The road
Helsinki to Vienna by car and ferry
1799 km, about 19 h 06 on the fastest road, the Tallinn–Helsinki ferry included, through Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Czechia and Austria. Fuel from about €227 in a petrol car at this week's prices, tolls about €19, 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.
1799 km fastest road, one way · 19 h 06 driving without stops · 7 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 road, country by country
- 🇫🇮 Finland · 15 km
- 🇪🇪 Estonia · 225 km
- 🇱🇻 Latvia · 240 km
- 🇱🇹 Lithuania · 276 km
- 🇵🇱 Poland · 715 km
- 🇨🇿 Czechia · 239 km
- 🇦🇹 Austria · 89 km
With a camper's height and weight the router takes a different road: 1787 km, about 22 h 24.
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 €22 a day — with the fuel and tolls below about €667.
| Vehicle | Fuel | Tolls | Together | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Car, petrol | €227 | €39 | €266 | 126 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €233 | €39 | €272 | 117 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €427 | €98 | €525 | 214 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
- 🇦🇹 petrol €1.82 · diesel €2.13 /l
Charged on the way
- ⛴ Tallinn–Helsinki ferry — €20 (Car up to 5 m) · unverified
- 🎫 Austrian motorway vignette — €9.6 (Vehicle up to 3.5 t (car, motorhome or car + trailer)) · 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, Austria · studded tyres banned: Poland, Czechia
- 🚫 Low-emission zones — what a car from abroad needs: Poland, Austria
- 🦺 Compulsory kit in the car: Finland, Estonia, Poland, Czechia, Austria
- 🚐 Towing a caravan or in a motorhome — speed limits: Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Poland, Czechia, Austria
- ⛴ 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
1034 km, about 39 h 54 — Finland, Germany, Czechia and Austria.
Petrol car: fuel about €146, tolls and crossings about €349.
⛴ Travemünde–Helsinki ferry (€330, unverified) · 🌉 Austrian motorway vignette (€9.6, 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.
- 🇦🇹 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
164 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
- ⛺ jurek · camper site · km 1492, 0 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
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from its Wikipedia article: cheap or free
- ◆ Tallinn Gate · attraction · km 237, 2.1 km off the road
- ◆ Rundāle Palace · attraction · km 508, 9.3 km off the road
- ◆ M. K. Čiurlionis National Art Museum · museum · km 704, 4.6 km off the road
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from its Wikipedia article: activities for children
- ◆ Stary cmentarz żydowski · attraction · km 961, 5.6 km off the road
- ◆ Pałac w Nieborowie · museum · km 1174, 2.1 km off the road
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from its Wikipedia article: not cheap
- ◆ Guido Mine and Coal Mining Museum · museum · km 1433, 4.7 km off the road
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from the place's own page: not cheap · activities for children
- ◆ Dinopark · zoo / aquarium · km 1629, 1.2 km off the road
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from its Wikipedia article: not cheap
On this road
Trips that end in Vienna
Plan this road from your own door: your car, your dates, the beds and the food priced the same honest way.