Hitchhiking from Vienna to Riga
About 23 h 24 min of hitchhiking — roughly 1560 km in 10 ride(s), including about 5 h 28 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
- Get from Vienna to OMV — 8.8 km. Local transport is usually quicker than walking this stretch.
- Hitch 9.5 km (6 min) from OMV to Raststation Deutsch-Wagram. Expect around 58 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
- Hitch 124.7 km (1 h 15 min) from Raststation Deutsch-Wagram to Brno. Expect around 31 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
- Walk 6.5 km (1 h 18 min) from a hitchhiking spot near Brno to Brno.
- Hitch 10.6 km (6 min) from Brno to OMV. Expect around 18 min of waiting here. 3 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
- Hitch 160.4 km (1 h 36 min) from OMV to Klimkovice, D1. Expect around 22 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
- Hitch 69.7 km (42 min) from Klimkovice, D1 to MOP Rowień Wschód. Expect around 46 min of waiting here. 5 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
- Hitch 389.7 km (3 h 54 min) from MOP Rowień Wschód to BP Reduta. Expect around 34 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
- Walk 5.1 km (1 h 01 min) from BP Reduta to Warsaw.
- Hitch 46.7 km (28 min) from Warsaw to MOP Małopole. Expect around 42 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
- Hitch 442.9 km (4 h 26 min) from MOP Małopole to Viada. Expect around 32 min of waiting here. 3 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
- Hitch 122.3 km (1 h 13 min) from Viada to Nausodė. Expect around 24 min of waiting here. 3 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
- Hitch 183.6 km (1 h 50 min) from Nausodė to 56.94728, 24.10757. Expect around 21 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
- Get from 56.94728, 24.10757 to Riga — 0.0 km. Local transport is usually quicker than walking this stretch.
What hitchhikers said along this route
“Waited here with a sign Czechia, and after half an hour a young couple returning from vacation gave us a ride directly to Brno.”
― lukaschrobocek, Mon 2024-08-05 · OMV
“traffic is good but its mostly locals, i think we got lucky but we got a hitch all the way to Katowice, Poland”
― quire, Thu 2023-10-12 · OMV
“Had a sign to Czechia, a nice woman took me to a gas station with more traffic to Czechia”
― Travelike, Sun 2024-04-07 · OMV
“Mostly local traffic is here. A truck driver took to a better Gas station”
― Ati, Thu 2024-08-08 · OMV
“It is a gas station for both ways, Viena or Brno, but the majority of drivers that stops there are comming TO the Czechlands. So if you are here and wanna go the other direction, just find a car to Vienna (asking) first.”
― Feorc, Tue 2014-09-30 · Raststation Deutsch-Wagram
“Average place for hitchhiking to the Czech republic ...”
― Anonymous, Thu 2013-09-12 · Raststation Deutsch-Wagram
“It's difficult to come here with public transportation. I walked from car to car asking the drivers if they would take me.”
― Ati, Thu 2024-08-08 · Raststation Deutsch-Wagram
“Lots of cars even at night. It took us around 30 minutes. Very good spot”
― Anonymous, Mon 2025-08-11 · Raststation Deutsch-Wagram
“A good place if you want to go towards Italy, France and Germany or the Czech Republic. We were heading towards Budapest and we had some difficulties to find someone who was driving in that direction. But a lot can depend on what time you hitchhiking. On the plus side, a lot of trucks and quite a lot of passenger car traffic at the gas station. A good place to stop/accommodate. There is a shower, ”
― Moonhans, Mon 2025-09-08 · Raststation Deutsch-Wagram
“Friday 10am dead as hell wanted to go to graz and avoid Vienna altogether , but after an our of few cars I gladly accepted a ride to Vienna city center”
― Mitris, Fri 2026-05-29 · Raststation Deutsch-Wagram
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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.