The road
Berlin to Amsterdam by car
657 km, about 6 h 30 on the fastest road, through Germany and the Netherlands. Fuel from about €109 in a petrol car at this week's prices.
Measured on the road our router draws, 2026-09-30. Your own start and vehicle change every number — that is what the button at the end is for.
Distance
657 km
fastest road, one way
Driving
6 h 30
without stops
Countries
2
Germany and the Netherlands
The road, country by country
- 🇩🇪 Germany · 478 km
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands · 179 km
What it costs to drive
Fuel at the 2026-09-20 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 | €109 | €0 | €109 | 46 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €106 | €0 | €106 | 43 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €196 | €0 | €196 | 79 l at 12 l/100 km |
- 🇩🇪 petrol €2.35 · diesel €2.46 /l
- 🇳🇱 petrol €2.45 · diesel €2.58 /l
Charged on the way
- 🚫 Berlin: Umweltzone (green Umweltplakette) — Any vehicle without a green sticker — campers included.
- 🚫 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
496 campsites and camper sites within 10 km of this road, from OpenStreetMap. A few between the two ends:
- ⛺ Campingplatz Blauer See · campsite · km 296, 0.3 km off the road
- ⛺ 't Grasbroek · campsite · km 520, 0.3 km off the road
- ⛺ Camping De Notenwei · campsite · km 523, 0.3 km off the road
- ⛺ Minicamping De Hane · campsite · km 560, 0.2 km off the road
- ⛺ Camping Ruimzicht · campsite · km 591, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Jachthaven Naarden · camper site · km 634, 0.3 km off the road
Worth a detour
Between the two ends, within 10 km of the road — the places the map marks as notable.
- ◆ Reststück der Berliner Mauer · memorial · km 26, 1.8 km off the road
- ◆ Mahnmal Stalag XIA · memorial · km 107, 5.3 km off the road
- ◆ Ruine am Burgberg · ruins · km 187, 1.3 km off the road
Bei der Ruine am Burgberg handelt es sich um die Mauerreste eines größeren Gebäudes auf dem Burgberg im Brunnental in Bad Helmstedt in Niedersachsen. Wikipedia (de)
- ◆ Burckhardtdenkmal · memorial · km 281, 5.3 km off the road
- ◆ Burg Schaumburg · attraction · km 330, 1.9 km off the road
Schaumburg Castle (German: Burg Schaumburg) is a castle in the town of Rinteln in the district of Schaumburg in Lower Saxony, Germany. Wikipedia (en)
- ◆ Bernhard Christel Wiechmann · memorial · km 420, 5.1 km off the road
- ◆ De Museumfabriek · museum · km 504, 6.2 km off the road
- ◆ Nairac Museum · museum · km 597, 3.1 km off the road
Museum Nairac is een museum in het Gelderse dorp Barneveld, dat is opgericht in 1875 door de toenmalige burgemeester, mr. Wikipedia (nl)
What this road is for
Counted within 10 km of the road between the two ends, from OpenStreetMap — the places a passion would stop for.
- 996 swim spots — Krumme Lanke (km 14), Wasserwelt (km 225), H2O Herford (km 370), Het Diekmann (km 503)
- 826 viewpoints — Grunewaldturm (km 14), Vierkirchenblick (km 282), Idaturm (km 338), Julianatoren (km 571)
- 604 castles — Jagdschloss Grunewald (km 13), Veltheimsburg (km 167), Burg Schaumburg (km 330), Weldam (km 523)
- 283 farm shops — Kochs Hofladen in Liethe (km 298), Hofladen Meyerhof Belm (km 408)
- 122 wineries
- 110 climbing — Blocschmiede (km 146), Fliegerhalle (km 225), Kronsberg life tower (km 271), osnabloc (km 412)
On this road
Trips that end in Amsterdam
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