There are 12 ways to get from Sofia to Bielefeld by plane, train, 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.
Fly to Hannover Airport, train
best- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Hannover Airport (HAJ)plane SOF - HAJ
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bielefeld Hbftrain
8h 19m€158–399Fly to Dortmund Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Dortmund Airport (DTM)plane SOF - DTM
- Take the train from Hamm to Bielefeld Hbftrain
6h 46m€49–413Drive, car train
- Drive from Sofia to Villach Hbf ARZcar
- Take the cartrain from Villach Hbf ARZ to Hannover Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Hannover Hbf to Bielefeldcar
22h 52m€282–384Bus, train
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Hannoverbus
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bielefeld Hbftrain 10 / ...
29h 32m€85–149Drive 1,869.5 km
- Drive from Sofia to Bielefeldcar 1,869.5 km
16h 53m€351–506Fly to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane SOF - CGN
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Bielefeld Hbftrain
7h 46m€92–328Fly to Münster Osnabrück International Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Münster Osnabrück International Airport (FMO)plane SOF - FMO
- Take the train from Ibbenbüren, Bahnhof to Bielefeld Hbftrain
9h 37m€176–515Fly to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane SOF - BER
- Take the train from S Spandau Bhf to Bielefeld Hbftrain
8h 23m€100–405Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane SOF - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Wuppertal Hbftrain
- Take the train from Wuppertal Hbf to Bielefeld Hbftrain
8h 49m€158–374Fly to Eindhoven Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Eindhoven Airport (EIN)plane SOF - EIN
- Take the train from Eindhoven Centraal to Venlotrain
- Take the train from Venlo to Wuppertal Hbftrain
- Take the train from Wuppertal Hbf to Bielefeld Hbftrain
10h 6m€80–398Bus, train via Vienna
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Beograd, Autobuska stanicabus
- Take the train from Novi Beograd to Suboticatrain Ir / ...
- Take the train from Kelebia to Wien Hbftrain Ec
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Nuernberg Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain 25
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bielefeld Hbftrain 10 / ...
23h 35m€228–448Bus, train via Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Take the bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Lister Meile 11bus Citylines 9
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bielefeld Hbftrain 10 / ...
32h 48m€118–184
Sofia Airport (SOF) to Hannover Airport (HAJ) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Sofia to Bielefeld is to bus and train which costs €85 - €150 and takes 29h 32m.
The fastest way to get from Sofia to Bielefeld is to fly and train which takes 6h 46m and costs €45 - €420.
The distance between Sofia and Bielefeld is 1629 km. The road distance is 1869.5 km.
The best way to get from Sofia to Bielefeld without a car is to bus and train which takes 29h 32m and costs €85 - €150.
It takes approximately 8h 19m to get from Sofia to Bielefeld, including transfers.
Yes, the driving distance between Sofia to Bielefeld is 1869 km. It takes approximately 16h 53m to drive from Sofia to Bielefeld.
There are 622+ hotels available in Bielefeld.
What companies run services between Sofia, Bulgaria and Bielefeld, Germany?
There is no direct connection from Sofia to Bielefeld. However, you can take the line 84 bus to Р-Т Александрия, walk to Sofia Airport (SOF) airport, fly to Hannover Airport (HAJ), walk to Langenhagen Flughafen, take the train to Hannover Hauptbahnhof, then take the train to Bielefeld Hbf. Alternatively, you can take a vehicle from Sofia to Bielefeld via Villach Hbf ARZ and Hannover Hbf in around 22h 52m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Hannover Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–550
Flights from Sofia Airport to Hannover Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–500
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–420
Flights from Sofia Airport to Münster Osnabrück International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–650
Flights from Sofia Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–360
Flights from Sofia Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–330
Flights from Sofia Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–330
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Hannover Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–500
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–440
Flights from Sofia Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–260
Flights from Sofia Airport to Frankfurt via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–340
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Sofia Airport to Hannover Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €120–330
Flights from Sofia Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–270
Flights from Sofia Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–170
Flights from Sofia Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–270
Flights from Sofia Airport to Frankfurt via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–200
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Hannover Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–330
Flights from Sofia Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–170
Flights from Sofia Airport to Frankfurt via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–200
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–210
Flights from Sofia Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–240
Flights from Sofia Airport to Eindhoven Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–300
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Hannover Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–500
Flights from Sofia Airport to Münster Osnabrück International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–650
Flights from Sofia Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–330
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Dortmund Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–380
Flights from Sofia Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €27–210
Flights from Sofia Airport to Eindhoven Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–340
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Hannover Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–460
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Münster Osnabrück International Airport via Rhodes
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €150–490
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–250
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bielefeld Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €18–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bielefeld Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €18–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to Bielefeld Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamm to Bielefeld Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–23
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from S Spandau Bhf to Bielefeld Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Wuppertal Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–75
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Wuppertal Hbf to Bielefeld Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–50
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Wuppertal Hbf to Bielefeld Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–50
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Wien Hbf to Nuernberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €85–180
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–150
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bielefeld Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €18–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bielefeld Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €18–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bielefeld Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €8–13
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bielefeld Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €8–13
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Hamm to Bielefeld Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €5–8
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bielefeld Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €8–13
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bielefeld Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €8–13
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Villach Hbf ARZ to Hannover Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 12m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €100–120
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Hamm to Bielefeld Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- [email protected]
- Website
- Eurobahn
Train from Hamm to Bielefeld Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–20
- Website
- Eurobahn
Train from Ibbenbüren, Bahnhof to Bielefeld Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–24
- Website
- Eurobahn
Train from Venlo to Wuppertal Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–23
- Website
- Eurobahn
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Ibbenbüren, Bahnhof to Bielefeld Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–19
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Eindhoven Centraal to Venlo
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €5–11
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Venlo to Wuppertal Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–18
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +381 11 360 28 99
- [email protected]
- Website
- srbijavoz.rs
Train from Novi Beograd to Subotica
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Schedules at
- srbijavoz.rs
- 2nd Class
- €6–7
- 1st Class
- €8–10
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- [email protected]
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Kelebia to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 34m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €19–23
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
- Phone
- +359 88 949 0000
- [email protected]
- Website
- Union Ivkoni
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Hannover
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 29m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €75–110
- Website
- Union Ivkoni
- Phone
- +381 11 8728111
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trans-Jug
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €37–40
- Website
- Trans-Jug
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- [email protected]
- Website
- Citylines
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Lister Meile 11
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €110–150
- Website
- Citylines
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