The road
Helsinki to Stockholm by car and ferry
481 km, about 17 h on the fastest road, the Stockholm–Helsinki ferry included, through Finland and Sweden. Fuel from about €71 in a petrol car at this week's prices, tolls about €3, the ferry for a car about €55.
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
481 km
fastest road, one way
Driving
17 h
without stops
Countries
2
Finland and Sweden
The road, country by country
- 🇫🇮 Finland · 331 km
- 🇸🇪 Sweden · 150 km
🦌 Finland: wildlife warning signs along 15 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: 2 days of driving, one night at a campsite about €24 each, self-catering for two about €25 a day — with the fuel and tolls below about €215.
| Vehicle | Fuel | Tolls | Together | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Car, petrol | €71 | €58 | €129 | 34 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €75 | €58 | €133 | 31 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €138 | €3 | €141 | 58 l at 12 l/100 km |
- 🇫🇮 petrol €2.33 · diesel €2.52 /l
- 🇸🇪 petrol €1.59 · diesel €2.13 /l
Charged on the way
- ⛴ Stockholm–Helsinki ferry — €55 (Car (vehicle only, or with one passenger and the compulsory cabin)) · unverified
- 🌉 Stockholm congestion tax — €2.66 (Car (one crossing)) · unverified
Where to sleep beside the road
70 campsites and camper sites within 10 km of this road, from OpenStreetMap. A few between the two ends:
- ⛺ SF-C Espoo matkailuajoneuvojen säilytysalue · camper site · km 27, 0.4 km off the road
- ⛺ Caravan site / aire · camper site · km 174, 0.4 km off the road
- ⛺ Tammiston Matkaparkki · camper site · km 177, 0.6 km off the road
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from the place's own page: motorhomes can come (0.89) · a restaurant or bar on site (0.73)
- ⛺ Naantali Camping · campsite · km 181, 0.5 km off the road
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from OpenStreetMap's notes on it: electric hook-ups (0.92) · motorhomes can come (0.93) · showers and toilets (0.98) · tents welcome (0.98)
- ⛺ Caravan Club Kapellskär · campsite · km 391, 0.5 km off the road
- ⛺ Kapellskärs Camping · campsite · km 392, 0.4 km off the road
Worth a detour
Between the two ends, within 10 km of the road — the places the map marks as notable.
- ◆ Espoon kaupunki · gallery · km 19, 1.1 km off the road
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from its Wikipedia article: likely step-free (0.83) · cheap or free (0.69)
- ◆ Lammintalo · museum · km 77, 1 km off the road
- ◆ Veturitalli · museum · km 115, 3.3 km off the road
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from the place's own page: not cheap (0.22)
- ◆ Pukkilan kartanomuseo · museum · km 151, 1.6 km off the road
- ◆ Silliperinnemuseo Dikseli, Myllymuseo, Näyttämö · museum · km 203, 7.9 km off the road
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from its Wikipedia article: cheap or free (0.72) · closed part of the year (0.93)
- ◆ Lotsmuseum · museum · km 310, 3.7 km off the road
- ◆ Lidö herrgård · attraction · km 392, 5.4 km off the road
- ◆ Rydboholm Castle · castle · km 462, 3.3 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.