There are 12 ways to get from Sofia to Rotterdam 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 Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
best- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane SOF - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
5h 59m€88–222Fly to Eindhoven Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Eindhoven Airport (EIN)plane SOF - EIN
- Take the train from Eindhoven to Bredatrain
- Take the train from Breda to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
7h 7m€53–223Bus, train via Bratislava
- Take the bus from Sofia to Bratislavabus
- Take the train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Wien Hbftrain
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Frankfurt(Main)Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Miditrain 79
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
27h 10m€294–630Train, 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 Frankfurt(Main)Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Miditrain 79
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
39h 15m€348–673Drive 2,104.2 km
- Drive from Sofia to Rotterdamcar 2,104.2 km
19h 19m€372–538Fly to Brussels Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane SOF - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
7h 8m€99–236Fly to Rotterdam The Hague Airport
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Rotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)plane SOF - RTM
8h 42m€150–550Fly to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL)plane SOF - CRL
- Take the bus from Charleroi Airport to Brussels Midi / Brussels South Westbus
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
8h 25m€81–281Bus
- Take the bus from Sofia to Beograd, Autobuska stanicabus
- Take the bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Rotterdambus
34h 18mBus, train
- Take the bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt centralbus
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Düsseldorf Hbftrain 41 / ...
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Venlotrain
- Take the train from Venlo to Rotterdam Blaaktrain
36h 6m€169–314Bus via Rotterdam
- Take the bus from Sofia to Beograd, Autobuska stanicabus
- Take the bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Rotterdambus
37h 55m€132–338Drive, car train
- Drive from Sofia to Villach Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Villach Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Düsseldorf Hbf to Rotterdamcar
18h 44m€300–1,293
Sofia to Rotterdam by bus and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sofia to Rotterdam is to fly and train which costs €50 - €230 and takes 7h 7m.
The fastest way to get from Sofia to Rotterdam is to fly and train which takes 5h 59m and costs €85 - €230.
No, there is no direct bus from Sofia to Rotterdam. However, there are services departing from Sofia and arriving at Rotterdam via Beograd, Autobuska stanica. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 34h 18m.
No, there is no direct train from Sofia to Rotterdam. However, there are services departing from Sofia Sever and arriving at Rotterdam Centraal via Gorna Oryahovitsa, Bucuresti Nord, Wien Hbf, Frankfurt and Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 39h 15m.
The distance between Sofia and Rotterdam is 1820 km. The road distance is 2104.2 km.
The best way to get from Sofia to Rotterdam without a car is to bus and train via Bratislava which takes 27h 10m and costs €290 - €650.
It takes approximately 5h 59m to get from Sofia to Rotterdam, including transfers.
Sofia to Rotterdam bus services, operated by Trans Jug, depart from Sofia station.
Sofia to Rotterdam train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), depart from Sofia Sever station.
The best way to get from Sofia to Rotterdam is to fly which takes 8h 42m and costs €150 - €550. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 34h 18m.
What companies run services between Sofia, Bulgaria and Rotterdam, Netherlands?
Aegean Airlines, Bulgaria Air, and two other airlines fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Rotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM) 6 times a week. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Sofia to Rotterdam via Beograd, Autobuska stanica in around 34h 18m.
- 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
- Tuesday to Sunday
- 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
- Website
- austrian.com
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 Brussels Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–310
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Brussels Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–330
Flights from Sofia Airport to Brussels Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–330
- 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
- €29–120
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Sofia Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–220
Flights from Sofia Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Rotterdam The Hague Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–550
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Rotterdam The Hague Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–650
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €5–14
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Eindhoven to Breda
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €6–15
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Breda to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €4–12
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Venlo to Rotterdam Blaak
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–65
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/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
- €14–24
- 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
- €15–23
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €15–23
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Wien Hbf to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €140–310
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €75–170
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- 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
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Breda to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- info@eurobahn.de
- Website
- eurobahn.de
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Venlo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–18
- 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 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 to Bratislava
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- info@flibco.com
- Website
- flibco.com
Bus from Charleroi Airport to Brussels Midi / Brussels South West
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–22
- Website
- https://www.flibco.com/en
- Phone
- +381 11 8728111
- office@trans-jug.com
- Website
- trans-jug.com
Bus from Sofia to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- http://trans-jug.com/
- Phone
- +381 20 333 733
- garoreisen@gmail.com
- Website
- garo-reisen.rs
Bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Rotterdam
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 18m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- garo-reisen.rs
- 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
- +359-887-208-506
- racic_bg@yahoo.com
- Website
- racicbg.com
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/
- Phone
- +381 800 334 334
- iuc@lasta.rs
- Website
- lasta.rs
Bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Rotterdam
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Sofia to Rotterdam bus services, operated by Trans Jug, arrive at Beograd, Autobuska stanica station.
Rotterdam is 1h behind Sofia. It is currently 2:43 AM in Sofia and 1:43 AM in Rotterdam.
Sofia to Rotterdam train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), arrive at Gorna Oryahovitsa station.
Yes, the driving distance between Sofia to Rotterdam is 2104 km. It takes approximately 19h 19m to drive from Sofia to Rotterdam.
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