There are 3 ways to get from Kirkwall to Basel by plane or train
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Fly to Zurich Airport, train
best- Fly from Kirkwall (KOI) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane KOI - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
10h 43mCHF 292–642Fly to Stuttgart Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Kirkwall (KOI) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane KOI - STR
- Take the train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbftrain
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bftrain
12h 53mCHF 174–675Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Kirkwall (KOI) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane KOI - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bftrain
11h 33mCHF 269–863
Kirkwall (KOI) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Kirkwall to Basel is to fly and train which costs SFr 290 - SFr 650 and takes 10h 43m.
The fastest way to get from Kirkwall to Basel is to fly and train which takes 10h 43m and costs SFr 290 - SFr 650.
The distance between Kirkwall and Basel is 1590 km.
It takes approximately 10h 43m to get from Kirkwall to Basel, including transfers.
Basel is 1h ahead of Kirkwall. It is currently 12:19 PM in Kirkwall and 1:19 PM in Basel.
There are 558+ hotels available in Basel.
What companies run services between Kirkwall, Scotland and Basel, Switzerland?
There is no direct connection from Kirkwall to Basel. However, you can take the bus to Airport Terminal, walk to Kirkwall (KOI) airport, fly to Zurich Airport (ZRH), walk to Zürich Flughafen, take the train to Zürich HB, then take the train to Basel SBB. Alternatively, you can take the bus to Airport Terminal, walk to Kirkwall (KOI) airport, fly to Stuttgart Airport (STR), walk to Flughafen/Messe, take the train to Hauptbahnhof, walk to Stuttgart Hbf, take the train to Karlsruhe Hbf, walk to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof, then take the train to Basel Bad Bf.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Kirkwall to Zurich Airport via Aberdeen, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–600
Flights from Kirkwall to Stuttgart Airport via Aberdeen, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–700
Flights from Kirkwall to Stuttgart Airport via Glasgow, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–750
Flights from Kirkwall to Stuttgart Airport via Inverness, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–700
Flights from Kirkwall to Frankfurt via Aberdeen, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–550
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Kirkwall to Stuttgart Airport via Glasgow, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–750
Flights from Kirkwall to Frankfurt via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–600
Flights from Kirkwall to Frankfurt via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–650
Flights from Kirkwall to Frankfurt via Lerwick, Bergen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–650
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Kirkwall to Zurich Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–850
Flights from Kirkwall to Zurich Airport via Aberdeen, Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–600
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Kirkwall to Zurich Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–850
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Kirkwall to Stuttgart Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–550
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Kirkwall to Frankfurt via Dundee, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–470
- 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 27–80
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–300
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- arverio-bw.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–25
- Schedules at
- arverio-bw.de
- 2nd Class Ticket
- CHF 13–16
- 1st Class Ticket
- CHF 17–25
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- arverio-by.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–18
- Schedules at
- arverio-by.de
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
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- Phone
- +49 711 2092-7087
- Website
- regional.bahn.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–20
- Schedules at
- regional.bahn.de
- Phone
- +49 731 1550-0
- servicecenter@dbregiobus-rab.de
- Website
- meine-rab.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–14
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–45
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
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