There are 8 ways to get from Oslo to Basel by train, plane, train (Deutsche Bahn), 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
4h 57mCHF 72–233Train
- Take the train from Oslo S to Göteborg Centralstationtrain
- Take the train from Göteborg Centralstation to København Htrain
- Take the train from København H to Hamburg Hbftrain Ece / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Basel Bad Bftrain 20 / ...
21h 35mCHF 177–318Bus
- Take the bus from Oslo bussterminal to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhofbus N613
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Basel SBBbus N33
27h 40mCHF 98–222Car 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 6mCHF 254–638Train, 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 21mCHF 107–287Bus 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 141–188Drive 1,863.5 km
- Drive from Oslo to Baselcar 1,863.5 km
17h 3mCHF 322–464Drive, car train
- Drive from Oslo to Hamburg Altonacar
- Take the car train from Hamburg Altona to Lörrach Hbfcartrain
21h 19mCHF 274–1,017
Oslo to Basel by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Oslo to Basel is to bus which costs SFr 95 - SFr 230 and takes 27h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Oslo to Basel is to train and fly which takes 4h 57m and costs SFr 70 - SFr 240.
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, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof. 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 Göteborg Centralstation, København H, Hamburg Hbf and Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 21h 35m.
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 35m and costs SFr 170 - SFr 320.
It takes approximately 4h 57m 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 35m and costs SFr 170 - SFr 320. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 95 - SFr 230 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 Göteborg Centralstation, København H, Hamburg Hbf, and Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe in around 21h 35m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Oslo bussterminal to Basel SBB via Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof in around 27h 40m.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–320
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–190
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Zurich Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–190
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–160
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–160
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 70–280
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–320
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–210
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–170
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Basel via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–190
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–260
- Phone
- 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 17–19
- 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
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–15
- Website
- https://www.vy.no/en
Train from Oslo S to Göteborg Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–75
- Website
- https://www.vy.no/en
- Phone
- +46 771-77 77 1
- bokningssupporten@oresundstag.se
- Website
- oresundstag.se
Train from Göteborg Centralstation to København H
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–50
- Website
- https://www.oresundstag.se/en
- Phone
- +47 70 13 14 15
- kundehenv@dsb.dk
- Website
- dsb.dk
Train from København H to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 44m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–130
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- reiseauskunft.bahn.de
Train from København H to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Website
- https://reiseauskunft.bahn.de/bin/query.exe/en?revia=yes&existOptimizePrice=1&country=overseas&initialAvail=ON&S={fromName}&Z={toName}&start=1
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- snalltaget@snalltaget.se
- Website
- snalltaget.se
Train from København H to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 11m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- 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 15–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kiel Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–32
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixtrain.de
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–40
- Website
- https://www.flixtrain.com/
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–55
- Website
- https://www.flixtrain.com/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Kiel Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–24
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–230
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–40
- 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 350–400
- Car Compartment
- CHF 600–750
- 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 40–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–85
- 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 75–110
- 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 183–373
- Website
- https://www.colorline.com/
- Car
- CHF 373
- No Car
- CHF 183
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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 Göteborg 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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