# points

country: ES
comment:
A lot of traffic but cars cannot stop here. Walk further down the road if you're going to Granada/Malaga direction.


country: ES
comment:
The gas station here looks like a perfect spot, especially to Granada but we waited for 3 hours in vain. 99,9% local traffic. Don't waste your time here. Instead take the Southern route from the city.


country: ES
comment:
This is the best spot in Almeria; traffic lights, long straight road, plenty of place to stop and even street lights for some night time hitching. However, be ready for a long hitch since you're in Southern Spain.


country: ES
comment:
Whoever put the other marker here must be either a really good looking girl or just damn lucky. It's a great spot but hopeless in Spain.


country: ES
comment:
In Spanish standards this is a really good spot if you're planning to go to Almeria or Granada.

Take bus number 44D towards Alcantarilla to get here (bus stop 'Hotel la Paz') and walk the rest of the way. Right after the bridge over the A-7 you have the petrol station and camping site.

Yes there are "perfect" spots in the city of Murcia but, hey, you're in Southern Spain. Better take the bus.


country: DE
comment:
There is a gas station, Mcdonald, and some other buildings. You can stop the cars in the end of exit (do not afraid stop cars in oposite side), or ask the people in gas station or Mcdonalds restaurant. 


country: ES
comment:
Unfortunately this "Peaje" is your only chance to get to the highway. Avoid this place. It took us hours to get a ride to Alicante. There are some good tomatoes and grapes around, however. :)


country: DE
comment:
There is a little chance to go out of this city. The is enough place to stop the car, but not many cars go there. Direction to Oldenburg.


country: DE
comment:
Ask the persons directly at the traffic light to get off in direction of Stuttgart/Karlsruhe. They may give you a lift until the gas station at "roadhouse" Denkendorf. Good luck and smile :)


country: DE
comment:
There is a gasstation easy to reach and people are going either west, east or north. There are also traffic lights and space to stand. So either ask or just thumb. To get there take the metro towards Langwasser-Mitte and from there the bus 58. Get out at harnischschlag. 


country: CZ
comment:
Great place if you go in the direction to NovÃ© MÄ›sto pod Smrkem, or ÅšwieradÃ³w-ZdrÃ³j in Poland. I've never waited longer then an hour.


country: ES
comment:
Took me about two hours to get a ride to Madrid, but that was on a lazy Saturday afternoon. Normally, I expect it to be quicker.


country: LV
comment:
There are many cars who goes to Ogre,Jekabpils,Daugavpils and Russia so it's very easy to hitchhike someone.This place is in bus stop. 


country: US
comment:
This is an okay spot heading north to olympia & seattle. You can take an express c-tran bus from downtown portland here; take it to the end - "salmon creek park & ride".


country: DE
comment:
There is a traffic light and a lot of traffic towards the motorway. So you can easily ask. Perfect to get on the A29 in direction of north or south (First roadhouse is Huntetal) and as well you will find people going to Bremen.


country: CA
comment:
Not such a bad spot if you're going east - I even got a ride after dark. Easy access to public transit, good viewing distance, room to pull over, an adjacent empty lot to sleep in if your luck is not so good.


country: CA
comment:
I waited here all morning, and as the morning progressed, more and more hitchhikers joined me to waste away the day. But if you get stuck in Hope heading east, you gotta do what you gotta do.


country: CA
comment:
Lots of cool folks around here, including many hippie fruit pickers. North or south, this is a good spot.


country: CA
comment:
Slow hitching here, but heading north to Prince George, it may be your best option. There's a stoplight, room to pull over, and a gas station with bathrooms and water.


country: CA
comment:
We got stuck at this horrible intersection, trying to head north. No rides all day, and hardly any shade either. Kamloops is also crack city, careful if you have to camp here.


country: CA
comment:
North to Prince George, this isn't such a terrible spot. Beautiful scenery, no nearby drinking water, though.


country: CA
comment:
Northbound, this is probably the best spot in a bad town. (Prince George has a problem with serial killers killing hitchhikers, so most people will think you're crazy.) Across the street is the last gas station in town, so lots of people going north with stop. Odd, crazy locals, nice gas station workers.


country: CA
comment:
Intersection with lights and far enough space to be seen and for cars to stop. Reasonable level of traffic, definitely ok to Trois-RiviÃ¨res


country: CA
comment:
To North-East (Drummondville). Enough space ang good visibility. But not so high traffic and seemingly very local


country: CA
comment:
On the on-ramp towards North-East (Drummondville). Cars are just starting to speed up. Just enough space to stop.


country: CA
comment:
"route du Roy" (138) towards QuÃ©bec city. Take bus no2 to Sanctuaire (end station) and walk 5-10 minutes. Spot ok, but very low long distance traffic, mostly hopping from village to village


country: BE
comment:
Good spot if you want to go direction of Eeklo (N9). We only waited 10 minutes here with three people.


country: BE
comment:
Good place going to the E40 (of Ledeberg). Stand on the busplace or just beyond. Just wave your thumb of make a sign 'E40'


country: BE
comment:
Very good spot if you don't want to wait for the bus (for example when you come from Boombalfestival on a sunday). Just stand on the bus stop or beyond and wave your 'Gent'sign. Waited never longer then 5 minutes. 


country: DE
comment:
there is a petrol station and it is near a huge parking garage (if you arrived with the plane, people from your plane will notice you and pick you up)


country: RO
comment:
a perfect place to hitch a ride. it has a large resting place.if your willing to go to brasov/bucuresti this is the place to  get a ride. :D


country: ES
comment:
Perfect place to go to Santander or Bilbao. There's enough space for stopping cars and the traffic is very fluid. Between 15 to 60 min.


country: PT
comment:
Bad place in summer because there's nowhere scape of sun! But cars have space where to stop and traffic is fluid.


country: PT
comment:
Is a good place. Is a kind of alternative route to the north so the traffic is low but people often to be willing to lift hitch-hikers.


country: PT
comment:
Simply great. Enough space to stop cars and go to Faro down-town but you can try to go somewhere else (east or west). Less than 15 min. 


country: PT
comment:
Is a little bit dangerous but in summer there's a lot of traffic. There are some place for car stopping but you have to walk until reach one.


country: ES
comment:
Better than it looks like. Is perfect when there are some traffic jam because you can ask for the people who stop before enter the roundabout. Direction A CoruÃ±a.


country: ES
comment:
Could be better but there's good space for cars. Good if you come from Tapia de Casariego. The traffic is fluid in summer mostly. Just walk show your thumb.


country: FR
comment:
It looks like good but traffic is not enough fluid. We were two guys going to Strasbourg. We stayed there for 5hs and then decided to come back to the centre of Nancy.


country: PT
comment:
It looks a good place but people simply don't stop. I tried twice waiting for 3 hours more and less. Cars goes very fast and used to be full (children, grandmother...). Maybe is better in low seasons.


country: FR
comment:
I walked more down the entrance, where is actually enough of space for car to stop. I wrote A10 I think and something like the first car stopped me. I was going towards Spain. I was alone and it worked perfect for me! Official you are not allowed to stand there, but it's safer than elsewhere.


country: FR
comment:
It's a little bit of a walk out here but the cars go slow enough to get a good look and they're able to stop. It took about an hour with decent traffic.


country: FR
comment:
Thought it might be a good place to hitchhike to Metz but it isn't. Ended up hiking to another spot more north.


country: GB
comment:
another place to get onto the m1 north - there's a traffic light there. 2 guys got away in about 15 minutes, after dark.


country: LU
comment:
Waited about an hour for a ride towards Trier. Not a lot of space for the cars to stop but very visible. About an hour hike from the hostel.


country: FR
comment:
If you're headed to Luxembourg this is a decent spot right in front of the on ramp. Cars don't have a ton of space to stop though. I got a ride in about 10 min. but it was raining so I can't give a real estimate.


country: CH
comment:
Somebody left us out there - horrible place! Gas station is abandoned, the few cars that still use this old redundant autoroute are mainly driven by locals.


country: CH
comment:
I hitchhiked this way to get over the Saint Bernard to Italy. It was quite hard and it gets quite cold on top at night. Most of people are locals and Italians who doesn't want to stop.


country: CH
comment:
good place to get out of Martigny. We wanted to go to Sion and the moment we got our sign out, someone stopped.


country: CH
comment:
Best place to get to the barrier, La Grande Dixence. 15min and we got a tourist who also took us back down again.


country: IE
comment:
This spot is legal to stand at, unlike the other spot further up, which is under motorway regulations. You need a sign, since there will be north and southbound traffic. An excellent spot.


country: DE
comment:
The other place mentioned (300m NE) is useless, roads were heavily changed. Try it here at the Shell gas station to get a hitch to the A5. If people go north and you want to go south, nevertheless grap the ride and get out at the next gas station on the autobahn (Renchtal). There you can go over a bridge to the opposite station and get a ride there. at least thats what we did.


country: CA
comment:
Got a ride in about 2 minutes to St-Georges de Beauce.. not for the faint of heart though, and presumably illegal. I won't be standing there again in a hurry!


country: CA
comment:
By the bus stop.. got a ride to the autoroute intersection (73) super-quick. Plenty of traffic and good visibility/space :)


country: CH
comment:
a roundabout in neuchÃ¢tel- serriÃ¨res, i have not hitchhiked from here but it should easiely be possible to reach 'les chaux-de-fonds' (on national highway number 20) from here. cars go slow (although there is no real spot for them to stop, except the nearby busstop), there is a lot of traffic, you should build a cardboard sign anyway.


country: CA
comment:
Direction QuÃ©bec- waited less than a minute for a ride. Not great visibility but traffic is turning and moving slowly.


country: GB
comment:
Direction: North. I can't agree with those 2 greens. Heavy traffic, 2 lanes, cars driving fast, no hard shoulder... We had problems getting out of there, eventually ended up quite lucky with two young guys picking us up. Maybe it's better to go further and hitchhike there.


country: CH
comment:
the on-ramp ('fribourg nord') on the swiss national highway number 12. you can reach the capital BERN from here. there is plenty of cars passing by at this place - although i would not consider this spot beeing safe, you have to stand in the middle of the road - there is no hard shoulder (or other place) for cars to stop safely. on 'route de mourat' there is a  COOP supermarket nearby (5 minutes).


country: CH
comment:
a roundabout in 'saint-blaise-lac' (near neuchÃ¢tel) from where you can reach bern as well as biel (bienne). there is a lot of traffic heading eastward towards the on-ramp of autobahn number 5 as well as the regional highway (la 'route de soleure' in the direction of biel/bienne). cars go slow but there is no safe place for them to stop. build a cardboard sign indicating your final destination. to reach this place exit the s-bahn 5 (bern-neuchÃ¢tel) at the station 'st.- blaise-lac' and walk three minutes. there is also a nearby shopping center, the 'MARIN-centre' as well as a MANOR department store (5-7 minutes walking on 'avenue des pÃ¢quiers').


country: FR
comment:
For going North, this services is excellent.
I got a lift to Paris before I'd even got to where I was going to start using my sign. 
I was asked if I was hitch hiking, and then offered a lift all the way to Paris.
Top Spot


country: HR
comment:
Easy rides to Dugopolje toll booth (cestarina), from where you can continue towards Zagreb or Dubrovnik. With a sign "Dugopolje" you get a ride in 15 minutes, because many of the cars are going to Sinj and other nearby towns.


country: HR
comment:
The toll booth to the highway can be a bit tricky to hitch. Most of the cars are going towards Dubrovnik so you can always take one of those to the next gas station (some 30km away), cross the street and get a ride towards Zagreb.


country: FR
comment:
gas station so very well!! :)
u can reach the both side so direction north paris or south toulouse
take bus 4 from orlean to saran, to the terminus
there after the round, still go forward, 2nd round, walk forward direction gidy (little road) u will arrive just behind the gas-station
nusti
cancrita


country: SE
comment:
There s a busstation there, you should stand there with a linkÃ¶pingsign if you go west. I waited for 2 hours approx, but it was late at night.


country: TR
comment:
At the intersection of  the Greece-Istanbul and Cannakale-Erdine roads. Traffic lights. High visibility. Plenty of space for cars and trucks to pull over. I got a lift to Xanthi, Greece in 5 minutes.


country: TR
comment:
Traffic moves quickly but visibility is good. Plenty of space to pull over. A lot of local traffic but some long-distance traffic. I got a lift within an hour.


country: BE
comment:
HHiked from there to Lille. Had to wait about 20 minutes for a ride on a Thursday around noon. I got there by hhiking from the spot 2 kms north at the red light. a lot more cars pass by there, but the gas station is a lot nicer place than up there under the bridge;
by the way, the spot is correct, the site is no more under construction as in the satellite image ;)


country: US
comment:
we got 86ed out of the entire county f nampa idaho just for sittin in a field but there are good mushies and rly cheap


country: GB
comment:
Excellent spot next to Braddan Bridge, in front of Kirk Braddan. Get rides west towards Peel, or around the TT course.
http://hitchwiki.org/en/Douglas


country: FR
comment:
We were 3 people, and got a ride to Avignon after 5 seconds. Other hitchhikers were there when we arrived. From the central station (Gare St Charles) walk 3 minutes northwest along the main road (follow the road signs for the A7 north). The spot is on the entry road to the autoroute. There is lots of space for you to stand, and for drivers to stop. Although it's in the city centre, it is a wonderful place.


country: GB
comment:
Good spot from Liverpool to Wales. Take a train or bus to Hooton, and walk 15-20 minutes. Do not waste your time at the petrol station or the church - walk PAST those places - this junction is more visible and has more space for drivers to stop. After 5-10 minutes, I got a ride to Anglesey.
http://hitchwiki.org/en/Liverpool


country: GB
comment:
Anywhere along this road seems good for Laxey, but I haven't tested it.
http://hitchwiki.org/en/Douglas


country: GB
comment:
An OK spot for Ramsey, but there is relatively little traffic - the spot 15 minutes further backwards along the TT course is better.
http://hitchwiki.org/en/Douglas


country: GB
comment:
A lot of walking needed from central Douglas, but this place is good for Ramsey, or for Sulby. DO NOT WALK PAST THIS JUNCTION TOWARDS RAMSEY - the road ahead is fast, narrow and dangerous to walk on.
http://hitchwiki.org/en/Douglas


country: GB
comment:
Don't bother waiting for cars to leave the ferry! There is no space to stand here, security staff may tell you to leave, and the same cars will drive past all of the other better spots anyway when they leave Douglas...
http://hitchwiki.org/en/Douglas


country: GB
comment:
Choose your spot, make sure you're visible, and you will get a ride to Ramsey very quickly.
http://hitchwiki.org/en/St._John's_(Isle_of_Man)


country: CZ
comment:
Good spot if you want to travel to Prague. There is an old bus stop between the petrol station and the on-ramp via Prague, where you can stand. Many people drive this way every day to work to Prague. My experience about 10 minutes.


country: GB
comment:
This is a good spot for getting a direct ride to Peel, but there are few cars - instead, they usually use the A3 (via Castletown and St. John's). However this mountain road is more beautiful :). A sign saying SOUTH BARRULE works well.
http://hitchwiki.org/en/Port_Erin


country: GB
comment:
Good spot for Douglas. Drivers are already fast here, so make sure you can be seen.
http://hitchwiki.org/en/Ramsey


country: GB
comment:
Anywhere along this road is good for Laxey, but it's also good for some of the smaller places (Maughold, Dhoon) and the beautiful road between is very easy to hitch almost anywhere on it - so if you have an offer for a shorter ride, just take it.
http://hitchwiki.org/en/Ramsey


country: GB
comment:
Good spot to Douglas, 5 minutes walk from the airport, at the bus stop. Safer than waiting on the dual-carriageway section of the main road.
http://hitchwiki.org/en/Ballasalla


country: GB
comment:
Get a ride from the other passengers on your plane! This works very well for all destinations, but there are very few cars. If you don't succeed, you can walk towards Ballasalla (if going north) or Castletown (if going south) and try on the main road.
http://hitchwiki.org/en/Castletown


country: GB
comment:
Looks like a good spot for south Anglesey, but I waited 30 minutes without a ride. I walked further down the road.
http://hitchwiki.org/en/Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch


country: GB
comment:
If coming from the Isle of Man, arrange a ride on the ferry! Many cars going in many directions.
http://hitchwiki.org/en/Heysham


country: GB
comment:
This is the start/finish line of the TT. It is not a great spot to hitch from, except if you have a sign saying you are going around the TT course. Good luck!
http://hitchwiki.org/en/Douglas


country: GB
comment:
Got a quick ride to south Anglesey, but it's an annoying spot to reach.
http://hitchwiki.org/en/Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch


country: GB
comment:
Got a ride direct to Chester after 10 minutes. Cars are travelling fast, but the driver who left me here said he often sees hitchhikers at this spot.
http://hitchwiki.org/en/Bangor_(Wales)


country: RS
comment:
There is a pay toll somewhere here (cannot place it exactly on the map). It is about 5 minute ride from the last Avia gas station (which really sucks for hitching since most of the cars are from Belgrade).

At the paytoll there are local "hitchhikers" who just ask from the cars who stop for their ticket. Do the same. No need for thumbing (or even a sign). The police did not seem to mind people doing this. Took me about 45 minutes to figure this out. Then I got a ride easily.

Directions: Nis/Vranje, Skopje, Thessaloniki...


country: GB
comment:
Bus stop from which you can hitch a ride to Edinburgh or Glasgow.
http://hitchwiki.org/en/Newcastle_Upon_Tyne


country: SI
comment:
tried to hitchhike to Zagreb from here. It's a good place for cars to stop and there is plenty of traffic, but hardly any Croatian cars at all. Took 4 hours to  get a ride.


country: DE
comment:
Bad spot for direction to Leipzig, should be a good spot for Berlin.
There is no Burger King or McD, so there are not many cars.
Stood there for 2 hours for Leipzig.


country: FR
comment:
Direction : Arcachon

80% of cars go to Arcachon (some of them Bordeaux). It is one of the 2 exit from this town.

From Arcachon it's  easy to get a ride to Bordeaux, while if you go by Biscarrosse-Ville, less cars go directly to Bordeaux.

20min walking from the beach. follow Arcachon signs. Hitching place on a parking in front of a hotel


country: FR
comment:
Direction: Dune du Pyla = Good

Direction: Arcachon or Bordeaux = not good

Cars won't easily stop here, and most of them only go to Arcachon.
I suggest to walk 10 minutes to the next junction, and hitch towards Arcachon or Bordeaux on the N250


country: FR
comment:
Direction Bordeaux

At this roundabout, most of the traffic are cars going to Bordeaux, specially in the morning (workers) or end of afternoon (beachers)


country: CH
comment:
Direction Lausanne or Geneva

There's IKEA here, so you might find easily someone for the rest of the way to Lausanne or Geneva, if your driver stops you here. 


country: FR
comment:
Direction BesanÃ§on, Mulhouse, Basel, Germany (Freiburg)

Good place at this PÃ©age, if someone can get you there at least. If the driver don't go through the PÃ©age onto the highway, you can access the PÃ©age by a short walk on a path situated on the south side. Then there is a fence, but it is jumpable near the PÃ©age as some people already got here this way


country: FR
comment:
Direction : Dijon or Paris or Lyon

Here is the last station (called "Dole-Lavangeot") before the junction into the 3 directions. So if your driver don't go the right way for you, just take care that he stops you here.


country: CZ
comment:
Direction Nurnberg, Stuttgart, France

Very good place. A lot of drivers stop here to buy cheaper petrol before Germany, and also a lot of trucks for bigger distances


country: CZ
comment:
Direction Brno, Prague

Try not to be droped here, if possible. If you start from Breclav, then the better opportunity though to Brno. Probably more waiting time for a direct lift to Prague.


country: CH
comment:
a very good place to travel to SOLOTHURN and maybe even further to BASEL or ZUERICH. you can easily reach this spot with bus number 2 (get off at 'renferstrasse' or the ROLEX-works). there is a COOP-supermarket nearby too (walking distance: 5 minutes). it took me 15 minutes to get a ride to soluthurn (while the driver was continuing to 'zug' and could have taken me there as well).


country: CH
comment:
a possible place to reach BASEL, BIEL/BIENNE or ZUERICH. the traffic comming from the center of solothurn is slow and drivers have to stop at a traffic light. there is no pedestrian way but enough (safe) space to walk over the on- and off-ramp to this spot. i was never hitchhiking from there but believe it must be a safe & quick place to catch a ride. it should not take you longer than 7 to 10 minutes walking from the old town to reach this spot.


country: AT
comment:
service station. ask around for rides :). good spot to go to Vienna
(7.6 Euro) Take bus 470 from Graz to Arnwiesen Abzw stop. Walk back about 200 meters and station is on right.


country: AT
comment:
in august 2009 mael and simon we spent two days doing so derided by motorists result we took the train :(


country: PL
comment:
Just behind a roundabout there is a wide shoulder when cars can stop in direction of Szczecin. No waiting when I arrived here - much, much worse down S3 towards north.


country: AZ
comment:
90% of cars are Taxi's or people wanting money. Roads are very twisty and mountainous, not great for trucks. Expect to hear taxi's shouting "Yeravan? Yeravan?" everywhere. Even when walking across the Iran Border!
Can sometimes be long waits (30-60 mins) due to little traffic.


country: SE
comment:
Seems to be the place to go to MalmÃ¶ Airport (Sturup) or eastward towards Ystad. Picked up within 10 mins.


country: GR
comment:
There is a truck stop here, about 15 km east of Lagynas. Maybe the best option to go towards Istanbul with Turkish truck drivers. (untested)


country: FR
comment:
tried to hitchhike from there to bruxelles for 5 minutes and then stopped, because the cars go by pretty fast and don#t really have a place to stop, maybe it works but it is not perfect at all. the place over the bridge by the red light seems better to me, even so potentially less cars pass by.


country: FR
comment:
This is potentially a good spot, depends on the time and destination though.
To Paris:
didn#t try but i think it works, even though you might have to wait a while. Better in the morning/evening i guess.

To Bruxelles:
go in the morning when people leave to work at bruxelles. in the evening maybe as well, but less people go in the morning.
Don't go any other time. stood there for 50 minutes between 4 and 5 pm and nobody stopped. Nearly only people from around there making short rides pass by.


country: AU
comment:
For hitching east toward Kalgoorlie, Adelaide, Sydney.  There is a paved rest stop by the bus stop where cars can pull off easily, quite a good spot.  Take bus 320 from Midland station, to the stop Great Eastern Hwy Before Park Rd A.


country: AU
comment:
Hitching North to Menzies, or South/East to Norseman, Esperance, Adelaide, Sydney.  Stand at the parking for the shops and wait for cars turning onto the Bypass road behind you.  You can walk here from town, easy.


country: AU
comment:
Hitching West towards Perth: this spot is walkable from town, and this street becomes the highway you follow to Perth.  Between Lionel St and Throssel St there is parking by the side of the road where cars can pull over, you can get a lift at least to the edge of town.


country: AU
comment:
Hitching west towards Perth or into Kalgoorlie: The very edge of town, before the last traffic lights there is a wide shoulder to the road where cars can stop easily.


country: AU
comment:
Hitching west towards Perth: A little further past the lights at Gatacre St, there are driveways and parking lots of businesses where cars can pull in, and you can stand safely by the road, very visible from the lights.  All cars out of town will pass this point.


country: AU
comment:
Hitching south/east: The streets are wide and the traffic along the Bypass a little slower here, you can just stand on the side of the road.  Most cars heading south from town will pass this point.


country: AU
comment:
Hitching south/east: There is a big BP Truck Stop here, on the Kambalda turnoff from the roundabout.  You can ask drivers, or try your luck by the road, where cars can pull into the stop if they want to.


country: DE
comment:
Autohof MÃ¼nchberg Nord

Its hard to hitch-hike because it's not direct at the motorway so the cars must leave it. 
I stood 4h to hitchhike in direction to Chemnitz


country: HU
comment:
this place is not too crowded...but there are some good restaurtant and lots of trucks...i think u speak the drivers.
Balaton Croatia and Budapest


country: HU
comment:
here's good to hitch hike for a small distance. i mean only to hÃ©vÃ­z or zalaegerszeg or keszthely. 


country: GB
comment:
Very bad spot the hard sholder is poor and offers little space also the traffic is usally fast,Me and my friend were stuck here for a whole day and had to sleep in the forest next to the road


country: GB
comment:
A little walk up from the main roundabout you will find a hardsholder which lasts about 30 meters cars can be travelling fast but good for heading north


country: CH
comment:
Perfect for going to Germany. Going south should also work because it's one Rest Stop for both directions!

Take S-Bahn S7 to Kemptthal (~25mins from main station) and walk another 3mins up the road.
Where the road forks, go right.
300m further a small road leads uphill just to the gas station.

Once there, ask the people if they can take you! Like that you have the best chances and don't have to mess with a sign!


country: PL
comment:
Bus Station just across the street from Petrol Station. Excellent stop, easy to find, just follows signs Rzeszow from the city centre and they will lead you there. Takes cca 30minutes from the centre. Last part is a bit up the hill, but I manaed with heavy backpack. Got  a ride in 5minutes. Great to hitch in direction of Rzeszow or Krakow.


country: RS
comment:
I waited 1 hour with a sigh Zagreb without any success, then I changed it to Novi Sad and a car took me after 30 minutes. A lot of local traffic, quite difficult to stop for the cars that drive on the left lane (bus stop on the right lane).


country: PL
comment:
Easy to find just follow signs Rzeszow from city centre. It is a bus station just across the street from petrol station. Takes cca 30minutes, last part is up the hill. Got a ride in 5 minutes, great in direction of Rzeszov or Krakow.


country: AT
comment:
two male hitchers without a chance to find a ride to bratislava gave up after 3 hours waiting and a unfriendly scan by the austrian police

anonymous wrote:
It's the rest stop of dead here. We took a taxi after 6 hours. There's a lot of traffic, but the cars are either full or the drivers are ignorant.
DO NOT GO HERE!
1/5 Points

Bernardo wrote:
Be it direction Budapest or Bratislava, it seems like it highly depends on the time you're there and you have to be a bit lucky. I had no problem getting to Budapest but when I tried to get to Bratislava I gave up after 3 h and hitched back to Vienna to take a bus (6 euros).
3/5 Points


country: GB
comment:
Looks like a good place to hitch the Channel, but I was caught by the Eurotunnel security after 20 minutes of waiting (about 10 cars passed). They were quite friendly, but told me the Eurotunnel compagny has an anti-hitchhiker policy, and also that they are patrolling by car all the time, and I would be sent away even if I found a car from somewhere else. I didn't try to prove they were wrong and found a car in the ferry three hours later.


country: HU
comment:
The serbian police will give 30min to get a hike, after this time they advise you to got to the petrolstation 2 km away. You're allowed to walk on the motorway.
(Border in direction to Beograd)


country: DE
comment:
bad place for getting to A5 over the Ring; at least mid-week before noon and it's not very good to stop 'cause it's the left lane in front of the traffic light


country: GB
comment:
After the staff of the petrol station told me it was a private property and I had to go because I was annoying their clients, I stood for one hour near the bus stop, hoping a truck would stop, but it didn't work.


country: GB
comment:
10 minutes to find a lift by directly asking to people making the queue to buy the ticket to cross by car. As it is a travel centre, you'll be unnoticed with your backpack. Your driver won't have to change the number of passengers in the car, as you ask them for a lift before they buy it. It looks like you can even ask the office worker to confirm it is the same price for the car, no matter how many people are in it.


country: IT
comment:
get a car to Agrigento from here in 10min. good place, people have time to see you and place to stop. all jam from airport goes throuht this place.


country: HR
comment:
Direction: D7, Dakovo, Croatia
Didn't get away from there in more than an hour; traffic seemed to be mostly local


country: HR
comment:
Direction: South, Croatia
There's a toll-station, where Auto-Stopping is actually forbidden, but the guy there was quite tolerant.
Traffic was very low in the evening, but since almost all the cars have to stop it's not impossible.


country: DE
comment:
Although it seems perfect for the direction north to Hamburg, it's not recommendable to get to A2 in the direction of Berlin. If you're coming from A5 rather choose A4 and A9 to get to Berlin.


country: CZ
comment:
Probably the best place for H-H south towards Autria (Linz) form Ceske Budejovice (Budweis).
There is also a place to stop 200m before at the crossroad but it is quite dangerous place where drivers have to drive carefully and watch for other cars - not for hitchhikers. I think it's better to go from the crossroad to this place I taged.


country: SK
comment:
Direction: Vienna
Cars can easily pull over on the bus-lane and see you from very far, but traffic is maybe a little too fast.


country: RS
comment:
For going towards Gucha. There is a bus stop there, you will see people waiting. Accross the street and 20m up the hill starts the park dedicated to the victims of WWII


country: BA
comment:
Direction: East
We liked this spot for the nice space to pull over, but it took some time to get away (~1.5 h) 


country: DE
comment:
"Biegener Hellen" north. to Berlin,or Michendorf. 
Leave the train in "Pilgram" and go through the village to the south.  


country: RS
comment:
Direction: North-East, Pancevo, Timisoara
The bus-stop is a good place for cars to pull over and offers a roof when it rains ;) And besides all the traffic in your direction comes by here..


country: RO
comment:
Direction: South or East; Luboj, Craiova
This is the spot of the local people. Don't rely on their wisdom. Just sell yourself as a tourist by holding a sign and you have a higher chance of getting a free and longer ride.  


country: RO
comment:
Direction: Alexandria
a good place, especially because of the shop and its rich supply of drinks, sweets and ice cream :)


country: RO
comment:
Direction: South; Caransebes, Craiova
This is as good as every Romanian country road. If you're patient enough you'll probably even get a ride for free.


country: BG
comment:
Direction: Varna
The drivers see you from very far and there's more than enough space to pull over. It took less than 10 min to get away (tried just once).


country: BG
comment:
Direction: city centre
..always better than taking the taxi. There wasn't very much traffic, though.


country: BG
comment:
Direction: South, Burgas
Tried it once with six people. For two of us it was very good, the rest had to wait for over an hour. Retrospectively I would say: take the gas station a few meters north from here.


country: BG
comment:
Direction: M. Tarnovo, Turkey
The people are nice and maybe every fourth car stops, but when I was there in the middle of the day, there was max. one car passing by in 10-15 minutes.


country: TR
comment:
Direction: Istanbul
It won't get much better than this.
Waiting time: just enough to write the sign.


country: SE
comment:
All traffic towards Stockholm passes here. Excellent bus stop just after roundabout. Cars accelerating quite fast, so high visibility is the key. 


country: US
comment:
Right in front of a campground.  Through traffic is going fairly fast but there is plenty of room for them to see you and stop.  After about an hour got a ride to Crescent City.


country: SE
comment:
Havent tried yet, but looks like an excellent bus stop southwards. Please tell us if anyone tried it.


country: DE
comment:
probably a very good place to arnhem. I wanted to A3. I waited over an hour. the police have checked my backpack.


country: DE
comment:
This place can range from being a good spot to being a really bad spot, depending on which direction you want to go. Direction South, like France and Cologne is usually no Problem, once I waited only 5 min. to get a ride to Paris. Then again going direction north (I was going to Poland), it took me like an hour to get somebody to take me to a service station on the A2, only 60 km far.
Good luck!


country: CA
comment:
From Metro Longueuil (yellow line), the best is to take bus 81. The bus will cross the highway, go further and come back, so just ask the driver. The walk is about 10 minutes. It's also possible to take bus 83, same thing, just a bit longer of a walk.
Never waited longer than 30 min.


country: NL
comment:
2 years in a row we had here in less then 5 minutes a lift in the direction of germany. Just by asking the cardrivers who stopped at the trafficlights


country: GB
comment:
Maybe it was luck, but I got an almost instant ride to Derby from a guy that stopped to pick me up at the bus stop.


country: DK
comment:
good place if you are going to horsens or vejle. but only go if the car is taking you all the way because there are no good spots between.


country: GB
comment:
I put my thumb out at the bus stop going west on Derby Rd. and got a nearly instant pickup from a guy. Don't know if it was just luck, but I was shocked.	


country: SE
comment:
Despite the high speed traffic it was easy to get a lift to RÃ¤ttvik on the Market Sunday 3 Okt 2010


country: SE
comment:
Nice bus stop southbound, traffic is fast but due to the bend you can be seen from many hundred meters. 


country: SE
comment:
Physically perfect for cars to stop, but no one going E4 northbound. Maybe useful for getting to the shopping centre just across the roundabout, where you can eat for under SEK 20 in IKEA. 


country: FR
comment:
Hitchhiking on peage tolls is illegal in France, but there's a hole in the Fence and a parking for the cars to stop. Found a car in 10 minutes direction Perpignan.


country: SE
comment:
Nice bay to stop for cars coming from the shoping centre, but most of them will be going home in Mora. 


country: GB
comment:
It depends a bit where you go, but I'd say this place is very good (for South Wales) to good (the South/East). Ask around.


country: GB
comment:
A good place to hitch out of Bournemouth towards the north-east/east. You can get there by bus (don't know which one, though), and cars are going past quite slowly as they are just coming out of the roundabout. They are just about to enter a dual carriageway, though. Use a sign!


country: GB
comment:
The original Spaghetti junction - never tried it myself, but I can image it'd be average to bad, although in walking distance from Birmingham city center and also safely reachable on foot. Cars have space to pull over, go past quite quckly in two lanes, though. Also there's quite a lot of police going past.


country: GB
comment:
An apparently good place to hitch on through Snowdonia, marred by the fact that most passing motorists are English tourists who notoriously don't pick up hitchhikers - took me about 1.5 hrs to get away from.


country: GB
comment:
The best spot on the A5 headed out of Betws-y-Coed towards England - just after the maze of junctions. It's not very visible, though, and not perfect for cars to pull in.


country: GB
comment:
A bit of hard shoulder on a stretch of road that is otherwise not blessed with a lot lay-bies. You miss traffic coming out of the village, though.


country: GB
comment:
Very local traffic intermingled with a lot of tourists makes for a bad hitching spot, although there is plenty of space to pull over.


country: IE
comment:
Amazing spot for catching lifts to Dublin - cars are slow as they are just coming out of the roundabout, and there is a huge hard shoulder to pull over into. It's now a motorway, so you might possibly be doing something illegal, though.


country: GB
comment:
Probably the best place you can reach by foot for hitching out of Caernarfon if you want to go via Snowdonia (very scenic) - still quite a bit of local traffic though, and I ended up pointlessly trudging on for a couple more miles.


country: IE
comment:
Ask around for lifts towards Dublin or Waterford at the two petrol stations that are here. Most traffic will at least head to the roundabout where the motorway to Dublin starts.


country: ES
comment:
Quite a good spot to catch a lift to MÃ¡laga - when talking to people at the gas station. It took us one car from there, going all the way. However, we might have had some luck since the gas station guy wasn't exactly very co-operative, so beware! Worth trying, in any case! 


country: ES
comment:
Quite a good spot to catch a lift to MÃ¡laga - when talking to people at the gas station. It took us one car from there, going all the way. However, we might have had some luck since the gas station guy wasn't exactly very co-operative, so beware! Worth trying, in any case! (September 2010)


country: ES
comment:
For hitching South towards Alicante. Waited for approx. one hour and got a lift to Sueca (a town on the way), rather try to stick to the highway, tough!


country: ES
comment:
For hitching south towards Alicante. Tried approx. one hour at the gast station and got a lift to Sueca (a small town on the way), try to stick to the highway, though! (September 2010)


country: PT
comment:
Gas station, plus passing cars can easily pull out. Just walk here from Tavira. Found someone to LoulÃ© quickly.


country: ES
comment:
A plain street, but cars have to go slow and see you from far. They can easily pull out. Lots of international traffic (for Spain). Got a lift to Gibraltar after 15 Minutes.


country: GI
comment:
Europa point. Tourists come here with cars, park, look around and drive back. Easy targets. Had a lift all the way to Tarifa from here.


country: PT
comment:
Parking lot for visitors of the island. Every time the ferry arrives, it's easy go find somebody to take you back into the city of Tavira.


country: ES
comment:
Gas station to the south and east. Not the perfect spot, only cars from one lane can stop here, but worked in the end.


country: ES
comment:
Gas station. Bad place for Malaga, good place for Cordoba, since the ways separate shortly before. Closes down over night.


country: DE
comment:
It is not that easy to get there, but it is worth it. Ask at the traffic light and you will definitely get a ride to the next gas station at "Denkendorf". 


country: FR
comment:
A lot of people who drive to roanne from St Etienne let you here. The highway entrance is far. It's difficult to come back on the highway. I hate this place.


country: FR
comment:
The best place in Vienne to hitch-hiking, a lot of people are driving to Valence. The most of them can bring you on the Nationale 7 and the Highway entrance.


country: GB
comment:
This is an awesome spot. Only waited two hours with a sign that read "Dover". My first hitching experience as an American was wonderful :)


country: DE
comment:
You have to walk quite a while to get here, but the cars have the option to stop and all the traffic to the north goes by


country: FR
comment:
Not a bad place to go to south. Walk a little after the trainstation and you can go to the highway easily.


country: BE
comment:
This place is even better than the one 100 meter north. Just stand before the white markings on the road and wave your sign. Succes garanteed!


country: BE
comment:
Very good spot HH to Gent. There is loads of space to pull over and people have to slow down or even stop for the traffic lights


country: BE
comment:
There is a very small space where people can pull over and park. Excellent spot if you want to go north, direction of Wetteren or Gent


country: GB
comment:
Motorway services. Good for getting a ride in any direction (there is a northbound and southbound side, and a bridge connecting them).


country: GB
comment:
Good spot for getting a ride south. If you've come from Manchester but your ride only goes to somewhere in Cheshire, then ask them to leave you here.


country: DE
comment:
Wait at this roundabout for a ride in the direction of Frankfurt.
http://hitchwiki.org/en/Hahn_Airport


country: DE
comment:
The exit of this roundabout is a good place for rides towards Trier and Luxembourg, but there is very little traffic. You will get a ride - but it may not take you a long distance. You should probably get in anyway.
http://hitchwiki.org/en/Hahn_Airport


country: SE
comment:
This spot worked well in 2006, but I have the feeling I was lucky. Difficult to reach.
http://hitchwiki.org/en/Uppsala


country: DE
comment:
The airport itself is not a fantastic place to get a ride - walk 15 or 20 minutes out along the main road (heading south) and try at the B50 junction.
Alternately, when you are on your plane, ask other passengers for a ride...
http://hitchwiki.org/en/Hahn_Airport


country: SE
comment:
Have waited for a few hours here without success in 2006. However I think I was unlucky - it looks like a good spot for going south.
http://hitchwiki.org/en/J%C3%B6nk%C3%B6ping


country: CH
comment:
take suburban train S1 (indicating 'rheinfelden', 'laufenburg' or 'frick') or S23 (indicating 'olten') from basel main train station to the stop 'PRATTELN', walk 10 minutes to  "autobahn raststaette pratteln" which forms a bridge over the swiss national highway 2/3. an excellent place to reach eastward cities such as zurich or bern, on the westward side germany (freiburg, frankfurt) as well as france. there are plenty-plenty of cars passing by 24 hours a day, there is an AUTOGRILL restaurant as well as shops inside the bridge over the highway.


country: IT
comment:
I was going in the direction of Koper. I got a ride from here to the other side of Trieste, but I have the feeling that I got lucky.
http://hitchwiki.org/en/Trieste


country: AT
comment:
Good for getting a ride east - I waited 15 minutes, and got a ride to the mountains near Maribor.
http://hitchwiki.org/en/Klagenfurt


country: SI
comment:
Very beautiful but very quiet border crossing. If a car comes, it will probably stop for you. But waiting for that car will take a long time.


country: SI
comment:
Fairly good spot for a ride towards Ljubljana - I waited 1 hour, but I have a feeling there are also good spots closer to the centre.
http://hitchwiki.org/en/Maribor


country: SI
comment:
Busy junction, but not so safe for cars to stop. After 1 hour, a car stopped and took me to Ljubljana.
http://hitchwiki.org/en/Koper


country: IT
comment:
If you are going towards Koper, there is no hitchhikeable place on the Via Flavia for a long time! Keep walking and follow the blue signs!
http://hitchwiki.org/en/Trieste


country: IL
comment:
In theory a good spot for Tel Aviv, but it wasn't our day. As ever, a cheap taxi will offer you a lifeline.


country: IL
comment:
I was going to the Negev. Looks like a good spot, but I did not get a ride after over 1 hour waiting (unusual in Israel). I started walking down the road - after 10-15 minutes walk, you are outside of town on the desert road, and anywhere there is a good spot.
http://hitchwiki.org/en/Be'er_Sheva


country: IL
comment:
Like many kibbutzes, there is a bus stop here where you can hitchhike. The cars slow down here, so it's easy to get a ride to Mitzpe Ramon, and further to Eilat.


country: IL
comment:
Got a good ride nearly to Haifa, but there are maybe better spots closer to the centre.
http://hitchwiki.org/en/Tel_Aviv


country: IL
comment:
You don't need to walk this far, but it helps if you get bored waiting at the roundabout for a ride north. Good chance of a ride to Tel Aviv or similar place north.
http://hitchwiki.org/en/Mitzpe_Ramon


country: MY
comment:
Just one road on this island, and everyone will try to be a taxi, offering a ride for an unfairly high price.


country: DE
comment:
As in many remote areas like this, you will look like an innocent long-distance walker. Very easy to stop a car, especially in winter.


country: CH
comment:
We were travelling from Konstanz to Italy, and got left here. There isn't much space for cars to stop, but one did somehow.


country: CH
comment:
If going south, past ZÃ¼rich and out the other side, be careful - this is the last petrol station on this motorway before ZÃ¼rich! It is very difficult to get a ride further south, and ZÃ¼rich itself can be difficult to hitch from. I got a ride towards Bern after 1 hour.
http://hitchwiki.org/en/Winterthur


country: CH
comment:
I was going east to Vevey, and got dropped off at the nearby motorway junction. No chance of going by hitchhike to Vevey from here, so instead I asked for (and got after 2 minutes) a quick ride from here to Lausanne centre.
http://hitchwiki.org/en/Lausanne


country: FR
comment:
We shared this place with a beggar, who was stopping cars to ask for money. We were going to the Cevennes. We tried for 20 minutes, then walked to the roundabout to the north instead.
http://hitchwiki.org/en/Montpellier


country: FR
comment:
Bad junction for a ride to Lyon. No obvious place to stand, so we stood on the on-ramp. We got a ride after 1 hour, but we were lucky.
http://hitchwiki.org/en/Chambery


country: FR
comment:
Not much place to stand, and fairly quiet, but you'll get a ride in the direction of Beaufort.
http://hitchwiki.org/en/Albertville


country: CH
comment:
There is a bus stop here, on a busy on-ramp going south. But it's too public... I was clean and presentable, but no-one seemed to want to be seen to be stopping for me.
http://hitchwiki.org/en/Geneva


country: FR
comment:
Got a ride from here to L'Isle-Sur-La-Sorgue quite easily, but we were lucky.
http://hitchwiki.org/en/Avignon


country: FR
comment:
Got a ride up the small mountain road towards Mandagout. However, if this is the road you want, you may not get a ride here - many people were telling us to keep walking.
http://hitchwiki.org/en/Le_Vigan


country: FR
comment:
Good for a ride to the Sentier Martel start/finish point (a well-known walking rout along the Gorges du Verdon).


country: FR
comment:
Start walking along this road. You look more needy - it seems to work.
http://hitchwiki.org/en/Castellane


country: FR
comment:
Looks good for Nice, but we waited for over 40 minutes with no success. We then started walking along the road out of town, and got a ride very quickly.
http://hitchwiki.org/en/Castellane


country: FR
comment:
VERY quiet road! Very difficult to get a ride going east. After 90 minutes we gave up, and started hitching in both directions, asking for any ride to anywhere.


country: FR
comment:
This is the start/finish point of a famous walking route - so during the afternoon and evening, there will probably be a good chance of long-distance rides.


country: NL
comment:
Trying for a ride to Cologne. No luck for 2 hours (we were a group of 3). Police found us, shouted at us and made us walk, totally without reason. Now that I'm able to look at the map, I can see there were much better spots for Germany than this. Maybe this is a good place for Liege?
http://hitchwiki.org/en/Maastricht


country: DE
comment:
Fast food area. Got a ride towards Frankfurt within one minute, but there was a thunderstorm so I had empathy on my side.
http://hitchwiki.org/en/K%C3%B6ln


country: AT
comment:
Autobahn service station going east and west. It took over 1 hour to get a ride east - but the view is beautiful.


country: CZ
comment:
Anywhere along this street (from Zvonarka to Ostravska) looks good for Ostrava/Olomouc, but I have never had any success after many hours of trying, and I know several other people have tried here and failed too.
http://hitchwiki.org/en/Brno


country: AT
comment:
Waited over 30 minutes, but got a ride as a group of 4! This place seems good for any direction east - you can even camp next door (campsite on the other side of the road) and start here in the early morning.
http://hitchwiki.org/en/Salzburg


country: DE
comment:
A quiet autobahn service station, but you will get a ride south eventually.
http://hitchwiki.org/en/Bickenbach


country: BG
comment:
Good for hitching to Kosovo. High visibility and plenty of room for cars and trucks to pull over. Take bus 10 (direction 9. Maj) to the final stop and walk to the edge of the village. Don't bother walking to the cross with E75 as this is not an interchange.


country: GB
comment:
To get to Clacket Lane Service Station from London get a train to Bromley (you can use an Oyster card: http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tickets/14836.aspx), then bus 246 (timetable here: http://www.londonbusroutes.net/times/246Sum.htm)

Ask the driver to tell you when you get to Pilgrims Lane, then walk down Pilgrims Lane and Pilgrims Way to Clacket Lane Services. You can see where you're going on a map here: http://www.motorwayservices.info/clacket_lane_services_m25/googlemap Where it says "Clacket Wood" is the service station. There is also a street view of this area on google maps.

