There are 11 ways to get from Bulgaria to Bern by plane, train, bus, car, car train, or shuttle
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
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 28mCHF 109–264Fly Sofia Airport to Basel, train
cheapest- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Basel (BSL)plane SOF - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Berntrain
6h 41mCHF 80–277Bus, 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 165–265Drive, 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 304–422Shuttle 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 40mCHF 210–530Shuttle 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 39mCHF 171–462Bus, 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 17mCHF 145–245Bus
- Take the bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Niš, Autobuska Stanicabus
- Take the bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Bern Neufeldbus
28h 22mCHF 93–312Bus via Bern, Hauptbahnhof
- Take the bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Niš, Autobuska Stanicabus
- Take the bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Bern, Hauptbahnhofbus
31h 5mCHF 222–323Bus, train #2
- Take the bus from Sofia to Zurichbus
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Berntrain Ic1 / ...
31h 16mCHF 135–185Drive 1,675.1 km
- Drive from Sofia to Berncar 1,675.1 km
17h 9mCHF 270–390
Sofia Airport (SOF) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bulgaria to Bern is to fly and train which costs SFr 80 - SFr 280 and takes 6h 41m.
The fastest way to get from Bulgaria to Bern is to fly and train which takes 6h 28m and costs SFr 100 - SFr 270.
No, there is no direct bus from Bulgaria to Bern. However, there are services departing from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika and arriving at Bern Neufeld via Niš, Autobuska Stanica. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 28h 22m.
The distance between Bulgaria and Bern is 1418 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 160 - SFr 270.
It takes approximately 6h 28m to get from Bulgaria to Bern, including transfers.
Bulgaria to Bern bus services, operated by Matpu, depart from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika station.
Bulgaria to Bern bus services, operated by Matpu, arrive at Niš, Autobuska Stanica station.
Bern is 1h behind Bulgaria. It is currently 4:54 PM in Bulgaria and 3:54 PM 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 Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Bern Neufeld via Niš, Autobuska Stanica in around 28h 22m.
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Zurich Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–270
Flights from Sofia Airport to Basel via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–310
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Zurich Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–300
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–260
Flights from Sofia Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–290
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–230
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–290
Flights from Sofia Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–330
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–320
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Zurich Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–140
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Zurich Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–180
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–120
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Sofia Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–140
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–160
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–120
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–110
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–95
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Brig to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–95
- 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
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–55
- 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 8–10
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +359 88 949 0000
- office@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 85–200
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
- 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
- 02 952 50 04
- matpu96@abv.bg
- Website
- matpu.com
Bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Niš, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–23
- Schedules at
- matpu.com
- 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 12–21
- Schedules at
- nis-ekspres.rs
- Phone
- +381 35 433 333
- info@bogojevic.eu
- Website
- bogojevic-reisen.ch
Bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Bern Neufeld
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 22m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–290
- Website
- http://www.bogojevic-reisen.ch
- 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 210–300
- 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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