Vignette guide · Fines checked 15 Oct 2026
Czechia vignette
In Czechia you need a vignette on the motorways and expressways: the e-vignette (elektronická dálniční známka). Routava checks whether your car has one and warns you before you cross.
- Where
- Motorways and expressways
- Fine without one
- up to 20,000 CZK
- Official shop
- eDálnice
- Roads into the country
- 222 crossings in Routava's map, 6 of them motorways and expressways
Where you need it
Motorways (D) and expressway-class roads, except sections marked free. Vehicles up to 3.5 t.
If you are caught without one
Without a vignette, a fine of up to 20,000 CZK is possible. Indicative: the figure the authority states, checked 15 Oct 2026. Amounts and rules change.
Where to buy it
Online in the official shop, eDálnice, before you drive onto a road that needs it. Routava adds nothing; you pay the operator.
How to check your car
Routava asks a vignette seller's check of the eDálnice register and shows the answer with the vignette's last day.
Motorway and expressway crossings
Routava's map holds 222 roads into Czechia; these are the motorways and expressways. It knows the others too, down to country lanes and ferries.
| Road | In Czechia | From | Vignette |
|---|---|---|---|
| 33 | Malé Poříčí | Poland · 8 · Kudowa-Zdrój | Not on this road |
| 48 | Český Těšín | Poland · 52 · Cieszyn | Not on this road |
| D1 | Věřňovice | Poland · A1 · Gorzyczki | From the border |
| D2 | Lanžhot | Slovakia · D2 · Brodské | From the border |
| D5 | bývalá Střeble | Germany · A 6 · Frankenreuth | From the border |
| D8 | Krásný Les | Germany · A 17 · Breitenau | From the border |
Questions
Do I need a vignette in Czechia?
Yes. Motorways (D) and expressway-class roads, except sections marked free. Vehicles up to 3.5 t.
How much is the fine for driving without a vignette in Czechia?
Without a vignette, a fine of up to 20,000 CZK is possible. Indicative: the figure the authority states, checked 15 Oct 2026. Amounts and rules change.
Where can I buy a vignette for Czechia?
Online in the official shop, eDálnice (https://edalnice.gov.cz/), before you drive onto a road that needs it. Routava adds nothing; you pay the operator.
How do I check whether my car has a valid vignette for Czechia?
Routava asks a vignette seller's check of the eDálnice register and shows the answer with the vignette's last day.
Will Routava warn me before the border into Czechia?
Yes, when your car has no valid vignette for Czechia: on the motorways and expressways into the country, 3, 5 or 10 km before the border along the road (you choose) and at the last exit, out loud, on the lock screen, on the Apple Watch and on CarPlay or Android Auto.
Know before the border.
Routava checks your car's vignettes in all nine countries and warns you, out loud and on your car's screen, before a border where it has none. In beta on iPhone, Apple Watch and CarPlay; Android and Android Auto close behind.
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