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$77–450Train, bus
- Take the train from Paderborn, Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig Hbftrain 51
- Take the bus from Leipzig to Sofiabus
24h 49m$144–275Drive, 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 28m$173–641Train, 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
7h 48mTrain, 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$154–381Fly from Paderborn Lippstadt Airport
- Fly from Paderborn Lippstadt Airport (PAD) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane PAD - SOF
7h 6m$140–550Bus
- Take the bus from Paderborn to Niš, Autobuska Stanicabus
- Take the bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdikabus
27h 53m$137–166Bus via Pristina
- Take the bus from Paderborn Hbf to Pristinabus
- Take the bus from Pristina to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdikabus
36h 37m$179–209Drive 1,753.5 km
- Drive from Paderborn to Sofiacar 1,753.5 km
18h 26m$289–418
Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Sofia Airport (SOF) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Paderborn to Sofia is to bus which costs $130 - $170 and takes 27h 53m.
The fastest way to get from Paderborn to Sofia is to train and fly which takes 6h 43m and costs $75 - $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 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 which takes 24h 49m and costs $140 - $280.
It takes approximately 8h 54m to get from Paderborn to Sofia, including transfers.
Paderborn to Sofia bus services, operated by Srbija Tours, depart from Paderborn station.
The best way to get from Paderborn to Sofia is to fly which takes 7h 6m and costs $140 - $550. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $130 - $170 and takes 27h 53m.
Paderborn to Sofia bus services, operated by Srbija Tours, arrive at Niš, Autobuska Stanica station.
Sofia is 1h ahead of Paderborn. It is currently 9:22 AM in Paderborn and 10:22 AM in Sofia.
What companies run services between Paderborn, Germany and Sofia, Bulgaria?
Pegasus Airlines, DAT Danish Air Transport, and five other airlines fly from Paderborn Lippstadt Airport (PAD) to Sofia Airport (SOF) 3 times a day. 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 46m
- 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 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–420
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 1m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–270
Flights from Paderborn Lippstadt Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
- 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 Cologne Bonn Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–390
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–370
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Münster Osnabrück International Airport to Sofia Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from Paderborn Lippstadt Airport to Sofia Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 33m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $30–340
Flights from Paderborn Lippstadt Airport to Sofia Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $140–550
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–340
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Münster Osnabrück International Airport to Sofia Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $220–650
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $50–220
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $100–170
- 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
- $75–180
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Paderborn Hbf to Soest
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $11–25
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Paderborn Hbf to Hamm(Westf)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $16–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Paderborn Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $22–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–90
- 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
- $110–1,000
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- $490–540
- Car Compartment
- $850–1,000
- 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 Hamm(Westf)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Hamm(Westf)Hbf to Koeln Messe/Deutz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Paderborn Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- 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
- $13–20
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
Train from Paderborn, Hauptbahnhof to Münster Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $22–35
- 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
- $55–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +359 88 949 0000
- office@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Leipzig to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 31m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $65–100
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- 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
- $15–25
- 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
- $21–28
- Schedules at
- matpu.com
- Phone
- +383 49 181 500
- monika_deqan@hotmail.com
- Website
- web.facebook.com
Bus from Paderborn Hbf to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://web.facebook.com/p/Monika-Travel-100057278417633
- Phone
- +383 44 162 498
- info@barilevaturist.com
- Website
- web.facebook.com
Bus from Paderborn Hbf to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $130–170
- Website
- https://web.facebook.com/BarilevaTuristKosova
- 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
- $46
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
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