There are 11 ways to get from Sofia to Finland by plane, bus, train, car, ferry, 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 Helsinki Airport
best- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)plane SOF - HEL
8h 45m€108–292Fly to Turku Airport
cheapest- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Turku Airport (TKU)plane SOF - TKU
10h 25m€74–303Bus, train
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bratislavabus
- Take the train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Breclavtrain Rj
- Take the train from Breclav to Bohumintrain Ec
- Take the train from Bohumin to Warszawa Zachodniatrain Ec
- Take the bus from Warsaw, Bus Station West to Helsinki, Bus Stationbus
43h 14m€158–378Drive 4,625.3 km
- Drive from Sofia to Helsinkicar 4,625.3 km
2d 1h€840–1,213Fly to Tampere–Pirkkala Airport
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Tampere–Pirkkala Airport (TMP)plane SOF - TMP
12h 9m€143–534Fly to Lennart Meri International Airport, ferry
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL)plane SOF - TLL
- Take the ferry from Tallinn to Helsinki Terminal 2ferry
11h 38m€78–255Bus via Brno
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Brnobus
- Take the bus from Brno to Krakow, MDA Bus Stationbus 916 / ...
- Take the bus from Krakow, MDA Bus Station to Helsinki, Bus Stationbus
47h 56m€176–293Bus, train via Hamburg
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bratislavabus
- Take the train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Hamburg Hbftrain Rj
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2bus
2d 8h€319–515Bus
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Stara Zagorabus
- 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 12h€155–218Train, bus
- Take the train from Sofia Sever to Gorna Oryahovitsatrain Ic / ...
- Take the train from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Bucuresti Nordtrain Ic
- Take the train from Bucuresti Nord to Chisinautrain 402
- Take the bus from Chisinau, Gara Feroviara to Tallinnbus
- Take the bus from Tallinn, Bus Station to Helsinki, Bus Stationbus
3d 10h€231–482Drive, car train
- Drive from Sofia to Villach Hbfcar
- Take the cartrain from Villach Hbf to Hamburg Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Hamburg Hbf to Helsinkicar
2d 6h€765–1,118
Sofia to Finland by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sofia to Finland is to fly which costs €70 - €310 and takes 10h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Sofia to Finland is to fly which takes 8h 45m and costs €100 - €300.
No, there is no direct bus from Sofia station to Finland station. However, there are services departing from Sofia Central Bus Station and arriving at Helsinki, Bus Station via Brno and Krakow, MDA Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 47h 56m.
The distance between Sofia and Finland is 1985 km. The road distance is 4625.3 km.
The best way to get from Sofia to Finland without a car is to bus and train which takes 43h 14m and costs €150 - €380.
It takes approximately 8h 45m to get from Sofia to Finland, including transfers.
Sofia to Finland bus services, operated by Union Ivkoni, depart from Sofia Central Bus Station.
The best way to get from Sofia to Finland is to fly which takes 8h 45m and costs €100 - €300. Alternatively, you can bus via Brno, which costs €170 - €300 and takes 47h 56m.
Sofia to Finland bus services, operated by Union Ivkoni, arrive at Brno station.
Yes, the driving distance between Sofia to Finland is 4625 km. It takes approximately 2 days 1h to drive from Sofia to Finland.
What companies run services between Sofia, Bulgaria and Finland?
Air Baltic, LOT, and five other airlines fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Helsinki Airport (HEL) 4 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Helsinki, Bus Station via Brno and Krakow, MDA Bus Station in around 47h 56m.
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Helsinki Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €160–380
Flights from Sofia Airport to Turku Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €130–500
Flights from Sofia Airport to Tampere–Pirkkala Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Tuesday 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
Flights from Sofia Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–340
Flights from Sofia Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–370
Flights from Sofia Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–550
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Helsinki Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–300
Flights from Sofia Airport to Helsinki Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–350
Flights from Sofia Airport to Helsinki Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–360
Flights from Sofia Airport to Helsinki Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–550
- 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
- €50–260
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Turku Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €90–310
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Turku Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–300
- 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
- Railjet
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Breclav
- *
- €17–26
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Hamburg Hbf
- *
- €130–210
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- [email protected]
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Breclav
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €4–5
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Breclav to Bohumin
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–11
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Bohumin to Warszawa Zachodnia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €17–21
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- RegioJet
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Breclav
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €5–8
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +420 220 311 700
- [email protected]
- Website
- LEO Express
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Breclav
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €5–8
- Website
- LEO Express
Train from Bohumin to Warszawa Zachodnia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 18m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €24–40
- Website
- LEO Express
- Phone
- +421 24 48 58 188
- [email protected]
- Website
- Railways of Slovak Republic (ZSSK)
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Breclav
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €4–8
- Website
- Railways of Slovak Republic (ZSSK)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Breclav to Bohumin
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Bohumin to Warszawa Zachodnia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- 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 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
- 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
Train from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €3–5
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- €3–5
- 1st Class
- €3–4
- Phone
- (+373) 22 83 33 33
- [email protected]
- Website
- Moldovan Railways (CFM)
Train from Bucuresti Nord to Chisinau
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €17–29
- Schedules at
- Moldovan Railways (CFM)
- 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 88 949 0000
- [email protected]
- Website
- Union Ivkoni
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bratislava
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 57m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- Union Ivkoni
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Brno
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 58m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- Union Ivkoni
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bratislava
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 57m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- Union Ivkoni
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, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €85–140
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Brno to Krakow, MDA Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–45
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Krakow, MDA Bus Station to Helsinki, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–190
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €150–250
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Tallinn, Harbour Terminal D to Helsinki, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–12
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Tallinn, Bus Station to Helsinki, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €7–12
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from Brno to Krakow, MDA Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- 042 605 349
- [email protected]
- Website
- avtogara.starazagora.bg
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Stara Zagora
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €4–17
- Schedules at
- avtogara.starazagora.bg
- Phone
- 0700 1 2222
- Website
- doris-bg.com
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Stara Zagora
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €14
- Schedules at
- doris-bg.com
- Phone
- 044/62 48 83
- [email protected]
- Website
- Globus ES
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Stara Zagora
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €15
- Website
- Globus ES
- [email protected]
- Website
- SVS
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Stara Zagora
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €8–17
- Website
- SVS
- 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
- Phone
- +373 789 18 888
- [email protected]
- Website
- Express Busline
Bus from Chisinau, Gara Feroviara to Tallinn
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 3h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €200–430
- Website
- Express Busline
- 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
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