The road
Helsinki to Paris by car
2692 km, about 28 h 18 on the fastest road, through Germany, Poland, France, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Belgium and Finland. Fuel from about €382 in a petrol car at this week's prices, with about €82 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
2692 km
fastest road, one way
Driving
28 h 18
without stops
Countries
8
Germany, Poland, France, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Belgium and Finland
The road, country by country
- 🇩🇪 Germany · 712 km
- 🇵🇱 Poland · 690 km
- 🇫🇷 France · 356 km
- 🇱🇻 Latvia · 311 km
- 🇱🇹 Lithuania · 289 km
- 🇪🇪 Estonia · 178 km
- 🇧🇪 Belgium · 111 km
- 🇫🇮 Finland · 44 km
With a camper's height and weight the router takes a different road: 2487 km, about 28 h 36.
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 | €382 | €82 | €464 | 188 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €376 | €82 | €458 | 175 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €661 | €430 | €1091 | 298 l at 12 l/100 km |
- 🇩🇪 petrol €2.33 · diesel €2.33 /l
- 🇵🇱 petrol €1.81 · diesel €1.98 /l
- 🇫🇷 petrol €2.12 · diesel €2.26 /l
- 🇱🇻 petrol €1.94 · diesel €2.05 /l
- 🇱🇹 petrol €1.88 · diesel €2.13 /l
- 🇪🇪 petrol €1.81 · diesel €1.92 /l
- 🇧🇪 petrol €1.94 · diesel €2.25 /l
- 🇫🇮 petrol €2.32 · diesel €2.48 /l
Charged on the way
- 🇫🇷 Motorway tolls in France: about €33 for a car over 356 km — an estimate; the exact amount depends on the roads you take.
- 🇵🇱 Motorway tolls in Poland: about €29 for a car over 690 km — an estimate; the exact amount depends on the roads you take.
- ⛴ Tallinn–Helsinki ferry — €20 (Car) · unverified
- 🚫 Düsseldorf: Umweltzone (green Umweltplakette) — Any vehicle without a green sticker.
- 🚫 Paris: ZFE — Crit'Air vignette — By Crit'Air class; older diesel restricted, weekday limits.
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
2490 km, about 28 h 42 — Sweden, Germany, France, Finland, Denmark and Belgium.
Petrol car: fuel about €360, tolls and crossings about €277.
🌉 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
980 km, about 39 h 06 — Germany, France, Belgium and Finland.
Petrol car: fuel about €151, tolls and crossings about €362.
⛴ 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.
- 🇵🇱 Poland — Most Sundays are non-trading by law, with a few exempt Sundays a year. Small owner-run shops and station shops stay open.
- 🇧🇪 Belgium — Sunday opening is common but short, and many shops close one other day a week too.
Where to sleep beside the road
457 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
- ⛺ Caravan site / aire · camper site · km 1205, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Familien-Sport-Gemeinschaft Lichtbund Wuppertal e.V. · campsite · km 2154, 0.2 km off the road
- ⛺ Aire de Saint-Ghislain Sud · camper site · km 2457, 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
- ◆ Bauska castle museum · museum · km 512, 0.8 km off the road
- ◆ M. K. Čiurlionis National Art Museum · museum · km 704, 4.6 km off the road
- ◆ National Museum of Ethnography · museum · km 1108, 4.8 km off the road
- ◆ pałac z XIX w. · castle · km 1366, 3.7 km off the road
- ◆ St. Peter and Paul Cathedral · attraction · km 1715, 7.1 km off the road
- ◆ Richard Otto Senkel · memorial · km 2023, 6.7 km off the road
- ◆ Château de Sombreffe · castle · km 2396, 4.7 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.