Clacket Lane is an excellent place to hitch to Brighton (Westbound) or Dover (Eastbound) and also fairly good for most other directions as it's a busy station. Best thing is to stand outside the main doors into the station and ask everyone that comes out if they are going your way ("excuse me, are you by any chance going to Bighton?")

To get from one side to the other walk down the country lane to the back of the station until you get to the bridge and cross to the other side (couple of km)


country: DE
comment:
Waited for 7 hours through the night as a group of 2 people. Got many ride offers to everywhere in Germany... but none towards Vienna, which is what we wanted.


country: CZ
comment:
A petrol station. Good place to hitchhike towards FrÃ½dek-MÃ­stek. Get there by taking trams 1, 6 to Kolonie Jeremenko; or by buses 39,50 to MoravskÃ¡


country: BE
comment:
Take bus 45 or another bus going to the university or walk to this spot. Do make a sign, because people can go quite a lot of different directions from this point. I got a ride to Maaseik in less then 1 minute! 


country: BE
comment:
This road is good for hitchhiking (in both directions) but can be a bit dangerous, because cars go fast there. On my opinion, the best thing is to stand 100 m after traffic lights: cars can see you when they are waiting and are not going that fast yet. 


country: FR
comment:
Not the best spot because there is not so many place for cars to stop, and it's in a blind corner. anyway, I catched a ride to paris in less than 10 minutes. The good thing is that it's so close to the city center! 


country: AT
comment:
Well, sucks balls for standing there with a sign, but when I mustered the courage to actually ask people in the petrol station after 2,5 hrs, I was gone towards Rosenheim (D) in no time.


country: DE
comment:
Don't. Place yourself where this marker is! ;-) (watch out for cars coming around the corner using parts of the emergency lane, though)


country: DE
comment:
this place is dead after dark - don't get stuck here too late! if you arrive early enough, this should be a nice place to get to central hamburg.


country: BE
comment:
There's no reason (ever) to voluntarily get stuck here. Well, maybe if you live in the metropolis of Fernelmont and want to get out, which would be quite understandable.


country: DE
comment:
Amazing spot to get north towards Hamburg. Even though it was dark, I was gone in less than five minutes. Advice: Don't get stuck in Stillhorn (last service station before Hamburg) after dark. It's dead.


country: GB
comment:
Quite alright for England... if you're, just for example, headed towards Maidstone/Dover/Europe from the USX, this is the place to start from.


country: CH
comment:
A possible spot for hitching towards Zurich and Berne - not a whole lot of space to pull over, though.


country: CH
comment:
Great spot for hitching towards Zurich and St. Gallen. Probably harder towards Lausanne. Sign absolutely necessary!


country: IE
comment:
You can get onto the Motorway here - it will take you some time, but that's kinda normal for getting onto an Irish Motorway. Also, you can easily sleep under the bridge, if it's warm enough.


country: IE
comment:
This is a pretty decent place to get out of New Ross (why would anybody want to leave New Ross, though?)


country: IE
comment:
Weirdly enough, this is the fastest way to get out of Ireland from Kilkenny (via the Rosslare ferry).


country: DE
comment:
Very bad if you want to go towards Bremen, probably quite good if you want to go up North. If you want to go to Bremen, instead walk towards the Eisinghausener Strasse (south, see map), walk along it with your thumb up, and catch a ride to the autobahn on ramp on the west of Lehr.


country: DE
comment:
We got a ride (direction Oldenburg) here  very quickly (5 minutes or so), but since it's a bit dangerous place to stop for drivers, and most drivers don't go directly to Bremen, be prepared to be dropped of at a bad point (we got stuck at a rastplatz for 2 hours)


country: IE
comment:
great place for heading to Galway - everybody's going there, and there's quite a bit of traffic. Going south into Connemara is a bit harder, because there's less traffic, but it's still very doable.


country: IE
comment:
You'll be gone in no time in any direction. Heading to Galway, the quicker way might be to head north towards Maam Cross and then take the main road.


country: IE
comment:
Senseless spot to try hitching from - sharp bends without any lay-bys or hard shoulder. Follow the road for about a mile and you'll get to a construction side (as of Sep 10) and perfect hard shoulder after that.


country: IE
comment:
Don't get dropped off at the Leenane Hotel. People will think you're staying there, and that doesn't go along with the whole hitching thing :-)


country: IE
comment:
Bit of a hard spot to hitch down to Kenmare; there is no space to pull over. But then again, there's not a huge lot of cars, so people can just stop in the middle of the road, and they will. Should be a decent spot to hitch towards Cork on the N22, too.


country: GB
comment:
Not a good spot at all (but the first hitcheable after Pwllheli), as cars come around the bend (that is sharper than it looks on the map) quite fast. Still turned out to be a gift of the heavens for me :-)


country: DE
comment:
bus-line 13 from (s)Wilhelmsburg
wait about 30min. to get a lift to Bremen. Was couple of offers to go to Hannover.
time:20:00, not that much traffic:)
date:friday,oct.2010


country: TR
comment:
Perfect, on the highway with lot of safe space to stop. Make sure you make sign with Antep, Antakya or Adiyman, you can catch long rides here.


country: IE
comment:
Hitch right after the bridge - ample space for cars to pull over, and a pub to seek shelter if it doesn't stop raining.


country: GB
comment:
Not a perfect place at all, but the first acceptable one after Pwheli. Cars come quite fast around a bend that's sharper than on the map. Still this spot turned out to be a gift of the heavens for me.


country: IE
comment:
Great place, even though cars are going past really fast - there'll be enough time and space for them to see you, make up their mind and stop.


country: IE
comment:
Somewhere around here, there's a petrol station with pull-over space which will be your ticket to freedom. It's a fair walk from a lot of probable spaces where you might be dropped off, though.


country: GB
comment:
Easy spot to get to Buncrana, although all the people turning towards Moville are a tad annoying. O yes, you could get to Moville just as easily.


country: IE
comment:
There's a little lay-by just beyond the bridge, but people don't seem to feel very confortable about stopping there for you.


country: GB
comment:
There's a petrol station along the Strand Road where a lot of friendly people are going to a lot of different places - at least to the roundabout where all the roads split up.


country: GB
comment:
This should be a decent spot - along the main road that's leaving Coleraine towards Derry, a hard shoulder, enough traffic but not too much - still I had to wait more than an hour, which is toally exceptional for Northern Ireland. You'd probably be better off following the road a bit further down until you're really out of town (although cars will be faster there).


country: DE
comment:
Much better entrance onto the Autobahn compared to direction from Koln, as cars have plenty of space to pull over and time to see you


country: GB
comment:
Using a sign going south it is bad. Waited an hour, and 90 mins respectively here, too many cars travelling in several different directions


country: DE
comment:
Waited 3 hours for a lift to Leipzig. However, saw two other hitching groups here who got a lift fast, but met another couple who had to stay here overnight and waited over 12 hours to get towards Prague 


country: GB
comment:
This should theoretically be a good place (the first one out of Largs), and so I'll just consider my 1.5 hr wait bad luck... 


country: GB
comment:
Even though you're now in the English part of Scotland if it comes to hitchhiking, this spot will help you to be gone quite soon.


country: GB
comment:
You should really be able to find a lift on your ferry, but even if you fail, this spot is perfectly suitable for getting out of the Larne harbour.


country: GB
comment:
Good spots are more than a rarity if you want to get out of Gourock to the south, so this long straight stretch without any lay-bys is probably your least bad bet.


country: GB
comment:
Do NOT get stuck here; ferry traffic is low enough, and you don't want to wait an hour extra. Anywhere sees more action than this spot.


country: GB
comment:
Not a good spot - cars come around a corner (even though slowed down by the roundabout), and there's no lay-bys... but the friendly folks of Kintyre will oblige.


country: GB
comment:
As soon as you get off the main road headed towards the Mull of Kintyre, everyone will offer to take you. If you go later than August though, that's not gonna help you very much.


country: GB
comment:
Probably your best bet to get back north from Campbelltown. Please report any suspicious police activity in the area back to me, please :-)


country: GB
comment:
If you feel like talking to lots of scared tourists, asking around the parking lot of Eilean Donan Castle might be worth the effort.


country: GB
comment:
Stood at this spot on end... and when I finally decided to walk out of Poolewe to find a better spot, the first car stopped in a totally impossible place :D


country: GB
comment:
Not a good place for going south - even though there isn't a lot of traffic, it's a main road and people are afraid to stop on the road itself, which they'd have to do as there is no opportunity to pull over.


country: GB
comment:
Even though there's mostly tourists going across the Bealach na Ba, this spot is remote enough to get you going quickly.


country: GB
comment:
If this is a petrol station (I'm not a 100 % sure), it's a great spot to get going south, and in a pinch north, too.


country: GB
comment:
There's a small, small petrol station here at the further edge of nowhere, but if you persist, people are going to amazing places - we found a ride to the south of Edinburgh.


country: GB
comment:
I got away quickly towards the north-west even though I didn't even go to the main road because of the rain... and you'll get closer to a magical place called Scoraig if you hitch down the tiny road towards the north-east!


country: GB
comment:
This parking, mainly used by climbers, is a fabulous spot for both directions - it's usually well-frequented, even in September.


country: GB
comment:
Probably the best spot after the town of Broadford... me and two friends, one of them a tiny chinese girl, waited aaages, though.


country: GB
comment:
You'll have to use a sign or handsigns here, cause the only decent spot to stand if headed north is just before the junction.


country: FR
comment:
Direction Chalon Sur Saone

Not really good place as there is so little traffic. However, I was waiting there a tuesday at 1pm (it is really countryside)

By chance, the 6th car in one hour were dutch who took me to Chalon


country: DE
comment:
Gas station at the road that leads southwards to the A5 motorway. Best place to get from Heidelberg to Karlsruhe, Basel or Stuttgart. Lots of cars filling gas before entering the motorway, it's also possible to stand at the street with a sign as cars have good possibilities to stop.


country: GB
comment:
The Green Welly Stop is an amazing place to find rides in every direction - it works a bit like a service station.


country: FR
comment:
Really good place direction North (Paris/Dijon) or south (Lyon).

I was drop there so I don't know how to go from Chalon


country: GB
comment:
There's space to pull over next to the hotel, but the fact that there is a hotel there doesn't seem to be very helpful. They'll give you hot water and slightly cheaper stuff, though, if you ask nicely.


country: FR
comment:
Direction Lyon

Excellent place. Hitch from Macon to the south (Zone Industrielle). This is the PÃ©age of the autoroute A6


country: GB
comment:
This roundabout is a bit chaotic, but you'll get somebody to pull in where the marker is. If you are several people, take strategical positions, so cars coming from the south and the east can see you a bit earlier.


country: GB
comment:
Not a lot of space to pull over, and people will not really feel addressed even if you have an Edinburgh sign and they go there.


country: GB
comment:
Better spot to stand - some people might be afraid to pull over on the on ramp, and it's slightly illegal, but you'll address everybody who goes onto the motorway.


country: FR
comment:
Direction Lyon or St-Etienne/Clermont

Try not to be there, as there is no place for cars to stop, but if you have to, then it can be a good spot. I had a ride to Clermont, was it luck?


country: GB
comment:
People were very distrustful, but ok, it was after dark and we were two guys. Generally, you should be okay because there's quite a lot of people to ask.


country: BE
comment:
indeed it is a good spot - if you're headed to england, you could start looking for cars with uk plates, but you'd be better off going to jabbeke near bruges.


country: GB
comment:
Took us a long, long time to get to Edinburgh from here, but a lot of people seem to be going to Manchester. Another upside is that you can cross the motorway from here. Also, you can easily camp just behind the bushed on the west side.


country: DE
comment:
this spot is indeed quite bad - quite a lot of traffic and no space to pull over. you might want to hh towards erfurt first (more space to pull over in that direction) and change directions at the first service station.


country: DE
comment:
Use this spot for heading towards Luxembourg. Stood there for more than an hour, went to the supermarket, stood there again and got a lift from the first car...


country: DE
comment:
petrol station off the motorway, just before the landstuhler kreuz. hardly anybody going towards trier (north), but I got a lot of ride offers towards saarbrÃ¼cken or mannheim.


country: FR
comment:
Good for Grenoble.  Waited here for about 20-30 min at a bus stop.  Not too many cars, but they seem willing to help if they are going that way.


country: DE
comment:
If I'm not mistaken, this is the main service area between Erfurt and the A5. You can change directions here, and get towards Berlin/Saxonia/Poland or Frankfurt/GÃ¶ttingen


country: KZ
comment:
here you could take a bus to KaraBalta or Sosnovka's turn because h-hiking here almost senceless. 50 soms~1USD(2010) will save many hours of waiting

siberian_explorer


country: AT
comment:
Good spot for getting to the main highway south of linz - going either to salzburg or to wien - and you can change directions at the service station there.


country: KZ
comment:
ask locals how to get to AltynOrda market or use bus #303 from train station Almaty#1 (prepare to loooong ride throungh all markets of the city). at last when you will get to AltynOrda walk along road app. 500 meters till gas stations.

siberian_explorer


country: KZ
comment:
ask a bus to Busstation ("avtovokzal" in russian). then walk a bit along road with 4 lanes. since empty field starts start your thumbing
waiting time less than 1 hour

siberian_explorer


country: KG
comment:
nice spot to start your way to the south of Kyrgyzstan.
waiting time less than 1 hour
p.s. never refuse to h-hike to ecological checkpoint after Sosnovka

siberian_explorer


country: KG
comment:
here is ecological checkpoint and also 10 km/h speed limit and finally stopline! :) direct lifts to Osh or Djalalabad, also try to ask policemans to get a lift to you, lol

siberian_explorer


country: KZ
comment:
excellent way to ask policemans to get a lift for you throughout Taraz or to Chimkent :) works great in both directions

siberian_explorer


country: KZ
comment:
ask for a bus to Zhybek-Zhol car market, for example, #35 or #111 from "Ogonek" near hotel Shymkent, from bus stop walk a bit along road


country: FR
comment:
a BURGER KING restaurant as well as an older ARAL petrol station make it easy to 'autostop' from here north on the german A5 (direction karlsruhe as well as frankfurt and hannover/hamburg). you reach this raststaette (called 'weil am rhein') where plenty of drivers pass through easy and within 30 minutes from the center of basel. take the 'DB regional express' (one stop)from 'badischer bahnhof' (kleinbasel). walk over the tracks, there is a large road bridge, follow the road and the signs to the 'burger king' restaurant. while the trainride takes only two minutes, walking takes you more than a half. the place is very safe + easy to find.


country: NL
comment:
Very good spot: The drivers can see you from far, lots of place to stop (even a truck stoped there for me once), several gas stations not far a way, although I also managed to get in LiÃ¨ge directly. Going north is also a very good spot. 


country: UZ
comment:
it's easy to get here from metro.  lots of taxi cars passing by this place on their way to border. talk with taxi drivers and you will get taxi ride for free right till border control.
waiting time tended to zero

siberian_explorer


country: UZ
comment:
here is roadpolice checkpoint located. ask policemans to get a ride for you (usually bus) or try your own
p.s. you can reach this place by taxistop. uzbek taxists able to transport you for free after short explanation about your h-hiking soul. :)
waiting time less than 30 mins

siberian_explorer


country: TJ
comment:
take bus#28 from Corvon market till last busstop. here is check point from cars entering the city and speed limit, you can h-hike right after checkpoint

siberian_explorer


country: KZ
comment:
from roundabout where Medical college located and road splits on Ushtobe and Almaty directions take marsrutka #13. from the last stop on the route walk forward a bit, cross small crossroads and start h-hiking

siberian_explorer


country: AF
comment:
Here is Tajikistan-China cargo Terminal located. Talk with truck drivers. Direct lifts to Dushanbe, Khujand, Pejikent, Murgab.

siberian_explorer


country: TJ
comment:
Here is a parking for trucks. Talk with truck drivers. Direct lifts to Dushanbe, Ayni, Khujand.

siberian_explorer


country: KZ
comment:
take a bus #41 from ring between two bridges on the left riverside. on the last stop called "Myasokombinat" (landmark is a park filled by military technic stuff) cross the road and wait for the bus #13. ask for "Kolonka" busstop. bus will turns left but you should follow wide 4 lane road. pass by crowd of locals trying to get lift for money and start thumbing. many taxists here, but h-hiking still doable
waiting time around couple hours depends on luck

siberian_explorer


country: KZ
comment:
position is right after T-liked crossroads while cars are very slow. Sometimes position is crowded by locals, so walk a bit forward. Taraz, Shymkent, Karaganda direction.

siberian_explorer


country: KZ
comment:
position is right after check point, take your chanse while cars are slow. many taxists asking for money.
Almaty direction.

siberian_explorer


country: KZ
comment:
here is an a checkpoin with stopline. there is two option to reach Biskek from here:
1. to h-hike
2. to take a route minibus to Bishkek(20KGSoms=0,5USD in 2010).


country: CZ
comment:
A small gasstation, some people go from here in the direction of Plzen. It took me about half an hour to get a ride. Take the subway zo Zlicin.


country: FR
comment:
Pour aller vers Villeneuve/Lot. Evidemment il faut arriver jusque lÃ . Of course uneasy to reach this point.


country: GB
comment:
Exellent for Inverness and north. Most of the local trafic to airport and Dyce industrial area has turned. A sign is helpfull as well. Stagecoach buses will take here for Â£1.70 bit pricy but worth it


country: TJ
comment:
Look for a transport to Zarafshon district (there is direct trolleybus from President House). Walk approximately 2 km from Zarafshon roundabout to another smaller roundabout. 

siberian_explorer


country: RO
comment:
a good place to go south, to bulgaria.
you can tike the tram ang go down in the last station. be careful- not to get on a taxi (some of it doesnt look like a taxi). also- you should say to the driver that you dont have money before you get into the car


country: KZ
comment:
from Ogonek busstop take minibus to Shubarsu(Ð¨ÑƒÐ±Ð°Ñ€ÑÑƒ) app. 0,7USD. ask driver to stop after turning off the main road. h-hike after crossroads.

siberian_explorer


country: RS
comment:
you should stand after the junction in vrsac direction. a sign will help, almost all the poeple will get to the city, a good place for those who want to go to the romanian border


country: RS
comment:
somewhere over here there is apetrol station. you can get near it with those buses: 43,95,96, 101,104,105,106. you should go out of the bus in the first station after the bridge (the bridge that cross the river) than you should go up to the highway and after  about 500-800 meter you will get to the patrol station. its a good spot to get to pancevo, and from there to the east-north


country: RS
comment:
somewhere over here there is "zmay" (i might not wrote in the right way, but it sounds like that) petrol station. you can get to it by taking buses number 612 or 611 from the city (you might neet the tram or another bus to get to it, the city is huge). from the patrol stations is not so easy to hitchhike, but you shuld just try to get to the pay toll on the highway and from there it is much more simple.


country: RO
comment:
drivers will stop you on their way to the border. some of them are just interested in the duty free.


country: GB
datetime: 2010-11-10 10:02:46.000000
comment:
to the north and west - but you can already try your luck on the whole huntigton road, but here cars can stop a bit better


country: GB
datetime: 2010-11-10 10:10:32.000000
comment:
there is a bay where cars going to crewe or chester or even to holyhead and ireland can easily stop.


country: BE
datetime: 2010-10-17 16:35:24.000000
comment:
just after the railway bridge you can find very easy a ride to Brugge.
Also possible but more difficult is a ride to Antwerpen.


country: RU
datetime: 2010-10-16 11:32:04.000000
comment:
Just behind the border are thre petrol stations and a restaurant, at it's end you can hitch all passing traffic. 


country: LT
datetime: 2010-08-11 23:28:16.000000
comment:
There is a bus stop, but just too much/fast traffic. Better to jump into a bus that goes to the "Maxima BIG".


country: PL
comment:
to Siedlce, Brest(BY)

1. take tram #9, #22, #24 from 'Al. Jerozolimskie' (centrum) to the 'Rondo Wiatraczna' stop, walk 200m to the bus terminus, then from here take bus #704, #720, #722, #730 (~25min) to the 'Szosa Lubelska' stop.

2. take bus #502 (every 30m) from Central Railway Station (Dworzec Centralny) (you can also catch it at the 'Politechnika' metrostation) to the last stop 'Stara Milosna', then walk to the crossing with  'Trakt Brzeski' (E30), turn right and walk 500m to aforementioned stop 'Szosa Lubelska'

http://www.ztm.waw.pl/rozklady.php
http://jakdojade.pl/
 
hitchhike from the stop on 'Szosa Brzeska' str. (maybe you need to cross the street)


country: PL
comment:
to Lublin, Ukraine:

1. take tram #9, #22, #24 from 'Al. Jerozolimskie' (centrum) to the 'Rondo Wiatraczna' stop, walk 200m to the bus terminus, then from here take bus #704, #720, #722, #730 (~25min) to the 'Szosa Lubelska' stop.

2. take bus #502 (every 30m) from Central Railway Station (Dworzec Centralny) (you can also catch it at the 'Politechnika' metrostation) to the last stop 'Stara Milosna', then walk to the crossing with 'Trakt Brzeski' (E30), turn right and walk 500m to aforementioned stop 'Szosa Lubelska'

http://www.ztm.waw.pl/rozklady.php
http://jakdojade.pl/

hitchhike from the stop on 'Szosa Lubelska' str. (maybe you need to cross the street) 


country: BY
comment:
To Warsaw:
From trolleybus last stop 'Ordzhonikidze' near Railway Station walk ~250m along 'Komsomolskaya' street to the stop 'Komsomolskaya'. From here take marshrutka #1 and get off when it turns left from E30 (stop 'Cafe'). Then walk 600m along the main road (E30) to the gates and ask drivers


country: FR
comment:
good spot to go to the ski resorts of the ARAVIS or to the villages of the north shore of the lake like veyrier ;menthon talloires
good luck


country: SE
comment:
This is a gasstation just after a speedcamera which ensures that the cars drive slowly and there is plenty of space for them to stop.
Waiting time: ~45 min //Denizo


country: GB
comment:
Been here on a Sunday. Many couples and families, but the on-ramp (southwards) was a worse spot â€“ someone even gave me the finger there.


country: DE
comment:
in the city that connects with the ring highway and could take you anywhere west of Berlin. The cars have to stop for the lights.


country: AT
comment:
big service station with a burger king on it. good traffic to the east and north -- praha, budapest, bratislava


country: AT
comment:
two male hitchers without a chance to find a ride to bratislava gave up after 3 hours waiting and a unfriendly scan by the austrian police


country: AT
comment:
During abgefahren hitchhiking race 2010 many teams get stuck at this service station in direction slovenia, but also on the way back to germany. it is a lot of traffic but dont know why, you don't get lifts


country: SI
comment:
maybe best spot to hitch out of celje to ljubljana or to maribor. waited 1h10min with 4 hitchhikers for a ride to maribor


country: DE
comment:
this petrol station is located half the distance between Hamburg - Berlin. So, most of the travellers have their break there.


country: LT
comment:
The best way is to wait near the sign Taurage because that shows you are long-way hitchhiker and not going to visit gardens or forests around the city. Easy ride to Siauliai, Kryzkalnis, even to Latvia or sometime to Kaunas, Vilnius


country: MD
comment:
if you don't want to cross transnistria toward Odessa hitchike here and you can easily find a car. probbaly they ask some money


country: MA
comment:
If you don't want to pay so much money for taxi from the airport walk here and hitchike. it is a very busy road to Tangier and to the South also.


country: US
comment:
Great spot for drivers going north or south on the I-15.  You can ask them directly as they are pumping gas.  Also, there are tons of semi-trucks.  It seems that you can go as far as Los Angeles or Salt Lake quite easily from here.


country: US
comment:
Lots of cars are particular times of the day .... most seems like local traffic.  Not much space to stop, but there is a stoplight that might be able to help if you wanted to ask the drivers directly.  I wouldn't recommend this spot, but I wouldn't say it's senseless.


country: GB
comment:
Pretty bad junction, traffic in most directions has nowhere to pull over.  Eventually had more luck standing by the roundabout itself (where marked) than by the slipways.


country: US
comment:
Took about 2 or 3 hours to get a ride to Vegas ... seems like most people entering the freeway here are going that far (lots of Nevada plates)


country: DE
comment:
Very good for Berlin, Hannover and Dresden.
ARAL Station (ask around).

Unfortunately not so close to local transport...


country: GB
comment:
Huge layby useful for both directions. I used it to go south and I waited less than half an hour. If you have time, don't miss the fall and the impressive gorge just half mile from there.


country: GB
comment:
In the early morning there's quite a lot of traffic from the camping (down in the town), so it loks quite good for hitch-hike, especially compared to eastern villages along the north cost


country: CH
comment:
Towards Lausanne - We barely waited 15-20 minutes before finding a ride. Stop light and radar make cars slow! Lots of room to pull over :)


country: DE
comment:
Aachener Land:
I waited here for about two hours with a sign "England".
And then I've got a lift until London. It was over the hole night. Great lift


country: LU
comment:
For those who stay at the camping Kockelschauer and want to save some change on public transport - hitching at the nearby bus stop worked perfect for me, got a lift to the city centre within literally one minute. 


country: CA
comment:
Marked as bad because very little traffic, however most likely your best bet if busses 31 and 32 are not available.


country: HR
comment:
Cars comes from Croatia with still slow speed. The trucks are coming very slowly from the side. I was here for 30min, but at really strange hour.


country: CA
comment:
Gas station close to a stoplight. Average location because loads of local traffic + people whom want to pick you up have to park in the gas station.


country: CA
comment:
A-70 West towards JonquiÃ¨re, Lac-Saint-Jean. As much traffic as the area can provide, right after a stoplight. Lots of room for cars to park. You might hit local traffic, make sure you know where you go. If you want to go to the Lac-Saint-Jean area, avoid anybody whom drives less further than Saint-Bruno.


country: CA
comment:
Highway on-ramp, west towards Lac-Saint-Jean, east towards Chicoutimi. Waiting can be short or very long, it's a cast of dice. Listing as good anyways because it's the only suitable hitch location in JonquiÃ¨re.


country: CA
comment:
Gas station. Good traffic for the area, the path leads almost straight to Quebec city. Little local traffic


country: CA
comment:
Gas station. The best possible hitch place in the area to go to Quebec city. All traffic going south of there is going towards Quebec city, very little local traffic.


country: FR
comment:
Certainly the best place in ChÃ¢lons-en-Champagne if you're going to Troyes by national road. Stand in the exit of the gas station, there is enough space for the cars to stop (even those that don't go into the gas station). I've been there twice.  Misteriously doesn't work when it's rainy, but under good weather it's very good.


country: CZ
comment:
There is a bus stop, where you can stand when you are heading to Prague or Pisek. It`s just behind gas station.


country: CZ
comment:
Great place if you want to go to Strakonice or Pisek. From subway station Smichovske nadrazi take the bus nr. 129,172, 241, 243 to the second station called Mala chuchle. You need to press the button in the bus if you want to get out there. Then go aproximately 100 meters toward gas station. There is a long lane going out of it. There is a bridge so rain is not a problem. 


country: CZ
comment:
Not far away from train and bus station. Go in the direction to Vimperk. Just behind the supermarket is a crossroad and after it, there is a place where you can try your luck.


country: BE
comment:
I hh to Gent and Brugges from the very centre, by the bus station and got a lift in five minutes.. perfect!


country: US
comment:
to HH to Harrisburg or the southern states using the I81 Interstate 81 this is a great spot to approach cars since it is a rest area. 
It is a quite frequented place so lots of people. I
was lucky and got a right after the first contact there.


country: US
comment:
I HH to Harrisburg

took me some 30 minutes to get picked up since traffic is not too heavy on this onramp.

Good> cars can stop here on the broad on ramp easily


country: US
comment:
HH to harrisburg.
The place was not too good since it was already on a speedway (two lanes). Eventually after 40 mins and right before a big shower rain a police car picked me up. The officer was nice and took me a good piece of the way to Harrisburg.

(In case police car comes dont run away to not provoke suspicion and just ask for a right playing as if it was the most normal thing to do. Worked here. 


country: US
comment:
I HH here to Harrisburg (about 1-1.5 hours ride).
It is possible for the cars to stop on the on ramp to pick you up. 

How to get here?
It is a bit tricky I was partly HH and walking from the Allentwon Greyhound bus terminal. Takes some time but the spot is good. Trafic is not too much but cares are not very fast since there is a redlight nearby to slow them down


country: US
comment:
It is not totally easy to hitchhike from Manhattan. I took a bus from Port Authority Bus Terminal to Allentown (20.5 USD)
Look Allentown to  find good place to go the I78 South.

(It was said that NEW JERSEY has a stupid law that forbids HH so the Bus-ride is great to skip this state. allentown is second stop in Pennsylvania)


country: GB
comment:
This hitch-hiking spot lies just next to a bus stop, and just after a pedestrian crossing, so the traffic passing this point is quite slow. Good for getting onto the M3


country: CH
comment:
Take Bus 2 to Renferstrasse. Walk straight for 2 minutes. Stand just by the ramp onto the highway. I never waited more than 15min and hitchhiked there many times.


country: CH
comment:
Gas station Deitingen. Great towards Bern, works also towards Biel. Perfect for a swim in summer! Right behind the gas station.


country: SE
comment:
Go by bus from Nils Ericsson-terminalen/GÃ¶teborg Central to DelsjÃ¶motet and position yourself along the side of the road leading out of town with a JÃ–NKÃ–PING-sign. This is generally a faster way than E20 for eastern destinations such as Stockholm, with a stopover in JÃ¶nkÃ¶ping if needed.


country: CH
comment:
Street leading unto highway A1. Many cars,  a bike lane to stop. Only 5-10min walk from trainstation!


country: CH
comment:
construction works until Oct'12. In June '10 the bus stop was moved here. It's ok, but not that good anymore.


country: AT
comment:
big rest-station with restaurant

for me it was excellent to get a lift to linz centre (trainstation)
anyway a good place to change car


country: FR
comment:
Though ppl can stop here, and most of them hit it to the Highway, I've been waiting 'round 5 hours and had to leave with the train to get to a better point. No single car stopped...plz don't do it to yourself!


country: GB
comment:
We got a lift at the gas station. It took a bit longer than other places (maybe because it was raining) but it looks like a quite good spot.


country: BE
comment:
Good place to hitch, had a ride within 10 minutes. Nearby the highway, place to pull over and pick you up.


country: GB
comment:
Car arrives from the roundabout so usually not too fast, and there's a huge laybay for them to stop. Great for going north. I waited less than 10 minutes


country: KH
comment:
It's a bit behind the bus station. Take a mototaxi for $1 out of Siem Reap and hitch. Many cars, many westerners going on this road. You can find a shade below the big road sign, on the turn to "Sky Venture". Good luck!


country: CZ
comment:
Long bus stop, cars go slowly. Most people end in PÅ™eÅ¡tice or Klatovy.
You will get there by tram 4 (end station Bory).


country: CZ
comment:
HH place to Prague. There starts 3rd lane and stop here also trucks (many of them go to the Rudna, itÂ´s not so good).
You will get there by trolleybus 11 (end station Ustredni Hrbitov II) and walk 250 metres.


country: CZ
comment:
Quite good place to HH to Pilsen. With sign you can go to Prague (40-60 min wait but still faster than go through Pilsen)


country: IT
comment:
an ESSO petrol station right on autobahn (autostrada, motorway) A4 BRESCIA-MILANO- TORINO. you can reach the station through the commercial area (north of the station) in walking a circle (westward) around some of the manufacturing halls, there is a swing door that connects the station's platform with the surrounding roads (street: "via aquileia") of the quarter. ATM-tram number 31 takes you from the city center to the corner "via monfalcone/via massimo gorki" from where you can walk to the station in 5 to 7 minutes. i have not hitchhiked from there but will do so next week (on a MILANO-TORINO trip), the spot seems to be excellent because of its safe surrounding, many cars passing by also easy accesibility. there is also a restaurant and a snack shop.


country: PL
comment:
Not a great idea to stop here. cars are riding quite fast and they wont see your sign. Anyway I waited here for about 20 minutes but it was more luck than the advantage of that spot


country: NO
comment:
Petrol station. Good spot for hitching to Oslo, a lot of tourist passing. Take beautiful boat ride from Flam to Godvangen, it is so good! Than hitch to Oslo (Took us 8 hours to get there). 


country: TH
comment:
Go out of that freakin' dusty western. All the cars go to Siem Reap or Battambang. Probably pick-up truck will pick you up there, otherwise there are only taxis :)


country: FR
comment:
Apparently the last red light before the highway. If you're going to St Etienne, hitch on the left lane, you've got the place to do so.


country: FR
comment:
This is the spot to go to Givors/Lyon and to the South (A7).
There is way enough place on the side of the road for the cars to stop.


country: FR
comment:
From Italy this is the last petrol station before the split Chambery/Grenoble. It seems that more people are going to Chambery but you'll get a lift for both direction


country: PL
comment:
good spot to get to Berlin
just behind the border gate. cars are riding slowly here and its easy to impress somebody. Anyway, thereÂ´re some cars stopping so you can ask them.


country: RO
comment:
The new roundabout is perfect spot to hh towards either highway (Belgrade, Nis) or Kraljevo and west. The only problem is to reach this place: from city center, it takes 30minutes on foot, taxi costs like 2 euros and last option is public transport because it is not so frequent.


country: IT
comment:
There is a big truck stop, with petrol staion and restaurant. You'll find a bunch of truck drivers going both ways (Chambery or Torino)


country: IT
comment:
This is the last petrol station before the border. A lot of trucks stop there but they stay to sleep. An employee from the petrol staion threaten me to call the police if I stay here and I had to hitch over 6 hours to finally get in a truck :(


country: FR
comment:
On the national road, after the traffic circle there is a good visibility and way enougth place for the cars to stop and it's very easy to get a lift


country: DE
comment:
Walk out of the airport in direction highway along the "Flughafenstrasse", when the two roads merge together there's a huge bus stop, perfect for hitching into Hannover or everywhere around


country: BE
comment:
good place to go to Ursel! Max. 20 minutes (less than 5 minutes between 4.30pm and 8pm (lot of traffic then)


country: FR
comment:
Take the A8 (=La provencale) if you want to go to Frejus/Nice (because if you take the D7n you will have to stop a lot of times). I did hitch Hiking from here tot frejus in more than 4 houres (so that's to much for just 100km). Take the A8!


country: KH
comment:
A place where Phnom Penh suburbs finishes. Take a moto taxi from Phnom Penh, it should be not more than $2 from Canadian Bank. There is a big factory on the right. Wave a lot till someone stops. ;)


country: KH
comment:
If you hitched a ride till the bridge, walk a little bit further to get rid of all the taxi bastards below the bridge :) Cars mostly goes to Battambang


country: KH
comment:
Get a moto taxi ($2 good price) to highways' intersection and walk a little bit further on this road. All the cars goes to Sihanoukville. Pretty easy.


country: GB
comment:
There is a layby to hitch from, just before traffic lights, so cars must slow or stop. Never waited more than 30 mins for lift out of London or to Heston services.


country: IT
comment:
a very good relay on my way from MESTRE (VENEZIA) to MILANO in summer 2010. as not everyone from the MESTRE-area (from where i had departed) travels on long distance i had a stopover here for 30 minutes. there is lots and lots of traffic at this place - trucks, busses, cars. there is a petrol station, a rest area as well as a large restaurant. people speak english very well. there are oppportunities to get taken to PADOVA, VICENZA, VERONA, BRESCIA as well as MILANO during minutes. on my personal rating from 1 to 10 (1 = worst ever, don't go there!, 10 = perfect spot) i want to rate this place a "9 to 10" as it is safe, clean and people are very friendly.  


country: US
comment:
Heading to Tampa from here ... I had a sign for about an hour without luck.  About 5 minutes after I stopped using the sign, I got a lift to the I-75 onramp nearby.


country: US
comment:
It was probably the time of day I hitched, but I didn't have much luck trying to hitch north from here...  instead I walked onto the interstate and thumbed


country: US
comment:
Although illegal, hitching on this interstate wasn't so bad.  There is plenty of space for cars to stop and it doesn't seem like there were any cops or patrol cars passing by.  It took me about 15 minutes to land a ride going to Tampa.


country: IT
comment:
you can hitch from this petrol station in western direction to PADOVA, and VICENZA also furtheron to MILANO on autobahn (motorway) 'A4'. there is mostly commuter traffic but people are friendly and someone will be able to take you on the next petrol station & rest area on A4 (around 15 kilometers west of MESTRE) when the newly built autobahn-bypass has joined again with the local 'A57' highway. this station here receives an 8 on my 1 to 10 scale (1 = very bad to hitch from, 10 = best place ever) as it5 is safe, many cars stop and people are friendly. again, ask drivers to take you on A4 to the next bigger petrol station, everyone understands english. 


country: DE
comment:
Last rest area before Leipzig and Halle, so the place to change cars if your driver goes to those cities.

All new and shiny now (2010), so the second marker talking about closure is obsolete should be removed/updated. Ask people, took us 3min, lots of license plates from Hanover area there.


country: EE
comment:
Whenever a ship of EckerÃ¶ Lines or Viking Lines arrives, there is a large amount of trucks passing past this point on their way from Finland to Europe. You are likely to get a ride at least to southern Lithuania from here. Especially good if you've just come by a ship yourself. The Tallink ships bring elsewhere, maybe someone else can mark where to wait for trucks that have used them. For ships' timetables, check the ship companies' websites.


country: AT
comment:
A bus station before small bridge over the street. Cars can stop before they go to Slovenia or Klagenfurt.


country: LT
comment:
Hitchhike to Vilnius. This way is certainly better than going through Kaunas because you will get stuck there. This is still within town speed limits cars are not going to fast. And the few hundred metters before market place can be bad because it's forbidden for cars to stop there!


country: CA
comment:
Takes HOURS to walk here, but its the only reasonable off ramp heading east from Saint John. There is a bus that will give you a head start, though.  Perfect shoulder, and you get traffic coming from the north also with a stop sign so they can scope you out before turning.


country: US
comment:
If your heading east from Bar Harbor towards Canada this is the place to wait.  Most people even going in this direction are going far - this is the more rural area of the state - and there is good visibility and a huge shoulder.  


country: GB
comment:
Good place to stand with your sign, as the cars are only beginning to speed up after crossing the roundabout and there is an excellent place for cars to stop right after that.


country: FR
comment:
I'm use to take the metro to technopole and to walk to this place. it's working well to go to the A13 ( direction Le Havre or Paris). large place for the cars.


country: LT
comment:
If you are hitchhiking to Vilnius from Marijampole and you only get lift to Prienai. This is a good place to be dropped. You can almost speak to the drivers when the traffic slows down because of those turning left. You are likely to go only to Birzai from here as many cars go locally. That's why it's not excellent.


country: BE
comment:
cars get on the highway here, so speed is fairly low. good place to go to Bruges or Ghent. On sunday evening guaranteed rides to Ghent.


country: BE
comment:
Good spot to HH towards Antwerp. Slow traffic and enough place for the cars to stop. I mostly get a lift in about 10 minutes.


country: BE
comment:
Spot for HH direction Denderbelle, Wieze, Herdersem and Aalst.
Good spot, enough space for cars to stop.
Lift within 15min


country: NL
comment:
First passerby took us to the gas station on A67 towards Antwerp. Not much space to pull over, so probably not the best place with heavy traffic.  


country: FR
comment:
PÃ©age des marches
De plus en plus de gens ne s'arrÃªtent mÃªme plus grÃ¢ce aux abonnements, prenez une grosse pancarte; direction: Grenoble/ Italie


country: FR
comment:
Gas station Bois Claret. Not so many people here, most of them are going to Grenoble. Ask for the gas station "Voreppe" if you want to go to Lyon (North: Paris etc.) or Valence (South: Marseille etc.).


country: FR
comment:
Gas and service station "Voreppe" (from Grenoble only) 
A lot of people here, driving to Lyon (North) or Valence (South), just before the Motorway Separation. A perfect place!


country: FR
comment:
Just after the roundabout, you can easily ask here for Saint Donat. In the other sense, ask for Romans or Tain to reach the A7.


country: NO
comment:
Waited about 30 minutes for a ride to Karlstad, which I think was ridiculously lucky. There's almost no cars going there, but unfortunately basically no alternative. Place was quite ok, there's a bus stop next to a gas station.


country: SE
comment:
No real place for the cars to stop, but a huge ramp onto the highwas(s). Two gas stations and a McDonalds nearby, regular traffic and apparantly quite some long distance drivers. Found a ride all the way to Stockholm in about 20 minutes despite aweful weather.


country: SE
comment:
Basically a nice starting point (easy to reach, right at the highway) but unfortunately NOT a lot of long distance travellers. Most ppl went back into town.  Took me 50 minutes to find a ride to Ã–rebro.


country: SE
comment:
Really nice spot, because of the open-every-day mall, which attracts customers all the way from Norway. Found a ride north in minutes. You might actually be (in my case should be) picky about the hitch, so you get some safe distance.


country: DK
comment:
Note that Gedser is a very hard place to get to. Not as many cars are driving there as to RÃ¸dby, and the ferry sails less often. If you're coming with the ferry, you can ask for rides on board, but otherwise you'll see that the area is not very much populated, so very few locals are driving to and from there. You can sleep on the floor in the ferry terminal, it's open 27h and there is a free toilet!


country: DE
comment:
Good bus stop to go to Berlin. It takes 20min to reach on foot from the city centre, with a sign you'll get a ride in no time.


country: DE
comment:
If you get a ride from Berlin or from the South and you want to go to Leipzig while your driver continues along the A9, you can either get off in Schkeuditz or at the airport, where you can take the train (3.60â‚¬) and be in Leipzig in 10min. You can use the same ticket for the city transport for the next 2h.


country: BG
comment:
be carefull not to hitch-hike the border police (like i did). they took me to the pd at the train station to verify my passport.


country: DK
comment:
Big truck spot with toll office for foreign trucks. You can also get food and coffee with the drivers. If you're hitching to Germany, drivers will tell you that it's forbidden and won't take you, but you might find trucks to Sweden, Poland and the Netherlands. You can also take breaks and try with your thumb on the on-ramp, it's 1km away, or go to NÃ¸rre Aslev and take a train to NykÃ¸bing (from there there is a bus to Gedser) if you're not lucky.


country: DE
comment:
A gas station, I think it's the best place to hitchhike, because the main road in Messkirch has a high-speed of 70 km/h.
If you want to the west you should search a driver who drives at least to Neuhausen ob Eck, from summer 2010 at lest to Tuttlingen because there aren't any Towns or villages between this section


country: SE
comment:
Got a lift after just a few minutes. There are places like this all along the E45 so do take shorter rides as well.


country: IT
comment:
a good place to reach MESTRE (meaning VENEZIA) from UDINE (or just to relay). there is only few cars stopping at this petrol station, it took me 30 minutes to find a driver but everyone is very polite and helpfull. there is a shop as well as a little restaurant at this place. it is difficult to reach it from the normal road network as you have to walk through some gardens (north, along the autobahn), along a concrete noise-reduction-wall and over the off-ramp of the autobahn first (maybe there is an easier way too..?). on my personal scale from 1 to 10 (1 = poor, 10 = excellent) this spot deserves a "7 to 8" as it is very safe to stand at and everyone is very friendly. 


country: IT
comment:
i reached UDINE from this spot in a very short waiting time (less than two minutes). there is a traffic light that only lets cars pass in one direction through the city's gate, if it is on 'red', take your chance!!! on my personal scale from 1 to 10 (1 = poor, 10 = excellent) i want to rate this place a 9 to 10 as it is safe as well as conveniently loated.


country: IT
comment:
i tried to reach MESTRE meaning VENEZIA from here - but was not successful. there is many cars passing but no one took me during one hour. positive option: visit PALMANOVA instead of crying, a 400 year old fortified city with a name that can be translated as "the new palm". you can walk there from this place in 15 minutes. there is also supermarkets 2 minutes from this spot (can be seen on the satellite image). standing on the peage (maut-/toll-) station is not allowed, the empoyees will show you away immediately.


country: IT
comment:
a petrol station in the middle of nowhere, between LJUBLJANA and TRIESTE (italy). there are only few cars passing but the coffee inside the shop is excellent. on my personal rating from 1 to 10 (1 = poor, 10 = excellent) i want to rate this spot a "5 to 6".


country: IT
comment:
a perfect place to hitchike westward in the direction of 'miramare castle', MONFALCONE as well as to VENEZIA or UDINE. there is an (often 'red') traffic light at this place and many-many cars that are passing by. as this spot lies in a commuter area (meaning most people passing drive from work home or drive to their workplaces) you should build a cardboard sign indicating your destination. i believe there are not too many persons willing to offer long distance trips from here. there is a large PAM-supermarket just 100 meters behind the railway overpass you can see from this place and another supermarket just 50 meters away. 


country: SI
comment:
a difficult place to stand at. a driver comming from LJUBLJANA took me only until here on a trip to TRIESTE (italy). i had to wait one or two hours until i could catch another car in the right direction. although it is difficult to find a driver, the spot right on the automated peage (road toll/ maut-) station is very safe. i want to rate this place a "4 to 5" on my personal scale (1 = poor, 10 = excellent).


country: SI
comment:
a good place to leave the LJUBLJANA-area in southwestern direction (on autobahn number 1) in the direction of KOPER and TRIESTE (italy). there is plenty of traffic on this petrol station (& rest area). you can reach the station walking only a few minutes from the commercial zone a kilometer north of here. there are supermarkets as well as restaurants in the commercial zone. on my personal scale from 1 to 10 (1 poor, 10 excellent) i want to rate this place a "9 to 10".


country: DE
comment:
Pretty easy to get a lift to Germersheim from here. When going to Karlsruhe, prepare for some village hopping.
20 minutes walking from the town old town of Speyer.


country: BE
comment:
Direction Geraardsbergen. Lots of space to pull over. Safe place. Only waited here for 3 minutes. Use signs! 


country: HU
comment:
If you want to go direction Vienna or just Austria. You can ask people when the traffic light's red. I tried it several times, and it never took me more than 5 minutes.


country: BE
comment:
Direction Wetteren (to the E 40). There's only a bit space to pull over, but cars are not driving too fast so easy to get out direction north. Waiting times vary from 5 to 15 minutes. 


country: DE
comment:
if you wanna go north, go somewhere else, cars can't stop here, standing on this street makes no sense. 


country: SK
comment:
I tried more places for hitchhiking to Banska Bystrica or Zvolen. In my opinion this statisticaly rules.


country: BE
comment:
This spot can be excellent if the traffic is very slow (I tested in around 6.30pm) and you're heading south.
Got a lift to Charleroi airport area in five minutes.

