The road
Rotterdam to Freiburg by car
655 km, about 5 h 54 on the fastest road, through France, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. Fuel from about €94 in a petrol car at this week's prices, with about €21 in tolls on the way.
Measured on the road our router draws, 2026-09-13. Your own start and vehicle change every number — that is what the button at the end is for.
Distance
655 km
fastest road, one way
Driving
5 h 54
without stops
Countries
5
France, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands and Luxembourg
The road, country by country
- 🇫🇷 France · 220 km
- 🇧🇪 Belgium · 215 km
- 🇩🇪 Germany · 107 km
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands · 70 km
- 🇱🇺 Luxembourg · 43 km
What it costs to drive
Fuel at the 2026-08-30 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 | €94 | €21 | €115 | 46 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €94 | €21 | €115 | 43 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €173 | €35 | €208 | 79 l at 12 l/100 km |
- 🇫🇷 petrol €2.07 · diesel €2.21 /l
- 🇧🇪 petrol €1.89 · diesel €2.21 /l
- 🇩🇪 petrol €2.24 · diesel €2.23 /l
- 🇳🇱 petrol €2.35 · diesel €2.33 /l
- 🇱🇺 petrol €1.75 · diesel €1.86 /l
Charged on the way
- 🇫🇷 Motorway tolls in France: about €21 for a car over 220 km — an estimate; the exact amount depends on the roads you take.
- 🚫 Rotterdam: Milieuzone — Older diesel vehicles.
- 🚫 Antwerp: LEZ (register/day-pass) — Older diesel/petrol; foreign plates must register.
- 🚫 Strasbourg: ZFE — Crit'Air vignette — By Crit'Air class.
Shops on a Sunday
- 🇧🇪 Belgium — Sunday opening is common but short, and many shops close one other day a week too.
- 🇩🇪 Germany — Supermarkets are shut on Sundays by law — the exceptions are stations, airports and petrol stations. Shop on Saturday.
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands — Many supermarkets open Sundays, but often only from noon.
Where to sleep beside the road
253 campsites and camper sites within 10 km of this road, from OpenStreetMap. A few between the two ends:
- ⛺ Camperplaats Weeskinderendijk · camper site · km 20, 0.3 km off the road
- ⛺ Eekhoornparking · camper site · km 122, 0.2 km off the road
- ⛺ Campingplatz Schuttern · campsite · km 601, 0.5 km off the road
- ⛺ Ernst Caravan · camper site · km 617, 0.2 km off the road
- ⛺ Campingplatz Tunisee · campsite · km 642, 0.2 km off the road
- ⛺ Breisgau Camping am Silbersee · campsite · km 642, 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.
- ◆ Zimmertoren · attraction · km 109, 9.8 km off the road
- ◆ Calamity Mine · attraction · km 164, 1.7 km off the road
- ◆ Fort de Cognelée · fort · km 194, 0.6 km off the road
- ◆ Château de Mirwart · attraction · km 254, 3.4 km off the road
- ◆ Chemins de Fer Lankelz · attraction · km 361, 9.9 km off the road
- ◆ Abbaye Saint-Arnould · attraction · km 412, 5.8 km off the road
- ◆ Cloître des Récollets · attraction · km 523, 2.1 km off the road
- ◆ Mutter Kinzig · memorial · km 574, 0.4 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.