There are 13 ways to get from Istanbul to Brig by plane, train, bus, night train, or car
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Fly Istanbul to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
best- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane IST - MXP
- Take the train from Gallarate to Domodossolatrain
8h 56mCHF 96–269Bus, train
- Take the bus from Istanbul to Munichbus
- Take the train from München Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain 47 / ...
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBBtrain 12 / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Brigtrain Ic6 / ...
32h 2mCHF 151–720Night train, train
- Take the night train from Halkali to Videlenighttrain
- Take the train from Videle to Budapest-Keletitrain Ir
- Take the night train from Budapest-Keleti to Zuerich Hbnighttrain En
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Berntrain Ic1 / ...
- Take the train from Bern to Brigtrain Ic8 / ...
43h 16mCHF 178–305Drive 2,121.1 km
- Drive from Istanbul to Brigcar 2,121.1 km
20h 11mCHF 349–505Fly Istanbul to Geneva International Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane IST - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Brigtrain
9h 21mCHF 172–482Fly Istanbul to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane IST - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Berntrain
- Take the train from Bern to Brigtrain
9h 9mCHF 177–482Fly Istanbul to Basel, train
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Basel (BSL)plane IST - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Brigtrain
9h 27mCHF 110–517Fly Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Basel, train
- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Basel (BSL)plane SAW - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Brigtrain
9h 47mCHF 110–557Fly Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane SAW - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Berntrain
- Take the train from Bern to Brigtrain
9h 34mCHF 137–712Fly Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)plane SAW - BGY
- Take the bus from Bergamo Airport Bus Station to Piazza Luigi di Savoiabus
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Brigtrain
10h 1mCHF 126–395Fly Istanbul to Turin Caselle Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Turin Caselle Airport (TRN)plane IST - TRN
- Take the train from Torino Porta di Susa to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Brigtrain
11h 28mCHF 155–381Bus, train via Sofia
- Take the bus from Istanbul Büyük Otogari to Sofia Serdica Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Milano, Stazione Centralebus
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Brigtrain Ec
35h 4mCHF 141–197Bus, train #2
- Take the bus from Istanbul to Lindaubus
- Take the train from Lindau-Reutin to Romanshorntrain Re
- Take the train from Romanshorn to Brigtrain Ic8
35h 18mCHF 191–439
Istanbul to Brig by bus, foot, and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Istanbul to Brig is to fly and train which costs SFr 95 - SFr 270 and takes 8h 56m.
The fastest way to get from Istanbul to Brig is to fly and train which takes 8h 56m and costs SFr 95 - SFr 270.
No, there is no direct train from Istanbul to Brig. However, there are services departing from Yenikapi and arriving at Brig via Halkali, Videle, Budapest-Keleti, Zürich HB and Bern. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 43h 16m.
The distance between Istanbul and Brig is 1855 km. The road distance is 2121.1 km.
The best way to get from Istanbul to Brig without a car is to bus and train which takes 32h 2m and costs SFr 150 - SFr 750.
It takes approximately 8h 56m to get from Istanbul to Brig, including transfers.
Istanbul to Brig train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), depart from Halkali station.
Brig is 1h behind Istanbul. It is currently 10:40 AM in Istanbul and 9:40 AM in Brig.
Istanbul to Brig train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), arrive at Videle station.
Yes, the driving distance between Istanbul to Brig is 2121 km. It takes approximately 20h 11m to drive from Istanbul to Brig.
What companies run services between Istanbul, Turkey and Brig, Switzerland?
There is no direct connection from Istanbul to Brig. However, you can take the train to Gayrettepe, take the train to Istanbul Airport, walk to Istanbul (IST) airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP), walk to Malpensa Aeroporto T1, take the train to Gallarate, take the train to Domodossola, then take the train to Brig. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Istanbul to Brig via Munich, München Hbf, Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof, and Basel SBB in around 32h 2m.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Istanbul to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–400
Flights from Istanbul to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–230
Flights from Istanbul to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–240
Flights from Istanbul to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–280
Flights from Istanbul to Turin Caselle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–250
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Istanbul to Milano Malpensa Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–230
Flights from Istanbul to Geneva International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 23m
- When
- Wednesday, Sunday, Monday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–200
Flights from Istanbul to Zurich Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–170
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–310
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–280
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–240
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Istanbul to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–250
Flights from Istanbul to Turin Caselle Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–240
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–260
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–470
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–290
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Istanbul to Zurich Airport via Split
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–450
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Gallarate to Domodossola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- 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 41m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–16
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from München Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–230
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–170
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from München Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–75
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–55
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +49 221 800 20 80
- info@msm-gruppe.de
- Website
- msm-gruppe.de
Train from München Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- msm-gruppe.de
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Brig
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–210
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–120
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Brig
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–110
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Brig
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–220
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–130
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Brig
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–110
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Brig
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–210
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Brig
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–210
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–130
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Brig
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–110
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Romanshorn to Brig
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–310
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Basel SBB to Brig
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–20
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Basel SBB to Brig
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–20
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Basel SBB to Brig
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–20
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- bdz_passengers@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Night train from Halkali to Videle
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–25
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 8–12
- 1st Class
- CHF 9–12
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Videle to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 31m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 54–59
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- informacio@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Night train from Budapest-Keleti to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–55
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–55
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Brig
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–80
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 55–80
- 2nd Class
- CHF 35–50
Train from Milano Centrale to Brig
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–80
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 55–80
- 2nd Class
- CHF 35–50
Train from Milano Centrale to Brig
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–80
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 55–80
- 2nd Class
- CHF 35–50
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Torino Porta di Susa to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–35
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Lindau-Reutin to Romanshorn
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–16
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +90 212 658 18 51
- info@alparturizm.com.tr
- Website
- alparturizm.com.tr
Bus from Istanbul to Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–110
- Website
- https://www.alparturizm.com.tr/en/
Bus from Istanbul to Lindau
- Ave. Duration
- 29h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–120
- Website
- https://www.alparturizm.com.tr/en/
- info@flibco.com
- Website
- flibco.com
Bus from Bergamo Airport Bus Station to Piazza Luigi di Savoia
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–19
- Website
- https://www.flibco.com/en
- customerservices@terravision.eu
- Website
- terravision.eu
Bus from Bergamo Airport Bus Station to Piazza Luigi di Savoia
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–23
- Website
- https://www.terravision.eu/
- Phone
- +39 02 3008 9000
- mail@autostradale.it
- Website
- autostradale.it
Bus from Bergamo Airport Bus Station to Piazza Luigi di Savoia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–8
- Website
- https://autostradale.it/?lang=en-GB
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Istanbul Büyük Otogari to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–40
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Istanbul Büyük Otogari to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +359 700 20 544
- Website
- ardatur.bg
Bus from Istanbul Büyük Otogari to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–65
- Website
- https://ardatur.bg/en/
- Phone
- +90 212 658 00 61
- info@huntur.com.tr
- Website
- huntur.com.tr
Bus from Istanbul Büyük Otogari to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–35
- Website
- https://www.huntur.com.tr/?l=EN
- Phone
- +359 2 980 56 58
- info@mm-travel.bg
- Website
- mm-travel.bg
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Milano, Stazione Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 84
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- tickets.mm-travel.bg
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