There are 5 ways to get from Zurich to Svalbard by plane 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 Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR)plane ZRH - LYR
10h 18m$295–637Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR)plane MXP - LYR
25h 40m$252–850Train to Geneva International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR)plane GVA - LYR
24h 1m$306–995Train to Basel, fly
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR)plane BSL - LYR
21h 7m$255–524Train, train to Munich International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Zürich HB to St. Margrethen SGtrain
- Take the train from St. Margrethen Sg to Muenchen Hbf Gl.27-36train
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR)plane MUC - LYR
16h 25m$493–782
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zurich to Svalbard is to train and fly which costs $250 - $550 and takes 21h 7m.
The fastest way to get from Zurich to Svalbard is to fly which takes 10h 18m and costs $290 - $650.
The distance between Zurich and Svalbard is 3455 km.
It takes approximately 10h 18m to get from Zurich to Svalbard, including transfers.
There are 16+ hotels available in Svalbard.
What companies run services between Zurich, Switzerland and Svalbard, SJ?
Scandinavian Airlines, Edelweiss Air, and Swiss fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR) 4 times a week.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Zurich Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Copenhagen, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Stockholm, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Copenhagen, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Oslo, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Stockholm, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Basel to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from Basel to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Copenhagen, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Basel to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Copenhagen, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 37m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Munich International Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 47m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Oslo, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Oslo, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–750
Flights from Munich International Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Hamburg, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $150–700
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $100–190
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $70–130
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to St. Margrethen SG
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $50–90
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- 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
- $7–9
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/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
- $10–13
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Zürich HB to St. Margrethen SG
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $12–16
- 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
- $33–37
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from St. Margrethen Sg to Muenchen Hbf Gl.27-36
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $50–65
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
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