Hitchhiking in Hungary

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Hitchhiking to Hungary

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Recent reviews in Hungary

47.93251, 19.13824

Gas station is small and traffic is local but the little merge lane is a perfect spot for a car to pull over (as my ride eventually did), especially since speeds are low exiting the town. More difficult for a truck, but there’s also a little spot just beyond that would work if the driver were keen. Gas station has washrooms, no pay turnstile, didn’t request a purchase (worker spoke English)

―Movethathoof, June 2026

47.65471, 19.16028

Very little traffic, most of it local. Probably better to ask here, but most won’t be going past Vac. I was thumbing with a sign (‘E77 - Krakow) and had a couple of offers that far or nearer until a woman heading to the border with Slovakia eventually took me. Station bathroom is paid or with purchase. Truckers were mostly there to take their pausa or going to a nearby warehouse.

―Movethathoof, June 2026

47.54954, 19.12243

Maybe I had a bit of a bad luck but after over an hour someone stopped (he said he made an U turn just to come back and pick me up lol) so ig sometimes the cars go a bit fast, there are 3 lanes, there s a traffic light right before this spot (large bus station, enough room to stop) but when nobody is crossing the light is always green, so it can happen that traffic is fast). Anyways this guys took me to just before Hatvan where there is a very good spot to catch longer rides going north. I was going to Kosice, held a Miskolc sign. Not great not terrible. I think you have to get a ride even if it takes a while. Once on the E71 it s easy. No shadow tho.

―PolyglotAbroadYT, June 2026

46.51194, 17.19013

not that many cars but most of them going towards croatia (in summer). like the other person said, many families with full cars etc but once you ask a few people you can find someone

―disposessed, June 2026

47.45252, 18.95543

i was just thumbing, few people stop (probably better to ask instead), but i still got a ride to near croatian border in an hour or so

―disposessed, June 2026

47.97734, 20.91213

Good spot if you’re heading to Debrecen

―bbubernak, June 2026

47.90326, 17.19529

great for international trucks

―Huvelykujj, May 2026

47.86383, 17.27357

not so fast cars, i got lucky with a truck

―Huvelykujj, May 2026

47.67692, 17.6131

lots of buses, people are afraid to stop because of them possibly

―Huvelykujj, May 2026

47.56979, 18.43643

almost same ride happened again lol

―Huvelykujj, May 2026

47.46677, 18.87822

perfect lil spot

―Huvelykujj, May 2026

47.63438, 17.66081

these reviews are so funny. bro is going with the companion and complains that less people want to take 2 passengers. spot is good. you can also stand a bit earlier, there are 2 huge lanes. or ask around. everything works. i had sign "vienna/bratislava"

―AleksP, May 2026

47.37644, 18.19071

only place from Mór towards Slovakia. there is a place to stop. not so much traffic because regular road.

―AleksP, May 2026

47.46476, 19.01324

it was tough and hot. sign. running around and asking is probably pointless because exit combines both mcdonalds and gas station cars. eventually was taken by a lorry driver to random hungarian village. aim for autobahn tho.

―AleksP, May 2026

46.17846, 19.98744

Got droped at this border control because local lady said that i only can cross this one on foot? Was crossing the border and asked a car ahead with slovakian plates if they can pick me up and he agreed do got taken straight to Bratislava and even he invited to stay at his apartment for the night and drove me to gas station in the morning. Very nice guy who also hitchhiked in his youth.

―kiausiniuvagis, May 2026

46.9867, 19.00779

good for small distances

―Huvelykujj, May 2026

47.05965, 16.81963

INSANE luck this one

―Huvelykujj, May 2026

46.07129, 18.23117

Got taken here by in which place we've been sleeping at.

―Szymon, May 2026

46.19366, 18.69392

It was night already. We've asked a guy if he could take us to the next gas station. It was such a nice talking with him that he invited us to his home, smoked a blunt with us and then showed us around his city till 3 a.m.

