Hitchhiking from Frankfurt to Budapest
About 14 h 45 min of hitchhiking — roughly 1107 km in 6 ride(s), including about 3 h 37 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
- Get from Frankfurt to Weiskirchen Süd — 17.3 km. Local transport is usually quicker than walking this stretch.
- Hitch 204.0 km (2 h 02 min) from Weiskirchen Süd to Raststätte Aurach Süd. Expect around 35 min of waiting here. 4 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
- Hitch 270.4 km (2 h 42 min) from Raststätte Aurach Süd to Donautal West. Expect around 47 min of waiting here. 3 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
- Hitch 129.6 km (1 h 18 min) from Donautal West to Raststation Ansfelden Süd. Expect around 34 min of waiting here. 3 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
- Hitch 232.6 km (2 h 20 min) from Raststation Ansfelden Süd to Schwechat. Expect around 36 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
- Walk 0.3 km (3 min) from Schwechat to BP.
- Hitch 20.0 km (12 min) from BP to OMV. Expect around 29 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
- Hitch 250.8 km (2 h 30 min) from OMV to Budapest. Expect around 36 min of waiting here. 5 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
- 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
“Two guys hitchhiking to München. We got a lift to Regensburg (north of München). We were picked up after a while by a nice lady heading to Austria. We stood by the on-ramp to the autobahn. It’s not a perfect place for the drivers to pick you up, as they can easily block traffic, but if there’s a will there’s a way.”
― Ledan, 2025-07-17 · Weiskirchen Süd
“Got here in the evening at 6, had no luck for the rest of the day, so i slept in the woods ( lots of nice spots). In the morning it took 15 minutes to get a ride to Wurzberg. Good spot.”
― stepanfoj, 2025-08-30 · Weiskirchen Süd
“the lady in the petrol station was really nice and gave me a free mini pizza :-) tried signing from the end of the stop for about twenty minutes and then the first people i asked for a lift took me to nurenburg. lots of trucks stopped here leaving frankfurt and the car park was nearly full.”
― Leslie, 2025-07-06 · Weiskirchen Süd
“it’s a very good spot. Many card heading to the East and South. There are mostly German card but also Czech and Polish. Worth a shot. There are a few reataurants so people stay for a quite long time. Higly recommend!”
― Monomisia, 2025-04-16 · Weiskirchen Süd
“Very good spot to reach wurtzbourg and Nuremberg. A lot of cars and easy to ask around.”
― Mano75, 2025-10-27 · Weiskirchen Süd
“One of the nicest rides I ever had”
― mat, 2025-08-03 · Weiskirchen Süd
“Raststätte Aurach Süd (experience on a Friday night) EAST: the perfect place to hitchhike to Romania or the Czech Republic (about 2/3 going that way) SOUTH: Munich is also good (about 1/4 of all cars going that way) NORTH: not a good place (2 cars in 3 hours)”
― Anonymous · Raststätte Aurach Süd
“in february 2013 there was almost nobody going in direction of the czech republic. got stuck here for 6 hours. traffic is good to munich!”
― Anonymous, 2013-03-04 · Raststätte Aurach Süd
“A lot of cars going to the south direction (München, Regensburg), but almost nobody to the Czech republic. This is not only my experience, but I read a lot of messages saying the same on the traffic signs and traffic barrier on this spot.”
― Xkomczax, 2011-11-06 · Raststätte Aurach Süd
“We waited 3h for a ride to Passau on a Monday at noon time. But it was holiday season. Lots of cars going to Munich !”
― Anonymous, 2016-08-10 · Raststätte Aurach 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.