The road
Brussels to Paris by car
311 km, about 2 h 54 on the fastest road, through Belgium and France. Fuel from about €47 in a petrol car at this week's prices, with about €23 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
311 km
fastest road, one way
Driving
2 h 54
without stops
Countries
2
Belgium and France
The road, country by country
- 🇧🇪 Belgium · 64 km
- 🇫🇷 France · 247 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 | €47 | €23 | €70 | 22 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €48 | €23 | €71 | 20 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €89 | €39 | €128 | 37 l at 12 l/100 km |
- 🇧🇪 petrol €1.99 · diesel €2.39 /l
- 🇫🇷 petrol €2.22 · diesel €2.38 /l
Charged on the way
- 🇫🇷 Motorway tolls in France: about €23 for a car over 247 km — an estimate; the exact amount depends on the roads you take.
- 🚫 Brussels: LEZ (register your plate first) — Older diesel/petrol; foreign plates must register before entry.
- 🚫 Paris: ZFE — Crit'Air vignette — By Crit'Air class; older diesel restricted, weekday limits.
Shops on a Sunday
- 🇧🇪 Belgium — Sunday opening is common but short, and many shops close one other day a week too.
Where to sleep beside the road
60 campsites and camper sites within 10 km of this road, from OpenStreetMap. A few between the two ends:
- ⛺ Camping Oasis · campsite · km 18, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Aire de Saint-Ghislain Sud · camper site · km 79, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Camping les Sumacs · campsite · km 167, 0.6 km off the road
- ⛺ Camping Le Courmanvaux · campsite · km 174, 0.6 km off the road
- ⛺ Camping Le Focanard · campsite · km 174, 0.7 km off the road
- ⛺ Camping du Château et de l'Oseraie · campsite · km 174, 0.6 km off the road
Worth a detour
Between the two ends, within 10 km of the road — the places the map marks as notable.
- ◆ Lion's Mound · attraction · km 27, 6.7 km off the road
- ◆ Strépy-Thieu boat lift · attraction · km 56, 1.5 km off the road
- ◆ Ancienne faïencerie · attraction · km 105, 2.4 km off the road
- ◆ Ruines du château et souterrains · attraction · km 133, 9.5 km off the road
- ◆ Historial de la Grande Guerre · museum · km 176, 5.6 km off the road
The Museum of the Great War (French: Historial de la Grande Guerre), located near the heart of the World War I Somme battlefields, is housed within the Château de Péronne, a castle in the town of Péronne, France. Wikipedia (en)
- ◆ Musée de la Sucrerie de Francières · museum · km 231, 3.2 km off the road
La sucrerie distillerie de Francières est une ancienne fabrique de sucre de betteraves située dans le hameau de la Sucrerie, à l'écart de la commune de Francières dans le département de l'Oise en Picardie (France). Wikipedia (fr)
- ◆ Pégase Express · attraction · km 270, 0.7 km off the road
Pégase Express is a steel, family launched roller coaster at Parc Astérix in Plailly, France. Wikipedia (en)
- ◆ Mémorial du Concorde · memorial · km 285, 5 km off the road
Air France Flight 4590 was an international charter flight from Paris to New York. 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.
- 471 castles — Château Latour de Frein (km 13), Château des comtes de Hainaut (km 92), Tranchée de la Première Guerre mondiale (km 176), Tour Jeanne d'Arc (km 234)
- 90 viewpoints — Zicht op Brussel (km 16), Malakofftoren (km 22), Terril de l'Héribus (km 71), Maison du prévot (km 106)
- 67 farm shops
- 53 swim spots
- 46 golf — Golf de Sept-Fontaines (km 25), Club Golf de Valenciennes (km 105), Golf du Château d'Humières (km 228), Golf du Château de Raray (km 251)
- 38 breweries — Oud Beersel (km 16), Het Boerenerf (km 17), Café-brouwerij Den Herberg (km 19), Brasserie de l'Abbaye des Rocs (km 96)
Plan this road from your own door: your car, your dates, the beds and the food priced the same honest way.