Hitchhiking from Zagreb to Vienna

About 5 h 52 min of hitchhiking — roughly 411 km in 2 ride(s), including about 1 h 45 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 Zagreb to 45.76074, 15.90163 — 8.3 km. Local transport is usually quicker than walking this stretch.
Hitch 26.1 km (16 min) from 45.76074, 15.90163 to Odmorište Jakovlje. Expect around 45 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
Hitch 385.1 km (3 h 51 min) from Odmorište Jakovlje to OMV. Expect around 1 h 00 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
Get from OMV to Vienna — 3.6 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

“A lot of tourists going back to Poland, Slovakia, Czechia and Austria. Lot of space for cars to stop. Also the gas station that is close has very nice staff. They gave me cardboard and a marker to write my sign.”
― Jamez, Sat 2026-09-05 · 45.76074, 15.90163

“There's a gas station over here. Really great gas station! It's lovely place, where you can easily get out toward Wien. It's took us about 5 minut to get lift from here directly to Poland.”
― Anonymous, Sun 2012-10-14 · Odmorište Jakovlje

“We were trying to leave Zagreb and this was really nice spot. You can take train to Kupljanovo and walk here.”
― Anonymous, Fri 2025-07-25 · Odmorište Jakovlje

“Classic gas station. It would be a good spot, but croatians dont take hitchikers.”
― boris, Tue 2025-10-07 · Odmorište Jakovlje

“First car accepted me. You can take train from Zagreb to Kupljenovo after that 20 min walking .keep in mind that you have to cross the highway to the opposite side if you are going towards Slovenia, when I was there there wasn't much traffic, January morning weekday”
― lovrec, Sat 2026-01-31 · Odmorište Jakovlje

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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.