Europe by country 2010

acceptme:
Ok so i thought this would come in very handy for people and save time looking throughout all the countrys here is a summary of what we mainly do. I have not written this my self but it was handed to me my a work collegue and its very helpful… We do RnR so its based on that but could be of some help to others on here… here we go…

That good, I will do some side post on small vans :wink:

Austria… Vignette, about 7.90 I think for a week.

Bulgaria. Vignette, don’t remember how much, but it’s cheap.

Belgium. Free

Belarus Some toll roads and some charges on entry.

Bosnia and Hercegovina Free

Czech Republic. Vignette, 250 ÄŒK for 7 days, but only required for the road signed “s poplatkem”. So check when entering, as it might be not required (but it will be definitely required if you enter via motorway).
You can find map of roads “s poplatkem” and “bez poplatku” here:
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Mandatory headlights.

Croatia. Toll roads which accept euros.

Denmark. Free for smal vans. Mandatory headlights.

Estonia. No road taxes or weekend restrictions. headlights compulsory during the day.

Finland. No road taxes, Headlights compulsory during the day.

France. Road tolls where you can use credit/fuel cards.

Germany. Free for small vans. If you are over 2.8 t you have to follow tacho rules and fill the “Kontrolbuch”:
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If your vehicle is over 2,8t and fitted with tacho, you have to use it even if you are not towing a trailer and you are still under 3,5 tons.

Greece. Road tolls payable in euros. (never been there, but I guess it’s right)

Holland. Free for small vans

Hungary. Vignettes. But only on motorways, if you use side roads you don’t need them. Mandatory headlights outside built up areas and on motorways.

Italy. Toll roads. Headlights as in Hungary.

Ireland. Road tolls on most motorways now.

Lithuania. Not sure. There is no vignette for cars, but if you carry cargo for hire or reward you might be charged. Stand to be corrected.
Mandatory headlights.

Latvia. Free. Headlights compulsory during the day.

Luxembourg. Free for vans.

Montenegro. Road tolls. Payable in euros.

Norway. Road tolls approx 30e to oslo and back to sweden. No weekend restrictions. Head lights compulsory during the day. Now there is a Box available which can pay the Malmo bridge and Noweigen tolls. This applies to all vehicles. Some tolls you can pay on the toll booths using fuel card. Some roads charged by number plate recognision system. If you have no box, you can pay at many petrol stations, they are signposted.

Poland. Roads free to use, but some motorways have tolls. (A2 and A4 between Kraków and Katowice).
A4 is well known for notorious queues, as it’s allways some construction works going there and you usually queuing on the toll booths during peak periods. They are also well overpriced and I hate ■■■■■■■■ :stuck_out_tongue: Therefore my advice is: if you head towards Kraków, turn left onto S1 before the toll road starts then right onto 79 using newly build Jaworzno-Szczakowa bypass and you can reenter motorway after first toll booth :stuck_out_tongue:

Or you can go to S1 right to the 94 road and go via Olkusz, most of the road will be dual carriageway, only just before Kraków it will go down to the single carriageway. But then you can go right in Biały Kościół onto the local road via Zelków, Bolechowice and Zabierzów and you will land back on the A4 near the junction with Kraków bypass.

When there are roadworks on A4, you can be actually much faster that way during the night and it’s free :slight_smile:

Portugal. Road tolls which accept your fuel cards…

Romania. vignettes. Mandatory headlights outside build-up areas.

Russia. Some charges on entry, then free. Green card required. Mandatory headlights oudside built-up areas.

Serbia.. Road tolls payable in euros or in nearly all currency in Europe at robbery exchange rates :smiley:. Youll need a green card. Mandatory headlights.

Spain. Toll roads

Slovenia. For up to 3.5 tons vignettes.

Slovakia. Vingette system similar to the one in Czech Republic.

Switzerland.. Vignette. Pretty expensive. Remember: Switzerland is not in Schengen nor EU [Edited: it is in Schengen, but it only apply for people movement], so don’t go there by transit.

Sweden. Free roads, except bridge from Denmark and to Norway and some other toll roads. Headlights compulsory during the day.

Turkey. Tolls on motorways and Bosphor bridges :wink:

Ukraine Entry tax, about 10 euros for each 1000ccm of your engine.

orys:

acceptme:
Switzerland.. Vignette. Pretty expensive. Remember: Switzerland is not in Schengen nor EU, so don’t go there by transit.

Switzerland is in Schengen.

Yeah, that’s right. It is in Schengen. However, Schengen applies only to controling people, and when we speak about moving the cargo, it’s business as usual there, so don’t go there by transit. Especially that there is pretty messy on the border :wink: (spent two hours last tuesday being sent from one window to another) :wink:

orys:
Yeah, that’s right. It is in Schengen. However, Schengen applies only to controling people, and when we speak about moving the cargo, it’s business as usual there, so don’t go there by transit. Especially that there is pretty messy on the border :wink: (spent two hours last tuesday being sent from one window to another) :wink:

Don’t understand why you mentioned Schengen in the first place, as there are other countries within the EU who are not in Schengen. As for problems on the border, I must have done Switzerland over a 100 times and never had any problems or delays clearing or transiting.

GBPub:

orys:
Yeah, that’s right. It is in Schengen. However, Schengen applies only to controling people, and when we speak about moving the cargo, it’s business as usual there, so don’t go there by transit. Especially that there is pretty messy on the border :wink: (spent two hours last tuesday being sent from one window to another) :wink:

Don’t understand why you mentioned Schengen in the first place, as there are other countries within the EU who are not in Schengen. As for problems on the border, I must have done Switzerland over a 100 times and never had any problems or delays clearing or transiting.

I mentioned it because there are no border controls on the Schengen borders any more, so you don’t even have to slow down.