Take the metro line #5 in direction Erasme/Erasmus and get off at the Ceria/Coovi stop.


country: SK
comment:
In  my opinion it's the only place to get out of Martin in direction of TR, ZH, Kremnica, Prievidza. Hitchhiking elsewhere on the bypass was nearly senseless for me.


country: SK
comment:
direction Prievidza. It is very far but possible to take bus(fare doggering)number 5 or 7 bus stop- smrekova(I'm not shure)


country: RO
comment:
Somewhere along this portion of the road you should find a place for hitchhiking to Sibiu. Traffic should include trucks.


country: RO
comment:
Good place for going to Medias, Sighisoara, Brasov. There is space for cars to stop and they slow down as they exit the bridge.


country: RO
comment:
I prefer to pass the bridge, but you can also wait here. A bit crowded and not to much space for the cars to stop.


country: RO
comment:
Good place for going to Mures or Sibiu. Make sure you have a sign with your destination. There is a bus stations and it is placed after a trafic light  so cars should be slow.


country: RO
comment:
This is a bad spot, but the only place around Dumbraveni. Hope you will be lucky and not have to make this stop.


country: BE
comment:
Very good spot for Kortrijk or Antwerpen. Under the bridge (so dry when it's raining) car's pass very slow and they have enough space to stop. Had a ride within 15 min.


country: FR
comment:
If you want to go on the A1 towards Lille/North. 
Perfect spot to stop, but cars a rather going fast (45km/h). Took us 45 minutes to leave. 

Otherwise you may try the big traffic light or the onramp a few metres higher.


country: FR
comment:
you can get here from the city center by bus number 6 (see wiki description). A little dirty, but pretty hitchhikable petrol station


country: DE
comment:
Small petrol station with lots of local traffic, but got a lift to a good station on A3 heading north after 45 minutes


country: DE
comment:
Going to the Netherlands, I waited 15 minutes, the third dutch number plate took me nearly to utrecht. 


country: DE
comment:
Much local traffic, but got user Soccie to the A3 in 40 minutes. Look especially for non-Bonn and non-Siegburg number plates.


country: SE
comment:
very small petrolstation without a store and stuff. hard to find hitch longer than some kilometers...


country: SE
comment:
pull-off, restarea and petrolstation. sounds like the perfect place to find hitch but i took over 20 minutes to get ride from here to Ã¶rebro. 


country: ES
comment:
The best spot in Girona if you want to go to Barcelona or France (PerpinyÃ ).

It's the nearest entrance to the "autopista del Mediterrani" (the highway) from Girona.


country: BE
comment:
dir. Antwerp, Best to use a sign, most of the time you get picked up within 15min. onramp is not hitchable


country: SE
comment:
petrol stations, statoil is the best here. found hitch from here in 5 minutes, but only tried this place once.. i think its much better than hitching from gothenburg :)


country: BE
comment:
jabbeke service station: it's huge with lots of traffic which is good, but i found it really hard to get a ride towards brussels, it seemed that it was all local traffic


country: ES
comment:
I would not say this place is great! I think it might work, but it didn't for us. We were three and cars don't have time to stop. I think it might be good if you are alone with a big sign, but I would much more recomand the services in Montcada, even if it takes one hour to get there, it will be much easier once there.


country: ES
comment:
Good spot for the direction East. There are traffic lights in front of you and good space for cars to stop behind you.


country: DE
comment:
to Wittlich, Trier, Luxembourg. On the other side of the road to KÃ¶ln, Frankfurt, Koblenz. Good spot.


country: GB
comment:
Truck stop with plenty of trucks, cafeteria and sleeping possibilities. Got a ride to Birmingham after 1 hour.


country: FR
comment:
I actually saw some staff from the Eurotunnel, who actually waved at me and I waved back, but he didn't do anything, so I figured I should be okay for me to stand there with my sign. There's a little parking space right near the entrance. it's right by the pet control thingy. There you can ask people


country: IT
comment:
Waited here for 2,5 hours to get a ride in direction to Trento ... but probably it was because already in the evening !!(7pm-9:30pm)
most of the people go to the direction of Venezia !!


country: DE
comment:
More or less good for hitching. Theres a busstop and a gasstation. At least you are save from raining.


country: DE
comment:
Stood here for more or less 5 (!) hours till it got dark. I stopped my jurney, went to the other side and rode back home. Just waited 10 mins there.


country: DE
comment:
A lot of cars pass by, but there is no good place for them to stop and picking you up. Most of the drivers are too much into 'finding the right way' as well. so they dont notice you


country: CH
comment:
time: 2010.04.10
direction: Genf
numbers in party: 1
i saw with my own eyes that there is a police station here. I think it's not a good idea to start to hichike all around.


country: NL
comment:
time: 2010.03.13
direction: Eindhoven
i just started to hichike, and within 5 minutes the police arrived and wanted to give me a 150 euros fee for hichiking. Finally they just took me to the train station in Boxtel, but it was really scary. Hitchiking is forbidden in the strada, go to gas stations!


country: CH
comment:
direction: BERn
time: 2010.04.08
numbers in pary: 1

it seems that this is a gas station, but it's extremely small, and not much cars stop here. I asked around 10 people, and nobody went to bern, not even the smae direction.


country: CH
comment:
direction: BERn
time: 2010.04.08
numbers in pary: 1

it seems that this is a gas station, but it's extremely small, and not much cars stop here.
(r) 


country: BR
comment:
Dos melhores lugares pra se pedir carona saindo de BH para o leste mineiro (Ipatinga, Gov. Valadares), Salvador (BA) ou VitÃ³ria (ES) Ã© neste ponto. Aqui Ã© onde fica a PM RodoviÃ¡ria. O problema sÃ£o os Ã´nibus para chegar atÃ© aqui e o preÃ§o da passagem do Ã´nibus Ã© cerca de 1real mais cara. A outra opÃ§Ã£o Ã© pegar o Ã´nibus 5502b que te deixa alguns quilÃ´metros antes deste, que eu tambÃ©m marquei aqui no mapa.

COMO CHEGAR
Pra chegar aqui, vocÃª pode pegar qualquer um dos seguintes Ã´nibus atrÃ¡s da rodoviÃ¡ria no centro:
- 4810 (sentido CaetÃ©)
- 4380b (sentido Bom Destino)
- nÃ£o-sei-nÃºmero (sentido Ravena).
Todos sÃ£o da cor vermelha.
PeÃ§a para descer na PM RodoviÃ¡ria (fica na BR 262).


TEXTO pedindo carona neste ponto na saÃ­da de BH
http://historiasdeumleocaroneiro.blogspot.com/search/label/saindo%20de%20belo%20horizonte%20pela%20BR262


country: BR
comment:
Dos melhores lugares pra se pedir carona saindo de BH para o leste mineiro (Ipatinga, Gov. Valadares), Salvador (BA) ou VitÃ³ria (ES) Ã© neste ponto ou na PM RodoviÃ¡ria que estÃ¡ alguns quilÃ´metros pra frente depois do trevo pra Santa Luzia.

COMO CHEGAR
Pra chegar aqui, vocÃª pode pegar os Ã´nibus:
- 5502B (sentido CapitÃ£o Eduardo) na Rua Dos CaetÃ©s em frente ao nÃºmero 619.
PeÃ§a para descer no Ãºltimo ponto da BR, que fica em frente a um posto de gasolina.

(vou marcar o ponto da PM RodoviÃ¡ria aqui no mapa pro caso de vocÃª preferir pedir carona por lÃ¡)

VÃDEO pegando carona neste ponto na saÃ­da de BH
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mv40XL0M5EA


country: BR
comment:
Saindo de BH para o Ouro Preto (MG) ou para o Rio de Janeiro vocÃª pode pedir carona aqui. Este Ã© o trevo onde a BR040 e BR356 se encontram. JÃ¡ pedi carona aqui com uma garota, e outra vez com um garoto, e ambas as vezes levou um pouco mais de tempo que o comum (nÃ£o que tenha demorado muito..)

COMO CHEGAR
Pra chegar aqui, vocÃª pode pegar os Ã´nibus:
- S10 em qualquer lugar no Anel RodoviÃ¡rio
- 2004 em pontos da av. Afonso Pena ou PraÃ§a da Liberdade
- 3050 na rua Rio Grande do Norte nÃºmero 762 quase esquina com av. Afonso Pena, no centro.
PeÃ§a para descer no trevo da BR040 com BR356.

NA CARONA
Se vocÃª estiver indo para Ouro Preto e a pessoa estiver seguindo rumo ao RJ, vocÃª pode pedir para descer no trevo do Alphavile (onde fica a Lagoa dos Ingleses), Ã© um condomÃ­nio de gente rica.

VÃDEOS
pedindo carona neste ponto:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6AJ74ZIHxg
pedindo carona no trevo do Alphavile:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOJewkRA8r4

TEXTO - pedindo carona de BH a Ponte Nova, passando por Ouro Preto
http://www.leoautostopista.com/2009/12/tamos-em-ponte-nova.html


country: BR
comment:
O melhor lugar pra se pedir carona saindo de BH para o TriÃ¢ngulo Mineiro (Uberaba, UberlÃ¢ndia) ou para SÃ£o Paulo Ã© neste ponto, no trevo onde a BR262 e BR381 se separam e os carros sÃ£o filtrados, cada um segue pro seu lado.

COMO CHEGAR
Pra chegar aqui, vocÃª pode pegar Ã´nibus para a Morada do Trevo (Betim) na av. OlegÃ¡rio Maciel, 742 no centro de BH. NÃ£o tenho certeza do nÃºmero do Ã´nibus, mas Ã© um desses trÃªs (vocÃª deve perguntar pra ter certeza!): 3292, 3297 ou 3298. PeÃ§a para descer no ponto final.
Este Ã´nibus sai de Betim, circula por BH e retorna a Betim. Ele leva cerca de 1hora para chegar no ponto da av. OlegÃ¡rio Maciel, e os horÃ¡rios que ele sai de Betim vocÃª pode conferir no site da empresa: http://www.viacaosantaedwiges.com.br/


VÃDEO - pegando carona no trevo de Betim
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk6wD5kNee0


country: HR
comment:
got a ride to Belgrad by asking, not to busy gas station with cars and trucks, good shelter in construction ruins


country: BE
comment:
Gas station of Wetteren. Easy to get a ride to Groot-Bijgaarden or beyond. Waited ten minutes here. 


country: RS
comment:
there is a gas station with little cars, I hitched on highway towards south Serbia with a sign after 4hours I went to other gas station closer to town, and got a ride by asking


country: BE
comment:
Stand on the beginning of the ramp (which is legal in Belgium). Cars have some space to pull over. Realy easy to get a ride to Gent 


country: FR
comment:
Terrible. 5 hours, freezing cold. Several people gave me the finger and other lewd gestures. I was clean and tidy and just standing there with a grin and a sign.


country: FR
comment:
Several cars stopped for me, going all directions. Language barrier caused me to flub the first couple, but great starting place to Paris!


country: FR
comment:
Strait to Paris, but only after 6am. If you're here too early, just people working nearby. Walked here from Arras train station, nothing better to do at 4am!


country: FR
comment:
Straight to Paris, when I started getting more aggressive! Do not wait here before 6am, mostly people going to work. Walked here from Arras train station.


country: FR
comment:
tried to get back to toll so I could actually get a ride going easy. DONT. If you do get stuck here, talk to people around the restaurant.


country: US
comment:
This spot is great! I literally was picked up by the first car that came by. If you're going hiking for the day in the gorge, this is your starting spot (make a 'Multnomah Falls' sign). If you're going further (to Boise, SLC, or Spokane) definitely make a sign to get a direct ride, as hitching is frowned upon in Eastern Oregon and against the law in Idaho.


country: DE
comment:
Easy spot to get north or south. No petrol station here but a small kiosk. From Bayreuth get to Wolfsbach by bus and walk the rest (2-3km)


country: US
comment:
Going southbound, this is your spot. Good viewing distance, good Portland folks. Making a sign may be helpful. Look for the hippie vans!


country: DE
comment:
Good place to head east or west. It should be possible to take the train to PapirmÃ¼hle from Jena and then hike to the service station.


country: DE
comment:
Good petrol station to get onto the A9. take bus 431 from Jena and get of at "Gewerbegbiet Petersberg" to get here.


country: DE
comment:
Good spot if you want to hitch to Eisenberg to get onto the A9. Stay at the busstation and carry a sign saying A9/Eisenberg.


country: SE
comment:
direction east/sollefteÃ¥. well it's basically at the sideways and there's not much traffic on this road. there's a bus that takes you nearby. did it once and took me only 10 minutes for a ride - so i guess it's allright.


country: SE
comment:
best opportunity to get a ride to malmÃ¶ and further. stand alongside the road. if you were not lucky to directly get a ride from the ferry just walk along the road westwards, there's a small petrol station as well but doesn't work well. usually in the morning there is much traffic to malmÃ¶ - tourists from the ferry and working people. sometimes needs some patience.


country: CL
comment:
used this to get out from chillan. this place was really bad..no one can stop here and also lots of construction around. but there is a gas station not too far south from here..if u can get a lift to there or walk there it's the best. or try another exit from chillan..this one isn`t the best


country: CL
comment:
not exactly that spot but around here is great cuz everyone is driving to the mines so lots of people pass


country: CL
comment:
going towards antofagasta ..lots of people who work in the mines. lots of hitchhikers around here too..i was in a queue of like 4..


country: CZ
comment:
Gas station, the best way to go to Praha. You have to go by tram to last stop Ustredni Hrbitov, then go by the highway about 1,5 km. Lot of cars, all are going to Praha, but always several hitchhikers waiting


country: DE
comment:
Waited 1 houer for a Lift to Hannover (A7).

But 5(!) offers in direction Bremen (A1).

General many peoples you could ask for a lift.


country: DE
comment:
Very big and busy station. Perfect conditions to hitchhike south. Got a lift to Mannheim in seconds because someone asked me if i need a lift!


country: BG
comment:
Good place for HH, direction Plovdiv, Sofia, Serbia. A lot of Turkish trucks pass from here. You can reach the place by bus from Haskovo to Dimitrovgrad (0.50 euro), just ask the bus driver to leave you under the bridge


country: BG
comment:
Perfect place. Direction Stara Zagora, Burgas, Varna, Romania. There is a gas station. All buses to Dimitrovgrad can leave you here, just ask the driver.


country: SE
comment:
Wait just before the bus stop, as the cars can stop...anyway they aren't fast because of the traffic light. I waited 20 minutes for a ride to Uppsala


country: SE
comment:
Lot of place for the car to stop,and they see you from far enough. the roundabout after is hardly accessible,and the last one is too dangerous... anyway,you can startcloser to the center, on the same road


country: FR
comment:
took the bus to Vernaison and hitched directly on the autoroute, heading south to Avignon...   Cars are going too fast here.  Police got me in 15 minutes and took me to the next Piage.


country: AT
comment:
Since petrol is cheaper in Austria then in Hungary, everyone stops here. Had one time after 5 min a ride to Romania, and another time after 10 min to Budapest.


country: NO
comment:
Good place for going to Oslo (North). Every car have to pass this way before going to the motorway. We just have to wait 15 minutes before picking up. (04/2010)


country: CA
comment:
There are not that many places where to hitch from in Montreal, but heading towards Ottawa (40W) this might prove a good try. I got a ride in a truck going to Pointe Claire. Very good when there is a lot of traffic as people can see you in the distance. They were very surprised to see a hitcher there. It is a bus stop for bus 100, which you can board at CrÃ©mazie metro station.


country: US
comment:
SIGN said BOISE

boring wait, lots of smiles from people.  Didn't get a long ride, but it was a ride out of town at least.


country: CA
comment:
Although cars come here with quite a bit of speed, there is a lot of space to safely pull over. This spot is probably better when there is little traffic. Got a direct ride to Montreal in 20 minutes.


country: CA
comment:
Logical spot for Quebec people heading towards Montreal. There isn't much space to pull over, so it's safer when there isn't much traffic. Still a lot of local traffic too, so the offer varies.


country: US
comment:
Not a bad spot for heading south.  My sign said "BOISE."  The guy that picked me up said, "I picked you up because you're well dressed and not one of those hippies."


country: US
comment:
GOING TO BOISE

there is even a street sign that someone inscribed the back saying "THIS IS A BAD SPOT"   ... so I tried for 10 minutes but got a bad vibe, and I walked about 2 miles up Hwy 12


country: US
comment:
At 11pm I ended up asking every single driver at this gas station if they were going south, most said no.  Finally I landed a ride south ... funny because the driver drove really fast and passed all those liars that told me they weren't driving south!!


country: DE
comment:
Lots of traffic and cars can easily pull over.
Recommend the use of a sign, stating in which direction you want to go.


country: DE
comment:
Not much traffic, but cars can easily see you and pull over (slow traffic).
Only waited here 2min (with a sign), to hitch towards OsnabrÃ¼ck.


country: US
comment:
I think I just got lucky here because some kid just saw me walking onto the Interstate and asked if I needed a ride.


country: US
comment:
Was hitchhiking any direction - north or south.  Mostly it's rush hour traffic that won't bother with a hitchhiker, so be prepared to wait a while.  My wait was about 90 minutes.


country: DE
comment:
Lots of traffic, sometimes even so much that it might be better to wait until there are less cars before putting up your thumb.
Waited here about 10min before I got a Dutch car heading towards the Netherlands (used a sign: Holland).


country: DE
comment:
Not much traffic, waited here twice. (About 20min waiting.) Got rides towards IbenbÃ¼ren and OsnabrÃ¼ck.


country: US
comment:
Going North - sign said "FLORENCE"

Got a ride within 30 minutes.  Plenty of space on the bridge for a car to stop on the right shoulder.  Just dance on the railing while you wait.


country: DE
comment:
Between off-ramps 18 and 17, gas station. Good place to get into Berlin.
So after coming from the East with a Polish car, this is the place to step out (if you want to go to Berlin).


country: US
comment:
I got dropped off here by a truck driver.  Not a bad spot for going to Coos Bay, but the time of day makes a difference.  Rush hour is generally the best time, so it took me about an hour until the traffic got more dense for someone to pick me up.


country: US
comment:
Somehow the 101 doesn't live up to its historical hitchhiking standards.  I started hitching around 9am here and it took about 2 hours!  I guess I had no other choice but to wait :'( 


country: US
comment:
It could have been the time of day, but I thumbed for about 5 hours while walking north on the 101.  I saw so many hippie VW Buses and no one picked me up!  So I camped in the Redwoods and got a ride the next morning close to "N. Bank Road" at the bridge about 3km north of here.  Check that thumb ...


country: US
comment:
1 MALE
About 10am
Sunny Day

Destination and Sign said "CHICO"

Got a ride in less than 10 minutes to Oroville.


country: US
comment:
Got dropped off here on the way to Chico (driver went east from here)...  got a ride in about 10 minutes, but the driver was a pervert.


country: US
comment:
This road depends on the time of year, time of day and the weather.  Best to go during the spring and summer months.  Another road that might not take you the entire way due to local traffic.


country: US
comment:
Great for hitching into Logan.  Max wait is 1 hour, but that's usually at night :) Smile and wear nice clothes and you'll get a ride in less than 15 minutes.  Hitch just past the stop light before drivers have a chance to speed up.


country: US
comment:
Great spot to get to Logan, Utah.  A sign isn't necessary, but it won't hurt.  Always get rides in less than 10 minutes.


country: US
comment:
All along this highway is easy in either direction, but the rides will generally be short due to local traffic.


country: US
comment:
To get to Bear Lake, this is the perfect spot!  You should hitch ON the bridge so cars have a chance to pull into the little dirt road on the side, just before entering Logan Canyon.


country: CH
comment:
Bonne aire d'autoroute, pour quitter le Valais ou y entrer.
Good service area to enter or to leave Valais.


country: US
comment:
I've hitched from here at least a dozen times to get to Salt Lake City or Brigham City.  Never had to wait longer than 30 minutes.  To get here from the center of Logan you can either WALK or take the bus.  The nearby McDonald's is the last stop for one of their lines ... I usually stand close to the golf course to stay away from the businesses in the area.


country: DE
comment:
A very large service station on the A3. I got a ride - direction Karlsruhe in 30mins. If you need to cross on the other side, there's a little bridge to the east.


country: CH
comment:
Aire servant aux deux directions de l'autoroute, donc attention!
area serves to both directions, so be careful!


country: CH
comment:
PEOPLE:
1 Male, 1 Female

DIRECTION:
to Munich

SIGN:
Zurich

DATE:
14 MAR 2010

TIME:
About 11h

WEATHER:
Sunny, cool.

DETAILS:
As suggested by a local driver, this is one of the entrances to the autobahn heading all directions from south Lausanne.  Though many of the Sunday drivers were families, it only took about 30 minutes to get a lift.  Playing harmonica helps too :)


country: FR
comment:
I second Danielo's oppinion. A very good place from Calais to England. Also possible to hitch a ride to Poland as there are quite a lot of trucks going that way. I actually managed to get a ride to Frankfurt, but I had to wait 6 hours, because the traffic decreases A LOT during the early morning hours.


country: CH
comment:
PEOPLE:
1 Male

DIRECTION:
to Bern

SIGN:
Bern

DATE:
12 OCT '09

WEATHER:
Cloudy, cool. Starting to rain.

DETAILS:
Police dropped me here -- I should have asked them to drop me at the petrol stop a few km behind because this took too long to land a ride.  That's what I get for not researching before I hitch!  The spot was fine, but it's mostly local traffic going to and from work.   it took me about 3 hours to land a ride, taking me to Lausanne.


country: CH
comment:
PEOPLE:
1 Male

DIRECTION:
to Bern

SIGN:
Bern

DATE:
12 OCT '09

Time:
About 9h

WEATHER:
Clouds/Sun, Cool

DETAILS:
I didn't research Zurich before hitching on a whim, so I ust chose a spot on the Autobahn I thought would have plenty of space for cars to stop.  In reality, the cars are going much to fast to hitch on the autobahn this close to a city.  The police eventually picked me up and drove me to the next Ausgang (exit).


country: CH
comment:
PEOPLE:
1 Male

DIRECTION:
to Zurich

SIGN:
Zurich

DATE:
11 OCT '09

Time:
About 17h

WEATHER:
Cloudy, cool.  Starting to rain.

DETAILS:
I got stuck here after my driver randomly dropped me off under this bridge.  The Billabong restaurant has free wifi.  Find the bus stop, check the map and go somewhere else.  Busses in Switzerland aren't often controlled, so blackriding is fairly easy.


country: DE
comment:
Direction:
West to Zurich

Sign:
ZURICH

Date:
11 OCT '09

Time:
About 11h

Weather:
Cloudy with some sun, mild/cool temperature

HOW TO GET THERE:
Take the S-Bahn (S8) to Neugilching.  Walk along Landsberger Strasse about 400 meters to the entrance of the Autobahn.  There really isn't a place to stop on then eingang (entrance), so I just hopped the Autobahn gate and hitched directly on the road.  No police, since I got a ride in less than 10 minutes.


country: AT
comment:
PEOPLE:
1 Male

DIRECTION:
Heading west to Zurich on Autobah 13

SIGN:
Zurich

DATE:
11 OCT '09

TIME:
About 14h

WEATHER:
Cloudy, cool temperature

DETAILS:
Not the world's best spot to hitch, but it works to get into Switzerland.  This is right at border control between Switz and Austria.  Walk past the roundabout about 75 meters onto the on ramp and you will find some space on the side for the cars to stop.  Not a lot of space, but the cars are going slow, so it's not a big deal.  People might honk at you, but eventually you'll land a ride.  Took me less than an hour. 


country: FR
comment:
maybe the only possible spot to get out of town. we waited long to get to the west, not many cars. maybe good to get to the east.


country: DK
comment:
If you want to leave Copenhagen take the train to Koge and walk to this gasstation. 
I do so in November 2009 on my way to germany. You will find a lot of drivers but only a few are heading to the ferry. Get up early in the morning!


country: DE
comment:
the place is ok, the cars are fast but they have enough space to stop. we waited just 10min, but i think we had good luck.


country: BE
comment:
Even on a rainy evening at ten o clock easy to find a ride to Leuven. Big and well known service station. Good spot!


country: DK
comment:
people are coming to copenhagen.and there is a good posibility to hold. but if there is rain you are not able to stand inside. we got a trip even we had een 3 people in the nighttime...


country: ES
comment:
god on the way to north/france. half an hour to walk from llinares del valles where you get by renfe cercancias line 2 north. costs 3â‚¬ and needs around 1 hour from bcn- sants


country: CA
comment:
Flying J truck stop. If you're heading toward west, this is a good place to go. I've drop a friend there and he found a ride to Toronto in 5min, dinner included.


country: DE
comment:
on the way to frankfurt very good. to change to the A7 towards the north, very difficult to find someone


country: FR
comment:
Perfect for getting to Marseilles.  Up the hill from the round about not down even though signs in both directions say marseille.  


country: LT
comment:
Just outside of the city after the crossing with lights. There's a bus stop (not sheltered), plenty of space on the side of the road to stop, speed is not yet too high and drivers can see you far ahead.


country: PL
comment:
Quite a lot of traffic, a gas station, some possibilities for cars to stop, could be a bit better though and easy to access by bus going to petia CH Marki / M1 Marki


country: FR
comment:
First: this area is much better now than it used to be. The city is "cleaning this area" and making it a residencial area.

From this gaz station it is quite easy to get a ride with people going on the highway to the south. BUT most people then go to St Etienne, which is not the direction of Marseille. No problem, ask them to drop you at the first gaz station you will find on the highway.


country: FR
comment:
To go north or south

No to far from Vienne or the Rhone Valley. You can get a ride to get there (look at the map). 


country: DE
comment:
Good to go north from KÃ¶ln. You just have to calculate your rides so you don't go off on MÃ¼lheim or Dusseldorf, for example. You can take little rides between rest areas along Highway 3 so you can get out the "An der Ruhr" area!


country: DE
comment:
Very good to get started, because every car here goes to the service area ville west. There's a pedestrian light with which you can stop the cars going on the autobahn, and then ask!


country: LU
comment:
Almost all the cars come from and will return to Germany, because they only want to get the cheap fuel and cigarettes here. 
Rather difficult to find a car heading south (berchem, france...)


country: HR
comment:
the way to ZAGREB from mount SLJEME: from here you can easiely catch cars going down into the ZAGREB basin. the road is a one way lane.


country: SI
comment:
an only fifty per cent safe (meaning: legal) place to stand at. you are  hithiking right on the autobahn even though cars have to slow down to 40 km/h because of the nearby toll-station. it took me 10 minutes to catch a ride to LJUBLJANA from here in march 2010. i expected the police to shop up in any minute - but everything went well. there is also the safer opportunity to stand on the westbound A1 entrance ramp 100 meters north of this spot. i have seen many cars passing by at this place as well. on my personal rating from 1 (poor) to 10 (excellent) i will give this place a 9 to 10 even i consider it "average" because it is not legal to stand here. 


country: HR
comment:
you can hitchhike from here up to mount SLJEME, to the television tower, the ski area, the restaurants and the hotels. there is always cars that bring guests to the hotels on top of the mountain or wanderers in their cars. the national park authority took me up in their jeep in march 2010 after a 10 minutes waiting time. the road is a one way lane, the way down from mount sljeme into the zagreb basin is 5 kilometers westward (a one way road as well).


country: HR
comment:
the busstop opposite of the HYUNDAI automobile dealer next to the KONZUM supermarket is a good opportunity to catch a ride westward on autobahn A1 to slovenia. negative: there are plenty of cars commuting (only drive around in the zagreb area) at this spot, telling from the "ZG" on most license plates. positive: there is a lot of traffic, the place is very-very safe for cars to stop and all drivers have to go slow because of the traffic light. on my personal rating from 1 (poor) to 10 (excellent) i will rate this spot a 9 to 10 even if it took me more than 30 minutes to find a driver taking me over the border to slovenia.


country: FR
comment:
Cars can park there quite easily, also on the parking spot right next to it. McDo is close to this position, too, for asking people. Furthermore there is a traffic light a little bit ahead towards the river, which also marks the end of possible spots to stand with a sign or the thumb since there is no place to stop a car and the traffic is getting too fast. 


country: DE
comment:
You could think: nice place under the bridge in direction of Freiburg, at the entrance of the highway. There's enough space for drivers to stop, and not so many cars. But for some strange reason, no one stopped in three hours.


country: NL
comment:
For going to Amsterdam.
At the shell gasoline station. 
Great personel and always willing to help you!


country: NL
comment:
complete asses the fokes at the Shell.
Not willing to help , when you are trying to ask people they are using the intercom to ask you to go away.
When you dont they call the police.

Next to the highway its a bit better to use the thumb but still not that good.


country: NL
comment:
take the tram 25 from the central, go till last stop (President kennedylaan) and 200 meters walk u reach ithis point, what is excellent for the way to Ãœtrecht and Eindhoven (highway A2), as there's a gas-staion here. It took both time less than 5 minutes to find soemone.


country: NO
comment:
Perfect covered bus stop on the E16 to Voss and Oslo. It's quite a big walk if you took the bus from Bergen centre to Ã…sane mall, but everybody driving from Bergen and surroundings to Oslo have to pass through here. Make sure you have a big (waterproof) sign, because drivers are driving pretty fast. Waited about 20-30min for a ride to Voss in the winter.


country: GB
comment:
Cars can stop, going out to M5 to South and M6 to North, but in 2010 march we were standing here for 3 hours in the rain without luck.


country: NO
comment:
Very good spot for hiking north on the E39, to FÃ¸rde, Ã…lesund and Trondheim. It's passed a big roundabout and a parking lot; there is a nice covered bus stop and place for cars to pull over to go to Hjelle Bakeri.


country: FR
comment:
most cars going to Paris and Tulouse. Just to let you know. Lyon is an illusion....you might want to accept to go via Tulouse. Id rather recommend it anyway... little gas station, few traffic.


country: BG
comment:
About 1km down the road from the intersection, there is less local traffic and more places to pull over


country: FR
comment:
ANY DIRECTION

New gas station. I got lifts within some minutes there. YOu will get somebody to Clermont for sure or Bordeaux. There is little traffic on the A89 generally, so be wise in choosing the lifts.


country: FR
comment:
TO LYON

Tram A to "Les Pistes" then continue in the direction out of town, turn right at the big crossing and follow the signs for the Motorway. A71. Stand near the roundabout. Not much space but a car can pull out. I got a lift quickly there to St. Etienne


country: CH
comment:
TO ZURICH

This is only a parking lot but you might still get a lift. Unbelievable but true. I hitched there often and always found somebody who gave me a lift. There is no motorway gasstation nearby so therefore many cars make a quick stop for the toilet. free toilet too.... and breathtaking view. 


country: CH
comment:
SOUTH, NORTH or EAST to ALBULAVALLEY

On the bridge which is accessible from town. I hitched south and east from there.


country: CH
comment:
TO CHUR: 
Its quite ok. There is a gas station/restaurant on the other side of the street but you better avoid it. Its much better to stand here. 

SOUTH: 
better use the other exit but if you get dropped here, take a chance


country: CH
comment:
TO ZURICH

difficult to get rides because the gas station is on the other side of the ride direction. Also most cars which stop there go south. 

SOUTH: 
more chancce to CHUR and even further to Italy. 

IMPORTANT: 
at the moment there are roadworks and therefore there will be much less frequency there


country: CH
comment:
TO Bern

Best spot as all streets leading to the highway come together there. Take a tram to Escher Wyss Platz (4 or 13) then change to bus 54 to DuttweilerbrÃ¼cke or Sportweg. This bus does not ride very often so you could walk. 

You can stand at the bus stop, no problem enough space, and good visibility. 2 lanes! 

UPDATE: 2010 heavy roadworks going on there. Stick closer to the city, its better altough you will get fewer traffic but once the roadworks start there is no place to stand along the street. 


country: CH
comment:
TO ZURICH

Bus 12 (pls doublecheck) to Haldenstein. You will get dropped left of the roundabout. Cross and walk towards to gas station. You can either stand with a sign or ask people at the gas station. 


country: CH
comment:
TO BERN/ZURICH
better not get dropped off before Bern if you are going westards. Its quite hard and i waited long. first i waited in the roundabout but nobody stopped. Then i put myself onto the national road and finally got a lift by somebody coming from south. 

TO FRIBOURG
should be easier. stand next to the national road, if it doesent work, closer to Bern more northwards


country: CH
comment:
TO CHUR
could also work. try it out. tram/ train to Brunau

IMPORTANT TO KNOW
Now the E41 is a city bypass so there will be sicnificantly less traffic going south. You might want to advance further (maybe Kilchberg) 


country: CH
comment:
I wouldnt say its a great spot as i waited about an hour there once to get to Zurich. Especially now with the bad roadworks. Sign is absolutely necessary. But the good thing is that there is  much space for cars to stop, cars go slowly too and can see you well. Bus 11 to the Park & Ride. 


country: CH
comment:
This is a big gas station called "Grauholz" with lots of traffic and people. You can cross the hitchway there. Possible to get there by S-Bahn and walk too. 

TO Zurich/Basel: 
very good and enough traffic. Easy


country: CH
comment:
From Lausanne to Bern/Fribourg. Trolleybus to Chalet A Gobet. Or even get off earlier than there. National 1 to Bern. Lots of space for cars to stop, but they go fast. Better if you walk back. But as this is a national road only, its easily accessible. Since public transport form Lausannto to the countrysite are poor, many hitchhikers and many cars will stop. 


country: CH
comment:
TO Fribourg/Lausanne: 
difficult to hitch. Most cars go to Bern only in that direction or Murten. Be patient and keep asking. Some go only to Flamatt/DÃ¼dingen just before Fribourg. You should still accept as from there you will easily get a lift further westbound. If you find somebody to Fribourg or even further from here, you are really lucky! I hitched here many times and it has always been difficult to cross the city. 

There is a possibility to get to this gas station by food ant S-Bahn. 


country: FR
comment:
From Lyon to Geneva. Gas Station Valleiry: Last spot to get dropped off before the huge intersections (Annemasse, Chambery/Milan) if your driver does not go to Geneva. I cought the wrong day but think it should be ok to find a lift from there. try the earlier gas station if possible. 

Avoid week-ends because everybody is going to the french alps only which you dont want to! 

However: 
This spot might be really good for going south.

Not sure if you can get there by foot, you must find out, if yes, theres the possibility to catch the train to St-Julien and from there cross Geneva by public transport. 


country: FR
comment:
Direction : Biscarrosse (others see below)
If the driver don't go directly to Biscarrosse, wait for another. There will be plenty. Because between this roundabout (Dune du Pyla) and Biscarrosse, people just drive 120km/h and won't stop or even see you in those 30km of nowhereland.

Direction : Arcachon
Prefer to hitch on the D259 towards east, because it's the easiest way to reach Arcachon for drivers, even if it's seems the same distance on the map with the D218 (going through villages)

Direction : Bordeaux
Hitch D259 towards east


country: FR
comment:
Direction : Arcachon

80% of cars go to Arcachon (some of them Bordeaux). It is one of the 2 exit from this town.

20min walking from the beach. follow Arcachon signs. Hitching place on a parking in front of a hotel


country: FR
comment:
Lyon to Geneva:
How to get to the gas station onto the highway. 

Take bus 171 from "Hotel de ville" next to river in Lyon (dep at hours 03/33, weekend only 33). Bus takes about 45 mins and costs 2 euros one way. nice journey btw. Along the way lots of big supermarkets in case you need food. Leave the bus at Montluel train station which is the second last. You will see the train station when you pass, so dont panic. Trains are faster and have to be taken from the main station in Lyon. 
Get off and turn right, cross under the railway tracks. Then you will enter the industrial area in Montluel. i got lost there but try to find Rue des ChartiniÃ¨res to cross the motorway. You will have to turn left earlier to get to Rue ChartiniÃ¨res. Once you have crossed the bridge turn left and follow the road close to the highway. There is a small space to enter the gas stations, only for pedestrians, behind the little house at the end of the parking lot. 

I hitched on a saturday  morning. traffic is ok but people go all directions in france from there. You just need to be patient and also accept to get to the next gas station (Ceignes). that one is much bigger and offers more options


country: BE
comment:
At the entry of the tunnel there is a bus lane.
It is'nt often used so you can wait here for a lift.
Cars driving slow, so very great spot!


country: FR
comment:
Direction : Bordeaux (or Biscarrosse)

Exit of Arcachon, very large place for cars to stop, to see you, and they go slow. 

You will easily get a lift, especially after 3pm when people leave the city


country: RO
comment:
An acceptable place to continue if dropped off at this junction. Not a place for lonely girls at night, though.(this is where I meant  to write it, sorry for the mistake)


country: RO
comment:
Should you need to go towards Miercurea Nirajului, this is the spot to try. One might have to wait a bit, but not necessarily.


country: RO
comment:
If you have been droopped off here and need to get going again.
But it's not the place to go for a lonely girl.


country: AU
comment:
Hitching along the eastcoast was really easy. Never waited longer than 15min. Even with two big backpacks. Met funny people and had a lot of fun.


country: SE
comment:
pull-off, rest area with a petrolstation and a small foodplace. was dropped here and found a new ride faster than 5minutes.


country: SE
comment:
theres a spot for cars to stop but i took over 3 hours to get ride from here.. and theres many cars going on this road..


country: FR
comment:
Last gas station before Lille. Very good to go direction of Kortrijk or Ghent, Belgium. Never waited more then 15 minutes! 


country: FR
comment:
Take tram 1 and jump off at La Courneuve, 6 routes. Walk for 500 meters and go round the fence (on your right). You have to walk downhill through some bushes to get at the station. Or just try the door, it is open often, but you have to pull very hard! 

Waiting time direction Lille/Belgium: 10 minutes


country: HU
comment:
i was not hitching from here but someone let me out at this place on a vienna - gyoer trip in january 2010. the petrol station seems to be busy and cars that stop (fuel/rest) here definitely travel furtheron to BUDAPEST or in the direction of romania/bulgaria.


country: HU
comment:
a very good spot to stand, we (2) waited for 4 minutes to get a ride to budapest in february 2010. there is a lot of traffic comming from the federal highway 85 from SOPRON that is entering the autobahn here(travelling in eastward direction). on my personal rating from "1" to "10" (1 = poor, 10 = excellent) i give a "9 to 10" to this place.


country: CA
comment:
friendly safe haven esp in bad weather (it gets cold here), 'Wits End'at Riverside Motel,Hadashville, MB  on transcanada hwy


country: SE
comment:
maybe the best place for getting south. Petrolstation(statoil) and a truckstop. very easy to find a car fast and if you have patience its quite easy to find ride very long for example gothenburg or malmÃ¶.


country: SE
comment:
two petrolstations, statoil and OKQ8. Alot of cars, many of them heading north for example Stockholm. Hitched from here twice with no problems. Close walk from central NorrkÃ¶ping and the centralstation is always positive.


country: SE
comment:
rest area, pull-off with a Mcdonalds, petrolstation(statoil) and a truckstop. Non walkable from norrkÃ¶ping, but really good if you get droped here. Cars are heading in both directions, south and north. Very easy to get ride from here :)


country: BG
comment:
Perfect place for HH to Sofia. It's near to semaphore and Gas station. There is a old railway (don't work right now) and cars drive slow because of this.


country: TR
comment:
You may get a ride here to Maku, but take care that the people make it for free.
Generally, drivers arriving from Turkey know the hitchhiking and would help you, but after, all the iranians don't really know about it and may ask you money.


country: AM
comment:
Road to Dogubayazit

And a wonderfull scennery!

Ask in the city if someone can bring you there, people are friendly and should help you, so you won't walk too much in this big city.


country: TR
comment:
Direction : Ardahan, Kars

One advice, don't get stuck here late, roads are old and 100km are done in at least 2 hours in those mountains.
Besides, even in summer, those mountains may be very cold and it may snow. (it happened to me, but I was lucky to be picked up really fast and that the guy was heading to Kars)


country: FR
comment:
I was dropped here by a friendly guy who thought it would be nice. I was stupid to rely this time : There is no place for cars to stop, it is dangerous, few cars are really going to the next toll station or to south, and... and gave up after 2h and took a bus back to Paris...


country: TR
comment:
Direction : Georgia, Rize

Walk 30min from the city center (or take a Dolmus)

The satellte is old, but in real, there is a ramp with enough place to stop and pick you up.


country: BE
comment:
Direction : France, Paris

Last station before the border. Gas is cheaper in Belgium so people stop here to fill their tanks before entering France.

Good point if your driver goes not so far further and you have still a long way...


country: BE
comment:
Try to avoid this roundabout, no place to stop for cars.
However, I could have a ride to gent after 20min from a nice and crazy old guy... But I would try to hitch on another point later...


country: NL
comment:
Direction : Breda, Belgium

Last station before Breda, if your driver stops in Breda, and you go to south, make the transfer here. 


country: FR
comment:
Direction : North

Hitch here, with a sign "A1" meaning you want to go to the motorway that goes to north, Lille, Belgium. You can also write your destination.
Someone would at least propose to take you to the next petrol station "Courneuve" : good spot

Take metro to "Porte de la Chapelle". There is a traffic light on this big roundabout, cross carrefully the road and stay on the left side of the entrance of this motorway, there is a place for cars to stop safely.


country: FR
comment:
Direction : only Annecy/Grenoble, Geneva, Lyon

DO NOT hitch here if you go to Chamonix! You have to go to the next Highway exit at the east of the city...


country: FR
comment:
Directions : Chamonix, Geneva/Annecy

Good place if you go to Italy through the Mont-Blanc Tunnel in Chamonix


country: FR
comment:
If you go to MÃ¢con or Clermont-Ferrand, from Moulin, this a a good hitching place, just after the roundabout.

