There are 10 ways to get from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Helsinki by plane, bus, train, car, ferry, shuttle, night train, busferry, car ferry, or car train
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Fly to Helsinki Airport
best- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)plane SOF - HEL
5h 51m€104–258Fly to Lennart Meri International Airport, ferry
cheapest- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL)plane SOF - TLL
- Take the ferry from Tallinn to Helsinki Terminal 2ferry
8h 55m€80–245Bus, train
- Take the bus from Sofia to Wien Hbfbus
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Bohumintrain Ec
- Take the train from Bohumin to Warszawa Zachodniatrain Ec
- Take the bus from Warsaw, Bus Station West to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2bus
45h 41m€225–573Drive 4,633.1 km
- Drive from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Helsinkicar 4,633.1 km
2d 2h€840–1,212Fly to Tampere–Pirkkala Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Tampere–Pirkkala Airport (TMP)plane SOF - TMP
- Take the train from Tampere to Helsinkitrain
12h 48m€166–567Shuttle, bus, night train, train
- Take a shuttle bus from Sofia Airport to Niš
- Take the bus from Nis Logor to Maribor, Avtobusna Postajabus
- Take the nighttrain from Maribor to Warszawa Zachodnianighttrain En
- Take the train from Warszawa Zachodnia to Vilniaus geležinkelio stotistrain
- Take the bus from Vilnius, Autobusų Stotis (Sodų g. 22) to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2bus
2d 1hBus
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Magdeburgbus
- Take the bus from Magdeburg to Panevėžysbus
- Take the bus from Panevezys, Bus Station to Helsinki, Bus Stationbus
2d 12h€206–342Train, bus
- Take the train from Iskarsko Shose to Stara Zagoratrain Ic
- Take the bus from Stara Zagora to Zhytomyr Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Zhytomyr to Tallinn, Harbour Terminal Dbus
- Take the bus from Tallinn, Harbour Terminal D to Helsinki, Bus Stationbus
2d 13h€151–210Shuttle, bus and ferry, line 80 ferry, car ferry
- Take a shuttle bus from Sofia Airport to Beograd Centar
- Take the busferry from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Stockholm, Cityterminalenbusferry
- Take the ferry from Stockholm Nybrokajen to Stockholm Ropsten bryggaferry 80
- Take the carferry from Stockholm to Helsinkicarferry
2d 17hDrive, car train
- Drive from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Villach Hbfcar
- Take the cartrain from Villach Hbf to Hamburg Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Hamburg Hbf to Helsinkicar
2d 6h€766–1,120
Sofia Airport (SOF) to Helsinki Airport (HEL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Helsinki is to fly and ferry which costs €80 - €250 and takes 8h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Helsinki is to fly which takes 5h 51m and costs €100 - €260.
No, there is no direct bus from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Helsinki station. However, there are services departing from Летище София Терминал 1 and arriving at Helsinki, Bus Station via Умбал Св. Анна, Sofia Central Bus Station, Magdeburg and Panevezys, Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 12h.
The distance between Sofia Airport (SOF) and Helsinki is 1986 km. The road distance is 4633.1 km.
The best way to get from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Helsinki without a car is to bus and train which takes 45h 41m and costs €220 - €600.
It takes approximately 5h 51m to get from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Helsinki, including transfers.
Sofia Airport (SOF) to Helsinki bus services, operated by Union Ivkoni, depart from Sofia Central Bus Station.
The best way to get from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Helsinki is to fly which takes 5h 51m and costs €100 - €260. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €200 - €350 and takes 2 days 12h.
Sofia Airport (SOF) to Helsinki bus services, operated by Union Ivkoni, arrive at Magdeburg station.
Yes, the driving distance between Sofia Airport (SOF) to Helsinki is 4633 km. It takes approximately 2 days 2h to drive from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Helsinki.
What companies run services between Sofia Airport (SOF), Bulgaria and Helsinki, Finland?
