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Hitchhiking from Prague to Budapest

About 7 h 54 min of hitchhiking — roughly 628 km in 3 ride(s), including about 1 h 38 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 Prague to MOL — 7.4 km. Local transport is usually quicker than walking this stretch.
  2. Hitch 7.1 km (4 min) from MOL to Brněnská, Prague. Expect around 34 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  3. Hitch 378.7 km (3 h 47 min) from Brněnská, Prague to Lamač. Expect around 31 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  4. Hitch 242.0 km (2 h 25 min) from Lamač to Budapest. Expect around 32 min of waiting here. 3 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  5. 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

“Was heading to Austria way and had luck here, but not many drivers going throu this place.”
― TommasCZ, Fri 2013-07-19 · MOL
“They said that here is a good place to hitchhike, and we came with my other 2 friends and tried to go to Brno at least, and it worked! After 1 and a half hour, some french guy picked up and bring us to Brno.”
― Anonymous, Fri 2012-12-14 · MOL
“Great spot if you know what are you doing. I asked the first car i saw if he could give me a ride to the next gas station (only 5km). From there its very easy to go to Brno.”
― zagrizeniOrel, Sat 2025-09-20 · MOL
“friendly ppl. not so many traffic, but you can get lucky and get an instant ride to the best mcdonalds hitchiking spot down the D1.”
― Aleksp, Sun 2025-11-02 · MOL
“Not a lot of people stopping by. Most go to the commercial center but you can get lucky to go to Brno”
― Eli, Sun 2026-08-16 · MOL
“Good spot to get out of Prague. Got a ride to Tabor”
― josefjojo, Sun 2026-08-23 · MOL
“This petrol station is good for hitchhiking east towards Brno and Bratislava. From metro station Opatov (red C line) take bus 324, 363 or 385 to stop K Sukovu. You'll know you're there because 150m away to your right is the service station. Keep walking along the bus route, go over the bridge and walk onto the service station. Large, with many facilities and many opportunities to ask drivers. For ”
― Anonymous · Brněnská, Prague
“the 'praha D1 mc. donalds restaurant'; this is one of the most perfect spots for hitchhiking i have ever seen. i is safe, quick, even though not so easy to reach from praha with the public transportation system. at this place you can choose from many drivers to take you with. i was only going to 'brno' but 'bratislava' or 'vienna' (nonstop) should be possible too. stand on the parking lot or ask a”
― Anonymous · Brněnská, Prague
“every time I go to Brno, I'm walking on the highway 3 km as the idiot (from opatov). perhaps a hundred times I went this route. thanks so much for this info. otherwise it is a great place to HH!”
― Hfungus, Sat 2011-06-25 · Brněnská, Prague
“it took me longer to get there than to get a ride directly to Brno:D”
― Dpatrickst170, Sat 2013-04-06 · Brněnská, Prague

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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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