The road
Helsinki to Nordkapp by car
1533 km, about 17 h 12 on the fastest road, through Finland and Norway. Fuel from about €239 in a petrol car at this week's prices.
Measured on the road our router draws, 2026-10-06. Your own start and vehicle change every number — that is what the button at the end is for.
Distance
1533 km
fastest road, one way
Driving
17 h 12
without stops
Countries
2
Finland and Norway
The road, country by country
- 🇫🇮 Finland · 976 km
- 🇳🇴 Norway · 557 km
🦌 Finland: wildlife warning signs along 222 km of this road (moose, deer) — most collisions happen at dusk and dawn, September to November. Väylävirasto (CC BY 4.0)
What it costs to drive
Fuel at the 2026-09-27 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 €26 each, self-catering for two about €27 a day — with the fuel and tolls below about €559.
| Vehicle | Fuel | Tolls | Together | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Car, petrol | €239 | €0 | €239 | 107 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €231 | €0 | €231 | 100 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €426 | €0 | €426 | 184 l at 12 l/100 km |
- 🇫🇮 petrol €2.33 · diesel €2.52 /l
- 🇳🇴 petrol €2.05 · diesel €1.95 /l
Shops on a Sunday
- 🇳🇴 Norway — Only small shops (under about 100 m²) may open on Sundays, so expect a kiosk rather than a supermarket.
Where to sleep beside the road
97 campsites and camper sites within 10 km of this road, from OpenStreetMap. A few between the two ends:
- ⛺ Caravan site / aire · camper site · km 833, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Ivalo River Camping · campsite · km 1109, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Inari Camping · campsite · km 1152, 0 km off the road
- ⛺ Cafe Sininen Fillari · campsite · km 1181, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Russenes Camping · campsite · km 1405, 0 km off the road
- ⛺ Caravan site / aire · camper site · km 1429, 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.
- ◆ Finnish Aviation Museum · museum · km 18, 7.5 km off the road
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from its Wikipedia article: not cheap (0.14)
- ◆ Finnish Air Force Museum · museum · km 285, 1.3 km off the road
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from the place's own page: not cheap (0.19)
- ◆ Helena Takalon patsas · memorial · km 446, 3.9 km off the road
- ◆ Northern Ostrobothnia Museum · museum · km 605, 1.5 km off the road
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from its Wikipedia article: fine with small children (0.75)
- ◆ Santa Claus Village · theme park · km 833, 0.1 km off the road
- ◆ Gold Museum · museum · km 1050, 0.4 km off the road
- ◆ The Sami Collections · museum · km 1269, 0.4 km off the road
- ◆ Trollholmsund · attraction · km 1375, 4.3 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.