The road
Helsinki to Barcelona by car
3461 km, about 34 h 42 on the fastest road, through France, Germany, Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Spain, Estonia and Finland. Fuel from about €495 in a petrol car at this week's prices, with about €157 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
3461 km
fastest road, one way
Driving
34 h 42
without stops
Countries
8
France, Germany, Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Spain, Estonia and Finland
The road, country by country
- 🇫🇷 France · 1030 km
- 🇩🇪 Germany · 801 km
- 🇵🇱 Poland · 686 km
- 🇱🇻 Latvia · 257 km
- 🇱🇹 Lithuania · 257 km
- 🇪🇸 Spain · 229 km
- 🇪🇪 Estonia · 172 km
- 🇫🇮 Finland · 29 km
With a camper's height and weight the router takes a different road: 3361 km, about 36 h.
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 | €495 | €157 | €652 | 242 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €483 | €157 | €640 | 225 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €881 | €564 | €1445 | 403 l at 12 l/100 km |
- 🇫🇷 petrol €2.12 · diesel €2.26 /l
- 🇩🇪 petrol €2.33 · diesel €2.33 /l
- 🇵🇱 petrol €1.81 · diesel €1.98 /l
- 🇱🇻 petrol €1.94 · diesel €2.05 /l
- 🇱🇹 petrol €1.88 · diesel €2.13 /l
- 🇪🇸 petrol €1.82 · diesel €1.79 /l
- 🇪🇪 petrol €1.81 · diesel €1.92 /l
- 🇫🇮 petrol €2.32 · diesel €2.48 /l
Charged on the way
- 🇫🇷 Motorway tolls in France: about €96 for a car over 1030 km — an estimate; the exact amount depends on the roads you take.
- 🇵🇱 Motorway tolls in Poland: about €29 for a car over 686 km — an estimate; the exact amount depends on the roads you take.
- 🇪🇸 Motorway tolls in Spain: about €12 for a car over 229 km — an estimate; the exact amount depends on the roads you take.
- ⛴ Tallinn–Helsinki ferry — €20 (Car) · unverified
- 🚫 Barcelona: ZBE Rondes — By DGT environmental label; register foreign plates.
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
3364 km, about 36 h 06 — France, Germany, Sweden, Spain, Finland, Denmark and Luxembourg.
Petrol car: fuel about €488, tolls and crossings about €355.
🌉 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
1896 km, about 46 h 30 — France, Germany, Spain and Finland.
Petrol car: fuel about €286, tolls and crossings about €443.
⛴ Travemünde–Helsinki ferry (€330, unverified)
Shops on a Sunday
- 🇩🇪 Germany — Supermarkets are shut on Sundays by law — the exceptions are stations, airports and petrol stations. Shop on Saturday.
- 🇵🇱 Poland — Most Sundays are non-trading by law, with a few exempt Sundays a year. Small owner-run shops and station shops stay open.
Where to sleep beside the road
1252 campsites and camper sites within 10 km of this road, from OpenStreetMap. A few between the two ends:
- ⛺ Kempings „Dzirnezers K” · campsite · km 414, 0 km off the road
- ⛺ Campsite / aire · campsite · km 417, 0 km off the road
- ⛺ Naherholung Talsperre Pirk GmbH · campsite · km 1868, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Base de loisirs Brognard · camper site · km 2491, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ La Clusa · camper site · km 3293, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ La Jonquera · camper site · km 3301, 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
- ◆ Upytės piliakalnis · attraction · km 605, 4.9 km off the road
- ◆ Tablica upamiętniająca Józefa Piłsudskiego · memorial · km 881, 3.6 km off the road
- ◆ Amor na Pegazie · memorial · km 1447, 7 km off the road
- ◆ Klosterpark Altzella · attraction · km 1749, 3 km off the road
- ◆ Gedenkstein Landesgartenschau 1985 · memorial · km 2175, 5.7 km off the road
- ◆ Monument aux Morts · memorial · km 2638, 6.7 km off the road
- ◆ Musée du Petit Palais · museum · km 3032, 9.4 km off the road
Plan this road from your own door: your car, your dates, the beds and the food priced the same honest way.