The road
Helsinki to Kraków by car
1417 km, about 17 h 18 on the fastest road, through Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Finland. Fuel from about €185 in a petrol car at this week's prices, with about €20 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
1417 km
fastest road, one way
Driving
17 h 18
without stops
Countries
5
Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Finland
The road, country by country
- 🇵🇱 Poland · 644 km
- 🇱🇻 Latvia · 293 km
- 🇱🇹 Lithuania · 258 km
- 🇪🇪 Estonia · 187 km
- 🇫🇮 Finland · 35 km
With a camper's height and weight the router takes a different road: 1422 km, about 19 h 48.
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 | €185 | €20 | €205 | 99 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €187 | €20 | €207 | 92 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €346 | €64 | €410 | 171 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 €2.32 · diesel €2.48 /l
Charged on the way
- 🇵🇱 Motorway tolls in Poland: about €27 for a car over 644 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
2495 km, about 28 h 30 — Sweden, Germany, Poland, Finland and Denmark.
Petrol car: fuel about €351, tolls and crossings about €263.
🌉 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
906 km, about 38 h 30 — Poland, Germany and Finland.
Petrol car: fuel about €131, tolls and crossings about €350.
⛴ 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
- ⛺ UniPark · camper site · km 1126, 0.2 km off the road
- ⛺ 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
- ◆ Punane torn · attraction · km 237, 1.7 km off the road
- ◆ Riga Motor Museum · museum · km 431, 5.7 km off the road
- ◆ 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
- ◆ National Museum of Ethnography · museum · km 1108, 4.8 km off the road
- ◆ Jezioro Rejowskie · attraction · km 1263, 1.3 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.