There are 10 ways to get from Apeldoorn to Sofia by train, plane, 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.
Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly
best- Take the train from Apeldoorn to Amersfoort Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Amersfoort Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane AMS - SOF
6h 39m$133–336Train, train to Eindhoven Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Apeldoorn to Utrecht Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Eindhoven Centraaltrain
- Fly from Eindhoven Airport (EIN) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane EIN - SOF
8h 8m$104–398Train, bus
- Take the train from Apeldoorn to Hannover Hbftrain Ice
- Take the bus from Hannover to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
32h 29m$123–390Night train, train
- Take the night train from Deventer to Wien Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nordtrain 347
- Take the night train from Bucharest to Gorna Oryahovitsanighttrain
- Take the train from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Sofia Severtrain Ic / ...
42h 12m$361–708Drive 2,035.2 km
- Drive from Apeldoorn to Sofiacar 2,035.2 km
18h 4m$420–606Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Koeln Hbftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane CGN - SOF
8h 15m$116–452Train, train to Brussels Airport, fly
- Take the train from Apeldoorn to Utrecht Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Bredatrain
- Take the train from Breda to Brussels Airport-Zaventemtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane BRU - SOF
8h 26m$118–314Train, train to Dortmund Airport, fly
- Take the train from Apeldoorn to Rheinetrain
- Take the train from Rheine to Holzwickedetrain
- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane DTM - SOF
8h 23mBus
- Take the bus from Apeldoorn train station to Hanover central bus stationbus N1331 / ...
- Take the bus from Lister Meile 11 to Sofia Serdica Bus Stationbus Citylines 17
34h 30m$159–227Drive, car train
- Drive from Apeldoorn to Fuldacar
- Take the car train from Fulda to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Sofiacar
22h 15m$386–544
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Sofia Airport (SOF) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Apeldoorn to Sofia is to bus which costs $150 - $230 and takes 34h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Apeldoorn to Sofia is to train and fly which takes 6h 39m and costs $130 - $340.
No, there is no direct bus from Apeldoorn station to Sofia station. However, there are services departing from Apeldoorn train station and arriving at Sofia Serdica Bus Station via Lister Meile 11. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 34h 30m.
No, there is no direct train from Apeldoorn to Sofia. However, there are services departing from Apeldoorn and arriving at Sofia Sever via Deventer, Wien Hbf, Bucharest and Gorna Oryahovitsa. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 42h 12m.
The distance between Apeldoorn and Sofia is 1862 km. The road distance is 2035.2 km.
The best way to get from Apeldoorn to Sofia without a car is to train and bus which takes 32h 29m and costs $120 - $390.
It takes approximately 6h 39m to get from Apeldoorn to Sofia, including transfers.
Apeldoorn to Sofia bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Apeldoorn train station.
Apeldoorn to Sofia train services, operated by Nightjet, depart from Deventer station.
Apeldoorn to Sofia bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Hanover central bus station.
What companies run services between Apeldoorn, Netherlands and Sofia, Bulgaria?
You can take a bus from Apeldoorn train station to Sofia Serdica Bus Station via Lister Meile 11 in around 34h 30m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–500
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $150–500
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–410
Flights from Brussels Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–400
Flights from Brussels Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–400
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–500
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–390
Flights from Brussels Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–390
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $90–300
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Sofia Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $90–300
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–320
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Brussels Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–210
Flights from Brussels Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- $85–160
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–330
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Sofia Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–330
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–250
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- $85–160
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Apeldoorn to Amersfoort Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $5–12
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Amersfoort Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $7–15
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Apeldoorn to Hannover Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–80
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Apeldoorn to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $8–17
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Eindhoven Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $20–45
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–45
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Apeldoorn to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $8–17
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Breda
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $13–27
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Breda to Brussels Airport-Zaventem
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $12–25
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Apeldoorn to Rheine
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $15–30
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Apeldoorn to Hannover Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $60–260
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Apeldoorn to Rheine
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $24–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Deventer to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 52m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $70–180
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- $130–180
- Couchette Carriage
- $100–130
- Seating Carriage
- $70–90
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $260–480
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- bdz.bg
Night train from Bucharest to Gorna Oryahovitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $3–6
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $3–5
- 1st Class
- $4–6
Train from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Sofia Sever
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $4–7
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $4–7
- 1st Class
- $5–7
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Sofia Sever
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $26–29
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- arriva.nl
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Eindhoven Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $26–40
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- Second Class Single
- $26–40
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Breda to Brussels Airport-Zaventem
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $18–40
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Rheine to Holzwickede
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Fulda to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 1m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $110–140
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +359 88 949 0000
- [email protected]
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Hannover to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $85–130
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Apeldoorn train station to Hanover central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $29–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- [email protected]
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Lister Meile 11 to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $130–180
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
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More Questions & Answers
Sofia is 1h ahead of Apeldoorn. It is currently 3:55 PM in Apeldoorn and 4:55 PM in Sofia.
Apeldoorn to Sofia train services, operated by Nightjet, arrive at Wien Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Apeldoorn to Sofia is 2035 km. It takes approximately 18h 4m to drive from Apeldoorn to Sofia.
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