There are 12 ways to get from Sofia to Liège by plane, train, 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.
Fly to Brussels Airport, train
best- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Brussels Airport (BRU)SOF - BRU
- Take the train from Louvain to Liège-Guillemins
6h 17m€98–294Fly to Eindhoven Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Eindhoven Airport (EIN)SOF - EIN
- Take the train from Eindhoven to Maastricht
7h 36m€72–399Bus, train via Vienna
- Take the bus from Sofia to Bratislava
- Take the train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Wien Hbf
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Frankfurt(Main)HbfIce
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Liège, Guillemins Bf79
24h 19m€134–373Train
- Take the train from Sofia Sever to VidinRe
- Take the train from Vidin to Craiova
- Take the train from Craiova to Budapest-KeletiIr
- Take the train from Budapest-Keleti to Muenchen HbfRjx
- Take the train from München Hbf to Frankfurt41 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Liège, Guillemins Bf79
39h 31m€246–477Drive 1,974.9 km
- Drive from Sofia to Liège1,974.9 km
17h 41m€303–438Fly to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)SOF - CGN
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Liege-Guillemins
6h 39m€100–433Fly to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, bus
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL)SOF - CRL
- Take the bus from Charleroi Airport to Liège Rue du Plan Inclined
7h 8m€81–420Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Frankfurt (FRA)SOF - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Liège, Guillemins Bf
8h€131–351Bus
- Take the bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Stop to Cologne / Bonn Airport BusterminalUnion Ivkoni - Unibus 3631 / ...
- Take the bus from Cologne Airport CGN to Liège GuilleminsN79 / ...
31h 40m€79–120Bus, train
- Take the bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Stop to Aachen Main Train StationUnion Ivkoni - Unibus 3643
- Take the train from Aachen Hbf to Liège-CarréS41
31h 48m€82–124Bus via Frankfurt am Main
- Take the bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt centralCitylines 57
- Take the bus from Frankfurt central train station to Liège Guillemins328 / ...
35h 10m€115–181Drive, car train
- Drive from Sofia to Villach Hbf
- Take the car train from Villach Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Drive from Düsseldorf Hbf to Liège
17h 34m€284–1,268
Sofia to Liège by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sofia to Liège is to bus which costs €75 - €120 and takes 31h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Sofia to Liège is to fly and train which takes 6h 17m and costs €95 - €300.
No, there is no direct bus from Sofia to Liège. However, there are services departing from Sofia Serdica Bus Stop and arriving at Liège Guillemins via Cologne Airport CGN. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 31h 40m.
No, there is no direct train from Sofia to Liège. However, there are services departing from Sofia Sever and arriving at Liège, Guillemins Bf via Vidin, Craiova, Budapest-Keleti, München Hbf and Frankfurt. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 39h 31m.
The distance between Sofia and Liège is 1798 km. The road distance is 1974.9 km.
The best way to get from Sofia to Liège without a car is to bus and train via Vienna which takes 24h 19m and costs €130 - €380.
It takes approximately 6h 17m to get from Sofia to Liège, including transfers.
Sofia to Liège bus services, operated by Union Ivkoni, depart from Sofia Serdica Bus Stop station.
Sofia to Liège train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), depart from Sofia Sever station.
The best way to get from Sofia to Liège is to train which takes 39h 31m and costs €240 - €480. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €75 - €120 and takes 31h 40m.
What companies run services between Sofia, Bulgaria and Liège, Belgium?
You can take a train from Sofia Sever to Liège, Guillemins Bf via Vidin, Craiova, Budapest-Keleti, Muenchen Hbf, München Hbf, and Frankfurt in around 39h 31m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Stop to Liège Guillemins via Cologne / Bonn Airport Busterminal and Cologne Airport CGN in around 31h 40m.
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- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Brussels Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–380
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–380
Flights from Sofia Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–210
Flights from Sofia Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–210
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Brussels Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–390
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–380
Flights from Sofia Airport to Frankfurt via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–330
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–240
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–240
Flights from Sofia Airport to Eindhoven Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–290
Flights from Sofia Airport to Brussels South Charleroi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–360
Flights from Sofia Airport to Brussels South Charleroi Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–360
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Sofia Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–240
Flights from Sofia Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €90–160
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Eindhoven Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €29–220
Flights from Sofia Airport to Brussels South Charleroi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €21–600
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Louvain to Liège-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €8–12
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- €8–12
- 1st Class
- €12–18
Train from Aachen Hbf to Liège-Carré
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–10
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- €7–10
- 1st Class
- €10–16
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Louvain to Liège-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €26–30
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Wien Hbf to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–160
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Liège, Guillemins Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Koeln Hbf to Liege-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €25–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +421 24 48 58 188
- info@slovakrail.sk
- Website
- zssk.sk
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €3–6
- Website
- https://www.zssk.sk/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €14–22
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
Train from Budapest-Keleti to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 52m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Train from Sofia Sever to Vidin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €7–12
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- €7–10
- 1st Class
- €10–12
- Phone
- 0219521
- petitii@cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Vidin to Craiova
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €11–13
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Craiova to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €48–53
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- info@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Train from Budapest-Keleti to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €32–37
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Koeln Hbf to Liege-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–110
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Eindhoven to Maastricht
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €16–55
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €16–25
- 1st Class
- €30–55
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- arriva.nl
Train from Eindhoven to Maastricht
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €21–24
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl
- 2nd Class
- €21–24
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Aachen Hbf to Liège-Carré
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–17
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/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
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Sofia to Bratislava
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Stop to Cologne / Bonn Airport Busterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Stop to Aachen Main Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €75–110
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- info@flibco.com
- Website
- flibco.com
Bus from Charleroi Airport to Liège Rue du Plan Inclined
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–19
- Website
- https://www.flibco.com/en
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Cologne Airport CGN to Liège Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Frankfurt central train station to Liège Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €20–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Cologne Airport CGN to Liège Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €7–16
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- 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/
- Phone
- 0745 638 910
- transnicolaescu@yahoo.com
- Website
- transnicolaescu.ro
Bus from Frankfurt central train station to Liège Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €12
- Schedules at
- transnicolaescu.ro
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Sofia to Liège bus services, operated by Union Ivkoni, arrive at Cologne / Bonn Airport Busterminal station.
Liège is 1h behind Sofia. It is currently 12:42 PM in Sofia and 11:42 AM in Liège.
Sofia to Liège train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), arrive at Vidin station.
Yes, the driving distance between Sofia to Liège is 1975 km. It takes approximately 17h 41m to drive from Sofia to Liège.
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