Hitchhiking in Austria

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Hitchhiking to Austria

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Recent reviews in Austria

47.53553, 16.39495

Hitched from there to take the bus at the nearby village, Markt St. Martin. its different from time to time. one time i waited 10 minutes, another time i gave up. once get a ride to vienna from there, waiting 15-20 mins. All without sign. I standed in front of the crosswalk. so people have to notice you because it seems that you want to cross.

―Anonymous, November 2025

48.78214, 16.63955

just go along the road and ask around where most of the people are. i decided to do something stupid and went to Vienna by foot, which took me 14 hours, but at this place you get a ride just by existing. cross the border.

―AleksP, November 2025

48.78149, 16.64003

got picked up instantly. ez to go to brno. wasn't very picky that day, but you can go directly to prague.

―AleksP, October 2025

48.62441, 16.67654

free toilet. i was actually taken by austrian police and brought to cz border. lovely ladies. usual traffic: meh, I wouldn't really hope for this place, but it is what it is.

―AleksP, October 2025

48.42754, 16.55056

gets all mcdonalds and reststop trafic that goes to A5. pretty chill.

―AleksP, October 2025

48.37194, 16.48939

do not go here. i was saved by an angel sent by god. DO NOT GO HERE.

―AleksP, October 2025

48.34846, 16.47541

only a few PL/H/CZ cars passed and everyone ignored me. this roundabout is not a truly convenient place for drivers to stop, I would personally stay at the separate lane a bit earlier.

―AleksP, October 2025

48.33973, 16.46535

in theory this is the best you got in order to escape the north of Vienna (hell) workday morning was very tough, but I persevered and reached Prague in 6 hours even with horrible luck. please ask to take you to gas stations, direct rides to brno or prague are very unlikely.

―AleksP, October 2025

48.33652, 16.46051

go further. you'll get more traffic from turning lanes. morning on a weekday is tough.

―AleksP, October 2025

48.33353, 16.45746

just go down the road for 5 more minutes. there's more space to stop, more traffic and more visibiluty. at this point most cars are still grumpy austrian grannies who are driving to the shopping mall.

―AleksP, October 2025

46.83176, 15.55162

It wasn't good traffic in the morning, I saw literally only one delivery van on parking on polish plates. I asked him and he gave me a ride directly to Katowice, could be Kraków if I would want.

―mandat, October 2025

46.69306, 15.64385

There was border control by austrian police, so I came by foot and hitchhiked after it. In first second the police wasn't happy about me crossing border on foot on a highway. After some talk it was okay for them that I would stay on small parking on the right side. It took 10min to catch a ride to next Shell station.

―mandat, October 2025

48.42466, 16.54716

no stop we give up back to viena

―Anonymous, October 2025

48.12478, 16.56222

Great to go to Vienna but no one was going anywhere else, a lot of taxi/uber aiport drivers as well. We tried different spots around the airport and non of them worked

―Eolion, October 2025

48.11791, 16.62224

Really bad spot, no space to ask people and although they have space to stop, no one cares about you. If you're going to Bratislava you might be able to get a ride but if you're trying to get back onto the highway like us, it wont work. Slovaks don't take the highway to Bratislava. We had to walk to the supermarket and get a ride to the airport to escape

―Eolion, October 2025

48.2133, 14.28337

Good enough if you're going towards Vienna. At night, there is not a lot of traffic at all, we were there around 10pm and it was dead

―Eolion, October 2025

47.76796, 12.94839

Great to go towards Vienna or Linz even later in the evening. If you're going south (Ljubjana for example), DO NOT stop here, we met people trying and being stranded there for 5h+

―Eolion, October 2025

48.18175, 16.44457

Difficult to get a ride to Budapest. Probably best to look for Slovak plates and get a ride to “ASFINAG Raststation Göttlesbrunn”. There you’ll see more Hungarian plates.

―spinach3, October 2025

47.5452, 9.73752

Great Spot to hitch a ride towards munich, Switzerland or Innsbruck. I managed to get a ride quite deep into Italy :)

―pickmeupplss, October 2025

47.82182, 13.01544

Hitched in front of the busstation. Friendly guy to munchen picked me up after approx 1h. Use of sign highly recommended

―Yolle, October 2025

Recent reviews mentioning Austria

48.85068, 16.60975

mostly to Austria. spacious lane to stop at. just wait until your lovely vienna ride. I went to the border cause i wanted to stroll.

