Hitchhiking from Zagreb
Hitchhiking to Zagreb
Recent reviews mentioning Zagreb
44.74438, 18.0955
got a ride to Zagreb in 2 minutes. lot of traffic, place to stop and roundabout so people can do a U turn if they change their mind :p
―MelenchonPresident, July 2026
46.51264, 17.19184
I was asking around and eventually got a Polish couple to take me all the way to Zagreb (their destination was Pula). A lot of full cars and not much traffic stopping.
―hitchhikeress, July 2026
45.68924, 13.79506
Honestly one of the best spots of my life. A lot of cars, you see them coming from far away, many tourists. A couple of Hungarians drove me to Ljubljana. I had a sign "LJ - Zagreb" and came there using a local bus from Trieste (check the number on Google maps, I do not remember).
―particulefine, July 2026
45.15109, 18.00389
I just arrived from Zagreb and went to the Croatian border (where the cars go) where I talked to a police officer that told me to take the pedestrian way (basically you go left before the customs and go for a specific border control for pedestrians on the left). She was nice but I do not think they would accept you to hitchhike there. I crossed the Croatian border in 5mn, there was no queue (advantage of hitchhiking a border versus having a car or being in a bus). Then I went on the bridge and started to hitchhike. The cars go very slow there. I had a cardboard sign "Sarajevo". A lady took me straight to Sarajevo !
―particulefine, July 2026
46.77692, 17.72047
Stood here for a good 6 hours trying to get a lift to Zagreb. We weren't offered a single ride (even after dropping our sign), until we finally got one all the day.
The driver (a local from Budapest who apparently often drives from Budapest to Zagreb) said it's probably not a good spot for people wanting to go to Croatia.
―Ellot, July 2026
46.06186, 14.57013
Have sign novo mesto, Zagreb. My goal it's to just go out of the city, and next find some gas station.
―slowianin, July 2026
46.02846, 14.47962
Waited near the exit for 2 hrs with sign to zagreb hr. Probably one Croatian car every few minutes but mostly full family cars. No luck and gave up.
―adambarnard, July 2026
46.02835, 14.48002
Nice station going to Zagreb.
Got there from the overpass west of there, then slipped under the bridge and after jumping the fence (1.5m high, pretty accessible) had to go along the rail for 100m or so.
The station can host many trucks but there weren’t that many of them on an early summer Wednesday.
In the end I approached mostly people at the gas station.
Also, the toilets cost 1€ but easy to hide behind a truck.
―Alexbrn, July 2026
46.02846, 14.47962
Hole in fence is still there. Path a bit overgrown but okay. Definitely worth it if going towards Zagreb.
―Marinus791, July 2026
45.88116, 13.25869
Great spot for going East (Ljubljana in my case). Asked everyone for a lift and a truck driver took me on his way to Zagreb.
Employees said hi, pretty cool folks. But I didn’t dare take my LJ sign out in case the Police stopped by (happened to me in Padova)
―Alexbrn, July 2026
45.03649, 19.45054
Great Gas Station for Zagreb, friendly staff, gave me cardboard and marker to write Zagreb, people bought me water. Had to wait less than 10 mins for a ride directly to Zagreb
―Bobby, July 2026
45.79703, 15.86594
Bad spot for SLO. Everyone stays around in Zagreb
―Messirechat, July 2026
46.30724, 16.35785
Many cars with Zagreb plates and there is enough space to stop.
―dundee, July 2026
44.33156, 17.91757
IMPORTANT: this worked before the autobahn was finished!
got a ride to Zagreb from girl going to Slovenia.
Cars go slow after roundabout, place to stop. In the middle of nowhere, but i was dropped off here.
―AleksP, July 2026
46.42875, 15.7944
Not much traffic (I'd say about 15 cars per hour), cars had mostly local plates or were full for the holidays. We were trying to get a ride to Zagreb, but after an hour of trying we accepted an offer from a trucker going to Varaždin.
―dundee, June 2026
46.51664, 15.65153
The spot is not bad, there are definitely cars heading to Celje or Ljubljana, but not much traffic to Zagreb. The traffic is too fast to stop, but the cars often stop at the red light. We (a guy and a girl) stood with two signs Zagreb and Ptuj. We got taken to Ptuj and the driver said that he was going elsewhere, but he changed his way to take us to Ptuj.
―dundee, June 2026
45.57519, 18.55741
Nice place if you want go to Zagreb
―Karloj8, June 2026
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, June 2026
45.7492, 15.88471
Cars going too fast
2-3 cars stopped and could bring me to Zagreb and one guy took Budapest, but I wanted to Ljubljana
Decided to go to another spot
―ptulish, June 2026
45.00646, 15.12892
Asked people and then one guy took me to Zagreb
―ptulish, June 2026