The road
Turku to Prague by car and ferry
1906 km, about 20 h 48 on the fastest road, the Tallinn–Helsinki ferry included, through Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Czechia. Fuel from about €241 in a petrol car at this week's prices, tolls about €12, the ferry for a car about €20.
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.
1906 km fastest road, one way · 20 h 48 driving without stops · 6 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 Praha, and what it costs.
| Pace | Days | Nights | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Relaxed ≈ 4 h a day | 12 days | 11 nights | ≈ €1,389 fuel €258 · tolls & ferry €38 · 11 nights €681 · food €412 |
| Comfortable ≈ 5 h a day | 10 days | 9 nights | ≈ €1,154 fuel €253 · tolls & ferry €32 · 9 nights €526 · food €343 |
Places on the way
170 km
Photo: Michal Pise, Michal.Pise · CC BY 2.0 Suomenlinna
Day 1 · 84 km before tonight's stop
Suomenlinna, or Sveaborg, is a sea fortress composed of eight islands, of which six have been fortified. Wikipedia
1,280 km
Photo: Marcin Białek · CC BY-SA 3.0 Royal Castle, Warsaw
Day 4 · 219 km into the day · a lunch stop
The Royal Castle in Warsaw is a state museum and a national historical monument, which formerly served as the official royal residence of several Polish monarchs. Wikipedia
1,627 km
Photo: Jar.ciurus · CC BY-SA 3.0 pl Centennial Hall (Wrocław)
Day 5 · 176 km into the day · a lunch stop
The Centennial Hall, formerly named People's Hall, is a historic building in Wrocław, Poland. Wikipedia
1 km
Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 Prague Castle
Day 6 · 1 km from Praha
Prague Castle is a castle complex in Prague, Czech Republic serving as the official residence and workplace of the president of the Czech Republic. Wikipedia
2 km
Photo: o¬. · CC BY 2.0 St. Vitus Cathedral
Day 6 · 2 km from Praha
The Metropolitan Cathedral of Saints Vitus, Wenceslaus and Adalbert is a Catholic metropolitan cathedral in Prague, and the seat of the Archbishop of Prague. Wikipedia
2 km
Photo: Ludek · CC BY-SA 3.0 Petřín
Day 6 · 2 km from Praha
Petřín is a hill in the centre of Prague, Czech Republic. It rises 327 m above sea level and some 130 m above the left bank of the Vltava River. Wikipedia
The road, country by country
- 🇫🇮 Finland · 187 km
- 🇪🇪 Estonia · 223 km
- 🇱🇻 Latvia · 239 km
- 🇱🇹 Lithuania · 276 km
- 🇵🇱 Poland · 798 km
- 🇨🇿 Czechia · 184 km
With a camper's height and weight the router takes a different road: 2061 km, about 27 h 24.
🦌 Finland: wildlife warning signs along 17 km of this road (moose, deer) — 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.
| Vehicle | Fuel | Tolls | Together | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Car, petrol | €241 | €32 | €273 | 133 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €249 | €32 | €281 | 124 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €546 | — | — | 247 l at 12 l/100 km |
- 🇫🇮 petrol €2.37 · diesel €2.55 /l
- 🇪🇪 petrol €1.95 · diesel €2.10 /l
- 🇱🇻 petrol €1.96 · diesel €2.12 /l
- 🇱🇹 petrol €1.94 · diesel €2.24 /l
- 🇵🇱 petrol €1.52 · diesel €1.76 /l
- 🇨🇿 petrol €1.85 · diesel €1.95 /l
Charged on the way
- ⛴ Tallinn–Helsinki ferry — €20 (Car up to 5 m) · unverified
- 🎫 Czech e-vignette (dálniční známka) — €12 (Vehicle ≤ 3.5 t) · unverified
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
2063 km, about 25 h 12 — Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Germany and Czechia.
Petrol car: fuel about €285, tolls and crossings about €135.
🌉 Storebælt (Great Belt) bridge (€27.43, unverified) · 🌉 Øresund bridge (€69.58, unverified) · 🌉 Lillebælt (Little Belt) bridge (free) · ⛴ Stockholm–Turku ferry (€23, unverified) · 🌉 Czech e-vignette (dálniční známka) (€12, unverified) · 🌉 Stockholm congestion tax (€2.68, unverified)
Through Travemünde
865 km, about 38 h 24 — Finland, Germany and Czechia.
