There are 5 ways to get from Minneapolis to Basel by plane or train
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Fly to Basel
best- Fly from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) to Basel (BSL)plane MSP - BSL
13h 33mCHF 415–1,107Fly to Frankfurt, train
cheapest- Fly from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane MSP - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bftrain
14h 20mCHF 333–1,032Fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane MSP - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
14h 26mCHF 334–1,048Fly to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Fly from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane MSP - STR
- Take the train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbftrain
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bftrain
16h 21mCHF 423–1,124Fly to Geneva International Airport, train
- Fly from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane MSP - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Renens VDtrain
- Take the train from Renens VD to Basel SBBtrain
16h 44mCHF 537–1,083
Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) to Basel (BSL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Minneapolis to Basel is to fly and train which costs SFr 330 - SFr 1100 and takes 14h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Minneapolis to Basel is to fly which takes 13h 33m and costs SFr 410 - SFr 1200.
The distance between Minneapolis and Basel is 7180 km.
It takes approximately 13h 33m to get from Minneapolis to Basel, including transfers.
Basel is 7h ahead of Minneapolis. It is currently 12:15 AM in Minneapolis and 7:15 AM in Basel.
There are 1310+ hotels available in Basel.
What companies run services between Minneapolis, MN, USA and Basel, Switzerland?
Delta, KLM, and five other airlines fly from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) to Basel (BSL) twice daily.
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 17m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–1,400
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–1,400
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,200
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,200
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 7m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,100
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,200
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,300
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,100
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,100
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 17m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–1,400
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–1,400
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,200
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 7m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,100
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,300
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,100
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 17m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–1,400
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–1,400
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,200
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,200
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,100
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 410–1,100
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–900
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–850
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 390–1,000
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–850
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–900
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–850
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–850
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Zurich Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 390–1,600
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Frankfurt via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 410–800
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 470–800
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Basel via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 27m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–1,900
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Frankfurt via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,200
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 370–1,400
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,300
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 440–1,800
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–850
- 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 29–85
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–60
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Renens VD to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–170
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–29
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
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
- 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 7–16
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–55
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
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
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–85
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- 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
- +49 711 2092-7087
- Website
- regional.bahn.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- 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
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
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