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Hitchhiking from Riga to Budapest

About 26 h 08 min of hitchhiking — roughly 1893 km in 11 ride(s), including about 7 h 03 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 Riga to Circle K — 2.9 km. Local transport is usually quicker than walking this stretch.
  2. Hitch 4.4 km (3 min) from Circle K to Apiņu iela, Ķekavas pagasts. Expect around 25 min of waiting here. 4 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  3. Hitch 73.2 km (44 min) from Apiņu iela, Ķekavas pagasts to Zaļā iela, Bauska. Expect around 20 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  4. Hitch 251.1 km (2 h 31 min) from Zaļā iela, Bauska to Emsi. Expect around 54 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  5. Hitch 485.2 km (4 h 51 min) from Emsi to 52.15525, 20.68391. Expect around 12 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  6. Hitch 121.0 km (1 h 13 min) from 52.15525, 20.68391 to MOP Wiśniowa Góra Zachód. Expect around 36 min of waiting here. 4 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  7. Hitch 246.3 km (2 h 28 min) from MOP Wiśniowa Góra Zachód to MOP III Jaworzno Zastawie. Expect around 45 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  8. Hitch 41.4 km (25 min) from MOP III Jaworzno Zastawie to MOP Wirek. Expect around 1 h 12 min of waiting here. 5 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  9. Hitch 41.0 km (25 min) from MOP Wirek to MOP Rowień Zachód. Expect around 28 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  10. Hitch 241.3 km (2 h 25 min) from MOP Rowień Zachód to Brno. Expect around 44 min of waiting here. 3 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  11. Walk 0.8 km (9 min) from Brno to 49.15202, 16.62902.
  12. Hitch 146.2 km (1 h 28 min) from 49.15202, 16.62902 to Lamač. Expect around 38 min of waiting here. 3 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  13. Hitch 241.9 km (2 h 25 min) from Lamač to Budapest. Expect around 48 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  14. 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

“2026 spring update, amazing spot right now, road works have taken down the speeds, instead of two lanes there's only one very slow, due to the redirections of bus lines (no people besides you) and huge bus stop, its amazingly comfortable for cars to stop here, which means for the time the roadworks are in affect (most likely til the end of the year or til next spring) you will have a literal cheat”
― Estohiker, Sat 2026-05-02 · Circle K
“Agree. Lots of local traffic, nobody wants to stop. Solo female, cloudy Sunday morning. Waited for 45 minutes and decided to take the bus to Kekava, which was a good decision.”
― friki, Sun 2025-08-24 · Circle K
“indeed good spot for getting out of riga, but sign IS NECESSARY, I was standing with thumb and failed my route.”
― Aleksp, Tue 2026-05-12 · Circle K
“Lots of local traffic, no one stopped at the bus stop for 30min. I tried asking around in the gas station and then a guy took me to the Kekava roundabout.”
― Anettlee17, Mon 2025-07-21 · Circle K
“There's an ongoing roadwork, so the bus stop no longer exists. No space for the cars to stop”
― Anonymous, Fri 2026-07-17 · Circle K
“Road works don't really reduce to one lane anymore, so people don't want to stop there. Therefore being so close to Riga there's a ton of traffic but not willing to stop. Got a ride after 1h30 to Kekava from 100m down the road.”
― Manero, Sat 2026-06-27 · Circle K
“There is a bus stop: "Neilandi", the bus 26 go there from city and across the road is the sign of RIGA. Firstly I try to hitchhiking with the sign Vilnius but after 30 min with no result, I change the sing to Bauska. After this in 5 min one driver stopped and bring me to Bauska”
― Roman21, Wed 2025-09-10 · Apiņu iela, Ķekavas pagasts
“3 cars stopped at the same time! Fantastic spot, got a ride straight to Kaunas. Read the comments from other people for directions to find this spot!”
― Jarnohitchikes, Sat 2026-07-04 · Apiņu iela, Ķekavas pagasts
“There's a bus station here so the cars can stop going to LV or to the south :)”
― Anonymous, Sat 2013-04-20 · Zaļā iela, Bauska
“I got almost stuck here!!! big trucks "never" will stop !!! They don't have room for that ! Small cars only ! It was raining and a lady took me only 8 km 😅 hahaha at least the other one had a little more room for cars to stop !”
― Onlyexperiences, Wed 2024-10-02 · Zaļā iela, Bauska

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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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