―Szymon, May 2026

47.3617, 18.90983

Great place to find a ride south. We were 2 guys, got taken by a family that was coming from McDonald's

―Szymon, May 2026

Recent reviews mentioning Hungary

45.82551, 16.13998

good spot, not that much traffic, but if you're going north/towards hungary, all you need is a ride to the toll booth and you're golden

―disposessed, June 2026

49.0714, 19.31319

Petrol station near transit road to Hungary, although on opposite side of the road :< . You can asked around or go on opposite side and catch on bus station

―Wendrowiec, May 2026

45.00665, 20.20149

Was trying to get to Hungary. Wrote Subotica on sign and got a ride by the guy going there. Asked to drop me off at Subotica toll station. I think its better to write Subotica because from what I saw there was not a lot of people going to Hungary so its better to probably just try to get to Subotica and then try Hungary. There was a looot of traffic but most of it cleared up after Novi Sad

―kiausiniuvagis, May 2026

47.04454, 16.1249

many people going home to hungary when the work hours end

―Huvelykujj, May 2026

49.07874, 19.31327

If you want to go to Poprad people will stop all the time. If not there are some truck drivers who will probably take you to Hungary or Romania.

―MalyPodroznikPL, May 2026

48.1198, 17.13463

Tried this spot to get a ride to Hungary as an alternative to the highway entry near the UFO bridge thing since that one wasn't working at all in direction Györ/Budapest (with big sign). Here was very dead however, even though cars have lots of space to stop. Probably lots of traffic moving only into the suburbs. Only use as a last resort. You can probably camp very well in the nearby forest though

―akism, March 2026

48.09535, 17.21059

Not so frequent gas station, but last in Slovakia in a way to Austria/Hungary. We (couple) spent some time here and asking people directly and also with sign to Vienna/Graz, but we didn’t manage it to Graz that day.

―TwoThumbsTravel, February 2026

48.87898, 21.66745

only local trafic, no one was going to hungary and many dirty gypses around

―biuropodrozyalternatywnejpl, December 2025

46.02768, 14.48336

thumbing didn't seem to work, barely anyone stopped to ask where we were going (2 of us), and they mostly went either to the city or Maribor direction (we were trying for Hungary straight)

―Huvelykujj, November 2025

49.47568, 20.05103

I think the spot is great to go Slovakia but I was even luckier, I managed to go to Miskolc, Hungary with a Slovakia sign. The cars can see you from a distance and the bus stop is perfect for stopping.

―I4MTRUE, 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

48.12478, 16.56222

Got a lift to Sopron after asking an Hungarian old man. Better chances to go to Hungary than in the Gas Station at Vienna East

―cavalierrustique, October 2025

48.18175, 16.44457

Really difficult place to go to Hungary, there is like 95% of locals and 5% that goes to Bratislava (we could go there 2 times). We took just a lift to the airport and see what happens.

―cavalierrustique, October 2025

48.34209, 19.68274

Trying to get to Hungary. After 92 minutes we walked further down the street.

―Chris9012, September 2025

48.34654, 19.67628

Trying to go to Hungary. After 87minutes we walked further down the road.

―Chris9012, 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

48.18163, 16.44457

We were heading towards Budapest but few people were going towards Hungary. More people are heading to a nearby airport. So we caught a ride to the airport and from there we will try to catch a hitchhiking to Budapest.

―Moonhans, September 2025

45.94816, 22.65231

I tried asking drivers here if they could take me to Hungary. But I was very tired. So I just wrote a sign and someone picked me up.

―Okubobrakurbober, August 2025

47.92845, 17.10084

Verry good spot lots of cars. Walked from the train station Hegyeshalom to here in about a hour - quite a long distance but made sense for us because we had the Hungary pass.

―Anonymous, August 2025

47.92374, 17.11196

It's a really good spot. All of the cars to Hungary are passing by really slow. And there is a lot of space for the them to stop. Don't take the first ride to the next gas station and wait for the cars with longer destination. Spot is better then a gas station

―Anonymous, August 2025


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