The road
Brussels to Copenhagen by car
1059 km, about 10 h on the fastest road, through Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark. Fuel from about €176 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
1059 km
fastest road, one way
Driving
10 h
without stops
Countries
4
Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark
The road, country by country
- 🇧🇪 Belgium · 123 km
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands · 79 km
- 🇩🇪 Germany · 604 km
- 🇩🇰 Denmark · 254 km
With a camper's height and weight the router takes a different road: 1118 km, about 10 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 | €176 | €27 | €203 | 74 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €171 | €27 | €198 | 69 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €333 | €86 | €419 | 134 l at 12 l/100 km |
- 🇧🇪 petrol €1.99 · diesel €2.39 /l
- 🇳🇱 petrol €2.45 · diesel €2.58 /l
- 🇩🇪 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
- 🚫 Brussels: LEZ (register your plate first) — Older diesel/petrol; foreign plates must register before entry.
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
923 km, about 9 h 24 — Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark.
Petrol car: fuel about €153.
⛴ Rødby–Puttgarden ferry
Shops on a Sunday
- 🇧🇪 Belgium — Sunday opening is common but short, and many shops close one other day a week too.
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands — Many supermarkets open Sundays, but often only from noon.
- 🇩🇪 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
665 campsites and camper sites within 10 km of this road, from OpenStreetMap. A few between the two ends:
- ⛺ Camping Pepe (bej Wolters) · campsite · km 203, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Reisemobilstellplatz Gladbeck · camper site · km 252, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Campingplatz Schnelsen-Nord · campsite · km 603, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Nyborg Strandcamping · campsite · km 928, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Nyborg Strandcamping · campsite · km 928, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Rødhøjlund Skov naturlejrplads · campsite · km 951, 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.
- ◆ Vrijheidsboom · attraction · km 30, 1.8 km off the road
- ◆ Gerhard-Tholen-Stube · museum · km 136, 9.6 km off the road
- ◆ Boarding School Schloss Buldern · attraction · km 301, 3.1 km off the road
- ◆ 1000-jährige Eiche · attraction · km 451, 2.6 km off the road
- ◆ Eiszeit-Findlingspark · attraction · km 557, 8.2 km off the road
- ◆ Jüdisches Museum · museum · km 686, 5.2 km off the road
Das Jüdische Museum Rendsburg ist eine kulturelle Begegnungsstätte und eines der wenigen Jüdischen Museen im norddeutschen Raum. Wikipedia (de)
- ◆ Koldinghus · museum · km 827, 3.4 km off the road
Koldinghus is a Danish royal castle in the town of Kolding on the south central part of the Jutland peninsula. Wikipedia (en)
- ◆ Memorial · memorial · km 927, 9.6 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.
- 993 viewpoints — Schachtbok 1 Winterslag (km 91), Feuerwachturm Rennberg (km 273), Brunsberg (km 561), Oxbjerget (km 1041)
- 987 swim spots — Seebad Haltern am See (km 278), Hallenbad Mitte (km 319), Freibad Quickborn (km 608), Østerstrand (km 844)
- 637 castles — Kasteel de Burbure (km 12), Haus Ostendorf (km 272), Harburger Schloss (km 576), Staldgården (km 823)
- 531 farm shops
- 244 golf — Royal Golf Club of Belgium (km 14), The National (km 14), Sønderjyllands Golfklub (km 762), Kolding Golf Club (km 827)
- 227 wineries — Ludwig von Kapff (km 478), Weinladen St. Pauli (km 585)
On this road
Plan this road from your own door: your car, your dates, the beds and the food priced the same honest way.