The road
Helsinki to Kraków by car and ferry
1417 km, about 16 h 06 on the fastest road, the Tallinn–Helsinki ferry included, through Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland. Fuel from about €177 in a petrol car at this week's prices, the ferry for a car about €20.
Measured on the road our router draws, 2026-10-26. Your own start and vehicle change every number — that is what the button at the end is for.
1417 km fastest road, one way · 16 h 06 driving without stops · 5 countries
What does this road cost in your vehicle?
The nights, tolls for your vehicle class, fuel stops and any ferry — planned in seconds.
The trip, at your pace
Each pace is its own plan of this road for two by car: the driving days it needs, the nights on the way and at Kraków, and what it costs.
| Pace | Days | Nights | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Relaxed ≈ 4 h a day | 8 days | 7 nights | ≈ €966 fuel €168 · ferry €68 · 7 nights €456 · food €274 |
| Comfortable ≈ 5 h a day | 7 days | 6 nights | ≈ €874 fuel €175 · ferry €68 · 6 nights €391 · food €240 |
| Long days ≈ 7 h a day | 5 days | 4 nights | ≈ €680 fuel €180 · ferry €68 · 4 nights €261 · food €171 |
Places on the way
98 km
Photo: Hannu · Public domain Lake Ülemiste
Day 2 · 10 km after last night's stop
Lake Ülemiste is the largest of the lakes surrounding Tallinn, Estonia. Wikipedia
472 km
Photo: Jorge Franganillo · CC BY 2.0 Riga Castle
Day 3 · 82 km into the day · a morning stop
Riga Castle is a castle on the banks of River Daugava in Riga, the capital of Latvia. Wikipedia
1,201 km
Photo: Marcin Białek · CC BY-SA 3.0 Royal Castle, Warsaw
Day 5 · 36 km into the day · a morning stop
The Royal Castle in Warsaw is a state museum and a national historical monument, which formerly served as the official royal residence of several Polish monarchs. Wikipedia
12 km
Photo: C messier · CC BY-SA 4.0 Wieliczka Salt Mine
Day 6 · 12 km from Kraków
The Wieliczka Salt Mine is a salt mine in the town of Wieliczka, near Kraków in southern Poland. Wikipedia
1 km
Photo: Jakub Hałun · CC BY-SA 3.0 Wawel Cathedral
Day 6 · in Kraków
The Archcathedral Basilica of Saint Stanislaus and Saint Wenceslaus, known colloquially as Wawel Cathedral, is a Catholic cathedral situated on Wawel Hill in Kraków, Poland. Wikipedia
18 km
Photo: Aneta Pawska · CC BY-SA 3.0 pl Ojców National Park
Day 6 · 18 km from Kraków
Ojców National Park is a national park in Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship in southern Poland, established in 1956. It takes its name from the village of Ojców, where it also has its headquarters. Wikipedia
The road, country by country
- 🇫🇮 Finland · 15 km
- 🇪🇪 Estonia · 228 km
- 🇱🇻 Latvia · 243 km
- 🇱🇹 Lithuania · 280 km
- 🇵🇱 Poland · 652 km
What it costs to drive
Fuel at the 2026-10-18 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.
A camper, the whole sum: 3 days of driving, 2 nights at a campsite about €18 each, self-catering for two about €22 a day — with the fuel and tolls below about €516.
| Vehicle | Fuel | Tolls | Together | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Car, petrol | €177 | €20 | €197 | 99 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €182 | €20 | €202 | 92 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €335 | €79 | €414 | 170 l at 12 l/100 km |
- 🇫🇮 petrol €2.33 · diesel €2.53 /l
- 🇪🇪 petrol €1.95 · diesel €2.06 /l
- 🇱🇻 petrol €1.95 · diesel €2.06 /l
- 🇱🇹 petrol €1.95 · diesel €2.22 /l
- 🇵🇱 petrol €1.56 · diesel €1.79 /l
Charged on the way
- ⛴ Tallinn–Helsinki ferry — €20 (Car up to 5 m) · unverified
- 🚫 Kraków: Strefa Czystego Transportu (SCT) — foreign plates must register — Petrol below Euro 4, diesel below Euro 6 (over 3.5 t: Euro VI); every foreign-plated vehicle registers first.
Rules on this road
- 🧾 Every toll on this road, for a car, caravan or motorhome
- ❄️ Winter-tyre law: Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania · studded tyres banned: Poland
- 🚫 Low-emission zones — what a car from abroad needs: Poland
- 🦺 Compulsory kit in the car: Finland, Estonia, Poland
- 🚐 Towing a caravan or in a motorhome — speed limits: Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Poland
- ⛴ Gas bottles on the ferry — each line's rule
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
921 km, about 38 h 48 — Finland, Germany and Poland.
Petrol car: fuel about €121, tolls and crossings about €333.
⛴ 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.
Where to sleep beside the road
112 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
- ⛺ Kaunas Lake · campsite · km 707, 0.2 km off the road
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from the place's own page: a dump station · electric hook-ups · motorhomes can come · showers and toilets · fine with small children · wifi · tents welcome · water within walking distance
- ⛺ Caravan site / aire · camper site · km 1230, 0.2 km off the road
- ⛺ Campsite / aire · campsite · km 1317, 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
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from its Wikipedia article: cheap or free
- ◆ Punane torn · attraction · km 237, 1.7 km off the road
- ◆ Latvian Ethnographic Open-Air Museum · museum · km 431, 2.2 km off the road
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from its Wikipedia article: not cheap
- ◆ Panevėžio Kristaus Karaliaus katedra · attraction · km 600, 5.2 km off the road
- ◆ Padovinio piliakalnis · attraction · km 760, 9.4 km off the road
- ◆ Stary cmentarz żydowski · attraction · km 961, 5.6 km off the road
- ◆ Jewish Historical Institute · museum · km 1107, 3.9 km off the road
- ◆ Jezioro Rejowskie · attraction · km 1263, 1.3 km off the road
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from its Wikipedia article: nature and landscape
On this road
Plan this road from your own door: your car, your dates, the beds and the food priced the same honest way.