There are 12 ways to get from Switzerland to Denmark by plane, car, car train, bus, night train, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Zurich Airport
best- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Copenhagen Airport (CPH)plane ZRH - CPH
4h 11mkr 923–2,024Train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Copenhagen Airport (CPH)plane MXP - CPH
5h 50mkr 616–1,986Drive, car train
- Drive from Zurich to Freiburg im Breisgau Train Stationcar
- Take the car train from Freiburg im Breisgau Train Station to Lüneburgcartrain
- Drive from Lüneburg to Copenhagencar
15h 20mkr 1,508–2,128Bus
- Take the bus from Zurich Bus Station to Würzburg Main Stationbus FlixBus N24
- Take the bus from Würzburg Main Station to Copenhagen Busterminalbus N05
20h 28mkr 645–1,113Night train, train
- Take the night train from Zuerich Hb to Hamburg Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to København Htrain Ece / ...
18h 7mkr 835–2,313Fly from Basel
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Copenhagen Airport (CPH)plane BSL - CPH
4h 8mkr 635–1,962Fly from Geneva International Airport
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Copenhagen Airport (CPH)plane GVA - CPH
4h 33mkr 696–1,952Train to Milan Linate Airport, fly
- Take the train from Lugano to Seregnotrain
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Copenhagen Airport (CPH)plane LIN - CPH
6h 12mkr 630–2,293Train, bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Lugano to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Stationbus
- Fly from Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) to Copenhagen Airport (CPH)plane BGY - CPH
6h 20mkr 707–2,107Train via Frankfurt am Main
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain Ice / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Frankfurttrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Schleswigtrain 4
- Take the train from Schleswig to København Htrain Ece / ...
15h 59mkr 1,700–5,853Train
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Hamburg-Altonatrain Ice
- Take the train from Hamburg-Altona to København syd stationtrain Ic
16h 54mkr 2,793–7,635Drive 1,312.6 km
- Drive from Zurich to Copenhagencar 1,312.6 km
12h 8mkr 1,742–2,516
Switzerland to Denmark by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Switzerland to Denmark is to bus which costs 600 kr - 1200 kr and takes 20h 28m.
The fastest way to get from Switzerland to Denmark is to fly which takes 4h 8m and costs 600 kr - 2000 kr.
No, there is no direct train from Switzerland to Denmark. However, there are services departing from Zürich Stadelhofen and arriving at København H via Zuerich Hb and Hamburg Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 18h 7m.
The distance between Switzerland and Denmark is 972 km. The road distance is 1312.6 km.
The best way to get from Switzerland to Denmark without a car is to bus which takes 20h 28m and costs 600 kr - 1200 kr.
It takes approximately 4h 11m to get from Switzerland to Denmark, including transfers.
Switzerland to Denmark train services, operated by SBB GmbH, depart from Zürich HB station.
The best way to get from Switzerland to Denmark is to fly which takes 4h 11m and costs 900 kr - 2100 kr. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs 600 kr - 1200 kr and takes 20h 28m, you could also train via Frankfurt am Main, which costs 1700 kr - 6000 kr and takes 15h 59m.
Switzerland to Denmark train services, operated by SBB GmbH, arrive at Basel SBB station.
Yes, the driving distance between Switzerland to Denmark is 1313 km. It takes approximately 12h 8m to drive from Switzerland to Denmark.
What companies run services between Switzerland and Denmark?
Swiss, Scandinavian Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Copenhagen Airport (CPH) hourly. Alternatively, you can take a train from Zürich Stadelhofen to Copenhagen Busterminal via Zürich HB, Zurich Bus Station, and Würzburg Main Station in around 20h 28m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Copenhagen Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 750–3,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Copenhagen Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 750–3,100
Flights from Basel to Copenhagen Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 600–2,300
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Copenhagen Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 700–2,400
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Copenhagen Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 550–2,200
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Copenhagen Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–2,100
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Copenhagen Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 410–2,300
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–1,600
Flights from Basel to Copenhagen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 500–2,800
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 800–2,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 500–1,800
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 500–1,600
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 750–2,800
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 700–1,600
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Copenhagen Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 700–1,600
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Copenhagen Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 500–2,100
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 290–1,100
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Copenhagen Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- kr 290–1,100
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 400–1,600
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 380–1,300
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 350–1,300
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Copenhagen Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 350–1,300
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Basel to Copenhagen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 500–2,800
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Basel to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 230–1,700
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 650–1,900
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 240–800
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Copenhagen Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 800–1,600
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Copenhagen Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 550–1,900
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Copenhagen Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 650–3,100
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Freiburg im Breisgau Train Station to Lüneburg
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 39m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- kr 700–900
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Zuerich Hb to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 54m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 390–1,100
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- kr 800–1,100
- Couchette Carriage
- kr 600–750
- Seating Carriage
- kr 390–470
- Phone
- +47 70 13 14 15
- kundehenv@dsb.dk
- Website
- dsb.dk
Train from Hamburg Hbf to København H
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 750–1,200
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
Train from Schleswig to København H
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 550–850
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Hamburg Hbf to København H
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 440–700
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
Train from Schleswig to København H
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 320–490
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 45–60
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Lugano to Seregno
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 35–45
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Lugano to Seregno
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 140–430
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lugano to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 200–600
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 900–2,600
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Hamburg-Altona
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 33m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 2,400–7,000
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 65–85
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 120–290
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 460–1,100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Schleswig
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 850–2,100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- snalltaget@snalltaget.se
- Website
- snalltaget.se
Train from Hamburg-Altona to København syd station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 370–600
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Würzburg Main Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 200–350
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Würzburg Main Station to Copenhagen Busterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 440–750
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- info@flibco.com
- Website
- flibco.com
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 60–160
- Website
- https://www.flibco.com/en
- customerservices@terravision.eu
- Website
- terravision.eu
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 35–190
- Website
- https://www.terravision.eu/
- Phone
- +39 02 3008 9000
- mail@autostradale.it
- Website
- autostradale.it
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 30–60
- Website
- https://autostradale.it/?lang=en-GB
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