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Hitchhiking from Budapest to Cologne

About 18 h 46 min of hitchhiking — roughly 1343 km in 7 ride(s), including about 5 h 20 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 Budapest to OMV — 4.3 km. Local transport is usually quicker than walking this stretch.
  2. Hitch 205.5 km (2 h 03 min) from OMV to Raststation Nickelsdorf Nord. Expect around 1 h 03 min of waiting here. 4 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  3. Hitch 294.6 km (2 h 57 min) from Raststation Nickelsdorf Nord to Raststation Ansfelden Nord. Expect around 35 min of waiting here. 3 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  4. Hitch 129.5 km (1 h 18 min) from Raststation Ansfelden Nord to Donautal Ost. Expect around 47 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  5. Hitch 233.7 km (2 h 20 min) from Donautal Ost to Rastplatz Ludergraben. Expect around 44 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  6. Hitch 111.1 km (1 h 07 min) from Rastplatz Ludergraben to Rasthof Haidt Nord. Expect around 1 h 04 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  7. Hitch 259.0 km (2 h 35 min) from Rasthof Haidt Nord to Heiligenroth. Expect around 42 min of waiting here. 3 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  8. Hitch 109.9 km (1 h 06 min) from Heiligenroth to 50.92850, 6.96232. Expect around 25 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  9. Get from 50.92850, 6.96232 to Cologne — 1.1 km. Local transport is usually quicker than walking this stretch.

What hitchhikers said along this route

“Lot's of traffic on the highway - drivers have enough place to stop on the exit lane of the McD and gas station. Was standing at the exit, trying to stop cars on the highway. Used a sign (Györ, but my final destination was Vienna) and got a ride within five minutes to a rest area 80 kilometres along the M1, from where it was relatively easy to catch another ride. Btw: Metro 4 goes Train station Ke”
― Tomtom, Fri 2014-11-21 · OMV
“I was going to Vienna and start to hitchhike from 9:20AM with a sign "Becs,Wien" I met a girl try to hitchhike to Ljubljana with sign from 8:00AM but gave up on 11:00AM I think it's not really good but best location in Budapest to Vienna,the cars are almost local. and car always run fast in highway. All you can expect is car from gas station or Macdonald. I got a van after 2hr40min. The driver wa”
― Everflood, Wed 2014-03-12 · OMV
“friday afternoon 2 boys and 1 girl, it was easy to hh to Balaton with a sign.”
― Sipmester, Mon 2013-07-15 · OMV
“Tried asking around the gas station, but it was quiet. Standing at the exit near McDonalds worked - somebody from the motorway pulled over for us!”
― Mikael, Fri 2012-10-12 · OMV
“Good place, but last time I waited 50 mins with no success (to Vienna). Police asked me to stand behind the guradlane. Later I tried at the entrance of the petrol station for 40 mins, then I got my driver while asking at the lane next to the petrol station, as stuff asked me not to go around the station.”
― Anonymous, Sun 2014-09-07 · OMV
“It is really good place if you want to go to Croatia(aka. Zagreb). We were waiting for 10 -15 minutes, but before the petrol station, in fact between petrol station and the restaurant in the beginning of it. We were three girls, without some special mark or sign.”
― Anonymous, Wed 2013-08-14 · OMV
“good people are in shit car, bad people are in good car.”
― Gecsomane, Sun 2013-07-28 · OMV
“It is very good place to A or to SLO. But please do NOT try it with HR in working days like me! :D If you want this direction use Balaton banner.”
― Petrvacha, Fri 2013-07-26 · OMV
“Never waited more than 15 minutes at the exit of the gas station, cars still have enough space to stop! Always with a sign. Train station Keleföld is within walking distance.”
― Frenny, Tue 2014-09-02 · OMV
“Busy petrol station with big traffic. Have a sign with yourself or try asking the people in the resting area. We waited at the exit almosr 100 mins! Direction Győr-Vienna or Balaton-Croatia-Slovenia. 2 persons (me and my girlfriend), 1h30m”
― Anonymous, Tue 2018-08-28 · OMV

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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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