🇳🇱 Same-country drive · Netherlands
Driving from Almere Stad to Breda
Essential tips for the drive from Almere to Breda via the A27, covering speed limits and regional traffic flow.
- Drive time
- 1h 34m
- Distance
- 111 km
- Same day?
- Yes, half day
- under 4 h
- Fuel cost
- ≈ €20
- petrol · diesel ≈ €15
- Tolls
- Toll-free
- no charges en route
- EV charging
- Unknown
- not yet surveyed
On this page
Route map
Route options
Other paths OSRM found between the two cities — handy when traffic, tolls, or scenery matter more than raw speed.
Alternative
+5m- Distance:
- 121 km (+10 km)
- Duration:
- 1h 39m
Via: A27 · A2 · A9 · A6
Avoids motorways
+1h 28m- Distance:
- 165 km (+54 km)
- Duration:
- 3h 2m
Via: N260 · N282 · N261 · Waterlandseweg
How else can you make this trip?
Driving is the focus of this guide; here's how cycling, coach, and (soon) train and plane stack up for the same pair.
What the drive is like
Drafted from the route's computed data on April 25, 2026 and reviewed against the route summary card. Read our methodology.
You leave Almere via the A27, immediately crossing the complex infrastructure of the Hollandse Brug that marks your exit from Flevoland into the dense corridor of the Randstad. This stretch of motorway serves as a primary artery for north-south traffic, and you will quickly notice how the road landscape shifts from the flat, reclaimed polders of the north to the more urbanized, industrial belts surrounding Utrecht. Since this is a domestic route, there are no borders or vignettes to manage, but you must remain strictly vigilant of the national daytime speed limit of 100 km/h, which is enforced rigorously by overhead gantries and frequent average-speed check zones.
As you bypass Utrecht, the A27 often experiences heavy congestion during morning and evening peaks. If your schedule allows, aim to clear this junction mid-morning to avoid the heavy flow of commuters merging from the A12. The road surface here is exceptionally well-maintained, but the volume of heavy freight traffic requires you to maintain a consistent gap, especially when the weather turns wet, which is common in the open fields of the central Netherlands.
Approaching Breda, the terrain gently rolls into the Brabant landscape, signaled by the sight of more wooded surroundings and the transition into a region defined by its historic military significance. The motorways leading into the city are well-marked, but note that Breda maintains strict access regulations for its inner core; keep an eye on signage if you are heading toward the historic center rather than the surrounding ring roads. Parking is plentiful on the outskirts, which is often the most efficient way to access the city's fortress-style center without navigating the narrow, one-way streets near the Grote Markt.
Route highlights
- Crossing the Hollandse Brug
- Navigating the Utrecht A27 junction
- The transition into the Brabant landscape
- Historic Breda city center architecture
Trip plan
How to think about the drive: one day, split, or overnight.
Short hop
Under two hours behind the wheel. Grab a coffee, set the playlist, done before lunch.
- Distance:
- 111 km
- Duration:
- 1h 34m (free-flow, no traffic)
Must-know before you go
The things a driver from another country wouldn't think to ask about — fines, stickers, payment cards, opening hours.
Tolls, vignettes & road payment
No motorway tolls, but Westerschelde tunnel charges
TipDutch motorways are free for cars, but a few specific crossings charge. The Westerscheldetunnel near Vlissingen is €5–7. Kil Tunnel (A29) and Liefkenshoektunnel (Antwerp side) are similarly priced. Pay contactless on entry — there's no booth queue.
Driving rules & habits
Bicycles have right-of-way at unmarked junctions
UsefulIn the Netherlands, cyclists are treated as full traffic and often given priority you'd expect from a pedestrian crossing back home. Always check the bike lane before turning. At a roundabout in town, cyclists get the inside line and you yield. The rule that bites is unmarked junctions in residential streets — yield to the bike.
Fuel stations
Contactless cards work at virtually every motorway pump
TipMajor brand stations (Shell, Total, BP, Repsol, Cepsa, OMV, Eni, Esso) take Visa and Mastercard contactless without an issue. American Express and Diners are spotty south of the Alps. A €100 pre-authorisation hold is normal — it releases within 5 days. Carry €50 cash for the rare independent station.
Money & connectivity
EU roaming covers calls, texts and data at no extra cost
TipYour home EU SIM works at home rates across every EU member, plus Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. The "fair use" cap on data only applies if you're abroad more than four months. For a 2-week road trip, just use your phone normally — but switch off "data roaming" if you're leaving the EU into UK / CH for any segment.
Emergency & breakdown
112 works everywhere in the EU and continental neighbours
TipSingle number for police, ambulance, fire — works from any phone, any network, any country. On motorways, the orange SOS pillars every 2km connect direct to the regional traffic control centre and pinpoint your location. Use them over your phone if you can — it speeds the response.