Trucks and people from the north leave the N7 to change on the N79 just at this roundabout.


country: FR
comment:
Direction : Italy

It is the easiest point to go to Italy : All the cars passing by here go through the Mont-Blanc Tunnel

Wait just after the roundabout (not further, it may be dangerous).


country: FR
comment:
Both Directions Bordeaux or Clermont-Ferrand/Lyon

This is a big toll station (PÃ©age). All the cars going from/to Bordeaux/Clermont pass through here.

Waiting time : 15min to 45 min


country: FR
comment:
All directions : Limoges, Bordeaux, Brive, Toulouse, Clermont-Ferrand

You can hitch in this petrol station called "Aire de la CorÃ¨ze", it is a popular place to stop and rest for the drivers.


country: FR
comment:
Directions : Lyon/St-Etienne, Moulins, Paris

Take Tram A and stop at "Les Pistes", walk 5 minutes on "Boulevard Edgar Quinet", following "A71" signs. Hitch just after the big roundabout.


country: AR
comment:
There is a petrol station situated, where you can find rides to Chile as well as to the north of Argentina and Bolivia.


country: PL
comment:
That's your way to Poznan. But don't take a ride to Inowroclaw or other smaller cities, because you'll stuck there.


country: LT
comment:
Bus station is good place for a car to stop. And the speed here is 70km/h. So there's no problems to get a ride here towards Kaunas or Vilnius.


country: AR
comment:
There is a petrol station which cars have to pass, which are going out of the city. You can find a ride to the South and to the North as well.


country: DE
comment:
We stayed here 8hours waiting for a car to Frankfurt am Oder. It's better to get to the center of Berlin and then somehow by bus or metro go to other side of Berlin in this highway.


country: ES
comment:
Good place to hitchhike both ways: Valencia & Alicante.
Average 1h of waiting. Police is also interested about your activity.


country: ES
comment:
best place to hitchhike towards Castellon. About 1min of waiting. And train from Valencia just 3euros.


country: GB
comment:
Bus stop lay-by - no covered shelter. Between traffic lights and pelican crossing. Next to supermarket. Traffic heading from Exeter city center west (A30 - Okehampton, Launceston, Bodmin) and (probably) south (A38 - Plymouth; A380 - Newton Abbot, Totnes). All good for Cornwall.


country: GB
comment:
Lay-by bus stop before traffic lights with covered shelter. Nearly all traffic heading out of Cambridge city center heading south passes here. Local shops and petrol station just to the north, supermarket just to the south.


country: NO
comment:
an ideal place to HH towards Oslo.If things don't seem to well then try the turist info point&fast food place across the highway.Take rides at least to Voss on E16.


country: NO
comment:
Esso Gas Station.Very good for Oslo direction.If you are heading opposite direction from Oslo do not get off here and try to stay in a gas station in FlÃ¥.


country: NO
comment:
Shell Gas Station.That won't take you long to get a ride towards Oslo from this spot.You may eighter go for a straight shot or try to get yourself till Hemsedalen.Short waiting time even in the winter.


country: GB
comment:
Bolton West service station. I have never used these services to hitch from, but I have stopped there several times as a driver. I would speculate that it's a bad spot for hitching. The service area is very run down and last time I went it was due for major refurbishment. I'm not saying don't use it, but maybe it's best to avoid if you can find another way.


country: GB
comment:
Roundabout just by the entrance to M1 junction 11. This is not a great spot by any means - I only used it by necessity. However, I guess if you're starting your journey in Luton this might be a decent spot. Alternatively try Flamstead services just off the motorway at junction 9. A trucker told me he thought that would be a better bet.


country: GB
comment:
London Gateway services. Whether or not this is a good space depends on where you're coming from. If you have just started your trip out of London going north then avoid this spot if possible. It's so close to London that people are unlikely to stop here - their journey has only just begun so why stop. Staples Corner is probably a better bet. 


country: PL
comment:
any place on this road is good to hitchhike out of the 'gdansk gdynia sopot / tricity-area' in western direction. there is a lot of cars only commuting (meaning: driving around locally) so ask before how far someone can take you. on my personal rating from 1 to 10 (1 = poor, 10 = excellent) i want to give this place a '7'.


country: PL
comment:
from this traffic light you have a good chance to get a ride to SLUPSK as well as KOSZALIN. the light often signals 'red' for highway number 6 so all cars have to stop. there is heavy traffic on this road but if you build a cardboard-sign many drivers get in contact with you visually (they make sings with their hands). there is also a supermarket only 200 meters north of here if you feel hungry. on my personal scale from 1 to 10 (1 = poor, 10 = excellent) i want to rate this spot an '8'.


country: PL
comment:
there is a traffic light at this spot where all the cars on federal highway number 6 have to stop. it is an excellent spot to reach KOSZALIN (koeslin) but also SZCZECIN (stettin). there is almost no space to stand near the road but since all drivers have to slow down and stop i can recommend it as 'safe'. on my personal rating from 1 to 10 (1 poor/ 10 excellent) i can rate this spot a '10'. you should wait (and choose) until some driver can take you to your day's final destination and should not accept 'a lift to somewhere' from this very good place...


country: PL
comment:
this is a very good spot to hitchhike in the direction of SZCZECIN (stettin) and BERLIN (germany). in summer 2009 there was an ongoing road construction work at this place so cars had to drive slow. also: if there are trains passing on the track crossing the road all cars have to stop. if you feel hungry - there is a MAKRO hypermarket next to this spot (not shown on this map). on my personal rating from 1 to 10 (1 = poor, 10 = excellent) this place i want to rate with a 9.  


country: PL
comment:
in august 2009 i tried to reach berlin from this spot. there is many cars driving by (also cars with a german license plate), there is also a good (meaning: safe) chance to stop but after more than an hour no car was stopping. a while later someone took me to the nearby autobahn-interchange. on my personal rating from 1 to 10 (1 very poor to 10 excellent) i can rate this spot a '5'. 


country: PL
comment:
i was hitching from here to SZEZECIN (stettin). the spot is safe for cars to stop on a hard (asphalt) shoulder - even though many drivers tend to speed at this place (meaning: to drive faster than 100 km/h). on my personal rating from 1 to 10 (1 poor/ 10 excellent) this spot gets a '7': it is safe and drivers can see you although the average speed of cars is too fast. the traffic light only 200 meters west is not better, it is too often on 'green' for cars on the federal highway - and cars have no safe place to stop there.


country: PL
comment:
to go to BERLIN you can almost stand -on- the entrance ramp to the autobahn. there is only few cars driving around but who passes this point mostly is on a longdistance trip in the direction of germany. from here you can also see a petrol-station (on the field, near the autobahn) only 300 meters east. i tried to hitch from there but the station is almost dead - there were 10 cars passing by in half an hour. if no one takes you from the entrance ramp marked here (or the nearby petrol-station) you should walk another 3 km west along the autobahn to another two petrol stations where ther is definitly more cars that tend to fill-up.


country: AT
comment:
there is a MC DONALDS restaurant next to the gasstation seen on the image. if you wait in front of it (or even inside) there is many drivers comming in and out. i wanted to go in winter 2010 (january) to gyoer (hungary) and it took me 20 minutes to find someone. the car was going to romania (via budapest and cluj-napoca) and the driver was offering me a ride much further than to the 110 kilometer distant place i wanted to go, gyoer. on my personal rating 1 to 10 (1 no chances, 10 best ever) this place gets a 6. it is not so easy to reach but if you find someone you can travel some 500 to 800 km only asking one right person. build a cardboardsign with your destination written on it, there is many locals eating or filling their car - they can only take you some 5 or 10 kilometers, the sign will save you many questions... 

Direction: South and East... Bratislava and Budapest.
Take the U3 to Enkplatz and then take the 76A bus to Haidequrstrasse... walk to the petrol station... ask there.  


country: DE
comment:
Hermsdorf Service Station East

direction berlin is ok all day, direction A4 westbound may take a while - esp. after 22:00 it's often better to go on until Osterfeld (25km) and change sides there (bridge provided) - especially if your lifter would stay on the A9 anyway.


country: DE
comment:
it#s a service station, great if you want to get to berlin quickly. and there's a free toilet. many trucks stopping by, just ask at the station.


country: DE
comment:
you can see which cars are going towards berlin and dresden, but staying here is quite dangerous, there's a police station nearby so you can get caught, and even if drivers want to help you, not many will stop since their speed is over 100km/h. if you end up here; you can always hope for a rescue from someone who feels sorry for you and is quick enough to stop before A13.


country: PL
comment:
It's a good place to reach Krakow. Many cars from Warsaw use this way I think. Cars are not so fast and there is a place to stop. 5-10 minutes waiting.


country: CH
comment:
Excellent! Mieux que le tÃ©lÃ©phÃ©rique pour redescendre sur Chalais. 
Temps d'attente moyen: 4 minutes.


country: CH
comment:
In winter, direction Realp and Furkapass, better is to stop in Hospental or to walk from Andermatt to this city until you find a good spot.


country: CH
comment:
In winter, when the pass is closed, ask the people waiting for the train with their car! Tey will take you to the other side, direction Uri/Luzern or GraubÃ¼nden!


country: NL
comment:
Average spot to hitchhike from but still doable. Stand before the sign demarking the start of the highway and bring a sign. I usually get a ride within half an hour. 
I believe it might be due to the fact there is a asylumseeker 'camp' near it and people are a bit xenophobic.... :-/


country: NL
comment:
For the direction of Den Haag/The Hague this is a good spot. Stand on the island inbetween the road comming and going towards katwijk. There is quite a bit of traffic passing by and the drivers are on your side. Bring a sign!


country: NL
comment:
Excellent place to get out if you do not want to go into Amsterdam but rather towards the east. Try to get a ride at least to the A1, which is the main road that ends up going to the east. Once you are on the A'dam Ring, it can be hard to find such a ride. Also a good spot to go into A'dam ofcourse.


country: NL
comment:
Good spot to take off towards Amsterdam, stand on the behind the bikepath, near the pedestrian crossing. Behind it is a good space for cars to stop (soft shoulder). Bring a sign, because a thumb will often keep you waiting for 15+ minutes.


country: CA
comment:
Not much space for people to stop, but I waited about 5 minutes there on a Sunday morning with an "Ottawa" sign and got a ride past Kingston.


country: RU
comment:
HH spot. No lights, but enough space for truck for comfort stop. If you are going to Moscow, but your driver goes to V. Novgorod - it's your choice.


country: CZ
comment:
Good place for hitchhiking. In middle of holiday you can catch many cars to Croatia. I catch car to middle Croatia after 2 minutes! A few meters from this position is a big shoping centre and petrol station.


country: RU
comment:
Starting position from Moscow to Saint-Petersburg. In 200 meters uphill - cafe, parking spot for trucks.


country: RU
comment:
Another start point from Moscow to Saint-Petersburg. You need a bus #581 from Rechnoy Vokzal metro station. Ask locals for "Monument"[m-o-n-u-'m-e-n-t] stop


country: PT
comment:
Yeah, i know, real estate is killing the local flavour. Bag pipes and german moustachios. Dirt cheap bus through the quite untrampable south to Lisboa though. Not exactly here but somewhere centre-ish.


country: BE
comment:
Direction North
Not so much cars passing by here. At least, try not to be dropped here just before the night!


country: UY
comment:
If you want to hitch hike to Porto Alegre, Pelotas or Rio Grande, the check point on the brazilian side. Is the best place. After people get checked you can easyly ask for a ride. But you need to walk like 2 km out of town!


country: BE
comment:
Direction : North to Nederland (Breda, Amsterdam, Utrecht)
Good spot with place for cars to stop, and cars going slowly


country: AT
comment:
Really luxury place for HH in the direction of Freistadt and the Czech Republic. 
It's located about 1 km after the contemporary (2009) end of the highway A7 towards the border with the Czech Rep.


country: CZ
comment:
Very good and safety spot for HH towards Pribram and Prague.
We were waiting there in 3 people for 5 minutes!


country: AT
comment:
It's probably the best place for HH towards the Czech Republic in Freistadt. It's better than out of the town.


country: IT
comment:
When you want to go from Gorizia to Ljubljana than this is place for you. 
But the traffic is really low.


country: IT
comment:
Really nice place for HH in the direction to Gorizia and Slovenia. 
But you will be lucky if you will meet a car there!


country: CZ
comment:
It's on the left side of the road but it is really nice and speed spot to stop somebody towards Prague.


country: CZ
comment:
Very common HH spot towards Karlovy Vary and Cheb. It can be also used for the direction of Plzen and Germany.
It's better to use the sign! - There are many possibilities where to go.

You will get there by the tram 22 to the terminus "Bila Hora".


country: AT
comment:
Nice place in the mountains for HH to Klagenfurt, Austria. 
There's a turn where drivers need to slow down so they can easily stop there at a crossroad with a path located in this turn.


country: AT
comment:
It seems as a good and safety place for HH to the Czech Republic but not many cars are getting the highway A7 there. 
I had to change my HH place after two hours.


country: AT
comment:
It's really danger place for HH. You can HH there in the direction of the Czech Republic but the only one suitable HH spot there is located at the left side of the end of a ramp. Drivers won't probably want to stop there. 
But I had luck and somebody stopped. 


country: GE
comment:
DO NOT get off in the center of Khashuri because its a disaster to get out of it. if this happens stop Taxi and tell him to give you a ride till RIKOTI way. Taxi may cost some $7-8.


country: GE
comment:
Gori Highway is the best place to hitchhike if you're going to the western Georgia especially. A lot of trucks and cars are passing this highway so you'll catch the ride easily. You can even catch the Turkish trucks going directly to Turkey so pick that up.


country: CZ
comment:
Quite a good place for HH in direction of Ceske Budejovice and Prague at the border with Austria. Drivers can really safety stop there at a small parking place in front of an exchange office. 
You can wait longer during the summer because of full cars  with families getting back from summer holidays.
You can also meet some strange people and prostitutes there - many nightclubs are located at the border. 


country: GE
comment:
KAZBEGI (STEPANTSMINDA)

Kazbegi is in the North of Gudauri Ski Resort. If you need hostel to stay, choose the hostel called 'LOMI' which is in the center of Kazbegi. It costs 15 GEL ($10) per night. If you need to come back to Tbilisi try to hicthhike or take a minibus from the same Kazbegi center. Minibus to Tbilisi costs 8 GEL ($6). If you need any help, ask for it to the friendly Police Officers in the Police Station.


country: AT
comment:
There's a quite good place for HH at the ramp in direction to Salzburg. There's a small place to stop the car safety.
We were waiting there for 3 hours but it was really early in the morning (5-8 AM).


country: GE
comment:
GUDAURI

You can reach Gudauri from Mtskheta Highway by Hitchhiking. or you can take a Minibus from Tbilisi. (Gudauri is the most popular ski resort in Georgia.)


country: GE
comment:
if you want to Hitchhike from Tbilisi to west, to the black sea coast, first you should get out from Tbilisi by bus. You can take #84 bus from Tsereteli Avenue or #64 from Chavchavadze Avenue which goes out from Tbilisi and drops you on the main highway from which majority of cars go to the west of Georgia. You should get off bus on David Agmashenebeli Kheivani (Valley), the best one is to get off at Lukoil Gas Station and take a walk about 150 metres and start to hitchhike. You can say Hello in Georgian 'Gamarjoba' to the driver and ask for the ride. 'I have no money' in Georgian is 'Puli ar mak' so you can use this phrase as well in hitching in Georgia. Drivers are super-friendly so you won't have any probs.


country: GE
comment:
if you want to catch the ride for Kazbegi (Stepantsminda) which is in the Northern Georgia, the Mtskheta Highway is the best way to Hitchhike. Hold the Kazbegi sign with a little smile and you'll get the ride, though it may take some time. be patient and you'll get the ride.


country: AR
comment:
There is a peaje station, where you can stop cars are talk to the drivers and there is a petrol station very close by.


country: LU
comment:
Big petrol station with plenty of traffic to B and NL. You get here by taking the train to Capellen (4th stop from Luxembourg station), a short walk and an easy climb over a fence.


country: CH
comment:
Vers Sion et le Vaud.
Les gens vont vite, mais ont de la place pour s'arrÃªter.
Towards Sion and Vaud. Cars go fast but can stop easily.


country: LT
comment:
Good place to hh, the road is not so wide so everybody can see you. Cars don't go fast here because of the lights and there's ehough place for car to stop.


country: CH
comment:
There is a wide road shoulder just after a turn, so people can stop relatively safely towards south.


country: LT
comment:
Take the bus 16 from train station (Stotis), the ride will take around 20 minuts. Leave the bus at PosÅ«kis bus stop (it's just 50 meters before the bridge under the road, pay attention because it's optional stop). Walk 100 meters and hitch-hike after the junction. There is less local traffic here. 


country: ES
comment:
I hitchhiked towards Murcia. It took 10 minutes or less. I guess it is possible towards Valencia also.


country: FR
comment:
If your driver don't go in the direction you want in France, you can wait between french and swiss border. For France, there are 3 directions from there : Lyon, Annecy, Chamonix
So make the good choice, and stand with a sign.
Pay attention to stay in a saf place, where cars can stop without danger (it is still highway even if drivers go slow)


country: CH
comment:
Easy to access by metro M2 (Fourmi)
Directions Bern, Fribourg, Vevey, Montreux...
No place to stop easily, but people who are nice will find a way to pick you up without danger. Make sure you are waiting at the place where the 2 lanes become 3 lanes, and not directly at the motorway entrance.


country: CH
comment:
Direction North or South
This is the way to Bulle. On the Roundabout, you can stand without danger, people would stop. But the one who took me made me a sign to go at the gas station because he didn't want to stop on the roundabout. Any case good place to hh to Lausanne or Bern


country: FR
comment:
IdÃ©al pour aller vers Avignon! Ã‰ventuellement demander Ã  Ãªtre dÃ©posÃ© lÃ .
Ideal towards Avignon!
If possible ask to be dropped there.


country: FR
comment:
Pas de place pour s'arrÃªter, pas de visibilitÃ©, trafic rapide! 
PrivilÃ©gier les villages environnants, quitte Ã  refuser une ou deux fois si la direction ne convient pas.
No visibility, no place to stop, cars go fast!
Give priority to the surrounding villages, even if you have to refuse a drive if the direction's not approprite.


country: GB
comment:
Kintyre is a good place to hitchhike - you may offered to be picked up even when you are not hitchhiking! The only downside is that there are few cars.


country: GB
comment:
The Isle of Arran is a great place to hitchhike, as it has a friendly population. The only downside that it has few cars, except in holiday season.


country: US
comment:
This truckstop sucks. I was here asking for rides for over five hours with no luck. It didn't help that there were half a dozen tweekers bumming around who scared the drivers and tried to make off with my backpack. I'm sure it's possibile to hitch from here, but I'm not going to try again.


country: AU
comment:
Hitched from Ravensthorpe to Albany in one go this summer. Got a ride in under 15 minutes. Seems like a pretty quiet town, but I'd say there would be OK traffic between Albany and Esperance most of the time.


country: DE
comment:
a busstop on 'dresdener straÃŸe' (L 3237) you can reach with you own "hitchhiker's busline" no (???) from the city center of kassel. cars on this road are driving here sometimes too fast, there is a lot of traffic and every third- or fourth car will continue its journey on autobahn "A 7" (north in the direction of 'gÃ¶ttingen'/'hannover' or south to 'frankfurt'). the busstop makes it very safe (for drivers) and legal (for you) to stand on. on my personal rating from "1" (very-very poor) to "10" (excellent) i will rate this spot a "7 to 8".


country: DE
comment:
'tank und rastanlage hildesheimer bÃ¶rde' ; an excellent spot to reach 'hannover' as well as 'hamburg' on autobahn "A 7". it took me 10 (in words: 'ten') minutes comming from 'kassel' to change to a driver that took me until 'hamburg' from here. you can also north/south change the sides of "A 7", there is a tunnel 300 meters east of the rest-area. the rastanlage has a lot of traffic comming through even later in the evening.


country: DE
comment:
a lot of traffic comming through on "A 7" at 'tank und rastanlange gÃ¶ttingen'. you can also north/south change the sides of "A 7" via a bridge. safe even at night with enough traffic even later in the evening. you should not be waiting for longer than 10 minutes on any side ('gÃ¶ttingen east' or '- west') of this 'rastanlage'.


country: DE
comment:
the so called 'traffic light of bergen' on B 96 (ask drivers to let you out 'ger.: ... bei der ampel von bergen'). a good to very good spot to reach 'stralsund' (south) or 'sassnitz'/'stubbenkammer chalk cliffs'/'kap arkona' (north). the light is often -on red- creating (sometimes large) traffic jams, too bad for drivers, perfect for us hitchhikers. 


country: DE
comment:
a good spot to reach the island of 'rÃ¼gen'; there is a traffic light where all cars (comming from stralsund- city center) that want to reach the newly built 'rÃ¼genbrÃ¼cke' (the bridge) have to stop. stand in the middle of the road where there is a paved (elevated) slip. it should not take longer than 20 to 30 minutes to get to 'bergen' (the islands capital) from here.


country: DE
comment:
an average spot (there is no better one) to travel back from 'sassnitz' to 'bergen' or 'stralsund' on federal highway "B 96". during the last years the intersection has been converted to a small round-about where cars need to slow down = a safe spot for drivers to stop.


country: DE
comment:
a good spot to reach almost all beaches (please build a sign with a name) on 'ostsee' (eng.: 'baltic sea') east of rostock such as 'darss weststrand', 'prerow' or 'zingst penisula'. also good to find drivers that take you to 'stralsund' or even further to the island of 'rÃ¼gen'. 


country: DE
comment:
the intersection to reach the beaches of 'darss penisula', 'fischland' as well as 'zingst penisula'. it is very unsafe to stand on federal highway "B 105" as the cars go very fast, sometimes faster than 100 km/h. walk some 100 meters north on bÃ¤derstraÃŸe (landstraÃŸe) "L 21" to hitch you way out to the dunes!


country: DE
comment:
a possible relais on the way to sweden or denmark (copenhagen or roskilde); the 'tank und rastanlage neustÃ¤dter bucht', there is only few cars stopping BUT those who stop will NOT be locals/commuters (it is more expensive to fuel your car at a gasstation on the autobahn than in a town). you can also change sides on "A 1" north/south by walking through the tunnel 200 meters south of the rest area, just follow the asphalted road along the autobahn. 


country: DE
comment:
you can reach 'lÃ¼beck travemÃ¼nde' (and it's 'skandinavienkai' with the helsinki, trelleborg or poland ferry) from here. cars are driving slow and there is a safe space (a road exiting the federal highway) for them to stop. you should not wait longer than 20 minutes. build a sign saying 'helsinki' and drivers will give you a smile...


country: DE
comment:
almost each and everybody leaving 'lÃ¼beck' in the direction of 'hamburg' or denmark ('roskilde' or 'copenhagen') has to pass 'the lohmÃ¼hle' kreisel to reach the autobahn "A 1". rated (only) 'good' because it is difficult for drivers to stop, there is no slip road or shoulder to (safely) stop at. you do not need to take the bus to get there; a 10 minutes walk from the DB lÃ¼beck main station will bring you there. there is supermarkets and a mc. donald's restaurant further east (meaning righthand on this map) on 'bei der lohmÃ¼hle' road.


country: DE
comment:
'hamburg - horner kreisel'; an excellent spot to reach 'berlin', 'lÃ¼beck', 'rostock' or to find someone driving in the direction of denmark ('copenhagen' or 'roskilde'). there is a busstop where you can stand, the round-about is a safe (for drivers) and legal (for you) spot to stand at. it should not take more than 20 minutes to find a driver. there is a marker place right on the on-ramp of the autobahn, people tend not to stop at this exact spot anymore as they are already speeding up. don't stand on the autobahn itself after the blue 'autobahn' (bridge/road) sign or a blue square sign showing only a car, it is illegal. find out how to get to 'horner kreisel' via the hamburg public transportation sytem website: www.hvv.de .


country: DE
comment:
take a close look where the marker is exactly positioned. there is other markers at the gasstation as well as closer to the on-ramp of the autobahn but i found to stand at the traffic light the best opportunity. if you are standing in front of the gasstation you have the problem that cars tend to speed up to 100 km/h even before they have reached the autobahn - at this speed people normally do not stop anymore for a hitchhiker. i have seen people standing there for hours - while i was waiting for five (5) minutes at the same day/time (to catch a berlin - hamburg driver). at the traffic light drivers have the time to decide to take you (- or not). the spot is excellent to reach the northern berlin surroundings, 'schwerin' or 'hamburg'. on my personal rating from "1" (very-very poor) to "10" (excellent) i rate this spot a "9 to 10". 


country: BR
comment:
An excellent hitchhiking spot, good to reach Belo Horizonte and Sao Paulo, and, if you are thirst, you can go to gas station called auto-posto fernando over the Sao Paulo-headed lane and go to the tire store to get free cold water.

Um Ã³timo ponto de carona tanto para quem vai para Belo Horizonte, quanto para quem vai para SÃ£o Paulo. e quem estiver com cede, pode ir na borracharia do posto fernanÃ£o e beber agua gelada de graÃ§a.


country: DE
comment:
all the information given in the other markers are correct. 'rastanlage hamburg stillhorn' is easy to reach via s-bahn (the suburban train, get off at 'wilhelmsburg' station), then take the metrobus to 'kirchdorf sued', one of hamburg's communal highrise districts. negative about this spot: there is a lot of commuter traffic. most people that fuel their cars would do it in hamburg but not on the autobahn as it is more expensive there. maybe you can also ask at the restaurant which is 100 meters south of the petrol station. you can reach 'bremen' (on A 1), 'hannover' but also 'goettingen' or 'kassel' (on A 7) from here.


country: DE
comment:
one wrong information: it is not autobahn "A8" but autobahn "A9" that leads from 'berlin' to 'leipzig'. 'rastanlage michendorf' is on the ring south-west of berlin. 


country: DE
comment:
'rastanlage hannover-garbsen' is an  excellent interchange between the autobahn linking germany from east to west "A2" and the north - south autobahn "A 7". i was hitchhiking from this spot to berlin in october 2009. you can change easy from one side of the autobahn to the other via a tunnel.  there is plenty of drivers that can take you. this place is so good, WAI for a car that can take you the whole way through to berlin, poland, hamburg or wherever - don't just take the first one...


country: DE
comment:
'autobahn rasthof borde sued' (shown on the map but not on the satellite image as it is newly built) is an average place to hitch from. when i tried to reach 'leipzig' via autobahn "A 2" as well as autobahn "A 14" i failed. instead i went to berlin to 'tank und rastanlage michendorf' on 'berliner autobahnring', changed the sides (there is a tunnel) and went from there to back to 'leipzig' on autobahn "A 8". i only want to give 'boerde sued' an average rating. also, there is not too many drivers stopping at this place. i was there in october 2009 on a monday afternoon. to reach berlin it is a good spot, i saw many cars with a 'B' on the license plate. on my personal rating from "1" (very-very poor) to "10" (excellent) i give this place a "4 to 5".


country: DE
comment:
michendorf, michendorf, if the world would be as easy to understand as 'michendorf rastanlage' everyone would love to live here! hannover, magdeburg, dortmund, leipzig, munich are to reach from this spot. you should definitely (!) wait for a driver that can take you all the way to your destination and NOT only until the next rest area (which might not be as good as 'michendorf'). if you need to reach the other side of the rastanlage (if you are only transiting berlin) you need to walk in the direction of michedorf village center (aks inside the station; they have local maps), walk underneath the 'berliner autobahnring' (200 meters east of the area) and follow the concrete way through the forest on the other side. this maneuver can take up to 30 minutes even though it looks shorter on this map. there is an ALDI as well as REWE market (open until 10 P.M.) in the center of the village of 'michendorf' (detour changing the sides of rest areas + shopping = 10 minutes).
again: my 'michendorf recommendation' is to wait until someone can take you to your day's final destination, don't just take the first car as this spot is excellent! on my personal ranking "1" (very-very poor) to "10" (excellent) i will rate this spot a "9 to 10". 


country: DE
comment:
a good place to reach 'bitterfeld' from 'halle'. i tried to reach 'dresden' but only received offers to 'leipzig'. there is many cars passing this spot (safe conditions for cars to stop) but most of the traffic is commuting. at the gas station (or the mc. donald's restaurant) on the opposite side of the road it is not easier to find someone. mostly locals eat their cheeseburgers(or fill their cars) there. on my personal ranking "1" (very-very poor) to "10" (excellent) i will rate this spot a "5 to 6". 


country: DE
comment:
a good spot to get to 'dresden' on autobahn 'A 14'. it took me only three minutes to find a driver. it should also be possible to reach other places in eastern saxony, western poland or prague (praha, prag). on my personal ranking "1" (very-very poor) to "10" (excellent) i will rate this spot a "6 to 7". 


country: DE
comment:
a perfect (!) spot to leave 'leipzig' to 'dresden' or other places in eastern saxony. the 'paunsdorf center' (the roofed area you see below the marker) is a large shopping mall with excellent public transportation opportunities (tram, bus, even late at night) to the leipzig city center. it took me 30 seconds (!!!) to find a driver taking me on autobahn 'A 14' in the direction of 'dresden'. it is not legal (!) or safe (no shoulder) to stand between here and the 'A 14' on the federal highway 'B 6'. on my personal ranking "1" (very-very poor) to "10" (excellent) i will rate this spot a "9". 


country: DE
comment:
to get to praha (prague, prag) on autobahn 'A 17' this is a good spot. you can stand underneath (or in front of-) the tall blue 'PIRNA - PRAHA' sign on 'B 170'. there is a curbside where the road bends onto the autobahn's on ramp, it is safe (legal) to stand there also safe for drivers to stop on the mentioned (cobbled) sliproad. you will know what i mean if you see it. to get there you can take the ??? bus from the city center which stops only a few hundred meters away or walk for around 30 minutes from the dresden DB main station via 'fritz-lÃ¶ffler straÃŸe', 'bergstraÃŸe', 'innsbrucker straÃŸe' and  'possendorfer straÃŸe' (do not follow 'innsbrucker straÃŸe' all its way but shortcut through 'kaitz' village). there is a noise protection wall between 'possendorfer straÃŸe' and 'B 170' but don't worry, there are doors to open in the wall. don't miss the view on elbsandsteingebirge from the B 170 bridge over the autobahn. on my personal ranking "1" (very-very poor) to "10" (excellent) i will rate this spot a "7 to 8". 


country: CZ
comment:
the 'praha D1 mc. donalds restaurant'; this is one of the most perfect spots for hitchhiking i have ever seen. i is safe, quick, even though not so easy to reach from praha with the public transportation system. at this place you can choose from many drivers to take you with. i was only going to 'brno' but 'bratislava' or 'vienna' (nonstop) should be possible too. stand on the parking lot or ask at the restaurant's door. a place definitly worth taking a long-long detour from the center of the city.  


country: CZ
comment:
i tried out this spot in december 2009 (a monday morning). i wanted to travel from here to 'brno' (moravia) on autobahn number '1'. i could not find anyone, i had to leave the spot after a waiting time of over two hours. there were several friendly drivers that told me the same over and over again: "i am only driving to my office around the corner, you should try the mc. donalds further down on autobahn number 1". this is what i did. i can only rate this spot 'average' although it is safe and people were friendly. to reach the mc. donalds i was walking six kilometers via the footbridge (seen on this image right of the station), 'turkova street', 'chilska street', 'formanka street' to the town of 'ujezd'. from there you can see the mc. donalds 'M'. from this other spot (what drivers recommended to me) it took five minutes to find a driver to 'brno'. there is also a bus going there. use the metrostation CHODOV (line C) to get to OPATOV (one stop), ask how to get to the town 'ujezd', walk the last 500 meters.


country: CZ
comment:
i hitchhiked from here to 'vienna' (via 'mikulov' close to the czech-austrian border) on the federal highway 'D52'. this road leads directly into the highway. although it was december 25th (2009) and there were almost no cars on the road in the morning it only took me 1 (in words: one) minute to find a driver. there is a gasstation 50 meters down the road as well as a second gasstation some 200 meters down the road (direction south). there is supermarkets & mc. donalds in the area, you will not starve. depending on the amount of cars you can choose here from hitchhiking from the traffic light (what i did back then on dec. 25th, there were absolutely no cars on this morning at the pumps of any of the two stations) or the stations themselves. it is obvious that drivers taking this road want to go south. also, you could use this spot to leave 'brno' first and try out better spots further south. there is around 5 to 8 gasstations between 'brno' and 'mikulov' on highway 'D52'. 


country: CZ
comment:
i have never hitchhiked from this place but it seems to be very good to me. the marker shows a gasstation next to the divided four lane federal highway that leads into the autobahn to bratislava (and furtheron to vienna or budapest). when i took a closer look at this spot there were many cars at the pumps so it should not be a problem to find drivers. the gasstation is surrounded by supermarkets so you will not starve in case you have not brought anything to eat. there is an ALDI market some hundred meters in the direcion of brno. to walk from brno to here it takes around 30 minutes. there is a paved way along the river a few hundred meters west of the gasstation. it should also be possible to use this spot to get on the brno - praha autobahn.


country: CZ
comment:
at this spot there is a gasstation at which you can ask drivers going northbound ('brno' directed) or southbound ('vienna' directed). the federal highway here has an asphalted shoulder which makes it easy (meaning: safe) to stand on and for drivers easy to stop. if there is cars stopping at the gasstation you can jump back and forth between the pumps and the road (10 to 20 meters). although i have rated this spot 'good' it took me on december 25th 2009 (first day of christmas) almost two hours to find someone going to vienna (positive: after the long waiting time the tour was nonstop then to the center of vienna). on my personal rating from '1' (very- very poor) to '10'  (excellent) this spot receives an '8 to 9' as it is safe and easy to find.


country: IT
comment:
we were trying to reach mount etna from here in april 2004. the autobus takes you from the center of 'catania' to 'nicolosi' (the town where this marker is placed). from this spot you can hitchhike to the end of the road at the visitors center about 3 km close to the top of mount etna. we (3 persons) were waiting only a few minutes until someone took us. people are friendly as it is clear that you are a wanderer (meaning to have an interest in the geology). from 'nicolosi' it should also be possible to hitchhike back to 'catania'. on my personal rating from 1 (a very-very poor spot) to 10 (an excellent spot) this place receives  an '7 to 8'. 


country: DK
comment:
This roundabout is HUGE, so try to avoid it. Cars are driving really fast, and it's quite senseless to try your hitching luck here.
Go to the next entrance instead, it's only 1.5 km away.


country: DK
comment:
Really nice place, use this instead of the big roundabout. There's a McDonalds nearby, so lots of traffic here.


country: DE
comment:
Wildeshausen Sud; Good place for getting rides towards Hamburg, Me and my girlfriend got out of here at midnight within 10 minutes towards Copenhagen.


country: DK
comment:
Nice place for hitching toward Copenhagen. There's a junction with traffic from Middelfart, and a huge resting area for private cars nearby the spot.


country: HU
comment:
Last service station before the Austrian border (where you can get lifts as well). 

Lifts to Austria are easy to get, Slovakia seemed to be a bit less common.


country: DE
comment:
Nicht schlecht nach Herrenberg, aber schwierig nach der Autobahn (besser erst nach Rottenburg fahren).
Not bad to Herrenberg, but quite difficult to reach the highway (better go first to Rottenburg).


country: CH
comment:
meilleur endroit pour quitter Montreux. PossibilitÃ© de prendre un train ou un bus pour atteindre ce point.
Avec un panneau "Lausanne", trÃ¨s facile de dÃ©coller d'ici.
Best spot to leave Montreux. Possibly take a bus or train to get there.
With a sign "Lausanne", very easy to take off.


country: CH
comment:
Meilleur endroit pour quitter Montreux. PossibilitÃ© de prendre un train ou un bus pour atteindre ce point. Avec un panneau (Martigny, Sion...), facile de dÃ©coller en direction du Valais.
Best spot to leave Montreux. Possibly take a bus a train to get there. With a sign, pretty easy to get to Valais/Wallis.


country: CH
comment:
Sur le parking, demandez Ã  aller vers Lausanne, GenÃ¨ve ou Berne (utilisez les plaques d'immatriculation). Vous Ã©viterez ainsi l'agglomÃ©ration de Lausanne si vous allez plus loin.
In the parking area, ask to get to Lausanne, Geneva or Bern (use the cars' licence plates), so you can avoid Lausanne's center if you're going further.


country: FR
comment:
Vers Caen/Paris, excellent! Toutes les voitures arrivant de Saint-LÃ´ passent par lÃ . Si vous allez vers Paris, faites votre possible pour ne pas vous arrÃªter Ã  Caen (trÃ¨s difficile de quitter cette ville).
Towards Caen/Paris. If you go towards Paris, try to not stop in Caen, it's difficult to get out of there.


country: CH
comment:
Vers Martigny/Lausanne. Suffisamment de place pour s'arrÃªter.
Towards martigny/Lausanne. Enough place for cars to stop.


country: FR
comment:
La direction indique A13/Paris. Cependant, en pleine journÃ©e et en pÃ©riode de fÃªte, aucune voiture ne s'est arrÃªtÃ©e pendant 2 heures.
Conseil: rejoindre l'aire de repos de Giberville par la N175.
A sign indicates A13/Paris. However, in good conditions, no car stopped in 2 hours. Advice: reach the Giberville service area by N175.


country: FR
comment:
Il paraÃ®t qu'il est meilleur que la porte d'Auteuil pour la Normandie. A essayer.
I Heard it's a better spot than Porte d'Auteuil for Normandie. To try.


country: FR
comment:
Vers Coutances. Tous les automobilistes qui quittent l'autroute ou arrivente de Villedieu passent par lÃ .
Good spot to Coutances, because all car-drivers coming from the highway or from Villedieu go through there.


country: DE
comment:
Medenbach. Not the best raststÃ¤tte, but the last decent place before the motorways branch out into the Rhein-Main area where you can get out if your driver is going somewhere else than you. Rides from here are usually long, but expect 60-120 minute waiting time.


country: DE
comment:
Konigsforst-Ost; Little traffic and many local cars. Hitched out of here three times so far, and only gotten a ride once, into KÃ¶ln. The other two times I gave up after three hours and went back to my girlfriendÂ´s place.
Konigsforst-West is marginally better. When using this raststÃ¤tte to go south, better try to get a ride to Siegburg and try from there to get further. 


country: DE
comment:
A57 Alpen, direction Nijmegen/Kleve. Much local traffic, try sign "Kleve" to get out relatively quick. From ramp 3 "Weeze" on there is much traffic for Nijmegen and further.


country: FR
comment:
Pour aller vers Lisieux. Pas terrible, si possible rejoindre un des rond-points suivants.
Towards Lisieux. Average, if possible reach one of the following roundabouts.


country: FR
comment:
Vers Pont-L'evÃªque/Deauville. Pas trop de place, mais du trafic.
Towards Deauville. Little place, but enough traffic.


country: DE
comment:
Not much traffic, but all the local traffic around KÃ¶ln is pretty much sorted here. Good for direction Krefeld/Nijmegen


country: AT
comment:
get a train (S50) to "Wien Wolf in der Au" then cross the Bridge and ask people at the gas station (OMV). Really easy to get a ride here :) 


country: CA
comment:
Vers Tadoussac. Beaucoup de trafic mais peu de place pour s'arrÃªter.
Towards Tadoussac. Much traffi but little place to stop.


country: CA
comment:
Demander sur le traversier ou aux autos qui l'attendent.
Ask on the shuffle itself or to the drivers waiting .


country: CA
comment:
If your driver is going another way, try to get dropped in the Big Stop around here, and go ask the truckers and car-drivers!


country: CA
comment:
Southwards and northwards. Stop at the Big Stop and ask the people for being picked up.
It should work pretty well.


country: CA
comment:
To Deer Lake/Corner Brook: try to begin to hitch there (and not in Norris Point for example).
Little traffic but it works.


country: CA
comment:
Southwards. be carefull, there's nothing around! If someone's going to Stephenville from Corner Brooke, ask for being dropped there if possible.


country: CA
comment:
The best spot to hitch from or to Newfoundland is in the boat itself. Ask the people, it's worth it!


country: CA
comment:
Northwards. be carefull, there's nothing around! If someone's going to Stephenville from PaB, ask for being dropped there if possible.


country: CA
comment:
Pour aller vers Ottawa/Toronto. Pas terrible mais seul spot Ã  ma connaissance.
Towards Ottawa/Toronto. Average but only spot I know.


country: CA
comment:
Prendre le mÃ©tro jusqu'Ã  Sherbrooke/Longueil, puis marcher (5 min) jusque lÃ . Bon spot pour QuÃ©bec/Maritimes.
Take the metro to Sherbrooke/Longueil, then walk to this point (5 min). Good spot to QuÃ©bec city/Maritimes.


country: IS
comment:
Sometimes very little traffic, like a bit everywhere in this part of the island. If you're going to EgilstaÃ°ir, remember that you can't take the shorter mountain road (not on this map) unless you hitch a 4x4. In the summer, many drivers with rental cars don't know that. Knowing it will save you lots of time. 


country: DE
comment:
Horrible place. It looks like the place where you'd want to hitch from though. Avoid it like the plague. Here there are only trucks who don't even look at you. You might want to go back to the Toll where there is a huge rest area. Truckers have to stop there to fill in some forms, so remember that they're not chilling out. I eventually went back to the town (Padborg) and hitched the other way towards Flensburg, where I got a ride fairly soon. Beware, people are passing the border to go shopping, so only short rides available.


country: FO
comment:
This island is great for hitching. Not much traffic, but very friendly people. Somehow everybody will ask you if you're Russian, as apparently only Russians hitch here (?). It's not unlikely that you'll find young people who have nothing to do and will just bring you to your destination, even if they're not going there.


country: AU
comment:
ideal place to hh towards adelaide. but..there's not traffic coz it's bloody long way.takes about 2-3days to drive to adelaide. it took me about 5hrs to hitch a ride there. don't get off earlier than border village.
and yeah..there's wonderfull petrol station nearby. free coffe,tea, internet. easy to camp over night..good luck here


country: DK
comment:
Despite other ratings, I stood here on the ramp past the Statoil gas station. That's the place to be, as cars coming from the ferry won't pick you up (either they're faster than you or they're full of beer). Standing here though, you'll be nicely visible to those coming from town and going over the bridge. I got a ride in 1 minute, a short one though, but sufficient to reach a good spot on the road to Copenhagen.


country: AU
comment:
good enough place to hh towards esperance if u lazy to walk a bit out of town.took me 20mins. to hitch a ride to esperance


country: DE
comment:
I tried hitching here for three hours with no luck whatsoever. When it started to rain, I got on a bus.


country: RS
comment:
This is a great hitching spot for rides to Novi Sad, Budapest, or Vienna. I had made two signs, one for Vienna, one for Budapest, planning to get to Vienna with two rides, but there was so much traffic headed straight to Austria that my 'Buda' sign was unnecessary. After you get off the 706 bus, walk up onto the highway, and there's a huge shoulder, big enough for a truck to pull over.


country: NL
comment:
Traffic lights and more than enough place for cars to stop on entrance lane to the North. Not too many cars come by but more than enough :)


country: FR
comment:
PÃ©age idÃ©al pour aller vers Avignon, Paris, Valence, Lyon ou bien Montpellier, Perpignan, Bayonne, Barcelone.

An awesome toll that can lead you toward Avignon, Valence, Lyon, Paris, or Montpellier, Perpignan, Barecelone, Bayonne.


country: FR
comment:
Bon endroit pour aller vers Aix-en-Provence, Nice, Marseille ou bien encore l'Italie !

Good spot to Aix-en-Provence, Nice, Marseille or Italia! 


country: US
comment:
We were told by law enforcement that hitchhiking is illegal throughout the whole of Michigan and forced to leave this spot. While this statement is questionable, you'd be better off walking, to the nearest great lake and then swimming to Canada. o_O Good luck, you'll need it.


country: FR
comment:
Best spot to go towards Seyne or Barcelonnette.

