There are 6 ways to get from Raleigh to Bern by plane or train
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Fly Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Basel, train
best- Fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Basel (BSL)plane RDU - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Berntrain
14h 12mCHF 313–1,202Fly Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane RDU - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Berntrain
14h 8mCHF 370–1,022Fly Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Geneva International Airport, train
- Fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane RDU - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Berntrain
16h 35mCHF 340–962Fly Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane RDU - MXP
- Take the train from Gallarate to Domodossolatrain
- Take the train from Brig to Berntrain
17h 38mCHF 444–1,138Fly Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane RDU - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBBtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Berntrain
16h 2mCHF 462–1,186Train to Washington Dulles International Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Raleigh Union Station to Alexandriatrain
- Fly from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane IAD - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Berntrain
18h 23mCHF 384–965
Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Basel (BSL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Raleigh to Bern is to train and fly which costs SFr 380 - SFr 1000 and takes 18h 23m.
The fastest way to get from Raleigh to Bern is to fly and train which takes 14h 8m and costs SFr 370 - SFr 1100.
The distance between Raleigh and Bern is 7035 km.
It takes approximately 14h 12m to get from Raleigh to Bern, including transfers.
Bern is 6h ahead of Raleigh. It is currently 7:07 PM in Raleigh and 1:07 AM in Bern.
There are 141+ hotels available in Bern.
What companies run services between Raleigh, NC, USA and Bern, Switzerland?
There is no direct connection from Raleigh to Bern. However, you can take the line 100 bus to RDU Airport at Terminal 1, walk to Raleigh-Durham-Airport-RDU 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. Alternatively, you can take the line 100 bus to RDU Airport at Terminal 1, walk to Raleigh-Durham-Airport-RDU airport, fly to Zurich Airport (ZRH), walk to Zürich Flughafen, then take the train to Bern.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,400
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,200
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Zurich Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 16m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,100
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–800
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Geneva International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–950
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–1,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,100
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–1,000
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–1,100
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,100
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Basel via Boston, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 56m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,100
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–900
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–800
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Boston, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–850
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–800
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 24m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–800
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–900
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–850
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–850
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,400
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,200
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Zurich Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 450–700
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–800
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–1,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,100
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–850
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–1,100
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,100
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Basel via Boston, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 56m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,100
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–900
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–800
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Boston, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–850
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–800
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–900
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–850
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–900
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Zurich Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,300
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Geneva International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–850
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,200
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–800
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Frankfurt via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–900
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Zurich Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 16m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,100
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Zurich Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 450–700
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Geneva International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–950
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–1,000
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–900
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Geneva International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–850
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–800
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Frankfurt via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–900
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Zurich Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,300
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,200
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,100
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,200
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,100
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Basel via Boston, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 56m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,100
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–850
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–850
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Frankfurt via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,000
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Zurich Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 450–700
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–800
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–95
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–120
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–160
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Brig to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–100
- 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 41m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–16
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–29
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–16
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–60
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–85
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Raleigh Union Station to Alexandria
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 23m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–140
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
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