Rules, fees, and thresholds change. Always verify against the official source the day before you drive — this page is a checklist, not a legal reference.
Main roads
The highways this route spends the most kilometres on.
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A27 Stichtse Brug93 km
Route character
How much of the drive is motorway vs. secondary vs. rural.
Motorway drive — fast, predictable, uneventful.
- Motorway
- 85%
- Secondary
- 0%
- Other / rural
- 15%
Drive difficulty
At-a-glance feel: how demanding is this drive for one driver?
Overall
Easy
Straightforward drive. One driver, one day, little to worry about beyond fuel and a toilet stop.
- No major complicating factors — motorway-heavy, single country, comfortable length.
Fuel & tolls
Rough cost expectation for a typical EU passenger car. Treat as an estimate — pump prices change weekly.
Petrol (RON 95)
≈ €20
8.3 L × €2.39 / L · 7.5 L/100 km
Diesel
≈ €15
6.7 L × €2.26 / L · 6 L/100 km
Electric (DC fast)
≈ €13
19 kWh × €0.65 / kWh · 17.5 kWh/100 km
Public DC fast charging — slower AC charging at home or hotels typically costs about half.
Prices last refreshed 2026-05-25.
Weather by month
Average daytime high / overnight low and typical monthly rainfall, over the past five years.
🇳🇱 Almere Stad
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
7°
2°
|
9°
3°
|
11°
4°
|
14°
6°
|
18°
10°
|
21°
14°
|
22°
15°
|
23°
15°
|
20°
13°
|
15°
10°
|
10°
6°
|
8°
4°
|
| 98mm | 69mm | 55mm | 75mm | 77mm | 52mm | 114mm | 64mm | 81mm | 128mm | 104mm | 76mm |
hot mild cold
🇳🇱 Breda
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
7°
2°
|
9°
3°
|
12°
4°
|
15°
6°
|
19°
10°
|
23°
13°
|
23°
14°
|
23°
15°
|
21°
13°
|
16°
10°
|
10°
5°
|
8°
4°
|
| 99mm | 67mm | 75mm | 75mm | 88mm | 53mm | 100mm | 61mm | 68mm | 104mm | 94mm | 69mm |
hot mild cold
Next 5 days at Breda
Live forecast — refreshes every few hours.
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Sun 7
⛅
19° / 13°
0.1mm
-
Mon 8
🌧️
20° / 12°
57.2mm
-
Tue 9
🌧️
17° / 11°
20.8mm
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Wed 10
⛅
16° / 10°
2.7mm
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Thu 11
⛅
17° / 10°
0.6mm
Forecast: MET Norway
Directions
Turn-by-turn summary of the main manoeuvres, generated by OSRM.
Show all 13 manoeuvres
- Gezellenhof
- Hospitaaldreef 0.1 km
- Hospitaaldreef
- Hospitaaldreef
- Veluwedreef 3 km
- Waterlandseweg 7 km
- Stichtseweg (A27) 0.9 km
- Stichtse Brug (A27) 47 km
- (A27) 27 km
- (A27) 19 km
- Nieuwe Ginnekenstraat 0.2 km
- van Coothplein
- Nieuwstraat
By coach from Almere Stad to Breda
Indicative duration of the fastest direct long-distance coach found in the FlixBus and BlaBlaCar Bus EU schedules.
- Travel time
- 1h 20m
- Direct
- Operator
- FlixBus-eu
- Departures / day
- ~1
- Approximate based on the published schedule.
Show coach corridor on map
Schedules sourced from the FlixBus and BlaBlaCar Bus GTFS feeds via transport.data.gouv.fr. Times are indicative; verify on the operator's site before booking.
Booking link coming soon.
Frequently asked
Are there any tolls on the road between Almere and Breda?
No, the A27 is a toll-free motorway, and the Netherlands does not use a vignette system for passenger vehicles.
What is the standard motorway speed limit in the Netherlands?
The daytime speed limit on Dutch motorways is generally 100 km/h between 06:00 and 19:00, with some sections increasing to 120 km/h or 130 km/h during evening and nighttime hours.
Is it easy to drive in Breda city centre?
Breda has a compact historic center with many pedestrianized zones and narrow streets, so it is highly recommended to use the designated parking garages on the ring road instead of attempting to drive through the core.
How this page is built
Compiled by COD Solutions Oy from open European data — OSRM over OpenStreetMap for the route geometry, Open-Meteo for monthly climate normals, and Google Gemini drafts the narrative and FAQ from the computed route data. See our methodology for refresh cadence and limitations.