Hitchhiking from Budapest
Hitchhiking to Budapest
Recent reviews mentioning Budapest
47.27515, 19.32525
Great spot for going to Romanka lots of traffic , and can be reached by a bus from Budapest for 650 HUFrating: 5/5, wait: 15 min, ride: 280 km ↘
―Anonymous, July 2025
47.49564, 18.81719
Probably the best spot for hitchhiking from Budapest towards Vienna/Bratislava/Prague, you have to take a train from Budapest city centre and then a 3 km walk to get here though. Used thumbs up and sign Wien/Bratislava, snatched a ride after like 90 minutes (2 people), a single seat ride was offered to us after like 30 minutes.rating: 4/5, wait: 90 min 🪧, ride: 247 km ↖
―slavomirScholz, Sun 20 Jul 2025, 14:30
47.49564, 18.81719
A good spot to catch a drive to Gyor/Vienna. There is a place a the exit of the gas station where the cars cana pull over as they enter the highway, you can also ask the drivers. Harder to get there, you have to get a bus from budapest and then walk for about 30 min. We (2 people) catched a romanian guy going to Köln, and he drive as to Vienna.rating: 4/5, wait: 35 min, ride: 248 km ←
―McSymilian06, July 2025
47.87282, 20.3825
A good spot to get out of Eger, we (2 people) catched a ride straightbto budapest. Best to stand at the start of the bus bay, się the cars have where to stop and slightly to the road because there is a lamp blocking the view.rating: 5/5, wait: 25 min, ride: 128 km ←
―McSymilian06, July 2025
47.63441, 17.66056
There is not a lot of cars willing to take 2 people, usually they had full cars. There is not much cars and the spot is in the sun. We stayed with two signs: Wien and Bratislava, which i recommend. Some trucks were comming to Budapestrating: 3/5, wait: 120 min 🪧, ride: 385 km ↑
―Anonymous, Fri 18 Jul 2025, 15:34
45.79606, 16.01266
got lucky with a truck ride straight to budapest, but not sure how great this spot is otherwise. mostly local cars refuelling here but there are many hungarian and slovenian truckers here.rating: 4/5, wait: 5 min 💬+🪧, ride: 363 km ↗
―Leslie, Tue 15 Jul 2025, 10:42
47.87013, 17.2165
Good spot! Find a ride to Budapest in 20 min. We were just standing with a sign and a nice guy from turkey stoped.rating: 5/5, wait: 25 min, ride: 179 km →
―Jaxii13, July 2025
46.18913, 18.69228
No traffic at all but not a bad place if youre heading to Budapestrating: 3/5, wait: 120 min, ride: 169 km ↑
―AdamMati, July 2025
49.07731, 19.31725
At first we thought it must be a bad spot because the of the second traffic line, because of which cars couldn't stop, but after like half an hour a polish truck stopped. We asked the driver if hes going to Banska bystrica, and we found out he was heading to Budapest! Such a nice guy, nice spot 👌 but there's a lot of buses stopping there so be carefulrating: 5/5, wait: 20 min, ride: 235 km ↓
―AdamMati, July 2025
45.83837, 21.29408
Perfect spot with excellent shoulder at the roundabout right in Giarmata. It is located along road "DJ691, about one kilometer west of the local train station (there's a few trains and buses per day from Timi to Giarmata, alternatively you could even thumb your way there from the city). The spot seems to be well frequented, as it's located along the main thoroughfare leading through Timisoara towards the north and motorway A1. Plus, there's plenty of long distance drivers, especially on sundays, heading towards Budapest, Vienna (the two of us manged to hitch a ride there in no time) and beyond.rating: 5/5, wait: 10 min 🪧, ride: 561 km ↖
―suburbandrifter, Sun 22 Jun 2025, 09:30
46.90626, 17.80513
Me and my boyfriend got a ride directly to Budapest after 5 min. It was the first time hitchhiking for my bf:)rating: 5/5, wait: 5 min 👍
―henriqueElevente, Sun 08 Jun 2025, 19:50
47.46477, 19.01327
Didn't work well for us, people were not to receptive :/ we managed to leave Budapest on the other gas station Orlen, we asked a driver taking fuel there. He dropped us to another gas station 20 km away :)rating: 2/5, wait: 60 min 💬+🪧
―ArnoAgape, June 2025
48.18034, 17.05456
Many cars and trucks stopping, took us a long while but that's because we had many other hikers trying to catch on this station at the moment. Should be fast for Budapest.rating: 4/5, wait: 240 min 💬, ride: 217 km ↘
―JuanPabloSegundo, Sun 27 Apr 2025, 19:25
47.49376, 18.82054
I was asking people at the gas station and got a ride to Budapest really quickrating: 5/5, wait: 10 min, ride: 23 km →
―Anonymous, April 2025
48.21229, 14.28132
I asked a couple on the gas station and they give me a ride straight to Budapestrating: 5/5, wait: 15 min, ride: 434 km →
―Anonymous, April 2025
48.01091, 17.17682
We waited with sign Budapest, one guy who was going to Croatia around Budapest took us just after like 5-10 mins. There is a good amount of traffic, best place to stand is at the end where the place is connecting to the highway. Also a lot of trucks, so can be good for solo hitching.rating: 5/5, wait: 10 min, ride: 169 km ↘
―Anonymous, April 2025
47.83879, 13.07633
Got a ride straight to Budapest from a Swiss man!Although the station seems underwhelming it worked for us. Not much luck with Austrians, it seems like they aren't very hitchhiking friendly.
rating: 4/5, wait: 30 min, ride: 558 km →
―Anonymous, February 2025
45.78074, 18.61383
A truck took us to Budapest after 25 minutes. Better to start after the roundabout.rating: 5/5, wait: 25 min, ride: 226 km ↑
―Juhfej, February 2025
48.08639, 17.09853
good place to go to Vienna but horrible place to go to Budapest. Besides that the owner of the gas station hates hichhikers, he called the police on me and almost got me in serious trouble cause I didn’t speak the language.rating: 1/5, wait: 600 min, ride: 201 km ↘
―Lourenco, December 2024
48.08679, 17.0985
Worst place to ask for a ride to Budapest, a lot of people going to Vienna. Besides that the owner of the gas station is completely against hitchhiking, he tried to kick us by calling the police and we almost got into serious trouble. Avoid this gas station, only seems a good option if you’re going to Vienna but still I believe tha there are better placesrating: 1/5, wait: 600 min, ride: 202 km ↘
―lourencoramxs, December 2024