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Hitchhiking from Hamburg to Budapest

About 17 h 54 min of hitchhiking — roughly 1375 km in 6 ride(s), including about 3 h 19 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 Hamburg to a hitchhiking spot near Hamburg — 4.8 km. Local transport is usually quicker than walking this stretch.
  2. Hitch 274.1 km (2 h 44 min) from Hamburg to Linumer Bruch-Süd. Expect around 18 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  3. Hitch 76.9 km (46 min) from Linumer Bruch-Süd to Dreieck Neukölln, Berlin. Expect around 45 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  4. Walk 4.1 km (50 min) from Dreieck Neukölln, Berlin to Jet.
  5. Hitch 36.7 km (22 min) from Jet to Am Kahlberg West. Expect around 4 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  6. Hitch 330.1 km (3 h 18 min) from Am Kahlberg West to Klíčany, D8, km 3.1 (L). Expect around 31 min of waiting here. 3 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  7. Hitch 415.2 km (4 h 09 min) from Klíčany, D8, km 3.1 (L) to Orlen. Expect around 36 min of waiting here. 3 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  8. Walk 0.1 km (1 min) from Orlen to Lamač.
  9. Hitch 241.8 km (2 h 25 min) from Lamač to Budapest. Expect around 1 h 05 min of waiting here. 5 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

“i think there is no more better point for easy to go out from Hamburg but i give good point because of waiting... everybody smiling or shaking their hand(ok this kind act is better than any where) .P you can come here by train(Hesselbrook) or by U2 subway(Rauhes Haus)... so i waited 30-45 min. in summer time and just one car bring me to center of Berlin .)”
― Anonymous · Hamburg
“we just got picked up and they took us all the way to Berlin :)”
― Anonymous, Tue 2011-04-19 · Hamburg
“Met another guy there. We waited about 10 min, and got a car Lübeck.”
― Anonymous, Fri 2011-04-29 · Hamburg
“You're visible from far away and the side-strip is broad. Comfortable for car-drivers.”
― Johann von Elszt, Tue 2015-03-17 · Hamburg
“I met here one girl. She also wanted to go to Berlin. Together we got a car to Berlin. I was waiting here for 40 min. While we waited, three cars stopped, but they went to Lübeck.”
― Efrolov, Mon 2011-04-18 · Hamburg
“Very good place. There was even a stable hitchhiking sign to Berlin and Lübeck :)”
― Anonymous, Mon 2014-08-04 · Hamburg
“Great spot at the start of the motorway, cars can pull onto the hardshoulder. If the police pass by the will tell you to get away from there, but usually you will find a ride before that”
― Anonymous, Wed 2017-08-16 · Hamburg
“good place to get to berlin or lübeck. use a sign for convenience.”
― Posiputt, Sun 2012-07-22 · Hamburg
“not so much space for the cars to stop and they arrive quite quickly. prefer the bus stop before the roundabout.”
― Mikan, Thu 2013-08-01 · Hamburg
“Really good spot, my second time here both of the times it took under 10 minutes now i got ride directly to Berlin in 5. Can only recommend it but use a sign cause you can go to Berlin and Lübeck from here”
― Matej, Sat 2024-08-31 · Hamburg

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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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