The road
Amsterdam to Heidelberg by car
536 km, about 5 h on the fastest road, through Germany and the Netherlands. Fuel from about €85 in a petrol car at this week's prices.
Measured on the road our router draws, 2026-09-13. Your own start and vehicle change every number — that is what the button at the end is for.
Distance
536 km
fastest road, one way
Driving
5 h
without stops
Countries
2
Germany and the Netherlands
The road, country by country
- 🇩🇪 Germany · 351 km
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands · 185 km
What it costs to drive
Fuel at the 2026-08-30 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.
| Vehicle | Fuel | Tolls | Together | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Car, petrol | €85 | €0 | €85 | 38 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €79 | €0 | €79 | 35 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €146 | €0 | €146 | 64 l at 12 l/100 km |
- 🇩🇪 petrol €2.24 · diesel €2.23 /l
- 🇳🇱 petrol €2.35 · diesel €2.33 /l
Charged on the way
- 🚫 Amsterdam: Milieuzone — Older diesel cars/vans and pre-Euro-VI diesel campers/trucks.
No motorway tolls or paid crossings on this road that we hold.
Shops on a Sunday
- 🇩🇪 Germany — Supermarkets are shut on Sundays by law — the exceptions are stations, airports and petrol stations. Shop on Saturday.
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands — Many supermarkets open Sundays, but often only from noon.
Where to sleep beside the road
568 campsites and camper sites within 10 km of this road, from OpenStreetMap. A few between the two ends:
- ⛺ Beukhof · campsite · km 69, 0.2 km off the road
- ⛺ Camping Nr.17 · campsite · km 130, 0.3 km off the road
- ⛺ Reisemobilstellplatz am Schloss Wickrath · camper site · km 216, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Wohnmobilstellplatz Weingut Schlossmühle · camper site · km 412, 0.2 km off the road
- ⛺ Hockenheimring Campingplatz C2 · campsite · km 512, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Hockenheimring Campingplatz C3 · campsite · km 512, 0.1 km off the road
Worth a detour
Between the two ends, within 10 km of the road — the places the map marks as notable.
- ◆ Museum Amersfoort · museum · km 48, 3.5 km off the road
- ◆ Airborne memorial · memorial · km 84, 1.6 km off the road
- ◆ Niersmündung · attraction · km 136, 4.7 km off the road
- ◆ Museum Abteiberg · museum · km 210, 2.7 km off the road
- ◆ Teilstück Römische Wasserleitung · ruins · km 292, 0.2 km off the road
- ◆ Burg Bassenheim · castle · km 346, 0.6 km off the road
- ◆ Kriegerdenkmal · memorial · km 429, 5.3 km off the road
- ◆ Expedition GeForce · attraction · km 495, 6.7 km off the road
Trips that end in Heidelberg
Plan this road from your own door: your car, your dates, the beds and the food priced the same honest way.