The road
Helsinki to Colmar by car
2419 km, about 26 h 12 on the fastest road, through Germany, Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, France and Finland. Fuel from about €343 in a petrol car at this week's prices, with about €60 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
2419 km
fastest road, one way
Driving
26 h 12
without stops
Countries
7
Germany, Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, France and Finland
The road, country by country
- 🇩🇪 Germany · 780 km
- 🇵🇱 Poland · 740 km
- 🇱🇻 Latvia · 280 km
- 🇱🇹 Lithuania · 260 km
- 🇪🇪 Estonia · 180 km
- 🇫🇷 France · 140 km
- 🇫🇮 Finland · 40 km
With a camper's height and weight the router takes a different road: 2356 km, about 27 h 36.
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 | €343 | €60 | €403 | 169 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €336 | €60 | €396 | 157 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €628 | €396 | €1024 | 283 l at 12 l/100 km |
- 🇩🇪 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 €1.81 · diesel €1.92 /l
- 🇫🇷 petrol €2.12 · diesel €2.26 /l
- 🇫🇮 petrol €2.32 · diesel €2.48 /l
Charged on the way
- 🇵🇱 Motorway tolls in Poland: about €31 for a car over 740 km — an estimate; the exact amount depends on the roads you take.
- 🇫🇷 Motorway tolls in France: about €9 for a car over 140 km — an estimate; the exact amount depends on the roads you take.
- ⛴ Tallinn–Helsinki ferry — €20 (Car) · unverified
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
2359 km, about 27 h 42 — Germany, Sweden, Finland, Denmark and France.
Petrol car: fuel about €349, tolls and crossings about €256.
🌉 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
838 km, about 37 h 54 — Germany, France and Finland.
Petrol car: fuel about €135, tolls and crossings about €339.
⛴ 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
470 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
- ⛺ Naherholung Talsperre Pirk GmbH · campsite · km 1868, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Naturistenbund Bayreuth e.V. (FKK-Gelände) · campsite · km 1947, 0.2 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
- ◆ Kėdainių minaretas · attraction · km 657, 6.2 km off the road
- ◆ Skansen im. Marii Żywirskiej w Brańszczyku · museum · km 1043, 2.9 km off the road
- ◆ Tablice Radegast · monument · km 1225, 8.8 km off the road
- ◆ (removed) Memorial stone Nazi Gross Rosen concentration camp - subcamp Bunzlau · memorial · km 1572, 5.1 km off the road
- ◆ Prinzenhöhle · attraction · km 1816, 5.6 km off the road
- ◆ Kunsthalle Würth · museum · km 2134, 8 km off the road
Trips that end in Colmar
Plan this road from your own door: your car, your dates, the beds and the food priced the same honest way.