There are 9 ways to get from Esbjerg to Basel by bus, plane, train, night train, car, or car train
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Bus to Billund Airport, fly to Basel
best- Take the bus from Frodesgade v Esbjerg Rådhus to Billund Lufthavn / Billund Airportbus
- Fly from Billund Airport (BLL) to Basel (BSL)plane BLL - BSL
7h 3mCHF 122–266Train to Copenhagen Airport, fly to Basel
cheapest- Take the train from Esbjerg St. to København Htrain
- Fly from Copenhagen Airport (CPH) to Basel (BSL)plane CPH - BSL
7h 33mCHF 61–229Train via Kassel
- Take the train from Esbjerg St. to Kolding St.train Ic / ...
- Take the train from Kolding St. to Schleswigtrain Ece / ...
- Take the train from Schleswig to Hamburg Hbftrain Re7
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain 25 / ...
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Basel Bad Bftrain 20 / ...
12h 53mCHF 144–320Bus
- Take the bus from Frodesgade v Jyllandsgade to Billund Lufthavn / Billund Airportbus 180
- Take the bus from Vejle Busterminal to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhofbus 172
- Take the bus from Hamburg central bus station to Basel SBBbus
20h 12mCHF 101–164Train, night train
- Take the train from Esbjerg St. to Kolding St.train Ic / ...
- Take the train from Kolding St. to Hamburg Hbftrain Ece / ...
- Take the nighttrain from Hamburg Hbf to Basel Sbbnighttrain Nj
14h 40mCHF 64–160Bus to Billund Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the bus from Frodesgade v Esbjerg Rådhus to Billund Lufthavn / Billund Airportbus
- Fly from Billund Airport (BLL) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane BLL - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
8h 11mCHF 158–365Drive, car train
- Drive from Esbjerg to Hamburg-Altonacar
- Take the cartrain from Hamburg-Altona to Lörrach Hbfcartrain
13h 47mCHF 146–192Train
- Take the train from Esbjerg St. to Tønder St.train 030
- Take the train from Niebüll to Hamburg-Altonatrain Re6
- Take the train from Hamburg-Altona to Basel SBBtrain 43
14h 37mCHF 167–561Drive 1,068.8 km
- Drive from Esbjerg to Baselcar 1,068.8 km
9h 20mCHF 217–313
Esbjerg to Basel by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Esbjerg to Basel is to train and night train which costs SFr 60 - SFr 160 and takes 14h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Esbjerg to Basel is to bus and fly which takes 7h 3m and costs SFr 120 - SFr 270.
No, there is no direct bus from Esbjerg to Basel. However, there are services departing from Frodesgade v Jyllandsgade and arriving at Basel SBB via Billund Lufthavn / Billund Airport, Vejle Busterminal and Hamburg central bus station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 20h 12m.
No, there is no direct train from Esbjerg to Basel. However, there are services departing from Esbjerg St. and arriving at Basel Bad Bf via Kolding St., Schleswig, Hamburg Hbf and Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 53m.
The distance between Esbjerg and Basel is 988 km. The road distance is 1068.8 km.
The best way to get from Esbjerg to Basel without a car is to train via Kassel which takes 12h 53m and costs SFr 140 - SFr 320.
It takes approximately 7h 3m to get from Esbjerg to Basel, including transfers.
Esbjerg to Basel bus services, operated by Sydtrafik, depart from Frodesgade v Jyllandsgade station.
Esbjerg to Basel train services, operated by Danish Railways (DSB), depart from Esbjerg St. station.
The best way to get from Esbjerg to Basel is to train via Kassel which takes 12h 53m and costs SFr 140 - SFr 320. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 100 - SFr 170 and takes 20h 12m.
What companies run services between Esbjerg, Denmark and Basel, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Esbjerg St. to Basel Bad Bf via Kolding St., Schleswig, Hamburg Hbf, and Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe in around 12h 53m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Frodesgade v Jyllandsgade to Basel SBB via Billund Lufthavn / Billund Airport, Vejle Trafikcenter, Vejle Busterminal, and Hamburg central bus station in around 20h 12m.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Billund Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–390
Flights from Billund Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–420
Flights from Billund Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–350
Flights from Billund Airport to Zurich Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–340
Flights from Billund Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–380
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–320
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Billund Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–390
Flights from Billund Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–350
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–320
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Billund Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–300
Flights from Billund Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–360
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–280
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–280
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Billund Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–390
Flights from Billund Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–420
Flights from Billund Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–380
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–160
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–180
- Phone
- +47 70 13 14 15
- kundehenv@dsb.dk
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from Esbjerg St. to Kolding St.
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from Kolding St. to Schleswig
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 10
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from Schleswig to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 10
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from Esbjerg St. to Kolding St.
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from Kolding St. to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 20
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from Esbjerg St. to København H
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 23
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from Esbjerg St. to Tønder St.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 6
- Website
- Danish Railways
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Schleswig to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–20
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Niebüll to Hamburg-Altona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–28
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Schleswig to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–100
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–160
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Niebüll to Hamburg-Altona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg-Altona to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–290
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- snalltaget@snalltaget.se
- Website
- Snälltåget
Train from Kolding St. to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 31
- Website
- Snälltåget
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Hamburg Hbf to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–120
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- CHF 95–120
- Couchette Carriage
- CHF 70–80
- Seating Carriage
- CHF 40–55
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–45
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Hamburg-Altona to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 22m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–440
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Hamburg-Altona to Lörrach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–110
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Hamburg-Altona to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–250
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- 7010 4410
- post@sydtrafik.dk
- Website
- Sydtrafik
Bus from Frodesgade v Esbjerg Rådhus to Billund Lufthavn / Billund Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–13
- Website
- Sydtrafik
Bus from Frodesgade v Jyllandsgade to Billund Lufthavn / Billund Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–13
- Website
- Sydtrafik
Bus from Frodesgade v Esbjerg Rådhus to Billund Lufthavn / Billund Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–13
- Website
- Sydtrafik
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Vejle Busterminal to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–35
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Hamburg central bus station to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–110
- Website
- Flixbus
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Booking & Getting There
Esbjerg to Basel bus services, operated by Sydtrafik, arrive at Billund Lufthavn / Billund Airport station.
Esbjerg to Basel train services, operated by Danish Railways (DSB), arrive at Kolding St. station.
Yes, the driving distance between Esbjerg to Basel is 1069 km. It takes approximately 9h 20m to drive from Esbjerg to Basel.
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