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Europe's motorway tolls, vignettes, bridges, tunnels and fuel compared from the published tariffs: a map of what 100 km costs, the crossings that outweigh whole countries, and the fuel spread.
A comparison of toll costs across Europe shows significant price differences for fuel and tolls between countries.
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Four ways to pay for a motorway — by the kilometre, by sticker, at a bridge or nothing at all — compared from the operators' published tariffs.
Per-km countries show the typical rate we hold per country; exact rates differ by road (see the full data). Vignette countries show the shortest pass on sale.
A 60-litre fill of petrol costs €65 more in Denmark than in Poland — more than the Brenner, Austria's 10-day vignette and the Great Belt bridge together (€57).
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