There are 11 ways to get from Ostend to Bern by train (Eurostar, TGV), train, bus, car, plane, or train (TGV)
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Train via Paris
best- Take the train from Ostende to Bruxelles-Miditrain Ic / ...
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Paris Nordtrain
- Take the train from Paris Est to Strasbourgtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbbtrain Ter
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Berntrain Ic6 / ...
8h 35mCHF 180–571Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Bruges to Brussels-North train stationbus 819 / ...
- Take the bus from Brussels-North train station to Bernbus FlixBus N506 / ...
13h 56mCHF 49–89Train, bus
- Take the train from Ostende to Brussels-Nordtrain Ic / ...
- Take the bus from Brussels-North Station to Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strassebus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Berntrain Ic6 / ...
12h 16mDrive 737.6 km
- Drive from Ostend to Berncar 737.6 km
7h 35mCHF 121–174Train, train to Brussels Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Ostende to Gand-Saint-Pierretrain
- Take the train from Gand-Saint-Pierre to Brussels Airport-Zaventemtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane BRU - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Berntrain
7h 9mCHF 141–403Train
- Take the train from Ostende to Bruxelles-Miditrain Ic / ...
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Strasbourgtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbbtrain Ter
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Berntrain Ic6 / ...
9h 18mCHF 220–431Train, train to Brussels Airport, fly to Geneva International Airport
- Take the train from Ostende to Gand-Saint-Pierretrain
- Take the train from Gand-Saint-Pierre to Brussels Airport-Zaventemtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane BRU - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Berntrain
8h 32mCHF 126–383Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Ostende to Anvers-Centraltrain
- Take the train from Antwerpen-Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane AMS - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Berntrain
8h 14mCHF 185–486Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Ostende to Anvers-Centraltrain
- Take the train from Antwerpen-Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Basel (BSL)plane AMS - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Berntrain
8h 18mCHF 168–451Train, train to Brussels Airport, fly to Milan Linate Airport
- Take the train from Ostende to Gand-Saint-Pierretrain
- Take the train from Gand-Saint-Pierre to Brussels Airport-Zaventemtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane BRU - LIN
- Take the train from Rho-Fiera Milano to Berntrain
10h 29mCHF 109–318Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Geneva International Airport
- Take the train from Ostende to Anvers-Centraltrain
- Take the train from Antwerpen-Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane AMS - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Berntrain
9h 37mCHF 175–476
Ostend to Bern by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Ostend to Bern is to bus which costs SFr 45 - SFr 90 and takes 13h 56m.
The fastest way to get from Ostend to Bern is to train and fly which takes 7h 9m and costs SFr 140 - SFr 410.
No, there is no direct bus from Ostend to Bern. However, there are services departing from Oostende Gouwelozestraat and arriving at Bern via Bruges and Brussels-North train station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 56m.
No, there is no direct train from Ostend to Bern. However, there are services departing from Ostende and arriving at Bern via Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, Paris Est, Strasbourg and Basel SBB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 35m.
The distance between Ostend and Bern is 1102 km. The road distance is 737.6 km.
The best way to get from Ostend to Bern without a car is to train via Paris which takes 8h 35m and costs SFr 180 - SFr 600.
It takes approximately 8h 35m to get from Ostend to Bern, including transfers.
Ostend to Bern bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Bruges station.
Ostend to Bern train services, operated by Belgian Railways (NMBS/SNCB), depart from Ostende station.
The best way to get from Ostend to Bern is to train via Paris which takes 8h 35m and costs SFr 180 - SFr 600. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 45 - SFr 90 and takes 13h 56m.
What companies run services between Ostend, Belgium and Bern, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Ostende to Bern via Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, Paris Nord, Paris Est, Strasbourg, Basel Sbb, and Basel SBB in around 8h 35m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Oostende Gouwelozestraat to Bern via Brugge Station perron C7, Bruges, and Brussels-North train station in around 13h 56m.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–210
Flights from Brussels Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–210
Flights from Brussels Airport to Geneva International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–210
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–290
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Geneva International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–240
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–270
Flights from Brussels Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–270
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–320
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–370
Flights from Brussels Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–290
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–320
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–210
Flights from Brussels Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–210
Flights from Brussels Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–240
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–180
Flights from Brussels Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–150
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- When
- Monday, Sunday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–240
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–140
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–360
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–700
Flights from Brussels Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–1,700
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–370
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Geneva International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–330
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–240
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Ostende to Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–40
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Ostende to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–40
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Ostende to Gand-Saint-Pierre
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–20
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Gand-Saint-Pierre to Brussels Airport-Zaventem
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–23
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Ostende to Anvers-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–45
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Ostende to Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Paris Est to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–220
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Ostende to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Ostende to Gand-Saint-Pierre
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–150
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–95
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Paris Est to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–140
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–45
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Est to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–140
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–230
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–100
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–130
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–160
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Antwerpen-Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–35
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Rho-Fiera Milano to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–100
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 65–100
- 2nd Class
- CHF 50–70
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Bus from Brussels-North Station to Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 29m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Bruges to Brussels-North train station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 6–11
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Brussels-North train station to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–75
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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Ostend to Bern bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Brussels-North train station.
Ostend to Bern train services, operated by Belgian Railways (NMBS/SNCB), arrive at Bruxelles-Midi station.
Yes, the driving distance between Ostend to Bern is 738 km. It takes approximately 7h 35m to drive from Ostend to Bern.
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