The road
Helsinki to Hamburg by car
1597 km, about 20 h 30 on the fastest road, through Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Germany. Fuel from about €223 in a petrol car at this week's prices, with about €240 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
1597 km
fastest road, one way
Driving
20 h 30
without stops
Countries
4
Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Germany
The road, country by country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden · 818 km
- 🇫🇮 Finland · 290 km
- 🇩🇰 Denmark · 264 km
- 🇩🇪 Germany · 224 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 | €223 | €240 | €463 | 112 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €224 | €240 | €464 | 104 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €413 | €368 | €781 | 192 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
- 🇩🇪 petrol €2.33 · diesel €2.33 /l
Charged on the way
- 🌉 Storebælt (Great Belt) bridge — €27.42 (Car under 6 m) · unverified
- 🌉 Øresund bridge — €69.56 (Passenger car up to 6 m) · unverified
- 🌉 Lillebælt (Little Belt) bridge — free · unverified
- ⛴ Stockholm–Helsinki ferry — €140 (Car + cheapest cabin berth) · unverified
- 🌉 Stockholm congestion tax — €2.66 (Car (one crossing)) · unverified
- 🚫 Hamburg: Diesel-Durchfahrtsverbote (older diesel bans on some streets) — Older diesel vehicles on specific streets.
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
86 km, about 31 h — Germany and Finland.
Petrol car: fuel about €14, tolls and crossings about €330.
⛴ 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.
Where to sleep beside the road
452 campsites and camper sites within 10 km of this road, from OpenStreetMap. A few between the two ends:
- ⛺ Campsite / aire · campsite · km 555, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Rødhøjlund Skov naturlejrplads · campsite · km 1232, 0.2 km off the road
- ⛺ Nyborg Strandcamping · campsite · km 1255, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Nyborg Strandcamping · campsite · km 1255, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Campingplatz Silbersee · campsite · km 1529, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Campingplatz Schnelsen-Nord · campsite · km 1580, 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.
- ◆ Espoon kaupunki · gallery · km 19, 1.1 km off the road
- ◆ Lidö herrgård · attraction · km 392, 5.4 km off the road
- ◆ Kungsstolen · attraction · km 399, 6.3 km off the road
- ◆ Berg's Locks · attraction · km 679, 5.4 km off the road
- ◆ Vandalorum · gallery · km 870, 0.4 km off the road
- ◆ Sofiero slott · castle · km 1026, 7.3 km off the road
- ◆ Sorø Kunstmuseum · museum · km 1205, 2.7 km off the road
- ◆ Kunstmuseet Brundlund Slot · museum · km 1410, 3.8 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.