There are 12 ways to get from Sofia to Velbert by plane, bus, train, night train, car, or car train
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Fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
best- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane SOF - DUS
7h 57m€91–213Fly to Dortmund Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Dortmund Airport (DTM)plane SOF - DTM
- Take the train from Holzwickede to Wuppertal-Vohwinkeltrain
7h 7m€60–216Bus, train via Vienna
- Take the bus from Sofia to Wien Hbfbus
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Aschaffenburg Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Aschaffenburg Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain 41 / ...
24h 43m€241–586Train, night train
- Take the train from Sofia Sever to Gorna Oryahovitsatrain Ic / ...
- 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 Essen Hbftrain Ice
37h 29m€278–611Drive 1,905.9 km
- Drive from Sofia to Velbertcar 1,905.9 km
17h€274–396Fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane SOF - CGN
6h 52m€82–265Fly to Eindhoven Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Eindhoven Airport (EIN)plane SOF - EIN
- Take the train from Eindhoven Centraal to Venlotrain
- Take the train from Venlo to Wuppertal-Vohwinkeltrain
8h 43m€86–229Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane SOF - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
7h 39m€117–309Bus via Hanover
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Hannoverbus
- Take the bus from Hannover Hbf to Essen Hbfbus Dnipro
30h 42m€97–142Bus, train
- Take the bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Kassel Grüner Waldwegbus Citylines 9
- Take the train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Essen Hbftrain Re
34h 3m€137–257Bus
- Take the bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Niš, Autobuska Stanicabus
- Take the bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Essen Hbfbus
34h 3m€149–370Drive, car train
- Drive from Sofia to Salzburg Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Salzburg Hbf to Fuldacartrain
- Drive from Fulda to Velbertcar
20h 45m€327–460
Sofia to Velbert by bus and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sofia to Velbert is to bus via Hanover which costs €95 - €150 and takes 30h 42m.
The fastest way to get from Sofia to Velbert is to fly which takes 6h 52m and costs €80 - €270.
No, there is no direct bus from Sofia station to Velbert. However, there are services departing from Sofia Central Bus Station and arriving at Velbert ZOB via Hannover Hbf and Essen Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 30h 42m.
No, there is no direct train from Sofia to Velbert. However, there are services departing from Sofia Sever and arriving at Velbert Neviges Markt/Bahnhof via Gorna Oryahovitsa, Bucuresti Nord, Wien Hbf and Essen Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 37h 29m.
The distance between Sofia and Velbert is 1629 km. The road distance is 1905.9 km.
The best way to get from Sofia to Velbert without a car is to bus and train via Vienna which takes 24h 43m and costs €240 - €600.
It takes approximately 7h 57m to get from Sofia to Velbert, including transfers.
Sofia to Velbert bus services, operated by Union Ivkoni, depart from Sofia Central Bus Station.
Sofia to Velbert train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), depart from Sofia Sever station.
The best way to get from Sofia to Velbert is to fly which takes 7h 57m and costs €90 - €220. Alternatively, you can bus via Hanover, which costs €95 - €150 and takes 30h 42m.
What companies run services between Sofia, Bulgaria and Velbert, Germany?
Lufthansa City, Lufthansa, and Austrian Airlines fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) every 4 hours. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Velbert ZOB via Hannover, Hannover Hbf, and Essen Hbf in around 30h 42m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–360
Flights from Sofia Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–360
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–390
Flights from Sofia Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–240
Flights from Sofia Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–290
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–340
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–370
Flights from Sofia Airport to Frankfurt via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–310
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–340
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–340
Flights from Sofia Airport to Eindhoven Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–190
Flights from Sofia Airport to Eindhoven Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–190
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Dortmund Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–190
Flights from Sofia Airport to Eindhoven Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from Sofia Airport to Eindhoven Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Sofia Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €140–210
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Wien Hbf to Aschaffenburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 52m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €120–330
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Aschaffenburg Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Wien Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €180–490
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- bdz_passengers@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Train from Sofia Sever to Gorna Oryahovitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €7–13
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- €7–11
- 1st Class
- €11–13
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
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Night train from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 53m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–90
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- info@eurobahn.de
- Website
- eurobahn.de
Train from Holzwickede to Wuppertal-Vohwinkel
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
Train from Venlo to Wuppertal-Vohwinkel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Eindhoven Centraal to Venlo
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–13
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Venlo to Wuppertal-Vohwinkel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–20
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Salzburg Hbf to Fulda
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 1m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +359 2 812 0 812
- operations@eurolines.bg
- Website
- karat-s.com
Bus from Sofia to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–150
- Schedules at
- karat-s.com
- Phone
- +359 88 949 0000
- office@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Hannover
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 54m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €75–110
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +380 98 815 4444
- support@ewe.ua
- Website
- ewe.ua
Bus from Hannover Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €16–27
- Website
- https://ewe.ua/
- 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
- +359 2 981 58 56
- booking_matpu@abv.bg
- Website
- matpu.com
Bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Niš, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–25
- 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
- €14–23
- Website
- https://nis-ekspres.rs/?lang=en
- Phone
- +381 (11) 761-4545
- Website
- srbijatours.com
Bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 6m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €120–140
- Schedules at
- srbijatours.com
- Prices
- €120–140
- Phone
- +381 800 334 334
- iuc@lasta.rs
- Website
- lasta.rs
Bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Essen Hbf
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More Questions & Answers
Sofia to Velbert bus services, operated by Union Ivkoni, arrive at Hannover station.
Velbert is 1h behind Sofia. It is currently 12:17 AM in Sofia and 11:17 PM in Velbert.
Sofia to Velbert train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), arrive at Gorna Oryahovitsa station.
Yes, the driving distance between Sofia to Velbert is 1906 km. It takes approximately 17h to drive from Sofia to Velbert.
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