There are 9 ways to get from Finland to Sofia by plane, bus, train, car, or ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Helsinki Airport
best- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane HEL - SOF
7h 35m$87–276Bus, train via Warsaw
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Warsaw, Bus Station Westbus
- Take the train from Warszawa Zachodnia to Bratislava Hlavna Stanicatrain Ic
- Take the bus from Bratislava to Sofiabus
42h 12m$128–196Drive 4,624.4 km
- Drive from Helsinki to Sofiacar 4,624.4 km
2d 1h$979–1,413Fly from Oulu Airport
- Fly from Oulu Airport (OUL) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane OUL - SOF
11h 40m$166–357Ferry to Lennart Meri International Airport, fly
- Take the ferry from Helsinki to Tallinnferry
- Fly from Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane TLL - SOF
11h 57mBus
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Tallinn, Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Tallinna bussijaam to Brnobus
- Take the bus from Brno to Sofiabus
44h 55m$95–188Bus via Bratislava
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Tallinn, Harbour Terminal Dbus
- Take the bus from Tallinn, Harbour Terminal D to Bratislava, Autobusová stanica Mlynské Nivybus
- Take the bus from Bratislava, Autobusová stanica Mlynské Nivy to Sofia Serdica Bus Stationbus
47h$188–331Ferry, Bus
- Take the ferry from Helsinki to Stockholmferry
- Take the bus from Stockholm, Cityterminalen to Pristinabus
- Take the bus from Pristina to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdikabus
2d 21hBus, train
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Bus Station to Tallinn, Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Tallinn to Chisinau, Gara Feroviarabus
- Take the train from Chisinau to Bucuresti Nordtrain 401
- Take the train from Bucuresti Nord to Rusetrain
- Take the train from Ruse to Sofiatrain 461 / ...
3d 12h
Finland to Sofia by tram and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Finland to Sofia is to bus which costs $95 - $190 and takes 44h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Finland to Sofia is to fly which takes 7h 35m and costs $85 - $280.
No, there is no direct bus from Finland station to Sofia. However, there are services departing from Helsinki, Bus Station and arriving at Sofia via Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2, Tallinna bussijaam and Brno. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 44h 55m.
The distance between Finland and Sofia is 1987 km. The road distance is 4624.4 km.
The best way to get from Finland to Sofia without a car is to bus and train via Warsaw which takes 42h 12m and costs $120 - $200.
It takes approximately 7h 35m to get from Finland to Sofia, including transfers.
Finland to Sofia bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 station.
The best way to get from Finland to Sofia is to fly which takes 7h 35m and costs $85 - $280. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $95 - $190 and takes 44h 55m.
Finland to Sofia bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Tallinn, Bus Station.
Yes, the driving distance between Finland to Sofia is 4624 km. It takes approximately 2 days 1h to drive from Finland to Sofia.
What companies run services between Finland and Sofia, Bulgaria?
Ryanair, Air Baltic, and two other airlines fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Sofia Airport (SOF) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Helsinki, Bus Station to Sofia via Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2, Tallinna bussijaam, and Brno in around 44h 55m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Sofia Airport via Warsaw Modlin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–220
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–390
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Sofia Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $140–370
Flights from Oulu Airport to Sofia Airport via Helsinki Airport, Warsaw Modlin
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–300
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Sofia Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $60–220
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Sofia Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–350
Flights from Oulu Airport to Sofia Airport via Helsinki Airport, Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–480
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Sofia Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–330
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Sofia Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $80–300
Flights from Oulu Airport to Sofia Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $120–480
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Sofia Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $80–310
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $85–340
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Warszawa Zachodnia to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $25–40
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- 2nd Class
- $25–35
- 1st Class
- $30–40
- Phone
- (+373) 22 83 33 33
- cfm@railway.md
- Website
- railway.md
Train from Chisinau to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $20–35
- Schedules at
- railway.md
- Phone
- 0219521
- petitii@cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Bucuresti Nord to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $14–16
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Train from Ruse to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $14–24
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $14–20
- 1st Class
- $19–24
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Warsaw, Bus Station West
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $60–85
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Tallinn, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $45–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Tallinn, Harbour Terminal D
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $45–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Tallinn, Harbour Terminal D to Bratislava, Autobusová stanica Mlynské Nivy
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $75–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Helsinki, Bus Station to Tallinn, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $45–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Bratislava to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 16m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $40–65
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Brno to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $45–70
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Website
- flixbus.pl
Bus from Tallinna bussijaam to Brno
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $1–3
- Schedules at
- flixbus.pl
- Phone
- +359-887-208-506
- racic_bg@yahoo.com
- Website
- racicbg.com
Bus from Bratislava, Autobusová stanica Mlynské Nivy to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 31m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $65–85
- Website
- https://www.racicbg.com/bg/
- Phone
- +355 (0) 69 432/6000
- bleditravel@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Stockholm, Cityterminalen to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 31m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/bleditravellipjan/
- Phone
- +383 49 196 565
- beni-reisen@hotmail.com
Bus from Pristina to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $48
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +373 789 18 888
- info@busline.md
- Website
- busline.md
Bus from Tallinn to Chisinau, Gara Feroviara
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 3h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Website
- https://busline.md/en/
- Website
- en.tallink.com
Ferry from Helsinki to Tallinn
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- en.tallink.com
- Website
- vikingline.com
Ferry from Helsinki to Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- vikingline.com
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