The road
Helsinki to Amsterdam by car
2299 km, about 25 h 06 on the fastest road, through Poland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, the Netherlands and Finland. Fuel from about €325 in a petrol car at this week's prices, with about €51 in tolls on the way.
Measured on the road our router draws, 2026-09-17. Your own start and vehicle change every number — that is what the button at the end is for.
Distance
2299 km
fastest road, one way
Driving
25 h 06
without stops
Countries
7
Poland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, the Netherlands and Finland
The road, country by country
- 🇵🇱 Poland · 722 km
- 🇩🇪 Germany · 513 km
- 🇱🇻 Latvia · 323 km
- 🇱🇹 Lithuania · 285 km
- 🇪🇪 Estonia · 209 km
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands · 209 km
- 🇫🇮 Finland · 38 km
With a camper's height and weight the router takes a different road: 2027 km, about 24 h 54.
What it costs to drive
Fuel at the 2026-09-07 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 | €325 | €51 | €376 | 161 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €318 | €51 | €369 | 149 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €538 | €368 | €906 | 243 l at 12 l/100 km |
- 🇵🇱 petrol €1.81 · diesel €1.98 /l
- 🇩🇪 petrol €2.33 · diesel €2.33 /l
- 🇱🇻 petrol €1.94 · diesel €2.05 /l
- 🇱🇹 petrol €1.88 · diesel €2.13 /l
- 🇪🇪 petrol €1.81 · diesel €1.92 /l
- 🇳🇱 petrol €2.47 · diesel €2.44 /l
- 🇫🇮 petrol €2.32 · diesel €2.48 /l
Charged on the way
- 🇵🇱 Motorway tolls in Poland: about €31 for a car over 722 km — an estimate; the exact amount depends on the roads you take.
- ⛴ Tallinn–Helsinki ferry — €20 (Car) · unverified
- 🚫 Amsterdam: Milieuzone — Older diesel cars/vans and pre-Euro-VI diesel campers/trucks.
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 Stockholm
2030 km, about 25 h — Sweden, Germany, Finland, Denmark and the Netherlands.
Petrol car: fuel about €298, tolls and crossings about €240.
🌉 Storebælt (Great Belt) bridge (€27.42, unverified) · 🌉 Øresund bridge (€69.56, unverified) · 🌉 Lillebælt (Little Belt) bridge (free) · ⛴ Stockholm–Helsinki ferry (€140, unverified) · 🌉 Stockholm congestion tax (€2.66, unverified)
Through Travemünde
521 km, about 35 h 18 — Germany, the Netherlands and Finland.
Petrol car: fuel about €87, tolls and crossings about €330.
⛴ Travemünde–Helsinki ferry (€330, unverified)
Shops on a Sunday
- 🇵🇱 Poland — Most Sundays are non-trading by law, with a few exempt Sundays a year. Small owner-run shops and station shops stay open.
- 🇩🇪 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
645 campsites and camper sites within 10 km of this road, from OpenStreetMap. A few between the two ends:
- ⛺ Milleri · campsite · km 313, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Kempings „Dzirnezers K” · campsite · km 414, 0 km off the road
- ⛺ Campsite / aire · campsite · km 417, 0 km off the road
- ⛺ Caravan site / aire · camper site · km 1205, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Minicamping De Hane · campsite · km 2199, 0.2 km off the road
- ⛺ Camping Ruimzicht · campsite · km 2230, 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.
- ◆ Town Hall Pharmacy · museum · km 88, 0.9 km off the road
- ◆ Daugmales pilskalns · ruins · km 450, 1.7 km off the road
- ◆ Lančiūnavos dvaras · attraction · km 649, 0.2 km off the road
- ◆ Tablica upamiętniająca Józefa Piłsudskiego · memorial · km 881, 3.6 km off the road
- ◆ Pałac w Nieborowie · museum · km 1174, 2.1 km off the road
- ◆ Christ the King · attraction · km 1501, 9.4 km off the road
- ◆ Domfelsen · attraction · km 1788, 7 km off the road
- ◆ Max Spanier · memorial · km 2016, 5 km off the 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.