The road
Rovaniemi to Nordkapp by car
708 km, about 8 h 24 on the fastest road, through Norway and Finland. Fuel from about €107 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
708 km
fastest road, one way
Driving
8 h 24
without stops
Countries
2
Norway and Finland
The road, country by country
- 🇳🇴 Norway · 427 km
- 🇫🇮 Finland · 281 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 | €107 | €0 | €107 | 50 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €99 | €0 | €99 | 46 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €183 | €0 | €183 | 85 l at 12 l/100 km |
- 🇳🇴 petrol €2.05 · diesel €1.95 /l
- 🇫🇮 petrol €2.32 · diesel €2.48 /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
2906 km, about 30 h 54 — Sweden, Norway and Finland.
Petrol car: fuel about €367, tolls and crossings about €3.
🌉 Stockholm congestion tax (€2.66, unverified)
Through Travemünde
3728 km, about 68 h 12 — Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark and Germany.
Petrol car: fuel about €517, 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
47 campsites and camper sites within 10 km of this road, from OpenStreetMap. A few between the two ends:
- ⛺ Vuotson Maja · campsite · km 217, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Ivalo River Camping · campsite · km 284, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Inari Camping · campsite · km 327, 0 km off the road
- ⛺ Cafe Sininen Fillari · campsite · km 356, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Russenes Camping · campsite · km 581, 0 km off the road
- ⛺ Caravan site / aire · camper site · km 604, 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.
- ◆ Sodankylä Old Church · attraction · km 129, 0.3 km off the road
- ◆ Gold Museum · museum · km 225, 0.4 km off the road
- ◆ Ukonkivi · ruins · km 320, 9.1 km off the road
- ◆ Sulaojan lähde · attraction · km 414, 0.3 km off the road
- ◆ The Sami Collections · museum · km 444, 0.4 km off the road
- ◆ Trollholmsund · attraction · km 550, 4.3 km off the road
- ◆ Bamse · memorial · km 675, 1.3 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.