There are 9 ways to get from Emden to Sofia by train, plane, bus, car, or car train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Bremen Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Emden(Ostfriesl) Hbf to Bremen Hbftrain
- Fly from Bremen Airport (BRE) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane BRE - SOF
8h 48m$137–433Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Emden central bus station to Bremen Fernbusterminalbus 144
- Take the bus from Bremen Fernbusterminal Bus Stop to Sofia Serdica Bus Stationbus Racic Eurobus
32h 45m$122–209Train, bus
- Take the train from Emden(Ostfriesl) Hbf to Leipzig Hbftrain 56 / ...
- Take the bus from Leipzig to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
27h 30m$174–356Drive 1,964.4 km
- Drive from Emden to Sofiacar 1,964.4 km
19h 1m$324–468Train, train to Hamburg Airport, fly
- Take the train from Emden(Ostfriesl) Hbf to Bremen Hbftrain
- Take the train from Bremen Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane HAM - SOF
8h 36m$139–412Train to Münster Osnabrück International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Emden(Ostfriesl) Hbf to Münster Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Münster Osnabrück International Airport (FMO) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane FMO - SOF
9h 49m$159–430Train, train to Dortmund Airport, fly
- Take the train from Emden(Ostfriesl) Hbf to Münster Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Muenster(Westf)Hbf to Holzwickedetrain
- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane DTM - SOF
8h 37mBus, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly
- Take the bus from Leer(Ostfriesl) to Groningenbus
- Take the train from Groningen to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane AMS - SOF
10h 17mDrive, car train
- Drive from Emden to Hannover Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Hannover Hbf to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Sofiacar
23h 42m$338–475
Emden to Sofia by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Emden to Sofia is to bus which costs $120 - $210 and takes 32h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Emden to Sofia is to train and fly which takes 8h 36m and costs $130 - $420.
No, there is no direct bus from Emden station to Sofia station. However, there are services departing from Emden central bus station and arriving at Sofia Serdica Bus Station via Bremen Fernbusterminal Bus Stop. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 32h 45m.
The distance between Emden and Sofia is 1721 km. The road distance is 1964.4 km.
The best way to get from Emden to Sofia without a car is to train and bus which takes 27h 30m and costs $170 - $360.
It takes approximately 8h 48m to get from Emden to Sofia, including transfers.
Emden to Sofia bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Emden central bus station.
Emden to Sofia bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Bremen Fernbusterminal station.
Sofia is 1h ahead of Emden. It is currently 9:30 AM in Emden and 10:30 AM in Sofia.
Yes, the driving distance between Emden to Sofia is 1964 km. It takes approximately 19h 1m to drive from Emden to Sofia.
What companies run services between Emden, Germany and Sofia, Bulgaria?
You can take a bus from Emden central bus station to Sofia Serdica Bus Station via Bremen Fernbusterminal Bus Stop in around 32h 45m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bremen Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–650
Flights from Bremen Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–650
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–460
Flights from Münster Osnabrück International Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–650
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $150–550
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Bremen Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $150–600
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–430
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–550
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $40–230
Flights from Münster Osnabrück International Airport to Sofia Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–410
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $40–230
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bremen Airport to Sofia Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–460
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–260
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Münster Osnabrück International Airport to Sofia Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–950
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $100–270
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Münster Osnabrück International Airport to Sofia Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–600
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–260
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Emden(Ostfriesl) Hbf to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $26–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Emden(Ostfriesl) Hbf to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 59m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $100–260
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bremen Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $24–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Emden(Ostfriesl) Hbf to Münster Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $35–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Emden(Ostfriesl) Hbf to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 581 97164164
- info@der-metronom.de
- Website
- der-metronom.de
Train from Bremen Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $45–95
- Schedules at
- der-metronom.de
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Bremen Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Muenster(Westf)Hbf to Holzwickede
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Groningen to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $27–65
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Hannover Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $110–140
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +359 88 949 0000
- office@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Leipzig to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 31m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $65–100
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Bus from Leer(Ostfriesl) to Groningen
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Emden central bus station to Bremen Fernbusterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $11–20
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +359-887-208-506
- racic_bg@yahoo.com
- Website
- racicbg.com
Bus from Bremen Fernbusterminal Bus Stop to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $110–150
- Website
- https://www.racicbg.com/bg/
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Bremen Fernbusterminal Bus Stop to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $130–190
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
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