How much are the Storebælt and Øresund bridge tolls?

Copenhagen sits on Zealand. Driving west to Funen or Jutland means the Storebælt Bridge; driving east to Malmö means the Øresund Bridge. Both are tolled, and neither is covered by a rental rate unless the company says so.

Storebælt (Great Belt) prices in 2026

The operator's price page measures each vehicle's length and height automatically as it passes and charges by size. For the vehicles a visitor rents:

Vehicle Express price (bizz or plate payment) Card and cash price
Car up to 3 m long DKK 109 DKK 125
Car 3–6 m long DKK 205 DKK 235
Car with trailer up to 6 m in total DKK 205 DKK 235
Car over 6 m, under 2.7 m high DKK 314 DKK 360
Van over 6 m and over 2.7 m high DKK 613 DKK 645

A roof box or bike rack counts towards the measured size. The cheaper return deals, DKK 246 for an evening round trip and DKK 346 for a weekend or public holiday round trip, need a Storebælt Private Agreement linked to your bizz or plate payment, so they are rarely available in a rental car.

At the toll station, blue lanes take cards and yellow lanes take cash in kroner or euros. Green Express lanes are only for cars with an automatic payment agreement. If you enter the wrong lane, Storebælt says not to reverse; stay in the lane.

Øresund Bridge prices in 2026

Øresundsbron lists these single-trip prices for a car up to 6 metres, including 25% VAT:

How you pay Price per trip Good for
At the toll station DKK 470 Spontaneous crossings
Online ticket in advance DKK 420 One-off trips; valid for 30 days
ØresundGO agreement DKK 182 plus DKK 370 a year Several crossings in a year

The online ticket is linked to the number plate and lets you skip the toll stop. ØresundGO allows up to five vehicles on one agreement per calendar year, but the operator does not say how rental cars are handled, so ask before relying on it. For the train alternative and the airport, see Copenhagen airport to the city and the Øresund crossing.

Worked example: Copenhagen to Odense, then Malmö

A car of normal size, rented without a working bizz, makes a weekday return trip to Odense and later a return trip to Malmö.

Trip Payment Cost
Storebælt, out and back Card, 2 x DKK 235 DKK 470
Øresund, out and back Online tickets, 2 x DKK 420 DKK 840
Total DKK 1,310

Paying for Øresund at the toll station instead adds DKK 100 for the two crossings. If the car turns out to have a bizz with Express pricing, Storebælt drops to DKK 410 for the two crossings, less whatever the rental company charges for handling the bizz.

How do you use a parking disc (P-skive) in Denmark?

Where a sign limits parking time but does not ask for a ticket, you must display a parking disc. The parking disc order sets the rules:

  • Set the pointer to the end of the quarter hour in which you parked. Arriving at 10:05 means setting it to 10:15.
  • If you park before the time limit starts, set it to either your arrival time or the time the limit begins.
  • Place the disc just inside the windscreen, readable from outside. A fixed disc goes at the bottom right of the windscreen, seen from the driver's seat.
  • Only one disc may be visible, and you may not change the setting while parked.
  • Automatic discs must be approved and marked, and set themselves when the engine stops.

Holbæk Kommune repeated the quarter-hour and one-disc rules in January 2026. The order lets a foreign-registered car use a disc that meets its home country's rules; a Danish rental car is Danish-registered.

Central Copenhagen uses paid zones rather than discs. The city's 2026 hourly rates:

Zone 08:00–18:00 18:00–23:00 23:00–08:00
Red and green DKK 45 DKK 18 DKK 6
Blue DKK 26 DKK 18 DKK 6
Yellow DKK 17 DKK 18 DKK 6

The first hour of the first registered parking is free from Saturday 17:00 to Monday 08:00. You can pay by app, at street machines or by phone on +45 33 66 18 18.

What a parking fine costs

borger.dk sets the standard municipal or police parking charge at DKK 510 in 2026, and DKK 1,020 for parking in a disabled bay or blocking an entrance. It must be paid within 10 days, with no payment plans. A new charge can be issued every 24 hours, up to three times for the same offence.

In a rental car, a charge left on the windscreen still reaches the company if it goes unpaid. Hertz Denmark's terms add DKK 300 excluding VAT for handling fines, and DKK 100 for each late-payment reminder.

How much are speeding fines in Denmark?

Danish speeding fines depend on how far over the limit you were as a percentage, and on the road type. The table below is from the police's guideline fine rates for cars:

Excess over the limit Ordinary roads Motorways and 100 km/h expressways
Under 20% DKK 1,200 DKK 1,200
20–29% DKK 1,800 DKK 1,800
30–39% DKK 1,800 plus DKK 1,200 DKK 2,400
40–49% DKK 2,400 plus DKK 1,200 DKK 3,000
50–59% DKK 2,400 plus DKK 1,200 DKK 3,600

The DKK 1,200 supplement applies to excesses of 30% or more on roads other than motorways and 100 km/h expressways. At 140 km/h or more, a high-speed supplement starting at DKK 1,200 is added. Fines double where the limit has been lowered for roadworks. More than 60% over, or 160 km/h or more, brings a conditional licence withdrawal.

Examples from the same table: 98 km/h on an 80 km/h road is 20–29% over and costs DKK 1,800. 108 km/h on that road is 30–39% over and costs DKK 3,000 with the supplement. Handheld phone use costs DKK 1,500, and driving without dipped headlights costs DKK 1,000.

Speed cameras photograph every speeding vehicle, and the police write to the vehicle owner, who can name the driver online. For a rental car, that letter goes to the company, and its fee follows.

Licence and pickup checks

The Danish Road Traffic Authority lets temporary visitors drive on a foreign licence in the Latin alphabet. Other licences need a translation into Danish, English or French from an authorised body, or an international driving licence.