Denmark by campervan: driving, tolls and rules

Driving a campervan in Denmark: speed limits, tolls, low-emission zones, required equipment and key road rules. What to know before you go.

Published 18 September 2026Last checked 19 September 2026

Currency
Danish krone
DKK, not the euro. 7.4754 kr to €1 on 18 September 2026
Language
Danish
English is spoken almost everywhere
Driving
Right
Motorway 130 km/h, 80 km/h over 3.5 tonnes
Power
230V, own socket
Denmark keeps its own socket standard
Tap water
Safe to drink
Ask for postevand
Emergency
112
Police, non-urgent, is 114

Driving

Denmark has no motorway vignette and no road toll. It has two bridges, and they are priced by the length of your vehicle. That single fact reshapes a motorhome budget here. On the Storebælt price list valid from 1 January 2026, a car of 3 to 6 metres pays 235 kroner in cash or by card, while a motorhome over 6 metres and up to 10 pays 645 kroner. Over 3,500 kg and over 10 metres it is 1,020. The Øresund is worse: 470 kroner for a car at the toll station against 940 for a motorhome of 6 to 10 metres.

A long suspension bridge spanning open water, seen over the stacked containers of a ship — The Storebælt. The gantry measures your total length and height as you pass

Speed limits by weight

Vehicle	Motorway	Expressway	Outside town	In town
Up to 3,500 kg	130 km/h	80 km/h	80 km/h	50 km/h
Over 3,500 kg	80 km/h	80 km/h	80 km/h	50 km/h
Tempo 100 motorhome	100 km/h	80 km/h	80 km/h	50 km/h
Car with caravan	80 km/h, 100 if approved	80 km/h	80 km/h	50 km/h

One Storebælt crossing, card or cash price from 1 January 2026

Car, 3 to 6 m235 kr
Motorhome under 3.5 t, over 6 m, with an autocamperaftale314 kr
Car over 6 m, or car with caravan360 kr
Motorhome up to 10 m, no agreement645 kr
Motorhome over 3.5 t and over 10 m1,020 kr

One Øresund crossing, price list valid from 14 September 2026

Car up to 6 m: 470 kr
Motorhome 6 to 10 m: 940 kr
Motorhome over 10 m: 1,655 kr
Car with trailer up to 15 m: 940 kr
ØresundGO: 370 kr a year

Miljøzoner, the thing that catches foreign vehicles

Denmark has low emission zones in five municipalities only: København, Frederiksberg, Aarhus, Aalborg and Odense. Anywhere else has none.
They apply to diesel vehicles only. Petrol, hybrid, electric and gas vehicles drive in freely.

Over 3.5 tonnes, and Tempo 100

Færdselsloven caps every car over 3,500 kg at 80 km/h outside built-up areas, motorways included. That is the default for a heavy motorhome.
Tempo 100 is the way out. A ministerial order lets an approved campingbil of more than 3,500 kg and at most 7,500 kg run at 100 km/h on motorways and 80 elsewhere.

Fuel and the rules that differ

Diesel ran 20.36 kroner a litre on 14 September 2026, about 2.72 euros, against 13.57 a year earlier on the same series. It is the single largest line in a Danish trip budget.
Dipped headlights, fog lights or dedicated daytime running lights must be on in daylight. This is enforced.

Parking a large vehicle

Parking is generally permitted wherever it is not forbidden, but the traffic act bans parking on the carriageway of a main road outside a built-up area, so a layby or a marked car park is the answer on a country road.
Outside built-up areas a vehicle up to 3,500 kg may stand with part of itself on the pavement or verge. A heavier motorhome may not.

Watch the bridge measurement, not the brochure. Storebælt measures total height and total length at the moment you cross, including anything mounted on the front, the back or the roof. A six metre van with a bike rack and a roof box can be read as over six metres and jump a whole price bracket. Fold what folds before you join the queue.