For road trips across Europe

Every vignette, toll and winter rule on your route, in one checklist.

Pick the countries you'll drive through. You get everything to buy, register or check before each border, with the official price, the official link and when to do it. Then all that's left to plan is the fun part.

  • Official prices and links, no middlemen
  • One checklist for 23 countries, from Portugal to Norway and Greece
  • Reminders in your calendar, so you can just drive

Your route

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    Pick a country to start

    • Add the countries you will drive through, in order, and the list of what to buy, register and check appears here.

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    Every line comes from the page it links to, where the sources and the date each rule was checked are listed. Rules last checked 5 October 2026.

    Country briefings

    United KingdomNo green card needed in the EUUK sticker unless your plate has the UK flagFranceTolls by the kilometreCrit'Air sticker in almost every ZFEGermanyGreen sticker in UmweltzonenSnowflake tyres only, since 2024AustriaVignette from €9.60€200 if caught withoutSwitzerlandVignette CHF 40 a yearNo shorter option soldItalyTolls by the kilometreZTL cameras, €83–€332SpainNo vignetteRegister your plate for ZBEsBelgiumRegister for Brussels, Antwerp, GhentFree, online, no stickerNetherlandsNo sticker, no registrationCars: only older diesels are caughtPolandRegister for Kraków's zoneState motorways free for carsCzechiaVignette from CZK 230Digital, on edalnice.gov.czSlovakiaVignette from €8.10Digital, on eznamka.skSloveniaVignette from €16 for 7 daysWinter tyres below 3 mm don't countHungaryVignette from HUF 5,550Surcharge, not a finePortugalCamera tolls on ex-SCUT roadsRegister the plate or pay €25 a passageCroatiaBarrier tolls: €26.40 Zagreb to SplitSpare bulbs in the kitDenmarkGreat Belt 235 DKK, Øresund 470 DKKOlder diesels: register for city zonesSwedenCity tolls billed to foreign carsWinter tyres 1 December to 31 MarchNorwayRoad tolls billed by postFerries on main roadsRomaniaRovinieta from RON 22 a dayPriced by engine class since OctoberBulgariaVignette from €5.30 a day€46.50 if caught withoutGreece€35.55 in tolls Athens to ThessalonikiFire extinguisher in the kitIrelandM50: pay by 8pm the next dayDrive on the left

    The rules, topic by topic