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Hitchhiking from Zagreb to Amsterdam

About 27 h 33 min of hitchhiking — roughly 1842 km in 11 ride(s), including about 6 h 30 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 Zagreb to 45.76074, 15.90163 — 8.3 km. Local transport is usually quicker than walking this stretch.
  2. Hitch 121.1 km (1 h 13 min) from 45.76074, 15.90163 to Počivališče Maribor - zahod. Expect around 38 min of waiting here. 4 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  3. Hitch 138.6 km (1 h 23 min) from Počivališče Maribor - zahod to Petrol - Ljubljana - Šmartinska 150. Expect around 47 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  4. Walk 4.9 km (59 min) from Petrol - Ljubljana - Šmartinska 150 to Celovška cesta, Ljubljana.
  5. Hitch 58.5 km (35 min) from Celovška cesta, Ljubljana to Petrol - Bled - Ljubljanska jug. Expect around 21 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  6. Hitch 385.8 km (3 h 52 min) from Petrol - Bled - Ljubljanska jug to Holzkirchen Nord. Expect around 10 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  7. Hitch 126.1 km (1 h 16 min) from Holzkirchen Nord to Autobahnraststätte Augsburg Ost. Expect around 1 h 02 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  8. Hitch 222.6 km (2 h 14 min) from Autobahnraststätte Augsburg Ost to Rasthof Pforzheim. Expect around 32 min of waiting here. 5 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  9. Hitch 293.3 km (2 h 56 min) from Rasthof Pforzheim to Brohltal-Ost. Expect around 36 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  10. Hitch 38.3 km (23 min) from Brohltal-Ost to Rastplatz Peppenhoven-Ost. Expect around 25 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  11. Hitch 115.3 km (1 h 09 min) from Rastplatz Peppenhoven-Ost to Shell. Expect around 1 h 05 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  12. Walk 8.2 km (1 h 38 min) from Shell to Reunen.
  13. Hitch 158.9 km (1 h 35 min) from Reunen to Antwerp. Expect around 28 min of waiting here. 3 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  14. Hitch 183.8 km (1 h 50 min) from Antwerp to Amsterdam. Expect around 27 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  15. Get from a hitchhiking spot near Amsterdam to Amsterdam — 3.3 km. Local transport is usually quicker than walking this stretch.

What hitchhikers said along this route

“I walked here for 4 hours from the centre, because other spots did not exist before. But the spot was perfect. After 10 minutes a Slovak took me to Ljubljana and from there I got 5 minutes later directly a ride across Austria to my home”
― Jesse, Mon 2026-05-11 · 45.76074, 15.90163
“A lot of traffic but noone taking us to Rijeka, in the end we made a sign for Karlovač and got picked up. It’s on a crossroads near a pedestrian crossing, just next to the on-ramp for the highway. Nice runoff area for pickup.”
― Joachim, Fri 2025-08-15 · 45.76074, 15.90163
“Good spot! Its at the entry of the highway, but there is enough space to stop. Got a ride after 35 minutes with a man who works in Zagreb but lives in Slovenia. He took me straight to Ljubljana :)”
― Carl07, Fri 2026-07-10 · 45.76074, 15.90163
“Got lucky a guy bring us to the gas station after Slovenia border but there is not so much cars, mostly with Zagreb shields”
― ptulish, Sun 2026-06-21 · 45.76074, 15.90163
“We had to give up on this spot. We wanted to go to Graz (we had a sign) .There were too many croatian cars and not croatian cars were either full or were going to the opposite direction. I don't know if we were there at a bad time (10:40 - 11:40) or if it is just a bad spot but the result was the same. After that we went on to the highway and hitchhiked on the side. A guy going to Germany took u”
― griuf, Fri 2026-08-14 · 45.76074, 15.90163
“Quite busy, you can signal to cars and ask people going to the parking space at the same time”
― Inni, Tue 2026-03-31 · Počivališče Maribor - zahod
“We were 2 guys, got a hitch to Ljubljana. Very nice view here.”
― pengapangarna, Fri 2025-07-25 · Počivališče Maribor - zahod
“Many traffic going south, even at night we got ride to Zagreb”
― tomasfogl, Sun 2025-08-10 · Počivališče Maribor - zahod
“Many people going to Zagrzeb and Lubljana, it’s easy to hitchhike there!”
― Anonymous, Thu 2025-07-17 · Počivališče Maribor - zahod
“Most of the cars are tourist without any room, and local cars didnt even look. Seems like a good place but i guess you have to be lucky.”
― McSymilian06, Sun 2025-07-20 · Počivališče Maribor - zahod

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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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