There are 11 ways to get from Paderborn 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 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 54mTrain 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
6h 43m$53–444Train, bus via Leipzig
- Take the train from Paderborn, Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig Hbftrain 51
- Take the bus from Leipzig to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
24h 49m$151–292Drive, 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$327–1,405Train 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 28m$183–642Train, 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
7h 52m$156–415Fly from Paderborn Lippstadt Airport
- Fly from Paderborn Lippstadt Airport (PAD) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane PAD - SOF
8h 1m$160–550Train, train to Eindhoven Airport, fly
- Take the train from Paderborn Hbf to Hamm(Westf)Hbftrain
- Take the train from Hamm to Venlotrain
- Take the train from Venlo to Eindhoventrain
- Fly from Eindhoven Airport (EIN) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane EIN - SOF
10h 12m$102–323Bus
- Take the bus from Paderborn to Kasselbus N69 / ...
- Take the bus from Kassel Grüner Waldweg to Sofia Serdica Bus Stationbus Citylines 17
29h$106–171Train, bus
- Take the train from Paderborn, Hauptbahnhof to Göttingentrain Rb85
- Take the bus from Göttingen Central Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Stationbus Racic Eurobus
31h 7m$149–321Drive 1,753.5 km
- Drive from Paderborn to Sofiacar 1,753.5 km
18h 26m$289–418
Paderborn to Sofia by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Paderborn to Sofia is to bus which costs $100 - $180 and takes 29h.
The fastest way to get from Paderborn to Sofia is to train and fly which takes 6h 43m and costs $50 - $450.
No, there is no direct bus from Paderborn to Sofia station. However, there are services departing from Paderborn and arriving at Sofia Serdica Bus Station via Kassel Grüner Waldweg. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 29h.
The distance between Paderborn and Sofia is 1648 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 via Leipzig which takes 24h 49m and costs $150 - $300.
It takes approximately 8h 54m 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 1m and costs $160 - $550. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $100 - $180 and takes 29h.
Paderborn to Sofia bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Kassel station.
Sofia is 1h ahead of Paderborn. It is currently 9:02 PM in Paderborn and 10:02 PM in Sofia.
What companies run services between Paderborn, Germany and Sofia, Bulgaria?
Pegasus Airlines, DAT Danish Air Transport, and six other airlines fly from Paderborn Lippstadt Airport (PAD) to Sofia Airport (SOF) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Paderborn to Sofia Serdica Bus Station via Kassel Grüner Waldweg in around 29h.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Hannover Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Münster Osnabrück International Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–600
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- 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
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $30–280
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Sofia Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $30–280
Flights from Paderborn Lippstadt Airport to Sofia Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–550
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $40–160
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Sofia Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $40–160
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–480
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–370
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Münster Osnabrück International Airport to Sofia Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–650
Flights from Paderborn Lippstadt Airport to Sofia Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 28m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $60–260
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Hannover Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–340
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $100–170
- 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
- $220–650
Flights from Paderborn Lippstadt Airport to Sofia Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–900
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–340
- 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
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Paderborn, Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $85–200
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Paderborn Hbf to Soest
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $11–27
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Paderborn Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $23–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Paderborn Hbf to Hamm(Westf)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $17–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- 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
- $120–1,050
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- $500–550
- Car Compartment
- $900–1,050
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Paderborn Hbf to Soest
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Paderborn Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Paderborn Hbf to Hamm(Westf)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- info@eurobahn.de
- Website
- eurobahn.de
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, 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 Hamm(Westf)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $18–25
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
Train from Hamm to Venlo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- 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
- $60–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Venlo to Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $6–15
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- 01806 / 600161
- dialog@nordwestbahn.de
- Website
- nordwestbahn.de
Train from Paderborn, Hauptbahnhof to Göttingen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $45–190
- Website
- https://www.nordwestbahn.de/
- 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
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
- $6–11
- 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/
- Phone
- +359-887-208-506
- racic_bg@yahoo.com
- Website
- racicbg.com
Bus from Kassel Grüner Waldweg to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $100–140
- Website
- https://www.racicbg.com/bg/
Bus from Göttingen Central Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $100–140
- Website
- https://www.racicbg.com/bg/
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