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Hitchhiking from Cologne to Budapest

About 20 h 26 min of hitchhiking — roughly 1368 km in 7 ride(s), including about 5 h 24 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 Cologne to Aral Verteilerkreis Westseite — 5.0 km. Local transport is usually quicker than walking this stretch.
  2. Hitch 18.9 km (11 min) from Aral Verteilerkreis Westseite to Raststätte Frechen Süd. Expect around 1 h 03 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  3. Hitch 200.7 km (2 h 00 min) from Raststätte Frechen Süd to Medenbach-West. Expect around 1 h 04 min of waiting here. 4 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  4. Hitch 260.6 km (2 h 36 min) from Medenbach-West to Raststätte Aurach Süd. Expect around 36 min of waiting here. 5 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  5. Hitch 270.3 km (2 h 42 min) from Raststätte Aurach Süd to Donautal West. Expect around 43 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  6. Hitch 330.2 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
  7. Walk 6.8 km (1 h 21 min) from Turmöl to BP.
  8. Hitch 5.0 km (3 min) from BP to Raststation Simmering. Expect around 30 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  9. Hitch 281.8 km (2 h 49 min) from Raststation Simmering to Budapest. Expect around 54 min of waiting here. 4 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  10. 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

“Perfect spot to Bonn. Stand right at the exit of the gas station and got a ride in 10 mins. On a Thursday afternoon around 1pm”
― Anonymous, Fri 2021-09-03 · Aral Verteilerkreis Westseite
“A big petrol station, cars are stopping very often. Had a bad experience with getting to Bonn, I guess it depends from good timing. For Bonn you should look for cars with ''BN-...'' number plate, ''K-...'' usually stays in Köln. People often going to Aachen.”
― Anonymous, Sat 2014-07-26 · Aral Verteilerkreis Westseite
“perfect spot, catched to Aachen in 15 minutes”
― Anonymous, Tue 2023-07-25 · Aral Verteilerkreis Westseite
“Tried going in the direction of Aachen. But had no luck. Maybe it was because it was a sunday. Its probably better to take a bus and a train to the first gas station in the Aachen direction, its a short walk from the train station.”
― stepanfoj, Tue 2025-08-26 · Aral Verteilerkreis Westseite
“That was horrible, NOBODY toked us…in the Afternoon”
― Mary, Fri 2025-04-18 · Aral Verteilerkreis Westseite
“Decent spot to get onto the A1 northbound, Lichtendorf for example”
― Anonymous · Raststätte Frechen Süd
“heading south, stood here two hours form 18-20h, to get on the A61 but then got a ride from a belgian spedcyclingfamily al the way to mannheim better to get out at Kerpen”
― Fossilhitchhiker, Sat 2014-08-23 · Raststätte Frechen Süd
“After getting through here a few more times I get the impression that the service station is good towards Frankfurt (A3), okay towards Hannover and Berlin (A1 and A2 later) but very bad towards Erfurt and Dresden (A4).”
― Kriechstrom, Mon 2012-02-06 · Raststätte Frechen Süd
“Maybe it is not the fastest hitchhiking spot, but still you can catch quite easily someone going into the east to the Frankfurt. And as a bonus there is wonderful view to the Köln ;-)”
― Xkomczax, Sun 2011-11-06 · Raststätte Frechen Süd
“Got a ride to a petrol station in Dortmund, after 1 hour.”
― Anonymous, Wed 2013-12-18 · Raststätte Frechen Süd

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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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