Meilleur endroit pour aller vers Seyne ou Barcelonnette


country: FR
comment:
Si quelqu'un vous a dÃ©posÃ© Ã  Venelles ou si votre conducteur va en direction de Peyrolles/Saint-Paul-lÃ¨s-Durance... Marchez donc jusqu'ici ! C'est un trÃ¨s bon endroit pour rejoindre Pertuis ou le pÃ©age de Meyrargues (qui est Ã  quelques kilomÃ¨tres avant Pertuis et est l'endroit parfait pour aller dans les Alpes).

If someone drops you off at Venelles or if you driver goes to Peyrolles/Saint-Paul-lÃ¨s-Durance, you should definitely walk to this spot. This is a very good place if you're aiming to reach Pertuis or the Meyrargues toll (which is located a few miles before Pertuis and is the perfect "gate" to hitchhike in the alps).


country: FR
comment:
Devant le ChÃ¢teau, bon endroit pour aller vers Sisteron et Grenoble (plus besoin de prendre l'autoroute).
In front of the castle, good spot to Sisteron and grenoble (no need to go to the highway anymore).


country: FR
comment:
Si on vous a dÃ©posÃ© Ã  Venelles ou que votre conducteur part vers Peyrolles/Jouques etc..., marchez donc jusqu'ici. De lÃ  vous pourrez rejoindre trÃ¨s facilement Pertuis ou bien le pÃ©age de Meyrargues (qui est juste avant Pertuis et qui est l'endroit parfait pour aller dans les Alpes).

If someone drops you off at Venelles, or if your driver goes to Peyrolles/Jouque. You should definitely walk until here. This spot is perfect if you're aiming to reach Pertuis or the Meyrargues toll (which is located a few miles before Pertuis and is the best "gate" to hitchhike to the Alps).


country: FR
comment:
Un trÃ¨s bon endroit pour quitter Digne. Eventuellement demander Ã  quelqu'un qui habite pas trÃ¨s loin de vous dÃ©poser lÃ .
Good spot to leave Digne. You can ask to be dropped there.


country: KZ
comment:
My girlfriend and I were spent here more than an hour and finaly got a local bus (Atyrau-Astrakhan'). No one stopped here. Most of the cars are local. Traffic is medium.


country: GB
comment:
All the trafic goes to M5 (towards Birmingham), there's a service way so they can stop for you. I hitched here in dark at 2009 December and I was picked up in 30 mins to B'ham.


country: GR
comment:
By European standards, terrible. Three hours for a short ride. Next time I'm in town, I'm searching far and wide for a better spot.


country: LV
comment:
don t try to go Salacgriva from this road... it looks like shortcut but after some km road going to worst... you can see some car who choice this road but they re going their home...


country: LV
comment:
not bad HH point... cars are very fast but maybe you can catch somebody who living shopping center to your way .P also enough place for cars... you can come here with airport bus from city center...


country: LV
comment:
not bad HH point... cars are very fast but maybe you can catch somebody who living shopping center to your way .P also enough place for cars... waited 30min... you can come here with airport bus from city center...


country: AU
comment:
DIRECTION SOUTH SYDNEY GOLD COST

Waiting : 5/10 minutes
Traffic : low
Car Place : large
Speed : 40 km/h


country: LT
comment:
firstly get on bus from city center(i don't remember number now) and get of when bus turn to Ausros Gatve(tight road), it s easy to decide... after little bit walk through on Joniskis, Riga(LV) road and pass the cemetery because almost half of the car on that way going to cemetery...


country: DE
comment:
i think there is no more better point for easy to go out from Hamburg but i give good point because of waiting... everybody smiling or shaking their hand(ok this kind act is better than any where) .P you can come here by train(Hesselbrook) or by U2 subway(Rauhes Haus)... so i waited 30-45 min. in summer time and just one car bring me to center of Berlin .)


country: FR
comment:
Meilleur endroit pour aller vers Aix et Marseille depuis le coin!
Best spot to hitch southward, to Aix and Marseille!
pas mal pour le nord.
Not bad to go northward.


country: FR
comment:
Bon endroit pour rejoindre l'autoroute depuis Digne. Pour aller vers Digne, privilÃ©gier l'autre rond-point.
Good spot to reach the highway from Digne.
Toward Digne, try the other roundabout.


country: FR
comment:
Endroit pas trop mal pour aller vers Digne. Si possible, privilÃ©gier Malijai.
Not that bad to go to Digne, but better stop in Malijai if possible.


country: FR
comment:
Bon endroit pour aller vers le sud, surtout pour des petites distances.
Good stop to go southward, especially for little distances.


country: FR
comment:
Pas terrible. PossibilitÃ© de passer par Oraison/Les MÃ©es.
Average. Possibly go by oraison and Les MÃ©es.


country: FR
comment:
Meilleur endroit pour aller vers Les MÃ©es et Digne. Pour ChÃ¢teau-Arnoux et Sisteron, bonne alternative.
Best place to hitch to Digne. Good alternative spot to Sisteron.


country: FR
comment:
Une alternative Ã  la rive gauche pour aller vers Oraison, une bonne place pour aller vers Valensole. (attention, peu de trafic!)
Alternative spot to Oraison, good spot to Valensole (caution, little traffic!)


country: FR
comment:
le pÃ©age de Meyrargues, pour aller vers le 04 et le 05.
The Meyrargues toll, to the north and the Alps.


country: FR
comment:
Un bon endroit pour quitter Manosque, surtout vers le sud.
A good spot to leave Manosque, especially to the south.


country: IS
comment:
This is the best place for hitchhiking if you're leaving the ReykjavÃ­k area to the north. Cars are slowed down here right after the roundabout and they have space to stop on the shoulder to pick you up.


country: TR
comment:
this way to go CAPPADOCIA, KONYA, ADANA... you can come here by bus from city center... 20 min. footstand is enough .) maybe just one car can reached to you your destination...


country: TR
comment:
you can arrive to ANTALYA with one car... not so much waiting more less 20 min... if you wanna stand in here you need to take a bus from city center to Dutlu Cad... but you need to little bit walk...


country: AU
comment:
DIRECTION NORTH - QLD / BYRON BAY / GOLD COST / NEWCASTLE - Catch a ride really easily from that place

Place for car : gigantic
Speed : 20 km/h
Traffic : average/high
Waiting : 5/10 minutes

I dont saw if there was some lights thee for the night, i think so...


country: BE
comment:
Direction Antwerpen - Nederland
Take tram 3 to "De Wand" and hitch on the north part of the roundabout (before direction "ring")


country: US
comment:
Going south? Stand here!  There's a good place for cars to pull off the road.  They're usually going pretty slow. Most of the traffic during the winter is heading to the ski resorts on Mount Hood.  During the summer people will be driving farther.


country: SE
comment:
Cars have a high speed and depending on time of day they may not be many. I waited for 20 min.
Get here by train or bus to MalmÃ¶ Syd SvÃ¥ngertorp station and walk the last 300 m.


country: DE
comment:
Gas station, but people going only to local destinations. Little traffic. People confused. I nearly died there.


country: DE
comment:
It's a gas station with quite a bit of traffic. Reach it with bus 152, stop "Eil Heumarer" from Steinstr. S-Bahn


country: DE
comment:
There is a short but sufficent extra lane here to pull out - made for hitchhiking! Great in direction West - Aachen


country: CZ
comment:
good to HH to Prague, Pilsen, Germany. YouÂ´ll be seen from far distance. Get there with tram 5 or 8 to the endstation


country: CH
comment:
Right outside the Cop shop! Direction: Luzern. With a sign, this is a great place to stand and has a nice bay for cars to pull into.


country: FR
comment:
good place to go in direction to Caen.
cars drive slow here (50 km/h) and there is place to stop. It's a truck driver parking with small bar.


country: DE
comment:
Good traffic going right, but still most of cars goes straight, so it would be better to have a written plate with destination (i.e. OS for Osnabruke)


country: AT
comment:
this roundabout is very convenient, but you will miss some cars (comparing to the another spot I added for Imst),which go to motorway. But this is a perfect place for hitchking in darkness, many lights


country: AT
comment:
this is a spot for hitchhiking from Imst to Feldkirch and Innsbruck directions. There isnÂ´t much free place here, but it works. a lot of cars. But donÂ´t try this spot in darkness, it could be dangerous.


country: AU
comment:
*Update* - The service station here burned down recently, but still plenty of traffic- including trucks- stops here. Free showers in the caravan park add an extra perk for the hot and sweaty traveler! :)


country: AU
comment:
Busselton to Bunbury- Easy from this roundabout! There's a spot with room for people to pull over and they're all going pretty slow, so there's time to make smiley faces and wave!


country: US
comment:
An ok spot, but a long, expensive bus ride from the bay and a long walk from the bus stop. Next time I'll try hitching in town.


country: US
comment:
Laytonville is probably one of the most bad-ass little hippie towns in Northern California. Wait by the gas station or ask around at the food co-op across the street for a ride north or south.


country: AU
comment:
If you want to potentially be stuck on the side of the road in 45 degree heat, try hitching from Kununurra. There are no truck stops here, so you can rule trucks out as an option. (and that's usually the best option) After two and a half days of nothing vaguely resembling a ride, we gave up and bought a flight to Darwin. (cheaper then the Greyhound by the way). If you get stuck here, good luck!


country: CA
comment:
Going south, we got a ride in less than an hour. Keep in mind, though, that this road is seldomly used with very little traffic. There are no real settlements between Hopewell and the coast, so if you do get a ride past Hopewell, you're probably getting a ride for a reasonably long distance.


country: AU
comment:
even though it looks like the middle of nowhere, this is actually a pretty good spot to get north, as trucks slow right down at the intersection and can stop easily. We got a ride offer to Darwin with a truckie from here at night with only a torch to shine on our thumbs to show we were hitching!! If you get a ride offer that takes you past Kununurra - TAKE IT!!!!


country: US
comment:
There are two truck stops here. Walk around asking enough, and you can easily find a ride to Reno, Oakland, or elsewhere. A bus from Salt Lake goes by, but I don't know which one.


country: CA
comment:
To my opinion, the best way to get there - operating year round, cheap, frequent: take the ttc bus 165D from Wilson subway to its last stop, Hwy 400 Car Pool Lot. Buses run Mon-Sat from 5.43am - 24 to 30 mins interval, last bus at 9.51pm. If You will not get a ride north, the last bus 165D back to Toronto runs at 10.54pm. Sunday: they run from 8.50am till 8.10pm - every 32-40 minutes. You can use a free transfer from the subway, and You are supposed to pay extra $0.35 since You travel past the city border. This last stop is only a FEW METERS from the ramp! THe ramp is in a good place because it is out of the city, yet there is enough traffic on it. This seems to be the best spot to hitch north/transcanada from Toronto. 


country: US
comment:
There don't seem to be many good hitching spots south out of Olympia, but this place is ok. Wide shoulder and close to downtown.


country: US
comment:
Not such a great spot, but I've never found hitching north outta Portland to be all that easy. Cars have room to stop and if traffic is backed up, you can ask around at stopped cars. We waited one and a half hours.


country: FR
comment:
Good place to leave Strasbourg. Take the tram (line A) from the center to "Hautepierre". From the tram stop, walk to the supermarket "Auchan", the spot is just behind the car park.


country: US
comment:
North to Olympia / Seattle. This is a suprisingly good hitching spot. Many cars stop to fill up with gas here, and since they can se you at the onramp while filling up, they have ample time to decide to pick you up when getting back on the highway. Big shoulder, too.


country: HR
comment:
This is the only spot I could find for hitchhiking north out of Dubrovnik. Make sure you stay behind the barrier and make yourself as visible as possible, because the pull in spot is not long and the drivers can't see it from far away.


country: GB
comment:
The junction is very large. Depending on where you want to go, it may or may not be easy to get a lift from the service station. If you want the A1 North, it will be difficult. The traffic around the junction and on the exit roads is moving too fast to safely hitch. Maybe try these if there's a traffic jam


country: MN
comment:
it's quite good spot close to UB but it might difficult to reach it, hh or walk towards it through the city.


country: PL
comment:
To go to Berlin this place is awfull because from here nobody go to the A2 perhaps it could be good to go to Wroclaw


country: RU
comment:
take a bus to shelehov from irkutsk. get off from a bus where it leaves the main road and turns to a town.walk a bit. really good place to hh towards ulan ude


country: BY
comment:
HH on this road is almost sensless: on my way to Dzitkovichi I got few short rides and I spent a long time waiting on the road. Nevertheless, the people who picked me up made it worth (and we nad no languages in common). Hitching here you will experience the countryside, its stillness and the carachter who populate it. Bring enough food and water!


country: GB
comment:
Nov '09
Took 3 hours to get out of this spot with loads of cars.
much better hitching from junc 3/5. service station probably best.


country: LT
comment:
to get out of Klaipeda and HH towards Kaunas or Vilnius, catch bus n.15 and get off at the last stop, then walk a bit to choose a good spot.(2009)


country: BY
comment:
I am not really sure this is the exact place, anyway, trolleybus n.5 and marshrutka n. 20 & 29, drive you all the way to a place very close to the highway to Minsk/Gomel, just ask the driver or somebody else. To get a ride was really easy from here, in the morning. 


country: PL
comment:
I had the stupid idea of reach Slovakia from this road. I managed to reach Slovakia, but it took ages. It was sunny, at least!


country: HR
comment:
a good place, with a very small, sweet gas station, small traffic but i was pickt up after Å¥ minutes


country: HR
comment:
not so much traffic, but when somebody pickt you up they go only on the cost road, and on this road its very easy to find a good place.


country: DE
comment:
most people stopping here are heading towards magdeburg or berlin (just a few get off in braunschweig). so it should be easy to get a lift in this direction, although not too much cars are stopping here. if you want to go to Leipzig you need to get out before magdeburg (Rasthof BÃ¶rde).


country: PL
comment:
To Katowice, Wroclaw, CZ. Very good place for hhiking. Cars going from the bridge, you are visible from big distance. Use reflectors and signs and you will success. 


country: PL
comment:
to Lodz, Czestochowa, Piotrkow Tribunalski. We hitch-hikked behind the bus station (the publish transports from katowice go here very often) and traffic lights on the main road (czech republic - czestochowa). And in the end. We stayed here 5 hours and nothing. I think that problem was in big road and Polish workers Â´ve build factory near the road, but I think now is it OK:)


country: DE
comment:
waited here for 1 hour, because most people are going to schleswig. probably it's better to stand on the other side between motorway and schleswig. 


country: DE
comment:
Allertal is the last station before crossing A2. so if you want to go directing Berlin or Magdeburg/Leipzig you should get out here. most people are travelling to the south so it's not thaaat easy. but if you ask for Braunschweig you can get off at the next petrol station on the A2 in front of Braunschweig (Zweidorfer Holz). I've waited 10 minutes ;)


country: DE
comment:
nice big petrol station including restaurant and burger king (called Aalbek). many people are stopping here, so it should be easy to find someone going in your direction (in my case: hamburg-hannover). short advice: there's another petrol station before entering hamburg but there's far LESS traffic stopping so you should choose this one. ;)


country: DE
comment:
Holmmoor is a good place to get a lift, but there are far less cars stopping than in Aalbek a few kilometres to the north. hamburg or bremen should be no problem, but hannover or berlin is quite tricky. nevertheless, if you got time and a little piece of patience, you wont wait longer than 1 hour.


country: ES
comment:
This petrol station is not that good, although it works for short rides. If you go to Sevilla from here, you will find petrol stations on the way where you could be droped. If you go to MÃ¡laga from here, the first petrol station is within more than 100 km, after Antequera (this is because is a new highway


country: DE
comment:
many people who are going to the motorway are driving by this point. you got 2 petrol station but it's better to stand at the street in front of the bridge. there's a little space at the 'moin moin' where cars can stop easily. it's not perfect, but i waited only 30 minutes.


country: ES
comment:
When Im with other person, one is standing here while the other asks at the BP petrol station a bit further (read the comments I wrote there). Good luck!
To get here on foot it takes about 30 minutes from the center (a bit more with backpacks). You can take the bus number 6 and get as close as possible to this point (you can show the driver on a map). A gozar


country: SE
comment:
I agree, most likely the best place in Gothenburg for south-going traffic. DonÂ´t turn down any short hitches to Kungsbacka, since thereÂ´s an excellent resting place/gas station on the way.


country: HU
comment:
All along Nagykorosi, there are bus stops where drivers headed onto the highway towards Serbia can pull over to give you a ride. It seems like a good place to hitch, but I spent an entire afternoon here going nowhere, and ended up on the night train.


country: US
comment:
This spot is convenient for obvious reasons, as it's close to downtown and does not require a bus ride. There's also a shoulder. Since traffic is going several different directions, it's a good idea to hold a sign. I waited less than an hour here for a ride to Portland, which is pretty decent by American standards.


country: DE
comment:
This is the last rest stop on this highway before the ferries from Rostock, and it also contains a ticket booth where one can purchase ferry tickets. So you'd think that it would be a good place to scout out a ride on the ferries to Denmark, but no, not so much. I waited several hours. Perhaps I need to brush up on my German, or maybe it was just a bad day.


country: BA
comment:
Hitching from Livno to Split is easy. Just get to the road towards Split, walk past the Hypermarkets to the sign signifying that you're leaving Livno, and there's a nice spot for cars to pull over. It seems like many folks from Split come here to do some cheaper shopping, so a ride shouldn't take long at all.


country: AU
comment:
best spot to get out of town - although, you could probably get a ride from closer to town if you tried. Make sure to start early (like 5 or 6am!) if you want to get long distances! You will most likely get a ride out to the roadhouse 30km from here- take it, and then ask the truckies out there!


country: AU
comment:
Don't listen to Wolfe Creek!! :) There's a truckstop/roadhouse here which is your next best bet to get north (Kununurra-Darwin) or south (Port Hedland - Perth) Truckies rule! We got a ride 1000km in one go!


country: DE
comment:
There is an Aral petrol station and a burger king. To catch both stay at the road in height of the burger king at the bus stop. Lots of cars stop before going on the a61 in both directions. Traffic gets more and more cause of the Airport Frankfurt-Hahn


country: AU
comment:
Truck stop- ideal for getting north. We caught the 310 bus from Midland which dropped us off right here, then got a lift 20 min later all the way to Broome!


country: ES
comment:
sign "proxima gasolinera" rulezzz, estimated time of waiting - couple hours, but still... :) sib_explorer


country: ES
comment:
one of another "proxima gasolinera" on the way from Madrid, be ready to wait for couple hours. sib_explorer


country: ES
comment:
speed limit 50, cars goes really slow and parking is alowed, estimates time of waiting - couple hours, but still doable   sib_explorer


country: ES
comment:
not perfect spot (as everywhere in Spain ;) but still possible, with sign "proxima gasolinera" you will definitely leave this place in couple hours... sib_explorer


country: FR
comment:
ask driver to leave you on Bosgouet service area. excellent spot to go to Paris or Rouen... sib_explorer


country: HU
comment:
Best choice if you go towards Nagykanizsa.
Immediate pick up isn't rare. Never waited more than 5 minutes. Go for it!


country: AT
comment:
I found a car to Feldkirch here. It took me 5 min. But there is not so much place here for cars to stop


country: AT
comment:
A wonderful place to find cars to Switzerland or to Feldkirch(Innsbruck) directions. A lot of free space.


country: BE
comment:
Good hitchhiking place to get to Zottegem or Geraardsbergen. Cars have to pull over in the street on the right of the road (heading in the direction of Zottegem). +-10 minutes. 


country: DE
comment:
A lot of local car to Dresden center and NO cars to Berlin.waited for 4 hours and finaly whent to Dresden and then there from center get a lift to Berlin


country: FR
comment:
Whoever added the "good" spot here must have been lucky or is completely out of his/her mind!  This place was the worst I've ever seen! To begin, it's in a smelly polluted part of the city ... and there are tons of hookers, dirty truck drivers, and used condoms everywhere.  The drivers taking this on-ramp are mostly locals.  I think it's better to head south to the service station via bus if you're taking the A7!


country: GB
comment:
Just to add some more detail here - This spot is at the start of the M4, so I've used it for Bristol etc. The best way to get there is to get to Chiswick Park tube station, either by tube or bus. When you get off the tube, walk straight out of the exit, over the bridge towards Chiswick High Road. Then turn right, and walk along the high road about 15 minutes. When you get to the big roundabout, you'll see a petrol station at the opposite side of the of the roundabout. Just after that petrol station is a kind of slip road heading towards Junction 2 of the M4. There is a layby cars can stop in.


country: BE
comment:
A lot of cars from Arlon (Belgium) travel every day to Luxembourg city :)) Just go to the highway out of town or to the old road connecting the two cities :)


country: SE
comment:
towards Gothenburg.I walked here from the central station Lund,in fifteenminutes.Compared to the roundabout down the road,this place's just great.if using sign then mark "E6 N".Few mintues wait and voila,you are on the momve again;)


country: DK
comment:
Long and big highway entry ramps where cars can safely pull over. Good to catch rides in both directions (Ã…rhus or Kolding)


country: DK
comment:
Good spot to catch a ride to Billund Airport. There's a parking space where cars can pull over safely even tough they're quite fast at this point


country: FR
comment:
I had some difficulties to reach the gasstation because the old pedestrian way lays in the middle of an industry zone that is renovated at the moment. (octobre 2009)  


country: ES
comment:
Although its probally not allowed to hitchhike at entries of the highway in Spain I tried it and it worked out really quick. I  came here by foot


country: FR
comment:
Also a very bad place to hitchhike and try to get out of the city. No space for drivers to pull over and cars are driving way too fast! 


country: ME
comment:
direction to Albania. Great HH point. You can get there by bus pendling form the town to Great beach. Just tell him to stop by tankstation and then walk a bit to the north-east


country: BE
comment:
Very good exit point for the city of Ghent. Possibilities to get connected to the R4, E40 (Brussels or Oostend)and E17 (Antwerp or Lille). Stand just behind the traffic lights.  There's plenty of space to stop and pick up some hitchhikers.  


country: FR
comment:
This is one of the worst places to try hitchhiking to the A1 (Paris, Orleans, Poitiers). Tried it for over 2.5 hours. Horrible


country: BG
comment:
Direction - Turkey. This is a junction of the road Sofia-Turkey and a street heading out of Plovdiv. Lot of space to stop. thereÂ´s also some bistro. waiting time about 15 minutes


country: DE
comment:
this is a good place to take the A2 to Hannover or Dortmund. There is a gas station and restaurant. 


country: PT
comment:
Take Metro (line D; costs: 1,50 â‚¬) in direction to D.Joao II. At the final station (D Joao II) go out and wolk on the street a bit untill you come to the round about. There take the street "R.Soares dos Reis", which you follow untill you alreadz can see the place where a tunel enable you to cross the motorway. Walk to the indicated place (there is a walking path there - which is slightly hidden, so look and).

PLACE good to go to south (LISBON, or AVEIRA). 

The other side (untested) might be good to go north.


country: CL
comment:
If you are traveling South outside of Santiago on Rout 5 (Pan American Highway) this is a perfect place as this is the entrance of the city. And it is very easy to get there - you just have to take mentro to Vespucio Norte, cross the big road and take the bus 305 (or better ask also at the bus driver if he is going there), take off before the huge intersection (aprox 7 minutes of the ride) and walk some 5 minutes to the spot. There is also a troll station, so the cars go slowly. It is really easy!


country: UA
comment:
To North/Kiev. Plenty of space for a cars to stop right after unfinished old bridge.

There is also a cafeteria/gas station nearby.


country: AU
comment:
Little service station here, where it's great to get a ride to Perth. Standing on the corner across the road seems very effective.


country: BG
comment:
Direction - North - Golden Sands, Balchik, Kavarna, Kamen Bryag, Romania. Busstop near - â„–â„–8,9,109,409


country: HR
comment:
take bus no.60 direction stobrec.the road (magistrala) leads you out of town direction Dubrovnik.best is to find a spot where cars are slow or in front of the traffic light.


country: CZ
comment:
    * Take Metro C till Chodov

    * leaving the metro entry turn right into road Roztylska until you reach the roundabout

    * the 2nd exit of the roundabout is yours, then again turn the first right into road Kloknetova

    * walk straight through the path in the bush, cross the street, enter the gas station and hitch a ride =) 


country: CZ
comment:
If you're lazy walking long ways till you reach the hitchspot, you should try option three:

    * Take Metro C till Chodov
    * leaving the metro entry turn right into road Roztylska until you reach the roundabout
    * the 2nd exit of the roundabout is yours, then again turn the first right into road Kloknetova
    * walk straight through the path in the bush, cross the street, enter the gas station and hitch a ride =) 

The gas-station is a smaller one right on the motorway, but even if you won't find a long-distance ride in the first 10 minutes you can ask drivers to bring you to the next gas-stations which is 10 minutes away by car.at this bigger gas station lots of people stop to refill and are going direction Brno, Vienna and Ceske Budejovice Budweis.

On the Viva con Agua Hitchhike Race in 2009 one team chose that spot and it worked our pretty good! 


country: GB
comment:
Bettyhill. Easy to see traffic coming off the hill, both ways, plenty of place to stop. Friendly locals.


country: GB
comment:
Pass of Glencoe, A82; main route from Fort William and the West Coast to the rest of Scotland, lots of traffic, and plenty of space to stop. (parking places) Get rides in the weekends as far as Edinburgh or Glasgow from climbers. Average waiting time; <10 minutes.


country: GB
comment:
Rhiconich. Most locals will stop and pick you up, at least towards the next village. There just is a 30 minute wait in between cars sometimes...


country: GB
comment:
Tongue, by the youth hostel; Little space to stop, but friendly locals that'll stop anyway. Depending on the traffic, it could take anywhere from 10 to 90 minutes.


country: GB
comment:
Callander, A84 Westbound, just past village centre. Traffic isn't going fast yet and has enough place to stop, average waiting time 10-30 minutes.


country: NL
comment:
Meerssen. Very little place to stop on a extremely short ramp with traffic going all directions, including the airport and Meerssen-West. Only to be considered after dark when there is little traffic.


country: NL
comment:
Sit on the south side of the building to catch the longway-drivers. We waited for about 30 minutes in the pleasant sunlight (and there are free bathrooms!) until a very pleasant driver approached us and took us all the way to Gent.


country: DE
comment:
Big Gas Station (including a not very frequented restaurante) with many Trucks. Unfortunately its not setteled next to the Highway- you find lots of locals refuelling and the other cars mainly go north (direction Regensburg). It was never easy for me finding somebody going to Munich or Passau. If somebody wants to drop you here, maybe ask him/her to drop you at one of the parking areas beside the highway a few kilometers before or ahead this station.


country: AU
comment:
Sometimes it can be a bit slow getting out of Walpole. (Heaps of grey nomads who won't pick you up) You can walk around and ask people parked at this tourist info centre, though. Sometimes helps.


country: AU
comment:
South Western Hwy Turnoff - Great spot for getting down south (Bridgetown, Pemberton, Denmark, Albany).


country: DE
comment:
South (to Prague) Although the traffic on the B170 is fast, there's a traffic light here where the cars turn onto the entry ramp, and a good place to stand.


country: DE
comment:
This place is perfect to go to Freiburg, Konstanz, Singen, maybe ZÃ¼rich.
not good for going northwards.

You can ask at the parking place, or stand on the broad on-ramp to or from the Autobahn (forbidden).


country: DE
comment:
good for Singen, Freiburg, Stuttgart and everything north.

good place, because there are many cars and it's easy for them to stop.
only bad thing is how to get here ;)

If you want to go far north, be sure to have a sign with "S" for Stuttgart on it.

last time i waited 2 minutes *lucky*


country: DE
comment:
This service station is most of the time nearly empty, this is why you can expect waiting times between 30 and 90 minutes.


country: DE
comment:
a busstop on the mainroad to the direction of the on-ramp of the motorway. but many cars go straight to Bernkastel-Kues. So it is a good idea to write a sign. Or maybe walk to the highway on ramp.


country: CH
comment:
At his suggestion, my previous driver dropped me off here.  My destination was Lyon, but I had to signs:  Lyon and Geneva.  Got a ride in about 10 minutes - the wait was probably longer than it should have been, but the drivers had seen me digging in the dumpster for chocolate!  They threw away 60 or 70 euros worth of amazing food in the dumpster, so I would suggest geting some 'expired' chocolate to give your driver... just wash the outside wrapper :)


country: BE
comment:
a la sortie du rond point du Blokry, sur le boulevard de Lauzelle. Il y a un espace pour s'arrÃªter. Pour aller en direction d'Ottignies


country: FI
comment:
To JyvÃ¤skylÃ¤.

Take a buss from center and drop out at the stop of citymarket/prisma right after going over JyvÃ¤skylÃ¤-road. Then walk upperhill over the onramps. You can ask from driver or other passangers. After a road fence there is just enough space for cars to stop. It's not super good place, but gives me always a ride in half an hour.


country: CA
comment:
Although a popular stop on the Montreal-Toronto way, the spot is straight on the highway and cars woosh by in insane speeds. However, long acceleration strech and wide shoulders, and one of the bussiest roads for trucks in North America! For hitchhiking to Toronto, position yourself by the highway itself with the intersection entrance on your left, so you're seen from both roads. Take caution though! Got a ride, from a truck, within 15 minutes, all the way to Toronto. Used a sign. Thanks Ross!


country: CA
comment:
To hitchhike to Toronto, get the train at Veldome/Lucien-L'Allier (where the Metro meets the train, you can use any other station on that line) and head to Dorion. Once there get to the 20 highway that passes south of the rail through the town, to the last set of traffic light. Wide shoulders, slow and freaquent traffic, only problen is that big vehicles are forbiden from stopping. Took me 30 minutes with a sign, as from 11:30 am.


country: CA
comment:
To hitchhike westward from Canmore. Get down to the point where the intersection connects to the Trans-Canada (road no. 1), there you'll find a short strech where cars can pull off. Your best bet is in the morning, when all the people who are going to work in the west (maiely Banff) leave Canmore through this exit. Might only get you as far as Banff, but at least you'll be past the entrance, and riding with someone who works inside will rid you from paying entrance fee.


country: CA
comment:
Get to the last set of traffic lights on the no 1 road (The Trans-Canada road) going west from Calgary, just facing the Canada Olympic Park. Walk another 200 meters to the point where it splits, and stand between the road going straight (road no. 1) and the road going right. You're trying to catch a ride on road no. 1. A little spooky, but took me 15 minutes only with a big sign.


country: CA
comment:
Good spot to go west from Medicine Hat. Right past the coffee stops, and after traffic lights, uphill, with wide shoulders. Took me 15 minutes with a sign.


country: CA
comment:
For hitchhiking out of Winnipeg westward. Cars go by fast, but there is a traffic light there, so if they don't stop they at least slow down, and wide shoulders. Took me one hour with a sign


country: CA
comment:
Terrible. Waited 2 and a half hours in the rain, no one stopped. There are acouple of road stops and restaurants, but they sit right on the highway, which is a straight strech, so most vhicles woosh by like wind. I never got a ride standing next to the road, it was when I gave up and retreated to one of the coffee stops that a trucker spotted my sign, which I wouldn't count on. Conclusion: always carry your sign visible, you'd never know!


country: CA
comment:
For hitchhiking westward on the Trans Canada, it's as good as it gets in Thunder Bay... Not brilliant, but the only place on the way out of town where you get enough shoulders for cars to conviniently pull over. It's only a 10 meters strech, so pay attention: it is after the traffic light, right in front of the Canadian Tire. As a bonus, the Canadian Tire gardening shed is out in the open, they just clear it before it closes on 22:00, then you can stay there for the night... Especially handy for the rainy weather of Thunder Bay - they don't call it Thunder Bay for nothing!


country: US
comment:
An excellent point to get dropped off if you can't make it all the way to Thunder Bay or Sault St Marie. There are two possible points: 1) An A&W shop at the eastern end, good for private cars, or 2) a donnut shop at the western end of town, which is a very popular truckers' stop. You can stand next to the exit to the high way, or just approach and ask, it's that easy.


country: FR
comment:
To get to Calenzana, and save yourself 8 km walk on a sometimes dangerous road. Just position yourself at the southern exit from the roundabout towards Calenzana. Beware though, it's a risk, there is not a lot of traffic at all.


country: FR
comment:
Good spot for hitchhiking to Bastia. go past the bridge, take left at the fork, pass the first building to reach a parking lot entrance. Wide shoulders next to a small road, right after a bridge, so people drive slowly and have no difficulties to stop. 30 minutes waiting, with thumb in the air.


country: FR
comment:
For hitchhiking outside of L'lil-Rousse eastward, tp Bastia or Ponte-Leccia. Stand infront of the entrance to the camping. Cars go by relatively fast, and it's difficult to stop - but we scored a ride in 10 minutes. Just goes to show that if you're a girl, or having a girl with you, then spots rankings aren't that relevant for you, you'll do fine with a big smile ;)


country: FR
comment:
If you can get a lift to here, it's a good point to leave Grenoble towards Valence or Lyon (or as a last stop before getting into Grenoble). It's a toll, just position yourself next to the barriers with a big sign - make sure it's ok with the inspectors.


country: FR
comment:
Seems to be a good alternative to the roundabout at L'Arc de Triumph - slow traffic, traffic lights, wide shoulders - but it's horrible. We broke down eventually and took a bus to a better spot outside town (Aix-en-Provance). It's just not very freaquently used, compared to L'Arc (which also sucks as a hitchhiking point, for other reasons). However, when we were there (6.2009) there were road construction that made it difficult, maybe it's better now. Check at your own risk.


country: FR
comment:
Seems like a good spot to hitchhike north to Avignon, Lyon or Paris - wide shoulders, cars taking the intersection slowely... But we waited for 2 hours and eventually gave up and changed our spot to the northern exit from Aix.


country: FR
comment:
For hitchhiking both towards Caen and Paris. Good point if you can't get to the highway outside town. Stand on the point where the intersection merges with the highway. Wide shoulders = easy to pull over. Drivers come from the intersection and the roundabout, so not driving to fast. Started 9:30, held a big sign, got a lot of sympathy until picked up 50 minutes later, a straight ride to Caen.


country: ME
comment:
The whole coast line of Montenegro is a nice place for hitch-hiking. Not a problem at all...Even if nobody stops for a long time, there are buses passing by and you can try to negotiate for the price :)


country: CA
comment:
For heading west on the Trans-Canada. Stand 15 meters before the entrance to the motel. Wide shoulders, and people drive slowly through the town and towards the curve. Has very bad reputation, yet I got a ride there in 15 minutes, all the way to Sault St Marie. Started hitchhiking 15:00, with a big sign.


country: CA
comment:
Try to not get stuck here. The shoulders are wide, but it's right on the highway, and cars are wooshing by 100km/h. There is a small cafe and restaurant + a garage, but the only people who stop there are locals, who usually won't bother to pick you up. I waited 4 hours (!) there, until a nice granny working there took pitty on me and took me 20 miles up the road to Blind river... So 20 miles / 4 hours, do the math.


country: SC
comment:
Hitch-hiking is a popular way of transportation on Mahe Island. Locals do it if they don't want to walk from school or work back to home. Try it :)


country: NO
comment:
Southward traffic. Two hours to get a ride, hardly any space for cars to stop. Avoid it if you can. Try the other spot in Sarpsborg.


country: NO
comment:
Continous traffic, slowly driving cars. It's easy to get a ride even to Malmo! The place is hard to approach as it surrounded with a fence.


country: KR
comment:
In South Korea usually nobody's hitch-hiking and it's not common at all! Still people can pick you up out of curiosity and also because they are really very helpful. You can try, but don't be surprised if nobody stops.


country: SE
comment:
A very good spot for hitching to South. Got a ride in 10 mins. ThereÂ´s a big drive in for the cars to pull into.


country: NO
comment:
Good spot for Southward traffic with plenty of place for the cars to stop. Getting a ride took long though.


country: NL
comment:
Tried to get a ride to Ramsdonskeveer for three hours. (2 in the afternoon 1 in the morning) I ended up walking.


country: CZ
comment:
Good place near gas station towards Nove Mesto na Morave and Zdar nad Sazavou. Traffic density could be better but waiting wasn't longer than half an hour.


country: CZ
comment:
Good place near pub, motel, parking place and bus stop towards Sumperk, Mohelnice, Olomouc, Svitavy, but better to use sign. A lot of friendly drivers, especially during summer holidays. But in this time there is a lot of moving pedestrians and bikers on the roadside.


country: CZ
comment:
Average-good place near D1 highway, useful for hitchhiking to Brno or Prague. High traffic density at working days. Better to use sign like 'D1-Brno' or 'D1-Praha(Prague)'. Gas station and supermarket on the south.


country: SE
comment:
I tried hitching from here at about 10:00am on a Friday morning.  I got offered three rides to MalmÃ¶ within about 15 minutes (I rejected the first two because I was trying to get to KÃ¸benhavn, and didn't think MalmÃ¶ would help much at first).


country: SI
comment:
Probably best to walk towards this spot. You know you're there if you are standing on a bus stop and you can see a yellow sign that says 'Ljubljana-left', 'Olmo-straight', 'some street-right'. If you want to get to Trieste it's better to have a sign because most of the cars are going towards Ljubljana. You can also ask for a ride to the first or second petrol station on the highway and ask drivers who stop there to give you a lift (it worked for us once, when it was really late). This spot is well lit so it's doable to hitch hike from there after dark. 


country: CH
comment:
Gas-station from Shell. the best place for direction Wil, ZÃ¼rich, Rapperswil. no more than 10 minute.


country: CH
comment:
perfeckt hitchhikerplace to going in the monutains. direction Wattwil, Lichtensteig, Rapperswil, Wildhaus. only this side the street are good place. normal are 2 minute


country: IT
comment:
Get off in Aquilinia, walk towards the second stop, hitch there. Good to have a sign. Average waiting time 45 minutes.


country: TR
comment:
If you arrived here, from Istanbul, it is probably because you followed what it was told on the wiki page (Train to Gebze, 1,5TL). This is not a really good place to hh. It seems like a motorway, but it's not. Nothing is lost : I would advice to take a minibus to the O4 Motorway, about 4km away. There you will probably have more chances, as evryone going east takes this road.


country: GB
comment:
Sliproad roundabout with wide pulloff. Waited here about 20 minutes before getting a ride south. Helps to have a sign.


country: GB
comment:
Slip road onto M6- also a good place to get rides south. Even though it's north of Carlisle, there's still a lot of traffic. And a wide shoulder for people to pull off.


country: AU
comment:
There's a good wide bit of gravel here for people to pull off into heading north. Didn't have a problem hitching out of Margs.


country: GB
comment:
The only wide pull-off to get down the A429 (cotswolds). Folk not as friendly as in Scotland, but you should be able to get a ride here.


country: DE
comment:
Rest area just behind the exit from the motorway (also indicated on the sign on the motorway).

There's a big parking area, a hotel, a restaurant and a petrol station.
On the other side of the road there is a bus stop (at the side where cars drive towards the motorway).

Much local traffic, many drivers stop for the night instead of going further.

Getting a lift into the direction of Stuttgart works.
But into direction of Munich there's almost nobody.

Hitching to the city of Ulm should work, judging by the many number plates with UL or NU.


country: US
comment:
Hitching in/out of Yosemite: Camp 4 is where you want to be. Popular hitching spot, and sometimes crowded. Be prepared to wait in line! Can get anywhere from here- out of the park, or up to Tuolumne Meadows.


country: IT
comment:
Best place for going north towards Padova. Take the bus to stop Bentivoglio Z. i. Barche and then walk on Via Sammarina for 500 m, then turn right.


country: US
comment:
Not bad actually! I was on my way to the the reggae festival and had a sign that said "REGGAE", and got picked up before I'd even found a hitching spot. People around here seem pretty cool. (with the exception of the meth-heads!)


country: US
comment:
Rubbish. Absolutely pointless trying to hitch out of this one-horse town. After 5 hours, we took the bus instead.


country: US
comment:
Wasn't too hard hitching out of Bandon - especially considering it was 7am and foggy as hell. If you get a ride, try to make sure it gets you past Port Orford though.


country: US
comment:
Gas stations in Oregon are usually no good, as they all have pump-attendants, who can be very grumpy and call the police on you. Don't bother. I'd recommend catching a bus out of Brookings, as it's a long walk to any hitching spots.


country: US
comment:
A lovely little gas station with a nice coffee shop next door where the eccentric pump attendant (who lives in a house across the road with a massive WORLD PEACE sign on the roof) blows giant bubbles and keeps you entertained while you wait for your ride :) Quite a nice interlude on the highway of hitchhiking hardship!


country: US
comment:
Good hitching along this road. Heading to the coast, we got picked up in about 30 seconds. Shortest wait ever! Is it luck?


country: US
comment:
Big parking area on the edge of town. Had a loooong walk to get out of the city though. Plenty of offers here, but all short distances. On the 101, though, my advice is take what you can get!! After a couple of hours, we settled on one that took us 2 miles :P


country: US
comment:
Onramp heading south. Waited here just in front of the "No Hitchhiking" sign and got a ride within about 20 minutes.


country: CA
comment:
Tried asking people for rides at this big gas station, but they threatened to call the police on us. Still managed to sneakily get a ride though ;) 


country: CA
comment:
Anyone will give you a ride on Salt Spring. We got one within about 5 minutes, and they ended up taking us swimming at a beautiful beach on the way to Ganges! That's just the kind of place it is :)


country: CA
comment:
More scenic than the main highway, but less traffic. Took us quite a bit longer than it should have. At least the berries on the side of the road were in season!


country: AU
comment:
Try this burger joint/caravan park for people heading south. Worked for me, but you might want to head a bit further out of town.


country: AU
comment:
Hitching anywhere in this area is easy. I always pick people up hitching in this spot in the middle of town in Byron Bay. You can seriously get anywhere you want around here. Even tiny obscure places.


country: AU
comment:
Good spot to get to Hobart. The road widens enough for someone to pull over. Also hitched to the airport from here. Didn't take very long at all.


country: FR
comment:
...just don't try to get a ride on the wrong side of the road... :S took me 4 hours... stoopid Australian!


country: AU
comment:
Truck stop here to plead for rides if you get stuck in Karratha. I hope you don't. Still, we managed to get 6 of us and a band's-worth of music gear to Broome over the course of an afternoon!


country: AU
comment:
Big truck stop where you can ask people for a ride. In the late afternoon, we managed to get 3 of us a ride with some truckies for the 10-hour slog to Broome.


country: AU
comment:
Easy spot for getting to Pemberton. OK spot for hitching north (to Perth). A bit slower for getting south toward Albany depending on the day.


country: GB
comment:
Getting out of Oban wasn't a problem. Can't remember excactly where the spot was, but anywhere just out of town should be easy.


country: AU
comment:
This is a good spot for getting south. Good wide pull-off. Lots of traffic. Catch the train from Perth to Mandurah to make life easier. There are some better spots further down as well.


country: AU
comment:
Great spot with wide pull-out. Hitched to Albany from here many times. Only about a k's walk from Armadale train station.


country: GB
comment:
Plenty of decent spots along this road out of Fort William. I didn't wait long at all. Rides in the highlands were generally short distances, but also short waits in between. Friendly folk up here.


country: GB
comment:
Random country bus stop: The first decent pull-off after the garage. Took me about 40 min to hike, but there was another hitchhiker down the road, so had no choice really. Crap spot, but still got a ride. If you find yourself here, maybe try the P stop a few yards down the road.


country: GB
comment:
Yep, the garage is the last decent spot for miles. I found out the hard way and walked about 4 miles down the narrow road before finding another wide bit where someone could pick me up. There's a city bus that stops here, so it's not hard to get to from Edinburgh.


country: GB
comment:
Not the best place. Cars have to stop on the hard shoulder after the motorway sign which is probably illegal. It worked anyway.


country: GB
comment:
There's a pull-off on the highway here. Great spot to get South or East. Make sure your sign says which one though - mine said Edinburgh Please, and I got a ride within 15 minutes. Seen lots of hitchers at this spot and they always get picked up. Stand a bit before the spot where the road widens and people should have heaps of time to pull over.


country: GB
comment:
Penrith Road.

