The road
Helsinki to Rome by car
2922 km, about 29 h 18 on the fastest road, through Poland, Italy, Austria, Latvia, Lithuania, Czechia, Estonia and Finland. Fuel from about €390 in a petrol car at this week's prices, with about €107 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
2922 km
fastest road, one way
Driving
29 h 18
without stops
Countries
8
Poland, Italy, Austria, Latvia, Lithuania, Czechia, Estonia and Finland
The road, country by country
- 🇵🇱 Poland · 652 km
- 🇮🇹 Italy · 628 km
- 🇦🇹 Austria · 604 km
- 🇱🇻 Latvia · 314 km
- 🇱🇹 Lithuania · 266 km
- 🇨🇿 Czechia · 241 km
- 🇪🇪 Estonia · 169 km
- 🇫🇮 Finland · 48 km
With a camper's height and weight the router takes a different road: 2918 km, about 32 h 24.
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 | €390 | €107 | €497 | 205 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €393 | €107 | €500 | 190 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €724 | €194 | €918 | 350 l at 12 l/100 km |
- 🇵🇱 petrol €1.81 · diesel €1.98 /l
- 🇮🇹 petrol €2.04 · diesel €2.14 /l
- 🇦🇹 petrol €1.91 · diesel €2.13 /l
- 🇱🇻 petrol €1.94 · diesel €2.05 /l
- 🇱🇹 petrol €1.88 · diesel €2.13 /l
- 🇨🇿 petrol €1.81 · diesel €1.96 /l
- 🇪🇪 petrol €1.81 · diesel €1.92 /l
- 🇫🇮 petrol €2.32 · diesel €2.48 /l
Charged on the way
- 🇮🇹 Motorway tolls in Italy: about €37 for a car over 628 km — an estimate; the exact amount depends on the roads you take.
- 🇵🇱 Motorway tolls in Poland: about €28 for a car over 652 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
3266 km, about 35 h 42 — Germany, Italy, Sweden, Austria, Finland and Denmark.
Petrol car: fuel about €476, tolls and crossings about €307.
🌉 Storebælt (Great Belt) bridge (€27.42, unverified) · 🌉 Øresund bridge (€69.56, unverified) · 🌉 Lillebælt (Little Belt) bridge (free) · ⛴ Stockholm–Helsinki ferry (€140, unverified) · 🌉 Austrian motorway vignette (€9.6, unverified) · 🌉 Brenner motorway (A13) (€12.5, unverified) · 🌉 Stockholm congestion tax (€2.66, unverified)
Through Travemünde
1745 km, about 45 h 54 — Germany, Italy, Austria and Finland.
Petrol car: fuel about €263, tolls and crossings about €391.
⛴ Travemünde–Helsinki ferry (€330, unverified) · 🌉 Austrian motorway vignette (€9.6, unverified) · 🌉 Brenner motorway (A13) (€12.5, 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.
- 🇦🇹 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
394 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
- ⛺ Caravan site / aire · camper site · km 2322, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Area camper Fratta Nord · camper site · km 2322, 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
- ◆ National Museum of Ethnography · museum · km 1108, 4.8 km off the road
- ◆ Kostel Nanebevstoupení Páně · attraction · km 1474, 8.1 km off the road
- ◆ Einhornhöhle · attraction · km 1839, 6.9 km off the road
- ◆ Bollani Arch · monument · km 2270, 2.8 km off the road
- ◆ via Flaminia Militare · attraction · km 2595, 2.8 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.