There are 11 ways to get from Netherlands to Lugano by plane, train, bus, night train, or car
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Fly Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
best- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane AMS - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
6h 16mDrive 977.1 km
cheapest- Drive from Amsterdam to Luganocar 977.1 km
9h 37mCHF 158–228Train
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to Duesseldorf Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBBtrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain Ec
11h 12mBus
- Take the bus from Amsterdam City Center - Sloterdijk to Luganobus BlaBlaCar Bus
16h 34mNight train, train
- Take the night train from Amsterdam Centraal to Zuerich Hbnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luganotrain Ec / ...
13h 29mFly Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Milan Linate Airport, train
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane AMS - LIN
- Take the train from Monza to Luganotrain
6h 14mTrain to Brussels Airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Take the train from Breda to Brussels Airport-Zaventemtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane BRU - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
6h 52mTrain to Brussels Airport, fly to Milan Linate Airport, train
- Take the train from Breda to Brussels Airport-Zaventemtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane BRU - LIN
- Take the train from Monza to Luganotrain
6h 50mFly Eindhoven Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport, train
- Fly from Eindhoven Airport (EIN) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)plane EIN - BGY
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Luganotrain
6h 51mTrain to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Düsseldorf Hbftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane DUS - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
7h 45mTrain, bus
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to Zürich HBtrain Nightjet
- Take the bus from Zurich Central Bus Station Sihlquai to Lugano Via Giacomo and Filippo Cianibus RegioJet 22
16h 4m
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Netherlands to Lugano is to drive which costs SFr 150 - SFr 230 and takes 9h 37m.
The fastest way to get from Netherlands to Lugano is to drive which takes 9h 37m and costs SFr 150 - SFr 230.
No, there is no direct bus from Netherlands to Lugano. However, there are services departing from Amsterdam, Buiten Brouwersstraat and arriving at Lugano via Amsterdam City Center - Sloterdijk. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 34m.
No, there is no direct train from Netherlands to Lugano. However, there are services departing from Amsterdam Centraal and arriving at Lugano via Düsseldorf Hbf, Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof and Basel SBB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 12m.
The distance between Netherlands and Lugano is 889 km. The road distance is 977.1 km.
The best way to get from Netherlands to Lugano without a car is to train which takes 11h 12m and costs .
It takes approximately 6h 16m to get from Netherlands to Lugano, including transfers.
Netherlands to Lugano bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Amsterdam City Center - Sloterdijk station.
Netherlands to Lugano train services, operated by NS Reizigers, depart from Amsterdam Centraal station.
The best way to get from Netherlands to Lugano is to train which takes 11h 12m and costs . Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 16h 34m.
What companies run services between Netherlands and Lugano, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Amsterdam Centraal to Lugano via Duesseldorf Hbf, Düsseldorf Hbf, Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof, and Basel SBB in around 11h 12m. Alternatively, BlaBlaCar Bus operates a bus from Amsterdam City Center - Sloterdijk to Lugano twice daily, and the journey takes 15h 15m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–180
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–170
Flights from Brussels Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–110
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–110
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–330
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–240
Flights from Brussels Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–410
Flights from Brussels Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–210
Flights from Brussels Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–300
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–290
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–280
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–240
Flights from Brussels Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–150
Flights from Brussels Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–210
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–280
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–250
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–300
Flights from Brussels Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–230
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–250
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–320
Flights from Brussels Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–260
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–150
Flights from Brussels Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–210
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–140
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–140
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–140
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- trenord.it
Train from Monza to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- trenord.it
Train from Milano Centrale to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- trenord.it
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- ns.nl
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- ns.nl
Night train from Amsterdam Centraal to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 4m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- ns.nl
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- ns.nl
- Website
- nsinternational.nl
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- nsinternational.nl
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- nsinternational.nl
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- nsinternational.nl
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- nsinternational.nl
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- nsinternational.nl
- Website
- delfi.de
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- delfi.de
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- delfi.de
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Schedules at
- delfi.de
- Website
- delfi.de
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- delfi.de
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Schedules at
- delfi.de
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- delfi.de
- Website
- fsitaliane.it
Train from Monza to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- fsitaliane.it
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Breda to Brussels Airport-Zaventem
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- belgiantrain.be
- Website
- vias-online.de
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- vias-online.de
- Website
- vias-online.de
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- vias-online.de
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Amsterdam City Center - Sloterdijk to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- blablacar.co.uk
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More Questions & Answers
Netherlands to Lugano bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Lugano station.
Netherlands to Lugano train services, operated by NS Reizigers, arrive at Duesseldorf Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Netherlands to Lugano is 977 km. It takes approximately 9h 37m to drive from Netherlands to Lugano.
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