The road
Hamburg to Amsterdam by car
443 km, about 4 h 36 on the fastest road, through Germany and the Netherlands. Fuel from about €74 in a petrol car at this week's prices.
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
443 km
fastest road, one way
Driving
4 h 36
without stops
Countries
2
Germany and the Netherlands
The road, country by country
- 🇩🇪 Germany · 234 km
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands · 209 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 | €74 | €0 | €74 | 31 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €72 | €0 | €72 | 29 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €134 | €0 | €134 | 53 l at 12 l/100 km |
- 🇩🇪 petrol €2.35 · diesel €2.46 /l
- 🇳🇱 petrol €2.45 · diesel €2.58 /l
Charged on the way
- 🚫 Hamburg: Diesel-Durchfahrtsverbote (older diesel bans on some streets) — Older diesel vehicles on specific streets.
- 🚫 Amsterdam: Milieuzone — Older diesel cars/vans and pre-Euro-VI diesel campers/trucks.
No motorway tolls or paid crossings on this road that we hold.
Shops on a Sunday
- 🇩🇪 Germany — Supermarkets are shut on Sundays by law — the exceptions are stations, airports and petrol stations. Shop on Saturday.
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands — Many supermarkets open Sundays, but often only from noon.
Where to sleep beside the road
305 campsites and camper sites within 10 km of this road, from OpenStreetMap. A few between the two ends:
- ⛺ KNAUS Campingpark Oyten/Bremen · campsite · km 104, 0.2 km off the road
- ⛺ KNAUS Campingpark Oyten/Bremen Gruppenzeltplatz · campsite · km 104, 0.4 km off the road
- ⛺ Campingplatz Katenkamp · campsite · km 123, 0.2 km off the road
- ⛺ Zwinderen · campsite · km 283, 0.2 km off the road
- ⛺ Krakeel · campsite · km 292, 0.3 km off the road
- ⛺ Terra Nautic · campsite · km 333, 0.4 km off the road
Worth a detour
Between the two ends, within 10 km of the road — the places the map marks as notable.
- ◆ Eiszeit-Findlingspark · attraction · km 43, 8.2 km off the road
- ◆ Großsteingrab Steinfeld 2 · attraction · km 78, 5.6 km off the road
Die Großsteingräber bei Steinfeld waren mehrere Grabanlagen unbekannter Zahl bei Steinfeld, einem Ortsteil der Gemeinde Bülstedt im Landkreis Rotenburg (Wümme) in Niedersachsen. Wikipedia (de)
- ◆ Böttcherstraße · attraction · km 118, 5.7 km off the road
Böttcherstraße is a street in the historic centre of Bremen, Germany. Wikipedia (en)
- ◆ Der hohe Stein · ruins · km 199, 5.6 km off the road
- ◆ Wekenborg · ruins · km 236, 2 km off the road
- ◆ Old Timers · attraction · km 290, 10 km off the road
Old Timer is een rondrit-attractie in Attractiepark Slagharen van het type VeteranCars van de constructeur Metallbau Emmeln. Wikipedia (nl)
- ◆ Museum de Fundatie / Paleis aan de Blijmarkt · museum · km 338, 0.9 km off the road
Museum de Fundatie (Dutch pronunciation: ) is a museum for the visual arts in Zwolle, Netherlands. Wikipedia (en)
- ◆ Beeld & Geluid · museum · km 422, 9.8 km off the road
The Dutch Institute for Sound and Vision (Dutch: Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld en Geluid, NIBG), founded as Dutch Audiovisual Archive (Dutch: Nederlands Audiovisueel Archief, NAA) is an archive centre and museum located in Hilversum, Netherlands. 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.
- 570 swim spots — Südbad (km 118), Almeerderstrand (km 419), Zilverstrand (km 419)
- 218 viewpoints — Leuchtfeuer Bunthaus (km 14), Brunsberg (km 35), Segelverein „Weser“ (km 113), Uitkijktoren de Stokte (km 330)
- 166 farm shops
- 116 castles — Schloss Etelsen (km 98), Amtshof Harpstedt (km 137), Schloss Dankern (km 243), Molecaten (km 342)
- 99 golf — Golfclub Gut-Düneburg (km 243)
- 56 wineries — Ludwig von Kapff (km 119)
On this road
Trips that end in Amsterdam
Plan this road from your own door: your car, your dates, the beds and the food priced the same honest way.