The road
Berlin to Kraków by car
602 km, about 5 h 18 on the fastest road, through Germany and Poland. Fuel from about €82 in a petrol car at this week's prices, with about €19 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
602 km
fastest road, one way
Driving
5 h 18
without stops
Countries
2
Germany and Poland
The road, country by country
- 🇩🇪 Germany · 149 km
- 🇵🇱 Poland · 453 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 | €82 | €19 | €101 | 42 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €84 | €19 | €103 | 39 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €155 | €32 | €187 | 72 l at 12 l/100 km |
- 🇩🇪 petrol €2.35 · diesel €2.46 /l
- 🇵🇱 petrol €1.82 · diesel €2.04 /l
Charged on the way
- 🇵🇱 Motorway tolls in Poland: about €19 for a car over 453 km — an estimate; the exact amount depends on the roads you take.
- 🚫 Berlin: Umweltzone (green Umweltplakette) — Any vehicle without a green sticker — campers included.
Shops on a Sunday
- 🇩🇪 Germany — Supermarkets are shut on Sundays by law — the exceptions are stations, airports and petrol stations. Shop on Saturday.
- 🇵🇱 Poland — Most Sundays are non-trading by law, with a few exempt Sundays a year. Small owner-run shops and station shops stay open.
Where to sleep beside the road
109 campsites and camper sites within 10 km of this road, from OpenStreetMap. A few between the two ends:
- ⛺ Kinder- u. Jugenddorf Rankenheim · campsite · km 49, 0.4 km off the road
- ⛺ Campsite / aire · campsite · km 92, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Campingplatz "Zum Kuckuck" · campsite · km 142, 0.5 km off the road
- ⛺ Camping 215 · camper site · km 523, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Caravan site / aire · camper site · km 556, 0.3 km off the road
- ⛺ Rogate Ranczo · camper site · km 586, 0.8 km off the road
Worth a detour
Between the two ends, within 10 km of the road — the places the map marks as notable.
- ◆ "Maybach I" bunker complex · attraction · km 42, 9 km off the road
- ◆ Schloß Lübbenau · castle · km 95, 3.6 km off the road
- ◆ Wieża Bismarcka · attraction · km 184, 6.3 km off the road
- ◆ (removed) Memorial stone Nazi Gross Rosen concentration camp - subcamp Bunzlau · memorial · km 232, 8 km off the road
Gross-Rosen was a network of Nazi concentration camps built and operated by Nazi Germany during World War II. Wikipedia (en)
- ◆ Muzeum Motoryzacji · museum · km 338, 0.4 km off the road
- ◆ Zamek Prószkowskich · castle · km 421, 1.1 km off the road
- ◆ Guido Mine and Coal Mining Museum · museum · km 503, 2.7 km off the road
The Guido mine (Polish: Kopalnia Guido, formerly Zabytkowa Kopalnia Węgla Kamiennego) is a historic deep coal mine and museum in Zabrze, Silesia, Poland. Wikipedia (en)
- ◆ Zamek Lipowiec · museum · km 561, 5.9 km off the road
Lipowiec Castle is a ruin of the Kraków Bishops castle in the Polish Jura, near Babice village in Chrzanów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Wikipedia (en)
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.
- 813 castles — Schloss Köpenick (km 18), Zamek Kliczków (km 221), Pałac w Jarosławiu (km 302), Ruiny Zamku (km 455)
- 675 climbing — Plaskula (km 573), Skurwysyn (km 581), Karniowicka Skała (km 586)
- 469 swim spots — Aquapark Wrocław (km 335), Aquadrom (km 506), Wake Zone Stawiki (km 522)
- 359 viewpoints — Müggelturm (km 18), Baszta Tkaczy (km 252), Boksy-Tarasy widokowe (km 442), Hałda Murcki (km 523)
- 63 wineries
- 60 farm shops
On this road
Plan this road from your own door: your car, your dates, the beds and the food priced the same honest way.