The road
Copenhagen to Paris by car
1363 km, about 12 h 30 on the fastest road, through Denmark, Germany, Belgium and France. Fuel from about €222 in a petrol car at this week's prices, with about €61 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
1363 km
fastest road, one way
Driving
12 h 30
without stops
Countries
4
Denmark, Germany, Belgium and France
The road, country by country
- 🇩🇰 Denmark · 259 km
- 🇩🇪 Germany · 620 km
- 🇧🇪 Belgium · 124 km
- 🇫🇷 France · 360 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 | €222 | €61 | €283 | 95 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €217 | €61 | €278 | 89 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €400 | €143 | €543 | 163 l at 12 l/100 km |
- 🇩🇰 petrol €2.62 · diesel €2.56 /l
- 🇩🇪 petrol €2.35 · diesel €2.46 /l
- 🇧🇪 petrol €1.99 · diesel €2.39 /l
- 🇫🇷 petrol €2.22 · diesel €2.38 /l
Charged on the way
- 🇫🇷 Motorway tolls in France: about €34 for a car over 360 km — an estimate; the exact amount depends on the roads you take.
- 🌉 Storebælt (Great Belt) bridge — €27.42 (Car under 6 m) · unverified
- 🌉 Lillebælt (Little Belt) bridge — free · unverified
- 🚫 Düsseldorf: Umweltzone (green Umweltplakette) — Any vehicle without a green sticker.
- 🚫 Paris: ZFE — Crit'Air vignette — By Crit'Air class; older diesel restricted, weekday limits.
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
1210 km, about 11 h 54 — Denmark, Germany, Belgium and France.
Petrol car: fuel about €196.
⛴ 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.
- 🇧🇪 Belgium — Sunday opening is common but short, and many shops close one other day a week too.
Where to sleep beside the road
551 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
- ⛺ Campingplatz Schnelsen-Nord · campsite · km 457, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Aire de Saint-Ghislain Sud · camper site · km 1130, 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)
- ◆ Assensbanen · attraction · km 175, 6.8 km off the road
The Assens Line (Danish: Assensbanen) is a closed railway line on western Funen, connecting Tommerup Stationsby on the Funen Main Line with Assens. Wikipedia (en)
- ◆ Burg Bori · ruins · km 409, 8.2 km off the road
- ◆ Böttcherstraße · attraction · km 578, 5.7 km off the road
Böttcherstraße is a street in the historic centre of Bremen, Germany. Wikipedia (en)
- ◆ Bernhard Christel Wiechmann · memorial · km 683, 5.1 km off the road
- ◆ Kriegerdenkmal · attraction · km 888, 2.3 km off the road
- ◆ Château de Fallais · castle · km 1023, 4.1 km off the road
- ◆ Mametz Wood Memorial · attraction · km 1218, 8.6 km off the road
The Mametz Wood Memorial commemorates an engagement of the 38th (Welsh) Division of the British Army during the First Battle of the Somme in France in 1916. 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.
- 1434 castles — Mosede Fort (km 29), Schloss Gottorf (km 345), Bad Ledde (km 693), Fort de Marchovelette (km 1035)
- 1381 viewpoints — Oxbjerget (km 12), Aussichtsturm Schleswig (km 345), Leedener Berg (km 693), Terril de l'Héribus (km 1110)
- 903 swim spots — Jersie Strand (km 34), HolstenTherme (km 430), Moskaubad (km 685), Aquaboulevard (km 1348)
- 605 farm shops — Liedberger Burghof (km 876), Bioladen Haus Neuenhoven eG (km 882)
- 550 wineries — Weinladen St. Pauli (km 466), Ludwig von Kapff (km 573), Le Vin des Amis (km 1344), Les Caves du Louvre (km 1348)
- 275 climbing — Alter Schwede (km 463), Boulder Base Bremen (km 573), osnabloc (km 677), Marche-Les-Dames (km 1035)
On this road
Plan this road from your own door: your car, your dates, the beds and the food priced the same honest way.