There are 11 ways to get from Meppel to Sofia by train, plane, bus, car, or car train
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Train, train to Eindhoven Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Meppel to Utrecht Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Eindhoventrain
- Fly from Eindhoven Airport (EIN) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane EIN - SOF
8h 9m$82–424Train, bus via Berlin
- Take the train from Zwolle to Hengelotrain
- Take the train from Hengelo to Berlin Hbftrain Ice
- Take the bus from Berlin Hauptbahnhof to Sofiabus
29h 52m$181–443Drive, car train
- Drive from Meppel to Düsseldorf Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Sofiacar
17h 36m$344–1,544Train, train to Brussels Airport, fly
- Take the train from Meppel to Schiphol Airporttrain
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Antwerpen-Centraaltrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane BRU - SOF
9h 4m$139–504Train, train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly
- Take the train from Zwolle to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Köln Hbftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane CGN - SOF
9h 27m$93–423Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly
- Take the train from Meppel to Den Haag Centraaltrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane AMS - SOF
9h 49m$126–370Train, train to Münster Osnabrück International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Zwolle to Hengelotrain
- Take the train from Hengelo to Ibbenbüren, Bahnhoftrain
- Fly from Münster Osnabrück International Airport (FMO) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane FMO - SOF
11h 29m$228–407Train, train to Dortmund Airport, fly
- Take the train from Zwolle to Hengelotrain
- Take the train from Hengelo to Rheinetrain
- Take the train from Rheine to Holzwickedetrain
- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane DTM - SOF
9h 58m$103–499Train, bus
- Take the train from Zwolle to Hengelotrain
- Take the train from Hengelo to Hannover Hbftrain Ice
- Take the bus from Hannover Central Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Stationbus
33h 46m$171–353Train, bus #2
- Take the train from Meppel to Groningentrain
- Take the bus from Groningen central station to Bremen Fernbusterminalbus N75 / ...
- Take the bus from Bremen Bürgermeister-Smidt-Strasse to Sofia Serdica Bus Stationbus
35h 14m$149–251Drive 2,018.4 km
- Drive from Meppel to Sofiacar 2,018.4 km
19h 57m$416–601
Meppel to Sofia by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Meppel to Sofia is to train and fly which costs $80 - $430 and takes 8h 9m.
The fastest way to get from Meppel to Sofia is to train and fly which takes 8h 9m and costs $80 - $430.
The distance between Meppel and Sofia is 1891 km. The road distance is 2018.4 km.
The best way to get from Meppel to Sofia without a car is to train and bus via Berlin which takes 29h 52m and costs $180 - $450.
It takes approximately 8h 9m to get from Meppel to Sofia, including transfers.
Sofia is 1h ahead of Meppel. It is currently 12:54 AM in Meppel and 1:54 AM in Sofia.
Yes, the driving distance between Meppel to Sofia is 2018 km. It takes approximately 19h 57m to drive from Meppel to Sofia.
There are 2130+ hotels available in Sofia.
What companies run services between Meppel, Netherlands and Sofia, Bulgaria?
There is no direct connection from Meppel to Sofia. However, you can take the train to Utrecht Centraal, take the train to Eindhoven, walk to Eindhoven, Station B, take the line 401 bus to Eindhoven, Airport, walk to Eindhoven Airport (EIN) 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 Meppel to Sofia via Zwolle, Hengelo, Berlin Hbf, and Berlin Hauptbahnhof in around 29h 52m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–380
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–410
Flights from Münster Osnabrück International Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $50–320
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $35–220
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $35–220
Flights from Münster Osnabrück International Airport to Sofia Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–360
Flights from Münster Osnabrück International Airport to Sofia Airport via Rhodes
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–1,300
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–360
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $95–390
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–480
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Brussels Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–170
Flights from Brussels Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $75–150
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–290
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $35–240
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $30–290
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $75–150
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Meppel to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $22–70
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $22–35
- 1st Class
- $40–70
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
- $16–24
- 1st Class
- $29–50
Train from Hengelo to Berlin Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $85–300
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $85–130
- 1st Class
- $170–300
Train from Meppel to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $26–85
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $26–40
- 1st Class
- $50–85
Train from Schiphol Airport to Antwerpen-Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $27–90
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $27–40
- 1st Class
- $50–90
Train from Zwolle to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $15–50
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $15–23
- 1st Class
- $27–50
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–100
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $30–45
- 1st Class
- $60–100
Train from Meppel to Den Haag Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–110
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $30–50
- 1st Class
- $65–110
Train from Hengelo to Rheine
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $10–29
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $10–16
- 1st Class
- $17–29
Train from Hengelo to Hannover Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $40–140
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $40–65
- 1st Class
- $80–140
Train from Meppel to Groningen
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $15–50
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $15–24
- 1st Class
- $28–50
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- arriva.nl
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $20–23
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- 2nd Class
- $20–23
Train from Meppel to Groningen
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $19–22
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- 2nd Class
- $19–22
- Phone
- 0900-9292
- Website
- blauwnet.nl
Train from Zwolle to Hengelo
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $14–17
- Website
- Blauwnet
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hengelo to Berlin Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $90–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $44–49
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hengelo to Rheine
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $27–31
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hengelo to Hannover Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $50–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- 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
- $110–1,200
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- $320–650
- Car Compartment
- $600–1,200
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Schiphol Airport to Antwerpen-Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $50–110
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- $50–70
- Comfort
- $55–80
- Premium
- $80–110
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- info@eurobahn.de
- Website
- eurobahn.de
Train from Hengelo to Ibbenbüren, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $16–23
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
Train from Hengelo to Rheine
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $13–19
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Rheine to Holzwickede
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–30
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Website
- govolta.nl
Train from Hengelo to Hannover Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- govolta.nl
- 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
- $75–110
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Hannover Central Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 55m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $90–130
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +359-887-208-506
- racic_bg@yahoo.com
- Website
- racicbg.com
Bus from Hannover Central Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $110–140
- Website
- https://www.racicbg.com/bg/
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Hannover Central Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $130–180
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Groningen central station to Bremen Fernbusterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $13–22
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Groningen central station to Bremen Fernbusterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $24–35
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- 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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