The road
Helsinki to Warsaw by car and ferry
1115 km, about 13 h 36 on the fastest road, the Tallinn–Helsinki ferry included, through Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland. Fuel from about €144 in a petrol car at this week's prices, 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.
1115 km fastest road, one way · 13 h 36 driving without stops · 5 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 · 16 km
- 🇪🇪 Estonia · 231 km
- 🇱🇻 Latvia · 246 km
- 🇱🇹 Lithuania · 284 km
- 🇵🇱 Poland · 338 km
With a camper's height and weight the router takes a different road: 1127 km, about 15 h.
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: 3 days of driving, 2 nights at a campsite about €18 each, self-catering for two about €23 a day — with the fuel and tolls below about €459.
| Vehicle | Fuel | Tolls | Together | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Car, petrol | €144 | €20 | €164 | 78 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €148 | €20 | €168 | 72 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €275 | €79 | €354 | 135 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
Charged on the way
- ⛴ Tallinn–Helsinki ferry — €20 (Car up to 5 m) · unverified
- 🚫 Warsaw: Strefa Czystego Transportu (SCT) — Petrol below Euro 3 or built before 2000, diesel below Euro 5 or built before 2009.
Rules on this road
- 🧾 Every toll on this road, for a car, caravan or motorhome
- ❄️ Winter-tyre law: Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania · studded tyres banned: Poland
- 🚫 Low-emission zones — what a car from abroad needs: Poland
- 🦺 Compulsory kit in the car: Finland, Estonia, Poland
- 🚐 Towing a caravan or in a motorhome — speed limits: Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Poland
- ⛴ 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
899 km, about 38 h — Finland, Germany and Poland.
Petrol car: fuel about €118, tolls and crossings about €343.
⛴ Travemünde–Helsinki ferry (€330, 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.
Where to sleep beside the road
92 campsites and camper sites within 10 km of this road, from OpenStreetMap. A few between the two ends:
- ⛺ Campsite / aire · campsite · km 312, 0.3 km off the road
- ⛺ 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
- ⛺ Campsite / aire · campsite · km 425, 0.2 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
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
- ◆ Varbola Stronghold · attraction · km 161, 3.8 km off the road
- ◆ Salacas pils · fort · km 316, 0.1 km off the road
- ◆ Rundāle Palace · attraction · km 508, 9.3 km off the road
- ◆ Panevėžio Kristaus Karaliaus katedra · attraction · km 600, 5.2 km off the road
- ◆ Museum of Devils · museum · km 704, 4.5 km off the road
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from the place's own page: likely not step-free · not cheap
- ◆ Zamek Szczuków w Szczuczynie · attraction · km 914, 0.9 km off the road
- ◆ Skansen im. Marii Żywirskiej w Brańszczyku · museum · km 1043, 2.9 km off the road
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from its Wikipedia article: cheap or free
On this road
Plan this road from your own door: your car, your dates, the beds and the food priced the same honest way.