There are 11 ways to get from Ostend to Interlaken 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 Gand-Saint-PierreIc / ...
- Take the train from Gand-Saint-Pierre to Bruxelles-MidiIc / ...
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid to Paris Nord
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Basel SbbTgv
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Interlaken WestEc / ...
10h 20mCHF 90–382Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Bruges to Antwerp Rooseveltplaats802
- Take the bus from Antwerp Rooseveltplaats to Zurich Bus Station
- Take the bus from Zürich HB Schweizerhof to Interlaken Sonnenhof
18h 29mCHF 67–132Train, bus
- Take the train from Ostende to Brussels-NordIc / ...
- Take the bus from Brussels-North Station to Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Interlaken WestEc / ...
13h 46mDrive 791.3 km
- Drive from Ostend to Interlaken791.3 km
8h 6mCHF 129–186Train, train to Brussels Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Ostende to Gand-Saint-Pierre
- Take the train from Gand-Saint-Pierre to Brussels Airport-Zaventem
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)BRU - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Bern
- Take the train from Bern to Interlaken West
8h 22mCHF 162–315Train
- Take the train from Ostende to Bruxelles-MidiIc / ...
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to StrasbourgTgv
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Basel SbbTer
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Interlaken WestEc / ...
10h 46mCHF 135–313Train, train to Brussels Airport, fly to Geneva International Airport
- Take the train from Ostende to Gand-Saint-Pierre
- Take the train from Gand-Saint-Pierre to Brussels Airport-Zaventem
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)BRU - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Bern
- Take the train from Bern to Interlaken West
9h 52mCHF 122–245Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Ostende to Anvers-Central
- Take the train from Antwerpen-Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Basel (BSL)AMS - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Interlaken West
9h 41mCHF 107–391Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Ostende to Anvers-Central
- Take the train from Antwerpen-Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)AMS - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Bern
- Take the train from Bern to Interlaken West
9h 28mCHF 193–445Train, train to Brussels Airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, bus
- Take the train from Ostende to Gand-Saint-Pierre
- Take the train from Gand-Saint-Pierre to Brussels Airport-Zaventem
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)BRU - MXP
- Take the bus from Aeroporto Malpensa - Terminal 1 to Domodossola - Stazione Ferroviaria
- Take the train from Domodossola to Spiez
10h 7mCHF 111–306Train, train to Brussels Airport, fly to Milan Linate Airport
- Take the train from Ostende to Gand-Saint-Pierre
- Take the train from Gand-Saint-Pierre to Brussels Airport-Zaventem
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)BRU - LIN
- Take the train from Rho-Fiera Milano to Spiez
10h 33mCHF 102–283
Ostend to Interlaken by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Ostend to Interlaken is to bus which costs SFr 65 - SFr 140 and takes 18h 29m.
The fastest way to get from Ostend to Interlaken is to drive which takes 8h 6m and costs SFr 120 - SFr 190.
No, there is no direct bus from Ostend to Interlaken. However, there are services departing from Oostende Gouwelozestraat and arriving at Interlaken Sonnenhof via Bruges, Antwerp Rooseveltplaats and Zürich HB Schweizerhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 18h 29m.
No, there is no direct train from Ostend to Interlaken. However, there are services departing from Ostende and arriving at Interlaken West via Gand-Saint-Pierre, Brussel-Zuid, Paris Nord, Paris Gare De Lyon and Basel SBB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 20m.
The distance between Ostend and Interlaken is 1106 km. The road distance is 791.3 km.
The best way to get from Ostend to Interlaken without a car is to train via Paris which takes 10h 20m and costs SFr 90 - SFr 390.
It takes approximately 10h 20m to get from Ostend to Interlaken, including transfers.
Ostend to Interlaken bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Bruges station.
Ostend to Interlaken train services, operated by Belgian Railways (NMBS/SNCB), depart from Ostende station.
The best way to get from Ostend to Interlaken is to train via Paris which takes 10h 20m and costs SFr 90 - SFr 390. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 65 - SFr 140 and takes 18h 29m.
What companies run services between Ostend, Belgium and Interlaken, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Ostende to Interlaken West via Gand-Saint-Pierre, Bruxelles-Midi, Brussel-Zuid, Paris Nord, Paris Gare De Lyon, Basel Sbb, and Basel SBB in around 10h 20m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Oostende Gouwelozestraat to Interlaken Sonnenhof via Brugge Station perron C7, Bruges, Antwerp Rooseveltplaats, Zurich Bus Station, and Zürich HB Schweizerhof in around 18h 29m.
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- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–280
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zurich Airport via Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–170
Flights from Brussels Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–120
Flights from Brussels Airport to Geneva International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–120
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–270
Flights from Brussels Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–190
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–280
Flights from Brussels Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–120
Flights from Brussels Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–190
Flights from Brussels Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–210
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–280
Flights from Brussels Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–310
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–270
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–390
Flights from Brussels Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–280
Flights from Brussels Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–260
Flights from Brussels Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–320
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–310
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–290
Flights from Brussels Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–290
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–110
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–190
Flights from Brussels Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–130
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–190
Flights from Brussels Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–210
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–390
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Ostende to Gand-Saint-Pierre
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–10
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 7–10
- 1st Class
- CHF 10–16
Train from Gand-Saint-Pierre to Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 6–10
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 6–10
- 1st Class
- CHF 9–14
Train from Brussel-Zuid to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–35
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 24–35
- 1st Class
- CHF 35–55
Train from Ostende to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–16
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 11–16
- 1st Class
- CHF 17–25
Train from Gand-Saint-Pierre to Brussels Airport-Zaventem
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–16
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 14–16
- 1st Class
- CHF 19–22
Train from Ostende to Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–16
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 10–16
- 1st Class
- CHF 16–24
Train from Ostende to Anvers-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–17
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 11–17
- 1st Class
- CHF 18–26
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Brussel-Zuid to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–150
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 40–65
- 1st Class
- CHF 90–150
Train from Antwerpen-Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–90
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Brussel-Zuid to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–140
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Antwerpen-Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–100
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–140
- 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 85–200
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Interlaken West
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–70
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–65
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Interlaken West
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 31–34
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–65
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Domodossola to Spiez
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–60
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Basel SBB to Interlaken West
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–16
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–28
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +41 58 327 32 71
- Website
- bls.ch
Train from Domodossola to Spiez
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–24
- Website
- https://www.bls.ch/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Domodossola to Spiez
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–70
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 45–70
- 2nd Class
- CHF 26–35
Train from Rho-Fiera Milano to Spiez
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–90
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 60–90
- 2nd Class
- CHF 45–65
- 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
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Bruges to Antwerp Rooseveltplaats
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–28
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Antwerp Rooseveltplaats to Zurich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–75
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +41 44 552 0807
- contact@shuttler.ch
- Website
- shuttler.ch
Bus from Zürich HB Schweizerhof to Interlaken Sonnenhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–26
- Website
- https://shuttler.ch/
- Phone
- +39 0322 844 862
- comazzi@comazzibus.com
- Website
- comazzibus.com
Bus from Aeroporto Malpensa - Terminal 1 to Domodossola - Stazione Ferroviaria
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 8
- Website
- https://www.comazzibus.com/eng/index.php
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More Questions & Answers
Ostend to Interlaken bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Antwerp Rooseveltplaats station.
Ostend to Interlaken train services, operated by Belgian Railways (NMBS/SNCB), arrive at Gand-Saint-Pierre station.
Yes, the driving distance between Ostend to Interlaken is 791 km. It takes approximately 8h 6m to drive from Ostend to Interlaken.
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