There are 11 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 25m€89–210Fly to Eindhoven Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Eindhoven Airport (EIN)plane SOF - EIN
- Take the train from Eindhoven to Maastrichttrain
8h 59m€58–226Bus, train
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bucharestbus
- Take the bus from Bucharest Obor to Aachenbus
- Take the train from Aachen Hbf to Maastrichttrain S43
25h 43m€66–82Train, 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 Hbfnighttrain
- Take the night train from Wien Hbf to Liege-Guilleminsnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Landen to Genktrain Ic
43h 12m€172–302Drive 1,977 km
- Drive from Sofia to Genkcar 1,977 km
17h 38m€300–433Fly 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 30m€60–234Fly 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 46m€127–297Fly to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane SOF - CGN
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Liege-Guilleminstrain
- Take the train from Landen to Genktrain
9h 47m€96–301Bus via Würzburg
- 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 33m€116–158Bus
- Take the bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt centralbus Citylines 57 / ...
- Take the bus from Frankfurt central train station to Maastrichtbus N870 / ...
35h 23m€112–174Drive, car train
- Drive from Sofia to Villach Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Villach Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Düsseldorf Hbf to Genkcar
17h 30m€279–1,261
Sofia to Genk by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sofia to Genk is to bus and train which costs €65 - €85 and takes 25h 43m.
The fastest way to get from Sofia to Genk is to fly and train which takes 7h 25m and costs €85 - €210.
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 Hbf, Liège-Guillemins and Landen. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 43h 12m.
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 which takes 25h 43m and costs €65 - €85.
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 Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), 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
- €50–230
Flights from Sofia Airport to Eindhoven Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–230
Flights from Sofia Airport to Brussels South Charleroi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €29–250
Flights from Sofia Airport to Brussels South Charleroi Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €29–250
Flights from Sofia Airport to Brussels South Charleroi Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €29–250
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
- €65–300
Flights from Sofia Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–320
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–320
- 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
- Every day
- 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
- €35–130
Flights from Sofia Airport to Eindhoven Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €35–130
Flights from Sofia Airport to Brussels South Charleroi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €28–120
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Sofia Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–150
Flights from Sofia Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–220
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Genk
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Aachen Hbf to Maastricht
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–20
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Landen to Genk
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–18
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Fleurus to Louvain
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–22
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Louvain to Genk
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–27
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Anvers-Central to Genk
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- arriva.nl
Train from Aachen Hbf to Maastricht
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–12
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- 2nd Class
- €11–12
Train from Eindhoven to Maastricht
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €25–29
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- 2nd Class
- €25–29
- 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
- €7–13
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- €7–11
- 1st Class
- €10–13
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
- 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
- €80–95
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Wien Hbf to Liege-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 12m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–150
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €110–150
- Couchette Carriage
- €85–110
- Seating Carriage
- €60–70
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Eindhoven to Maastricht
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–35
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Antwerpen-Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–40
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Koeln Hbf to Liege-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €23–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Koeln Hbf to Liege-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- 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
- +38(098) 343 8282
- callcenter@likebus.ua
- Website
- likebus.ua
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30
- Schedules at
- likebus.ua
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Bucharest Obor to Aachen
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €23–30
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +359-887-208-506
- racic_bg@yahoo.com
- Website
- racicbg.com
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Wurzburg Bismarckstrasse Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €80–110
- Website
- https://www.racicbg.com/bg/
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt central
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 20m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €90–120
- Website
- https://www.racicbg.com/bg/
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Würzburg Main Station to Maastricht
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €28–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Frankfurt central train station to Maastricht
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt central
- Ave. Duration
- 29h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €100–140
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
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More Questions & Answers
Genk is 1h behind Sofia. It is currently 9:07 AM in Sofia and 8:07 AM in Genk.
Sofia to Genk train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), 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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