There are 12 ways to get from Zurich to Balk by train, bus, car, or plane
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Train via Frankfurt Airport (FRA)
best- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain Ice / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Frankfurttrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt Flughafen Fernb to Utrecht Centraaltrain Ice
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Heerenveentrain
13h€115–406Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Zurich Bus Station to Dortmund central bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Dortmund central bus station to Groningen central stationbus
- Take the bus from Groningen, Hoofdstation to Lemmer, Busstationbus 315
17h 13m€67–119Train, bus
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain Ic3 / ...
- Take the bus from Basel Mulhouse Freiburg - Airport to Rotterdambus
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Heerenveentrain
16h 45m€109–157Drive 803.7 km
- Drive from Zurich to Balkcar 803.7 km
8h 1m€140–202Fly Zurich Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane ZRH - DUS
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Zwolletrain
- Take the train from Zwolle to Heerenveentrain
9h 1m€128–335Train, drive
- 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 Aachen, Hbftrain 79
- Take the train from Heerlen to Enkhuizentrain
- Drive from Enkhuizen to Balkcar
13h 23m€139–393Train
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain Ic3 / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Utrecht Centraaltrain 43N
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Heerenveentrain
15h 22m€107–290Fly Zurich Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane ZRH - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Zwolletrain
- Take the train from Zwolle to Heerenveentrain
8h 59m€168–431Fly Zurich Airport to Brussels Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane ZRH - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Anvers-Centraltrain
- Take the train from Antwerpen-Centraal to Schiphol Airporttrain
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Heerenveentrain
10h€158–369Fly Zurich Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane ZRH - CGN
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Zwolletrain
- Take the train from Zwolle to Heerenveentrain
9h 31m€132–368Fly Zurich Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane ZRH - AMS
- Take the train from Den Haag Centraal to Heerenveentrain
10h 20m€145–380Train to Basel, fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane BSL - AMS
- Take the train from Den Haag Centraal to Heerenveentrain
11h 14m€120–399
Zurich to Balk by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zurich to Balk is to bus which costs €65 - €120 and takes 17h 13m.
The fastest way to get from Zurich to Balk is to drive which takes 8h 1m and costs €140 - €210.
No, there is no direct bus from Zurich station to Balk. However, there are services departing from Zurich Bus Station and arriving at Balk, Van Swinderenstraat via Dortmund central bus station, Groningen, Hoofdstation and Lemmer, Busstation. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 13m.
The distance between Zurich and Balk is 980 km. The road distance is 803.7 km.
The best way to get from Zurich to Balk without a car is to train via Frankfurt Airport (FRA) which takes 13h and costs €110 - €410.
It takes approximately 13h to get from Zurich to Balk, including transfers.
Zurich to Balk bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Zurich Bus Station.
The best way to get from Zurich to Balk is to train via Frankfurt Airport (FRA) which takes 13h and costs €110 - €410. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €65 - €120 and takes 17h 13m.
Zurich to Balk bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Dortmund central bus station.
Yes, the driving distance between Zurich to Balk is 804 km. It takes approximately 8h 1m to drive from Zurich to Balk.
What companies run services between Zurich, Switzerland and Balk, Netherlands?
You can take a train from Zürich HB to Balk, Meineszleane via Basel SBB, Frankfurt Flughafen Fernb, Utrecht Centraal, Heerenveen, and Heerenveen, Busstation in around 13h. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Zurich Bus Station to Balk, Van Swinderenstraat via Dortmund central bus station, Groningen central station, Groningen, Hoofdstation, and Lemmer, Busstation in around 17h 13m.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–180
Flights from Zurich Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–270
Flights from Zurich Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–170
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–160
Flights from Zurich Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–260
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–290
Flights from Zurich Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–310
Flights from Zurich Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–270
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–290
Flights from Basel to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–440
Flights from Basel to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–440
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Brussels Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–250
Flights from Zurich Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–250
Flights from Basel to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–290
Flights from Basel to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–320
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–180
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–160
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–170
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Basel to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–290
Flights from Basel to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–320
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Zurich Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–270
Flights from Basel to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–400
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from Basel to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–160
- 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
- €8–11
- 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
- €28–32
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt Flughafen Fernb to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 18m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €25–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 31m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €55–160
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €25–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Frankfurt Flughafen Fernb to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–200
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €55–90
- 1st Class
- €120–200
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Heerenveen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–80
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €24–40
- 1st Class
- €45–80
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Heerenveen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €33–37
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–65
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €20–30
- 1st Class
- €35–65
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Zwolle
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–19
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Zwolle to Heerenveen
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–35
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €11–18
- 1st Class
- €20–35
Train from Heerlen to Enkhuizen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–150
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €40–65
- 1st Class
- €85–150
Train from Frankfurt to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–180
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €50–75
- 1st Class
- €100–180
Train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Anvers-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–40
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €13–19
- 1st Class
- €23–40
Train from Antwerpen-Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–45
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Schiphol Airport to Heerenveen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €32
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–85
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €26–40
- 1st Class
- €50–85
Train from Den Haag Centraal to Heerenveen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–110
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €30–50
- 1st Class
- €65–110
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- 069 450099650
- Kundenservice-Linie10@vias-online.de
- Website
- vias-online.de
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Schedules at
- vias-online.de
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Anvers-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €16–18
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- €16–18
- 1st Class
- €21–24
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Antwerpen-Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–100
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Basel Mulhouse Freiburg - Airport to Rotterdam
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–65
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Dortmund central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Dortmund central bus station to Groningen central station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €17–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +31 (0)900 – 0108
- Website
- gd.qbuzz.nl
Bus from Groningen, Hoofdstation to Lemmer, Busstation
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–18
- Website
- https://gd.qbuzz.nl/
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