The road
Copenhagen to Berlin by car
749 km, about 7 h on the fastest road, through Denmark and Germany. 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
749 km
fastest road, one way
Driving
7 h
without stops
Countries
2
Denmark and Germany
The road, country by country
- 🇩🇰 Denmark · 276 km
- 🇩🇪 Germany · 473 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 | €128 | €27 | €155 | 52 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €121 | €27 | €148 | 49 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €224 | €86 | €310 | 90 l at 12 l/100 km |
- 🇩🇰 petrol €2.62 · diesel €2.56 /l
- 🇩🇪 petrol €2.35 · diesel €2.46 /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 Puttgarden
550 km, about 6 h 12 — Denmark and Germany.
Petrol car: fuel about €94.
⛴ 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
336 campsites and camper sites within 10 km of this road, from OpenStreetMap. A few between the two ends:
- ⛺ Rødhøjlund Skov naturlejrplads · campsite · km 109, 0.2 km off the road
- ⛺ Nyborg Strandcamping · campsite · km 132, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Nyborg Strandcamping · campsite · km 132, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Campingplatz Silbersee · campsite · km 406, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Familien-Campingplatz Forellensee · campsite · km 412, 0.2 km off the road
- ⛺ Campingplatz Silbersee Dreenkrögen · campsite · km 565, 0.2 km off the road
Worth a detour
Between the two ends, within 10 km of the road — the places the map marks as notable.
- ◆ Snubbekorset · memorial · km 20, 4.8 km off the road
Snubbekorset er et tre meter højt kors i bornholmsk granit, der står på en bronzealderhøj på en mark ved en bivej mellem Herstedvester og Sengeløse. Wikipedia (da)
- ◆ Archaeological site · ruins · km 111, 5.2 km off the road
- ◆ Trapholt Museet · museum · km 226, 4.4 km off the road
Trapholt is a museum of contemporary art and design located in Kolding, Denmark. Wikipedia (en)
- ◆ Kunstmuseet Brundlund Slot · museum · km 287, 3.8 km off the road
Kunstmuseet Brundlund Slot er et museum i Aabenraa under Museum Sønderjylland. Wikipedia (da)
- ◆ Burg Bori · ruins · km 409, 8.2 km off the road
- ◆ Schloss Ahrensburg · museum · km 468, 7.2 km off the road
- ◆ Ruins · ruins · km 605, 5.1 km off the road
- ◆ Meteoriteneinschlag Linum · attraction · km 693, 0.6 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.
- 606 swim spots — Jersie Strand (km 36), Odense friluftsbad (km 165), Østerstrand (km 210), Barracuda Beach (km 568)
- 324 viewpoints — Oxbjerget (km 13), Knivsbjerg (km 273), Aussichtsturm Ketelvierth (km 419), Bismarckturm Pritzwalk (km 621)
- 219 farm shops
- 193 castles — Mosede Fort (km 28), Hindsgavl Slot (km 209), Gut Emkendorf (km 383), Alte Burg Neustadt-Glewe (km 570)
- 89 golf — Copenhagen Golf Center (km 16), Par 3 banen (km 16), Albertslund Golfklub (km 19), Kolding Golf Club (km 226)
- 41 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.