―AleksP, November 2025

49.1319, 16.60346

I actually had little hope for this place, because the fuel station looks very old and gets little traffic, but if you stay BEFORE it and hold the sign/thumb as much visible as possible, your ride will stop and get you to Austria. Would recommend, but it is firther than a shopping mall 3.6km before (to the north)

―AleksP, November 2025

49.17341, 16.51273

Traffic here is pure dogshit. If you are brought here and willing to go to South (Austria) ask to drop you further at "obchodni centrum futurum" (7 km along E50 and to the right). I've never went over 60 minutes in my career, but this place is smth.

―AleksP, November 2025

50.00878, 14.54412

I wasted a lot of time looking for a direct ride to austria, so stay with BRNO and there change to an international traffic. to get everyone(gas station, mcdonalds drive through and dine in), stay at the Exit to highway. good luck.

―AleksP, November 2025

45.7029, 13.94294

Typical highway station and rest place. Mostly trucks taking obligatory breaks. With some patience you can easily get at least to Ljubljana, with some Celje/Maribor or even Austria or Hungary

―mandat, October 2025

47.82979, 11.90632

Great if you're going to Austria (either Innsbruck or Salzburg), many different gas station options to ask around

―Eolion, October 2025

48.33806, 11.60764

Great spot if you're going to Munich or South to Austria. Germans stop here to buy the Austrian Highway Vignette so you can easily talk to them

―Eolion, October 2025

49.57984, 10.9286

Good if you're going to Munich or Nürnberg. We first tried to get to Regensburg but no luck so eventually we settled on Munich. If you're going to Austria like us, it might be easier to get through Munich and Salzburg than to try and cut across

―Eolion, October 2025

50.57477, 19.04938

It seems to be great for Czech and Austria, but actually there are a lot of cars going S1 not A1, highly recommended to make a sign with direction. I waited there almost two hours, but after that I was taken by truck driver going to Slovenia. We managed to get to Brno in his driving time limit.

―mandat, September 2025

48.97364, 7.06529

Good spot but not much cars, been lucky to have someone that went to Austria, let me to my destination on the A35

―cavalierrustique, September 2025

46.56058, 15.66114

One driver from austria took me to Graz. I waited for less than 5 minutes. It is a bit tricky for a car to stop, but the red light takes ages to change.

―zagrizeniOrel, September 2025

46.68221, 15.07281

We were lucky to have met a guy from graz (big communist city in Austria) with a big van, where three of us could fit. He even took a slightly different route then he planned to get us to our goal. Apart from that, the village soboth meets at 6pm to empty their garbage, next to the gas station. Loads of people comming over, but they all live around the area, thats why they dont take u nowhere. Loads of bikers drive that road too. The cows are very friendly and curious at that sopt

―kyno, September 2025

47.53479, 9.39693

We stood near th fruit stand. Great visibility, good spot for direction of Austria or Germany

―Melampsorella, September 2025

45.79463, 19.69438

A lot of traffic, mostly - but not only - cars from Germany, Austria, but also Hungary, Slovakia and Czechia. However! Germans won't take you, so it is better not to waste time with them...

―IGMartyOnTheMap, September 2025

43.40059, 17.03878

I went north and it was very easy to find a ride that takes you north on the highway, many tourists that go to germany, slowenia or austria

―Tjarko, September 2025

48.33806, 11.60764

Don't try to go west. No one goes to the west and no one goes to munich. Had to take the S-Bahn to munich. Might be a good spot to the south and especially towards Austria though

―tom, September 2025

48.19621, 16.2617

That's how the classic hitchhiking spot should look like - cars going slow, there is plenty of space to stop and you are visible from a far. I got there on Wednesday evening and got a ride to Andorf (small town in north Austria) with a driver who was going to Munich eventually.

―estasbien, September 2025

50.37221, 18.74387

Very good spot if you are going direction to Czech or Austria. Just showed my sign and the first truck took me to Brno

―estasbien, September 2025

48.05913, 10.84836

Hard to find people going to A9 or Czech republic. But we found a guy who took us all the way to Prague. So I guess it was worth the wait :) But maybe consider taking a ride on to the A8 if you want to continue north/East A lot of people going to Munich and Austria though

―tom, September 2025

47.46003, 9.0941

Alright spit. Not too much traffic but some people go towards austria

―tom, September 2025


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