There are 11 ways to get from Switzerland to Denmark by plane, car, car train, bus, night train, or train
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Fly from Basel
best- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Copenhagen Airport (CPH)plane BSL - CPH
4h 8mkr 625–2,061Drive, car train
- Drive from Zurich to Freiburg im Breisgau Train Stationcar
- Take the cartrain 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 Hamburg central bus stationbus FlixBus N24
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Copenhagen Busterminalbus N602 / ...
20h 18mkr 755–1,243Night train, train
- Take the nighttrain from Zuerich Hb to Hamburg Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to København Htrain Ece / ...
18h 4mkr 825–2,213Fly from Zurich Airport
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Copenhagen Airport (CPH)plane ZRH - CPH
4h 11mkr 873–2,125Fly from Geneva International Airport
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Copenhagen Airport (CPH)plane GVA - CPH
4h 33mkr 795–2,050Train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Copenhagen Airport (CPH)plane MXP - CPH
5h 50mkr 626–1,986Train, bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Lugano to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airportbus
- Fly from Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) to Copenhagen Airport (CPH)plane BGY - CPH
6h 30mkr 739–3,217Train via Frankfurt am Main
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain Ic3 / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Frankfurttrain 12 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Padborg sttrain 4
- Take the train from Padborg St. to København Htrain Ece / ...
15h 29mkr 1,865–8,113Train
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Hamburg-Altonatrain Ice
- Take the train from Hamburg-Altona to Koebenhavn Sydtrain Ic / ...
16h 54mkr 2,833–8,185Drive 1,312.5 km
- Drive from Zurich to Copenhagencar 1,312.5 km
12h 6mkr 1,740–2,513
Switzerland to Denmark by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Switzerland to Denmark is to bus which costs 750 kr - 1300 kr and takes 20h 18m.
The fastest way to get from Switzerland to Denmark is to fly which takes 4h 8m and costs 600 kr - 2100 kr.
No, there is no direct bus from Switzerland station to Denmark. However, there are services departing from Zurich Bus Station and arriving at Copenhagen Busterminal via Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 20h 18m.
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 4m.
The distance between Switzerland and Denmark is 974 km. The road distance is 1312.5 km.
The best way to get from Switzerland to Denmark without a car is to bus which takes 20h 18m and costs 750 kr - 1300 kr.
It takes approximately 4h 8m to get from Switzerland to Denmark, including transfers.
Switzerland to Denmark bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Zurich Bus Station.
Switzerland to Denmark train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Zürich HB station.
The best way to get from Switzerland to Denmark is to fly which takes 4h 8m and costs 600 kr - 2100 kr. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs 750 kr - 1300 kr and takes 20h 18m, you could also train via Frankfurt am Main, which costs 1800 kr - 8500 kr and takes 15h 29m.
What companies run services between Switzerland and Denmark?
Norwegian Air International, easyJet, and two other airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to Copenhagen Airport (CPH) every 3 hours. Alternatively, you can take a train from Zürich Stadelhofen to Copenhagen Busterminal via Zürich HB, Zurich Bus Station, and Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof in around 20h 18m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Copenhagen Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 750–4,200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Copenhagen Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 700–2,400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Copenhagen Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 700–2,500
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Copenhagen Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 750–2,700
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Copenhagen Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 600–2,200
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Basel to Copenhagen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 480–2,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 800–2,100
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 650–1,600
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 380–1,400
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 900–3,200
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 700–2,100
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Copenhagen Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 700–2,100
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Copenhagen Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 600–2,100
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 280–2,100
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Copenhagen Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- kr 280–2,100
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 450–1,800
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 420–1,600
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Basel to Copenhagen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 480–2,500
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Basel to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 350–1,400
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 450–2,000
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 550–2,500
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Copenhagen Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 800–1,600
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Copenhagen Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 600–2,200
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Freiburg im Breisgau Train Station to Lüneburg
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 39m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- kr 700–900
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Zuerich Hb to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 54m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 390–1,100
- Website
- Nightjet
- 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
- Danish Railways
Train from Hamburg Hbf to København H
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 750–1,100
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from Padborg St. to København H
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 490–700
- Website
- Danish Railways
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to København H
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 450–700
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Padborg St. to København H
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 290–440
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- snalltaget@snalltaget.se
- Website
- Snälltåget
Train from Hamburg Hbf to København H
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 23m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 430–700
- Website
- Snälltåget
Train from Padborg St. to København H
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 280–430
- Website
- Snälltåget
Train from Hamburg-Altona to Koebenhavn Syd
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 410–650
- Website
- Snälltåget
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 45–60
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Lugano to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 200–600
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 230–700
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 850–2,600
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Hamburg-Altona
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 33m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 2,400–7,500
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel SBB to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 450–2,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Padborg st
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- kr 900–4,100
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Basel SBB to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 1m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- kr 500–800
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Hamburg central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 550–900
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Copenhagen Busterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 200–330
- Website
- Flixbus
- customerservices@terravision.eu
- Website
- TERRAVISION
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 35–190
- Website
- TERRAVISION
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More Questions & Answers
Switzerland to Denmark bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Hamburg central bus station.
Switzerland to Denmark train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Basel SBB station.
Yes, the driving distance between Switzerland to Denmark is 1313 km. It takes approximately 12h 6m to drive from Switzerland to Denmark.
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