Hitchhiking in Austria
Hitchhiking to Austria
Recent reviews in Austria
47.21824, 10.73306
A great location with easy access to Innsbruck
―simi, August 2026
46.59482, 13.83603
Tried again to find a ride after I failed on the previous two points.
If some one actually have a car mostly he has his family or dog. So no place.
Since Villach is near Italy alot of cars come her and work here. So trying to communicate with some one with Italian plate always failed. I asked around 15 persons.
My last plan was to take a flixbus to Udine €17 or Venice €23.
Luckily some one gave me ride to next village on the highway. He said there are highr chances for you there.
―abdohaks, August 2026
46.59844, 13.83874
Alot of cars but no one stopped. I made sure that the spot has a bus stop lane after in case they offer a ride.
―abdohaks, August 2026
46.59703, 13.83866
Waited there for 40 muints.
From 9:20 till 10:00
Can't decide if it good or not. But alot of cars with Italian plates. But the sign that they live here.
―abdohaks, August 2026
47.7681, 12.94786
A good spot in theory, we were 2 and had pretty bad luck going south, a Slovenian guy going to Ljubjana took us to Lesce.
―Yyvan, August 2026
48.21487, 14.28329
A Hungarian couple took us to Salzburg after asking them at the gas station.
―Yyvan, August 2026
47.56683, 12.15073
Many people from Kufstein that go to Innsbruck come through here. Good place to stop. I'd recommend to go to the roundabout, Cara drive slow there, and you are very close to them. Many people stopped, but it took a while for someone that wanted to go to Innsbruck.
―Anonymous, August 2026
47.57492, 12.15803
If you are in Kufstein and want to go south/west this a good spot.any people stopped, but sadly non who took me to innsbruck. Instead someone took me closer to the Autobahn. Not sure if this was a better spot though. I marked it as well.
―Anonymous, August 2026
48.17878, 13.74637
Lots of traffic in all directions, perfect spot. I had cars stopping every 10 minutes or so, but rejected a lot of rides that weren't going far.
―friki, August 2026
48.1968, 14.52661
i was sitting here and there with a sign in the middle of the night just to experiment, got a ride in west direction, which was expected. sign saying "DE"
―AleksP, August 2026
47.90944, 16.20716
very good spot, a lot of nice people going on vacation
―kubabart, July 2026
47.38683, 14.89814
I think this spot is better to go north. People are done with being confused about directions, and ready to get on the road. If you want to talk to people do go to the other side
―friki, July 2026
47.14119, 15.33316
Not bad! Cars go slow and the on ramp is quite wide, enough for a car to stop and others pass it. Had a sign DE, also possible to go south from here.
―friki, July 2026
47.10526, 15.39993
There's not a good place to stop here, but people will eventually. I think the best is the red light. I got tired of waiting for a ride towards DE/Linz, so decided to take an offer to Gratkorn and try my luck there. Surprise! It was better there.
―friki, July 2026
48.15749, 16.34172
This is THE spot to leave Vienna (mainly to the south). lot of cars n We got a ride within 30 minutes to Graz
―MelenchonPresident, July 2026
48.19621, 16.2617
very good place to hitchhike. unfortunately we were probably unlucky and the hitchhiking took a longer time and we didn't get a long ride
―jkovarik123, July 2026
48.1861, 15.76267
Not a lot of traffic. We stood in front of the ramp because there wasn't enough room on the ramp itself. Most cars were driving short distances in many directions.
―jkovarik123, July 2026
48.15289, 16.33865
Took me 20 min to get a ride to Graz. It's a chill spot, i waited just before the bridge.
―harozwei, July 2026
47.76742, 12.9482
We were stuck for hours at a previous gas station, and we successfully arrived to this station that is better. A lot of people will pass and be polite and smiling. We were super tired and we just waited sitting at the exit of the parking with a sign "Wien" in front of us, and a really nice man going to Bratislava took us and let us in the ring road of Wien. Be patient.
―Marti, July 2026
48.31098, 16.51424
Maybe one of the best place to hitchhike to Czechia or Poland. A lot of the car are polish. Also lot of family with full cars so you have to be patient. We waited with a sign "Poland" and an Italian family with a camping car took us directly to Gliwice, they were going to Warszawa and we were going to Krakow.
―Marti, July 2026
Recent reviews mentioning Austria
48.65202, 14.44646
Can confirm that this is OK spot for Austria, but still most people just went to České Budějovice. Recommend to stand at the exit and use the sign, since some cars are just passing through.
―viki99, August 2026
49.06667, 14.53037
Medium tradic going mostly to České Budějovice, sometimes South (Austria, Linz). Also truckers behind the gas station.
