For road use European countries charge a variety of fees:
- there are countries where motorway sticker is compulsory (such as Austria, Slovakia);
- there are gate systems (e.g. France, Greece);
- there are where only certain tunnels, bridges must be paid for (e.g. Denmark);
- and there are also countries where there is no toll at all (e.g. Finland).
This article focuses on those European countries where we have to buy stickers for road usage.
But how much have to pay for a sticker?
Austria
The road toll is unified since 1. January 2015.
We have to buy stickers to use of motorways (A) major roads (S).
Motorway stickers for cars:
- 10-day € 8.70
- 60-day € 25,30
- Annual € 84.40 (valid for 14 months)
Other paid sections of road (€ 7-11):
- The 9 PyhrnGleinalm
- A 9 Pyhrn Bosruck
- A 10 Tauern Katschberg
- A 13 Brenner
- S 16 Arlberg
- The Karachaganak 11 Wank
Other information: www.asfinag.at
Czech Republic
Tolls for cars:
- 10 days: 310 CZK
- 1 month: 440 CZK
- Annual: 1500 CZK
Other information: www.motorway.cz
Hungary
Motorway sticker prices for cars in 2015:
- 10-day sticker 2975 Ft
- 1 month sticker 4780 Ft
- 1-year sticker 42,980 Ft
- County sticker: 5000 Ft (valid for one year on all the county roads)
Other information: www.autopalyamatrica.ws
Rumania
Rovinieta purchase for vehicles:
- Annual: € 28
- 90 days: € 13
- 30 days: € 7
- 7 days: € 3
Other information: www.roviniete.ro
Slovakia
Motorway sticker fees:
- 10 days: € 10
- Monthly: € 14
- Annual: € 50
Other information: www.ndsas.sk
Slovenia
Motorway sticker price:
- Seven-day vignette: € 15
- Monthly vignette: € 30
- Yearly vignette € 110 (valid up to 14 months.)
- Karawanken tunnel: € 7
Other information: www.promet.si
Switzerland
Only annual sticker available. Price: € 34 – for cars up to 3.5 tons, valid from 1 December until 31 January next year.
2 paid tunnels in the country:
- Great St. Bernard tunnel - one-way: € 25.1, return (within 30 days): € 40.2
- Munt la Schera (1.December – 30.April): Sunday-Friday: € 32, Saturday: € 37
Other information: www.truckinfo.ch
Moldova
You must pay for the motorway sticker when crossing the border.
- 7 days: € 2
- 15 days: € 4
- 30 days: € 7
- 90 days: € 30
- 180 days: € 50
Other information: www.allmoldova.com
Bulgaria
Each car that enters the country has to have a sticker (not only on motorways)
- Daily sticker: € 7
- Weekly sticker: € 5-31
- Monthly sticker: € 13-88
- Yearly sticker: € 34-540 (12 months)
- Danube Bridge: Cars: € 2, 9-23 seater: € 12
Other information: www.aebtri.com
Germany
Highway use for cars is free. Paid tunnels, however:
- Herrentunnel: € 1.50
- Warnowtunnel: € 2.40
Other information: www.autobahn-online.de
In each of the above countries the motorway sticker is mandatory. In the absence of it severe penalties can be expected. In Austria, for example, if there is no sticker, we have to immediately pay an additional fee of € 120; and if we can’t pay on the spot we can expect fines of between € 300-
