There are 12 ways to get from Sofia to Genk by plane, train, bus, night train, car, or car train
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Fly to Brussels Airport, train
best- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane SOF - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Genktrain
7h 25mDrive, car train
cheapest- Drive from Sofia to Villach Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Villach Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Düsseldorf Hbf to Genkcar
17h 30m€280–1,261Bus, train via Bratislava
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bratislavabus
- Take the train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Wien Hbftrain Rjx
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Liège, Guillemins Bftrain 79
- Take the train from Landen to Genktrain Ic
26h 55mTrain, night train
- 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 Meidlingnighttrain
- Take the train from Wien Meidling to Aachen, Hbftrain 90N
- Take the train from Aachen Hbf to Louvaintrain Ice
- Take the train from Louvain to Genktrain L / ...
43h 25mDrive 1,977 km
- Drive from Sofia to Genkcar 1,977 km
17h 38m€301–434Fly to Eindhoven Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Eindhoven Airport (EIN)plane SOF - EIN
- Take the train from Eindhoven to Maastrichttrain
8h 59mFly to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL)plane SOF - CRL
- Take the train from Fleurus to Louvaintrain
- Take the train from Louvain to Genktrain
8h 29mFly to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane SOF - CGN
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Liège, Guillemins Bftrain
- Take the train from Landen to Genktrain
9h 34mFly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane SOF - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Antwerpen-Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Anvers-Central to Genktrain
9h 46mFly to Dortmund Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Dortmund Airport (DTM)plane SOF - DTM
- Take the train from Holzwickede to Mönchengladbach Hbftrain
- Take the train from Moenchengladbach Hbf to Herzogenrathtrain
10h 23mBus
- Take the bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Wurzburg Bismarckstrasse Bus Stopbus Racic Eurobus
- Take the bus from Würzburg Main Station to Maastrichtbus 068 / ...
33h 33mBus, train
- Take the bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt centralbus
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Aachen, Hbftrain 79
- Take the train from Aachen Hbf to Maastrichttrain
34h 5m
Sofia Airport (SOF) to Brussels Airport (BRU) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sofia to Genk is to drive which costs €300 - €440 and takes 17h 38m.
The fastest way to get from Sofia to Genk is to drive and car train which takes 17h 30m and costs €280 - €1300.
No, there is no direct bus from Sofia station to Genk. However, there are services departing from Sofia Serdica Bus Station and arriving at Genk Shopping Center perron 1 via Würzburg Main Station and Maastricht Station perron D. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 33h 33m.
No, there is no direct train from Sofia to Genk. However, there are services departing from Sofia Sever and arriving at Genk via Gorna Oryahovitsa, Bucuresti Nord, Wien Meidling, Aachen Hbf and Louvain. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 43h 25m.
The distance between Sofia and Genk is 1797 km. The road distance is 1977 km.
The best way to get from Sofia to Genk without a car is to bus and train via Bratislava which takes 26h 55m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 25m to get from Sofia to Genk, including transfers.
Sofia to Genk bus services, operated by Racic Eurobus, depart from Sofia Serdica Bus Station.
Sofia to Genk train services, operated by Bdz Passenger, depart from Sofia Sever station.
Sofia to Genk bus services, operated by Racic Eurobus, arrive at Wurzburg Bismarckstrasse Bus Stop station.
What companies run services between Sofia, Bulgaria and Genk, Belgium?
You can take a bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Genk Shopping Center perron 1 via Wurzburg Bismarckstrasse Bus Stop, Würzburg Main Station, Maastricht, and Maastricht Station perron D in around 33h 33m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Eindhoven Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–220
Flights from Sofia Airport to Eindhoven Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–220
Flights from Sofia Airport to Brussels South Charleroi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–210
Flights from Sofia Airport to Brussels South Charleroi Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €30–210
Flights from Sofia Airport to Brussels South Charleroi Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €30–210
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Brussels Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–300
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–310
Flights from Sofia Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–310
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Brussels Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–320
Flights from Sofia Airport to Brussels Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–320
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–340
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Eindhoven Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–140
Flights from Sofia Airport to Eindhoven Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €35–140
Flights from Sofia Airport to Brussels South Charleroi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €28–150
Flights from Sofia Airport to Dortmund Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €27–240
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Sofia Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–200
Flights from Sofia Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–220
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Genk
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Schedules at
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Landen to Genk
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Louvain to Genk
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Fleurus to Louvain
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Köln Hbf to Liège, Guillemins Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Schedules at
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Anvers-Central to Genk
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Schedules at
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Aachen Hbf to Maastricht
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- belgiantrain.be
- Website
- slovakrail.sk
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- slovakrail.sk
- Website
- personenverkehr.oebb.at
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Schedules at
- personenverkehr.oebb.at
Train from Wien Hbf to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 43m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Schedules at
- personenverkehr.oebb.at
- Website
- delfi.de
Train from Frankfurt to Liège, Guillemins Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- delfi.de
Train from Köln Hbf to Liège, Guillemins Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- delfi.de
Train from Moenchengladbach Hbf to Herzogenrath
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- delfi.de
Train from Frankfurt to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- delfi.de
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Night train from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €5–10
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- €5–9
- 1st Class
- €8–10
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Night train from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- belgianrail.be
Train from Aachen Hbf to Louvain
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- belgianrail.be
- Website
- nsinternational.nl
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Antwerpen-Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nsinternational.nl
- Website
- eurobahn.de
Train from Holzwickede to Mönchengladbach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- eurobahn.de
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Moenchengladbach Hbf to Herzogenrath
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Villach Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €100–1,000
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- €270–550
- Car Compartment
- €550–1,000
- Phone
- +359 88 949 0000
- office@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bratislava
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Website
- -
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Wurzburg Bismarckstrasse Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €90–130
- Schedules at
- -
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt central
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 20m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €90–130
- Schedules at
- -
- Website
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from Würzburg Main Station to Maastricht
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
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More Questions & Answers
Genk is 1h behind Sofia. It is currently 2:46 PM in Sofia and 1:46 PM in Genk.
Sofia to Genk train services, operated by Bdz Passenger, arrive at Gorna Oryahovitsa station.
Yes, the driving distance between Sofia to Genk is 1977 km. It takes approximately 17h 38m to drive from Sofia to Genk.
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