The road
Warsaw to Berlin by car
575 km, about 4 h 48 on the fastest road, through Poland and Germany. Fuel from about €78 in a petrol car at this week's prices, with about €19 in tolls on the way.
Measured on the road our router draws, 2026-09-30. Your own start and vehicle change every number — that is what the button at the end is for.
Distance
575 km
fastest road, one way
Driving
4 h 48
without stops
Countries
2
Poland and Germany
The road, country by country
- 🇵🇱 Poland · 452 km
- 🇩🇪 Germany · 123 km
What it costs to drive
Fuel at the 2026-09-20 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 | €78 | €19 | €97 | 40 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €80 | €19 | €99 | 37 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €147 | €32 | €179 | 69 l at 12 l/100 km |
- 🇵🇱 petrol €1.82 · diesel €2.04 /l
- 🇩🇪 petrol €2.35 · diesel €2.46 /l
Charged on the way
- 🇵🇱 Motorway tolls in Poland: about €19 for a car over 452 km — an estimate; the exact amount depends on the roads you take.
- 🚫 Berlin: Umweltzone (green Umweltplakette) — Any vehicle without a green sticker — campers included.
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.
- 🇩🇪 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
76 campsites and camper sites within 10 km of this road, from OpenStreetMap. A few between the two ends:
- ⛺ Stacja Nieborów · campsite · km 72, 1.5 km off the road
- ⛺ Stacja Nieborów · campsite · km 73, 1.9 km off the road
- ⛺ Caravan site / aire · camper site · km 103, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Camping de Kroon · campsite · km 423, 1 km off the road
- ⛺ Wasserwanderrastplatz Berkenbrück · campsite · km 501, 1.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Campinplatz am Lankensee · campsite · km 533, 0.7 km off the road
Worth a detour
Between the two ends, within 10 km of the road — the places the map marks as notable.
- ◆ Dwór Zarybie · attraction · km 27, 5.1 km off the road
- ◆ Pałac w Nieborowie · museum · km 72, 2.1 km off the road
- ◆ Former German Nazi "Kulmhof am Ner" extermination camp · museum · km 179, 3.9 km off the road
Chełmno, or Kulmhof, was the first of Nazi Germany's extermination camps and was situated 50 km (31 mi) north of Łódź, near the village of Chełmno nad Nerem. Wikipedia (en)
- ◆ pałac z 1916 r. · castle · km 252, 1.4 km off the road
Bieganowo Palace (Polish: Pałac w Bieganowie) - eclectic palace with elements of neoclassicism in Bieganowo (Września County, Poland), built between 1914 and 1916, designed by Stefan Cybichowski for Edward Grabski. Wikipedia (en)
- ◆ Głaz Pamięci Powstańców Wielkopolskich · memorial · km 294, 4.1 km off the road
- ◆ Christ the King · attraction · km 400, 9.4 km off the road
- ◆ Museum Viadrina · museum · km 473, 3.4 km off the road
Das Städtische Museum Viadrina ist das größte kulturhistorische Museum Ostbrandenburgs. Wikipedia (de)
- ◆ Bunker Fuchsbau · attraction · km 509, 1.1 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.
- 415 swim spots — kąpielisko Malta (km 304), kąpielisko Rusałka (km 309)
- 400 castles — Fundamenty wieży nr 8 Transatlantyckiej Centrali Radiotelegraficznej Bemowo (km 16), Pałac w Kościelcu (km 189), Zamek w Kórniku (km 290), Ruiny Wieży Kleista (km 469)
- 136 viewpoints — Wieża Mauzoleum Bierbaumów (km 312), Müggelturm (km 554)
- 49 farm shops
- 44 wineries
- 32 golf
On this road
Plan this road from your own door: your car, your dates, the beds and the food priced the same honest way.