The road
Helsinki to Svolvær by car
1480 km, about 16 h 18 on the fastest road, through Finland, Norway and Sweden. Fuel from about €210 in a petrol car at this week's prices.
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
1480 km
fastest road, one way
Driving
16 h 18
without stops
Countries
3
Finland, Norway and Sweden
The road, country by country
- 🇫🇮 Finland · 538 km
- 🇳🇴 Norway · 538 km
- 🇸🇪 Sweden · 404 km
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 | €210 | — | — | 104 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €205 | — | — | 96 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €378 | — | — | 178 l at 12 l/100 km |
- 🇫🇮 petrol €2.32 · diesel €2.48 /l
- 🇳🇴 petrol €2.05 · diesel €1.95 /l
- 🇸🇪 petrol €1.59 · diesel €1.90 /l
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
1920 km, about 27 h 06 — Sweden, Norway and Finland.
Petrol car: fuel about €246, tolls and crossings about €143.
⛴ Stockholm–Helsinki ferry (€140, unverified) · 🌉 Stockholm congestion tax (€2.66, unverified)
Through Travemünde
2577 km, about 56 h 54 — Sweden, Norway, Germany, Denmark and Finland.
Petrol car: fuel about €333, tolls and crossings about €430.
⛴ Travemünde–Helsinki ferry (€330, unverified) · 🌉 Storebælt (Great Belt) bridge (€27.42, unverified) · 🌉 Øresund bridge (€69.56, unverified) · 🌉 Lillebælt (Little Belt) bridge (free) · 🌉 Stockholm congestion tax (€2.66, unverified)
Shops on a Sunday
- 🇳🇴 Norway — Only small shops (under about 100 m²) may open on Sundays, so expect a kiosk rather than a supermarket.
Where to sleep beside the road
114 campsites and camper sites within 10 km of this road, from OpenStreetMap. A few between the two ends:
- ⛺ Caravan site / aire · camper site · km 596, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Sangis Motell & Camping · campsite · km 768, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Campsite / aire · campsite · km 1192, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Abisko turiststation · campsite · km 1194, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Hærsletta Camping · campsite · km 1258, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Caravan site / aire · camper site · km 1265, 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.
- ◆ Finnish Aviation Museum · museum · km 18, 7.5 km off the road
- ◆ Alvar Aalto Museum · museum · km 268, 2.5 km off the road
- ◆ Helena Takalon patsas · memorial · km 446, 3.9 km off the road
- ◆ Turkansaari Open Air-Museum · museum · km 596, 8 km off the road
- ◆ Siknäsfortet · museum · km 812, 4.7 km off the road
- ◆ Ice Hotel Winter · attraction · km 1086, 3.5 km off the road
- ◆ Kuokkel mining field · attraction · km 1213, 0.8 km off the road
- ◆ Norsk Fiskeindustrimuseum · museum · km 1443, 6.4 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.