Worked quite well. There's enough space to pull over. There is also a fuelling station nearby, on the other side of the road.


country: RU
comment:
Good spot at the crossin for hitching towards Kazan, best is to walk up the hill to here from Kugesi. Traffic is pretty fast.


country: TR
comment:
All directions.
Only way out of the city, so every car leaving Marmaris should pass here.
You can go by foot, following the signs for "Mugla"


country: TR
comment:
Directions : Izmir/Istanbul or Mugla/South
Entrance of the motorway (follow the green signs with "Izmir"
20min by foot from the city center.
Big parking before the entrance of the motorway, easy to stop here.


country: SE
comment:
made a mistake standing here for Jonkoping, cars are led over highway E20 and then directly to road 40. So senseless to stand here.


country: SE
comment:
direction Norrkoping. Nice big busstop.
Some minutes walking up north there at the next big crossroads there is a little gasstation, might be an option too.


country: DE
comment:
Rasthof Breisgau
(just northern direction)
It takes some time to reach this place, when you come from the city-centre, but its a great place to hitch-hike. Take busses 33 or 35 to "Im MaierbrÃ¼hl" and then follow "MengenerstraÃŸe" in the direction of Mengen (1,5 km). 


country: NL
comment:
At a bustop. Stood here to go to the beach. Good spot when the Amsterdam people go to the seaside on a sunny day. But a good spot for direction ZW, W, N anyway. You can take a hh break at the westerpark as well.


country: SE
comment:
Many cars passing for going S or E. But it's at the big amusement parc Liseberg; there is constantly taxi's stopping here, and then cars can't stop. 
Anyone a good spot for going south or east?


country: DK
comment:
gasstation. Last  time leaving Copenhagen i wrote Koge on the cardboard, but asked to get off here. Saved me waiting time in Cph. Not always much traffic, depends on time of the day/year.


country: SE
comment:
Big service point with gasstaion, hamburgerplaces hotel etc, but not a good spot to stand at the exit. Gasstion is not so big, and was not so busy when i was there. Walk to the highway and try the ramp instead.


country: DE
comment:
all cars coming from Oldenburg i.H. going to Fehmarn pass by here. But there's few space for cars to stop. 


country: DE
comment:
The Aral gasstation just before the bridge to Fehmarn. I think it's a good one. Many people go to Fehmarn for holidays or shopping and not to the ferry. If you got a ride from someone like that, ask to get off at the aral gasstation. There hh for a ride to the ferry. Not so much traffic at this gasstation, but for these few kilometres to the ferry, people dare to take a hher.


country: DE
comment:
Stood her for direction Fehmarn/Copenhagen.
Cars for many directions passing here. But a safe spot, cars can stop here at this busstop. Took me a while but it worked. Maybe a good spot on sunny days when people go for a day off to Fehmarn.


country: DE
comment:
especially on workdays in the morning at lot of workers heading to berlin, so this is a good place to hitch. no problem to berlin, much more harder to warsaw or frankfurt/oder


country: DE
comment:
nobody can or will stop here, especially when the traffic light is switched of, difficult to hitch away from here because not enough space to stop for cars


country: BE
comment:
For direction Charleroi, Mons, Paris.
there is a petrol station, you can stand in front where cars can stop. Cars are slowing down here because of a trafficlight. Not so sure if it is a good spot but i was picked up right away. You can take bus direction Belgrade or Flawinne I think, but step out before it goes off the big road, several 100  meters before the gasstation.


country: PL
comment:
Road to Lublin and Krasnik. Very good place, its just after the crossing and there is a little place to stop because of graveyard (but its not scary or something :)). There are a lot of cars to Lublin (plate - LU, LUB), Krasnik (LKR) and sensless 'local' cars (TSU). Catching something to Lublin taking me usually less than 20 minutes (but sometimes is a car to Krasnik).


country: GR
comment:
Good point for Boat hitching. It is a crossing point between East Mediteranean and Turkey/Cyprus/Middle Orient
Follow the signs : "Marina/Î»Î·Î¼Î±Î½Î¹" and you can ask for a ride to the sailor. You can wait some days depending on the period of the year


country: PL
comment:
Road to KrakÃ³w, Sandomierz and Kielce. There is a little parking just after crossing two big streets and lights. Traffic is quite big, but cars don't want to stop so much (especially cars to near KraÅ›nik with plate 'LKR'). To catch a car to KrakÃ³w taking me usually 40-60 min but I have to go sometimes with stop in KraÅ›nik.


country: GR
comment:
Both directions (Chania or Rethymno)
Definitely not a good spot :
1/greek people are suspicious and don't stop often
2/ this road is the more dangerous of all greece, and it's even more dangerous to make the cars stoping here
Try to avoid people that would let you at this spot (if they go to Kalyves, refuse gently).


country: BE
comment:
We had to wait a little bit but, suddenly someone who was getting gas at the gas station approached us an took us with him. 


country: PL
comment:
Sandomierz, Lublin.
It's a bar called 'Meksyk' and there is a tram station with the same name. You have to take a tram nr 15 or 22. 
Place is very good, there is a parking so cars have place to stop, and they are not going so fast because of the curve and quite traffic (a lot of cars!). To catch something to Lublin with a card taking me usually less than 30 min. 


country: DE
comment:
Because it seemed too difficult to get a ride at the habour, we went here. In generell roundabouts are very effectiv, but not so here! 


country: SK
comment:
This small but enough long area seems to me like a better choice than the gas station behind it. And it proved itself many times.


country: SE
comment:
On the ferry you can ask people in the cars, got at once a ride to rodby. Many people (swedens) go to germany to buy as much beer as there is any space in their cars!


country: BG
comment:
To this place you can go with bus 58 from Sofia. You must get down in first station in Vladaia and then you go to Pernisko shose street.


country: BG
comment:
If you are in Tchernomorets this place is verry bad for hh to sout coast, but this is the only one that is near.


country: SK
comment:
The former toll house is an ideal place for hitchhiking to the direction of Vienna because cars are not going too fast here. Unfortunately you have to walk for about 3/4 an hour to this place from the nearest bus/tramstop.


country: SK
comment:
It used to be a very good place, nowadays it's little bit worse, but lot of cars are driving that road, also lot of space for a car to stop and it's before the highway to the north of Slovakia (there also use to be lot of hitchhikers).


country: MY
comment:
Kuala Lumpur is very easy city to hitchhike in, there is not so many spots where people can pull over but you can use the bus stops in the city. 


country: GB
comment:
I use this for M6 Southbound, there's a petrol station and a Macdonald. At the exit from the petrol station people from the road and the petrol station can see you. There's a bus stop to pull in at just after as well. Also there's a pedestrian crossing where traffic stops so they can get a good look at you and (hopefully) see that you look nice!


country: GB
comment:
The spot i use for M5 Northbound, the other spot at the start of the M32 (see map) is only good for M4 eastbound. Not the best spot in the world but there's a little road to pull in on just after the roundabout.


country: LV
comment:
I was hitch hiking from a place nearby here to go to Talsi, passing by Jurmala. From the central bus station next to the big market, I caught bus 43, to Skulta. I am not sure where it drop me off, but from there I walked a while and got a ride. Inform the bus-driver you want to get off at the last stop, otherwise he drives you back to the center!


country: GB
comment:
Used this place a few times for heading North or South on the A1. Generally long waits but quiet and safe


country: EE
comment:
To Tartu. Take tram n.4 from the city center almost to the end, go down and walk, in the direction of the airport (straight-straight-straight) )...


country: RU
comment:
Worst hitchhiking spot in Russia? 2 hitchhikers waited here 7 hours on a Tuesday morning in July 2009.


country: DE
comment:
if you go to hamburg you can get a lift from there, it takes about 30 min to get a ride. theres a metro station just few meters from the spot U Scharnweberstr


country: RU
comment:
Hitchhiking spot just behind a DPS police post. Best chances are if you hitch a ride some 200-300m behind the police officers


country: UA
comment:
Here is a buss-stop and right after that it's plenty of space for cars to stop. Slow traffic. Take a local buss to here from the center.


country: CZ
comment:
I think good spot to hitchhike to Vienna. At least I did it. Take tram 2 and go to stop ModÅ™ice, TyrÅ¡ova. There is gas station or little futher also place for cars to stop.


country: BE
comment:
service station, heavy traffic but perfect spot for cars to stop at the entrance to the motorway. 1 minute waiting time to go to direction gent/brugge, i even had the choice between to cars


country: DE
comment:
lot of traffic, but not to many drivers stop. maybe better in the late afternoon. there is an interchange after several kilometers, so you have the oportunities to go east, west, or north. many drivers are heading to france!


country: ES
comment:
Vilar Formoso!!!
We walked from the train station to the frontier. Just between the roundabout and the frontier there are  bars, parking... good place to ask people !


country: TR
comment:
There are just Trucks but they are really happy about kompany! The most of them are going to ankara.


country: DE
comment:
Direkt vor der GaststÃ¤tte "Zur GÃ¼nen Wiese" an der Einfahrt zur Papierfabrik in Richtung Bad Schandau, Pirna


country: TR
comment:
A iranian truck dropped me here at is was quite easy to get a lift. There is enough space for cars or even for trucks to stop!


country: TR
comment:
There is the last shop before the boarder. So just ask the truck drivers or try it at the traffic light!


country: BE
comment:
iÂ´m not sure if itÂ´s the exact position, but somewhere around here (but on the motorway)is the last service station on the motorway before france. many trucks heading to the uk via eurotunnel do their last stop here before entering the train. use a sign or ask drivers (truckers should be better, most cars are full), try to be early,itÂ´s less traffic in the evening and itÂ´s not nice to stand there when itÂ´s dark. but when itÂ´s not to late, you should manage it to get a quick ride to the uk, probaly through the tunnel. trucks donÂ´t have to pay for a second driver, but be sure having your passport with you and donÂ´t carry any illegal shit!


country: FR
comment:
Same as the other two. Bon Voyage bus stop. But zoom in on satelite view and look at this marker. If you are heading West just walk a ways next to the on-ramp (past the overpass) and youÂ´ll see a great spot where there is a perfect shoulder for cars to pull off for you.


country: FR
comment:
If your ride is heading to Montpellier or Nimes and you are going further just grab a sign and have them drop you at this massive toll station. Stand in between some slow moving lanes and someone will take pity on you in a matter of minutes.


country: LT
datetime: 2006-10-14 00:00:00.000000
comment:
(while there were still border checks) just walk after the border and wait no more than 5 minutes, a car will stop (good space aside to stop)
Good for > Bauska, Riga, Tallinn (E67)

(maybe also on the opposite direction to Panevezys and Vilnius but haven't tried myself)


country: FR
comment:
To everywhere: Rouen, Caen, Paris.
Probably not the best position, but many cars go out of the city from this road, there is a traffic light before and a parking place aside, so if they see you when waiting at the traffic light then they can easily stop at the parking. Lot of people work in Le Havre harbour, so they can bring you to Pont de Normandie direction Caen.


country: DE
comment:
good spot to get out of the center, to the gas station behind "Pragsattel" (north onto A81 from there)


country: DE
comment:
direction Munich; gas station isn't there any more, but still the best place to stand at for this direction


country: FR
comment:
Not as many cars as on the road to Pontorson but many people take this one to reach Avranches and the highway to Caen. You can start trying already from the cross where this road starts, but a good place is this one, car can easily stop here.


country: GR
comment:
Direction south / Pyrgos / Kalamata
Take the bus number 6, ask the driver or someone to stop you at "Tofalos Stadium"
Good place, many cars, place to stop.


country: GR
comment:
Direction Sparti
You can wait a long time here, but it is the better place to go to Sparti, because everyone going there must pass at this spot.


country: NO
comment:
This is a short walk from Nordstrand station, which is one stop from Central on the train (25kr). There's a traffic light and a driveway to pull over in. I waited less than a minute here.


country: GR
comment:
Direction Patra / Athens
Before the traffic lights, a small rocky parallel road is the place to hitchhike.
Unless it's difficult to stop there, greek people do it (they don't fear breaking the rules on the road). 


country: GR
comment:
Direction West / Patra
Good place to be for the people to stop. Unfortunately, people don't trust hhikers and usually make small distances : I waited 3 hours and made 15 km.
Take water with you, and hat, waiting under the sun is hard.


country: BG
comment:
A very good petrol station directly before the highway leaves Varna southwards. A Busstop is just next to it e.g. Tollibus 88.


country: HU
comment:
Bus station next to a crossing so drivers from two directions have enough time seeing you holding your sign for a city in the south (BerettyÃ³Ãºjfalu is the next one) or Romania. Reachable by bus. The modern busses have screens that show the bus running on a map. Easy to orientate and to figure out the right direction 


country: SK
comment:
To Roszana:

Cars drive a little bit too fast, but there is enough space to stop them at this bus station (which is enough big).
Take the tramway to the American steel manufactury.


country: TR
comment:
it took us only about 15 min. to get a ride. This spot is definetlz a fast way to get out of Istanbul.


country: RU
comment:
Get here with minibus #1122 from the central train station. Get out at stop Puteprovod, good for hitching towards Omsk, Tyomen


country: IE
comment:
Just past the bus stops. Got a lift here after about 2 minutes at 10.30pm in the rain, im sure it was just luck but its not a bad spot. traffic moves slowly.


country: GB
comment:
5 mninutes walk from the trainstation, infront of Plas Derwen. Didnt have to wait long for a lift to Newport.


country: US
comment:
Both times I've hitched through Montana I've had excellent rides!  Cowboys always pick me up and tell me interesting tips about raising horses and buffalo!


country: US
comment:
I was scared out of my mind by crazy people on meth on the highway outside of Eureka!  Two different nuts ran up to me to yell in my face!  It was frightening.


country: MW
comment:
Hitching is a little different in Malawi.  You are expected to pay a little bit towards gas, but other then that, hitching is a very culturally exceptable way to get around.


country: US
comment:
Morro Bay is a beautiful spot but I had a terrible time trying to hitch there.  Drivers where extremely rude, flipping me off, yelling at me and taking pictures of me as they drove by!


country: AR
comment:
Desde aquÃ­ se pude viajar a Catamarca se llega en colectivo de la linea 12 (BÂº Autonomia). Justo antes hay una lomada por lo que los vehÃ­culos circulan despacio.


country: AR
comment:
Desde aquÃ­ se puede llegar hasta Termas de Rio Hondo o Tucuman Por Ruta 9. No hay linea urbana para llegar hasta este lugar


country: US
comment:
From my experience, all of Oregon and Northern Cali is very good for hitching.  About the middle of Cali gets sketchy however.


country: BE
comment:
At red light on rue du Belliard, Towards Leuven / Liege / Aachen ( E40 ). At the end of the road the cars take the tunnel. Make sure the car you take goes at least till Leuven. If they do and you go further, ask them to put you off at the petrol station on the motorway right after the split to Leuven. They can join back Leuven through small road from the petrol station.


country: BE
comment:
Hitch Hiking Spot at the red light under the bridge, right before the turning onto the motorway ramp in direction of Paris / Mons / Charleroi - Take tram 4 to Stalle terminus, then walk to Motorway. You can ask any car to take you to the next petrol station, which is 2km further south


country: IT
comment:
If you can get to this place then all traffic passing will be at least getting on the highway going south.  Waited 2 hours for a ride to the nearby toll booths and only 10 minutes from there onward. The only real perk to this place is the nearby auto-grill with water and bathrooms (just south) and the surrounding fields offering a place to crash for the night if you don't find a ride.


country: IT
comment:
Hitchhiking in Italy can be a pain, but Milano is perhaps the worst.  There are toll booths here where every single car heading southwest must slow to a crawl or stop entirely.  I know it's a hike, but sack up because Italians are not sympathetic to hitching. Take the metro to the most southern stop and then follow roads until there are no more roads. Walk through fields if you have to. Stand in the small safe area between two toll lanes with a sign (for Genova or where ever)and 100% of traffic will not only see you, but already be slowing down. I got to the toll from the note I've added just north of here. Once at the tolls I caught a ride in about 10 minutes.


country: DE
comment:
looks like a good spot, cuz all the traffic which leaves the island has to pass this (perfect)spot. but somehow in almost 2 hours just a lady stopt. 


country: IT
comment:
For heading west there is a gas station here that is open 24 hours. Zoom in and check out the satellite view. Directly north of the station there is the entrance to the highway that catches traffic coming through the station as well as from the main road.  Just stand at this point with a sign for Varazze or Savona and get off at any big service station along the way.  If you are downtown, to get to the gas station get on bus no 1 and just say to the driver "Autostrade Genova Ovest" or hand him a note. I had poor luck after 6pm (which is why the 24 hours station was handy) but caught a ride quickly in the morning.  Don't make a sign for too far west or the locals will think you're crazy.  Baby steps.  Good luck!


country: FR
comment:
very dangerous, had to run away, it's an old parking lot with many gay men masturbating and doing other things, don't go there!


country: CA
comment:
Very calm road, but this is probably the best place to go to fredericton from Fundy National Park. Camping next to it!


country: CA
comment:
Pretty well place to get up north. People stop more easely because they know that you are a backpacker. It's also the last gaz station for several 100 of km. Count in a few hours anyway.


country: CA
comment:
Pretty hard, get out of the village, so you avoid locals. A lot of people only go to the mines (a few km from Dawson) very early in the morning. 


country: CA
comment:
The gas station at Mt Robson Provincial parc can potentially be a good spot for getting far distances (to the west). Always a lot of people that stay there several days, so be patient!


country: CA
comment:
every 15-60 minutes someone to the north (depending on the season). By far most of the people have to be in Kitwanga just at the other side of the bridge. to mention: hitchhiking next to a traffic sign "hitchhiking: is it worth the risk"


country: CH
comment:
dont try it here.... all of the traffic is passing by a nother street (bundesstraÃŸe) and if not, you can wait for quite a long time until someone stops. in this case this nice person just drives up to the next village.....so if you r stuck in here pray or take the train


country: GB
comment:
A layby on the A9 direction Glasgow. Great spot, 15 min walk from the traffic circle. Better to hitchhike here then in the petrol station.


country: CH
comment:
if you want to get to wil, wattwill or just out of "toggenburg" there is your spot. allways a lot of cars are passing by which will take you for sure at least to the next train station. if not.....there is a bus station 


country: CH
comment:
nice spot if you want to go to kreuzlingen or konstanz. all the traffic which is passing by goes this direction. there is a big parking lot from some kind of supermarket so the car even has a nice plaxce to stop


country: DE
comment:
ppl told me that this is then spot to hh if you want to get out of konstanz. i never tried it but all of my hh-friends told that this is a goog spot.....you ve a gas station to ask ppl


country: DE
comment:
Rasthof Osterfeld 

Very good spot for hitchhiking to Berlin. Needed about 20 minutes to get a ride at 6.30 in the morning. 
The station has an Axxe restaurant which is open non-stop and has a nice covered playground slide in which one can spend the night relatively comfortable. 


country: CH
comment:
perfect spot if you guys want to got to zÃ¼rich....works as well if you want to go to barcelona or any place else(i know what i am talking about).just chill at the roundabout and dont get caught by swiss cops....its illegal to hitchhike there, cuz its an highway access point, but dont worry about that i never waited much longer than 5 min!! there. good luck.


country: AT
comment:
Petrol station and Rasthof on the side of a viaduct, which caters to cars traveling both north towards Salzburg and south towards Villach, Lienz and Slovenia. 
In the summer used by tourist coming back from the Adriatic, mostly families. Found it kind of difficult to get a ride south to Slovenia, as most of the people where going north. A viable option for Salzburg and Germany. 


country: SE
comment:
This busstop is good for directions Norrkoping, Jonkoping or Kalmar. Forgot the name of the busstop.. but most busses going out of the town will pass here. Vastervik is a bit of a holidaytown, so you might have more chance in summer on days that people go back home. Between this spot and the town are a lot of cheap supermarkets along the road where a lot of traffic out of the town goes, so i wouldnt try a busstop closer to the town.


country: SE
comment:
All cars coming from the HH ferry pass by here. Every 20 minutes. So you could try hh here for direction Goteborg or Jonkoping. There is place for cars to stop. The scandlines cars coming from the other side of the roundabout dont have such a place to stop. 


country: SE
comment:
Good spot for direction Jonkoping. They drive quite fast here though. Take bus to 'Gamla Linkoping', and walk under the roundabout. You could also try the gasstation if you prefer that.


country: DK
comment:
Good spot to go to Helsingborg is this busstation 'Slotspavillonen. Reachable by busses 336, 360, 339, 703 or 91N.


country: SE
comment:
Good spot for direction Stockholm. Two lanes though. There are many possibilities nearby; all roads here have good possibilies for cars to stop. You could even try two roundabouts further, but there they drive litle faster.


country: SE
comment:
Jarna is a small town, so not that much traffic, but the spot is good. Ytterjarna (on the other side of the highway) has a big anthroposofic centre, a bit of a hippie place; maybe a chance to be brought here or to get a ride. At the other side of the highway is a gasstation, 5 minutes walk.


country: PL
comment:
direction: Lviv, standing just outside the town a bit of traffic heads towards Ukraine maybe 30mins wait


country: MD
comment:
direction: Odessa, If you find your bus ride from Tiraspol leaves you at the border (which is comman if your western) you can get a ride anyware along the road


country: BG
comment:
we got there with the microbus number 18 from the central station in Sofia. it's not a good place for hitchhiking - the main road pass through a small city. We didn't wait for a long time - just about 15minutes, but i think we had a great luck. We took this road to reach Vratsa and then Vidin. I don't advise - the main traffic to Romania pass through hiway to Bucuresti.


country: LV
comment:
On way to Ogre, Aizkraukle, Daugavpils, Russian border. It's a busstop. After the bus stop is a parking place, but sometimes it is full - then better to hh before busstop and after traffic lights.
The cars have to slow down before either because of traffic lights or because of tram rails which cross the street before. Tram 7 or 9 can take you here from city centre. You can go further by bus, but many people think that starting this place and ending just in next town Salaspils is a place for prostitutes. So, don't forget your sign!


country: DE
comment:
to go to north its the last petrol station before the A8 crosses the A81, but its not much traffic here, so prefere the resting place near Rottweil, about 50 kilometeres before that station.


country: DE
comment:
to go to A81 its good, many people are drivingthat way, but not too much people so they are able to stop there. Directly behind the sign for autobahn there is a small possibility to stop, (you can see on satellit), but this point is difficult to reach.


country: DE
comment:
met two guys who wanted to go to the south to freiburg, they were standing there for more then two houres


country: DE
comment:
for going to A8 to Pforzheim and Stuttgart its difficult to find somebody there and it is not many traffic here, waiting time between half an hour and four houres.


country: GB
comment:
Large lay by in both directions as soon as the A361 starts after motorway. Easy pick up towards N.Devon and next to Tiverton Parkway station.


country: AT
comment:
It can be excellent place but I advise to use sign like A2-SOUTH, A2-SUD. We have done it with my girlfriend and 2 young Italian women stopped :) Some Czech drivers going to south during summer can stop, but they often have only 1 seat free. Try to get over Wien at any rate, hitchhiking there can be a problem!


country: CZ
comment:
Good place near bus station, direction Svitavy, Hradec Kralove, Pardubice, Sumperk or Jesenik. Dense traffic and 50km/h speed limit - waiting was never longer than 1 hour. Some pubs and shops in village around.


country: CZ
comment:
Not so good place direction east to Prerov, Kromeriz, Zlin. Some old gas station about 600 meters south-west. Many drivers riding old cars ends in near small villages so better to use sign. Waiting can be longer than hour.


country: CZ
comment:
Place near rounabout junction (west) and gas station (east), direction East, dense traffic but many strange drivers which often ends in any small villages in the woods, better to use sign - Boskovice, Nove Mesto na Morave, Zdar nad Sazavou. Waiting there can be often longer than hour.


country: CZ
comment:
Very good place, direction to Svitavy, Hradec Kralove or Pardubice and Sumperk and Jesenik too. Wide road and enough place to stop for drivers. Sometimes there can be parking cars near this place. Small pub across the road on the north.


country: CZ
comment:
Next good place for hitchhiking direction to Svitavy, Pardubice, Hradec Kralove or Sumperk and Jesenik near gas station (shop,pub). You can ask drivers at gas station too.


country: AT
comment:
tehre is a park&ride and a bus stop as well. many cars passing by, no one stopped for nearly 3 hours. even when there was a short thunderstorm no one stopped


country: IE
comment:
DIRECTION KILRUSH
Don't walk too much cause tha car are going too fast next and can't stop anywhere, so stay near from the city
Speed : 40km/h
Traffic : 5 cars/min
Sign : Kilrush


country: IE
comment:
DIRECTION ENNIS
quiet cool spot near from the supermarket
Speed : 40 km/h
Traffic : low
Sign : Ennis


country: RO
comment:
There is a market with a lot of moldavian people and they going instantly back to moldova. Just try it here.


country: UA
comment:
You have to wait here fo a lift to moldova because you cant walk through the boarder. But in my case the police helped me with that!


country: UA
comment:
Its easy to get here a lift to ukraine. A lot of turkish trucks are passing by here. If you wanna go to chisinau just ask some of the drivers. Maybe it will cost 1-2 euros.


country: IE
comment:
GO OUT FROM DUBLIN BY M4
Here is a really interesant place to hitch, the first car was my driver, why ? cause there is like one car every 5 minutes, and she's know that she's alone.
Speed : 0km/h
Traffic : really few
Sign : Asking for next gas station


country: SE
comment:
tried to hh to eskilstuna/stockholm from here. no chance! it was winter, extremely cold and nobody wanted to stop or to take us from the petrol station. they looked very suspicious and unpleasant towards us. got only 40 km far from G. finally went back and took the train on the 2nd day :-( 


country: HU
comment:
Great hitching point towards Zalaegerszeg. 
Located in Palin suburb of Nagykanizsa on the road E74 just before a right curve, after                    a long straight. 10m  
after the bus stop under the tall trees. Can be reached in 25 min walking or by taking any bus that goes through Palin. Usually wait 10-20 minutes. 


country: FR
comment:
To go to Morzine, Abondance, Chatel ...

On google, Satellite and Map view show differents road. That's because the photo view is too old


country: DE
comment:
The gas station going south towards Frankfurt. It has a motel as well, so there are always a good amount of people passing by. We stood by the entry to the highway, waited about 20-30 minutes and got a direct ride to the airport. 


country: DE
comment:
Trying to get out of the airport, we were going south on A3. There's always a lot of traffic but nobody seems to care to pick you up, not a single one even stopped to ask us whether this direction could be helpful. Tho a lot of cars were clearly going our direction (at least according to their license plates). Never even bother standing here, it was awful. 


country: ES
comment:
I hitched a ride to Salamanca from here on my way to Porto, after getting a coach from Madrid to Avila to avoid getting stuck in the big city...30 minutes wait, shade from the tree :)


country: PT
comment:
Lots of traffic, safe place to pull over...but I waited over 2 hours for a ride...try holding  a sign for Braga, then go on from there maybe...


country: ES
comment:
Not a great volume of traffic coming through here, but I managed to get a lift after 30 minutes. The traffic is slow moving as it joins the road to Madrid, there's a safe spot to pull over and it's also in the shade. A good spot...


country: SE
comment:
Me and my buddy hitched from this spot twice, once to Oslo and once to Stockholm...didn't wait longer than 30mins...lots of traffic and a bus stop to pull into. 


country: ES
comment:
I waited no longer than 30 mins, lots of traffic and a safe place to stop. I stood just on the ramp that was heading towards Bilbao/Santander/South of Spain. Its only a 15 - 20 minute walk from the bay area


country: HR
comment:
a gas station, you can ask people to give you a ride to the pay tolls in LuÄko, thats the start of the highway going toward Split. from there its easy, just stay in front of the pay tolls or right behind them.


country: HU
comment:
We were waiting there for 4 hours. Its better if you try it from the boarder if you wanna go to belgrade!


country: SK
comment:
A great spot if you are going to vienna. If you are planning to go to hungary its better if you hitchhike to vienna first and from there to hungary. Its also not easy to get to this station, a long walk.


country: CZ
comment:
Much better as the petrol station because you can catch the traffic from the shopping centre as well!


country: DE
comment:
some strange guys let me there with my friend on the road to Prague, at midnight, in the forest... bad plan. If it happens to you, cross the bridge and walk 30minutes to WÃ¶rth, There is a metro station to Karlshrue


country: FR
comment:
i walked 20 minutes from downtown to that spot. It was midnight and there are many clubs and prostitutes. I wrote Nantes and tried 30 minutes it didn't work, i tried with A10 and it worked. so strange place but cool to go on the highway


country: HU
comment:
At the end of Furedi utca there is a Petrol Station, near of a big supermarket. Budapest (ask the cars)


country: FR
comment:
direction: Cannes, Marseille
bus till "bon voyage", follow the signs, ask at the gas station or use a sign


country: FR
comment:
direction: Lyon, Montpellier
place yourself at this big roundabout at the arc de triomphe with a sign. there is space for cars to stop


country: FI
comment:
I was waiting here 6 hours :( that's bad place! better if you hitchhike "more up" (where is motorway starts)


country: UA
comment:
Direction Ternopil' Ð¢ÐµÑ€Ð½Ð¾Ð¿Ñ–Ð»ÑŒ. You can get here by mini bus called marshrutka Ð¼Ð°Ñ€ÑˆÑ€ÑƒÑ‚ÐºÐ° 36, 68, 75 to Vynnyky Ð’Ð¸Ð½Ð½Ð¸ÐºÐ¸. From here you can also walk behind the bypass M-06 (E40). It could be better place.


country: FI
comment:
Right before the ramp to the motorway. You will have to stand behind the small fence and there is no specially safe place for cars to stop, but the place is still ok.


country: DE
comment:
A service station right next to the Motorway. A lot of cars taking the motorway from here. And there is even a place for them to stop.


country: PL
comment:
Direction Poznan. There's emergency lane and it's not far from the traffic lights so cars don't go fast. You can get nearby by bus 1 or 15 direction Lelewela Petla and get off at Bydgoska-Lelewela.


country: PL
comment:
Merge lane after junction with traffic lights for the direction of Bydgoszcz, Warsaw. You can get nearby by bus no. 1 or 15 direction Lelewela Petla and get off at Bydgoska-Lelewela.


country: PL
comment:
Bus stop on merge lane in the direction of Katowice, Krakow. You can get here by bus no. 70 from railway station Lodz Fabryczna.


country: US
comment:
Tried for over 3 hours to get out of Coos Bay. Was getting pretty sketchy and started to get hassled by hobos. Got picked up by pure luck after dark and taken to Bandon. If you can, avoid stopping in this town too late in the day.


country: US
comment:
Getting out of Arcata shouldn't take you long. Was only about 15 minutes on this corner before an old hippie picked me up... only got to Eureka though. Might want to have a sign.


country: DE
comment:
Rasthof BÃ¶rde SÃ¼d.

Good for Berlin, but for Berlin there's also a good spot in Magdeburg.

It might be worth to take the bus out here and walk to the service station if you want to go on the A14.


country: IE
comment:
Direction Tuam, Sligo, Letterkenny, Derry. There is some place to pull over near petrol station. You can get nearby by bus no. 8.


country: IE
comment:
Direction Letterkenny, Derry. It's about 20 min. walk from Donegal Town. Emergency lane to pull over.


country: IE
comment:
Spot for Galway or Limerick, in walking distance from the airport terminal. If somebody offers you a lift just to the N18 dual carriegeway go for it. You can easily hitch on the junction's sliproads.


country: GB
comment:
Not so great spot, on a roundabout but people will stop for you. Waited 15-20 minuets here heading NORTH. 


country: GB
comment:
Waited a couple of minuets here SOUTH bound, complicated junction and very busy with only a few safe places to move around, ask to be dropped off in the right part. 


country: GB
comment:
Will get a ride from here, had a few offers but not going far. It just might take a while, expect 20 minuets are more. 


country: BE
comment:
cars will drive very short. so pointless if you want toi go out of the city go behind the roundabout a walk of +- 10 min


country: GB
comment:
Asking around at this truck station is your best bet instead of the ramps. Trucks tend to be heading South especially in the evening but there are literally a hundred rigs there later in the day, and although most are laid up you will probably be able to get a night journey. There is a Cafe (expensive) where you can chat to drivers or just walk around with a sign, which works for me. Had one of the best rides ever in the UK from here.


country: HR
comment:
Direction : Zagreb
After the toll or after the border... I waited 4h during big weekend departure for summer hollydays! Zagreb is just 13km after, but people don't want to take you (funny that numerous people on hollydays told me that they have no time to pick me up!).
If you come from Ljubljana, my advice would be that you accept to be picked up only if the driver goes to Zagreb, not just the border.


country: GB
comment:
J20a, people will not stop for you despite very substantial on ramp. In fact, you'll get abuse and stuff chucked at you. People from Warrington are lovely.


country: PL
comment:
To get to the point you need to take one of the buses going to the station FordoÅ„ska- Wiadukt (65, 81, 33N). Then cross the bridge over Vistula river (Most FordoÅ„ski, approximatelly 800m long)and walk 500m more close to StrzyÅ¼awa. There is a bus station and a perfect spot for hitchhikers going from Bydgoszcz to ToruÅ„ and Warsaw. 


country: PL
comment:
Get to GÃ³rczyn (last stop of trams 5, 8, 14 and many buses). Then take a bus 103 to Szreniawa (aproximatelly 15-20 min from GÃ³rczyn). After getting off you can easily catch a car in the direction of Leszno, WrocÅ‚aw.


country: IT
comment:
Direction : Ljubljana / Slovenia
If you manage to go there (there is a train from Trieste going up there), it's a good place. Waited 1/2 hour.


country: PL
comment:
Get to BÅ‚onie (a last stop of many buses e.x. 52,52, 59, 62, 69, 92, N32). From there walk along the road (SzubiÅ„ska), pass the gas staition (it's pointless to catch here- only local cars), go by bridge over the rail tracks and go straight for 100m. There is a perfect spot for those people going to Szubin, Å»nin or further to PoznaÅ„, WrocÅ‚aw.


country: FR
comment:
Direction Paris - Center of France - Brive - Cahors
Everybody coming from Toulouse and going to these directions can stop here. It's a Toll point (Peage). So if someone is nt going far, he can let you there. Take a sign with your direction.


country: IT
comment:
Direction Venezia - Brescia
Don't loose your time to go there from the center of Milano. It's dangerous, drivers go fast, and you will wait hours.


country: FR
comment:
Every person that goes to Bordeaux from Sanguinet or Biscarosse pass through there. Ask the driver to let you at the roundabout (rond-point) at the exit of sanguinet.


country: BE
comment:
beginning of express way to Maldegem - Knokke
Fuel station on the corner, place to stop for cars at side of the road


country: GB
comment:
To go onto the M32: After the roundabout there is a long hard shoulder immediately after the motorway sign, with enough space for cars to stop for you.


country: FR
comment:
Direction Paris, Toulouse, Lyon
When you arrive from south / spain /west of bordeaux, and if the driver don't go further, ask him to stop you in this gas station. It's after the exit 16 of the periherical motorway.


country: FR
comment:
Directions : any, except arcachon.
It's one of the 2 exit of Biscarrosse-Plage, so many people pass through here.


country: PT
comment:
If you walk 10km from Coimbra heading to Porto, just make a big sign and stand clear for the cars, there is a turn after you for cars to stop. Traffic is rather fast ;p


country: GB
comment:
Going north over the Forth Road bridge

not the nicest spot to wait, but decent traffic and enough space for people to stop.

Going to Edinburgh - walk up the road and get the local bus for Â£1.80 - need exact change


country: PT
comment:
Just take the train from Sao Bento (Porto) till Silvalde Vouga, and reach this point, but don't expect something special.;) N109 is a bit narrow road but has some luck on HHiking to Coimbra or Lisbon.


country: PT
comment:
Just take the train from Sao Bento (Porto) till Silvalde Vouga, and reach this point, but don't expect something special.;) N109 is a bit narrow road but has some luck on HHiking to Coimbra or Lisbon.


country: GB
comment:
Depends where you're trying to get to

Avoid if you're trying to get North of Manchester! - go back to Sandbach and then up.
Ok for getting lifts into Manchester, sometimes liverpool or toward Leeds.


country: BG
comment:
It is the way to Rila Monastery. There is enough room for cars to pull over and Gas station 10 meters ahead. But often drivers are going to the near villages. It is good to catch something directly to Rila MonÐ°stÐµry.


country: GB
comment:
A safe bet for getting to Edinburgh.  
Not the heaviest traffic, but many are headed to Edinburgh. 
Good layby for stopping.  Walking up the road a little you'll find other decent stopping points.  Also near services if the weather gets too much


country: GB
comment:
Knutsford services.  Good for getting south, esp. to birmongham. 

 Walkable distance from knutsford train station


country: BG
comment:
From E79 you need to walk to here (150m).
There is a bus station and is good place to hitch towards Bansko or Gotse Delchev.


country: FR
comment:
Direction : Clermont-Ferrand
No so much people stop at this gas station... Try to reach at least the next toll (pÃ©age).


country: ES
comment:
first car stopped after few hours! Very hot weather and no shadows around made it especially exhausting wait.


country: US
comment:
apparently this is a common place to get from the 101 to the 5, but i got stranded here for 5 HOURS in the heat! there were plenty of cars but none would pull over. it wasn't until my friend put on her bikini top to get a tan that suddenly two middle-aged men pulled over (for obvious reasons). terrible spot. there has got to be a better way to get to the 5.


country: DE
comment:
Good spot to go Stuttgart, Karlsruhe and so on. There's a bus stop, so one can pull over easily. I had several quick lifts there.


country: BG
comment:
It is the best place from all the way from Dospat and the next 1-2 kilometers. But the traffic is poor.


country: DE
comment:
Do not get out here. I had to be recued by two extreamly kind local girls that brought me to the train station.


country: DE
comment:
Directions : Magdeburg, Hannover, Leipzig
Good place for hitchhiking, with a sign on the side of the road. The gas station before is not so good, few cars go on this one.


country: PL
comment:
Not frequented gas station. Easy to reach by metro and walking 10 minutes, but I then waited here so much and asked so many people...


country: PL
comment:
Directions TorÃºn or LÃ³dz
You can hitchhike directly in front of the train station, on the place of the Bus stops. People are friendly and stop quite often


country: DE
comment:
I think this bus stop was is the best place to hitch for the 14 autobahn south to the A24, although it took 5 hours so there may be better... 


country: DE
comment:
Not a good place to get to the motorway.
Better try to get to Regensburg by the road, and start from there.


country: DE
comment:
Directions : both
No place for the cars to stop on the B20 (and they go really fast). Very few cars come from Falkenberg if you wait at the Stop sign. However, I was lucky, after 1 hour, to be taken by one.


country: IE
comment:
Use motorway exit for cars going towards Portlaoise. There is a petrol station nearby if you have any problems.


country: CZ
comment:
It's a very good place to hitchhike. Although officially there is no border between the Czech Republic and Poland cars still have to stop. It's a great time to ask for a ride. Many of the drivers go to Prague 


country: BE
comment:
Direction Aachen/Germany
No place for cars to stop, and drivers are making short trips like 10km. People here usually don't go far.


country: CH
comment:
Not too much space, but just after customs, so speed is very low. Easy to at least get to the Mt. Blanc tunnel - Walterheck


country: DE
comment:
I waited only 10 minutes for a ride. It's a nice place to hitchhike when you want to get to Berlin. Most of the drivers go there


country: FR
comment:
Directions : Lorient or Quimper/Brest
Good place to hitchhike, cars usually go on the motorway, and can stop easily. 


country: BE
comment:
Direction Aachen, Maastricht, Cologne
Stay some 20-30 meters after the traffic lights, so that the drivers can see you better.
I was told that it was a good spot. I waited 2 hours, but maybe it was not my lucky day.

