There are 13 ways to get from Sofia to Meppen by plane, train, bus, night train, 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 Cologne Bonn Airport, train
best- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane SOF - CGN
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Meppen, Bahnhoftrain
8h 59m€83–276Fly to Dortmund Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Dortmund Airport (DTM)plane SOF - DTM
- Take the train from Holzwickede to Muenster(Westf)Hbftrain
- Take the train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to Meppen, Bahnhoftrain
9h 17m€82–391Bus, train via Berlin
- Take the bus from Sofia to Berlin Hauptbahnhofbus
- Take the train from Berlin Hbf to Rheinetrain Ice
- Take the train from Rheine, Bahnhof to Meppen, Bahnhoftrain 35
28h 33m€154–350Train, 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 train from Wien Hbf to Gelsenkirchen Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Gelsenkirchen Hbf to Meppen, Bahnhoftrain 35
39h 33m€270–320Drive 1,927.5 km
- Drive from Sofia to Meppencar 1,927.5 km
19h 42m€272–393Fly to Münster Osnabrück International Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Münster Osnabrück International Airport (FMO)plane SOF - FMO
- Take the train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to Meppen, Bahnhoftrain
10h 41m€189–332Fly to Bremen Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Bremen Airport (BRE)plane SOF - BRE
- Take the train from Bremen Hbf to Leer(Ostfriesl)train
- Take the train from Leer(Ostfriesl) to Meppen, Bahnhoftrain
10h 28m€118–355Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane SOF - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Münster Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to Meppen, Bahnhoftrain
10h 19m€160–318Fly to Eindhoven Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Eindhoven Airport (EIN)plane SOF - EIN
- Take the train from Eindhoven to Utrecht Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Hengelotrain
- Take the train from Hengelo to Rheinetrain
- Take the train from Rheine, Bahnhof to Meppen, Bahnhoftrain
10h 34m€102–433Fly to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane SOF - BER
- Take the train from Berlin Südkreuz to Rheinetrain
- Take the train from Rheine, Bahnhof to Meppen, Bahnhoftrain
10h 37m€142–461Bus, train
- Take the bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Kassel Grüner Waldwegbus
- Take the train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Lippstadttrain Re
- Take the train from Lippstadt, Bustreff Bahnhof to Münster Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to Meppen, Bahnhoftrain 35
35h 13m€155–225Bus, train #2
- Take the bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Niš, Autobuska Stanicabus
- Take the bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Bielefeldbus
- Take the train from Bielefeld Hbf to Rheinetrain
- Take the train from Rheine, Bahnhof to Meppen, Bahnhoftrain 35
39h 27m€155–209Drive, car train
- Drive from Sofia to Villach Hbf ARZcar
- Take the car train from Villach Hbf ARZ to Hannover Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Hannover Hbf to Meppencar
18h€293–1,183
Sofia to Meppen by bus and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sofia to Meppen is to fly and train which costs €80 - €400 and takes 9h 17m.
The fastest way to get from Sofia to Meppen is to fly and train which takes 8h 59m and costs €80 - €280.
No, there is no direct train from Sofia to Meppen. However, there are services departing from Sofia Sever and arriving at Meppen, Bahnhof via Gorna Oryahovitsa, Bucuresti Nord, Wien Hbf and Gelsenkirchen Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 39h 33m.
The distance between Sofia and Meppen is 1803 km. The road distance is 1927.5 km.
The best way to get from Sofia to Meppen without a car is to bus and train via Berlin which takes 28h 33m and costs €150 - €350.
It takes approximately 8h 59m to get from Sofia to Meppen, including transfers.
Sofia to Meppen train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), depart from Sofia Sever station.
Meppen is 1h behind Sofia. It is currently 3:04 PM in Sofia and 2:04 PM in Meppen.
Sofia to Meppen train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), arrive at Gorna Oryahovitsa station.
Yes, the driving distance between Sofia to Meppen is 1928 km. It takes approximately 19h 42m to drive from Sofia to Meppen.
What companies run services between Sofia, Bulgaria and Meppen, Germany?
There is no direct connection from Sofia to Meppen. However, you can take the line 84 shuttle to Terminal 1, walk to Sofia Airport (SOF) airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN), walk to Flughafen Köln/Bonn Bf, take the train to Köln Hbf, then take the train to Meppen, Bahnhof. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Sofia to Meppen, Bahnhof via Berlin Hauptbahnhof, Berlin Hbf, Rheine, and Rheine, Bahnhof in around 28h 33m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–320
Flights from Sofia Airport to Münster Osnabrück International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 26m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–500
Flights from Sofia Airport to Bremen Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–420
Flights from Sofia Airport to Bremen Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–430
Flights from Sofia Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–230
Flights from Sofia Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
Flights from Sofia Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–270
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–190
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–190
Flights from Sofia Airport to Münster Osnabrück International Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–320
Flights from Sofia Airport to Eindhoven Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–280
Flights from Sofia Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–170
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–310
Flights from Sofia Airport to Bremen Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–400
Flights from Sofia Airport to Frankfurt via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–260
Flights from Sofia Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–240
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Sofia Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–170
Flights from Sofia Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–170
Flights from Sofia Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Dortmund Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €29–250
Flights from Sofia Airport to Eindhoven Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–200
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Münster Osnabrück International Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–390
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–230
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to Meppen, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €48–53
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Rheine, Bahnhof to Meppen, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €24–27
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Wien Hbf to Gelsenkirchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 6m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €140–160
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Gelsenkirchen Hbf to Meppen, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €37–42
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to Meppen, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–32
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bremen Hbf to Leer(Ostfriesl)
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–33
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leer(Ostfriesl) to Meppen, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €25–29
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Münster Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hengelo to Rheine
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €23–26
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Berlin Südkreuz to Rheine
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Lippstadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €34–39
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Berlin Hbf to Rheine
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €65–230
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €65–100
- 1st Class
- €130–230
Train from Eindhoven to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €14–45
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €14–21
- 1st Class
- €25–45
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Hengelo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–70
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €21–35
- 1st Class
- €40–70
Train from Hengelo to Rheine
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–25
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €9–14
- 1st Class
- €15–25
Train from Berlin Südkreuz to Rheine
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €65–230
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €65–100
- 1st Class
- €140–230
- 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
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bremen Hbf to Leer(Ostfriesl)
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–24
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Holzwickede to Muenster(Westf)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Lippstadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- arriva.nl
Train from Eindhoven to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €17–20
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- 2nd Class
- €17–20
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- info@eurobahn.de
- Website
- eurobahn.de
Train from Hengelo to Rheine
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
Train from Lippstadt, Bustreff Bahnhof to Münster Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
Train from Bielefeld Hbf to Rheine
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–28
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Villach Hbf ARZ to Hannover Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–900
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- €420–470
- Car Compartment
- €750–900
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Sofia to Berlin Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €65–95
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Kassel Grüner Waldweg
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €100–140
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- +359-887-208-506
- racic_bg@yahoo.com
- Website
- racicbg.com
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Kassel Grüner Waldweg
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 40m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €85–110
- Website
- https://www.racicbg.com/bg/
- Phone
- 02 952 50 04
- matpu96@abv.bg
- Website
- matpu.com
Bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Niš, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €18–25
- Schedules at
- matpu.com
- Phone
- +381 18 255 177
- Website
- nis-ekspres.rs
Bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Niš, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €12–19
- Schedules at
- nis-ekspres.rs
- Phone
- +381 (11) 761-4545
- Website
- srbijatours.com
Bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Bielefeld
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 55m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €100–130
- Schedules at
- srbijatours.com
- Prices
- €100–130
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