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Hitchhiking from Brussels to Budapest

About 21 h 57 min of hitchhiking — roughly 1582 km in 10 ride(s), including about 4 h 46 min of waiting by the road. These figures come from rides hitchhikers logged on this map, not from an estimate.

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Step by step

  1. Get from Brussels to Rue Belliard - Belliardstraat, Brussels — 1.2 km. Local transport is usually quicker than walking this stretch.
  2. Hitch 3.8 km (2 min) from Rue Belliard - Belliardstraat, Brussels to Schaerbeek - Schaarbeek. Expect around 4 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  3. Hitch 23.3 km (14 min) from Schaerbeek - Schaarbeek to Heverlee Zuid. Expect around 26 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  4. Hitch 100.6 km (1 h 00 min) from Heverlee Zuid to Aire de Tignée. Expect around 30 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  5. Hitch 57.2 km (34 min) from Aire de Tignée to Aachener Land Süd. Expect around 25 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  6. Hitch 252.1 km (2 h 31 min) from Aachener Land Süd to Medenbach-West. Expect around 31 min of waiting here. 4 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  7. Hitch 259.0 km (2 h 35 min) from Medenbach-West to Raststätte Aurach Süd. Expect around 17 min of waiting here. 3 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  8. Hitch 270.2 km (2 h 42 min) from Raststätte Aurach Süd to Donautal West. Expect around 50 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  9. Hitch 329.3 km (3 h 18 min) from Donautal West to Turmöl. Expect around 34 min of waiting here. 3 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  10. Walk 6.8 km (1 h 21 min) from Turmöl to BP.
  11. Hitch 4.9 km (3 min) from BP to Raststation Simmering. Expect around 27 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  12. Hitch 281.4 km (2 h 49 min) from Raststation Simmering to Budapest. Expect around 41 min of waiting here. 3 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  13. Get from a hitchhiking spot near Budapest to Budapest — 2.4 km. Local transport is usually quicker than walking this stretch.

What hitchhikers said along this route

“At red light on rue du Belliard, Towards Leuven / Liege / Aachen ( E40 ). At the end of the road the cars take the tunnel. Make sure the car you take goes at least till Leuven. If they do and you go further, ask them to put you off at the petrol station on the motorway right after the split to Leuven. They can join back Leuven through small road from the petrol station.”
― Anonymous · Rue Belliard - Belliardstraat, Brussels
“Waited less than 5 minutes to go to Liege. I was standing at the Total petrol station and dropped me next to Liege on his way to Germany.”
― Anonymous, 2020-01-16 · Rue Belliard - Belliardstraat, Brussels
“I was standing a bit closer to the tunnel on the left side and was picked up after 2 minutes and got a direct lift to Antwerp. Before I waited on the right side at a traffic light for half an hour and no one stopped.”
― Charmine, 2013-06-13 · Rue Belliard - Belliardstraat, Brussels
“A slghtly dangerous place, crowded, there's extremely little space for cars to safely stop and they are going quite fast...On the other hand there are many of them going to the East. Your call...”
― Anonymous, 2013-07-29 · Rue Belliard - Belliardstraat, Brussels
“I tried that spot for like 3 minutes on a Sunday afternoon. I was standing just next to the Total petrolstation. The first car to stop was going next to Leuven. 30 seconds later, another stopped and took me till Liège, on the last petrolstation before Germany.”
― Couleurmate, 2014-08-29 · Rue Belliard - Belliardstraat, Brussels
“Perfect spot for going east in the week-end! A little less croweded, so a little bit easier for cars to stop. I got a ride to Leuven after 1 minute on a Saturday morning. You can push the button to cross the street on the pedestrian lane, to create a red light situation for the cars that are going in the tunnel. It might help :)”
― Anonymous, 2014-11-29 · Rue Belliard - Belliardstraat, Brussels
“I hitchhiked many times from this spot. The left side is the best side. Right after, or before, the first traffic light. It seems there's no space to pull over, but Belgian people actually can. All the time.”
― Guaka, 2012-07-12 · Rue Belliard - Belliardstraat, Brussels
“Still really good spot towards Liege Sunday 10 am.”
― martih, 2025-08-31 · Rue Belliard - Belliardstraat, Brussels
“Take the Tramway to Diamant and then wait for a lift to Liège”
― Anonymous, 2015-02-23 · Schaerbeek - Schaarbeek
“Waited 30 minutes with 2 persons to get to liège, lot of car passage”
― Anonymous, 2023-07-13 · Schaerbeek - Schaarbeek

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Waiting times and distances are averages from community-logged rides. Travel time assumes 100 km/h in a car and 5 km/h walking. They are not guarantees.


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