The road
Amsterdam to Bruges by car
255 km, about 2 h 42 on the fastest road, through the Netherlands and Belgium. Fuel from about €39 in a petrol car at this week's prices, with about €6 in tolls on the way.
Measured on the road our router draws, 2026-10-26. Your own start and vehicle change every number — that is what the button at the end is for.
255 km fastest road, one way · 2 h 42 driving without stops · 2 countries
What does this road cost in your vehicle?
The nights, tolls for your vehicle class, fuel stops and any ferry — planned in seconds.
On the fastest road: 1 official clearance under 3.3 m — a camper's plan goes round it.
The trip, at your pace
Each pace is its own plan of this road for two by car: the driving days it needs, the nights on the way and at Brugge, and what it costs.
| Pace | Days | Nights | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Relaxed ≈ 4 h a day | 4 days | 3 nights | ≈ €501 fuel €47 · tolls €6 · 3 nights €264 · food €184 |
| Comfortable ≈ 5 h a day | 3 days | 2 nights | ≈ €366 fuel €46 · tolls €6 · 2 nights €176 · food €138 |
| Long days ≈ 7 h a day | 3 days | 2 nights | ≈ €366 fuel €46 · tolls €6 · 2 nights €176 · food €138 |
Places on the way
102 km
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Jensbn~commonswiki assumed (based on copyri · CC BY-SA 2.5 De Biesbosch National Park
Day 1 · 102 km into the day · a morning stop
De Biesbosch National Park is one of the largest national parks in the Netherlands and one of the last extensive areas of freshwater tidal wetlands in Northwestern Europe. Wikipedia
206 km
Photo: Klaus Graf · CC BY 2.5 Plantin–Moretus Museum
Day 1 · 113 km before tonight's stop
The Plantin–Moretus Museum is a museum in Antwerp, Belgium which showcases the history of printing in Antwerp and the prominent role played in that history by the family of printers founded by Christophe Plantin and Jan Moretus in Antwerp in the second half of the 16th century. Wikipedia
40 km
Photo: Paul Hermans · CC BY-SA 3.0 Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent
Day 2 · 40 km from Brugge
The Museum of Fine Arts an art museum in Ghent, Belgium, is situated at the East side of the Citadelpark. Wikipedia
1 km
Photo: Jim Linwood · CC BY 2.0 Basilica of the Holy Blood
Day 2 · in Brugge
The Basilica of the Holy Blood is a Roman Catholic basilica in Bruges, Belgium. Wikipedia
38 km
Photo: Paul Hermans · CC BY-SA 3.0 Gravensteen
Day 2 · 38 km from Brugge
The Gravensteen is a medieval castle in the city of Ghent, East Flanders in Belgium. Wikipedia
The road, country by country
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands · 119 km
- 🇧🇪 Belgium · 136 km
With a camper's height and weight the router takes a different road: 259 km, about 2 h 48.
What it costs to drive
Fuel at the 2026-10-18 prices of the EU Weekly Oil Bulletin, per country crossed. Tolls are an estimate from published per-kilometre tariffs plus the crossings on this road. Beds and food are not here: they depend on how you travel.
A camper, the whole sum: one day's drive, self-catering for two about €23 — with the fuel and tolls below about €104.
| Vehicle | Fuel | Tolls | Together | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Car, petrol | €39 | €6 | €45 | 18 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €40 | €6 | €46 | 17 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €75 | €6 | €81 | 31 l at 12 l/100 km |
- 🇳🇱 petrol €2.39 · diesel €2.46 /l
- 🇧🇪 petrol €1.99 · diesel €2.35 /l
Charged on the way
- 🌉 Liefkenshoektunnel — €5.6 (Passenger car) · unverified
- 🚫 Amsterdam: Milieuzone — Older diesel cars/vans and pre-Euro-VI diesel campers/trucks.
Rules on this road
Shops on a Sunday
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands — Many supermarkets open Sundays, but often only from noon.
- 🇧🇪 Belgium — Sunday opening is common but short, and many shops close one other day a week too.
Where to sleep beside the road
211 campsites and camper sites within 10 km of this road, from OpenStreetMap. A few between the two ends:
- ⛺ Camping de la rue · campsite · km 76, 0.4 km off the road
- ⛺ Kurenpolder · campsite · km 86, 0.5 km off the road
- ⛺ Camperlocatie Oosteind · camper site · km 95, 0.2 km off the road
- ⛺ De Hannebroeck · campsite · km 100, 0.5 km off the road
- ⛺ De Beekhoek · campsite · km 109, 0.3 km off the road
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from the place's own page: motorhomes can come · showers and toilets · fine with small children · quiet · tents welcome
- ⛺ Voorhout · campsite · km 187, 0.2 km off the road
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from the place's own page: showers and toilets · fine with small children · a restaurant or bar on site
Worth a detour
Between the two ends, within 10 km of the road — the places the map marks as notable.
- ◆ Museum Vrolik · museum · km 14, 1.1 km off the road
- ◆ Abdij van St. Paulus · attraction · km 39, 3.3 km off the road
- ◆ Batterij onder Poederoijen · fort · km 75, 8.9 km off the road
- ◆ Begijnhof · attraction · km 103, 3.2 km off the road
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from its Wikipedia article: quiet
- ◆ Fort van Schoten · fort · km 146, 0.8 km off the road
- ◆ Singelberg · attraction · km 175, 0.8 km off the road
- ◆ Doornzelemolen · museum · km 208, 6.4 km off the road
- ◆ Kasteel Reesinghe · castle · km 236, 0.4 km off the road
On this road
Trips that end in Bruges
Plan this road from your own door: your car, your dates, the beds and the food priced the same honest way.