There are 7 ways to get from Cairns to Bern by plane or train
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Fly to Zurich Airport, train
best- Fly from Cairns (CNS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane CNS - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Berntrain
24h 30mCHF 479–1,352Fly to Geneva International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Cairns (CNS) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane CNS - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Berntrain
27h 59mCHF 428–1,314Fly to Basel, train
- Fly from Cairns (CNS) to Basel (BSL)plane CNS - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Berntrain
27h 34mCHF 548–1,565Fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Fly from Cairns (CNS) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane CNS - MXP
- Take the train from Gallarate to Domodossolatrain
- Take the train from Brig to Berntrain
27h 25mCHF 507–912Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Cairns (CNS) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane CNS - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBBtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Berntrain
28h 4mCHF 501–3,029Fly to Munich International Airport, train
- Fly from Cairns (CNS) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane CNS - MUC
- Take the train from Flughafen München to Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from München Hbf to Lindau, Reutin Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Bregenz to Zürich HBtrain
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Berntrain
29h 53mCHF 710–1,159Fly to Saint Gallen-Altenrhein Airport, train
- Fly from Cairns (CNS) to Saint Gallen-Altenrhein Airport (ACH)plane CNS - ACH
- Take the train from Rorschach to Zürich HBtrain
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Berntrain
40h 26mCHF 704–1,743
Cairns (CNS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cairns to Bern is to fly and train which costs SFr 500 - SFr 950 and takes 27h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Cairns to Bern is to fly and train which takes 24h 30m and costs SFr 470 - SFr 1400.
The distance between Cairns and Bern is 14979 km.
It takes approximately 24h 30m to get from Cairns to Bern, including transfers.
Bern is 9h behind Cairns. It is currently 6:21 AM in Cairns and 9:21 PM in Bern.
There are 350+ hotels available in Bern.
What companies run services between Cairns, QLD, Australia and Bern, Switzerland?
There is no direct connection from Cairns to Bern. However, you can take the shuttle to Cairns Airport, walk to Cairns (CNS) airport, fly to Zurich Airport (ZRH), walk to Zürich Flughafen, then take the train to Bern. Alternatively, you can take the shuttle to Cairns Airport, walk to Cairns (CNS) airport, fly to Basel (BSL), walk to Basel EuroAirport, Ankunft, take the line 50 bus to Basel, Bahnhof SBB, walk to Basel SBB, then take the train to Bern.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cairns to Zurich Airport via Singapore Changi, Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 440–2,700
Flights from Cairns to Basel via Singapore Changi, Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 500–1,800
Flights from Cairns to Basel via Hong Kong, Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 500–1,800
Flights from Cairns to Basel via Hong Kong, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 500–1,600
Flights from Cairns to Geneva International Airport via Singapore Changi, Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 490–1,700
Flights from Cairns to Geneva International Airport via Hong Kong, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 480–1,600
Flights from Cairns to Geneva International Airport via Hong Kong, Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 470–1,600
Flights from Cairns to Frankfurt via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 410–2,500
Flights from Cairns to Frankfurt via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 410–1,300
Flights from Cairns to Munich International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 37m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 480–2,900
Flights from Cairns to Munich International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 490–1,700
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Cairns to Zurich Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 440–2,700
Flights from Cairns to Milano Malpensa Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 47m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 390–2,400
Flights from Cairns to Frankfurt via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 410–2,500
Flights from Cairns to Munich International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 37m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 480–2,900
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Cairns to Zurich Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 440–2,700
Flights from Cairns to Zurich Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 440–1,300
Flights from Cairns to Geneva International Airport via Singapore Changi, Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 400–1,300
Flights from Cairns to Geneva International Airport via Hong Kong, Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 390–1,300
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Cairns to Zurich Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 440–1,300
Flights from Cairns to Milano Malpensa Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 390–1,200
Flights from Cairns to Frankfurt via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 410–1,300
- Website
- peoples.ch
Flights from Cairns to Saint Gallen-Altenrhein Airport via Singapore Changi, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 50m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 650–1,700
Flights from Cairns to Saint Gallen-Altenrhein Airport via Tokyo Narita, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 750–2,300
Flights from Cairns to Saint Gallen-Altenrhein Airport via Singapore Changi, Doha, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 900–2,900
- Website
- gulfair.com
Flights from Cairns to Geneva International Airport via Singapore Changi, Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 460–2,800
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–60
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–65
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Brig to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–60
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bregenz to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–80
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–55
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Rorschach to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–35
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Gallarate to Domodossola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–8
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Gallarate to Domodossola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–8
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–26
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–35
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 11–18
- 1st Class
- CHF 21–35
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–130
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 35–55
- 1st Class
- CHF 70–130
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 85
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Flughafen München to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–14
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 821 899 825 44
- servus@arverio.de
- Website
- arverio-by.de
Train from München Hbf to Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- arverio-by.de
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- info@sob.ch
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
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