European Vignette Map

These 10 countries operate a vignette or prepaid road-permit system: Àustria, Suïssa, Eslovènia, Eslovàquia, Txèquia, Hongria, Romania, Bulgària, Moldàvia, Macedònia del Nord. Every one of them is on the map above, and each has its own price tiers, covered road network and penalties.

Short-term vignettes are cheap: a single day starts at around €3.50 in Romania and €8 in Slovakia or Czechia, and a 10-day Austrian vignette is €9.40. Annual vignettes are far more expensive — roughly €100 in Austria and Czechia and about €148 for a Hungarian national year. Compare the exact figures in the table above.

The official national portal is always the cheapest and safest option, and it is the one linked from each country guide. You can also buy at petrol stations, post offices and kiosks near the border. Avoid third-party resellers that add a service fee to the official price.

A rental car normally already carries a valid vignette for the country it was hired in — check the windscreen or the rental agreement. You are still responsible for buying a vignette for every additional vignette country you drive into, and the fine falls on the driver.

Penalties are issued automatically and they are far higher than the vignette itself: Austria charges a €120 substitute toll, Slovakia €150 on the spot, and Slovenia between €300 and €800. Switzerland adds a CHF 200 fine plus the CHF 40 sticker at the border. Unpaid fines are pursued across EU borders.

No. A vignette buys you unlimited use of the network for a period of time — a day, ten days, a month or a year. A toll charges you for the distance you actually drive. Several countries combine both, so you can need a vignette and still pay a separate tunnel toll on the same trip.

It depends on the country. Austria and Slovenia sell a cheaper motorcycle tariff, while Slovakia, Czechia and Romania exempt motorcycles entirely. Check the vehicles section of the relevant country guide before you travel.

Yes. Austria, Slovenia, Slovakia, Czechia, Hungary and Romania all run nationwide plate-recognition cameras that verify vignettes without stopping traffic. Switzerland is the outlier: officers check the physical sticker at the border and on the network.

Usually yes — petrol stations and kiosks immediately before the crossing sell them, and Switzerland sells its sticker at the border itself. Buying online in advance is still better: you skip the queue and you are covered from the first metre of motorway.

Traffic is built into the calculation — route times use live traffic conditions, so the estimate reflects real congestion rather than an empty road. Yes. Tap "Show Traffic" on the map to overlay real-time traffic conditions on the motorway network. On desktop the map is always visible — just click the traffic button. On mobile, tap "Show Map" first, then "Show Traffic".