There are 13 ways to get from Lingen to Sofia by train, plane, bus, night train, car, or car train
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Train to Münster Osnabrück International Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Lingen, Bahnhof to Münster Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Münster Osnabrück International Airport (FMO) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane FMO - SOF
8h 46m$152–380Train, train to Dortmund Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Lingen, Bahnhof to Münster Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Muenster(Westf)Hbf to Holzwickedetrain
- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane DTM - SOF
7h 53m$86–341Train, bus
- Take the train from Rheine, Bahnhof to Berlin Hbftrain 77
- Take the bus from Berlin Hauptbahnhof to Sofiabus
28h 37m$141–271Train, night train
- Take the train from Lingen, Bahnhof to Münster Hauptbahnhoftrain 35
- Take the train from Hamm to Wien Meidlingtrain
- Take the train from Wien Meidling to Bucuresti Nordtrain 347
- Take the night train from Bucharest to Gorna Oryahovitsanighttrain
- Take the train from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Sofia Severtrain 461 / ...
40h 27m$465–1,027Drive, car train
- Drive from Lingen to Düsseldorf Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Sofiacar
16h 59m$337–1,519Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly
- Take the train from Lingen, Bahnhof to Köln Hbftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane CGN - SOF
8h 14m$95–307Train, train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Lingen, Bahnhof to Köln Hbftrain
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbftrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane FRA - SOF
9h 20m$156–401Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly
- Take the train from Rheine to Amersfoort Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Amersfoort Centraal to Schiphol Airporttrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane AMS - SOF
9h 44m$154–447Train, train to Eindhoven Airport, fly
- Take the train from Rheine to Hengelotrain
- Take the train from Hengelo to Utrecht Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Eindhoventrain
- Fly from Eindhoven Airport (EIN) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane EIN - SOF
9h 56m$118–383Train, bus via Leipzig
- Take the train from Lingen, Bahnhof to Münster Hauptbahnhoftrain 35
- Take the bus from Münster-Mitte to Magdeburgbus
- Take the bus from Magdeburg to Leipzigbus
- Take the bus from Leipzig Goethestraße to Sofia Serdica Bus Stationbus
29h 22mTrain, bus #2
- Take the train from Lingen, Bahnhof to Duisburg Hbftrain 35
- Take the bus from Duisburg Portsmouthplatz to Sofia Serdica Bus Stopbus Union Ivkoni - Unibus 3632
33h 32m$114–177Bus, train
- Take the bus from Fürstenau(b Bramsche) Post to Bramsche(Hase) Bahnhofbus
- Take the train from Bramsche(Hase) to Bremen Hbftrain
- Take the bus from Bremen Bürgermeister-Smidt-Strasse to Sofia Serdica Bus Stationbus
36h 3mDrive 1,934.6 km
- Drive from Lingen to Sofiacar 1,934.6 km
18h 55m$319–461
Lingen to Sofia by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lingen to Sofia is to train and bus which costs $110 - $180 and takes 33h 32m.
The fastest way to get from Lingen to Sofia is to train and fly which takes 7h 53m and costs $85 - $350.
No, there is no direct train from Lingen to Sofia. However, there are services departing from Lingen, Bahnhof and arriving at Sofia Sever via Muenster(Westf)Hbf, Hamm, Wien Meidling, Bucharest and Gorna Oryahovitsa. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 40h 27m.
The distance between Lingen and Sofia is 1686 km. The road distance is 1934.6 km.
The best way to get from Lingen to Sofia without a car is to train and bus which takes 28h 37m and costs $140 - $280.
It takes approximately 8h 46m to get from Lingen to Sofia, including transfers.
Lingen to Sofia train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Lingen, Bahnhof station.
Sofia is 1h ahead of Lingen. It is currently 7:00 PM in Lingen and 8:00 PM in Sofia.
Lingen to Sofia train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Münster Hauptbahnhof station.
