The road
Helsinki to Copenhagen by car
1138 km, about 16 h 30 on the fastest road, through Sweden, Finland and Denmark. Fuel from about €145 in a petrol car at this week's prices, with about €212 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
1138 km
fastest road, one way
Driving
16 h 30
without stops
Countries
3
Sweden, Finland and Denmark
The road, country by country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden · 799 km
- 🇫🇮 Finland · 292 km
- 🇩🇰 Denmark · 47 km
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 | €145 | €212 | €357 | 80 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €153 | €212 | €365 | 74 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €283 | €282 | €565 | 137 l at 12 l/100 km |
- 🇸🇪 petrol €1.59 · diesel €1.90 /l
- 🇫🇮 petrol €2.32 · diesel €2.48 /l
- 🇩🇰 petrol €2.63 · diesel €2.44 /l
Charged on the way
- 🌉 Øresund bridge — €69.56 (Passenger car up to 6 m) · unverified
- ⛴ Stockholm–Helsinki ferry — €140 (Car + cheapest cabin berth) · unverified
- 🌉 Stockholm congestion tax — €2.66 (Car (one crossing)) · 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 Travemünde
495 km, about 34 h 42 — Denmark, Germany and Finland.
Petrol car: fuel about €86, tolls and crossings about €357.
⛴ Travemünde–Helsinki ferry (€330, unverified) · 🌉 Storebælt (Great Belt) bridge (€27.42, unverified) · 🌉 Lillebælt (Little Belt) bridge (free)
Where to sleep beside the road
193 campsites and camper sites within 10 km of this road, from OpenStreetMap. A few between the two ends:
- ⛺ Campsite / aire · campsite · km 534, 0.2 km off the road
- ⛺ Campsite / aire · campsite · km 555, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Camping Vättersmålen · campsite · km 778, 0.2 km off the road
- ⛺ Caravan site / aire · camper site · km 813, 0.3 km off the road
- ⛺ Lovsjöbadens Camping · campsite · km 813, 0.3 km off the road
- ⛺ Caravan site / aire · camper site · km 983, 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.
- ◆ Espoon kaupunki · gallery · km 19, 1.1 km off the road
- ◆ Ett Hem · museum · km 160, 4.1 km off the road
- ◆ Ryssugn · attraction · km 392, 6.4 km off the road
- ◆ Gamla stan · attraction · km 477, 3.3 km off the road
- ◆ Arbetets Museum · museum · km 639, 3 km off the road
- ◆ Brahehus · attraction · km 759, 0.1 km off the road
- ◆ Sagomuseet · museum · km 908, 1.2 km off the road
- ◆ Sofiero slott · castle · km 1026, 7.3 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.