There are 12 ways to get from Nijmegen 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 Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly
best- Take the train from Nijmegen to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane AMS - SOF
6h 46m$135–359Train to Eindhoven Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Nijmegen to 's-Hertogenboschtrain
- Fly from Eindhoven Airport (EIN) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane EIN - SOF
6h 50m$64–389Train, bus via Prague
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Praha hl.n.train European Sleeper
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
28h 41m$143–291Drive 2,005.4 km
- Drive from Nijmegen to Sofiacar 2,005.4 km
17h 53m$414–597Train, train to Brussels Airport, fly
- Take the train from Nijmegen to Bredatrain
- Take the train from Breda to Brussels Airport-Zaventemtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane BRU - SOF
7h 36m$112–320Train 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
7h 51m$93–407Train, train to Dortmund Airport, fly
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Oberhausen Hbftrain
- Take the train from Oberhausen Hbf to Dortmund Hbftrain
- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane DTM - SOF
8h 5m$74–519Train, train to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, fly
- Take the train from Nijmegen to Bredatrain
- Take the train from Breda to Malinestrain
- Take the train from Malines to Charleroi-Centraltrain
- Fly from Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane CRL - SOF
9h 41m$80–405Bus
- Take the bus from Nijmegen, Centraal Station to Venlo, Busstationbus 383
- Take the bus from Venlo to Beograd, Autobuska stanicabus
- Take the bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Sofia Serdica Bus Stationbus
29h 7mTrain, bus
- Take the train from Emmerich to Duisburg Hbftrain Re
- Take the train from Duisburg Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehetrain Re
- Take the bus from Kassel Grüner Waldweg to Sofia Serdica Bus Stationbus
33h 53m$181–308Train, bus #2
- Take the train from Nijmegen to Venlotrain
- Take the train from Venlo to Frankfurt(Main)Hbftrain Ice
- Take the bus from Frankfurt Central Train Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Stopbus
35h 55m$152–242Drive, car train
- Drive from Nijmegen to Fuldacar
- Take the cartrain from Fulda to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Sofiacar
22h 10m$382–528
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Sofia Airport (SOF) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Nijmegen to Sofia is to train and fly which costs $60 - $390 and takes 6h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Nijmegen to Sofia is to train and fly which takes 6h 46m and costs $130 - $360.
No, there is no direct bus from Nijmegen station to Sofia station. However, there are services departing from Nijmegen, Centraal Station and arriving at Sofia Serdica Bus Station via Venlo and Beograd, Autobuska stanica. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 29h 7m.
The distance between Nijmegen and Sofia is 1884 km. The road distance is 2005.4 km.
The best way to get from Nijmegen to Sofia without a car is to train and bus via Prague which takes 28h 41m and costs $140 - $300.
It takes approximately 6h 46m to get from Nijmegen to Sofia, including transfers.
Nijmegen to Sofia bus services, operated by RRReis, depart from Nijmegen, Centraal Station.
Nijmegen to Sofia bus services, operated by RRReis, arrive at Venlo, Busstation.
Sofia is 1h ahead of Nijmegen. It is currently 11:51 AM in Nijmegen and 12:51 PM in Sofia.
Yes, the driving distance between Nijmegen to Sofia is 2005 km. It takes approximately 17h 53m to drive from Nijmegen to Sofia.
What companies run services between Nijmegen, Netherlands and Sofia, Bulgaria?
You can take a bus from Nijmegen, Centraal Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Station via Venlo and Beograd, Autobuska stanica in around 29h 7m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–480
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–480
Flights from Brussels Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–260
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–380
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–480
Flights from Brussels Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–380
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–390
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $60–350
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Sofia Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $60–350
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–320
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55–350
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Sofia Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $55–350
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $40–360
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Sofia Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $40–360
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $45–360
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $35–270
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Sofia Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $35–270
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–270
Flights from Brussels Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–260
Flights from Brussels Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- $90–160
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- $90–160
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Nijmegen to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $14–29
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Nijmegen to 's-Hertogenbosch
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $5–11
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Nijmegen to Breda
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $10–22
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Breda to Brussels Airport-Zaventem
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $11–23
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $19–40
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Oberhausen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $11–23
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $6–13
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Nijmegen to Breda
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $10–22
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Breda to Malines
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $9–20
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Venlo to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–65
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +31302035833
- [email protected]
- Website
- European Sleeper
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Praha hl.n.
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 18m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $90–190
- Website
- European Sleeper
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Breda to Brussels Airport-Zaventem
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $19–29
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Breda to Malines
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $16–25
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Malines to Charleroi-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $16–25
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Oberhausen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $19–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–21
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Emmerich to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $14–28
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Duisburg Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $55–110
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 6078 966930
- [email protected]
- Website
- VIAS Rail GmbH
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Oberhausen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $35
- Schedules at
- VIAS Rail GmbH
Train from Emmerich to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $26
- Schedules at
- VIAS Rail GmbH
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Schedules at
- National Express
Train from Emmerich to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- National Express
Train from Duisburg Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- [email protected]
- Website
- Eurobahn
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $13–19
- Website
- Eurobahn
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $9–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- Arriva NL
Train from Nijmegen to Venlo
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $12–18
- Website
- Arriva NL
- Second Class Single
- $12–18
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Fulda to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 1m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $110–130
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
- Phone
- +359 88 949 0000
- [email protected]
- Website
- Union Ivkoni
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 6m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $50–95
- Website
- Union Ivkoni
- Phone
- +31 88 033 1360
- Website
- RRReis
Bus from Nijmegen, Centraal Station to Venlo, Busstation
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $16
- Schedules at
- RRReis
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- Arriva NL
Bus from Nijmegen, Centraal Station to Venlo, Busstation
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $14–19
- Website
- Arriva NL
- Phone
- +381 20 333 733
- [email protected]
- 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
- +359 2 812 0 812
- [email protected]
- Website
- karat-s.com
Bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $35–50
- Schedules at
- karat-s.com
Bus from Frankfurt Central Train Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $110–160
- Schedules at
- karat-s.com
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- [email protected]
- Website
- Citylines
Bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $25–45
- Website
- Citylines
Bus from Kassel Grüner Waldweg to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $110–160
- Website
- Citylines
Bus from Frankfurt Central Train Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $110–160
- Website
- Citylines
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