The road
Vaasa to Kiruna by car
803 km, about 8 h 48 on the fastest road, through Finland and Sweden. Fuel from about €110 in a petrol car at this week's prices.
Measured on the road our router draws, 2026-10-06. Your own start and vehicle change every number — that is what the button at the end is for.
Distance
803 km
fastest road, one way
Driving
8 h 48
without stops
Countries
2
Finland and Sweden
The road, country by country
- 🇫🇮 Finland · 392 km
- 🇸🇪 Sweden · 411 km
🦌 Finland: wildlife warning signs along 118 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 2026-09-27 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: 2 days of driving, one night at a campsite about €24 each, self-catering for two about €24 a day — with the fuel and tolls below about €296.
| Vehicle | Fuel | Tolls | Together | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Car, petrol | €110 | €0 | €110 | 56 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €121 | €0 | €121 | 52 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €224 | €0 | €224 | 96 l at 12 l/100 km |
- 🇫🇮 petrol €2.33 · diesel €2.52 /l
- 🇸🇪 petrol €1.59 · diesel €2.13 /l
Where to sleep beside the road
51 campsites and camper sites within 10 km of this road, from OpenStreetMap. A few between the two ends:
- ⛺ Camping · campsite · km 47, 0 km off the road
- ⛺ Caravan site / aire · camper site · km 310, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Lapin Rinki · campsite · km 398, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Sangis Motell & Camping · campsite · km 482, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Kamlunge Husvagnscamping · camper site · km 524, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Morjärv Camping · campsite · km 536, 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.
- ◆ Kimon ruukki · museum · km 47, 6.5 km off the road
- ◆ Jacobstads Wapen · museum · km 89, 9.9 km off the road
- ◆ K. H. Renlund museum · museum · km 120, 0.7 km off the road
- ◆ Annalan kotiseutumuseo · museum · km 219, 0.2 km off the road
- ◆ Kastelli Giant's Church · attraction · km 254, 7.1 km off the road
- ◆ The Escurial Zoo and Flower Park · zoo / aquarium · km 288, 7.2 km off the road
- ◆ Oulu Castle · ruins · km 319, 1.9 km off the road
- ◆ Kemi Snowcastle · attraction · km 422, 1.1 km off the road
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from its Wikipedia article: fine with small children (0.66) · a playground (0.89) · closed part of the year (0.95) · activities for children (0.98)
Plan this road from your own door: your car, your dates, the beds and the food priced the same honest way.