Yes, the driving distance between Lingen to Sofia is 1935 km. It takes approximately 18h 55m to drive from Lingen to Sofia.
What companies run services between Lingen, Germany and Sofia, Bulgaria?
There is no direct connection from Lingen to Sofia. However, you can take the train to Münster Hauptbahnhof, walk to Münster Hauptbahnhof, take the bus to Greven, FMO, walk to Münster Osnabrück International Airport (FMO) airport, fly to Sofia Airport (SOF), walk to Sofia Airport, then take the line 4 subway to Sofia Serdica. Alternatively, you can take a train from Lingen, Bahnhof to Sofia via Rheine, Bahnhof, Berlin Hbf, and Berlin Hauptbahnhof in around 28h 37m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Münster Osnabrück International Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 1m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–390
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–270
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–270
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Münster Osnabrück International Airport to Sofia Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–300
Flights from Münster Osnabrück International Airport to Sofia Airport via Rhodes
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $30–200
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $30–200
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $40–310
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $95–370
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–350
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–470
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50–290
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $35–240
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $110–200
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–250
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Münster Osnabrück International Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $100–550
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Lingen, Bahnhof to Münster Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $21–29
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Rheine, Bahnhof to Berlin Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $45–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Lingen, Bahnhof to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $50–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Koeln Hbf to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $21–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Rheine to Hengelo
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $23–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Lingen, Bahnhof to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $23–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Hamm to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 24m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $170–600
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $170–260
- 1st Class
- $360–600
Train from Koeln Hbf to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–110
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $30–50
- 1st Class
- $60–110
Train from Rheine to Amersfoort Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–100
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $30–45
- 1st Class
- $60–100
Train from Amersfoort Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $12–35
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $12–18
- 1st Class
- $20–35
Train from Rheine to Hengelo
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $11–30
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $11–17
- 1st Class
- $18–30
Train from Hengelo to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $31–32
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $16–50
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $16–25
- 1st Class
- $30–50
Train from Wien Meidling to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $250–350
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Night train from Bucharest to Gorna Oryahovitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $7–11
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $7–10
- 1st Class
- $10–11
Train from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Sofia Sever
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $9–15
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $9–13
- 1st Class
- $13–15
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $120–1,200
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- $330–650
- Car Compartment
- $650–1,200
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Muenster(Westf)Hbf to Holzwickede
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $14–21
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- info@eurobahn.de
- Website
- eurobahn.de
Train from Rheine to Hengelo
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $13–19
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- arriva.nl
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $21–23
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- 2nd Class
- $21–23
- Phone
- 01806 / 600161
- dialog@nordwestbahn.de
- Website
- nordwestbahn.de
Train from Bramsche(Hase) to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $16–24
- Website
- https://www.nordwestbahn.de/
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Berlin Hauptbahnhof to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 51m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $75–120
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Leipzig Goethestraße to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 31m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $65–100
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Duisburg Portsmouthplatz to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $90–140
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +38 (050) 010-01-04
- orionbilet@gmail.com
- Website
- orionbus.net
Bus from Münster-Mitte to Magdeburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://orionbus.net/en
- Phone
- +359-887-208-506
- racic_bg@yahoo.com
- Website
- racicbg.com
Bus from Leipzig Goethestraße to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $90–120
- Website
- https://www.racicbg.com/bg/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- dbregiobus-nord.de
Bus from Fürstenau(b Bramsche) Post to Bramsche(Hase) Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- dbregiobus-nord.de
- Phone
- +49 541 20022211
- dialog@vos.info
- Website
- vos.info
Bus from Fürstenau(b Bramsche) Post to Bramsche(Hase) Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Website
- Verkehrsgemeinschaft Osnabrück
- Phone
- +359 700 20 544
- Website
- ardatur.bg
Bus from Bremen Bürgermeister-Smidt-Strasse to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $120–170
- Website
- https://ardatur.bg/en/
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