The road
Helsinki to Prague by car and ferry
1742 km, about 19 h 18 on the fastest road, the Tallinn–Helsinki ferry included, through Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Czechia. Fuel from about €217 in a petrol car at this week's prices, tolls about €9, 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.
1742 km fastest road, one way · 19 h 18 driving without stops · 6 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 Praha, and what it costs.
| Pace | Days | Nights | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Relaxed ≈ 4 h a day | 12 days | 11 nights | ≈ €1,336 fuel €193 · tolls & ferry €88 · 11 nights €656 · food €399 |
| Comfortable ≈ 5 h a day | 10 days | 9 nights | ≈ €1,135 fuel €193 · tolls & ferry €80 · 9 nights €530 · food €332 |
| Long days ≈ 7 h a day | 9 days | 8 nights | ≈ €987 + the travellers' ferry tickets fuel €196 · tolls & ferry €32 · 8 nights €460 · food €299 |
Places on the way
88 km
Photo: Hannu · Public domain Lake Ülemiste
Day 1 · tonight's stop
Lake Ülemiste is the largest of the lakes surrounding Tallinn, Estonia. Wikipedia
1,105 km
Photo: Marcin Białek · CC BY-SA 3.0 Royal Castle, Warsaw
Day 4 · 222 km into the day · a lunch 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
1,565 km
Photo: Derbeth · CC BY 2.5 Sudetes
Day 5 · 263 km into the day · a lunch stop
The Sudetes, also known as the Sudeten Mountains or Sudetic Mountains, is a geomorphological subprovince of the Bohemian Massif province in Central Europe, shared by the Czech Republic, Poland and Germany. Wikipedia
1 km
Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 Prague Castle
Day 6 · 1 km from Praha
Prague Castle is a castle complex in Prague, Czech Republic serving as the official residence and workplace of the president of the Czech Republic. Wikipedia
2 km
Photo: o¬. · CC BY 2.0 St. Vitus Cathedral
Day 6 · 2 km from Praha
The Metropolitan Cathedral of Saints Vitus, Wenceslaus and Adalbert is a Catholic metropolitan cathedral in Prague, and the seat of the Archbishop of Prague. Wikipedia
2 km
Photo: Ludek · CC BY-SA 3.0 Petřín
Day 6 · 2 km from Praha
Petřín is a hill in the centre of Prague, Czech Republic. It rises 327 m above sea level and some 130 m above the left bank of the Vltava River. Wikipedia
The road, country by country
- 🇫🇮 Finland · 15 km
- 🇪🇪 Estonia · 225 km
- 🇱🇻 Latvia · 240 km
- 🇱🇹 Lithuania · 277 km
- 🇵🇱 Poland · 800 km
- 🇨🇿 Czechia · 184 km
With a camper's height and weight the router takes a different road: 1747 km, about 22 h 54.
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: 4 days of driving, 3 nights at a campsite about €18 each, self-catering for two about €21 a day — with the fuel and tolls below about €634.
| Vehicle | Fuel | Tolls | Together | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Car, petrol | €217 | €29 | €246 | 122 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €222 | €29 | €251 | 113 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €408 | €88 | €496 | 210 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
- 🇨🇿 petrol €1.86 · diesel €1.95 /l
Charged on the way
- ⛴ Tallinn–Helsinki ferry — €20 (Car up to 5 m) · unverified
- 🎫 Czech e-vignette (dálniční známka) — €9.43 (Motor vehicle with four wheels or more, ≤ 3.5 t (standard fuel), with or without a trailer) · unverified
Rules on this road
- 🧾 Every toll on this road, for a car, caravan or motorhome
- ❄️ Winter-tyre law: Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Czechia · studded tyres banned: Poland, Czechia
- 🚫 Low-emission zones — what a car from abroad needs: Poland
- 🦺 Compulsory kit in the car: Finland, Estonia, Poland, Czechia
- 🚐 Towing a caravan or in a motorhome — speed limits: Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Poland, Czechia
- ⛴ 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
700 km, about 36 h 54 — Finland, Germany and Czechia.
Petrol car: fuel about €104, tolls and crossings about €339.
⛴ Travemünde–Helsinki ferry (€330, unverified) · 🌉 Czech e-vignette (dálniční známka) (€9.43, 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
180 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 1205, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Minicamp Pension Doctor · campsite · km 1600, 0.1 km off the road
Places of remembrance near the road: Tablica upamiętniająca Józefa Piłsudskiego (km 881), Amor na Pegazie (km 1447).
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
- ◆ Rundāle Palace · attraction · km 508, 9.3 km off the road
- ◆ Kėdainių minaretas · attraction · km 657, 6.2 km off the road
- ◆ Jewish Historical Institute · museum · km 1107, 3.9 km off the road
- ◆ Hrad Adršpach · ruins · km 1570, 9.8 km off the road
On this road
Plan this road from your own door: your car, your dates, the beds and the food priced the same honest way.