There are 11 ways to get from Sofia to Remscheid by plane, bus, train, car, or car train
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Fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
best- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)SOF - CGN
6h 14m€82–342Fly to Dortmund Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Dortmund Airport (DTM)SOF - DTM
- Take the train from Holzwickede to Wuppertal-Oberbarmen
7h 6m€65–347Bus, train via Bratislava
- Take the bus from Sofia to Bratislava
- Take the train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Wien Hbf
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Solingen HbfIce
24h 37m€109–323Train
- 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 Wien HbfEc / ...
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Solingen HbfIce
38h€171–387Drive 1,870.4 km
- Drive from Sofia to Remscheid1,870.4 km
17h 2m€268–387Fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)SOF - DUS
8h 20m€87–280Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Frankfurt (FRA)SOF - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
7h 47m€119–330Fly to Eindhoven Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Eindhoven Airport (EIN)SOF - EIN
- Take the train from Eindhoven to Venlo
- Take the train from Venlo to Wuppertal-Oberbarmen
9h 5m€77–378Bus
- Take the bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Stop to Cologne / Bonn Airport BusterminalUnion Ivkoni - Unibus 3631 / ...
- Take the bus from Köln Bf Deutz/Messeplatz to Remscheid Markt260
30h 55mBus, train
- Take the bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt central
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf41 / ...
- Take the bus from Köln Bf Deutz/Messeplatz to Remscheid Markt260
32h 42mDrive, car train
- Drive from Sofia to Villach Hbf
- Take the car train from Villach Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbf
16h 47m€272–1,249
Sofia to Remscheid by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sofia to Remscheid is to fly which costs €85 - €280 and takes 8h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Sofia to Remscheid is to fly which takes 6h 14m and costs €80 - €350.
No, there is no direct train from Sofia to Remscheid. However, there are services departing from Sofia Sever and arriving at Remscheid Hbf via Vidin, Craiova, Budapest-Keleti, Wien Hbf and Solingen Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 38h.
The distance between Sofia and Remscheid is 1601 km. The road distance is 1870.4 km.
The best way to get from Sofia to Remscheid without a car is to bus and train via Bratislava which takes 24h 37m and costs €100 - €330.
It takes approximately 6h 14m to get from Sofia to Remscheid, including transfers.
Sofia to Remscheid train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), depart from Sofia Sever station.
The best way to get from Sofia to Remscheid is to fly which takes 6h 14m and costs €80 - €350. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €170 - €390 and takes 38h, you could also bus, which costs and takes 30h 55m.
Remscheid is 1h behind Sofia. It is currently 11:48 AM in Sofia and 10:48 AM in Remscheid.
Sofia to Remscheid train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), arrive at Vidin station.
What companies run services between Sofia, Bulgaria and Remscheid, Germany?
Ryanair, Lufthansa, and two other airlines fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from Sofia Sever to Remscheid Hbf via Vidin, Craiova, Budapest-Keleti, Wien Hbf, and Solingen Hbf in around 38h.
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- Website
- lufthansa.com
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 Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–360
Flights from Sofia Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–370
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 Cologne Bonn Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–390
Flights from Sofia Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–370
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
- €55–240
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–240
Flights from Sofia Airport to Eindhoven Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–300
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Sofia Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–180
Flights from Sofia Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–160
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–180
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Dortmund Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–280
Flights from Sofia Airport to Eindhoven Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €29–220
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–370
- 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 Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Wien Hbf to Solingen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 24m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–250
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- 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 Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–13
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- info@eurobahn.de
- Website
- eurobahn.de
Train from Holzwickede to Wuppertal-Oberbarmen
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
Train from Venlo to Wuppertal-Oberbarmen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–24
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Holzwickede to Wuppertal-Oberbarmen
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +31 85 004 3110
- Website
- traincharter.eu
Train from Holzwickede to Wuppertal-Oberbarmen
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Website
- https://traincharter.eu/
Train from Venlo to Wuppertal-Oberbarmen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- https://traincharter.eu/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €27–90
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €27–40
- 1st Class
- €50–90
Train from Eindhoven to Venlo
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–27
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €9–15
- 1st Class
- €16–27
- Website
- traincharter.eu
Train from Venlo to Wuppertal-Oberbarmen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- traincharter.eu
- 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
- Phone
- 0180 6 13 13 13
- info@rvk.de
- Website
- rvk.de
Bus from Köln Bf Deutz/Messeplatz to Remscheid Markt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- RVK Regionalverkehr Köln GmbH NL Wermelsk.
- 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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