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Switzerland

38 crossings between 1 ports, run by 16 operators, serving 10 cities. The busiest city is Zürich with 362 destinations, and the busiest port is Basel with 38 crossings. 5 airports carry scheduled service, so most of this network can be left by air as well as by sea.

Cities

10 cities, each showing everything it reaches across every terminal and airport that serves it.

Zürich reaches 362 destinations
Basel reaches 311 destinations
Geneva reaches 304 destinations
Bern reaches 181 destinations
Thal reaches 119 destinations
Sitten reaches 97 destinations
Lugano reaches 8 destinations
Lausanne reaches 7 destinations
Sankt Gallen reaches 6 destinations
Chur reaches 6 destinations

The ports that matter

Ranked by how many crossings each carries.

Basel crossings 38 crossings on record

Who runs the boats

16 operators appear in Switzerland crossings.

The longest and the shortest

36 of 38 crossings carry a time.

Longest held

Basel – Budapest 384 h 00 Avalon Waterways, Scenic Cruises
Basel – Shanghai 384 h 00 River Cruises
Basel – Bergen 360 h 00 Viking River Cruises
Basel – Vienna Erdberg (Busterminal VIB) 312 h 00 Scenic Cruises, Scylla VIVA Cruises
Basel – Brussels 264 h 00 Scenic Cruises, Scylla VIVA Cruises
Basel – Copenhagen Busterminal 264 h 00 Emerald Cruises
Basel – London-Tilbury 264 h 00 Emerald Cruises, Scenic Cruises

Shortest held

Basel – Freiburg (im Breisgau) central station 33 min FlixBus-eu, FlixTrain-eu
Basel – Colmar 45 min FlixBus-eu
Basel – Zurich Bus Station 1 h 00 FlixBus-eu
Basel – Luzern (Landenberg) 1 h 15 FlixBus-eu
Basel – Strasbourg 1 h 40 CroisiEurope, FlixBus-eu

Every crossing we hold

All 38 of them, alphabetically, 25 at a time. Each has its own page.

Amsterdam – Basel 120 h 00 AmaWaterways, Avalon Waterways, Celebrity River Cruises
Arles – Basel 168 h 00 Avalon Waterways
Avignon – Basel 168 h 00 Viking River Cruises
Basel – Bergen 360 h 00 Viking River Cruises
Basel – Bordeaux (Saint-Jean - Paludate) 96 h 00 Avalon Waterways, Scenic Cruises
Basel – Brussels 264 h 00 Scenic Cruises, Scylla VIVA Cruises, Uniworld
Basel – Budapest 384 h 00 Avalon Waterways, Scenic Cruises, Viking River Cruises
Basel – Colmar 45 min FlixBus-eu
Basel – Cologne 168 h 00 Mystic Cruises, Riviera Travel, Uniworld
Basel – Copenhagen Busterminal 264 h 00 Emerald Cruises
Basel – Düsseldorf central bus station 192 h 00 Scylla VIVA Cruises, Tauck River Cruises
Basel – Frankfurt central train station 96 h 00 Avalon Waterways, Emerald Cruises, Scenic Cruises
Basel – Freiburg (im Breisgau) central station 33 min FlixBus-eu, FlixTrain-eu
Basel – Kinderdijk 168 h 00 Viking River Cruises
Basel – Koblenz 192 h 00 Riviera Travel
Basel – London-Tilbury 264 h 00 Emerald Cruises, Scenic Cruises
Basel – Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon 192 h 00 AmaWaterways
Basel – Luzern (Landenberg) 1 h 15 FlixBus-eu
Basel – Lyon (Gerland Bus Station) 240 h 00 Scenic Cruises
Basel – Mainz central train station (exit West) 192 h 00 Emerald Cruises, Scenic Cruises
Basel – Marseille (Saint-Charles) not held Emerald Cruises
Basel – Nancy 3 h 05 FlixBus-eu
Basel – Paris City 240 h 00 Avalon Waterways, Scenic Cruises, Uniworld
Basel – Regensburg not held Viking River Cruises
Basel – Shanghai 384 h 00 River Cruises
Basel – Strasbourg 1 h 40 CroisiEurope, FlixBus-eu
Basel – Trier 168 h 00 Viking River Cruises
Basel – Vienna Erdberg (Busterminal VIB) 312 h 00 Scenic Cruises, Scylla VIVA Cruises
Basel – Zurich Bus Station 1 h 00 FlixBus-eu
Basel – hotel overnight 72 h 00 Luftner Amadeus River Cruises
Basel – land tour 72 h 00 Riviera Travel, Scenic Cruises

Which months these run

Season not heldwe can say when we looked, not which months run

Our records for Switzerland ferry crossings were read on 11 August 2026 and describe the network as it ran that week. We hold no month-by-month variation, so this page cannot tell you whether a crossing runs in February.

If you are travelling well outside August 2026, confirm with the operator before you plan around it.