It's the entrance of the motorway so that you have all the cars from Liege passing there.


country: PL
comment:
There's a bus stop just after the roundabout, where local people usually catch rides to Åosice (Losice) but you can try something longer, perhaps.


country: FR
comment:
An on-ramp, uphill, cars go slowly and see you from a distance. Some place for them to stop but it's illegal to stand there. Direction Lyon, through highway.


country: FR
comment:
Direction : Lorient or Nantes
There is no place for the cars to stop. However, some adventurous kind persons may stop. I would advise starting or being droped on another spot if you can.


country: FR
comment:
You can try to get from here to Besancon etc. Close to a trucks parking place.  Don't forget to sign on the "hitchhikers' lamp" nearby.


country: PL
comment:
I think this is a better place than the petrol station. Cars driving uphill, can stop on the verge. But it's still not a great one.


country: PL
comment:
Also a good place. You can get there with bus "D" to the last stop. A big verge there and drivers see you from a long distance. Good for long journeys.


country: IE
comment:
Direction East or South to Dublin or Limerick, Cork. This street is part of inner city bypass and there's quite often traffic jam. Perfect spot, just make a sign. 


country: IT
comment:
There's a little petrol station before the roundabout. People driving to the highway through the bridge will see you. Just make sure it's ok with the staff. Not a great place but you can try to get a ride at least to the service area "Paganella" 3 km north.


country: IT
comment:
Just before the toll gates but after the "no autostop" sign. If you like risking a fine you can try. I didn't try it. Watch out: the highway office is very near.


country: DE
comment:
People can stop, but drive fast yet, there are different lines but mainly people are going to A6 the south.


country: FR
comment:
good point to to further out of the town, going to Reims and Metz its the right region, cars can stop and see you early because of the traffic jam, and you are entertained by the funny french drivers who don't care of any rules ;-)


country: FR
comment:
asked the first driver who took my right up to my destination in germany :-) people can bring you here, because its just before the peage!


country: DE
comment:
good point to get on the highway, many people are there, but some of them only stay in the region, so you have to ask a lot :-)


country: DE
comment:
good point to go to the north on the highway, not many cars, but friendly people, good possibility to stop and just after the traffic light, so people can see you very early


country: FR
comment:
you really need a paper with your destination here, to go to east its a good point, because drivers can stop here (it's a little bit place there), look at your time, when there is the typical traffic jam people can better stop and need someone to talk, without traffic jam I needed an hour!


country: DE
comment:
Direction East.
Tramp-station is directly next to the tram-station Wiesenau of line 1. The place for the cars to stop is the old, unused and closed entrance of the military barracks. tram-ticket from hanover center costs 2,10â‚¬.


country: PL
comment:
Petrol station on dual carriegeway direction Lodz, Warszawa. You can get here by free Tesco bus 203 from main bus station.


country: DE
comment:
Direction North.
200-250 Cars per Hour pass by. Only ~15% of them will enter the highway. Go there by bus (line 692 -> Mellendorf. Stop: Autobahn). That busstop is where the cars can stop for you. Busticket: 2,70â‚¬ from Hanover center. That place to start is in nature, so it's nice :) If noone picks you up, you will find a place to sleep at a construction site (there are many) in the village Weiherfeld.


country: BG
comment:
Worst place I've been in in Bulgaria when it comes to hitchhiking. Somehow nobody would take me, although the precious 100 kms or so had been very smooth.


country: BG
comment:
Despite ample of space for drivers to pull over, hitching in the centre of this big city proved to be a bad idea.


country: BG
comment:
In the Rhodopi mountains, hitching is likely to get you anywhere quicker than public transport. Speaking a word or two of Bulgarian would help, but I managed to have a pleasant time without much knowledge of the language as well.


country: MK
comment:
Use this spot to hitch south along the lake. Getting out in one of the town on the way might mean you have to walk to the town's edge (never very far) to hitch on.


country: MK
comment:
Enough space to pull over + people can see you coming. Traffic allright. Your place to go south along the highway.


country: PL
comment:
Petrol station in the direction KrakÃ³w, RzeszÃ³w. You can either walk here from the centre of Katowice or take any bus to 3 Stawy Shopping centre, which is nearby (i.e. 110, 672, 674, 910).


country: PL
comment:
Petrol station in the direction WrocÅ‚aw, Germany. You can either walk here from the centre of Katowice, or take bus 110, 672, 674, 910 from railway station and get off at Os. Paderewskiego Graniczna. Optionally you can get by any bus going to 3 Stawy Shopping Centre and walk by pedestrian bridge over motorway.


country: AU
comment:
Awesome! Food van permanently parked here, lots of people stopping in for a rest; easy lifts just by asking the drivers when they get out of thier cars.


country: MK
comment:
Excellent place to hitch to Tetovo, Ohrid etc.
Get there by bus, can't remember the number unfortunately.


country: BG
comment:
Try to hitch east somewhere around here. If all else fails, one of the guys with horse and carriage might treat you to a ride.


country: AU
comment:
nowhere for cars to pull over on the length of highway heading out of batemans bay, so try to avoid this area completely. locals recommend hitching at the traffic lights near the cemetery, as cars can pull over there, but its inconvenient for drivers. Theres also a petrol station you can try asking at, but it has traffic from both directions and a lot of people claim to be heading north.


country: AU
comment:
Petrol station just outside Milton, Good line of site for drivers and an area for them to pull over, not much traffic in the afternoon, though.


country: AU
comment:
horrible spot, the cars can see you but there's nowhere they can really pull over. Locals advise hitching at the lights so people can pull into the road at the cemetery, but its inconvenient. there's a petrol station just up the road, but it has traffic from both directions. Dont bother walking south, the speed limit goes up and theres nowhere at all for cars to stop. Try walking a bit furth back into town and there may be somewhere better. 


country: AU
comment:
a truck stop type area, good line of site for cars to see you, easy for them to pull over, and all of the traffic is heading south. Louisa and Liam got a ride in 10 mins using speed hitching.


country: AU
comment:
lots of traffic with a long line of site, nice spot for cars to pull over, mostly local traffic though so its easiest to get a ride to a town like Nowra.


country: NO
comment:
A could place, but not what I wanted (as I was going north). I waited a minute or so and then the first guy stopped and wanted to give me a ride (.. but to Stockholm). 5 minutes after the same happened. So - if you want to go to Sweden or even Stockholm, this is an excellent spot


country: NO
comment:
A good spot (Statoil petrol Station), where trucks and cars are driving south and/or north. I just the first guy I met and got a hike to Hamar (50 km North)


country: NO
comment:
I went into KlÃ¸fta (after standing at the on-ramp for a while) and a truck came by (from a industrial zone). Nice trip!


country: SE
comment:
Heading South from center over bridge past the roundabout to bus stop. Room for them to stop, all E4 traffic going south goes past here.


country: DE
comment:
not possible to go to the direction of Poland, nobody drives there and the only person who goes there is an impolite person typical for that region.


country: DE
comment:
to go to Rostock it is good, cars can see you quite early and can stop very well. the paople here are not very open, but you have to be lucky.


country: DE
comment:
you can go to this point by tram Pankow heinersdorf, some meters away is also a petrol station, at this point is also a good possibility to stop for the cars who dont stop at the station. need perhaps a paper with the destination.


country: DE
comment:
for going to LÃ¼beck, Hamburg, Rostock cars can see you early, there is some space to stop and they can take you up to the petrol station near Rostock.


country: DE
comment:
the only possibility to get into the south directly, cars see you late, but can stop very good, you have to write your destination (North or south)


country: FR
comment:
peage, many trucks go this way to clermont-Ferrant, Millau and Montpellier, very good possibility for a nighttrip because of the long way.


country: FR
comment:
was standing there for six hours, normally a good place, because there is are third way in the circulation which isn't used, but people were really unpolite. 


country: PL
comment:
Direction Poznan. There's a bus stop behind junction with traffic lights on national road 5 (E261). You can get here by trams 1, 7, 15 to Marino (last stop).


country: PL
comment:
Toll booths on motorway A4 (E40) direction Katowice, Wroclaw, Germany. You can get nearby by bus 208, 292 or local train to Port Lotniczy (Airport).


country: DE
comment:
OMV Gas station (first after german border; many germans return to garmisch, but good to hike to innsbruck too)


country: GB
comment:
Hopefully I have marked this spot right! To get to Brighton: Get the 109 bus from Brixton and get off when the bus starts going a different way from the 'Brighton' signs. This spot is on the M23, next to a row of shops with space for parking outside (great for people to pull into!) It's opposite a big pub too.


country: PL
comment:
Petrol station on expressway direction north towards Lodz, Warszawa, Gdansk. You can get here by bus 805 from bus station in Katowice to Szpital Wojewodzki (hospital). Get off at the last stop. From Sosnowiec take bus 26 or 299.


country: PL
comment:
Petrol station on the bypass, direction Torun, Lodz, Poznan. You can get close to this spot by free bus 807 from Gdansk Zabianka, or bus 7 from Gdynia Karwiny going to Osowa Shopping Centre.


country: PL
comment:
Bus stop on national road 6, just behind the end of S6 bypass. You can get here by SKM local train to Gdynia Chylonia.


country: PL
comment:
Merge lane and bus stop on national road 6 direction Koszalin, Szczecin, Berlin. You can get here by SKM local train to Wejherowo station which is just 50m from the spot.


country: PL
comment:
Petrol station on the bypass, direction Szczecin, Berlin. You can get here by free bus 807 from Gdansk Zabianka, or bus 7 from Gdynia Karwiny going to Osowa Shopping Centre.


country: PL
comment:
Direction east towards Lodz, Warszawa (motorway A2) or southeast towards Katowice (national road 11), so make a sign. You can get there by any tram going to Rondo Rataje. This dual carriegeway is a main road connecting Poznan with A2 from the east. Popular spot.


country: DE
comment:
It's allright to go direction North (A9 direction Hof, Berlin), but people might have to stop at the entrance of the motorway... nevermind, lots of people did so and I got lifts after 30 min max!


country: DE
comment:
If you wanna go South the A9 to Nuremberg, Munich, it works well! There is a trafficlight, and you stand on the other side of the road, so if you have a sign "N" the people see you and have time to think about taking you. I never waited longer than 15 minutes.


country: PL
comment:
to Torun, Lodz (A1): Bus stop. It takes 15 min walk from Railway Station.
Just after 2nd traffic lights after big crossroads (Okopowa x Podwale przedmiejskie)


country: CA
comment:
Excellent moyen de sortir de MontrÃ©al vers l'est.  Prendre l'autobus pour Repentigny (dÃ©part mÃ©tro Radisson) et dÃ©barquer a la gare d'Ã©change.  Une lÃ©gÃ¨re marche sur la rue de la Fayette et vous Ãªtes sur une entrÃ©e d'autoroute trÃ¨s passante ou il y a mÃªme une lumiere de circulation.  80% des gens passant a cette endroit empruntent l'autoroute.


country: PL
comment:
Junction with traffic lights in the direction Walcz, Szczecin. You can get nearby by bus no. 2 from city centre. 


country: DE
comment:
I used this spot as filter from Berin drivers... here stops only people who goes to south (Dresden, Czech) or east (Poland). If you are going south you can ask drivers at Berlin ring going to Poland drop you here. Just filter.


country: DE
comment:
Most comfortable gasstation ever :-) Especialy good spot at morning. If none is at gas station you can try bus stop 30 meters away, where drivers can easily stop.


country: DE
comment:
I DonÂ´t know where exactly, but walking this street it taked us about ten minutes to stop a car to OsnabrÃ¼ck (in three people). Maybe just good luck.


country: PL
comment:
Junction with traffic lights in the direction Koszalin, Kolobrzeg. You can get nearby by bus no. 2 from city centre. 


country: NL
comment:
According to maps in the city there is a gas station on the way to the highway. In fact it was already closed.


country: IE
comment:
I was dropped off at Kilmeaden as it attaches to the Cork Road. But i think the map is wrong here.Anyway, Going to Cork, I waited 5 minutes at the bus stop in the village before the Centra Shop.Its a busy road which i do believe the village is on the main Cork-Waterford Road


country: IE
comment:
Going to tramore, once you get to the bus stop opposite Superquinn, load of cars travelling for the short journey.Otherwise you could get the bus for â‚¬3


country: IE
comment:
going to Kilcrohane, u take the road to Durrus I waited 10 minutes for a local to pick me up but sometimes you might have to wait longer as its a quiet road down the Sheep's Head


country: DE
comment:
The bus station 'Beiertheim West' makes a good hitchihking spot for direction south, but shoud also work for East (Stuttgart) or West (Landau). Reachable by bus no. 062, but also by tram no. 2 to 'WelfenstraÃŸe' or by walking from the main station into 'EbertstraÃŸe' (10 Minutes'.


country: PL
comment:
Bus stop in the direction Gorzow Wielkopolski, Zielona Gora, Wroclaw and Poznan. You can get here by buses 79, 73(Z) from Basen Gorniczy where you can get by trams 7 and 8 from the centre of Szczecin.


country: PL
comment:
Direction Swinoujscie and Koszalin, GdaÅ„sk. Slip road on the motorway A6 junction with small lay-by. 


country: DE
comment:
Gas station and restpoint. great place for hitchhiking to Magdeburg, Berlin and further. we spent about five minutes asking for lift.


country: IE
comment:
Going to Waterford, once you passed the ring road roundabout, anywhere past Springhill Hotel is good but a little further on nearer to the Rugby Club is perfect for cars to pull in.Only waited 10 minutes when I stopped at the rugby club


country: IE
comment:
Going to Kilkenny,waited 40 minutes as its not a busy road.Once you get past Lidl roundabout, you're laughing but there isnt a high volume of traffic going that direction.


country: GB
comment:
Walk past MacDonalds and the big supermarket in the North of Newry. You will then see a grey patch alongside the road to stand.


country: IE
comment:
For Limerick and the South West. There is alot of local traffic so it could be wise to put "Mountrath" on your sign as this town nearby has many service stations.


country: FR
comment:
I love this spot. Excellent for both directions, easy to get a lift to Geneva if going north and to Torino or Milan if going south.
Cars are passing REALLY slow, and all the traffic is coming through this tunnel.


country: FI
comment:
Kyltin kanssa, mutta saattaa ottaa ainaa (testattu juhannusliikenteessÃ¤, noin 2,5 tunnin odotuksella)


country: GB
comment:
A very nice quiet place. The road towards Porlock is not that easy to hitchhike, but you'll arive. Passing London is the hardest part.


country: FR
comment:
BrianÃ§on. Si vous allez vers Grenoble, ce spot est plus que correct. 
En sortant de la ville,suivre les panneaux indiquant Grenoble par la D1091, 100 mÃ¨tres aprÃ¨s le virage du McDonald, lever le pouce sur le trottoir, les voitures ne vont pas vite et ont beaucoup de place pour s'arrÃªter dans sur le bas-cÃ´tÃ© en face d'un magasin.

Heading to Grenoble : Follow the 'Grenoble' sign and 100 meters after the McDonald's turn, there's a big side for the cars to stop.


country: IT
comment:
not this much traffic, hard to find someone going to the next service station after trento, to trento no problem


country: IT
comment:
autostop already forbidden here, better write a sign (because highway divides), hide from carabinieri, or ask at the peage. not cool place when it is hot and sunny


country: IT
comment:
most of the traffic from the northern lake garda to the motorway is crossing this point, maybe more useful at the weekends where more tourists go over here


country: IE
comment:
Not a great place. 45 min wait (maybe i was unlucky)for lift to Ennis. if you are going to Limerick you shouldnt have to wait so long


country: IE
comment:
Excellent spot, my average waiting time has been about 5 minutes. You can walk here from the city centre (20-30 mins) 


country: IE
comment:
I have marked 3 points on this road where i had absolutely no luck getting a lift during a 2 hour period. This one is just at the entrance to Lidl. 0 cars stopped


country: IE
comment:
Walk past the travel lodge, over the bridge. theres a Maxol garage (i think) on the left. Got a lift to dublin after about 5 minutes.


country: IE
comment:
My third position on this road was just before the entrance to a B&B (cant remember the name). Yet again zero cars stopped.


country: IE
comment:
Such a frustrating road. There is a lot of traffic entering the industrial estate here so i kept getting my hopes up seeing people pulling in to stop only for them to drive through the gates!


country: IE
comment:
Another good spot on the way to Lahinch/Cliffs of Moher, theres also a gas station here so good space for cars to stop. Average wait 10-15 mins.


country: IE
comment:
Just infront of the Garda Station this is a decent spot i use regularly going to Ennis/Limerick. Average waiting time is about 15 minutes.


country: IE
comment:
In front of the parking lot beside gas station. If your heading towards Ennistymon stay here, the road ahead is fast, twisty and with nowhere for cars to stop.


country: GB
comment:
this LOOKS as if itis on the A1 where motorway regulations apply- dangerous & illegal to hitch from here!
Approx 2000m NW along A1 might be legal


country: FR
comment:
Stood there right before the entrance to the A7; took me 5 minutes to get a lift to a service station


country: FR
comment:
Spain: excellent, many trucks heading southwards
Toulouse, Bordeaux: senseless. I resigned and walked to the train station of Narbonne


country: FR
comment:
Excellent spot. An algerian man passes by at around 7:30am on his way home from work and he gives all the hitchhikers a lift. So get up early ;-)


country: HR
comment:
This bus stop is the best place along this road. It still took an hour to get a lift, but at least there is plenty of traffic, and a good place for them to stop.


country: FR
comment:
Don't stand there as a girl - you're very likely to be taken as a prostitute. Very easy to get to the Belgium border though, but rather try the other side of the rails...


country: PL
comment:
A2 motorway junction in both directions east (Warsaw) and west (Berlin). You can get here by bus no. 71 from bus stop Zamek. No emergency lanes and mostly local trafic.


country: SK
comment:
Good place for Czech Republic, Zilina and Bratislava. 
It's rebuilded, so it is not so good anymore.


country: CA
comment:
Easy to hitch, however there is nearly no traffic, it is more valuable to use a parallel Regional Road with more traffic.


country: CA
comment:
Toward Quebec: There isn't much space for a car to pull over and it isn't the most convenient spot but with patience you can catch a long distance ride


country: CA
comment:
Northward: Local traffic but there is possibility one of the few car will stop. If you are heading to St-Basile, stay by the ramp so that industrial truck can coming slowly from the highway can stop for you


country: DJ
comment:
Toward Djibouti or Arta: (Carrefour d'Arta) Be patient as traffic is very scarce but you definitely can manage a ride (PS toward Djibouti, do not stop in Balbala)


country: SK
comment:
In direction of Poprad Presov DolnÃ½ KubÃ­n, Namestovo, TvrdoÅ¡Ã­n, LiptovskÃ½ MikulÃ¡Å¡ and RuÅ¾omberok


country: FR
comment:
Really hard to leave there. Got dropped and couldn't keep on. Try to avoid the N, because you can't reach the Highway easily (tried but couldn't get in). I (a girl) got hit on by a 'little person', who asked for sex for a ride, after I got in. Be careful.


country: FR
comment:
Truck stop close to here, just walk along and you'll find it. I got lucky I guess, but check it out if you're stuck.


country: US
comment:
Walk there from the border to hitch further north. You are sure to catch all traffic and not be causing/getting any problems with the authority


country: US
comment:
North on I-89: Difficult for a car to pull aside and dense traffic along Williston Rd but feasible if a car pull in the gas station court


country: EE
comment:
Take a trolley or a buss from city center and start from here if you are going to Paldiski-direction.


country: NL
comment:
South to Tubbergen; 

Just past the roundabout. No hard shoulder, but slow traffic. Took me 35 minutes to get a ride here.


country: NL
comment:
South towards Tubbergen;
No hard shoulders, and lots of traffic pulling up fast. It might work outside of rush hour, but don't put your money on it.


country: FR
comment:
Lots of hotels around here, we tried asking around on the parking lots, pretty good to go to Calais or Lille, maybe some plaace else, lots of foreign cars and such...


country: EE
comment:
To Mustvee, JÃµhvi and Narva
wide road, good visibilty, 50-70km/h speeds. Road is ready since 2007, it's not under construction.


country: FR
comment:
We didn't have time to put up a stop sign, we were standing on the entry of the station and someone pulled over for us. Pretty fast go.


country: FR
comment:
Last stop on the highway to change to the A77, to Clermont, Nevers, Moulins, most people are going to Lyon but truckers will take you. Seems easy to go to Lyon from there.


country: FR
comment:
Very hard to get to Paris, people there are going everywhere... When we were trying Paris, many were going to Brussels, and the other way around the next time. It takes a while to get out!


country: LT
comment:
main way but not so much traffic and people are senseless... if you are lucky like me(i found car to Hamburg) you can stand an hour...


country: PL
comment:
i really agree with cincinatik .) easy to arrive and easy to find car... you able to ask to drive where you wanna go...


country: EE
comment:
To Tallinn and MÃ¤o crossroad in central Estonia
Low speeds, wide road (bus stop), close to city center


country: GB
comment:
good spot for getting onto a11 from m11, delivery drivers with sat navs often take this route rather than junction to south, wide road slow traffic after r'bout


country: PL
comment:
there is a petrol station opposite side of your HH point after circle cross road... pretty good place to LT, LV...


country: PL
comment:
there is no more good point to LT, LV, EST, RU from Biavystok... easy to arrive here from city center with bus...


country: PL
comment:
you really don't wanna stuck in here... a lot of car but not picker... i waited 2 hours on summer time, imagine it... if you can find some don't stop until next village, because there is night clubs per 200m...


country: PL
comment:
when you arrive here you almost finished of way to Warsaw .) which place do you want to arrive ask to driver...


country: FR
comment:
PÃ©age de Fleury (connu aussi sous le nom de Fontainebleau). En 10 min vous trouvez pour Lyon (30 min en pÃ©riode de vacances). Si vous allez Ã  Lyon ne vous arrÃªtez pas avant, ne montez pas dans les voitures ne passant pas le pÃ©age de Villefranche, vous risquez de perdre pas mal de temps pour retrouver une autre voiture.

Paystation "Fleury" or "Fontainebleau". Very good place to Lyon (10 min, 30 since the holydays)


country: FR
comment:
En franÃ§ais pour les franÃ§ais ^^
RER D direction Melun, arrÃªt Villabe (attention il n'y en a pas beaucoup qui y passent, un par heure environ. La ligne est compliquÃ©e). Un quart d'heure de marche depuis la gare, tendre le pouce Ã§a marche une fois sur deux.
De la station demandez au moins le pÃ©age de Fontainebleau.


country: FR
comment:
PÃ©age de Villefranche.
Direct pour Paris (10 min d'attente, une demi-heure en pÃ©riode de vacances). Il est dÃ©conseiller de monter dans une voiture qui n'y va pas directement : perdre 5 min ici vaut mieux que perdre une heure dans le dÃ©sert sÃ©parant Lyon et Paris.
Direction Lyon, on attend pas plus de 2 min avec un beau panneau et un beau sourire.

Ask direct for Paris (about 10 min waiting if you smile and move), don't stop before if you don't want to wait a long time in the French desert. For Lyon, you will wait 2 min.


country: DE
comment:
this place is awsome! there is a trafficlight directly before the motorway. and its easy to reach with line 18


country: FR
comment:
Direction Grenoble ou Italie, demandez aux gens de vous amener au moins au "pÃ©age des Marches", et de lÃ  Grenoble (Panneau conseillÃ©)

To Grenoble or Italie. If the car doesn't go in Grenoble or Italie, ask the driver to let you in "pÃ©ages des Marches" few kilometers ago.


country: FR
comment:
Meilleur dÃ©part vers Annecy ou Lyon. Mettez-vous sur le terre-plein central au niveau du feu (ils tournent Ã  gauche aprÃ¨s le carrefour), remontez la file de voiture au feu rouge. Si il fait beau (fenÃªtres ouvertes), n'hÃ©sitez pas Ã  demander directement au gens. Demander au moins le pÃ©age, entre 10 min et 1h d'attente.

Best start to Lyon or Annecy. Ask to the people in the left. Ask for the pay station.


country: FR
comment:
DÃ©part vers Grenoble et ChambÃ©ry. Des feux partout, on dÃ©colle trÃ¨s vite au moins jusqu'au pÃ©age de St Quentin Fallavier. Mais il n'y a pas beaucoup de place pour les gens pour s'arrÃªter (des places de parking toujours prises), c'est pas trÃ¨s confortable. Les feux sont coordonnÃ©s, il faut repÃ©rer ceux qui retiennent le plus de voiture, gÃ©nÃ©ralement ils prennent quand ils sont arrÃªtÃ©s.

A lot of lights, choose the one which stop a lot of cars. To Grenoble or Chambery, it works very good. Ask for the pay station "St Quentin Fallavier"


country: BE
comment:
just outside the city center of veurne across the Q8 gasoline station, there's place to stop for cars, plenty of cars coming from the seaside (koksijde and De Panne) goin direction Brussels.   not a good place if you wish to go direction france.


country: DE
comment:
A trafficlight just before the ramp on the way to the ferry at Puttgarden. Good place to ask for rides.


country: DE
comment:
Another Short Cut locals use to get from Hinterzarten towwards BÃ¤rental. Highly frequented during winter season, this road is empty in summer. 


country: SE
comment:
A busstop to Malmo. Waited here 2 hours to go to GÃ¶tenborg(and eventually anywhere better than this place). I tried different signes and no signs, it didn't helped. Take with you some Swedish Kronas so you could take the bus.


country: DK
comment:
From the ferry to Denmark, it's a very bad place. Every half an hour everyone rushes off the ferry. The Danish and Swedish people don't have place because the car is full of alcohol. Than there's no one for half an hour.


country: NL
comment:
For direction Deventer/Hengelo. Very little eastbound traffic makes use of this ramp, use ramp by Zutphensestraat instead.


country: NL
comment:
Southbound direction Arnhem/Eindhoven. Not a great ramp, but most of the traffic using this ramp heads south.


country: NL
comment:
Good ramp for direction east, catches most of the Apeldoorn traffic. Negative side is that it's a long way out of town.


country: GB
comment:
Good place for hitch-hiking onto M40 - 1.5 miles away from Uxbridge station. Make sure the driver is going straight through on M40, and not on M25


country: NO
comment:
I stood here for about 30 min and got a ride with a guy who was going to Sandvika, He was nice enough to drive to Asker and dropped me off at a gas station by E18. The second person I asked there gave me a ride to my final destination in TÃ¸nsberg:)


country: GB
comment:
An ok place to get rides after getting off the boat, however it is a long walk, and traffic is already fast, better trying earlier on the A75 or at Cairnryan


country: DE
comment:
good station to go further south and to go the A70 (west: Bamberg, WÃ¼rzburg)
And u can go back from here, coz there is this bridge restaurant, maybe if u missed the A4 ;)


country: IE
comment:
After Maxol Station on Limerick Road, wait near bus stop as Its easy for cars to pull in there. Only had to wait 10 minutes


country: DE
comment:
To Berlin or Nuremberg, with a sign is better. You have to find the Porches Museum to hitch-Hick in this place


country: TR
comment:
it s another perfect place to go ankara and east of turkey... opposite of anadolu uni. and possible to see another student hitchhiker .)


country: DE
comment:
Friday evening, about 6/7oclock... not so may cars - it took quite a while, longer than i expected, but in the end alright


country: DE
comment:
Thats the station ive been so often. accessible from nÃ¼rnberg. cars at almost every time... 
waited here 1min to 1hour (3 oclock at night!). average: 10min


country: DE
comment:
wanted to go south(A73->A9), took quite a while (30-45min), but better then the huge junction about 300m south i would say


country: IT
comment:
aks the people directly when the need to press the button/pay. could be illegal, but after 10min i got a ride


country: AT
comment:
Very small petrol station, but also a toll station where the cars need to stop and open the window, but it took ages...


country: IT
comment:
Very small petrol station, wrong side for cars on the way to the highway...
better go to the toll station 300m away!!!


country: IT
comment:
Wanted to hitchhike from here further north to austria, but all cars just go to Verona or at the junction in front of Verona west or east... (didnt speak italy)


country: DE
comment:
West towards Nordhorn/Oldenzaal; just passed the K&K supermarket. Most cars passing here will be going at least towards the Bad Bentheim ramp on the motorway A30.


country: IT
comment:
Take a bus from Bologna to somewhere here(comes over the bridge and stops close behind the runabout) and then u can walk (back) to the petrol station. To go north cross the highway at the brigdebuilding!!! (i took the tracks-mud!!!)
went north, dont speak italy, took about 20 min...


country: DE
comment:
To Nijmegen. There will be lots of people going from the airport to the city and back, and they will be using this ramp. The last flights come in around midnight, so after 0.30 it'll get really quiet here.


country: NL
comment:
Southbound; lots of traffic towards Nijmegen coming from Wageningen. Easy to get rides to Nijmegen here, ask if you can be dropped off at petrol station a few kilometres down the road if you need to get further afield.


country: NL
comment:
Traffic is thin, but almost all of it goes to Nijmegen or further, and there is ample place to stop.
Expect around 15-30 minutes on average for Nijmegen. At Hoofdstraat there is a busstop (83), which provides an alternative way of getting into the city.


country: NL
comment:
North(east)bound; not anywhere near as heavily used as the southbound ramp, although there is very little local traffic using this ramp, so most rides will be at least to Apeldoorn or Zevenaar, but likely further. Westbound traffic usually uses the Wageningen ramp on the A12.


country: DE
comment:
Allertal West; Extremely well used raststÃ¤tte on the A7, due to its location on the stretch of autobahn where all the traffic to Hamburg/Bremen and Hannover/Rhein-Ruhr converge. To the north the A27 and A7 merge, to the south the A352/A2 and A7. Probably the best spot north of Hannover, stood here for 90 seconds trying to get out...


country: PL
comment:
A2 motorway toll booths. You can hitch from here in both directions towards Berlin or Warsaw. There is a bus 108 from Ogrody in Poznan to Dopiewiec (village nearby)


country: IE
comment:
Stand at traffic lights and approach stopped cars. Great for Belfast and other places north of Dublin.


country: DE
comment:
Ramp 28; south: Horrible ramp with very little place to safely stop, but so much traffic that the statistics start working in your favour. Stood here for 40 minutes in direction OsnabrÃ¼ck. 


country: PL
comment:
Direction north towards Pila, Koszalin, Baltic Coast. There's a merge lane with bus stop. Trams 9 and 11 come very close to this place. Traffic jam happens quite often there so cars don't speed up.


country: PL
comment:
Direction northeast towards Gdansk, Bydgoszcz, Torun. It's a bus stop so there's a place to pull over. You can get here from Rondo Srodka by bus 73. Very popular spot.


country: PL
comment:
Petrol station on national road 92. You can hitch towards Warsaw from here. There are two trams coming very close to this place: no 6 and 8.


country: DE
comment:
A4 & A9
very good for direction east, but couldnt get a ride to direction south on A9 from here after 1.5 hours, maybe it was only bad luck but i could see only a very few cars going that way if any. had to walk through the forest to the other restplace east from here on A9, if you like challenge and have time maybe you can do the same though wouldnt really recommend.


country: DE
comment:
A9 southbound
good for direction NÃ¼rnberg&MÃ¼nchen, restplace on the other side is accessible via tunnel from the hotel bit north from here


country: DE
comment:
many directions (east-south)
bus stop after traffic lights, enough space to stop and cars are not so fast. take bus 44 from centre to here or walk here from trainstation. 


country: DE
comment:
big restplace
many hungarian and international trucks and cars, if you are lucky you may get a long distance hitch  (got one from here to Budapest, 600 kms, made things easy:))


country: DE
comment:
A4
bus stop before traffic lights so enough space for cars to stop and they are not driving that fast. accesible with s-bahn from centre (Platanenstrasse) +5 minutes walk


country: DE
comment:
A7 and A4 N&E-bound
small petrolstation and rest place, not the best place in my consideration though a guy who was hitching here too said he has been here before and its OK


country: NL
comment:
A58 eastboud, A16, etc
very easy to get here from centre of Breda, 15 minutes with bus, get off at last stop in Ulvenhout, enough space for cars to stop in front of fire department


country: DE
comment:
A4 eastbound
From KÃ¶ln you can get here with regionalbahn25, change in overath for bus 310, go two stops and walk 15 minutes (check map before), may take some time to get here but imho better then trying to hitch out from KÃ¶ln, big rest place, many cars


country: NL
comment:
Pretty good spot for hitching towards the highway/service station there and/or towards Oldenzaal or Hengelo. Mostly a lot of traffic.


country: NL
comment:
A58 to Eindhoven
havent hitched from here but checked it out, looked promising though its not easy to get here from centre of Breda. not too many cars but who goes this way goes to direction of Eindhoven.


country: NL
comment:
N746 by Schaepmanmonument. Excellent for Almelo, always need to carry sign to get beyond Almelo though. 


country: NL
comment:
Not a good place for hitchhiking, but doable towards Bad Bentheim. In case you need to go further, make sign "Bad Bentheim" en continue from that ramp later on. Public transportation between Oldenzaal and Bad Bentheim is shite, so by appearing to be local your chances increase enormously. 


country: NL
comment:
For [b]Tubbergen. N349/N746[/b]. I hitch here twice a week on average, usually well after dark, and have always been away within 20 minutes. Take bus 23 to Canisiuscollege, and make sure you have a sign. 


country: BY
comment:
towards Moscow, Russia (day-time):
take Metro (2nd line 'Avtozavodskaya linija') to 'Mahileuskaya', then take a bus #512 to 'Sokal' get off at the turn from M1 to 'Sokal'. Spot is right after this crossroad. 


country: BY
comment:
Take Metro (2nd line 'Avtozavodskaya linija') to 'Kamennaya Horka', get off walk 50m (direction west) and hitch right from the bus stop.


country: BY
comment:
to Brest, Poland:
take Metro to the 'Istytut Kul'tury' station (1st(blue) line), then take the bus #32, #41, #103, #117, #120 to 'Druzhba' station, then  take the bus #28, #90, #132 to 'Pavarot na Malinauku' station, get out and walk 200m SW


country: BY
comment:
to Borisov, Moscow(RU) (for night-time hh):
take Metro (1st line(blue)) to 'Uruchcha' station, then get the bus #15, #99, #263 to '9-yj kilometr' station, get out and walk 0.5km NE along the road. The spot is right after junction


country: GB
comment:
There is a round about with stop lights. On this corner you will find a McDonalds. There are some cars coming from here from the centre of London to the A12/11.
Try it out and let me know
-Czar


country: CH
comment:
Good place to get a ride in ZÃ¼rich direction. Cars can stop at parking area a few meters away from the crossing.


country: US
comment:
took free shuttle from SFSU to Dali City BART, then samtrans bus for a couple bucks and got dropped off right here. got a ride in 10 minutes. great way of leaving SF.


country: PL
comment:
to Warsaw: 
take bus #103 from centrum (direction 'Choroszcz', http://www.komunikacja.bialystok.pl/rozk_start.asp 
get out at the station 'Porosly' and hitchhike right from the bus-stop
or take bus #4 from centrum (direction 'Klepacka'), get out at the station 'Makro' and walk 1km to the bus-stop 'Porosly' right after junction with E67


country: US
comment:
Good spot. only spent about 30 minutes here before i got a ride. got harassed by some coppers, but they didn't come back to check if i was still there.


country: US
comment:
decent spot, lots of room for cars to pull over, took me about 20 minutes to get a ride, and right but an intersection so cars can see you in advance.


country: DE
comment:
to the south, A3. not best place for cars to stop but it is a very busy ramp and so somebody will stop, place yourself exactly where the marker is


country: DE
comment:
not an excellent place but it's fine if you wanna leave Strasbourg in direction of Germany (u can take a quick and cheap train from STBG to Appenweier, then walk about 25min. to the gas station)


country: FR
comment:
Very efficient for a short trip from Stbg to Nancy or Metz. A cheap bus goes there in about 30min from the city center (Les Halles)


country: DE
comment:
lots of traffic heading to wasserbillig, luxembourg from here to fill there cars, enough place to stop but you will most proably get a short lift only to wasserbillig (10km)


country: SI
comment:
A good petrol station in direction of Villach, Salzburg, Germnay. Many cars stop here, all of them head at least to Austria. If you try to get after Villach, accept only rides that take the ring around the city!


country: DE
comment:
Memmingen-Ost on-ramp, Direction of Munchen. situated at the edge of town. To get there walk from the center on the MÃ¼nchner Str. for 1 kilometer till you reach the on-ramp. Then turn right where the traffic turns for direction of MÃ¼nchen, and hitchhike there while standing on the grass on the side. There is not a great place for the cars to stop, but they can always stop on the grass or stop for a second on the road if there is not much traffic. It's best to hold a M for Munich or AU for Augsburg sign. 


country: IS
comment:
Large road with a large bus stop (it's covered, so you can use it as a shelter when it's raining). Lots of people driving downtown, useful for outbound hitches as well.


country: BE
comment:
very good place to go any direction: Gent/Brussels, Roeselare/Kortrijk or Veurne/Oostende!! Use a sign, then you know when a car stops, he go's to the direction you want


country: BY
comment:
to Mogilev:
Take Metro (2nd line (red)  'Avtozavodskaya linija') to 'Mahileuskaya' station, then take a bus #512 to Sokal get off at the junction with M1. You can try hitching just after the junction or walk 1.5 km east towards junction of M4 (towards Mahileu) and M5 (towards Homel') roads.


country: UY
comment:
Because there is a toll station cars don't go too fast and there is enough place to stop. You can come here very easy by bus from Montevideo.


country: FR
comment:
not really good point for hitch-hiking but got a ride which brought us to the other end of the periferique


country: FR
comment:
easy hitch hiking to Avranches, space for stopping...this is the direct straight road to Avranches, but some drivers even from here might bring you on the slower coastal road with more panoramic views just to let you see it :) and they didn't plan to before!


country: NL
comment:
Ramp to the A28 direction Amersfoort, with traffic lights. This is the main exit road from the big Uithof university area, and is a perfect spot for mainly afternoon weekday traffic. Avg waiting time during the week: 20 minutes. And over 1,5 hours on sunday. Don't do that. 
 
Getting there: Take bus 11 to the final stop: WKZ (Wilhelmina Kinderziekenhuis), walk along the in the direction of the A28 (you'll see it), and along the hospital towards the traffic lights. 


country: BY
comment:
to Bobruisk, Gomel, Mozyr, Kyiv (UA):
Take Metro (2nd line (red)  'Avtozavodskaya linija') to 'Mahileuskaya' station, then take a bus #512 to Sokal get off at the junction with M1. You can try hitching just after the junction or walk 1.5 km east towards junction of M4 (towards Mahileu) and M5 (towards Homel') roads.


country: BR
comment:
From Floripa hitching south take a Bus to Palhoca and go to the last station, it is close to the BR101 and there is also a gasstation!


country: DE
comment:
This road leads to the motorway to Prague. Just find an empty parking or a bus station to wave your thumb.
Don't go further than NÃ¶thnitzer StraÃŸe, the road starts to get fast there.


country: RU
comment:
the best point to go to Saint-Petersburg, this place is a post of traffic police and it is full of lights


country: CZ
comment:
From town center go through street OlomouckÃ¡ and stay before some factory. Good for hitchhiking on 2pm, when all people from factory are going home. There is a lot of car, but not a really good spot to stay. You must stay at roadside.


country: CZ
comment:
From town center go through street DolnÃ­ to the highway approach ProstÄ›jov - stÅ™ed (or ask people how to go to Kralice), on the crossroad before higway turn left, go up the railway and down the highway. On the roundabout go straight and on first crossroad turn left. Good hitchplace mostly in working days because there going a lot of cars from industrial zone.


country: HR
comment:
Waited here for about 30 mins and got a ride all the way to Split. Cars were going a bit fast, but there was a bus stop where they could stop easily.


country: RS
comment:
Pay-toll ramp is great place to get a ride for places along E-70 highway (Banjaluka, Zagreb and whole Croatia, Ljubljana etc.)


country: TR
comment:
Little traffic (at least during April)... Expect to wait for quite a long time when heading east to Iznik here.


country: CZ
comment:
From citycenter take tram 7,8,9 or 17. Get out on station 17. listopadu and continue in ORIGINAL tram direction throught street OpavskÃ¡ cca. 1 km till you reach bus station. Almost all cars are going to Opava.


country: CZ
comment:
From city center go in direction to hospital (through OlomouckÃ¡ street). Stay before mad-house and find your favorite place to hitchhiking. A lot of cars are going in direction to Olomouc, but not all are going directly to the city, so you will transcend during the ride


country: CZ
comment:
From city center go to TESCO and before the store walk along highway cca. 300m in direction to Ostrava. After big crossroad you find the petrol-station with not a lot of traffic, but all cars are going to Ostrava. 


country: DE
comment:
gas station Kreuz Hegau at A 81 north.
good to north: Stutgart, Frankfurt. 
not so good to west: Freiburg, France.


country: ES
comment:
From there you can reach the highway to the north. Many cars and very safe, and on the highway there are many gas stations and bus stops.


country: FR
comment:
Good place to go south to Colmar, Mulhouse, lots of cars but not so great for the cars to stop, especially when parking places are occupied.


country: FR
comment:
No place to stop, If you find a brave/crazy driver it can work, but I advise rather the petrol stations. Direct verbal contact works the best!


country: FR
comment:
V. good spot. How to get? Bus nr 21 stop on "rue des vergers" or bus nr 89 stop "les aulnes". 21 nd 89 go from "gare de Vaise" metro D.


country: DE
comment:
Perfekt to Freiburg or Munik. West-East.
Nort-South is not perfekt but good.
double tramp Bus stations. 


country: DE
comment:
gas station at A 81.
good to south: Swizerland or Itally.
not so good to east: Lake of Konstanz, Lindau, Munik, Austria


country: FR
comment:
Perpignan Nord... Excellent pour Montpellier/Toulouse.
Prendre le bus N20 de Perpignan jusqu'au Carrefour 10 mns de marche ou train jusque Rivesaltes : 30 mns de marche.


country: FR
comment:
Premier pÃ©age en Espagne. T Bon mais attention aux tÃ©lÃ©pÃ©ages (sans arrÃªts pour les camions) et surtout aux employÃ©s espagnols du pÃ©age qui vont vous pourchasser !...


country: LT
comment:
Direction: Kaunas

The ring road and city street join here. A lot of local cars going to nearby villages.


country: GB
comment:
Layby in easy walking distance from central Manchester. Good for hitching south. Traffic fast but a good place for it to stop.


country: BA
comment:
little traffic but when you get one - you can easily get to Gradac/ Klek or somewhere else on Croatian seaside.


country: LV
comment:
Direction: Lithuania, Poland

It's easy to reach this place by public transport. Bus No.23 from central station.


country: LV
comment:
Direction: Lithuania (Kaunas, Vilnius), Poland

Bauska is a small city so it's easy to reach this end on foot. 


country: LT
comment:
Direction: Riga, Estonia

The road splits and it's usual to get dropped here. Left junction goes to Riga and right one to Birzai(Lithuanian town)


country: HR
comment:
direction Senj/Split.
traffic is quite busy but there is no really place for a car to stop.

we got our ride when the traffic was so busy that cars were standing still anyway :)


country: IT
comment:
there's a gas station. traffic is quite busy but it takes time to get a car.

Good for direction to Trieste and I assume that to Venezia as well.


country: HR
comment:
Only full tourist cars that crosses the island goes here. and that's only once every 40 min when the ferry comes. it took for us whole day to accidentally get a hitch to Hvar. 
If you will stuck there on Sunday - it's dead end - even NO buses works then and ferry comes even more rear.


country: GB
comment:
Towards Perth. Take a bus from the centre of Edinburgh towards Queens Ferry road, get out at the juction with Maybury road and walk along the raod while you find a decent spot to hitch. If you have time before hitchhiking, I suggest a walk along  the River Almond.


country: DE
comment:
Direction south on A5 (Mannheim/Karlsruhe/Basel) you can get to the Rasthof by foot. Get U6 to Heerstrasse (final stop) and cross Heerstrasse there. You must walk along the U-Bahn traks to the open field and continue the small road. Pass under the bridge and then up the hill. after a couple of meters you need to climb up on the right (i made that in April09, it was muddy, looked as if they are going to plant bushes there but there is a way to get through for sure). Like that you will get to the carpark. As its before Frankfurt you might aim for a lift to the next Rasthof, since that one is bigger and most people dont go that far. But i found a lift very easily like that. (Weekday morning at 10am) might also work for going north, but A5 leads into A7 and A4 afterwards, all the people i asked headed south!


country: DE
comment:
Very difficult to get to Berlin city from here. Most cars were going to Poland here so possibly a good place for this destination.


country: DE
comment:
Very difficult to get into city of Berlin from here. Most cars were going to Poland so if that's your route it could be a good place.


country: CH
comment:
got a ride to vevey&montreux.zebra slows down traffic&a huge parkin lot across the street.good luck!
gj.smyrna


country: FR
comment:
DIRECTION BOURGES ORLEANS OR TOULOUSE BY A20
This is the entrance of the A20 there isn't national roads to go to the north easily, so this is a goof one.
Traffic : Low, 1 car every 2 minutes
Speed : low, 30km'h
Waiting : the first car...a lucky day :)


country: DE
comment:
Very good place. A petrol station where many cars fuel before entering the highway. perfectly to reach with S-Bahn. The first driver I asked took me with him (to Hannover / A2) =)


country: DE
comment:
I can not recommend this place. Cars are passing with quite high speed and there's not much space for standing.


country: DE
comment:
AVOID this place! Other information regarding this petrol station are obsolete. Because of the new highway A113(finished in 2008) very close hardly any car goes here. I was waiting at this petrol station for a LONG time, never seen such uncrowded place. So beware. Any village gas station has higher frequency!


country: FR
comment:
for going north (nancy) or direction paris it might be allright, but never try to get to straÃŸbourg. we waited more than one hour before we decided to try it via metz (which was the better choice)


country: DE
comment:
for going north, starting in frankfurt, as it's hard to get out of the city itself.
the spot is a small parking, but you will easily find somebody to take you further north from here. you get there by taking the s-bahn S6 til "Friedrichsdorf" and get off at the terminus. then you walk to the parking and hitch a hike :)


country: AR
comment:
Peaje de San Luis, un lugar muy bueno para hacer dedo en la ruta Mendoza-Buenos aires (o viceversa!). Hay muchisimo trafico de camiones. Incluso hay un gran parador donde los camioneros duermen por la noche.


country: GB
comment:
It doesn't look like a great place as there's not much room to pull in but I've hitched twice from here and never waited more than a few mins. Good for getting to Brighton as it's just before the motorway (M23). Get the bus to Redhill and get off when you see the flyover. For more details see my blog: http://alongwayfromeden.blogspot.com/2008/01/i-missed-it-by-two-minutes.html


country: GB
comment:
Slip road going onto motorway from Birch services. Go East on M62 from here or West from other side. To get here take bus 167 from Manchester Centre, get off by The White Heart pub and walk down Whittle Lane to get to service station - 10 mins.


country: DE
comment:
Possibility to hitch towards Riesenbeck. Spot is just behind a corner, maybe better stand directly at the crossing. Not much space to stop cars, but possible.


country: CZ
comment:
Actually good spot to stand on, but take care: Hard shoulder on the left side! Traffic is okay but not too much in direction Germany. Mostly locals.


country: DE
comment:
Hard shoulder to stand on, a bit narrow but possible  to stop cars just behind the traffic lights. For direction Saerbeck, IbbenbÃ¼ren. Much traffic here. Be careful with trucks, though.


country: DE
comment:
Pretty bad spot to hitch onto the A31 or B54, fast traffic and no spots for cars to stop.Do not get out here!


country: DE
comment:
Most traffic towards Steinfurt/MÃ¼nster goes up the B54 here, but not much space to stop cars,many trucks, best option is to hitch on the traffic island


country: PL
comment:
Direction: A4 Wroclaw, Germany (north and south), France.

Excellent spot with petrol station, small parking place for trucks and bus stop.

To get there take a bus nr.238,248,258,268,278 from Bronowice Nowe or Motel Krak and get off at the bus stop named Pasternik Cmentarz (you have to give a signal to the driver to stop here!!!)

