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Hitchhiking from Brussels to Prague

About 13 h 40 min of hitchhiking — roughly 1050 km in 7 ride(s), including about 3 h 10 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 50.84250, 4.36874 — 1.2 km. Local transport is usually quicker than walking this stretch.
  2. Hitch 84.4 km (51 min) from 50.84250, 4.36874 to 50.70587, 5.25044. Expect around 11 min of waiting here. 3 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  3. Hitch 42.9 km (26 min) from 50.70587, 5.25044 to Aire de Tignée. Expect around 25 min of waiting here. 3 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  4. Hitch 57.3 km (34 min) from Aire de Tignée to Aachener Land Süd. Expect around 30 min of waiting here. 4 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  5. Hitch 252.9 km (2 h 32 min) from Aachener Land Süd to Medenbach-West. Expect around 26 min of waiting here. 4 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  6. Hitch 296.1 km (2 h 58 min) from Medenbach-West to 49.42125, 11.20411. Expect around 30 min of waiting here. 3 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  7. Hitch 48.1 km (29 min) from 49.42125, 11.20411 to Illschwang. Expect around 39 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  8. Hitch 268.0 km (2 h 41 min) from Illschwang to 50.04901, 14.26754. Expect around 28 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  9. Get from 50.04901, 14.26754 to Prague — 11.8 km. Local transport is usually quicker than walking this stretch.

What hitchhikers said along this route

“Quite a lot of traffic, but belgian people seem to be afraid of hitchhikers.”
― Anonymous · Aire de Tignée
“Decent place to go on to Germany and Luxembourg, but traffic density is somewhat low.”
― Anonymous · Aire de Tignée
“As of Oct 2010, traffic density is totally okay, and finding a lift towards Cologne not a big deal.”
― Anonymous · Aire de Tignée
“For me, it was quite easy and fast to stop a car going to the Netherlands...”
― Xkomczax, Sun 2011-11-06 · Aire de Tignée
“Wasn't easy to find a car to go to the NL, but you can talk to the drivers at the gas station or the parking place.”
― Anonymous, Sun 2011-09-18 · Aire de Tignée
“Bad toward NL,needed to put a tent overnight.”
― Anonymous, Wed 2011-02-23 · Aire de Tignée
“We were extremely lucky to catch a ride all the way to Nijmegen from here on a Sunday. Sundays appear to be good for rides to the Netherlands from here because many Dutch people ("dagjesmensen") return from short trips to the Ardennes then.”
― Maxim1110, Wed 2015-03-04 · Aire de Tignée
“Varieng experience finding a driver to NL. Not always busy. Probably better on Sundays for going to NL. Great of course towards Brussels/Paris.”
― Fverhart, Sun 2012-10-07 · Aire de Tignée
“Mostly locals from what I've seen.”
― BadWolf, Wed 2013-05-29 · Aire de Tignée
“I've had a real hard time finding someone going to the German border here on a Monday afternoon. Almost exclusively local traffic and some trucks. I do not recommend this station.”
― Kriechstrom, Mon 2012-01-09 · Aire de Tignée

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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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