―Viki1999, August 2026
45.80776, 13.02177
Nice spot. A lot of tourists are passing by slowly. After 10 minutes, a local couple with a campervan picked me up and took me in the direction of Austria.
―EdaDeda, August 2026
46.60818, 15.66326
2 hours, a lot of cars going to austria, cz, poland. most of them are families with no space to take you or not interested in general. the gas station is nice and clean and you can stay in your tent during the night.
―borayngln, August 2026
47.66813, 19.62336
asked specifically cars with foreign plates. got near Linz in Austria
―AleksP, July 2026
47.8023, 21.19948
only cars to budapest. do this: get to gas station as close to budapest, but before the turn to austria/slovakia and continue there. worked for me.
―AleksP, July 2026
49.94425, 18.43041
many people go to austria for work reasons in the mornings - aim for them
―kubabart, July 2026
46.02922, 14.48176
Not a spot to go towards north cuz all the cars are going to Italy. take the spot at the north of the city to go to Austria
―MelenchonPresident, July 2026
46.44121, 14.02588
worse spot in the world in July since all cars are packed to the brill. Waited 3 hours with AUSTRIA sign and no one stopped. Tried to ask trucks drivers but no luck. took small routes instead
―MelenchonPresident, July 2026
48.18506, 15.79495
A good spot for heading to western Austria; benches, toilets, and water are available. There were two of us, and we arrived around 4 p.m. Arriving a bit earlier would probably be better for finding a ride. (You don't need a sign.)
―Schlauerenz, July 2026
47.97241, 16.8392
(Two people 26F + 49M) Some local people gave us advice to look for a trip towards Romania from here, because cars with Hungarian and Rumanian licence plates often take breaks on the parking lot. Many also come back from Austria for holiday with Austrian licensed plates and sometimes they are just taking cars to sell them in Hungary or Romania. There were plenty of people hanging out in groups but cars tend to be full. Of course you can also ask at the service station. In our case it gave up a rather short lift to an even better spot at the Austrian/Hungarian border. So if you want to go into Hungary and get a lift to Hegyeshalom take it and have yourself dropped off at the VIGNETTE station, where people pay for the highway toll.
―LariW, July 2026
48.80612, 16.62629
A lot of traffic with Austria people and trucks, I stood at the exit at the roundabout, cars going slowly and even trucks can stop behind you
―Topf, July 2026
50.00884, 14.54594
A lot of cars, it’s accessible for cars or public transport
Cars are going slowly so plenty of time to read the signal to Brno, no Austria people
―Topf, July 2026
46.89887, 11.43469
Stood with a sign Austria
A car took us to border
―nelabais, July 2026
46.64573, 11.58511
Waited with a sign Austria / Innsbruck for a while.
A car took us closer to Austrian border
―nelabais, July 2026
46.22647, 14.42498
Two guys heading north, had a sign saying Austria/Germany. Asked people outside the shop and eventually got a lift to Munich.
―Wienerpolser, July 2026
49.17341, 16.51273
This is not really a good spot as most people are just coming to Brno. To go to Slovakia/Austria it might be better to head for gas stations on respective roads. After around 20 minutes of asking around a guy offered to take us all the way to Szombathely (Hungary).
―dundee, July 2026
45.85466, 15.68626
Guy took me to Austria from here
A lot of German/Austrian cars
―ptulish, June 2026
48.08589, 17.09865
Honestly shocked that others say that this spot is shit for Budapest and good for Vienna — I had exactly the opposite experience hitchhiking to Austria! Three hours waiting with a sign for ‘Graz’ (I was on my way to Zagreb), and the only offer in that direction that I got was to a town just over the border. Yet three people stopped to ask if going to Budapest would help, and two more people stopped to apologize that they were going to Budapest!
I had banked on people going to Vienna making the connection that Vienna is on the way to Graz, but as hour three closed I made a sign for Vienna, and it was STILL another hour. There is no shade at the on-ramp and it gets hot. The traffic is a steady trickle but honestly not that much. I would try another spot next time, no question.
Lots of space in the surrounding area to camp unseen, though, if this spot does serve you. I walked here from the end of the tram line at night to cross the highway with less traffic and start early (not that the early start helped!), and was at least well rested for the frustration.
―Movethathoof, June 2026
50.09531, 8.3522
There passes enough cars. Asked some people but not many wanted to take us or didn’t go far, but a really friendly couple of the Netherlands took us to Rothenburg Germany and took us the next day again to Linz Austria, they even bought us food and gave 20 euros
―MartijnWouters5, June 2026