The road
Hamburg to Vienna by car
974 km, about 9 h on the fastest road, through Germany, Czechia and Austria. Fuel from about €144 in a petrol car at this week's prices, with about €22 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
974 km
fastest road, one way
Driving
9 h
without stops
Countries
3
Germany, Czechia and Austria
The road, country by country
- 🇩🇪 Germany · 459 km
- 🇨🇿 Czechia · 394 km
- 🇦🇹 Austria · 121 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 | €144 | €22 | €166 | 68 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €144 | €22 | €166 | 63 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €266 | €22 | €288 | 117 l at 12 l/100 km |
- 🇩🇪 petrol €2.35 · diesel €2.46 /l
- 🇨🇿 petrol €1.88 · diesel €2.07 /l
- 🇦🇹 petrol €1.93 · diesel €2.24 /l
Charged on the way
- 🎫 Austrian motorway vignette — €9.6 (Vehicle up to 3.5 t) · unverified
- 🎫 Czech e-vignette (dálniční známka) — €12 (Vehicle ≤ 3.5 t) · unverified
- 🚫 Hamburg: Diesel-Durchfahrtsverbote (older diesel bans on some streets) — Older diesel vehicles on specific streets.
Shops on a Sunday
- 🇩🇪 Germany — Supermarkets are shut on Sundays by law — the exceptions are stations, airports and petrol stations. Shop on Saturday.
- 🇦🇹 Austria — Shops are shut on Sundays by law, with station and petrol-station shops the usual exceptions. Shop on Saturday.
Where to sleep beside the road
294 campsites and camper sites within 10 km of this road, from OpenStreetMap. A few between the two ends:
- ⛺ Caravan site / aire · camper site · km 86, 0.3 km off the road
- ⛺ Campingplatz Aller-Leine-Tal · campsite · km 112, 0.4 km off the road
- ⛺ Parksee Lohne · campsite · km 141, 0.4 km off the road
- ⛺ Campingplatz Paradiessee · campsite · km 179, 0.3 km off the road
- ⛺ Alpa · campsite · km 827, 0.2 km off the road
- ⛺ Campsite / aire · campsite · km 830, 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.
- ◆ Oldendorfer Totenstatt · attraction · km 46, 10 km off the road
- ◆ Burckhardtdenkmal · memorial · km 148, 9.7 km off the road
- ◆ Großsteingrab ALV 13 · ruins · km 252, 9.2 km off the road
The Megalithic tombs in Haldensleben Forest are a group of more than 80 megalithic tombs of the Neolithic Age, near Haldensleben, about 22 kilometres (14 mi) north-west of Magdeburg, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Wikipedia (en)
- ◆ Zeitgeschichtliches Forum · museum · km 393, 7 km off the road
The Zeitgeschichtliches Forum Leipzig (English: Forum of Contemporary History) is a museum of contemporary German history. Wikipedia (en)
- ◆ Pillnitzer Kamelie · attraction · km 508, 5.2 km off the road
Die Pillnitzer Kamelie ist eine der ältesten in Europa befindlichen Kamelienart (Camellia) Japanische Kamelie (Camellia japonica)- Wikipedia (de)
- ◆ menhir Zkamenělý slouha · attraction · km 626, 2.7 km off the road
- ◆ Muzeum Jaroslava Haška · museum · km 734, 9.2 km off the road
- ◆ sv. Jan Nepomucký · memorial · km 857, 3.4 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.
- 2369 climbing — Kronsberg life tower (km 147), Blocschmiede (km 265), Galgenberg (km 354), FreeSolo (km 642)
- 1626 viewpoints — Leuchtfeuer Bunthaus (km 14), Bismarckturm Schönebeck (km 289), Kaitzer Höhe (km 494), Observation tower (km 733)
- 1107 castles — Schloss Rethmar (km 159), Rittergut Emden (km 246), Hohenplauensches Wasserhaus (Fundamentreste) (km 492), Orlík u Humpolce (km 735)
- 695 swim spots — Strandbad Dorfmark (km 85), Maya Mare (km 359), Kiesgrube Pratzschwitz (km 508), Přírodní koupací biotop Říčany (km 818)
- 395 wineries — Víno Hruška (km 637), Vinařství Garčic (km 873), Vinařství Drmola (km 877), Winery (km 892)
- 263 farm shops
On this road
Plan this road from your own door: your car, your dates, the beds and the food priced the same honest way.