There are 12 ways to get from Sofia to Dortmund by plane, train, bus, night train, car, or car train
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Fly to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
best- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane SOF - DUS
- Take the train from D-Flughafen Bf to Dortmund Hbftrain
7h 18m€88–328Fly to Dortmund Airport
cheapest- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Dortmund Airport (DTM)plane SOF - DTM
6h 11m€65–300Bus, train via Dresden
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Dresdenbus
- Take the train from Dresden Hbf to Berlin-Spandautrain Rj
- Take the train from S Spandau Bhf to Dortmund Hbftrain 10 / ...
26h 34m€93–490Train, night train
- Take the train from Sofia Sever to Gorna Oryahovitsatrain Ic / ...
- Take the nighttrain from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Bucharestnighttrain
- Take the nighttrain from Bucuresti Nord to Hegyeshalomnighttrain
- Take the train from Hegyeshalom to Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10train Rjx
- Take the train from München Hbf to Dortmund Hbftrain 47 / ...
37h 47m€226–675Drive 1,885.4 km
- Drive from Sofia to Dortmundcar 1,885.4 km
16h 49m€268–386Fly 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 Dortmund Hbftrain
7h 18m€98–401Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane SOF - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Dortmund Hbftrain
7h 27m€139–435Fly 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 Düsseldorf Hbftrain
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Dortmund Hbftrain
8h 55m€78–424Bus via Belgrade
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Beograd, Autobuska stanicabus
- Take the bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Dortmundbus
27h 42mBus, train
- Take the bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Kassel Grüner Waldwegbus Citylines 9
- Take the train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Dortmund Hbftrain Re
32h 19m€123–301Bus
- Take the bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Niš, Autobuska Stanicabus
- Take the bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Dortmund Hbfbus
38h 30m€145–624Drive, car train
- Drive from Sofia to Salzburg Hbfcar
- Take the cartrain from Salzburg Hbf to Fuldacartrain
- Drive from Fulda to Dortmundcar
19h 45m€324–456
Sofia to Dortmund by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sofia to Dortmund is to fly which costs €65 - €300 and takes 6h 11m.
The fastest way to get from Sofia to Dortmund is to fly which takes 6h 11m and costs €65 - €300.
No, there is no direct bus from Sofia station to Dortmund. However, there are services departing from Sofia Central Bus Station and arriving at Dortmund via Beograd, Autobuska stanica. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 42m.
No, there is no direct train from Sofia to Dortmund. However, there are services departing from Sofia Sever and arriving at Dortmund Hbf via Gorna Oryahovitsa, Bucuresti Nord, Hegyeshalom and München Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 37h 47m.
The distance between Sofia and Dortmund is 1661 km. The road distance is 1885.4 km.
The best way to get from Sofia to Dortmund without a car is to bus and train via Dresden which takes 26h 34m and costs €90 - €490.
It takes approximately 7h 18m to get from Sofia to Dortmund, including transfers.
Sofia to Dortmund bus services, operated by Trans Jug, depart from Sofia Central Bus Station.
Sofia to Dortmund train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), depart from Sofia Sever station.
The best way to get from Sofia to Dortmund is to fly which takes 6h 11m and costs €65 - €300. Alternatively, you can bus via Belgrade, which costs and takes 27h 42m.
What companies run services between Sofia, Bulgaria and Dortmund, Germany?
Wizz Air flies from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Dortmund Airport (DTM) once daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Dortmund via Beograd, Autobuska stanica in around 27h 42m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–330
Flights from Sofia Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–330
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–350
Flights from Sofia Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–220
Flights from Sofia Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–220
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–340
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–360
Flights from Sofia Airport to Frankfurt via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–300
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–380
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–380
Flights from Sofia Airport to Eindhoven Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–300
Flights from Sofia Airport to Eindhoven Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–300
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Dortmund Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–260
Flights from Sofia Airport to Eindhoven Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–330
Flights from Sofia Airport to Eindhoven Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–330
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Sofia Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–180
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from D-Flughafen Bf to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–55
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from S Spandau Bhf to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €80–350
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from München Hbf to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €120–550
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–90
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–220
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €14–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–170
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from D-Flughafen Bf to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Schedules at
- National Express
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Schedules at
- National Express
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from D-Flughafen Bf to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–27
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- [email protected]
- Website
- Eurobahn
Train from D-Flughafen Bf to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–20
- Website
- Eurobahn
Train from Venlo to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–18
- Website
- Eurobahn
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Website
- Eurobahn
- Website
- Télécabine Charmey-Vounetse
Train from D-Flughafen Bf to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- Télécabine Charmey-Vounetse
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- Télécabine Charmey-Vounetse
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- [email protected]
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Dresden Hbf to Berlin-Spandau
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
- Phone
- +421 24 48 58 188
- [email protected]
- Website
- Railways of Slovak Republic (ZSSK)
Train from Dresden Hbf to Berlin-Spandau
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €9–17
- Website
- Railways of Slovak Republic (ZSSK)
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from S Spandau Bhf to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
Train from Sofia Sever to Gorna Oryahovitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- €4–6
- 1st Class
- €4–6
Night train from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €3–5
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- €3–5
- 1st Class
- €3–5
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Night train from Bucuresti Nord to Hegyeshalom
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 34m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €75–85
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- [email protected]
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Hegyeshalom to Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €24–29
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
- Phone
- +49 221 800 20 80
- [email protected]
- Website
- MSM Partyzug
Train from München Hbf to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- MSM Partyzug
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Köln Hbf to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €13–26
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +49 9126 301 90 70
- [email protected]
- Website
- TRI Train Rental GmbH
Train from Köln Hbf to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- TRI Train Rental GmbH
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Eindhoven Centraal to Venlo
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €5–12
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Venlo to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–14
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €23–50
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €22–40
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Salzburg Hbf to Fulda
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 1m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
- Phone
- +359 88 949 0000
- [email protected]
- Website
- Union Ivkoni
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Dresden
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 2m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €50–95
- 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
- +381 20 333 733
- [email protected]
- Website
- garo-reisen.rs
Bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Dortmund
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- garo-reisen.rs
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- [email protected]
- Website
- Citylines
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Kassel Grüner Waldweg
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €100–140
- Website
- Citylines
- Phone
- +359 2 981 58 56
- [email protected]
- Website
- matpu.com
Bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Niš, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–25
- Schedules at
- matpu.com
- Phone
- +381 18 255 177
- Website
- Niš-ekspres
Bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Niš, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Website
- Niš-ekspres
- Phone
- +381 800 334 334
- [email protected]
- Website
- lasta.rs
Bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Dortmund Hbf
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More Questions & Answers
Sofia to Dortmund bus services, operated by Trans Jug, arrive at Beograd, Autobuska stanica station.
Dortmund is 1h behind Sofia. It is currently 9:54 PM in Sofia and 8:54 PM in Dortmund.
Sofia to Dortmund train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), arrive at Gorna Oryahovitsa station.
Yes, the driving distance between Sofia to Dortmund is 1885 km. It takes approximately 16h 49m to drive from Sofia to Dortmund.
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