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Hitchhiking from Lyon to Vienna

About 19 h 10 min of hitchhiking — roughly 1412 km in 10 ride(s), including about 5 h 02 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 Lyon to Vaulx-en-Velin — 6.1 km. Local transport is usually quicker than walking this stretch.
  2. Hitch 17.8 km (11 min) from Vaulx-en-Velin to Aire de Lyon-Dagneux. Expect around 51 min of waiting here. 6 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  3. Hitch 125.4 km (1 h 15 min) from Aire de Lyon-Dagneux to Chemin des Jules, Bardonnex. Expect around 48 min of waiting here. 3 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  4. Hitch 202.6 km (2 h 02 min) from Chemin des Jules, Bardonnex to SOCAR Grauholz Süd. Expect around 25 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  5. Hitch 117.7 km (1 h 11 min) from SOCAR Grauholz Süd to Shell Würenlos-Wald. Expect around 1 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  6. Walk 0.1 km (1 min) from Shell Würenlos-Wald to Shell Würenlos-Limmat.
  7. Hitch 87.4 km (52 min) from Shell Würenlos-Limmat to BP. Expect around 31 min of waiting here. 3 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  8. Hitch 227.7 km (2 h 17 min) from BP to Autobahnraststätte Lechwiesen Süd. Expect around 24 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  9. Hitch 89.0 km (53 min) from Autobahnraststätte Lechwiesen Süd to Fürholzen (West). Expect around 31 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  10. Hitch 66.2 km (40 min) from Fürholzen (West) to Holzkirchen Süd. Expect around 32 min of waiting here. 3 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  11. Hitch 272.7 km (2 h 44 min) from Holzkirchen Süd to Raststation Ansfelden Süd. Expect around 40 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  12. Hitch 205.1 km (2 h 03 min) from Raststation Ansfelden Süd to OMV. Expect around 18 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  13. Get from OMV to Vienna — 3.6 km. Local transport is usually quicker than walking this stretch.

What hitchhikers said along this route

“I had a sign saying "Suisse" but no one stopped for me first. I really would recommend you to ask for a ride to the next gasstation (and god damn, never go to the next duty station!!) or to not use a sign. That worked better.”
― Mochilero, Mon 2013-09-09 · Vaulx-en-Velin
“Good spot, waited 10min and a car took me until the peage of Beynost”
― Anonymous, Fri 2019-05-03 · Vaulx-en-Velin
“A lot of space for cars to stop, mostly going in a direction of Geneva. I would recommend sign with number of highway you want to go (A42 or A46) and image of gas station just to get you out of the city...”
― Elf-pavlik, Thu 2011-04-14 · Vaulx-en-Velin
“good spot to go to geneva/ Jura. If your ride stops before your destination, go for either the first gas station (aire de Lyon Dagneux) but try not to stop at an 'Aire de repos' since less people tend to stop threre..”
― Anonymous, Mon 2016-03-28 · Vaulx-en-Velin
“Car stoppped as soon as I put up a sign saying Pont-d'Ain. My final destination was Geneva.”
― Mr. Zill, Fri 2013-03-15 · Vaulx-en-Velin
“Not ideal because no place for car to park but I managed to get a ride at 23:00 so i'd say it's possible”
― Minaus, Mon 2024-09-02 · Vaulx-en-Velin
“15 min wait to Geneva. Not the best place for cars to stop but there is not so much trafic so people can stop in the roundabout.”
― titouanlh, Thu 2023-08-31 · Vaulx-en-Velin
“Traveling alone. Tried both sign and thumb+sign. Came all the way here from Lyon center. It was NOT worth it. Tons of traffic, but very few cars going towards Geneva (or they simply did not want to take me) Early in the morning it probably works better because many people work near Geneva and live in Lyon”
― masahitch, Mon 2026-01-05 · Vaulx-en-Velin
“Took me 45 mins just to get a ride to the peage down the road. Comfortable spot though and shady”
― MrZachyPants, Sat 2025-08-30 · Vaulx-en-Velin
“got a ride but the guy dropped us in the middle of motorway and we had to deal with gendarmerie. direction switzerland”
― Melampsorella, Sun 2025-09-14 · Vaulx-en-Velin

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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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