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Driving in Europe can be a joy — particularly in Germany, if you are a Schumacher wannabe – OR, it could easily turn into a nightmare. Not only because it could be nerve-wracking but also because it could be expensive. There are tons of ways to go around Europe on a budget. But with the current prices of gas, Car Travel — unless, of course, you share a car — isn’t really the cheapest option.

However, if you insist on driving around Europe, here are a few guidelines to help stretch that Euro a wee bit more:

Diesel is…

• 25% cheaper than gasoline in most countries
• in Ireland, it’s only 15% cheaper than gasoline
• in Spain and UK, however, it’s just about the same
• and in Switzerland and Slovenia, it’s more expensive than gasoline

The price of fuel…

• cheapest in Andorra and Luxembourg
• cheaper in Spain than in France
• more expensive in Switzerland
• cheaper in Ireland than in the UK 
• gets progressively more expensive from Germany to Denmark to Sweden to Norway

It is more expensive to gas up at stations along the autobahns. Fill ‘er up at Supermarkets along the main roads at the edges of towns in France, Belgium Germany and the Netherlands:

• In France the main supermarket chains are Mammoth and Intermarche
• in Germany the main chain is Spar;
• in the Netherlands it’s Mamoet.
• Note that the governments of Italy and Spain and Eastern Europe regulate fuel prices so all stations have the same price

source: IdeaMerge

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