There are 9 ways to get from Zurich to Denmark by plane, train, bus, night train, car, or car train
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Fly Zurich Airport to Copenhagen Airport
best- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Copenhagen Airport (CPH)plane ZRH - CPH
4h 11mkr 872–2,223Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Zurich Bus Station to Würzburg Main Stationbus FlixBus N24
- Take the bus from Würzburg Main Station to Copenhagen Busterminalbus N05
19h 25mkr 690–1,153Train 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 8mkr 1,843–7,769Night train, train
- Take the nighttrain from Zuerich Hb to Hamburg Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to København Htrain Ece / ...
16h 51mkr 809–2,110Train to Basel, fly to Copenhagen Airport
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Copenhagen Airport (CPH)plane BSL - CPH
5h 31mkr 787–2,807Fly Zurich Airport to Aalborg Airport
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Aalborg Airport (AAL)plane ZRH - AAL
6h 17mkr 1,250–3,818Drive, 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 1,559–2,229Train
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Hamburg-Altonatrain Ice
- Take the train from Hamburg-Altona to Koebenhavn Sydtrain Ic
15h 51mkr 2,821–7,610Drive 1,312.5 km
- Drive from Zurich to Copenhagencar 1,312.5 km
12h 6mkr 1,751–2,530
Zurich to Denmark by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zurich to Denmark is to bus which costs 650 kr - 1200 kr and takes 19h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Zurich to Denmark is to fly which takes 4h 11m and costs 850 kr - 2300 kr.
No, there is no direct bus from Zurich station to Denmark. However, there are services departing from Zurich Bus Station and arriving at Copenhagen Busterminal via Würzburg Main Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 19h 25m.
No, there is no direct train from Zurich to Denmark. However, there are services departing from Zürich HB and arriving at København H via Basel SBB, Frankfurt and Padborg St.. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 8m.
The distance between Zurich and Denmark is 972 km. The road distance is 1312.5 km.
The best way to get from Zurich to Denmark without a car is to train via Frankfurt am Main which takes 15h 8m and costs 1800 kr - 8000 kr.
It takes approximately 4h 11m to get from Zurich to Denmark, including transfers.
Zurich to Denmark bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Zurich Bus Station.
Zurich to Denmark train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Zürich HB station.
The best way to get from Zurich to Denmark is to fly which takes 4h 11m and costs 850 kr - 2300 kr. Alternatively, you can train via Frankfurt am Main, which costs 1800 kr - 8000 kr and takes 15h 8m, you could also bus, which costs 650 kr - 1200 kr and takes 19h 25m.
What companies run services between Zurich, 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 HB to København H via Basel SBB, Frankfurt, Padborg st, and Padborg St. in around 15h 8m.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 750–2,100
Flights from Basel to Copenhagen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 490–2,600
Flights from Zurich Airport to Aalborg Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–4,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Aalborg Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–4,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Copenhagen Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 700–2,500
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 Basel to Copenhagen Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 750–4,200
Flights from Basel to Copenhagen Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 470–2,500
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Basel to Copenhagen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 490–2,600
Flights from Zurich Airport to Aalborg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 750–4,000
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 330–1,800
Flights from Basel to Copenhagen Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, Monday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 330–1,800
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 950–5,500
- 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 850–1,600
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Basel to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 310–1,400
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 Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 230–700
- 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 2,400–7,000
- 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 450–1,900
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Padborg st
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- kr 900–3,800
- 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
- +47 70 13 14 15
- kundehenv@dsb.dk
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from Padborg St. to København H
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 480–700
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from Hamburg Hbf to København H
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 700–1,100
- Website
- Danish Railways
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Padborg St. to København H
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 290–430
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to København H
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 450–650
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- snalltaget@snalltaget.se
- Website
- Snälltåget
Train from Padborg St. to København H
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 260–410
- Website
- Snälltåget
Train from Hamburg Hbf to København H
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 410–650
- Website
- Snälltåget
Train from Hamburg-Altona to Koebenhavn Syd
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- kr 390–650
- Website
- Snälltåget
- 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
- +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 750–900
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Würzburg Main Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 220–360
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Würzburg Main Station to Copenhagen Busterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 470–800
- Website
- Flixbus
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More Questions & Answers
Zurich to Denmark bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Würzburg Main Station.
Zurich to Denmark train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Basel SBB station.
Yes, the driving distance between Zurich to Denmark is 1313 km. It takes approximately 12h 6m to drive from Zurich to Denmark.
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