There are 12 ways to get from Sofia to Duisburg by plane, bus, train, 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.
Fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
best- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane SOF - DUS
6h 51m€116–323Fly to Dortmund Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Dortmund Airport (DTM)plane SOF - DTM
- Take the train from Dortmund Hbf to Duisburg Hbftrain
6h 59m€46–414Bus, train via Subotica
- 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 Duisburg Hbftrain Ice
23h 10m€225–398Bus, train
- Take the bus from Sofia to Wien Hbfbus
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Duisburg Hbftrain Ice
24h 19m€214–403Drive 1,912.5 km
- Drive from Sofia to Duisburgcar 1,912.5 km
17h 3m€355–513Fly to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane SOF - CGN
- Take the train from Koeln Messe/Deutz to Duisburg Hbftrain
6h 10m€71–289Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane SOF - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf to Duisburg Hbftrain
8h 4m€133–343Fly to Eindhoven Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Eindhoven Airport (EIN)plane SOF - EIN
- Take the train from Eindhoven Centraal to Venlotrain
7h 56m€54–359Bus
- Take the bus from Sofia to Kumanovobus
- Take the bus from Kumanovo to Duisburgbus
29h 42m€131–147Bus, train #2
- Take the bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Stop to Frankfurt Central Train Stationbus
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Duisburg Hbftrain 41 / ...
31h 19m€137–218Bus, train #3
- Take the bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Kassel Grüner Waldwegbus Citylines 9
- Take the train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duisburg Hbftrain Re
33h 9m€140–216Drive, car train
- Drive from Sofia to Villach Hbf ARZcar
- Take the cartrain from Villach Hbf ARZ to Fuldacartrain
- Drive from Fulda to Duisburgcar
21h 41m€307–433
Sofia Airport (SOF) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Sofia to Duisburg is to fly and train which costs €70 - €290 and takes 6h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Sofia to Duisburg is to fly and train which takes 6h 10m and costs €70 - €290.
No, there is no direct bus from Sofia to Duisburg. However, there are services departing from Sofia and arriving at Duisburg via Kumanovo. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 29h 42m.
The distance between Sofia and Duisburg is 1608 km. The road distance is 1912.5 km.
The best way to get from Sofia to Duisburg without a car is to bus and train which takes 24h 19m and costs €210 - €410.
It takes approximately 6h 51m to get from Sofia to Duisburg, including transfers.
Sofia to Duisburg bus services, operated by Matpu, depart from Sofia station.
The best way to get from Sofia to Duisburg is to fly which takes 6h 51m and costs €110 - €330. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €130 - €150 and takes 29h 42m.
Sofia to Duisburg bus services, operated by Matpu, arrive at Kumanovo station.
Duisburg is 1h behind Sofia. It is currently 12:06 PM in Sofia and 11:06 AM in Duisburg.
What companies run services between Sofia, Bulgaria and Duisburg, Germany?
Austrian Airlines, Eurowings, and two other airlines fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) every 4 hours. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Sofia to Duisburg via Kumanovo in around 29h 42m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–410
Flights from Sofia Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–410
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–430
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
- €65–340
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–410
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–450
Flights from Sofia Airport to Frankfurt via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–340
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–230
Flights from Sofia Airport to Eindhoven Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–300
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Sofia Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €100–280
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 Frankfurt via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–200
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Eindhoven Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–340
Flights from Sofia Airport to Dortmund Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–380
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–330
- 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
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €19–23
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Wien Hbf to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €160–320
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Wien Hbf to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €160–320
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Koeln Messe/Deutz to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €10–20
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–85
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €8–17
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–75
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–85
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Koeln Messe/Deutz to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Schedules at
- National Express
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Schedules at
- National Express
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +49 9126 301 90 70
- [email protected]
- Website
- TRI Train Rental GmbH
Train from Koeln Messe/Deutz to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- TRI Train Rental GmbH
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- TRI Train Rental GmbH
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Eindhoven Centraal to Venlo
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–11
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +49 6078 966930
- [email protected]
- Website
- VIAS Rail GmbH
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18
- Schedules at
- VIAS Rail GmbH
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–9
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- [email protected]
- Website
- Eurobahn
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–17
- Website
- Eurobahn
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €4–7
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Villach Hbf ARZ to Fulda
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 1m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
- 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 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
- €55–85
- Schedules at
- karat-s.com
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Stop to Frankfurt Central Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- 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
Bus from Sofia to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €10–29
- Website
- Citylines
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Stop to Frankfurt Central Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 29h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €100–140
- 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 Sofia to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–28
- Schedules at
- matpu.com
- Phone
- +389 47 231 192
- [email protected]
- Website
- transkop.mk
Bus from Sofia to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €16–27
- Schedules at
- transkop.mk
- Phone
- +389 75 209 209
- [email protected]
- Website
- Hak Bus
Bus from Kumanovo to Duisburg
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €120
- Website
- Hak Bus
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