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Hitchhiking from Rotterdam to Budapest

About 22 h 55 min of hitchhiking — roughly 1670 km in 10 ride(s), including about 5 h 22 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 Rotterdam to Noorderkanaalweg, Rotterdam — 2.4 km. Local transport is usually quicker than walking this stretch.
  2. Hitch 66.2 km (40 min) from Noorderkanaalweg, Rotterdam to Nieuwegein. Expect around 12 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  3. Walk 3.8 km (46 min) from Nieuwegein to Esso Bunnik.
  4. Hitch 92.1 km (55 min) from Esso Bunnik to Bergh Zuid. Expect around 53 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  5. Hitch 136.7 km (1 h 22 min) from Bergh Zuid to Raststätte Ohligser Heide West. Expect around 34 min of waiting here. 4 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  6. Hitch 206.9 km (2 h 04 min) from Raststätte Ohligser Heide West to Medenbach-West. Expect around 54 min of waiting here. 5 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  7. Hitch 260.6 km (2 h 36 min) from Medenbach-West to Raststätte Aurach Süd. Expect around 20 min of waiting here. 5 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  8. Hitch 272.3 km (2 h 43 min) from Raststätte Aurach Süd to Donautal West. Expect around 37 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  9. Hitch 129.5 km (1 h 18 min) from Donautal West to Raststation Ansfelden Süd. Expect around 42 min of waiting here. 4 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  10. Hitch 235.3 km (2 h 21 min) from Raststation Ansfelden Süd to Schwechat. Expect around 22 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  11. Walk 0.4 km (5 min) from a hitchhiking spot near Schwechat to Schwechat.
  12. Hitch 19.9 km (12 min) from Schwechat to OMV. Expect around 8 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  13. Hitch 250.7 km (2 h 30 min) from OMV to Budapest. Expect around 41 min of waiting here. 5 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

“Utrecht, Breda. A20 access lane 14. Tram 5 stop “Abraham Kuyperlaan” 300 m N Schieweg, 100 m N Gordelbrug/Schieplein. Or 300 m N Spoorsingel, 300 m NE Wallenburgerweg, 800 m NW Schieweg, 100 m N Gordelbrug/Schieplein . Bus stop on access lane.”
― Anonymous · Noorderkanaalweg, Rotterdam
“location sounds cool but cars pass by fast and they cant see you!!”
― Parsaparsa, Thu 2016-08-18 · Noorderkanaalweg, Rotterdam
“Spot with good visibility for the drivers, and some place to stop the car. Very high traffic makes it easy to quickly get a hike in direction of Utrecht.”
― Anonymous, Wed 2011-07-06 · Noorderkanaalweg, Rotterdam
“Really good spot, get a quick lift to Amersfoort”
― Gexcube, Wed 2014-07-02 · Noorderkanaalweg, Rotterdam
“I stayed an hour and no pickup”
― Anonymous, Tue 2016-08-16 · Noorderkanaalweg, Rotterdam
“Perfect spot to hh to Belgium. Did it couple of times (alone and couple with girl) and works pretty fine. Less than 10 minutes both. Sign "Belgium" or "Antwerpen".”
― Lipegon, Tue 2015-05-12 · Noorderkanaalweg, Rotterdam
“But apparently the police may pick you up quickly as well, http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=14244940”
― Anonymous, Fri 2013-03-08 · Noorderkanaalweg, Rotterdam
“I don't feel adressed, Mr Anonymous! ;-)”
― Fverhart, Sun 2013-12-22 · Noorderkanaalweg, Rotterdam
“Best chance to get from Rotterdam to Utrecht (and beyond).”
― VonTaks, Wed 2012-01-25 · Noorderkanaalweg, Rotterdam
“Got a good ride to the next service station. But one dickhead showed me his beautiful middle finger. I love the dutch friendliness :)”
― Tobi, Sun 2025-09-14 · Noorderkanaalweg, Rotterdam

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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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