There are 11 ways to get from Paderborn to Sofia by train, plane, bus, car, or car train
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Train to Hannover Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Paderborn, Hauptbahnhof to Langenhagen Flughafentrain
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane HAJ - SOF
8h 59mTrain to Dortmund Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Paderborn Hbf to Soesttrain
- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane DTM - SOF
7h 3m$55–448Train, bus
- Take the train from Paderborn Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehetrain Re
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Würzburg Hbftrain 25 / ...
- Take the bus from Wurzburg Bismarckstrasse Bus Stop to Sofia Serdica Bus Stationbus
26h 16m$142–279Drive, car train
- Drive from Paderborn to Göttingencar
- Take the car train from Göttingen to Villach Hbf ARZcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf ARZ to Sofiacar
16h 22m$317–1,305Train to Münster Osnabrück International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Paderborn, Hauptbahnhof to Münster Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Münster Osnabrück International Airport (FMO) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane FMO - SOF
9h 33m$174–463Train, train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly
- Take the train from Paderborn Hbf to Hamm(Westf)Hbftrain
- Take the train from Hamm(Westf)Hbf to Koeln Messe/Deutztrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane CGN - SOF
8h 8m$81–313Train, train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Paderborn Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehetrain
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane FRA - SOF
8h 17m$148–350Fly from Paderborn Lippstadt Airport
- Fly from Paderborn Lippstadt Airport (PAD) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane PAD - SOF
8h 16m$165–534Bus via Niš
- Take the bus from Paderborn to Niš, Autobuska Stanicabus
- Take the bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdikabus
27h 53m$137–168Bus
- Take the bus from Paderborn to Kasselbus N69 / ...
- Take the bus from Kassel Grüner Waldweg to Sofia Serdica Bus Stationbus Citylines 17
29h$106–169Drive 1,753.5 km
- Drive from Paderborn to Sofiacar 1,753.5 km
18h 26m$289–418
Paderborn to Sofia by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Paderborn to Sofia is to bus which costs $100 - $170 and takes 29h.
The fastest way to get from Paderborn to Sofia is to train and fly which takes 7h 3m and costs $50 - $450.
No, there is no direct bus from Paderborn to Sofia. However, there are services departing from Paderborn and arriving at Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika via Niš, Autobuska Stanica. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 53m.
The distance between Paderborn and Sofia is 1652 km. The road distance is 1753.5 km.
The best way to get from Paderborn to Sofia without a car is to train and bus which takes 26h 16m and costs $140 - $280.
It takes approximately 8h 59m to get from Paderborn to Sofia, including transfers.
Paderborn to Sofia bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Paderborn station.
The best way to get from Paderborn to Sofia is to fly which takes 8h 16m and costs $160 - $550. Alternatively, you can bus via Niš, which costs $130 - $170 and takes 27h 53m.
Paderborn to Sofia bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Kassel station.
Sofia is 1h ahead of Paderborn. It is currently 12:22 PM in Paderborn and 1:22 PM in Sofia.
What companies run services between Paderborn, Germany and Sofia, Bulgaria?
Ryanair, DAT Danish Air Transport, and four other airlines fly from Paderborn Lippstadt Airport (PAD) to Sofia Airport (SOF) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Paderborn to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika via Niš, Autobuska Stanica in around 27h 53m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Hannover Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Münster Osnabrück International Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–410
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
Flights from Paderborn Lippstadt Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 51m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Münster Osnabrück International Airport to Sofia Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–370
Flights from Münster Osnabrück International Airport to Sofia Airport via Rhodes
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $900–1,300
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 Paderborn Lippstadt Airport to Sofia Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $160–550
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–470
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–390
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–360
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $110–340
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $30–330
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $100–190
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Paderborn Lippstadt Airport to Sofia Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,000
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Paderborn Lippstadt Airport to Sofia Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $310–900
- Phone
- +49 30 311682904
- Website
- bahn.com
Train from Paderborn, Hauptbahnhof to Langenhagen Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.bahn.com/en
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Paderborn Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $22–35
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Paderborn Hbf to Soest
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $12–18
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Paderborn Hbf to Hamm(Westf)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $17–25
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Hamm(Westf)Hbf to Koeln Messe/Deutz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $24–35
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Paderborn Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Würzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $47–52
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Paderborn Hbf to Soest
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $28–31
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Paderborn Hbf to Hamm(Westf)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $31–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $48–53
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Würzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–120
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $30–50
- 1st Class
- $65–120
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Göttingen to Villach Hbf ARZ
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $110–1,000
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- $490–550
- Car Compartment
- $900–1,000
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- info@eurobahn.de
- Website
- eurobahn.de
Train from Paderborn, Hauptbahnhof to Münster Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $23–35
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
Train from Paderborn Hbf to Soest
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $14–20
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
Train from Paderborn Hbf to Hamm(Westf)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $17–25
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +359-887-208-506
- racic_bg@yahoo.com
- Website
- racicbg.com
Bus from Wurzburg Bismarckstrasse Bus Stop to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $90–120
- Website
- https://www.racicbg.com/bg/
Bus from Kassel Grüner Waldweg to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $100–130
- Website
- https://www.racicbg.com/bg/
- Phone
- +381 (11) 761-4545
- Website
- srbijatours.com
Bus from Paderborn to Niš, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 13m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $120–140
- Schedules at
- srbijatours.com
- Prices
- $120–140
- Phone
- +381 18 255 177
- Website
- nis-ekspres.rs
Bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $13–23
- Schedules at
- nis-ekspres.rs
- Phone
- 02 952 50 04
- matpu96@abv.bg
- Website
- matpu.com
Bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $22–28
- Schedules at
- matpu.com
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Paderborn to Kassel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $5–10
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Kassel Grüner Waldweg to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $120–160
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
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