It helps users find the distance between two places by entering the first three to five letters of a town’s name or its postal code. The site searches a directory of approximately 62,000 German cities, towns and municipalities and presents distances from a selected location to major cities and important places with airports. Visitors can also browse locations by federal state, including Bavaria, Berlin, Hesse, Hamburg and North Rhine-Westphalia.

To support trip planning, entfernung-von.de links to external route planners from Google Maps and ViaMichelin. These services can provide alternative route options and more detailed information about travel distances and journeys by car, train, aircraft or public transport. The website notes that the two route planners use different data sources, allowing users to compare their results. Its core offering is a straightforward way to check distances within Germany and continue to a separate mapping service for route details.