There are 11 ways to get from Bulgaria to Bern by plane, train, bus, or car
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 48mCHF 120–330Fly 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
7h 2mCHF 63–285Bus, train via Budapest
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvarbus
- Take the train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Sarganstrain Rjx
- Take the train from Sargans to Zuerich Hbtrain Rjx
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Berntrain Ic1 / ...
25h 47mCHF 204–437Bus via Belgrade
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Beograd, Autobuska stanicabus
- Take the bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Bern, Hauptbahnhofbus
27h 17mCHF 150–165Drive 1,676.9 km
- Drive from Sofia to Berncar 1,676.9 km
17h 7mCHF 272–392Bus to Bucharest Otopeni, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the bus from Ruse to Buchurestbus
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane OTP - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Berntrain
8h 21mCHF 128–364Bus to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport, fly to Basel, train
- Take the bus from Ruse to Buchurestbus
- Fly from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport (BBU) to Basel (BSL)plane BBU - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Berntrain
8h 48mCHF 98–307Fly Sofia Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)plane SOF - BGY
- Take the bus from Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport to Piazza Luigi di Savoiabus
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Berntrain
10h 7mCHF 79–233Bus, train
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Milano, Stazione Centralebus
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Berntrain Ec
27h 23mCHF 140–185Bus
- Take the bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Niš, Autobuska Stanicabus
- Take the bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Bern Neufeldbus
29h 25mCHF 94–263Bus, train #2
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Zurichbus
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Berntrain Ic1 / ...
31h 16mCHF 135–195
Bulgaria to Bern by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bulgaria to Bern is to bus which costs SFr 90 - SFr 270 and takes 29h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Bulgaria to Bern is to fly and train which takes 6h 48m and costs SFr 120 - SFr 330.
No, there is no direct bus from Bulgaria station to Bern. However, there are services departing from Sofia Central Bus Station and arriving at Bern, Hauptbahnhof via Beograd, Autobuska stanica. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 17m.
The distance between Bulgaria and Bern is 1420 km. The road distance is 1676.9 km.
The best way to get from Bulgaria to Bern without a car is to bus and train via Budapest which takes 25h 47m and costs SFr 200 - SFr 440.
It takes approximately 6h 48m to get from Bulgaria to Bern, including transfers.
Bulgaria to Bern bus services, operated by Trans Jug, depart from Sofia Central Bus Station.
Bulgaria to Bern bus services, operated by Trans Jug, arrive at Beograd, Autobuska stanica station.
Bern is 1h behind Bulgaria. It is currently 5:56 AM in Bulgaria and 4:56 AM in Bern.
Yes, the driving distance between Bulgaria to Bern is 1677 km. It takes approximately 17h 7m to drive from Bulgaria to Bern.
What companies run services between Bulgaria and Bern, Switzerland?
You can take a bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bern, Hauptbahnhof via Beograd, Autobuska stanica in around 27h 17m.
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Zurich Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–290
Flights from Sofia Airport to Basel via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–310
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Zurich Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–300
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–120
Flights from Sofia Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–120
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–290
Flights from Sofia Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–310
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–310
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–280
Flights from Sofia Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–290
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–140
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Zurich Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–180
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Zurich Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–170
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Sofia Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–180
Flights from Sofia Airport to Zurich Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–180
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–150
Flights from Sofia Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–90
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–180
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–130
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Sargans to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–90
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–120
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–100
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–130
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–100
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–120
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Sargans
- *
- CHF 110–170
Train from Sargans to Zuerich Hb
- *
- CHF 17–25
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Sargans to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–35
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- Website
- Schweizerische Südostbahn AG
Train from Zürich HB to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–55
- Schedules at
- Schweizerische Südostbahn AG
Train from Zürich HB to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–55
- Schedules at
- Schweizerische Südostbahn AG
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Milano Centrale to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–100
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- CHF 70–100
- 2nd Class
- CHF 55–75
Train from Milano Centrale to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–100
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- CHF 70–100
- 2nd Class
- CHF 55–75
- Phone
- +359 2 812 0 812
- operations@eurolines.bg
- Website
- karat-s.com
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–120
- Schedules at
- karat-s.com
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- Citylines
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–55
- Website
- Citylines
- Phone
- +381 11 8728111
- office@trans-jug.com
- Website
- Trans-Jug
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–45
- Website
- Trans-Jug
- Phone
- +41 76 480 13 51
- info@optoptravel.rs
- Website
- optoptravel.rs
Bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Bern, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–240
- Schedules at
- optoptravel.rs
- Phone
- +381 63 608508
- belegijaprevozmsi12@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Bern, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +381 020 313101
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Bern, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 120
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +359 899199328
- omega_group@abv.bg
- Website
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Ruse to Buchurest
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 6–9
- Schedules at
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Ruse to Buchurest
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 6–9
- Schedules at
- bgrazpisanie.com
- customerservices@terravision.eu
- Website
- TERRAVISION
Bus from Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport to Piazza Luigi di Savoia
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–23
- Website
- TERRAVISION
- Phone
- +359 2 980 56 58
- info@mm-travel.bg
- Website
- mm-travel.bg
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Milano, Stazione Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 85
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- tickets.mm-travel.bg
- Phone
- +359 2 981 58 56
- booking_matpu@abv.bg
- Website
- matpu.com
Bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Niš, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–23
- Schedules at
- matpu.com
- Phone
- +381 18 255 177
- Website
- Niš-ekspres
Bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Niš, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–23
- Website
- Niš-ekspres
- Phone
- +381 35 433 333
- info@bogojevic.eu
- Website
- Bogojevic Reisen
Bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Bern Neufeld
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 22m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–240
- Website
- Bogojevic Reisen
- Phone
- 02 981 10 40
- travel@yubim.eu
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 57m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–140
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
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