What do you need to know before you travel to Estonia by car? What is the cost of gasoline, how much can you carry with you across the border, the quality of roads, maybe some specific rules of the road? The

Answered by Andrus Koch, Go2Estonia project

The most important thing you need to know: there is no sense to cross the border into Ivangorod - Narva (queue up to 150 hours). It is reasonable to use the border of Pechora (Kunichya Gora) - Koidula.

When leaving Estonia, you should know that there is an electronic queue.

VERY IMPORTANT! Do not mess with the Narva border - you will lose a lot of time and nerves! In order to keep nerves, it is better to drive an extra 150 km.

By rules

The rules are the same, but with some adjustments:
1. On the ring - ring the main road (yield when entering the ring)
2. The police do not take bribes! The
3. The speed in the village is 50 (if there is no additional sign). Outside the village - 90 (if there is no additional sign)
4. Dipped beam should always be on.
Tip: if there is a desire to rebuild simply show the turn, you will surely be conceded! The
Another tip: skip pedestrians (full stop), if this rule is violated, serious penalties can be found.

About the roads

There are roads! Well, not like in Germany ... But there are no holes after the bombing! :) Winter roads. The main roads are treated with reagents (city roads), secondary sand. Exceptions are roads of local importance: they are cut along the road, in order to avoid lateral drift.

Customs regulations

The customs rules of Estonia are similar to the rules for the importation of goods into the territory of other European countries. A notable difference is that it is possible to import cigarettes to Estonia in a very limited quantity, 40 pieces (2 packs).

A passenger arriving from outside the European Union to Estonia is allowed to import for personal use, without taxation a limited amount of tobacco products, alcohol and motor fuel, quantity:

Tobacco products (passengers must be at least 18 years old)

  • 40 cigarettes or
  • 100 cigarillos or
  • 50 cigars or
  • 50 grams of smoking tobacco or
  • 50 grams of chewing tobacco

Import of alcohol to Estonia (from 18 years)

  • wines up to 4 liters (except for fizzy and liqueur)
  • beer up to 16 liters
  • 2 liters of alcoholic beverages with alcohol content up to 22% (including effervescent and liqueur wine) or 1 liter of strong alcoholic beverages (with alcohol content in excess of 22%)
What you need to know before traveling to Estonia by car
What you need to know before traveling to Estonia by car
Fuel prices in Estonia

Motor fuel (gasoline or diesel fuel)

  • in amounts allowed by the standard fuel tank of the motor vehicle (including the standard supply tank and the water vehicle tank) for consumption by the same vehicle;
  • in addition to the available in the tank, another 10 liters of fuel for consumption by the same motor vehicle.


Answered by Margarita Matyukhina, the Russian Express company
The cost of gasoline from 1 EUR, the roads are good, there is no specific SDA.

Transportation of gasoline is not more than 1 canister.

December 26, 2011

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