It's also good place to go to the turnpike A4(E40)


country: DE
comment:
Good spot when coming from MÃ¼nster and traffic only goes towards Greven. First crossing when entering the city, just behind the traffic lights, enough space on hard shoulder to stop cars. Sign might be useful. Much traffic here


country: CA
comment:
If traveling to Wolfville or further North, where the highways from Halifax and Dartmouth converge make a perfect place to stand.  There is a very clearly marked sign just beyond which marks where pedestrians may not pass. So long as you are before this sign, you won't have a problem with police.  I have never waited more than 10 minutes at this location during the day.


country: CA
comment:
The friendly nature of Atlantic Canadians (as opposed to Western Canadians or Torontonians for example) is clear when you hitchhike in Nova Scotia.  I have never waited more than 20 minutes for a drive, so long as you are on a common, well traveled route during the day.


country: TR
comment:
There is a petrol station and a good point for hitchhiking east to Yozgart, if you stuck into Ankara, take a bus for appr. 3 euro to Kirikalle and ask the bus driver to drop you here infront of the city.


country: ES
comment:
Take bus 44D from Murcia (instructions on Wiki). Going to the west should be fine, heading east better get on Santomera service station.


country: ES
comment:
Take bus 36 to Santomera (instructions on wiki). You can get lifts in either direction, heading north/east is very easy.


country: GB
comment:
From this service station you can get lifts in any direction, although it took me like 2 hours to meet somebody going to Edinburgh.


country: GB
comment:
Although their is space for the cars to stop, we waited quite a while. Lots of cars going south on the A92. If you want to go north, take the gas station  on the other lane.


country: DE
comment:
Would be good for heading towards Munich. However I was going to stuttgart, So I walked about 1km and crossed the autobahn (on a bridge) where I had more success.


country: DE
comment:
this is a great spot for going to leipzig or to nurmberg. Took the bus to within 200 meters of it. This spot also had a great place for the cars to stop and pick you up 


country: DE
comment:
this stoip is great if you want to go to Regensburg and further south. However I wanted to get to nuremburg. I waited 3.5 hours. Though this was in febuary, so it should be better in the summer.


country: DE
comment:
Great place, expecially as it is just on the road leading to the autobahn, and there is a great place for cars to stop. Though it is a 1km walk from the nearest s bahn stop.


country: AU
comment:
Nice wide grassy verge at this intersection, with a roadhouse across the way. Friendly locals, got a lift from the first car passing by!


country: GB
comment:
An early start and a bit of walking from LochCarron, we waited here and got a lift after a few cars.


country: FR
comment:
Excellent!
the first/last peage on A1 Lille-Paris. When exiting Lille wait to get directly to here - you will get a ride till next peage in maximum 5-10 minutes. If heading to Lille, wait for direct trip instead of accepting gas station as there are barely no traffic in gas stations


country: DE
comment:
Excellent rest-area and petrolstation with a bridge connecting both sides. Great for hitching onto the A3, into both directions. Siegburg main trainstation with connections to Bonn (20 minutes) is half an hour walk.


country: TR
comment:
it s perfect place to go bursa, istanbul, izmir, kÃ¼tahya, canakkale...eskisehir students get used to HH from there...also easy to arrive...u can take tram from city center if your bag is heavy...just stand near the bus station...


country: ES
comment:
Stood here hours, first wit a sign: Madrid, after 2 hours just with thumb: and some cars stoped (yes, the old rule!) u need to speak spanish, otherwise very difficult!!!
thought u can speak to drivers at the tollstation, but they stop just for a few seconds...


country: SK
comment:
Great spot for hh in direction of Hungary (Miskolc, Budapest). Try to hh with a sign from the bus stop, it shouldn't take too long. look at hitchwiki article of arrival details.


country: FR
comment:
DIRECTION CLERMONT - MONTPELLIER
"AIRE DU LARZAC" - GASTATION
A good place to find a driver, ask direclty is always better...
Waiting : 30min/1h
Speed : low
Traffic : 5 cars by minute go in the gastation


country: FR
comment:
DIRECTION TOULOUSE - NIMES - MONTPELLIER
It's working night and day a toll on the highway, so get profit of that opportunity !
Waiting : 20/30minutes
Speed : 35 km/h
Traffic : high


country: DE
comment:
great chance in all directions! On a fuelstation at Highway A3 from south- to noth- germany (munich to cologne). I used it twice (workdays at 6.oo AM and 9.oo PM) and wait under 5 min.


country: FR
comment:
DIRECTION BLOIS -TOURS
A very good roundabount and a large place for stop cars !
Great for your adventure
Waiting : 5/10 minutes
Speed : 35 km/h
Traffic : 5 cars / 1 minute


country: FR
comment:
DIRECTION ORLEANS - TOURS 
Hey don't stop there cars go to fast !
If you're here try to stop the cars for the intersection...
Waiting : 1h/40min
Speed : 90 km/h
Traffic : 5 cars by minute


country: FR
comment:
DIRECTION ORLEANS - FOLOW THE LOIRE RIVER
see some beutifuls landscapes of this place called "val des chÃ¢teaux", your just at the door of the "Sologne", a very interesting place 
Waiting : 30sec / 10 min


country: FR
comment:
DIRECTION CLERMONT - MONTPELLIER
This is the toll of the viaduc, drivers paid about 6 euros to cross the bridge... However This is stricly forbidden to hitchike on the viaduc and also at this toll for security reason. They are obligated to eject you from the toll for a bad roundabout where there is no body...
So try to don't stop there, the gastation 10 km in the south is better "aire du larzac"


country: NL
comment:
small but busy gas station. Good staring point from Amstelveen. Good to go direction south, Utrecht. Bus station "Dorpstraat" is about 400m east of it and lines 166, 186, 187, 215, 216, and 622 go there.


country: FR
comment:
DIRECTION PARIS - TOURS
A toll is always a good place, and ths one is in the north near from the industries, so maybe good to go really far with a truck.
Waiting : 15/ 25 min
Traffic : 15 cars and truck by minute
Speed : low (toll)


country: RO
comment:
relatively good for going west f.e. arad, or cluj. startet her at least 3 times, average waiting: 25min


country: CZ
comment:
arrived here once about 1oclock at night, stood here for 5hours in the winter, not many cars/trucks came trough. hard route at night i guess


country: FR
comment:
DIRECTION BLOIS-TOURS
Keep walking to the east, there is a little sidewalk, people can stop anywhere...
Waiting : 5/10 minutes
Speed : 40 km/h
Traffic : 25 cars by minutes 


country: FR
comment:
DIRECTION BLOIS-TOURS
Anyway the sidewalk is too big and the speed too fast. However it works better when the traffic is low and if you have a sign to "st jean de la ruelle", keep walking...
DIRECTION PARIS Take the bus to go to the toll is the best solution


country: NO
comment:
From Fauske in the direction of Narvik. Again, for a guy and a girl - 5 mins, but my two male friends spent dozen of hours trying to hh from Fauske.


country: DE
comment:
Theres not much Traffic but its the best place to hike to west (A3) and north (A93). Ask to get to Rasthof Jura (Neumarkt). You can reach the spot from the IKEA Bus stop.


country: DE
comment:
A big truckstop and gas station. Just ask the drivers to get every direction you like. Go there from train stop Burgweinting via Junkerstr. and Burgweintingerstr. (500m). To Burgweinting there is at least one train per hour from Hauptbahnhof. 


country: DK
comment:
Hitchable when heading west of E20. Make sure to be on the northernmost on-ramp of the two joining each other.


country: RU
comment:
Take train from Belorusskaya to Kubinka. Exellent position behind traffic police station and wide roadside.


country: DE
comment:
Good spot for hitchhiking towards Salzbergen, Neuenkirchen, Rheine. You could use the side road for hitchhiking, but cars can also stop along the road easily.


country: DE
comment:
Crossroads with traffic lights, space one the sidewalk to stop (bicycle track). On sunday noon I waited approx. 15 min for a hike to Karlsruhe.


country: TR
comment:
People are cocky here on the way to Antalya, just before the tunnel. They even don't see you standing beside the road. Expect to wait hour(s).


country: SE
comment:
On the morning of a workday, this was a good spot to head southwards to Sundsvall or Uppsala. 

Waiting time: 15-? min.


country: DE
comment:
execellent position if you need a short lift to remagen (bonn) or andernach (koblenz) on the other side of the road


country: NL
comment:
Good spot for going south: between the traffic lights and the emergency side road. Good because it has loads and loads of traffic. Downside is little place to stop.


country: DE
comment:
it is not easy to get a lift from here. the drivers will see you late because of the curve and the bridge in front of you, also there is not to many traffic. it might require luck to get away


country: DE
comment:
very populated place, most tourists starts hiking to the brocken (highest mountain in the harz) from here, also wintersport tourist will most probably have a parking here. in the afternoon many of them are leaving to the north (Bad Harzburg, Braunschweig) it will be no problem t o get a lift. near this parking you can also find small restaurants and clean toilets.


country: RU
comment:
Perfect spot to hitch out of town direction M18. From train station, trolleybus #1 or #8, get out at the first roundabout (you see a big supermarket on the other side of the street)


country: DE
comment:
not much traffic is leaving from here. you will have great look over the mosel valley. on a sunny day more cars may stop here, but you will definetly have problems to leave from here when it is rainy, foggy or dark!


country: DK
comment:
So far, I've only used it once. It took me 10-15 minutes before a truck pulled over. Recommended if heading south (Vejle, Germany or Copenhagen). A sign towards Vejle was helpful.


country: PT
comment:
Last roundabout before the highway, good for both ways North (Braga, ValenÃ§a, Spain) or South (Porto, Coimbra, Lisbon) 


country: DE
comment:
Ferryhitching is a great way to reach the nearest petrol station. Walk around and ask everyone during the journey to/from Denmark. See scandlines.de for info about departures.


country: DK
comment:
The guards wont allow you to hitch onto the ferry to Germany (and save the 7 â‚¬ for passage on foot)


country: DE
comment:
Really good spot for heading southwards towards Frankfurt and Mannheim. A lot of students in cars pass by during daytime. Waiting time: 5-? min.


country: DE
comment:
Petrol station southwards. A great place to head south to Hannover, GÃ¶ttingen, Kassel. Or maybe east towards Berlin.
Waiting time: 5-? min.


country: RO
comment:
If you want to go to Tg.Mures, Cluj, Oradea  this is the best spot you can find. It's great to use a poster but not necessary especialy if you travel just around this area. Have a good journey!
FBY


country: DE
comment:
Nice heavy trafficed spot. Ask drivers for a ride when they are waiting for a green light. 
Waiting time: 1-30 min. during rush hour.


country: DE
comment:
Petrol station with a lot of drivers heading west. I was there late evening on a wednesday and did'nt have any luck.


country: DE
comment:
Petrol station with a lot of trafic going through. If going west to Saarbrucken, Metz, Paris then first hitch a west ride to the next service area (Pfalz). Waiting time: 30 min.


country: DE
comment:
Service area with a lot of trafic going through in both directions. Perfect when hitching to Saarbrucken, Metz, Paris and in the other dir. Mannheim, Frankfurt AM. Waiting time: 5-45 min.


country: DK
comment:
Good if you want to go south to RÃ¶dby. Take a train to Ny Ellebjerg st. and head southwest to the junction. There you can stand just after a busstop.
Waiting time: 30-60 minutes.


country: DK
comment:
Good if you want to ride with truckers southward. Take a train to Ny Ellebjerg st. and head southwest to the junction. Be there at about 5 in the morning. Waiting time: unknown


country: HU
comment:
Front of the Kakasdi fatemplom(Kakasd wooden church) is there a busstop, where I got most quickest pickup of my life. The first car stoped. 3 second!!!


country: AR
comment:
Have a spots of trucks that will go to Chile or Brazil. In the Street Ridrigez PeÃ±a have a Petrol station that have a lot brazilians drivers.


country: AR
comment:
Peaje apenas pasando CaÃ±uelas, sobre RN3. Excelente para viajar haciar el sur. Para llegar desde BsAs. tomar el 88 en Plaza Once que va a San Miguel del Monte y pedir bajar en el peaje de CaÃ±uelas.


country: JP
comment:
I waited in Tosu interchange, and looked for a right car for cc. 1 hour. Finally a family looked me, and invited me to their car. 


country: HU
comment:
Here is a good place in the curve. Here can stop the car which goes to Keszthely or HÃ©vÃ­z. Because the curve is dangerous the cars must go slowly. Here is relatively heavy traffic. I'm hitchhiked 2 times, and the pickup everytime was cc.5 minutes.


country: AR
comment:
Control de cargas policial en GÃ¼er Aike. TODOS los camiones que van en ambas direcciones deben parar, es excelente! Pedirle a la policÃ­a que te consiga viaje.


country: CH
comment:
Direction CHUR, SARGANS according to a friend, but i have never tried it myself and cannot tell you the exact point where to stand. You should ride there before and check, But this street leads to the highway (via Manessestrasse) 


country: CH
comment:
For hitching EASTBOUND (Winterthur, St. Gallen/Austria) I have never tried myself yet, but will do so soon. I know you can sort of walk onto the lead of the highway but theres no space for the cars to stop. all traffic that comes from the east, needs to get through town, following E41. But they usually use the tunnel. So maybe you only try this point in case the other one at Bucheggstrasse does not work. Catch a tram to Milchbuck (7, 9, 10, 14) and then follow the road to "oerlikon", you will see the signs for the cars pointing out Highway and Wintertur/St.gallen


country: CH
comment:
For hitching EASTBOUND (St. GALLEN, AUSTRIA) I hitched on sunday noon, lots of traffic still though. result will most likely be better on other days and hours
cars who connect to the highway come out of the tunnel and use the next tunnel right away. stand almost on the street with a BIG sign. How to get there: Tram or bus to BUCHEGGPLATZ and walk 2 mins, across the road and to the left. just follow the sings for the cars. the street name is Bucheggstrasse, stand at height of crossing with Guggachstrasse 
I got a lift after about 30 mins, considering the time and day it was not too bad. 


country: FR
comment:
for direction paris rouen lille
u can take a bus to the "centre commercial" and walk 1 km to the service station :)
nusti


country: CZ
comment:
From railroad station take tram 8 or 10 and go to the station "OsovÃ¡" (from other places you can take other trams, which came to this station). There change for bus number 401 or 402 and go to the station "PopÅ¯vky - Vintrovna". Don't worry that you'r out of the city. When you get off from the bus, go cca. 500m in the bus direction and you will see the petrol station.


country: DE
comment:
Kleiner Rastplatz: Am Entenfang 
Toiletten, Polizei, Telefonzelle

Autobahnpolizei stÃ¶rt sich nicht an Trampern

GegenÃ¼ber Rastplatz Stockweg, weniger benutzt

ca. 45min FuÃŸweg von S-Bahn GroÃŸenbaum, lohnt sich aber fast immer. (Oder Fahrrad am Waldrand anketten)


country: PT
comment:
folks come and go to surrounding villages from the airport. buses to faro and other places around, depends on your further way.


country: DE
comment:
Rastplatz Ohligser Heide

Seit Jahren mein Startrastplatz Richtung Frankfurt

Nie lÃ¤nger als 20Min gewartet(m)


country: ES
comment:
This place you can use if you want to go north (Madrid, AndÃºjar). Its not a good place to stand, so you better search a bit for another one, and only use this if you dont find anything else. Posted the 13th January 2009


country: US
comment:
wait here a while and you are bound to get a ride sometime and it is next to a wal-mart so you can get food and drink and supplies becarefull the cops here are a bit touchy


country: ES
comment:
Here you can find a couple of gas stations that people use before going to: Pamplona, Bilbao, San SebastiÃ¡n or even France.


country: FR
comment:
Peage in the east of city. Fantastic. Also big restaurant/service station not too far away. Check out hitchwiki entry.


country: FR
comment:
There is a big service station for many vehicles going North-West to Paris and South-East to Lyon. It is not good for traffic goin East to Metz, etc. 


country: US
comment:
Although technically 'illegal' in Utah, HHing from Cache Valley to Salt Lake City is super easy.  Just make sure you keep walking so you don't break the law!  I've had mormon families pick me up, couples, and the sad lonely old man.


country: FR
comment:
This is the best spot to Paris!

This is the last gas station before the toll. With restaurant and a large gas station.

I usually ask for there from Bordeaux when drivers don't use the A10. 


country: DE
comment:
heading east (Dresden): spot is close to final station of line 15, but just few cars actually go for Dresden (have a sign, average of 45 mins so far)


country: DE
comment:
Heres a parking lot where many cars stop and the street right after the traffic lights has a service lane where people can stop after they go to the highway!


country: FR
comment:
To reach this gas station:

Take the Tramway A, to "GraviÃ¨res".  Follow the street Rue des GraviÃ¨res, Rue FranÃ§ois Villon. At the crossroads, tkae Avenue de Paris. There is a small road parallel at this street, take it (rue Jean Raymond Guyon). It ends to a roundabout but here is a small old pedestrian road. Take it. Cross the bridge that crosses the highway. From it, you can see the Gas station. The fences are broken so you can walk easily to it.

Ask for going to the next gas station, just before "Saint AndrÃ© de Cubzac" if nobody takes the A10. At the next petrol station, there is a restaurant, so a lot more people.

I've never waited to long. 


country: LV
comment:
To Jurmala, Liepaja, Ventspils. It is still possible to hhike here, but the speed of cars is very big. You can get here by foot somehow


country: FR
comment:
Quite ok, for asking people which leave the hotel or the gas station herre towards girona or Barcelona!


country: FR
comment:
Many trucks pass here towards Barca and Girona, but especially in the morning, because they are resting here during the night. In the evening you should rather go to the gas station next to the hotel, a bit towards the north!


country: NL
comment:
Fuel station Kloosters. Direction Venlo/Heerlen/Maastricht. In the evening 6pm not much traffic. Owner doesnt want you to stand in front of the shop.


country: ES
comment:
Es muy facil moverse a dedo por la isla durante el verano. Si bien es cierto que llegar a las playas mÃ¡s alejadas requiere buenos paseos, recorrer la carretera que cruza la isla, de MaÃ³ a Ciutadella, es harto sencillo. Todas las veces que he necesitado transporte no he esperado mÃ¡s de 7 u 8 minutos. Tanto menorquines como espaÃ±oles que viajan en furgo estan muy dispuestos a llevarte.


country: FR
comment:
Direction Rennes - Paris A81
I've just pass but be careful this is not a roundabount, I think it's not possible to get a ride here... Tell me !


country: FR
comment:
DIRECTION SPAIN / A9 
Malte is right. One day I pick up two hitchhikers here, they had just plan to leave from that bad spot, I bring them to the toll of St Jean de Vedas, a better place.


country: FR
comment:
Gas Station A81
Direction Rennes - Paris
Solution : ask for the toll 2 km after !
Traffic : all cars go to the toll - trucks too...


country: FR
comment:
Direction Laval Le Mans Paris
This is a very very good toll fine and large in the same time, quiet bit easy to get a ride here
Waiting : 5 / 10 minutes on the parking
Traffic : 20 cars / min
Speed : 30/40 km/h


country: FR
comment:
Direction La mans Laval Paris by night
Traffic : 1 cars / 15 minutes (night)
Waiting : no way, continu to walk (night)
Speed : Taffic lane 10/20 km/h


country: TR
comment:
Good spot for hitchhiking towards Adana. Hitch along the street or ask people at the petrol station. Enough space to stop.


country: FR
comment:
Direction Paris Laval Le Mans 
Waiting : 1 hour (in the night)
Traffic : 1 car / 2 min (night)
Spedd : 40/50 km/h too fast ... 


country: FR
comment:
Direction : ORLEANS - PARIS by NATIONNAL
There is a little street who go down near from the bridge, it's strange but she work very well when you are in the middle of the street 
Waiting : 1-30min
Traffic : 5 cars /  1 min


country: ES
comment:
At the airport. Simply ask the people who rent a car. Its outside the exit. Most people go to the south, but north is also possible. I was lucky enough to find somebody within about 50 mins


country: ES
comment:
The exact place is Monumento al Campesino. Any direction of the island is possible. There is a gas station also. Very windy place, put on warm clothes and simply ask the people at the gas station (mostly locals) or stand next to the road. I got a lift to Arecife within 30 mins


country: ES
comment:
Catch Bus 03 from Puerto Carmen to Arecife. It only costs 1,5 Euros. Get off at the bus stop (you will realiye it immediately as there is a street that is leading right next to the highway and going on the highway there. I got a lift to the city within 5 mins and a lift to the north of the island (!!) within 20 mins. That was at around 11am


country: FR
comment:
excellent, but you need to find somebody to drive you to the bridge called "pont de normandie". The best way to go to Caen


country: NO
comment:
I like the roads there. In winter there were almost no cars, nonetheless, the first or the second passing by stopped without me having even risen a hand (I was slowly walking to the South). /Sigurdas


country: NO
comment:
Didn't wait too long, despite winter darkness. No tourists in winter, just locals going to the villages a bit further up. Rides to Nordkapp are not because of closed roads further to the north. /Sigurdas


country: NO
comment:
In winter I waited there for couple of hours before I got a ride, in a typical winter darkness. I would guess in summer time it is easier, with tourists roaming around. /Sigurdas


country: AU
comment:
I've hitched north from here many times. Not a bad spot, not great. Better to start from Bridgewater if you can get there conveniently.


country: AU
comment:
I've hitched east from here or nearby several times over the years.A local bus to Cambridge Road near Warrane and a short walk to get here. It's not great but has shoulder and all the Hobart-East traffic on it.


country: CA
comment:
Dormi en esta peuqeÃ±a estacion de servicio pq tome esta alternativa para no entrar en la ciudad. Por la maÃ±ana camine 10 km hasta la siguiente estacion de servicio


country: FR
comment:
To Bordeaux:
There is a rounabout, and a toll to get the highway. 
Never waited more than 10 min.

To Toulouse:
90% of cars go to Bordeaux. The best thing to do is to reach the main toll, in the south of Bordeaux. It's a big toll, and most of drivers go to Agen-Toulouse.


country: DE
comment:
Service station south of Hermsdorf on the A9 (northbound). Senseless if you want to go westward (Erfurt, A4), bad if you want to go to Berlin.


country: DE
comment:
Here is the last gas station before the highway A57, northern direction. par example Duesseldorf or Essen


country: DE
comment:
ItÂ´s quit a good area to get away...sundern and all points of the sauerland. the people are not as ,,narrow-mindedÂ´Â´ as you probably appraise...


country: DE
comment:
itÂ´s quit a good area to get away! the people are not as ,,narrow-mindedÂ´Â´ as you probably appraise....good luck!


country: DE
comment:
Great spot just behind the traffic lights, near the McDonalds restaurant. Big hard shoulder with enough space to stop cars. Good for hitching towards Muenster en Telgte.


country: ES
comment:
Ok just find the Peage toll road gate

i had a small sign saying paris i got to paris from here. afte 20 mins best ride i got in spain.

so find the peage good luck


country: ES
comment:
well we started here at this gas station wich is across from some statue that is supposed to represent the sun and the pyrnee, on a round about

after some  ramblings with ppl in spanish with not much proper communication, long story short we spent all day walking to some big thing called the Plaza some big shopping complex, they are still building the roads up there just walk in the direction mardid along side the highway there is plenty of feild and safe ways to walk its about 1300 hundred mtr walk, we got a ride with a post courrier who drove average 170 al the way so it was pretty efficient; good luck ps the staff at the repsol where quite nice so smile


country: GB
comment:
Take the 39 or 40 bus from Newcastle city centre to Dumpling Hall Estate, and get off at the roundabout. Walk down the sliproad to the main road. The sliproad is very long so cars already on the A69 will be able to stop.


country: SK
comment:
Good one for direction Martin, if going there, it's definitelly better to get dropped here, than Kralovany - here is plenty of space, and quite a lot of cars passing in direction MT.


country: DE
comment:
Gas Station Eichelborn: perfect spot for either going to Dresden (east) or Frankfurt (west), never waited longer than 30 mins


country: DE
comment:
The spot is easy tro reach by tram - however just few people seem to go far, so having a sign saying 'Gera' (east) or 'Erfurt' (west) does the job (there are gas stations on the way both direction)


country: DE
comment:
Gas Station 'Wetterau' - perfect for direction east (on A4), e.g. fridays you'll have a lift to poland within 10 mins 


country: SE
comment:
The McDonalds/Statoil may be good for asking rides, but waiting in the very large pull-out lane before the entrance with a sign did me no good.  All the traffic was speeding by, or the ones who did stop are NOT going to Stockholm.  It might be better to go to Lund and start again if your in it for the long-haul.  ill try again and post another one.


country: BE
comment:
Good place it you want to go to 'Brugge' or 'Sluis'.
Most chance of getting a ride is when the traffic lights are turned red because there isn't much place to pull over.


country: SE
comment:
Ok this is not the best advice. though hopefully you can derriive some infomation from it; from the city take tram 4 MÃ¶lndal direction
I took it to MÃ¶lndal sjukhus
because thats where i was staying at the time; anyways when u get out the highway will be across the road with some fences inbetween; u should just keep walking in the direction of the tram; pasrt the station after you should be able to get to the side of the higway further along should be on and off ramp with a round about, i stood here for 20 mins untill some nice swedish mum in a volvo took me further along, to another intersection and from their i got a ride to  MalmÃ¶ port and hitch hiked to Hamburg that same day: sorry i cant be more exact but when you do get some one to stop  for you in sweden just plead with them to take you to best place they know for you otherwise sweden is a bit difficult: goodluck folk


country: BE
comment:
Great spot if you want to go out of Bruges. Just put up a sign that says '4km' and ask if they go to 'Oostkamp', and if they could drop you off near the highway (E40). Even by night it's great!


country: BE
comment:
This is most of the time my startingpoint if I go for long distances. You can go anywhere here (starting with direction 'Gent', 'Torhout' or some place near the sea). People see you from a distance and have some space to pull over.


country: DE
comment:
Bus bay directly next to the train station, good to hitch towards Bad Bentheim, enough space for cars to stop. Sign might be useful, traffic also could be also going only some meters.


country: CZ
comment:
A petrol station on the motorway south to Bratislava. Take the free Avion shopping centre bus from behind Tescos. There are two big shopping centres near to each other and both have free buses leaving regularly behind Tescos. DO NOT get on the Olympia bus. Take the Avion bus. When you arrive at the shopping centre you will see the OMV petrol station nearby on the same side of the motorway.


country: IE
comment:
To get to Lahinch or Corofin stand just after the roundabout. Lots of people hitch here and its a well known spot.


country: GR
comment:
i tried hitching north out of athens directly on the E75. didnt work. eventually a guy on a moped picked me up and took me a few km farther where i got on a coach. i got off during a rest and didnt pay.


country: SI
comment:
A good spot towards Graz, Murska Sobota and Hungary direction. It would be better to hh in the traffic circle a few km north, but unfortunatly it's not. Best to hold a sign here.


country: SI
comment:
a bus station towards Ljubljana, quite ok to hh if you hold a sign, average waiting time around 1 hour.


country: IE
comment:
When taking a ferry to France you have 23 hours to talk to everyone on board and get a lift all the way to your final destination.


country: HU
comment:
A small petrol station on the road before the M5 starts. The M5 goes south towards Szeged and Serbia. Take Metro 3 to Ecseri Ãºt stop. Walk down Ecseri Ãºt street for about 800m until you see the busy road. On your right is the petrol station hidden behind a wall. You can reach it by crossing the road and walking behind the buildings on the other side untill theres a green area which can be crossed easily. Bus 281 will save you the 800m walk but is only once every hour from Nepliget stop on the metro (one stop before).


country: SI
comment:
This service area is on the Ring around Ljubljana. To get there take bus number 1 or 1B in direction Mestni Log from the center. Go off one station before, last, called Koprska. Continue straight on the street Cesta v mestni log, after 2 minutes you will cross a bridge over a small river. Continue straight and cross the highway over the bridge, and on the other side go down the hill into the highway itself, turn right and walk for 5 minutes till you get to the resting area. 


country: EE
comment:
Direction Tartu. Bus-stop with stopping space on main road going to Tartu. Walkable distance from the centre of town.


country: CZ
comment:
This is the last gas station when heading out of town. Shuold be good for hitchiking, but we have passed it and only went by the road (62 direction - Prague)showing that we are hitchiking. A young man who works in Prague gave a lift for me and my friend. 


country: DE
comment:
Sensless towards Netherlands. Better cross the road  and go one station further towards Osnabruck. There will be right traffic going on to get to Holland.


country: RS
comment:
waited 2,5 hours with a zagreb sign, better try hitchhiking without sign here. highway to zagreb is only low frequented but better chance to get to novi sad


country: DE
comment:
It is sensless spot to hitch towards Netherlands. If it ever happens to you, follow A1 north to the first gas station after Osnabruck and change dirsction there.


country: AT
comment:
one side service station but for both directions, low traffic, for a highway service station not optimal


country: DE
comment:
Along the Eilersweg there's enough space to stop cars, thanks to the bicycle lane. Good for rides  towards Ochtrup, Gronau or Salzbergen


country: DE
comment:
Excellent spot for hitching towards Neuenkirchen, Ochtrup, Gronau. Just walk along the Neuenkirchener Strasse until you reach the JET gas station, then some meters further you'll see the traffic lights. Just behind, there's a bus bay with enough space.


country: PL
comment:
Towards Berlin. I am not saying that this place has good hitchability, but comparing to all other places I have seen in Poznan, it seems the least sensless.


country: PL
comment:
Junction of the motorway A2 with expressway. High speed of the cars and no emergency lanes to pull over. Hitchhiking here may be dangerous.


country: BE
comment:
you have to walk a little next to the road if coming from the roundabout.
then you will get to a piece that you have plenty room for cars to stop. here you can go direction luik or E40


country: IT
comment:
waited a few hours with zero percent luck.. suggest you catch a bus to a bigger town. six euros to brescia


country: FR
comment:
locals advised we would have hard time hitching from this town, but after 1/2 hour we got lift to much better place about 20kms up road, en route to Lyon.


country: FR
comment:
spent 3 hours trying to hitch thru tunnel to france, with no luck. give up and spend 7euro on the bus, much better luck on otherside. (did see petrol station under construction on autostrade, maybee in future this may help)


country: DE
comment:
Some space behind the traffic light for hitching a ride towards the A33 (OsnabrÃ¼ck) or Borgholzhausen.Spot is okay and enough traffic passing by.


country: DE
comment:
Great spot for hitching towards Halle (Westfalen) and OsnabrÃ¼ck / A33. Much traffic is driving slowly here, going out of town. Enough space for cars to stop along the hard shoulder. Easy to reach from Brackwede Station, some meters down the road.


country: DE
comment:
Perfect ramp for hitchhiking from Bielefeld down to Dortmund,  Ruhr Area, Cologne. Just behind the ramp there's an exit of some factory, so enough space for you to stop cars. These are driving slowly and can see you early enough. Perfect!


country: DE
comment:
Good spot for traffic towards the A2 and Bielefeld. Don't wait up on the bridge, no place for cars to stop. Down there it is a bit easier for cars to stop, some might be quite fast but chances are higher.


country: DE
comment:
Just hitchhike along the street here, enough space to stop cars. Traffic goes north towards Detmold.


country: FR
comment:
Just before the entrance to the ring road (direct to the highway), stand between the 2 traffic lights and smile!


country: TR
comment:
You should take a  metro to Bornova station, Ege University Clinic. A lot of students hitch hicke to Marmaris, good spot for Istanbul and Ankara as well. Take not more then 5 to 10 min to take a lift.


country: IR
comment:
A good position in the direction to Tehran. You can take a taxi to the bus terminal and from there you can walk to the high way. You can stay there with a sign. Look for trucks with TEH on it. They are coming from Europe and are oftenly good lifts.


country: DE
comment:
If you want to go to Nienburg or Verden it`s good to start from this place. ItÂ´s easy to hitchhike from this place.


country: DK
comment:
Hop the Metro to Kastrup, exit to the right walk 500m, turn right, pass SAS building, turn right once more at intersection then you will see the entrance.


country: DE
comment:
there is a massive petrol station here, with a mcdonalds also, where it was very easy to get a lift south, to innsbruk, austria (& prob. also easy to go east to austria (wien, linz) also.


country: DE
comment:
we got dropped at a petrol station here and tried to hitch to innsbruck for a few hours, with no luck. If you plan to go south from here you are much better to get a ride up to the next station, about 15kms, which gets all the traffic from germany going south.. from there it was easy.


country: AT
comment:
we waited over 4 hours watching alot of local traffic pass us, eventually a polish courier delivering farm tractor parts picked us up and dropped us in linz, austria.


country: FR
comment:
That's another good spot for asking people at traffic light while waiting for green and gettin on highway A41. Even good possibilities for pulling over and getting in, if you're alone directly while waiting ;-) Just like 15 meters farther north another traffic light with the people coming from Carrefour!!! Next ags station is about a 10 km.


country: BG
comment:
Go here and ask a truck driver to get you across. The Bulgarian customs officers won't let you cross the bridge on foot, even if, from the Romanian side people are crossing on foot of by bicycle.


country: FR
comment:
Right here you can ask the people for taking you to the peage/gas station just like 5 - 10 km farther the A48, better than waiting with a sign.


country: DE
comment:
Great spot for hitching towards SchÃ¼ttdorf or the A31: Enough space to stop cars (if grass it not too high), traffic lights in front of you.


country: DE
comment:
good to hitchhike to the south (Munich) or north (Berlin) via A9 or to the west (Magdeburg, Hannover, Braunschweig) or east (Dresden) via A14. Just ask people at the Aral-gas station or at McDonald's. There is a train station of the S10 which goes from Halle to Leipzig and back every half an hour (exit Schkeuditz West)


country: FR
comment:
This is the best spot to hitch  rides to Paris. You may want to aim for the direct ride to Paris and have a "Paris" sign but you can also play it safe and have an "Aire de Phallampin" sign which is the first gas station on the A1 going to Paris. [User:Garthelgard|Garthelgard]] has hitchhiked from this spot more than twenty times and has never waited more than 30 minutes.


country: DE
comment:
This is a pretty good spot on Loffelstrasse to get to the A8. I got a ride here in about 30 minutes (1 male). It's normally a bus stop and it's really easy for people to stop. There are a lot of cars that pass through here. I'm not sure how to get here by public transport because I got a ride here from the Neckartor spot.  


country: DE
comment:
Pretty good spot to go on the A8. Took me (1 male) about 45 minutes to get a ride from here towards Munich. You can get here by taking the Ubahn to stop Neckartor and then walking for about 2 minutes. There's a nice parking lot in the curve there. 


country: GB
comment:
Lay-by is about 300 m after the roundabout -  use the 800 Park+Ride bus to get close and walk for 20 mins. 


country: CH
comment:
Take tram 5 to Ostring. Car's can't see you from far away, but there's enough place to stop. The bridge protects you from rain.


country: CH
comment:
Direction ZÃ¼rich, Basel, Biel. Take tram 5 to Ostring. There's enough space for cars to stop, but they can't see you from far away. The bridge protects you from rain.


country: ES
comment:
better do not try to hitchhike here to direction Bilbao/San Sebastian...drivers telling you the return into the city center...maybe in the morning at 6-8am when people are on business trips, otherwise: no


country: CL
comment:
The micros to Puerto Montt can take you here for 300 CLP. Just tell the driver to drop you at the entrance to Ruta 5.


country: DE
comment:
Very good spot with low traffic though. Good for Northwest, or to get the the (hard to reach on foot) gas station a bit downstream.


country: DE
comment:
Depending on which way you need to go either horrible or fantastic. South is perfect, west is not --> Try the gasstation 27 km away. Just after the cross with the A5.


country: DE
comment:
Hitched from here 2 times up North. Key is to walk a bit onto the entry. Car or truck will pick you up within 15 min. =)!


country: PL
comment:
take the trams going south from the trainstation, go to the end of it. you have to cross after the railways, either down the underground or on the bridge. good to hitchhike to the south, to Wroclaw or further and also for the entrance of the highway, either west (berlin) or east (warszawa). there is a gas station there (the second after it was kind of blocked when i was there, there was some construction on the road)


country: CZ
comment:
small gas station, you can get there by some bus that goes to Globus (thats the name of the stop). in direction to the west from Ãšsti, to Karlovy Vary for example


country: DE
comment:
Great spot for hitchhiking towards Dreierwalde. Traffic lights in front of you, enough space to stop. Hard to get here from Rheine city, quite far out and dangerous to walk along the street. But if somebody only goes to the highway or Altenrheine, get out here, spot is directly at "Hotel Borchert". Ask people for this hotel if you want to go here.


country: NL
comment:
To 's Hertogenbosch (Den Bosch), Eindhoven. A58 Access Lane 11. Hard shoulder on sliproad. Cars driving by fast, but always a lot of traffic.


country: FI
comment:
Towards Lahti or Porvoo/Kotka/Kouvola

In the beginning of the extra long bus stop. Because the place is not behind the motorway sign, it is legal stopping and also Finnish cars will stop. Because the road splits quickly to two main directions, having a sign is important.


country: PL
comment:
There's a bus stop here, right after an intersection, so the drivers that wait at red can see you clearly, and they don'tt speed since they start driving after the green light kicks in. Cars heading for Warsaw and Radom have to pass through this point. The volume of traffic is high during weekends. Approx time of waiting: 5 sec to 1h.
Btw. I've added nearly the same marker as anonymous, but in the wrong spot.


country: DE
comment:
To MÃ¼nster (Rheine). B54 Access lane/K73. Very little traffic. Stood here for 1h before walking to a nearby train station. 


country: IE
comment:
-> Galway city. Good place to stand if you are going into Galway city, rather than on the dual carriageway, if you get a lift as far as Oranmore.


country: FR
comment:
Waited here for about 1.5 houres, trying to reach Omaha beach. We came from Caen.
Lots of tourists from GB and NL, but they don't like hitch hikers!


country: NL
comment:
(Arnhem, Utrecht) A28 access lane 18 Zwolle Zuid. Dangerous: no shoulder available, cars driving by too fast. In peak hours, the carpool spot nearby may be useful.


country: NL
comment:
Hoogeveen, (Zwolle, Deventer) Haarweg carpool, Little piece of hard schoulder just after the carpool lot entrance.  Managed to get a car in 2 min from this spot (Maybe a lucky one:P).


country: NL
comment:
Amersfoort, (Utrecht, Amsterdam), Almelo (Enschede, Germany)Deventerweg, fuel station (BP). Bus 56 & 81 stop 'Zweedsestraat'


country: DE
comment:
get to this place by hitchhiking out of freiburg beginning at "basler landstrasse", let them drop you off right here. have a sign and wait next to the parking. perfect spot to go south and north.


country: FR
comment:
just ask people on the traffic light if they drive out of town, if you don't wanna waste time taking a bus outside of town!worked pretty good at this spot here, so would be interesting if you give it a try


country: FI
comment:
kiertoliittymÃ¤n jÃ¤lkeinen bussipysÃ¤kki. hyvÃ¤ paikka liftata etelÃ¤Ã¤n (jyvÃ¤skylÃ¤, helsinki) paljon tilaa pysÃ¤htyÃ¤ myÃ¶s rekoille.


country: CH
comment:
there is a small gas-station and a bus-stop, so you can either ask people or hold out your thumb...try to get to the next bigger gasstation on the way to Geneve and there shouldn't be anymore difficulties


country: DE
comment:
not the best spot, but still, there are people heading to LÃ¼beck and Hamburg, most of them try to avoid city-traffic, for me it was twice a good alternative to the IKEA spot further down!


country: FR
comment:
hard to reach, took us like 15 minutes by foot from the bus-station.we hitched on a sunday, so not that many people came by heading north!but i'm sure it works better on weekdays!can't recommend it, better to take another spot for direction Paris


country: RO
comment:
A bit crowded place, but efficient to go to Sfantu Gheoghe, Miercurea Ciuc or Moldavia through Bacau (East)


country: TR
comment:
Just some meters behind the roundabout there's enough space to stop cars direction Reyhanli and Syria.


country: RO
comment:
Pretty good place, not so many people hitchiking. Stay here if you want to go to the North (Sighisoara, Targu Mures, Cluj - Napoca)


country: NL
comment:
Your entry onto the A44. This gasstation is used more for going north. If you want to go south, go stand on the other side of the A44. On that side there isn't such a nice place for cars to stop, but you've just eliminated half of the traffic going up towards A'dam.


country: DE
comment:
Gasstation

Probably the best place in Ulm to get on the A8 towards Stuttgart, bad if you need to get to MÃ¼nchen though. 

Forget it if you need to get to the A7, try to get to the gasstation in Neu Ulm instead.


country: AT
comment:
From citycenter go to the Florisdorf district. There take tram to the end of street BrÃ¼nner Strasse. Don't try to hitchhike in the city - everywhere are symbols to disable stop. Go on the end of the city and find the spot - you can stay everywhere


country: DE
comment:
RaststÃ¤tte Aurach SÃ¼d

(experience on a Friday night)

EAST: 
the perfect place to hitchhike to Romania or the Czech Republic (about 2/3 going that way)

SOUTH:
Munich is also good (about 1/4 of all cars going that way)

NORTH:
not a good place (2 cars in 3 hours)


country: DE
comment:
Busstop of Line 1 (towards Eningen)

Good place to stop towards the "SchwÃ¤bische Alb", Riedlingen, Sigmaringen. 
You should never have to stand longer than 30 minutes.


country: FR
comment:
Not a good one, but it's the beginnning of the high-way. Be careful of the people who stopped.
Good to go to the est (Strasbourg, Germany, ...)


country: HU
comment:
got a ride immediately to reach Szigliget after having got off at the nearby train station (not many buses connecting the station to the village).
Direction: Szigliget 


country: FR
comment:
take the RER to "La Courneuve Aubervilliers". apx. 2km walk from there. to get to the gastation you have to climb over a 2m-fence/wall (where the mark is). the fence is on a little hill. not so hard like everybody says, actually pretty easy.


country: NL
comment:
not so good in direction heerlen/aachen because everybody whos going there drives on the left side of the road and cannot stop. but i think there is no alternative-spot, so try it.


country: FR
comment:
excellent spot in direction nantes. a lot of cars, but not much space for the cars to hold. excellent anyway.


country: FR
comment:
direction rennes. enough space for cars,  a lot of cars. surprisingly nobody stopped for 30min. i think most cars are going in an other direction. i would suggest to try another spot.


country: FR
comment:
famous hitchhikingspot in direction south. often crowded. easy to reach by metro. make a sign with "peage" or "orleans". 


country: FR
comment:
its a peage/toll station. not much cars, but enough to get a ride fast. it worked good in direction tours.


country: FR
comment:
. hithhiking spot in direction nantes. enough space, but not much traffic in direction nantes because part of the highway is for free so drivers will take the highway-entrance in tours


country: FR
comment:
good spot, but if you want to take the highway to angers/nantes, i would suggest to take another spot


country: FR
comment:
average in direction angers/le mans/tours. enough space for the cars to stop, not much traffic. if you just go to angers i would suggest to take the national road next to the spot. 


country: IE
comment:
Outside Moran's petrol station. Great spot as cars are still going slowly. For Tralee and everywhere else beyond.


country: FR
comment:
best spot in direction rennes. in case of rain you can stand directly under the bridge. BUT: the police might say that the spot is already on the highway, so be careful.


country: IE
comment:
To Limerick and Dublin. After the roundabout after Adare Manor. Good space for a car to stop and pull in. If you need to be let out at Adare on your way from Kerry to Limerick, this is the best spot.


country: IE
comment:
Stand at the brow of the hill on the way out of the village, where a road turns off to the left, or at the bottom of the hill by the car park. Any further out and they cars will be going far too fast. Almost everyone here will be driving to Galway.


country: IE
comment:
Just beyond the bridge, there is a wide lay-by and car park. Lots of stopping room. Many people stop here for a break, so you may even be offered a lift.


country: IE
comment:
N4 (M4 -> N6 and N4) to Galway, Sligo, Westport, Ballina, Longford, Athlone, Mullingar. Stand a few metres in front of the bus stop. Any 25, 66 or 67 from Pearse Street (opposite the police station).


country: IE
comment:
Stand a little further than the end of the bridge, where there's a hard shoulder. To Ennis, Limerick and all points north.


country: IE
comment:
Stand just beyond the entrance to the Westwood Hotel. Walk here from town, or get the 4W bus, and ask to be dropped off on the Thomas Hynes Rd. From there, walk N. to the Westwood Hotel. For Clifden, Oughterard, north and west Connemara, and the scenic route to Co. Mayo.


country: IE
comment:
This is just beyond the traffic lights at Galway Crystal and Bodkin's Bar. Bus 4E (Mon - Sat) and bus 9 (every day) will bring you here. Ask the driver to stop at Galway Crystal (on the 9) or at the gate of Merlin Park Hospital (on the 4E). For all points East (towards Dublin) and South (towards Limerick and Cork).


country: SE
comment:
To KALMAR. Pretty good, just stand at the bus station but with a sign, otherwise people will not know where you are going! )Street leads to the north of the island and highway) You could also stand closer to the highway, near Traffpunkt Oland, but there is no space to stand after the roundabout


country: SE
comment:
To Oland. It only took me 5 to 10 mins and i was using this spot several times. Use a sign. You can walk there to the bus stop Ango or catch a bus. Its within walking distance from the city and quite much traffic, no trucks though.


country: SE
comment:
To Stockholm. I got a ride directly to Stockholm there, but had to wait for an hour. Theres no really good spot as all traffic is coming from Oland on number 137 and turning right there. No busstops or anything, just plain motorway. Ask somebody to bring you to IKEA or RASTA )or use a bus),  which is on the other side of the highway, then walk across it, dont worry theres a bridge and you can walk. I then put myself between the 2 roads, one lane heading south and one turning right heading north. Not the safest place, but theres no other before on 137. use a very big sign


country: IT
comment:
There is a gas station where you can ask, but most people stay locally.  Cars go too fast to stop on the roundabout.  Guaka and Erga tried getting 7 km east for two hours, without success.


country: DE
comment:
Gas Station on both sides of the autobahn.

Take city bus no 10 towards Schalding rechts der Donau from the city center. Get off underneath the autobahn bridge (can't miss it) and walk up to the gas station via the service road underneath the highway bridge. 


