There are 10 ways to get from Braunschweig to Sofia by train, plane, car, car train, 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.
Train to Hannover Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Braunschweig, Hauptbahnhof to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane HAJ - SOF
8h 21m$171–433Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Wolfsburg, Hauptbahnhof to Berlin Hbftrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane BER - SOF
7h 8m$84–394Drive, car train
- Drive from Braunschweig to Hannover Hbfcar
- Take the cartrain from Hannover Hbf to Villach Hbf ARZcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf ARZ to Sofiacar
22h 6m$303–429Bus
- Take the bus from Brunswick central station to Leipzig central train stationbus N367 / ...
- Take the bus from Leipzig to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
25h 43m$86–141Drive 1,676.2 km
- Drive from Braunschweig to Sofiacar 1,676.2 km
16h 43m$352–508Train to Leipzig-Halle Airport, fly
- Take the train from Braunschweig, Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig/Halle Flughafentrain
- Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane LEJ - SOF
8h 18m$204–510Train, train to Hamburg Airport, fly
- Take the train from Braunschweig, Hauptbahnhof to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbftrain
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane HAM - SOF
8h 10m$154–447Train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Braunschweig, Hauptbahnhof to Hanau Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane FRA - SOF
8h 11m$176–413Train to Dortmund Airport, fly
- Take the train from Braunschweig, Hauptbahnhof to Hammtrain
- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane DTM - SOF
7h 56m$97–533Train, bus
- Take the train from Braunschweig, Hauptbahnhof to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain 55 / ...
- Take the bus from Lister Meile 11 to Sofia Serdica Bus Stationbus Citylines 17
31h 4m$131–193
Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Sofia Airport (SOF) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Braunschweig to Sofia is to bus which costs $85 - $150 and takes 25h 43m.
The fastest way to get from Braunschweig to Sofia is to train and fly which takes 7h 8m and costs $80 - $400.
No, there is no direct bus from Braunschweig station to Sofia station. However, there are services departing from Brunswick central station and arriving at Sofia Central Bus Station via Leipzig. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 25h 43m.
The distance between Braunschweig and Sofia is 1579 km. The road distance is 1676.2 km.
The best way to get from Braunschweig to Sofia without a car is to bus which takes 25h 43m and costs $85 - $150.
It takes approximately 8h 21m to get from Braunschweig to Sofia, including transfers.
Braunschweig to Sofia bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Brunswick central station.
Braunschweig to Sofia bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Leipzig central train station.
Sofia is 1h ahead of Braunschweig. It is currently 3:08 PM in Braunschweig and 4:08 PM in Sofia.
Yes, the driving distance between Braunschweig to Sofia is 1676 km. It takes approximately 16h 43m to drive from Braunschweig to Sofia.
What companies run services between Braunschweig, Germany and Sofia, Bulgaria?
You can take a bus from Brunswick central station to Sofia Central Bus Station via Leipzig central train station and Leipzig in around 25h 43m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–460
Flights from Hannover Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–470
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–370
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $85–420
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–340
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–340
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–460
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $120–500
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–290
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–410
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–350
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–300
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–190
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $95–270
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–230
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Hannover Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $110–300
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–280
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–190
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $100–280
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–230
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $30–240
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $70–300
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $45–430
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–460
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–340
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $50–270
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Sofia Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $50–270
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Braunschweig, Hauptbahnhof to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $11–23
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Braunschweig, Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig/Halle Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–75
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Wolfsburg, Hauptbahnhof to Berlin Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $30–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Braunschweig, Hauptbahnhof to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $11–23
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Braunschweig, Hauptbahnhof to Hanau Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $60–130
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Braunschweig, Hauptbahnhof to Hamm
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–90
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Braunschweig, Hauptbahnhof to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $11–23
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Hannover Hbf to Villach Hbf ARZ
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 53m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $110–140
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $45–70
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +49 581 97164164
- [email protected]
- Website
- metronom
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $33
- Schedules at
- metronom
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Brunswick central station to Leipzig central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $20–35
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +380 98 815 4444
- [email protected]
- Website
- East West Eurolines
Bus from Brunswick central station to Leipzig central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30
- Website
- East West Eurolines
- Phone
- +359 88 949 0000
- [email protected]
- Website
- Union Ivkoni
Bus from Leipzig to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 43m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $65–110
- Website
- Union Ivkoni
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- [email protected]
- Website
- Citylines
Bus from Lister Meile 11 to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $120–170
- Website
- Citylines
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