There are 11 ways to get from Denmark to Switzerland by plane, train, bus, night train, car, or car train
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Fly to Basel
best- Fly from Copenhagen Airport (CPH) to Basel (BSL)plane CPH - BSL
2h 19mCHF 76–242Fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Copenhagen Airport (CPH) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane CPH - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
4h 35mCHF 73–245Train
- Take the train from Koebenhavn H to Hamburg-Altonatrain Rj / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Basel SBBtrain Ec
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain Tgv / ...
13h 49mCHF 394–1,023Bus
- Take the bus from Copenhagen Busterminal to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhofbus N602 / ...
- Take the bus from Hamburg central bus station to Zurich Bus Stationbus FlixBus N24
20h 18mCHF 79–140Train, night train
- Take the train from København H to Hamburg Hbftrain Ece / ...
- Take the night train from Hamburg Hbf to Zuerich Hbnighttrain Nj
18h 2mCHF 142–267Fly to Geneva International Airport
- Fly from Copenhagen Airport (CPH) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane CPH - GVA
2h 35mCHF 85–244Fly to Zurich Airport
- Fly from Copenhagen Airport (CPH) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane CPH - ZRH
2h 28mCHF 112–250Fly to Milan Linate Airport, train
- Fly from Copenhagen Airport (CPH) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane CPH - LIN
- Take the train from Monza to Luganotrain
4h 32mCHF 74–238Drive, car train
- Drive from Copenhagen to Lüneburgcar
- Take the car train from Lüneburg to Freiburg im Breisgau Train Stationcartrain
- Drive from Freiburg im Breisgau Train Station to Zurichcar
15h 14mCHF 194–260Night train, train
- Take the night train from Koebenhavn Syd to Hamburg Hbfnighttrain 301
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Basel SBBtrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain Ice / ...
18h 6mCHF 196–431Drive 1,310.3 km
- Drive from Copenhagen to Zurichcar 1,310.3 km
12h 6mCHF 213–308
Denmark to Switzerland by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Denmark to Switzerland is to bus which costs SFr 75 - SFr 140 and takes 20h 18m.
The fastest way to get from Denmark to Switzerland is to fly which takes 2h 19m and costs SFr 75 - SFr 250.
No, there is no direct train from Denmark to Switzerland. However, there are services departing from Koebenhavn H and arriving at Zürich Stadelhofen via Altona, Hamburg Hbf, Basel SBB and Zürich HB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 49m.
The distance between Denmark and Switzerland is 974 km. The road distance is 1310.3 km.
The best way to get from Denmark to Switzerland without a car is to train which takes 13h 49m and costs SFr 390 - SFr 1100.
It takes approximately 2h 19m to get from Denmark to Switzerland, including transfers.
Denmark to Switzerland train services, operated by Danish Railways (DSB), depart from Koebenhavn H station.
The best way to get from Denmark to Switzerland is to fly which takes 2h 19m and costs SFr 75 - SFr 250. Alternatively, you can train, which costs SFr 390 - SFr 1100 and takes 13h 49m, you could also bus, which costs SFr 75 - SFr 140 and takes 20h 18m.
Denmark to Switzerland train services, operated by Danish Railways (DSB), arrive at Hamburg-Altona station.
Yes, the driving distance between Denmark to Switzerland is 1310 km. It takes approximately 12h 6m to drive from Denmark to Switzerland.
What companies run services between Denmark and Switzerland?
Norwegian Air International, easyJet, and four other airlines fly from Copenhagen Airport (CPH) to Basel (BSL) every 3 hours. Alternatively, you can take a train from Koebenhavn H to Zürich Stadelhofen via Hamburg-Altona, Altona, Hamburg Hbf, Basel SBB, and Zürich HB in around 13h 49m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–280
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–290
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–350
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–290
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–290
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–250
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–290
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–200
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Geneva International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–200
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–340
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–270
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–350
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–240
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–200
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–230
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–200
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–200
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–150
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–160
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–160
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–350
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Geneva International Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–240
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–200
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–240
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Geneva International Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–360
- Phone
- +47 70 13 14 15
- kundehenv@dsb.dk
- Website
- dsb.dk
Train from Koebenhavn H to Hamburg-Altona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–140
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
Train from København H to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–140
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 41m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–800
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–85
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Hamburg Hbf to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 54m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–130
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- CHF 100–130
- Couchette Carriage
- CHF 75–90
- Seating Carriage
- CHF 45–60
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–7
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Monza to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 3–5
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Monza to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–15
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 9–13
- 2nd Class
- CHF 11–15
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Lüneburg to Freiburg im Breisgau Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 34m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–110
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- snalltaget@snalltaget.se
- Website
- snalltaget.se
Night train from Koebenhavn Syd to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–75
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–330
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–220
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–10
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–20
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Copenhagen Busterminal to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Hamburg central bus station to Zurich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–100
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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