Petrol car: fuel about €132, tolls and crossings about €342.
⛴ Travemünde–Helsinki ferry (€330, unverified) · 🌉 Czech e-vignette (dálniční známka) (€12, 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
213 campsites and camper sites within 10 km of this road, from OpenStreetMap. A few between the two ends:
- ⛺ Milleri · campsite · km 476, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Kempings „Dzirnezers K” · campsite · km 578, 0 km off the road
- ⛺ Campsite / aire · campsite · km 581, 0 km off the road
- ⛺ Kaunas Lake · campsite · km 870, 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 1368, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Minicamp Pension Doctor · campsite · km 1763, 0.1 km off the road
Places of remembrance near the road: Tablica upamiętniająca Józefa Piłsudskiego (km 1044), Głaz upamiętniający Układ w Kępnie (km 1538).
Worth a detour
Between the two ends, within 10 km of the road — the places the map marks as notable.
- ◆ Hiidenkirnu · attraction · km 123, 1.1 km off the road
A giant's kettle, also known as either a giant's cauldron, moulin pothole, or glacial pothole, is a typically large and cylindrical pothole drilled in solid rock underlying a glacier either by water descending down a deep moulin or by gravel rotating in the bed of subglacial meltwater stream. Wikipedia (en)
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from its Wikipedia article: nature and landscape
- ◆ Town Hall Pharmacy · museum · km 252, 0.9 km off the road
The Raeapteek (English: Town Hall Pharmacy; German: Ratsapotheke) is a pharmacy in the center of Tallinn, Estonia. Wikipedia (en)
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from its Wikipedia article: cheap or free
- ◆ Latvian Ethnographic Open-Air Museum · museum · km 594, 2.2 km off the road
The Ethnographic Open-Air Museum of Latvia (Latvian: Latvijas Etnogrāfiskais brīvdabas muzejs) is an open-air museum located just outside Riga, the capital of Latvia, on the lightly wooded shores of Jugla Lake. Wikipedia (en)
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from its Wikipedia article: not cheap
- ◆ Stašaičių piliakalnis · attraction · km 824, 6.5 km off the road
Stašaičių piliakalnis, Švedkapis – piliakalnis Kėdainių rajono savivaldybės teritorijoje, į pietus nuo Stašaičių, Šėtos seniūnija. Wikipedia (lt)
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from its Wikipedia article: no parking
- ◆ National Museum of Ethnography · museum · km 1271, 4.8 km off the road
The National Museum of Ethnography (Polish: Państwowe Muzeum Etnograficzne w Warszawie) is a museum of ethnography in Warsaw, Poland. Wikipedia (en)
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from its Wikipedia article: likely step-free · not cheap
- ◆ Hrad Adršpach · ruins · km 1733, 9.8 km off the road
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.
- 1144 castles — Viaporin maarintaman rauniot: Mäkkylä (km 151), Alderu muiža (bij.) (km 568), Zamek Krzyżacki w Ełku (km 1017), Pałac w Brzezince (km 1546)
- 1072 swim spots — Svartvikin uimaranta (km 133), Nemuno nudistų paplūdimys (km 846), Poniatówka (km 1234), Aquapark Wrocław (km 1587)
- 1006 viewpoints — Nupurin lintutorni (km 138), Skats uz Bauskas pili (km 653), Observation tower (km 1017), Wieża widokowa na Wieżycy (km 1650)
- 887 climbing — Murall Centrum Wspinaczkowe (km 1230), lezecká stěna Hradec Králové (km 1751), FreeSolo (km 1852)
- 225 wineries — Víno Hruška (km 1850)
- 77 golf — Master Golf Espoo (km 143), Park Golf Club Hradec Králové Roudnička (km 1754), Golf & Country Club Prague Hodkovičky (km 1855), Golf Club Praha - Motol (km 1858)
Plan this road from your own door: your car, your dates, the beds and the food priced the same honest way.