The road
Amsterdam to Lille by car
288 km, about 2 h 48 on the fastest road, through the Netherlands, Belgium and France. Fuel from about €43 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
288 km
fastest road, one way
Driving
2 h 48
without stops
Countries
3
the Netherlands, Belgium and France
The road, country by country
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands · 132 km
- 🇧🇪 Belgium · 91 km
- 🇫🇷 France · 65 km
With a camper's height and weight the router takes a different road: 312 km, about 3 h 06.
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 | €43 | €0 | €43 | 20 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €42 | €0 | €42 | 19 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €85 | €0 | €85 | 37 l at 12 l/100 km |
- 🇳🇱 petrol €2.35 · diesel €2.33 /l
- 🇧🇪 petrol €1.89 · diesel €2.21 /l
- 🇫🇷 petrol €2.07 · diesel €2.21 /l
Charged on the way
- 🇫🇷 Motorway tolls in France: about €4 for a car over 65 km — an estimate; the exact amount depends on the roads you take.
- 🚫 Amsterdam: Milieuzone — Older diesel cars/vans and pre-Euro-VI diesel campers/trucks.
- 🚫 Antwerp: LEZ (register/day-pass) — Older diesel/petrol; foreign plates must register.
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
208 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
- ⛺ 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
- ⛺ Camperpark Vogelzang Antwerpen · camper site · km 164, 0.2 km off the road
- ⛺ Gerstekot · campsite · km 190, 0.2 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 Vrolik · museum · km 14, 1.1 km off the road
- ◆ Abdij van St. Paulus · attraction · km 39, 3.3 km off the road
- ◆ Memorial · memorial · km 74, 4.3 km off the road
- ◆ Sint Paulushofje · attraction · km 114, 8.9 km off the road
- ◆ Fort 8 · fort · km 173, 4.2 km off the road
- ◆ Chieftain · attraction · km 190, 1.5 km off the road
- ◆ Dulle Griet · attraction · km 216, 3.3 km off the road
- ◆ Le Château des Comtes - Graven Kasteel · castle · km 266, 3.3 km off the road
Plan this road from your own door: your car, your dates, the beds and the food priced the same honest way.