The road
Helsinki to Berlin by car
1677 km, about 19 h 12 on the fastest road, through Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Germany and Finland. Fuel from about €223 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
1677 km
fastest road, one way
Driving
19 h 12
without stops
Countries
6
Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Germany and Finland
The road, country by country
- 🇵🇱 Poland · 721 km
- 🇱🇻 Latvia · 319 km
- 🇱🇹 Lithuania · 277 km
- 🇪🇪 Estonia · 194 km
- 🇩🇪 Germany · 125 km
- 🇫🇮 Finland · 42 km
With a camper's height and weight the router takes a different road: 1873 km, about 23 h 06.
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 | €223 | €51 | €274 | 117 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €223 | €51 | €274 | 109 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €490 | €368 | €858 | 225 l at 12 l/100 km |
- 🇵🇱 petrol €1.81 · diesel €1.98 /l
- 🇱🇻 petrol €1.94 · diesel €2.05 /l
- 🇱🇹 petrol €1.88 · diesel €2.13 /l
- 🇪🇪 petrol €1.81 · diesel €1.92 /l
- 🇩🇪 petrol €2.33 · diesel €2.33 /l
- 🇫🇮 petrol €2.32 · diesel €2.48 /l
Charged on the way
- 🇵🇱 Motorway tolls in Poland: about €31 for a car over 721 km — an estimate; the exact amount depends on the roads you take.
- ⛴ Tallinn–Helsinki ferry — €20 (Car) · unverified
- 🚫 Berlin: Umweltzone (green Umweltplakette) — Any vehicle without a green sticker — campers included.
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
1876 km, about 23 h 18 — Sweden, Germany, Finland and Denmark.
Petrol car: fuel about €269, 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
288 km, about 33 h 18 — Germany and Finland.
Petrol car: fuel about €47, 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.
Where to sleep beside the road
166 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
- ⛺ Campsite / aire · campsite · km 425, 0.2 km off the road
- ⛺ Kaunas Lake · campsite · km 707, 0.2 km off the road
- ⛺ Caravan site / aire · camper site · km 1205, 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
- ◆ Tallinn Gate · attraction · km 237, 2.1 km off the road
- ◆ Rundāle Palace · attraction · km 508, 9.3 km off the road
- ◆ Kėdainių minaretas · attraction · km 657, 6.2 km off the road
- ◆ Tablica upamiętniająca Józefa Piłsudskiego · memorial · km 881, 3.6 km off the road
- ◆ National Museum of Ethnography · museum · km 1108, 4.8 km off the road
- ◆ Pomnik bitwy pod Sokołowem 1848 · memorial · km 1364, 3.4 km off the road
- ◆ Christ the King · attraction · km 1501, 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.