There are 9 ways to get from Sofia to Hamburg by plane, car, car train, bus, or 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 Hamburg Airport
best- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)plane SOF - HAM
5h 46m€103–312Drive, car train
- Drive from Sofia to Villach Hbf ARZcar
- Take the cartrain from Villach Hbf ARZ to Hamburg Hbfcartrain
23h 50m€262–364Bus, train
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Dresdenbus
- Take the train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbftrain 27
24h 34m€129–250Drive 1,824.2 km
- Drive from Sofia to Hamburgcar 1,824.2 km
18h 55m€342–494Fly to Bremen Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Bremen Airport (BRE)plane SOF - BRE
- Take the train from Bremen Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain
8h 48m€108–505Fly to Hannover Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Hannover Airport (HAJ)plane SOF - HAJ
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbftrain
9h 11m€179–424Bus, train via Kelebia
- 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 Hamburg Hbftrain Ice
24h 22m€275–517Bus
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Hamburgbus
31h 45m€120–170Bus via Niš
- Take the bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Niš, Autobuska Stanicabus
- Take the bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhofbus
32h 10m€115–145
Sofia to Hamburg by bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Sofia to Hamburg is to bus via Niš which costs €110 - €150 and takes 32h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Sofia to Hamburg is to fly which takes 5h 46m and costs €100 - €320.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Sofia Central Bus Station station and arriving at Hamburg. Services depart once a week, and operate Wednesday and Friday. The journey takes approximately 31h 45m.
The distance between Sofia and Hamburg is 1594 km. The road distance is 1824.2 km.
The best way to get from Sofia to Hamburg without a car is to bus and train which takes 24h 34m and costs €120 - €250.
It takes approximately 5h 46m to get from Sofia to Hamburg, including transfers.
Sofia to Hamburg bus services, operated by Union Ivkoni, depart from Sofia Central Bus Station.
The best way to get from Sofia to Hamburg is to fly which takes 5h 46m and costs €100 - €320. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €120 - €170 and takes 31h 45m.
Sofia to Hamburg bus services, operated by Union Ivkoni, arrive at Hamburg station.
Hamburg is 1h behind Sofia. It is currently 10:29 PM in Sofia and 9:29 PM in Hamburg.
What companies run services between Sofia, Bulgaria and Hamburg, Germany?
Wizz Air, Lufthansa City, and four other airlines fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Hamburg Airport (HAM) 5 times a day. Alternatively, Union Ivkoni operates a bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Hamburg once a week. Tickets cost €85–130 and the journey takes 31h 45m. Citylines also services this route once a week.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Hamburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–440
Flights from Sofia Airport to Hamburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–430
Flights from Sofia Airport to Bremen Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–600
Flights from Sofia Airport to Bremen Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–600
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
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Hamburg Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Friday and Monday
- Estimated price
- €100–280
Flights from Sofia Airport to Hannover Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–330
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Hamburg Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–430
Flights from Sofia Airport to Bremen Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–600
Flights from Sofia Airport to Hannover Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–500
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–270
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Hannover Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–500
- 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
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Villach Hbf ARZ to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 17m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €100–130
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €75–160
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bremen Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €29–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Wien Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 54m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €210–440
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 581 97164164
- [email protected]
- Website
- metronom
Train from Bremen Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €29
- Schedules at
- metronom
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €29
- Schedules at
- metronom
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Bremen Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Bremen Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–23
- 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
- €7–10
- 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
- €19–22
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
- 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
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €85–130
- 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 Central Bus Station to Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €120–170
- 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
- €20–26
- 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 25 424577
- [email protected]
- Website
- severtrans.rs
Bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 10m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €100–260
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +381 (11) 761-4545
- Website
- srbijatours.com
Bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 32m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €100–120
- Schedules at
- srbijatours.com
- Prices
- €100–120
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