There are 12 ways to get from Venlo to Sofia by train, plane, bus, 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.
Train to Eindhoven Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Blerick to Eindhoven
- Fly from Eindhoven Airport (EIN) to Sofia Airport (SOF)EIN - SOF
6h 29m$52–288Bus
- Take the bus from Venlo to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Take the bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Sofia
25h 23mDrive 1,949.2 km
- Drive from Venlo to Sofia1,949.2 km
17h 29m$402–581Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Venlo to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Sofia Airport (SOF)DUS - SOF
8h 13m$106–263Train, train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly
- Take the train from Venlo to Neuss Hbf
- Take the train from Neuss Hbf to Koeln/Bonn Flughafen
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Sofia Airport (SOF)CGN - SOF
7h 18m$92–268Train to Dortmund Airport, fly
- Take the train from Venlo to Holzwickede
- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Sofia Airport (SOF)DTM - SOF
7h 52m$88–308Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly
- Take the train from Blerick to Schiphol Airport
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Sofia Airport (SOF)AMS - SOF
7h 45m$129–378Train, bus to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, fly
- Take the train from Roermond to Maastricht
- Take the bus from Maastricht Meerssenerweg 231 to Charleroi Airport
- Fly from Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL) to Sofia Airport (SOF)CRL - SOF
9h 18m$66–273Train, bus via Salzburg
- Take the train from Venlo to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to München Hbf41 / ...
- Take the train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof62 / ...
- Take the bus from Salzburg Lastenstrasse to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop
26h 7m$146–541Train, bus
- Take the train from Venlo to Neuss Hbf
- Take the train from Neuss Hbf to Koeln/Bonn FlughafenRe
- Take the bus from Cologne / Bonn Airport Busterminal to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop
31h 8m$111–167Train, bus #2
- Take the train from Venlo to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Take the bus from Düsseldorf central bus station to Frankfurt central train station027 / ...
- Take the bus from Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt central to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
35h 17m$130–221Drive, car train
- Drive from Venlo to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Take the car train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Sofia
15h 57m$322–1,498
Venlo to Sofia by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Venlo to Sofia is to train and bus and fly which costs $65 - $280 and takes 9h 18m.
The fastest way to get from Venlo to Sofia is to train and fly which takes 6h 29m and costs $50 - $290.
No, there is no direct bus from Venlo to Sofia. However, there are services departing from Venlo and arriving at Sofia via Beograd, Autobuska stanica. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 25h 23m.
The distance between Venlo and Sofia is 1753 km. The road distance is 1949.2 km.
The best way to get from Venlo to Sofia without a car is to bus which takes 25h 23m and costs .
It takes approximately 6h 29m to get from Venlo to Sofia, including transfers.
Venlo to Sofia bus services, operated by Garo Reisen, depart from Venlo station.
Venlo to Sofia bus services, operated by Garo Reisen, arrive at Beograd, Autobuska stanica station.
Sofia is 1h ahead of Venlo. It is currently 3:11 AM in Venlo and 4:11 AM in Sofia.
Yes, the driving distance between Venlo to Sofia is 1949 km. It takes approximately 17h 29m to drive from Venlo to Sofia.
What companies run services between Venlo, Netherlands and Sofia, Bulgaria?
You can take a bus from Venlo to Sofia via Beograd, Autobuska stanica in around 25h 23m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55–260
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Sofia Airport via Zadar
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $55–260
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–200
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $60–200
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–210
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–400
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–390
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–380
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–390
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–380
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–470
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $35–220
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–280
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $30–250
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–180
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–250
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–180
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Blerick to Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $11–35
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $11–17
- 1st Class
- $18–35
Train from Blerick to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–110
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $30–50
- 1st Class
- $65–110
Train from Roermond to Maastricht
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $10–29
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $10–16
- 1st Class
- $17–29
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 34m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $100–380
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $100–160
- 1st Class
- $230–380
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- info@eurobahn.de
- Website
- eurobahn.de
Train from Venlo to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $15–21
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
Train from Venlo to Neuss Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $13–19
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
Train from Venlo to Holzwickede
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $27–40
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
- Phone
- +31 85 004 3110
- Website
- traincharter.eu
Train from Venlo to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- https://traincharter.eu/
Train from Venlo to Neuss Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- https://traincharter.eu/
Train from Venlo to Holzwickede
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Website
- https://traincharter.eu/
- Website
- traincharter.eu
Train from Venlo to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- traincharter.eu
Train from Venlo to Neuss Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- traincharter.eu
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Neuss Hbf to Koeln/Bonn Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $12–18
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- arriva.nl
Train from Roermond to Maastricht
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $12–14
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- 2nd Class
- $12–14
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $60–160
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 200730
- post@transdev.de
- Website
- transdev.de
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Schedules at
- transdev.de
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $16–60
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 8024 997171
- info@brb.de
- Website
- brb.de
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–50
- Schedules at
- brb.de
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $21–55
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- $30–45
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $35–60
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $120–1,200
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- $320–650
- Car Compartment
- $600–1,200
- Phone
- +381 20 333 733
- garoreisen@gmail.com
- Website
- garo-reisen.rs
Bus from Venlo to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- garo-reisen.rs
- Phone
- +381 11 8728111
- office@trans-jug.com
- Website
- trans-jug.com
Bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $45
- Website
- http://trans-jug.com/
- info@flibco.com
- Website
- flibco.com
Bus from Maastricht Meerssenerweg 231 to Charleroi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $18–25
- Website
- https://www.flibco.com/en
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Salzburg Lastenstrasse to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $55–80
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Cologne / Bonn Airport Busterminal to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 28h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $85–130
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Düsseldorf central bus station to Frankfurt central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $15–30
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt central to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $120–170
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- +359-887-208-506
- racic_bg@yahoo.com
- Website
- racicbg.com
Bus from Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt central to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $100–140
- Website
- https://www.racicbg.com/bg/
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