There are 12 ways to get from Bruges to Basel by train (Eurostar), train, bus, car, plane, or train (TGV)
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Train via Paris
best- Take the train from Bruges to Bruxelles-Miditrain Ic / ...
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Paris Nordtrain
- Take the train from Paris l'Est to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain 83 / ...
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbbtrain Ter
7h 27mCHF 149–285Train, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Bruges to Brussels-Nordtrain Ic / ...
- Take the bus from Brussels-North train station to Basel SBBbus N506 / ...
10h 7mCHF 56–85Drive 628 km
- Drive from Bruges to Baselcar 628 km
6h 31mCHF 99–142Train to Brussels Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Aalter to Brussels Airport-Zaventemtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Basel (BSL)plane BRU - BSL
7h 3mCHF 88–218Train
- Take the train from Bruges to Bruxelles-Miditrain Ic / ...
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Strasbourgtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbbtrain Ter
7h 37mCHF 124–245Bus
- Take the bus from Bruges to Ghent Dampoortbus 826 / ...
- Take the bus from Gent to Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strassebus
11h 4mTrain to Brussels Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Aalter to Brussels Airport-Zaventemtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane BRU - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
6h 38mCHF 107–242Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Bruges to Anvers-Centraltrain
- Take the train from Antwerpen-Centraal to Schiphol Airporttrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Basel (BSL)plane AMS - BSL
6h 26mCHF 100–328Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Bruges to Anvers-Centraltrain
- Take the train from Antwerpen-Centraal to Schiphol Airporttrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane AMS - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
7h 56mCHF 144–382Train, train to Luxembourg, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Bruges to Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Take the train from Bruxelles-Midi to Luxembourgtrain
- Fly from Luxembourg (LUX) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane LUX - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
8h 48mCHF 126–305Train, train to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Bruges to Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissytrain
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Basel (BSL)plane CDG - BSL
7h 2mCHF 124–351Train to Brussels Airport, fly to Geneva International Airport, train
- Take the train from Aalter to Brussels Airport-Zaventemtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane BRU - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Renens VDtrain
- Take the train from Renens VD to Basel SBBtrain
9h 12mCHF 103–255
Bruges to Basel by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bruges to Basel is to train and bus which costs SFr 55 - SFr 85 and takes 10h 7m.
The fastest way to get from Bruges to Basel is to train and fly which takes 6h 26m and costs SFr 100 - SFr 330.
No, there is no direct bus from Bruges to Basel. However, there are services departing from Bruges and arriving at Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse via Gent. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 4m.
No, there is no direct train from Bruges to Basel. However, there are services departing from Bruges and arriving at Basel Sbb via Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, Paris l'Est and Strasbourg. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 7h 27m.
The distance between Bruges and Basel is 981 km. The road distance is 628 km.
The best way to get from Bruges to Basel without a car is to train via Paris which takes 7h 27m and costs SFr 140 - SFr 290.
It takes approximately 7h 27m to get from Bruges to Basel, including transfers.
Bruges to Basel bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Bruges station.
Bruges to Basel train services, operated by Belgian Railways (NMBS/SNCB), depart from Bruges station.
The best way to get from Bruges to Basel is to train via Paris which takes 7h 27m and costs SFr 140 - SFr 290. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 11h 4m.
What companies run services between Bruges, Belgium and Basel, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Bruges to Basel Sbb via Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, Paris Nord, Paris l'Est, Strasbourg Bahnhof, and Strasbourg in around 7h 27m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Bruges to Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse via Ghent Dampoort and Gent in around 11h 4m.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–160
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zurich Airport via Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–160
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–250
Flights from Luxembourg to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–220
Flights from Brussels Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–120
Flights from Brussels Airport to Geneva International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–120
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–200
Flights from Brussels Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–310
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–160
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–370
Flights from Luxembourg to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–260
Flights from Brussels Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–300
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–260
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–330
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–290
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–250
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–160
Flights from Brussels Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–120
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–330
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–250
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–200
Flights from Brussels Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–120
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–140
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–370
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Bruges to Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–17
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Bruges to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–17
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Aalter to Brussels Airport-Zaventem
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–18
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 16–18
- 1st Class
- CHF 22–25
Train from Bruges to Anvers-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–14
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 10–14
- 1st Class
- CHF 15–22
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–20
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–120
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Antwerpen-Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–90
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–100
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–110
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- CHF 45–70
- Rail 1st Class
- CHF 70–110
Train from Paris l'Est to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–120
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 28
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bruges to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–30
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–200
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–80
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–40
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–26
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Renens VD to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–65
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Antwerpen-Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–90
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Brussels-North train station to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bruges to Ghent Dampoort
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–8
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Bus from Gent to Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 19m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
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Bruges to Basel bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Ghent Dampoort station.
Bruges to Basel train services, operated by Belgian Railways (NMBS/SNCB), arrive at Bruxelles-Midi station.
Yes, the driving distance between Bruges to Basel is 628 km. It takes approximately 6h 31m to drive from Bruges to Basel.
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