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Hitchhiking from Paris to Kraków

About 24 h 04 min of hitchhiking — roughly 1862 km in 12 ride(s), including about 5 h 27 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 Paris to Boulevard Bourdon, Paris — 1.4 km. Local transport is usually quicker than walking this stretch.
  2. Hitch 27.6 km (17 min) from Boulevard Bourdon, Paris to Croissy-Beaubourg. Expect around 1 h 00 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  3. Hitch 9.1 km (6 min) from Croissy-Beaubourg to Aire de Ferrières. Expect around 45 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  4. Hitch 387.0 km (3 h 52 min) from Aire de Ferrières to Aire de Longeville-Sud. Expect around 37 min of waiting here. 5 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  5. Hitch 216.7 km (2 h 10 min) from Aire de Longeville-Sud to Am Hockenheimring West. Expect around 30 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  6. Hitch 225.5 km (2 h 15 min) from Am Hockenheimring West to Raststätte Kammersteiner Land Süd. Expect around 30 min of waiting here. 3 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  7. Hitch 83.6 km (50 min) from Raststätte Kammersteiner Land Süd to Rastpark Fränkische Schweiz / Pegnitz Ost. Expect around 15 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  8. Hitch 85.2 km (51 min) from Rastpark Fränkische Schweiz / Pegnitz Ost to Leupoldsgrün. Expect around 20 min of waiting here. 5 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  9. Hitch 128.9 km (1 h 17 min) from Leupoldsgrün to Donauwörther Straße, Chemnitz. Expect around 25 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  10. Hitch 69.9 km (42 min) from Donauwörther Straße, Chemnitz to Rasthof Dresdner Tor. Expect around 15 min of waiting here. 3 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  11. Hitch 190.7 km (1 h 54 min) from Rasthof Dresdner Tor to Orlen. Expect around 20 min of waiting here. 3 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  12. Hitch 130.9 km (1 h 19 min) from a hitchhiking spot near Orlen to Orlen. Expect around 15 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  13. Hitch 307.3 km (3 h 04 min) from Orlen to Krakow. Expect around 15 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  14. Get from Krakow to Kraków — 4.4 km. Local transport is usually quicker than walking this stretch.

What hitchhikers said along this route

“C’est difficile de sortir de Paris vers l’est. Il y a beaucoup de passage mais c’est beaucoup des camions et des taxis. On a été pris après environ une heure et déposé un peu avant l’aire de ferrière.”
― Po, Tue 2025-06-03 · Boulevard Bourdon, Paris
“Standing there (2 people) with a sign over an hour, and many who stopped went only a very short distance until one was willing to take us to the Aire des Ferrières.”
― Anonymous, Mon 2025-02-17 · Boulevard Bourdon, Paris
“Bon spot pour rejoindre l’aire de ferriere”
― Pow, Tue 2025-06-03 · Croissy-Beaubourg
“Good to get to the next gas station, only local traffic”
― Urbanibm, Fri 2026-11-06 · Croissy-Beaubourg
“asked the first driver who took my right up to my destination in germany :-) people can bring you here, because its just before the peage!”
― Anonymous · Aire de Ferrières
“> A4 Reims, Metz, Strasbourg, Germany and Luxembourg reach this gas station from Bussy Saint Georges RER A train station, then walk through the industrial area of Bussy, then cross onto the bridge, then follow for some hundred meters in the grass along the A4. 25-30 minutes wait. Best point for getting out of Paris - 45 min by RER The Péage is not far from here.”
― Anonymous, Tue 2005-12-27 · Aire de Ferrières
“Strongly recommend. Fun to get to.”
― Davies, Tue 2015-09-15 · Aire de Ferrières
“Easily get a ride to peage described in the article.”
― Anonymous, Tue 2011-03-15 · Aire de Ferrières
“Once you get out of Paris, this is the best place to start off”
― Ondo, Tue 2011-12-20 · Aire de Ferrières
“I got a ride to Forbach (german border) after waiting for 45 minutes. The french driver even spoke fluent german. ;)”
― Anonymous, Sun 2014-12-21 · Aire de Ferrières

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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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