Driving in Europe

Tolls, vignettes, city access rules and motorway speed limits for cars, country by country. Rules and prices change often: always check the official source before you travel.

Country	Motorways	Cities	Speed limit (km/h)	Good to know
Austria	Vignette needed for motorways	Few or none	130	Vehicles over 3.5 t need a GO-Box for distance-based tolls.
Belgium	No motorway tolls for cars	Low-emission zones in some cities	120	Low-emission zones in Brussels, Antwerp and Ghent; register foreign vehicles.
Bulgaria	Vignette needed for motorways	Few or none	140	Buy the e-vignette online before you drive on motorways.
Croatia	Motorway tolls	Few or none	130
Czechia	Vignette needed for motorways	Few or none	130	Buy the e-vignette online before you drive on motorways.
Denmark	Tolls on some roads, bridges or tunnels	Low-emission zones in some cities	130	Tolls on the Great Belt and Øresund bridges.
Finland	No motorway tolls for cars	Few or none	120
France	Motorway tolls	Low-emission zones (Crit’Air sticker)	130	Tolls on most autoroutes; the limit drops to 110 km/h in rain.
Germany	No motorway tolls for cars	Environmental zones (green sticker)	—	No general motorway speed limit (130 km/h advised) and no tolls for cars.
Greece	Motorway tolls	Few or none	130
Hungary	Vignette needed for motorways	Few or none	130	Buy the e-vignette online before you drive on motorways.
Iceland	No motorway tolls for cars	Few or none	90	Many roads are gravel; F-roads need a 4×4.
Ireland	Tolls on some roads, bridges or tunnels	Few or none	120	Drive on the left. Barrier-free toll on the M50 around Dublin.
Italy	Motorway tolls	ZTL zones in historic centres	130	Tolls on most autostrade; pay at the barrier by card or cash.
Luxembourg	No motorway tolls for cars	Few or none	130
Montenegro	Tolls on some roads, bridges or tunnels	Few or none	130
Netherlands	No motorway tolls for cars	Low-emission zones in some cities	100/130	100 km/h on motorways between 6:00 and 19:00.
Norway	Electronic tolls by number plate	Few or none	110	Automatic toll roads and toll rings; many routes include car ferries.
Poland	Tolls on some roads, bridges or tunnels	Low-emission zones in some cities	140	Some motorway sections are tolled; pay with the e-TOLL app.
Portugal	Electronic tolls by number plate	Low-emission zones in some cities	120	Some motorways only have electronic tolls; register your plate or rent a transponder.
Romania	Vignette needed for motorways	Few or none	130	Buy the e-vignette online before you drive on motorways.
Slovakia	Vignette needed for motorways	Few or none	130	Buy the e-vignette online before you drive on motorways.
Slovenia	Vignette needed for motorways	Few or none	130	Buy the e-vignette online before you drive on motorways.
Spain	Tolls on some roads, bridges or tunnels	Low-emission zones in some cities	120	Many former toll motorways are now free; some AP roads still charge.
Sweden	Tolls on some roads, bridges or tunnels	Few or none	120	Congestion charges in Stockholm and Gothenburg; Øresund Bridge toll.
Switzerland	Vignette needed for motorways	Few or none	120	Vehicles over 3.5 t pay the heavy vehicle charge instead of the vignette.
United Kingdom	Tolls on some roads, bridges or tunnels	Clean air zones and London ULEZ	112 (70 mph)	Drive on the left. Some bridges and tunnels charge tolls.

Rules and prices change. Check official sources before you travel.

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