The road
Berlin to Copenhagen by car
746 km, about 7 h on the fastest road, through Germany and Denmark. Fuel from about €128 in a petrol car at this week's prices, with about €27 in tolls on the way.
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
746 km
fastest road, one way
Driving
7 h
without stops
Countries
2
Germany and Denmark
The road, country by country
- 🇩🇪 Germany · 477 km
- 🇩🇰 Denmark · 269 km
With a camper's height and weight the router takes a different road: 805 km, about 7 h 54.
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 | €128 | €27 | €155 | 52 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €121 | €27 | €148 | 48 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €241 | €86 | €327 | 97 l at 12 l/100 km |
- 🇩🇪 petrol €2.35 · diesel €2.46 /l
- 🇩🇰 petrol €2.62 · diesel €2.56 /l
Charged on the way
- 🌉 Storebælt (Great Belt) bridge — €27.42 (Car under 6 m) · unverified
- 🌉 Lillebælt (Little Belt) bridge — free · unverified
- 🚫 Berlin: Umweltzone (green Umweltplakette) — Any vehicle without a green sticker — campers included.
The same trip another way
Where a sea gives a choice, the road through each gateway, priced the same way for a petrol car. Which one is yours depends on the ferry's fare and your nights, and that is the planner's job.
Through Rødby
541 km, about 6 h 12 — Germany and Denmark.
Petrol car: fuel about €92.
⛴ Rødby–Puttgarden ferry
Shops on a Sunday
- 🇩🇪 Germany — Supermarkets are shut on Sundays by law — the exceptions are stations, airports and petrol stations. Shop on Saturday.
Where to sleep beside the road
333 campsites and camper sites within 10 km of this road, from OpenStreetMap. A few between the two ends:
- ⛺ Familien-Campingplatz Forellensee · campsite · km 336, 0.2 km off the road
- ⛺ Campingplatz Silbersee · campsite · km 341, 0.2 km off the road
- ⛺ Christiansdal - Primitive Teltplads · campsite · km 484, 0.2 km off the road
- ⛺ Nyborg Strandcamping · campsite · km 616, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Nyborg Strandcamping · campsite · km 616, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Rødhøjlund Skov naturlejrplads · campsite · km 639, 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.
- ◆ KZ Oranienburg · memorial · km 33, 5.3 km off the road
- ◆ Ruins · ruins · km 144, 5.1 km off the road
- ◆ Franz-Joseph von Lilien · memorial · km 242, 8.2 km off the road
- ◆ Museum Alt-Segeberger Bürgerhaus · museum · km 306, 2.4 km off the road
- ◆ Memorial · memorial · km 374, 7.1 km off the road
- ◆ Dambådskatastrofen · memorial · km 488, 4.3 km off the road
- ◆ The Danish Railway Museum · museum · km 582, 5.3 km off the road
- ◆ Mølsøvdys · ruins · km 673, 8.2 km off the road
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.
- 612 swim spots — Barracuda Beach (km 177), Ostseebad (km 437), Østerstrand (km 535), Odense friluftsbad (km 579)
- 302 viewpoints — Aussichtsplattform (km 16), Bismarckturm Aumühle (km 259), Aussichtsturm Aschberg (km 382), Oxbjerget (km 731)
- 222 farm shops
- 187 castles — Schloss Dammsmühle (km 20), Turmhügel Lehsen (km 214), Schloss Gottorf (km 396), Odense Slot (km 581)
- 90 golf — Sønderjyllands Golfklub (km 453), Kolding Golf Club (km 518), Albertslund Golfklub (km 726), Copenhagen Golf Center (km 728)
- 40 wineries
On this road
Plan this road from your own door: your car, your dates, the beds and the food priced the same honest way.