The road
Oulu to Torrevieja by car
4606 km, about 42 h 18 on the fastest road, through Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Luxembourg, France and Spain. Fuel from about €622 in a petrol car at this week's prices, with about €232 in tolls on the way.
Measured on the road our router draws, 2026-10-10. Your own start and vehicle change every number — that is what the button at the end is for.
4606 km fastest road, one way · 42 h 18 driving without stops · 7 countries
The trip, at your pace
Each pace is its own plan of this road for two by car: the driving days it needs, the nights on the way and at Torrevieja, and what it costs.
| Pace | Days | Nights | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Relaxed ≈ 4 h a day | 21 days | 20 nights | ≈ €2,815 fuel €1,215 · tolls €341 · 20 nights €402 · food €857 |
| Comfortable ≈ 5 h a day | 19 days | 18 nights | ≈ €2,896 fuel €1,390 · tolls €372 · 18 nights €358 · food €776 |
Places on the way
1,606 km
Photo: Pudelek · CC BY-SA 4.0 Drottningholm Palace
Day 4 · 148 km into the day · a morning stop
Drottningholm Palace is a royal palace in Drottningholm, on the island of Lovön in Ekerö Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden. Wikipedia
4,257 km
Photo: Benh LIEU SONG (Flickr) · CC BY-SA 3.0 Pont du Gard
Day 9 · 158 km into the day · a morning stop
The Pont du Gard is an ancient Roman aqueduct bridge built in the first century AD to carry water over 50 km to the Roman colony of Nemausus. Wikipedia
4,674 km
Photo: Canaan · CC BY-SA 4.0 Sagrada Família
Day 9 · tonight's stop
Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família, or simply Sagrada Família, is a Catholic church in the Eixample district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Wikipedia
32 km
Photo: José Carlos Díez · CC BY 3.0 Palmeral of Elche
Day 11 · 32 km from Torrevieja
The Palmeral or Palm Grove of Elche is the generic name for a system of date palm orchards in the city of Elche, Spain. Wikipedia
The road, country by country
- 🇫🇮 Finland · 133 km
- 🇸🇪 Sweden · 1655 km
- 🇩🇰 Denmark · 319 km
- 🇩🇪 Germany · 737 km
- 🇱🇺 Luxembourg · 49 km
- 🇫🇷 France · 984 km
- 🇪🇸 Spain · 728 km
With a camper's height and weight the router takes a different road: 4630 km, about 43 h 42.
🦌 Finland: wildlife warning signs along 18 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 2026-10-04 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: 7 days of driving, 6 nights at a campsite about €22 each, self-catering for two about €24 a day — with the fuel and tolls below about €1,990.
| Vehicle | Fuel | Tolls | Together | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Car, petrol | €622 | €232 | €854 | 322 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €653 | €232 | €885 | 299 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €1220 | €470 | €1690 | 556 l at 12 l/100 km |
- 🇫🇮 petrol €2.37 · diesel €2.55 /l
- 🇸🇪 petrol €1.59 · diesel €2.12 /l
- 🇩🇰 petrol €2.60 · diesel €2.49 /l
- 🇩🇪 petrol €2.20 · diesel €2.25 /l
- 🇱🇺 petrol €1.84 · diesel €2.06 /l
- 🇫🇷 petrol €2.21 · diesel €2.35 /l
- 🇪🇸 petrol €1.85 · diesel €1.92 /l
Charged on the way
- 🇫🇷 Motorway tolls in France: about €89 for a car over 952 km — an estimate; the exact amount depends on the roads you take.
- 🇪🇸 Motorway tolls in Spain: about €43 for a car over 837 km — an estimate; the exact amount depends on the roads you take.
- 🌉 Storebælt (Great Belt) bridge — €27.43 (Car under 6 m) · unverified
- 🌉 Øresund bridge — €69.58 (Passenger car up to 6 m) · unverified
- 🌉 Lillebælt (Little Belt) bridge — free · unverified
- 🌉 Stockholm congestion tax — €2.68 (Car (one crossing)) · unverified
- 🚫 Lyon: ZFE — Crit'Air vignette — By Crit'Air class; order the sticker before you go.
