The road
Copenhagen to Munich by car
1247 km, about 11 h 42 on the fastest road, through Denmark and Germany. Fuel from about €210 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
1247 km
fastest road, one way
Driving
11 h 42
without stops
Countries
2
Denmark and Germany
The road, country by country
- 🇩🇰 Denmark · 247 km
- 🇩🇪 Germany · 1000 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 | €210 | €27 | €237 | 87 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €201 | €27 | €228 | 81 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €371 | €86 | €457 | 150 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
- 🚫 Munich: Umweltzone (green Umweltplakette) — Any vehicle without a green sticker.
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
1083 km, about 11 h 06 — Denmark and Germany.
Petrol car: fuel about €181.
⛴ 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
624 campsites and camper sites within 10 km of this road, from OpenStreetMap. A few between the two ends:
- ⛺ 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
- ⛺ Campingplatz Schnelsen-Nord · campsite · km 457, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Parkplatz "Großer Freizeitsee" · camper site · km 710, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Caravan site / aire · camper site · km 774, 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.
- ◆ 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)
- ◆ Memorial · memorial · km 156, 2.8 km off the road
- ◆ Poppostein · ruins · km 337, 1.9 km off the road
Der Poppostein (auch Taufstein genannt, dänisch: Popposten(en)) ist ein Hünengrab aus der Jungsteinzeit nahe am Ochsenweg bei Helligbek, Gemeinde Sieverstedt, in der schleswigschen Geest östlich der B76 von Flensburg nach Schleswig. Wikipedia (de)
- ◆ Hamburg Dungeon · attraction · km 472, 3.9 km off the road
Built in 2000, the Hamburg Dungeon is a tourist attraction from a chain including the London Dungeon and Berlin Dungeon. Wikipedia (en)
- ◆ Bernwardsdenkmal · memorial · km 648, 3 km off the road
- ◆ Kartause Eppenberg · ruins · km 795, 0.8 km off the road
- ◆ Top Of The World · attraction · km 1009, 0.5 km off the road
- ◆ Burg Liebeneck · castle · km 1136, 0.2 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.
- 1366 viewpoints — Oxbjerget (km 13), Viewpoint (km 315), Bismarckturm Hildesheim (km 643), Breitfeldhöhe (km 957)
- 990 swim spots — Jersie Strand (km 36), Freibad Quickborn (km 443), Parkbad Weende (km 721), Geisbergbad (km 959)
- 681 castles — Mosede Fort (km 29), Schloss Gottorf (km 346), Schloss Rethmar (km 627), Burgruine Wiesenburg (km 936)
- 576 farm shops — Spargel-Hof Körner (km 1043), Bio-Hofladen (km 1213), Habeker Hof (km 1229)
- 441 wineries — Weinladen St. Pauli (km 467), Staatlicher Hofkeller Würzburg und Vinothek (km 960), Staatlicher Hofkeller Würzburg (km 966), Weinbau K. und P. Pohl (km 968)
- 162 climbing — Alter Schwede (km 464), Kronsberg life tower (km 619), RoXx-Kletterzentrum (km 722), BLOCKHELDEN Boulderhalle Frankenjura (km 1041)
On this road
Plan this road from your own door: your car, your dates, the beds and the food priced the same honest way.