There are 13 ways to get from Sofia to Europe by plane, train, bus, night train, taxi, car, or car train
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Fly to Nuremberg Airport, train
best- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Nuremberg Airport (NUE)plane SOF - NUE
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to Erfurt Hbftrain
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Eisenach Hbftrain
9h 18m$117–394Fly to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane SOF - CGN
- Take the train from Siegburg Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Eisenach Hbftrain
11h 31m$98–413Bus, train via Würzburg
- Take the bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Stop to Wurzburg Bismarckstrasse Bus Stopbus
- Take the train from Würzburg Hbf to Fulda Bahnhoftrain 25
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Bebra Bahnhoftrain Rb5
28h 34m$137–188Train, night train, taxi
- Take the train from Sofia Sever to Gorna Oryahovitsatrain
- Take the night train from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Bucharestnighttrain
- Take the night train from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Hbfnighttrain
- Take the night train from Wien Hbf to Hannover Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Wabern Bahnhoftrain 26
- Take the taxi from Knüllwald-Ellingshausen to Europetaxi
42h 15m$371–666Drive, car train
- Drive from Sofia to Villach Hbf ARZcar
- Take the car train from Villach Hbf ARZ to Würzburg Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Würzburg Hbf to Europecar
14h 56m$329–463Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane SOF - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Fulda Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Bebra Bahnhoftrain
10h 35m$110–306Fly to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane SOF - BER
- Take the train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Eisenach Hbftrain
10h 35m$114–404Fly to Dortmund Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Dortmund Airport (DTM)plane SOF - DTM
- Take the train from Soest to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehetrain
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Bebra Bahnhoftrain
11h 55m$106–398Fly to Munich International Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane SOF - MUC
- Take the train from Flughafen München to Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from München Hbf to Fulda Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Bebra Bahnhoftrain
12h 8m$192–373Fly to Hahn, bus, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Hahn (HHN)plane SOF - HHN
- Take the bus from Hahn to Mainz, Hauptbahnhofbus
- Take the train from Mainz, Hauptbahnhof to Bad Hersfeld Bahnhoftrain
12h 45m$132–325Fly to Václav Havel Airport Prague, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane SOF - PRG
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden-Neustadttrain
- Take the train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Eisenach Hbftrain
14h 19m$147–316Bus, train
- Take the bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Erfurt Central Bus Stationbus Citylines 9
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Eisenach Hbftrain 50 / ...
29h 43m$126–177Drive 1,619.3 km
- Drive from Sofia to Europecar 1,619.3 km
16h 49m$267–386
Sofia to Europe by bus and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sofia to Europe is to bus and train which costs $120 - $180 and takes 29h 43m.
The fastest way to get from Sofia to Europe is to fly and train which takes 9h 18m and costs $110 - $400.
The distance between Sofia and Europe is 1505 km. The road distance is 1619.3 km.
The best way to get from Sofia to Europe without a car is to bus and train via Würzburg which takes 28h 34m and costs $130 - $190.
It takes approximately 9h 18m to get from Sofia to Europe, including transfers.
Europe is 1h behind Sofia. It is currently 5:39 AM in Sofia and 4:39 AM in Europe.
Yes, the driving distance between Sofia to Europe is 1619 km. It takes approximately 16h 49m to drive from Sofia to Europe.
There are 816+ hotels available in Europe.
What companies run services between Sofia, Bulgaria and Europe?
There is no direct connection from Sofia to Europe. However, you can take the line 84 shuttle to Terminal 1, walk to Sofia Airport (SOF) airport, fly to Nuremberg Airport (NUE), walk to Nürnberg Flughafen, take the subway to Nürnberg Hbf, walk to Nürnberg Hbf, take the train to Erfurt Hbf, take the train to Eisenach Hbf, take the train to Herleshausen Bahnhof, walk to Herleshausen Bahnhof, then take the line 250 bus to Sontra-Ulfen Mitte. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Stop to Sontra-Ulfen Mitte via Wurzburg Bismarckstrasse Bus Stop, Würzburg Hbf, Fulda Bahnhof, Bebra Bahnhof, and Bebra Bahnhof in around 28h 34m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Nuremberg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–440
Flights from Sofia Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–270
Flights from Sofia Airport to Frankfurt via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–270
Flights from Sofia Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 56m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–310
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–390
Flights from Sofia Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–330
Flights from Sofia Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–320
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Nuremberg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–250
Flights from Sofia Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $50–210
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $30–220
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $30–220
Flights from Sofia Airport to Hahn
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–240
Flights from Sofia Airport to Hahn via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $65–250
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Frankfurt via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–300
Flights from Sofia Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–290
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–370
Flights from Sofia Airport to Munich International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–340
Flights from Sofia Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–290
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Sofia Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $140–190
Flights from Sofia Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–180
Flights from Sofia Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–160
Flights from Sofia Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–130
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–160
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Dortmund Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $50–290
Flights from Sofia Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $35–140
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–280
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $55–330
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $17–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Eisenach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $15–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Würzburg Hbf to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Wabern Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $15–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Eisenach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Siegburg Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $29–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Eisenach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Soest to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $54
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Bebra Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $28–32
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $70–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mainz, Hauptbahnhof to Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $47–53
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Eisenach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $60–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Eisenach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $14–20
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Bebra Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $14–20
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Bebra Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $14–20
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Flughafen München to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $12–17
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 21300130
- info@abellio-mitteldeutschland.de
- Website
- abellio.de
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Eisenach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $15–20
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
- Phone
- 0800 2235546
- Website
- abellio.de
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Eisenach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $13–21
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
- Phone
- +49 561 766396-0
- info@cantus-bahn.de
- Website
- cantus-bahn.de
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Bebra Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Bebra Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Train from Sofia Sever to Gorna Oryahovitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $9–15
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $9–13
- 1st Class
- $12–15
Night train from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $7–11
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $7–10
- 1st Class
- $10–11
- Phone
- 0219521
- petitii@cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Night train from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 53m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $100–110
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Wien Hbf to Hannover Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $85–330
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- $300–330
- Couchette Carriage
- $180–210
- Seating Carriage
- $85–110
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Villach Hbf ARZ to Würzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $110–140
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Soest to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden-Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden-Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $45–65
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Stop to Wurzburg Bismarckstrasse Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $70–110
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +359-887-208-506
- racic_bg@yahoo.com
- Website
- racicbg.com
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Stop to Wurzburg Bismarckstrasse Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $90–120
- Website
- https://www.racicbg.com/bg/
- Phone
- +49 6543 5010
- info@bohr.de
- Website
- bohr.de
Bus from Hahn to Mainz, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $16–19
- Schedules at
- bohr.de
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Erfurt Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $100–150
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Estimated price
- $100–130
Bad Hersfeld Taxi Bastick
- Phone
- +49 6621 204311
- Website
- taxi-bastick.de
Bad Hersfeld
- Phone
- +49 6621 799888
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