Switzerland » Getting to Bern

An approximate flight time to Bern from London is 1 hour and 50 minutes. 

By Air

Bern's small international airport with direct flights from Amsterdam, Berlin, London, Munich and Vienna lies just a few kilometres south of the city. If you don't exit the plane as one of the first, you may suddenly end up without a taxi when exiting the terminal as the few available have already been taken. But new taxis arrive usually within a few minutes. A taxi ride into the city is approx. CHF 30. Berne is connected to Zurich Airport with half-hourly direct trains (less than 1.5 hours).

By Train

Bern is on the main line of the Swiss Federal Railway between Geneva, Lausanne and Zurich and is served twice per hour by express (Inter-City) trains from the airports of each of these cities. Hourly express trains take you into all directions, including Basel, Fribourg, Lucerne, Brig and Interlaken. Swiss Federal Railway, telephone 0900-300-300 from within Switzerland or +41-900-300-300 from outside, provides a useful online travel planner.

By Road

Bern is easily reachable with the national motorway network from all directions and has several exits from motorways A1, A12 and A6.