There are 8 ways to get from Oslo to Basel by train, plane, bus, car ferry, car, or car train
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Train, fly to Basel
best- Take the train from Oslo S to Oslo lufthavn stasjontrain
- Fly from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (OSL) to Basel (BSL)plane OSL - BSL
5hCHF 73–213Train
- Take the train from Oslo S to Malmö, Centralstationtrain
- Take the train from Malmo C to Hamburg Hbftrain Ic
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Basel Bad Bftrain 20 / ...
21h 15mCHF 252–333Bus
- Take the bus from Oslo bussterminal to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhofbus N613
- Take the bus from Hamburg central bus station to Basel SBBbus FlixBus N33
27h 40mCHF 99–176Car ferry, train
- Take the car ferry from Oslo Vipperangen to Port of Kielcarferry
- Take the train from Kiel Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain Re7
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Basel SBBtrain 20 / ...
30h 2mCHF 301–634Train, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Oslo S to Oslo lufthavn stasjontrain
- Fly from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (OSL) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane OSL - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
6h 20mCHF 118–297Bus via Kunowice
- Take the bus from Oslo bussterminal to Słubicebus
- Take the bus from SŁUBICE, Port Świecko, Świecko 39 to BASEL, Hbf - Meret Oppenheim-Strasse 80bus
38h 50mCHF 139–185Drive 1,863.5 km
- Drive from Oslo to Baselcar 1,863.5 km
17h 3mCHF 308–445Drive, car train
- Drive from Oslo to Hamburg Altonacar
- Take the car train from Hamburg Altona to Lörrach Hbfcartrain
21h 19mCHF 266–1,006
Oslo to Basel by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Oslo to Basel is to bus which costs SFr 95 - SFr 180 and takes 27h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Oslo to Basel is to train and fly which takes 5h and costs SFr 70 - SFr 220.
No, there is no direct bus from Oslo to Basel. However, there are services departing from Oslo bussterminal and arriving at Basel SBB via Hamburg central bus station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 40m.
No, there is no direct train from Oslo to Basel. However, there are services departing from Oslo S and arriving at Basel Bad Bf via Malmo C, Hamburg Hbf and Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 21h 15m.
The distance between Oslo and Basel is 1472 km. The road distance is 1863.5 km.
The best way to get from Oslo to Basel without a car is to train which takes 21h 15m and costs SFr 250 - SFr 340.
It takes approximately 5h to get from Oslo to Basel, including transfers.
Oslo to Basel bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Oslo bussterminal station.
Oslo to Basel train services, operated by Norwegian Railways (VY), depart from Oslo S station.
The best way to get from Oslo to Basel is to train which takes 21h 15m and costs SFr 250 - SFr 340. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 95 - SFr 180 and takes 27h 40m.
What companies run services between Oslo, Norway and Basel, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Oslo S to Basel Bad Bf via Malmo C, Hamburg Hbf, and Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe in around 21h 15m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Oslo bussterminal to Basel SBB via Hamburg central bus station in around 27h 40m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–150
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–150
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–280
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–290
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–310
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–210
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Zurich Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–210
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–310
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–250
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–160
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Basel via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–190
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–130
- Phone
- +47 23 15 90 00
- flytoget@flytoget.no
- Website
- flytoget.no
Train from Oslo S to Oslo lufthavn stasjon
- Ave. Duration
- 22 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–20
- Website
- https://flytoget.no/en/
- Phone
- +47 61 05 19 10
- tog@vy.no
- Website
- vy.no
Train from Oslo S to Oslo lufthavn stasjon
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–15
- Website
- https://www.vy.no/en
- Book at
- https://www.vy.no/en/buy-tickets/train-and-bus-tickets
Train from Oslo S to Malmö, Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 13m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–140
- Website
- https://www.vy.no/en
- Book at
- https://www.vy.no/en/buy-tickets/train-and-bus-tickets
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- snalltaget@snalltaget.se
- Website
- snalltaget.se
Train from Malmo C to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–55
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–56
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kiel Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–31
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Kiel Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–24
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–220
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- 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 30–60
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Hamburg Altona to Lörrach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 33m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–750
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- CHF 340–390
- Car Compartment
- CHF 550–750
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Oslo bussterminal to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–95
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Hamburg central bus station to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–85
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +48 801 22 33 44
- bilety@sindbad.pl
- Website
- sindbad.pl
Bus from Oslo bussterminal to Słubice
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–100
- Website
- https://www.sindbad.pl/en/home
Bus from SŁUBICE, Port Świecko, Świecko 39 to BASEL, Hbf - Meret Oppenheim-Strasse 80
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–85
- Website
- https://www.sindbad.pl/en/home
- Phone
- +45 99 56 19 00
- Website
- colorline.no
Car ferry from Oslo Vipperangen to Port of Kiel
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 186–379
- Website
- https://www.colorline.com/
- Car
- CHF 379
- No Car
- CHF 186
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More Questions & Answers
Oslo to Basel bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof station.
Oslo to Basel train services, operated by Norwegian Railways (VY), arrive at Malmö, Centralstation.
Yes, the driving distance between Oslo to Basel is 1864 km. It takes approximately 17h 3m to drive from Oslo to Basel.
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