- Website
- blablacar.fr
Bus from Stuttgart - Airport to Karlsruhe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- SFr 7 - SFr 10
- Website
- Blablabus
- Phone
- 02/989 0000
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Stuttgart Airport Bus Terminal SAB to Karlsruhe Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- SFr 2 - SFr 4
- Website
- Union Ivkoni
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Air France, easyJet and Lufthansa offer flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Basel Airport.
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