There are 6 ways to get from Sofia to Svalbard by shuttle, plane, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Shuttle, shuttle to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport, fly
best- Take a shuttle bus from Sofia Airport to Niš
- Take a shuttle bus from Niš to Belgrade, Nikola Tesla Airport
- Fly from Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG) to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR)plane BEG - LYR
27h 35mFly from Sofia Airport
cheapest- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR)plane SOF - LYR
17h 20m$202–712Shuttle to Bucharest Otopeni, fly
- Take a shuttle bus from Sofia to Bucharest Otopeni Airport
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR)plane OTP - LYR
25h 12m$436–1,065Shuttle, bus to Pristina, fly
- Take a shuttle bus from Sofia Airport to Niš
- Take the bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Taxi Area Pristina Bus Terminalbus
- Fly from Pristina (PRN) to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR)plane PRN - LYR
28h 44mShuttle to Niš Constantine The Great Airport, fly
- Take a shuttle bus from Sofia Airport to Niš
- Fly from Niš Constantine The Great Airport (INI) to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR)plane INI - LYR
34h 25mBus to Skopje International Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Skopje, Transporten Centar (Скопjе, Транспортен Центар)bus
- Fly from Skopje International Airport (SKP) to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR)plane SKP - LYR
28h 4m$257–951
Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG) to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sofia to Svalbard is to fly which costs $200 - $750 and takes 17h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Sofia to Svalbard is to fly which takes 17h 20m and costs $200 - $750.
The distance between Sofia and Svalbard is 4157 km.
It takes approximately 27h 35m to get from Sofia to Svalbard, including transfers.
Svalbard is 1h behind Sofia. It is currently 8:41 AM in Sofia and 7:41 AM in Svalbard.
There are 16+ hotels available in Svalbard.
What companies run services between Sofia, Bulgaria and Svalbard, SJ?
Norwegian Air Shuttle, Scandinavian Airlines, and Ryanair fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR) twice a week.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–750
Flights from Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $160–600
Flights from Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Copenhagen, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Oslo, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $160–600
Flights from Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Copenhagen, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Stockholm, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $160–600
Flights from Sofia Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–700
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Oslo, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $210–750
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Cluj-Napoca, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $180–700
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Helsinki, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Pristina to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–850
Flights from Pristina to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Oslo, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $240–900
Flights from Niš Constantine The Great Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Vienna, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Skopje International Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Oslo, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $230–850
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–800
Flights from Sofia Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Berlin Brandenburg, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–700
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Cluj-Napoca, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $210–750
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Vienna, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $210–800
Flights from Pristina to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–850
Flights from Pristina to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Hamburg, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–700
Flights from Skopje International Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Berlin Brandenburg, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–850
- Phone
- +381 63 456515
- kontakt@flix.rs
- Website
- flix.rs
Shuttle from Sofia Airport to Niš
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Website
- https://flix.rs/en/airport-belgrade-shuttle-transfer/
Shuttle from Niš to Belgrade, Nikola Tesla Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Website
- https://flix.rs/en/airport-belgrade-shuttle-transfer/
- Phone
- +359 89 345 5533
- info@atlastaxi.eu
- Website
- atlastaxi.eu
Shuttle from Sofia to Bucharest Otopeni Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $280–410
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
- Phone
- +383 44 344 200
- adio-tours@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Taxi Area Pristina Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $13
- Schedules at
- https://www.polazak.com/en/SP-Adio/operator/
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Skopje, Transporten Centar (Скопjе, Транспортен Центар)
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $14–35
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
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