Denmark

Fuel is about Germany's price. The Rødby ferry to Germany is 45 minutes.

Drives on the right · DKK · reviewed 22 Oct 2026

Fuel this week

Diesel£2.092.50 €

Petrol 95£2.102.52 €

LPG––

Per litre, with tax. Diesel is 9p dearer than at home. Week of 26 Oct 2026, European Commission, Weekly Oil Bulletin (prices with taxes). Converted at the ECB rate of 30 Oct 2026 (£0.834 to the euro).

Sweden → Denmark +39p
Germany → Denmark +17p

What to know

Tolls and vignettes

Roads free; the Storebælt bridge about €40 one way for a van under 6 m, the Øresund to Sweden about €60–75.

Clean air zones

Copenhagen, Aarhus, Odense and Aalborg: diesel vans must be Euro 6 or have a particle filter; register foreign plates online before entry.

Sleeping in the van

Only at campsites and signed stops (there are many, and the free 'naturlejrplads' network allows tents, not vehicles).

Kit you must carry

Warning triangle. Dipped headlights on at all times.

Speed limits, van under 3.5 t

130 / 80 / 50 (vans over 3.5 t: 80)

When to go

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Scandinavia	-1°	0°	4°	9°	15°	19°	21°	20°	15°	9°	4°	1°

A dot marks the months we would pick: warm enough, dry enough, not yet crowded. Rounded from 1991–2020 normals. Coasts and mountains differ from their region.

Crossings

Baltic

Puttgarden – Rødby, and the Øresund bridge

Scandlines, Øresundsbron · 45 min · every 30 min

Car €60–120 one way
Van or camper €90–180 one way

Fuel: European Commission, Weekly Oil Bulletin (prices with taxes); Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Weekly road fuel prices (OGL v3); European Central Bank reference rate. EU figures are the week of 26 Oct 2026; UK the week of 26 Oct 2026; † marks hand-checked indicative figures for countries outside both series. Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Climate: rounded 1991–2020 normals from national meteorological services. Crossings and country notes are our own and dated. Something here is out of date already, so check before you go.