The road
Helsinki to Ruka by car
830 km, about 9 h 06 on the fastest road, through Finland. Fuel from about €135 in a petrol car at this week's prices.
Measured on the road our router draws, 2026-10-09. Your own start and vehicle change every number — that is what the button at the end is for.
830 km fastest road, one way · 9 h 06 driving without stops · 1 country
The road, country by country
- 🇫🇮 Finland · 830 km
🦌 Finland: wildlife warning signs along 145 km of this road (moose) — 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: 2 days of driving, one night at a campsite about €25 each, self-catering for two about €25 a day — with the fuel and tolls below about €327.
| Vehicle | Fuel | Tolls | Together | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Car, petrol | €135 | €0 | €135 | 58 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €136 | €0 | €136 | 54 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €252 | €0 | €252 | 100 l at 12 l/100 km |
- 🇫🇮 petrol €2.33 · diesel €2.52 /l
Where to sleep beside the road
51 campsites and camper sites within 10 km of this road, from OpenStreetMap. A few between the two ends:
- ⛺ Viitostuvan mökit · campsite · km 419, 0 km off the road
- ⛺ Neste Linnanportti · camper site · km 509, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Campsite / aire · campsite · km 554, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Caravan site / aire · camper site · km 664, 0 km off the road
- ⛺ Caravan site / aire · camper site · km 664, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Camping Matkajoki · campsite · km 808, 0.1 km off the road
Places of remembrance near the road: Kustaa Adolfin Kirkko (km 474).
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
- ◆ Iso-Pappila · museum · km 188, 8.1 km off the road
- ◆ Pursiala giant's cauldron · attraction · km 229, 1.6 km off the road
- ◆ Kuopio Market Square · attraction · km 389, 1.1 km off the road
- ◆ Kainuun Museo · museum · km 558, 0.3 km off the road
- ◆ The Silent People · attraction · km 693, 0.1 km off the road
- ◆ Kuusamo Museum of Local History and Culture · museum · km 802, 2.2 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.