Air Baltic, LOT, and four other airlines fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Helsinki Airport (HEL) 5 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Летище София Терминал 1 to Helsinki, Bus Station via Умбал Св. Анна, Централна Гара, Sofia Central Bus Station, Magdeburg, Panevėžys, and Panevezys, Bus Station in around 2d 12h.
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Helsinki Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €160–240
Flights from Sofia Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–330
Flights from Sofia Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–360
Flights from Sofia Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–490
Flights from Sofia Airport to Tampere–Pirkkala Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–550
Flights from Sofia Airport to Tampere–Pirkkala Airport via Vienna, Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €150–600
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Helsinki Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–290
Flights from Sofia Airport to Helsinki Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–360
Flights from Sofia Airport to Helsinki Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–380
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 8m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–280
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–180
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Wien Hbf to Bohumin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–110
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Bohumin to Warszawa Zachodnia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €80–150
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- [email protected]
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Bohumin to Warszawa Zachodnia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- [email protected]
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Bohumin to Warszawa Zachodnia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €17–21
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
- Phone
- +420 220 311 700
- [email protected]
- Website
- LEO Express
Train from Bohumin to Warszawa Zachodnia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 18m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Website
- LEO Express
- Phone
- +358 0100 3232
- Website
- Finnish Railways (VR)
Train from Tampere to Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–40
- Website
- Finnish Railways (VR)
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Night train from Maribor to Warszawa Zachodnia
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €190–350
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +370 700 55 111
- [email protected]
- Website
- LTG Link
Train from Warszawa Zachodnia to Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €23–30
- Website
- LTG Link
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
Train from Iskarsko Shose to Stara Zagora
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €3–6
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- €3–5
- 1st Class
- €4–6
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Villach Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 46m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €100–130
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
- Phone
- +359 2 812 0 812
- [email protected]
- 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 0885700870
- [email protected]
- Website
- Citylines
Bus from Sofia to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- Citylines
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Warsaw, Bus Station West to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €90–160
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Vilnius, Autobusų Stotis (Sodų g. 22) to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–100
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Panevezys, Bus Station to Helsinki, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Tallinn, Harbour Terminal D to Helsinki, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €7–13
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +381 63 456515
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flix
Shuttle from Sofia Airport to Niš
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Website
- Flix
- Phone
- +381 637513988
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Nis Logor to Maribor, Avtobusna Postaja
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 43m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €80–95
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +359 88 949 0000
- [email protected]
- Website
- Union Ivkoni
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Magdeburg
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 17m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- Website
- Union Ivkoni
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- [email protected]
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Magdeburg to Panevėžys
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €90–160
- Schedules at
- ecolines.net
- Phone
- +380 (93) 320-44-44
- [email protected]
- Website
- Gunsel
Bus from Stara Zagora to Zhytomyr Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–80
- Website
- Gunsel
- Phone
- +38 (067) 467-44-00
- [email protected]
- Website
- TransTempo
Bus from Zhytomyr to Tallinn, Harbour Terminal D
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–110
- Website
- TransTempo
- [email protected]
- Website
- vitosprint.com
Shuttle from Sofia Airport to Beograd Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Schedules at
- vitosprint.com
- Phone
- +381 35 534 931
- [email protected]
- Website
- unilines.com
Busferry from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Stockholm, Cityterminalen
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 23m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- unilines.com
- Phone
- 06000 4300
- Website
- eckeroline.fi
Ferry from Tallinn to Helsinki Terminal 2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Schedules at
- Eckeroline
- Economy
- €20–30
- Phone
- +46 8 600 10 00
- Website
- SL
Ferry from Stockholm Nybrokajen to Stockholm Ropsten brygga
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- SL
- Phone
- +49 (0) 40 547 541 222
- [email protected]
- Website
- Tallink
Car ferry from Stockholm to Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–180
- Website
- Tallink
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