History
From state treaty to record books
Signed in 1991, begun in 1995, opened on 1 July 2000: 25 years on the link posts record numbers — and still does not get cheaper.
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Across the sound — with no surprise on the bill.
Prices, route, live traffic and 25 years of engineering history. Edited, in seven languages.
The fixed link between Amager and Skåne runs for 16 kilometres: eight kilometres of cable-stayed bridge, four kilometres of artificial island, four kilometres of tunnel. It is the only fixed road and rail connection between Sweden and continental Europe — and one of the most expensive crossings in the world.
Book in advance
Online ticket valid for 30 days — plus 10 % newsletter discount
No fixed date, no fixed time: you travel whenever you like within 30 days. At the toll station you pay 8 € more — and queue for it.
From Europe to Scandinavia
Two stretches of water, one ticket
Driving from Germany to southern Sweden means crossing water twice: the Fehmarn Belt and the Øresund. For the Øresund there is exactly one fixed link — this bridge. For the Fehmarn Belt, the Puttgarden–Rødby ferry covers 20 kilometres in 45 minutes.
The alternative is the way through Jutland and across the Great Belt bridge: more kilometres, more hours, and an extra toll of 235 DKK for a car (205 DKK with a Bizz or plate recognition, price list from 1 January 2026).
Scandlines sells the ferry and the bridge toll as one ticket: one booking, one receipt, and the bridge is settled before you reach the toll station.
Partner link to Scandlines. If you book through it we receive a commission — your price stays the same.
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The combi ticket at a glance
Puttgarden–Rødby + bridgefrom 129 €
Rostock–Gedser + bridgefrom 153.50 €
Motorbike from Puttgardenfrom 62.25 €
Valid forup to 9 people in a car
One way, prices are dynamic, checked at Scandlines on 14 August 2026.
8.003
million crossings in 2025 — a record for the second year running.
21,925
vehicles a day on average, 5.5 % more than the year before.
18 %
share of electric vehicles in road traffic in 2025 — up 45 %.
Comparison
Train, car or ferry?
For two people without a mountain of luggage the Öresundståg beats the car comfortably. From three people the maths turns. We show exactly where the tipping point sits.
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35 minutes between two countries
For many, Copenhagen and Malmö are a single labour market: car commuting rose by almost ten per cent in 2025.
Explore the regionBefore you set off
Wind, waiting time, closures
The high bridge stands exposed in the sound. In a storm it closes first to trailers and high-sided vehicles, then completely. Our status bar pools the reports of both road authorities.
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Bridge
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Wind on the high bridge
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Waiting time at the toll station
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Border check towards Sweden
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Our guide
Ferry plus bridge in one ticket
Via Puttgarden–Rødby or Rostock–Gedser: ferry and bridge toll in a single booking, valid for up to nine people in a car.
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Our guide
Staying in Malmö
Hotels west of the station sit ten driving minutes from the Lernacken bridge approach — handy for an early start the next morning.
See places to stay
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Hire cars cleared for the border
Not every rental contract allows you to leave for Sweden. We list providers that explicitly include the crossing.
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