Taking ferry to Germany and route to Poland

It was the last day of our vacation, so we headed home. We had to drive almost 1000 km. We decided to spice up the trip by visiting two more interesting places.

The first was the cliffs of Møn, the second - Knuthenborg Safaripark.

It rained all the way from the cliffs to the Safaripark. Fortunately, when we arrived at Knuthenborg, some sun came out. We toured this park by car, so the weather didn't spoil our plans. The weather had changed, so we decided to change our plans for the last night as well. We gave up and decided to drive back to Poland by night. We chose this option instead of sleeping in the rain in a wet tent.

After a day of sightseeing, we took the ferry from Rødby to Puttgarden. It was a Scandlines ferry; the crossing took 45 minutes and cost 689 DKK. We would have saved some money if we had bought tickets online 14 days before our trip. We bought a ticket ad-hoc, just 10 minutes before departure.

The route from Denmark to Germany can be traveled by ferry to Puttgarden (from Rødby) or to Rostock (from Gedser). Differences - primarily price. By choosing the ferry to Rostock we would pay more for the ferry and have a longer cruise (about 2h) which would save us about 100 km of driving. However, we decided to take the shorter, cheaper cruise and drive 100 km extra, which by comparison was more cost-effective.

Fun fact: a tunnel is being built under the Fehmarn Belt between Rødbyhavn and Puttgarden. It will be almost 18 km long and is set to become the longest immersed tunnel in the world, made of concrete sections lowered onto the seabed. The drive will take about 10 minutes instead of 45 minutes by ferry. The opening has been postponed several times: according to 2026 reports, cars will not use the tunnel before 2031, and trains even later.

We continued our route through Germany. Along the way we made a stop at a parking lot off the highway and cooked dinner. We arrived in Poznań at 5 AM. We spent almost 23 hours on the road.