The road
Helsinki to Nice by car
2957 km, about 29 h 48 on the fastest road, through Italy, Poland, Austria, Latvia, Czechia, Lithuania, Estonia, France and Finland. Fuel from about €397 in a petrol car at this week's prices, with about €113 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
2957 km
fastest road, one way
Driving
29 h 48
without stops
Countries
9
Italy, Poland, Austria, Latvia, Czechia, Lithuania, Estonia, France and Finland
The road, country by country
- 🇮🇹 Italy · 660 km
- 🇵🇱 Poland · 611 km
- 🇦🇹 Austria · 562 km
- 🇱🇻 Latvia · 293 km
- 🇨🇿 Czechia · 269 km
- 🇱🇹 Lithuania · 244 km
- 🇪🇪 Estonia · 171 km
- 🇫🇷 France · 98 km
- 🇫🇮 Finland · 49 km
With a camper's height and weight the router takes a different road: 3193 km, about 34 h 42.
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 | €397 | €113 | €510 | 207 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €399 | €113 | €512 | 192 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €851 | €548 | €1399 | 383 l at 12 l/100 km |
- 🇮🇹 petrol €2.04 · diesel €2.14 /l
- 🇵🇱 petrol €1.81 · diesel €1.98 /l
- 🇦🇹 petrol €1.91 · diesel €2.13 /l
- 🇱🇻 petrol €1.94 · diesel €2.05 /l
- 🇨🇿 petrol €1.81 · diesel €1.96 /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 Italy: about €39 for a car over 660 km — an estimate; the exact amount depends on the roads you take.
- 🇵🇱 Motorway tolls in Poland: about €26 for a car over 611 km — an estimate; the exact amount depends on the roads you take.
- 🇫🇷 Motorway tolls in France: about €6 for a car over 98 km — an estimate; the exact amount depends on the roads you take.
- ⛴ Tallinn–Helsinki ferry — €20 (Car) · unverified
- 🎫 Austrian motorway vignette — €9.6 (Vehicle up to 3.5 t) · unverified
- 🎫 Czech e-vignette (dálniční známka) — €12 (Vehicle ≤ 3.5 t) · 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
3045 km, about 34 h 06 — Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, Italy, Finland, Denmark and France.
Petrol car: fuel about €439, tolls and crossings about €314.
🌉 Storebælt (Great Belt) bridge (€27.42, unverified) · 🌉 Øresund bridge (€69.56, unverified) · 🌉 Lillebælt (Little Belt) bridge (free) · ⛴ Stockholm–Helsinki ferry (€140, unverified) · 🌉 Swiss motorway vignette (€42.33, unverified) · 🌉 Gotthard road tunnel · 🌉 Stockholm congestion tax (€2.66, unverified)
Through Travemünde
1525 km, about 44 h 18 — Germany, Switzerland, Italy, France and Finland.
Petrol car: fuel about €226, tolls and crossings about €397.
⛴ Travemünde–Helsinki ferry (€330, unverified) · 🌉 Swiss motorway vignette (€42.33, unverified) · 🌉 Gotthard road tunnel
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.
- 🇦🇹 Austria — Shops are shut on Sundays by law, with station and petrol-station shops the usual exceptions. Shop on Saturday.
Where to sleep beside the road
516 campsites and camper sites within 10 km of this road, from OpenStreetMap. A few between the two ends:
- ⛺ Kempings „Dzirnezers K” · campsite · km 414, 0 km off the road
- ⛺ Campsite / aire · campsite · km 417, 0 km off the road
- ⛺ Area camper Fratta Nord · camper site · km 2322, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Area Camper Frassino · camper site · km 2521, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Elilu · campsite · km 2702, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Parcheggio camper Via Natta · camper site · km 2799, 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.
- ◆ Town Hall Pharmacy · museum · km 88, 0.9 km off the road
- ◆ Rundāle Palace · attraction · km 508, 9.3 km off the road
- ◆ Marijampolės sinagoga · attraction · km 762, 3 km off the road
- ◆ Dwór Zarybie · attraction · km 1129, 5.1 km off the road
- ◆ ZOO Ostrava · zoo / aquarium · km 1495, 3.7 km off the road
- ◆ Burg Seebenstein · attraction · km 1858, 1 km off the road
- ◆ Bollani Arch · monument · km 2270, 2.8 km off the road
- ◆ Colonna votiva del lazzaretto · monument · km 2605, 4.4 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.