The road
Cologne to Interlaken by car
640 km, about 5 h 48 on the fastest road, through Germany, France and Switzerland. Fuel from about €94 in a petrol car at this week's prices, with about €51 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
640 km
fastest road, one way
Driving
5 h 48
without stops
Countries
3
Germany, France and Switzerland
The road, country by country
- 🇩🇪 Germany · 243 km
- 🇫🇷 France · 116 km
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland · 280 km
With a camper's height and weight the router takes a different road: 637 km, about 5 h 48.
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 | €94 | €51 | €145 | 45 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €92 | €51 | €143 | 42 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €169 | €56 | €225 | 76 l at 12 l/100 km |
- 🇩🇪 petrol €2.35 · diesel €2.46 /l
- 🇫🇷 petrol €2.22 · diesel €2.38 /l
- 🇨🇭 petrol €1.85 · diesel €1.95 /l
Charged on the way
- 🇫🇷 Motorway tolls in France: about €8 for a car over 116 km — an estimate; the exact amount depends on the roads you take.
- 🎫 Swiss motorway vignette — €42.51 (Vehicle or trailer up to 3.5 t) · unverified
- 🚫 Cologne: Umweltzone (green Umweltplakette) — Any vehicle without a green sticker.
Shops on a Sunday
- 🇩🇪 Germany — Supermarkets are shut on Sundays by law — the exceptions are stations, airports and petrol stations. Shop on Saturday.
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland — Sunday trading is restricted almost everywhere — station and petrol-station shops are the reliable exceptions.
Where to sleep beside the road
619 campsites and camper sites within 10 km of this road, from OpenStreetMap. A few between the two ends:
- ⛺ Wohnmobilstellplatz Weingut Schlossmühle · camper site · km 161, 0.2 km off the road
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from the place's own page: showers and toilets (0.97) · wifi (0.97) · electric hook-ups (0.89) · a pitch over €25 (0.20)
- ⛺ Les Reflets de St Pierre ** · campsite · km 384, 0.2 km off the road
- ⛺ Camping de l'Ill · campsite · km 423, 0.2 km off the road
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from the place's own page: dogs welcome (0.95) · motorhomes can come (0.94) · showers and toilets (0.98) · not open all year (0.23) · tents welcome (0.98) · electric hook-ups (0.96) · a dump station (0.96) · water within walking distance (0.94)
- ⛺ Caravan site / aire · camper site · km 579, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Insula dulcamara · camper site · km 584, 0 km off the road
- ⛺ Caravan site / aire · camper site · km 594, 0 km off the road
Worth a detour
Between the two ends, within 10 km of the road — the places the map marks as notable.
- ◆ Teilstück Römische Wasserleitung · ruins · km 44, 5.4 km off the road
The Eifel Aqueduct was one of the longest aqueducts of the Roman Empire. Wikipedia (en)
- ◆ Burg Bassenheim · castle · km 94, 0.6 km off the road
- ◆ Kriegerdenkmal · memorial · km 178, 5.3 km off the road
- ◆ Expedition GeForce · attraction · km 243, 8 km off the road
Expedition GeForce is a steel roller coaster located at Plopsaland Deutschland in Haßloch, Germany. Wikipedia (en)
- ◆ Little France · attraction · km 354, 8.7 km off the road
The Petite France (French pronunciation: ), in Alsatian dialect: Französel; "Little France"), also known as the Quartier des Tanneurs (German: Gerberviertel; "Tanner's Quarter") is the south-western part of the Grande Île of Strasbourg, France, the most central and characteristic island of the city that forms the historic centre. Wikipedia (en)
- ◆ Unterlinden Museum · museum · km 422, 2.1 km off the road
The Unterlinden Museum (French: Musée Unterlinden) is located in Colmar, in the Alsace region of France. Wikipedia (en)
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from the place's own page: not cheap (0.29) · a café on site (0.93)
- ◆ Dreiländereck · attraction · km 488, 1 km off the road
The Dreiländereck is a monument in Basel, Switzerland. It marks the tripoint where the borders of France, Germany and Switzerland meet. Wikipedia (en)
- ◆ Schloss Burgdorf · castle · km 566, 5.1 km off the road
Burgdorf Castle (German: Schloss Burgdorf) is a castle in the municipality of Burgdorf in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. Wikipedia (en)
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from the place's own page: a café on site (0.93)
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.
- 1936 viewpoints — Alter Zoll (km 29), Wasserturm Wöllstein (km 175), Vue sur Cathédrale de Strasbourg (km 349), Pfalz (km 485)
- 1580 wineries — Weingut Nelles (km 57), Weingut Heymann-Löwenstein (km 99), Bischöfliches Weingut Rüdesheim (km 162), Winery (km 421)
- 1055 castles — Schloss Augustusburg (km 15), Boosenburg (km 162), Château de la Cour d'Angleterre (km 333), Römische Warte Au-Hard (km 491)
- 739 farm shops — Honig vom Imker (km 277)
- 443 swim spots — Melbbad (km 29), Tauris Freizeitbad (km 92), Heinrich-Völker-Bad (km 208), Gartenbad Eglisee (km 485)
- 222 climbing — DAV Kletterzentrum Pfalz Rock (km 220), mur d'escalade (km 479)
On this road
Plan this road from your own door: your car, your dates, the beds and the food priced the same honest way.