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Hitchhiking from Kraków to Budapest

About 8 h 26 min of hitchhiking — roughly 404 km in 8 ride(s), including about 4 h 16 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 Kraków to BP — 5.4 km. Local transport is usually quicker than walking this stretch.
  2. Hitch 26.2 km (16 min) from BP to Tarnówka, Myślenice. Expect around 18 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  3. Hitch 36.5 km (22 min) from Tarnówka, Myślenice to Skawa, Skawa. Expect around 30 min of waiting here. 9 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  4. Hitch 38.7 km (23 min) from Skawa, Skawa to Chyżne. Expect around 52 min of waiting here. 3 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  5. Hitch 48.8 km (29 min) from Chyżne to Slovnaft. Expect around 48 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  6. Hitch 18.3 km (11 min) from Slovnaft to Bystrická cesta, Roveň. Expect around 24 min of waiting here. 3 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  7. Hitch 56.1 km (34 min) from Bystrická cesta, Roveň to OMV. Expect around 29 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  8. Hitch 24.0 km (14 min) from OMV to Zvolen. Expect around 28 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  9. Walk 0.7 km (8 min) from Zvolen to Neresnická cesta, Zvolen.
  10. Hitch 155.3 km (1 h 33 min) from Neresnická cesta, Zvolen to Fót. Expect around 27 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  11. Get from Fót to Budapest — 16.4 km. Local transport is usually quicker than walking this stretch.

What hitchhikers said along this route

“IF you are going to direction of Slovakia or Novy targ. Go at least to crossroads near Rabka zdroj because there are not many good places between.”
― Marek.cavojsky8338, Wed 2011-03-02 · BP
“I got a lift to Slovakia in 5mins on the national holiday lots of traffic just ask 3 drivers and i had a lift.”
― Jonathan litchfield, Sun 2014-11-09 · BP
“Gas station. in direction of Slovakia.”
― Anonymous, Wed 2011-03-02 · BP
“Got a ride to Rabka after 15 minutes on a Sunday morning with low traffic”
― Anonymous, Sun 2023-11-12 · BP
“I waited 30min with a SK sign then a Nowy Targ sign. I had no luck and moved towards the highway intersection south of this place and got picked up in 15min towards Myslenice which unfortunately didn't help me a lot.”
― I4MTRUE, Thu 2025-11-06 · BP
“Used two times. Got a ride to Poprad, Sk once with a sign SK”
― Jurichezzbmx, Tue 2023-01-03 · Tarnówka, Myślenice
“Pretty unlucky. There was construction work and no one was going to Slovakia. Took a ride to Zakopane in the end”
― princessescharming, Tue 2025-08-26 · Tarnówka, Myślenice
“Great spot, but we made a bad decision getting into the first car that stopped and we only drove 30 km”
― marlena, Mon 2025-09-01 · Tarnówka, Myślenice
“Mostly locals + some cars heading to Chyżne,”
― Anonymous, Thu 2023-04-27 · Skawa, Skawa
“Wanted to go to budapest, taken to trdvosin.”
― Maja, Wed 2024-05-01 · Skawa, Skawa

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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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