There are 11 ways to get from Bulgaria to Bern by plane, train, bus, car, car train, or shuttle
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Fly Sofia Airport to Zurich Airport, train
best- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane SOF - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Berntrain
6h 53mCHF 105–250Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Sofia to Kumanovobus
- Take the bus from Kumanovo to Bernbus
26h 39mCHF 65–114Bus, train via Bratislava
- Take the bus from Sofia to Bratislavabus
- Take the train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Zuerich Hbtrain Rjx
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Berntrain Ic1 / ...
24h 50mCHF 170–285Drive, car train
- Drive from Sofia to Villach Hbf ARZcar
- Take the car train from Villach Hbf ARZ to München Ostcartrain
- Drive from München Ost to Berncar
15h 56mCHF 300–416Fly Sofia Airport to Basel, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Basel (BSL)plane SOF - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Berntrain
7h 17mCHF 78–250Shuttle to Bucharest Otopeni, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take a shuttle bus from Ruse to Bucharest Otopeni Airport
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane OTP - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Berntrain
7h 45mCHF 208–517Shuttle to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport, fly to Basel, train
- Take a shuttle bus from Ruse to Bucharest
- Fly from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport (BBU) to Basel (BSL)plane BBU - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Berntrain
8h 44mCHF 175–430Bus, train
- Take the bus from Sofia to Stazione Centrale - Piazza Duca d'Aostabus
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Domodossolatrain
- Take the train from Brig to Berntrain Ic8 / ...
27h 18mCHF 143–230Bus via Niš
- Take the bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Niš, Autobuska Stanicabus
- Take the bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Bern, Hauptbahnhofbus
31h 5mCHF 234–246Bus, train #2
- Take the bus from Sofia to Zurichbus
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Berntrain Ic1 / ...
31h 16mCHF 140–205Drive 1,675.1 km
- Drive from Sofia to Berncar 1,675.1 km
17h 9mCHF 263–380
Sofia Airport (SOF) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bulgaria to Bern is to bus which costs SFr 60 - SFr 120 and takes 26h 39m.
The fastest way to get from Bulgaria to Bern is to fly and train which takes 6h 53m and costs SFr 100 - SFr 250.
No, there is no direct bus from Bulgaria to Bern. However, there are services departing from Sofia and arriving at Bern via Kumanovo. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 26h 39m.
The distance between Bulgaria and Bern is 1420 km. The road distance is 1675.1 km.
The best way to get from Bulgaria to Bern without a car is to bus and train via Bratislava which takes 24h 50m and costs SFr 170 - SFr 290.
It takes approximately 6h 53m to get from Bulgaria to Bern, including transfers.
Bulgaria to Bern bus services, operated by Matpu, depart from Sofia station.
Bulgaria to Bern bus services, operated by Matpu, arrive at Kumanovo station.
Bern is 1h behind Bulgaria. It is currently 8:23 AM in Bulgaria and 7:23 AM in Bern.
Yes, the driving distance between Bulgaria to Bern is 1675 km. It takes approximately 17h 9m to drive from Bulgaria to Bern.
What companies run services between Bulgaria and Bern, Switzerland?
You can take a bus from Sofia to Bern via Kumanovo in around 26h 39m.
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Zurich Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–250
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Zurich Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–280
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–240
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–220
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Zurich Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–140
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Zurich Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–170
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–270
Flights from Sofia Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–160
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–300
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Sofia Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–150
Flights from Sofia Airport to Zurich Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–140
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–130
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Basel via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–180
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–120
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–80
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–75
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–65
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Brig to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–55
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–160
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- CHF 100–160
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- info@sob.ch
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Villach Hbf ARZ to München Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–100
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Milano Centrale to Domodossola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–10
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Sofia to Bratislava
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–50
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +359 89 345 5533
- info@atlastaxi.eu
- Website
- atlastaxi.eu
Shuttle from Ruse to Bucharest Otopeni Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–220
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
Shuttle from Ruse to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–200
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
- Phone
- 02 952 50 04
- matpu96@abv.bg
- Website
- matpu.com
Bus from Sofia to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–25
- Schedules at
- matpu.com
Bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Niš, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–22
- Schedules at
- matpu.com
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Sofia to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–27
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- +389 71 557 111
- niko_ekspres@hotmail.com
- Website
- web.facebook.com
Bus from Kumanovo to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +389 42 217 370
- durmotours@yahoo.com
- Website
- durmotours.com.mk
Bus from Kumanovo to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 54m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–90
- Schedules at
- durmotours.com.mk
- Phone
- 02 981 10 40
- travel@yubim.eu
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Sofia to Stazione Centrale - Piazza Duca d'Aosta
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 1m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–130
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
Bus from Sofia to Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 57m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–130
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
- Phone
- +381 18 255 177
- Website
- nis-ekspres.rs
Bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Niš, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–18
- Schedules at
- nis-ekspres.rs
- Phone
- +41 76 480 13 51
- info@optoptravel.rs
- Website
- optoptravel.rs
Bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Bern, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 224
- Schedules at
- optoptravel.rs
- Phone
- +381 63 608508
- belegijaprevozmsi12@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Bern, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
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