There are 5 ways to get from Portland to Bern by plane or train
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Fly to Zurich Airport, train
best- Fly from Portland International Airport (PDX) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane PDX - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Berntrain
16h 30mCHF 392–1,382Fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Portland International Airport (PDX) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane PDX - MXP
- Take the train from Gallarate to Domodossolatrain
- Take the train from Brig to Berntrain
19h 55mCHF 331–941Fly to Basel, train
- Fly from Portland International Airport (PDX) to Basel (BSL)plane PDX - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Berntrain
16h 34mCHF 430–1,272Fly to Geneva International Airport, train
- Fly from Portland International Airport (PDX) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane PDX - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Berntrain
17h 54mCHF 392–1,392Fly to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Fly from Portland International Airport (PDX) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane PDX - STR
- Take the train from Böblingen to Singentrain
- Take the train from Singen to Zürich HBtrain
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Berntrain
20h 41mCHF 455–1,268
Portland International Airport (PDX) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Portland to Bern is to fly and train which costs SFr 330 - SFr 950 and takes 19h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Portland to Bern is to fly and train which takes 16h 30m and costs SFr 390 - SFr 1400.
The distance between Portland and Bern is 8772 km.
It takes approximately 16h 30m to get from Portland to Bern, including transfers.
Bern is 9h ahead of Portland. It is currently 9:16 AM in Portland and 6:16 PM in Bern.
There are 356+ hotels available in Bern.
What companies run services between Portland, OR, USA and Bern, Switzerland?
There is no direct connection from Portland to Bern. However, you can take the vehicle to Portland Int'l Airport station, walk to Portland International Airport (PDX) airport, fly to Zurich Airport (ZRH), walk to Zürich Flughafen, then take the train to Bern. Alternatively, you can take the vehicle to Portland Int'l Airport station, walk to Portland International Airport (PDX) airport, fly to Basel (BSL), walk to Basel EuroAirport, Ankunft, take the line 50 bus to Basel, Bahnhof SBB, walk to Basel SBB, then take the train to Bern.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,200
Flights from Portland International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,300
Flights from Portland International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,200
Flights from Portland International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 58m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,400
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,100
Flights from Portland International Airport to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,300
Flights from Portland International Airport to Geneva International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–750
Flights from Portland International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–1,000
Flights from Portland International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,300
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,000
Flights from Portland International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–900
Flights from Portland International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–800
Flights from Portland International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 370–1,100
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Zurich Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,200
Flights from Portland International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,200
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–850
Flights from Portland International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–800
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Portland International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,000
Flights from Portland International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–800
- Website
- westjet.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Calgary, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 370–1,400
Flights from Portland International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Calgary, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,200
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,000
Flights from Portland International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,000
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–80
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–65
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–90
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Brig to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–55
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Singen to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–50
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–60
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Gallarate to Domodossola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–8
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Gallarate to Domodossola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–9
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Böblingen to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 32–36
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Böblingen to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–29
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 731 1550-0
- servicecenter@dbregiobus-rab.de
- Website
- meine-rab.de
Train from Böblingen to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–21
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- info@sob.ch
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
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