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
3071 km, about 57 h 54 — Finland, Germany, France and Spain.
Petrol car: fuel about €462, tolls and crossings about €477.
⛴ Travemünde–Helsinki ferry (€330, unverified)
Shops on a Sunday
- 🇩🇪 Germany — Supermarkets are shut on Sundays by law — the exceptions are stations, airports and petrol stations. Shop on Saturday.
Where to sleep beside the road
1561 campsites and camper sites within 10 km of this road, from OpenStreetMap. A few between the two ends:
- ⛺ Sangis Motell & Camping · campsite · km 164, 0.1 km off the road
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from the place's own page: motorhomes can come · showers and toilets · an accessible toilet · parking for visitors · wifi · tents welcome · water within walking distance
- ⛺ Ladrike / Piratland · campsite · km 290, 0 km off the road
- ⛺ Vidden · camper site · km 381, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Campingplatz Birkenwiese · campsite · km 2768, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ La Clusa · camper site · km 3865, 0.1 km off the road
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from OpenStreetMap's notes on it: motorhomes can come
- ⛺ RV Penedès · Subirats · camper site · km 4055, 0.1 km off the road
Places of remembrance near the road: Monument du 1er Corps d'Armée allemand (km 2936).
Worth a detour
Between the two ends, within 10 km of the road — the places the map marks as notable.
- ◆ Norrbottens Järnvägsmuseum · museum · km 258, 1.1 km off the road
Norrbottens Järnvägsmuseum ligger vid Karlsvikshyttans järnvägsstation i Karlsvik utanför Luleå och ger en inblick i de senaste 100 årens järnvägsteknikhistoria. Wikipedia (sv)
- ◆ Höga Kusten Bridge · attraction · km 705, 0.4 km off the road
- ◆ Åkeshovs slott · attraction · km 1155, 4.6 km off the road
Åkeshov Palace is located in Bromma, a borough of Stockholm, Sweden. Wikipedia (en)
- ◆ Brumleby · attraction · km 1800, 8.1 km off the road
Brumleby is an enclave of terraced houses in Copenhagen, Denmark, located between Øster Allé and Østerbrogade, just south of Parken Stadium and St. James' Church. Wikipedia (en)
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from its Wikipedia article: likely step-free
- ◆ Böttcherstraße · attraction · km 2372, 5.7 km off the road
Böttcherstraße is a street in the historic centre of Bremen, Germany. Wikipedia (en)
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from its Wikipedia article: likely step-free
- ◆ Autel du Taurobole · attraction · km 3476, 2.5 km off the road
L’autel taurobolique de Tain-l'Hermitage, communément appelé « taurobole », est un autel taurobolique romain, situé à Tain-l'Hermitage, dans le département français de la Drôme. Wikipedia (fr)
- ◆ Walden 7 · attraction · km 4030, 9.6 km off the road
The Walden 7 is an apartment building designed by Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura and located in Sant Just Desvern near Barcelona, in Catalonia, Spain. Wikipedia (en)
What this road is for
Counted within 10 km of the road between the two ends, from OpenStreetMap — the places a passion would stop for.
- 2631 castles — Selångers kyrkoruin (km 744), Krokeks ödekyrka (km 1237), Schloss Neubarenaue (km 2367), Château d'Aramon (km 3464)
- 1398 viewpoints — Varvsberget (km 604), Oxbjerget (km 1739), Harkortturm (km 2507), Mirador de la Cornisa (km 3838)
- 1140 swim spots — Pite Havsbad (km 305), Beach / swim spot (km 1179), Le Nautile (km 3223), Aquajet (km 3620)
- 585 wineries — Ludwig von Kapff (km 2282), Caves de l'Abbaye (km 3105), Bouchard Père et Fils (km 3105), Les Vignerons de Tavel et de Lirac (km 3456)
- 289 climbing — Beta Boulders Vanløse (km 1739), Boulder Base Bremen (km 2274), Carrières de Castries (km 3524), escalada Cellecs (km 3833)
- 271 farm shops — La Ferme de Lyon (km 3248)
Plan this road from your own door: your car, your dates, the beds and the food priced the same honest way.