# points

country: PL
comment:
That is the best spot to hitch south, towards Bystrzyca and border crossing in Boboszow. Further you can go easily to Brno.


country: PL
comment:
Hitching South is really good from here. If you stand with sign, you can easily get to Czech Republic. Just mind that you have to be visible - walk a bit down the road where are no trees hiding you ;)


country: FR
comment:
DIRECTION CLERMONT-FERRAND - MONTPELLIER
"AIRE DU CAYLAR" TOTAL GAS STATION
two way direction, so a lot of possibilities there...
Waiting : 10-30 min
Traffic : 3 cars 1 truck / 1 min
Speed : very low


country: FR
comment:
DIRECTION BORDEAUX - SPAIN - TOULOUSE - NANTES BY A10/A11 If you're two, try to ask direclty at the traffic lane, but the better solution is too ask to the gas station before.
Sign : There was a big matelas there with the direction OrlÃ©ans and Lyon, nice !
Speed : Too fast
Traffic : 10 cars / 1 min
Waiting : nobody take us (it was the night)


country: FR
comment:
DIRECTION CLERMONT-FERRAND - PARIS BY A75
Very nice roundabout, I remember when he was work in progess it was the best place to leave Montpellier, now it will be average because not a lot of people take the highway...


country: FR
comment:
DIRECTION BLOIS - CHAMBORD - TOURS BY THE "SOLOGNE" REGION
Nice place to wait your futur driver with the beautiful  Loire river
Wait : 10-30 min
Traffic : 2 Cars / 1 min
Speed : 30 km/h


country: MA
comment:
WELCOME TO MOROCCO !
DIRECTION TETOUAN 
I think that's the less bad place of the frontier. Just stop hitchhike when there is taxi 
Sign : "Tetouan / no taxi, shukran (Thanks)"
Waiting : 30-50 min
Speed : 40-50 Km/h
Traffic : 15 cars / min - High


country: GI
comment:
SPAIN / MOROCCO FRONTIER
HARD CROSSING DUE TO THE CROWD
DIRECTION TETOUAN / ALGECIRAS
Sign : Ask direcly to drivers, a lot are dissatisfied about the frontier system and because there is too much people screaming, crying, waiting hours for visas... It's a very hard point to hitchhike. 
Position : For the south, maybe walk a little after the taxi parking and put your sign... it will be more quiet


country: MA
comment:
DIRECTION CHEFCHAOUEN N 13
Nice place, just stop hitchhike when it's a taxi... We have to keep hitchhiking free brothers !
Sign : "Chefchaouen"
Waiting : 20-35 min
Traffic : 4 cars and 2 taxi / 1 min


country: MR
comment:
DIRECTION NOUADIBOU - MOROCCO
Position : find the police stop at the end of the city, become friend or bring something and next ask for a ride, they will find for you
Waiting : 5 min
Speed : Police stop every car
Traffic : 4 Cars / 1min


country: MR
comment:
FRONTIERE AND NO MAN'S LAND BETWEEN MAURITANIA AND MOROCCO
You will wait a long time with your driver to pass this frontiere, so this is the place to change your plan
Sign : ask for everywhere, I found a ride for more than 2000 km
Waiting : 2/3 hours for all the process and the crossing of the no man's land
Speed : very low


country: FR
comment:
DIRECTION BORDEAUX - PARIS - SPAIN BY A10
Maybe nice... don't know exactly. I just pass through it.
Position : in the turn because cars go more slowly. If it doesn't works, try at the roundabout just before
Sign : for the south "SAINTE MAURE" or "POITIERS" to catch the gas station just before this town (20km away) or the toll (15km away)
for the north : "PARIS"
Waiting : never try there
Speed : in the turn  40-50 Km/h
Taffic : 15-20 Cars / min
Place : some in the turn


country: FR
comment:
Good for getting on the German A5. 
A bus stop makes it easy for drivers to stop. There is a pedestrian light with a button, to you can make cars stop for you ;)


country: FR
comment:
LITTLE TOLL
DIRECTION PARIS - BORDEAUX - SPAIN BY A10
Sign : for the south "SAINTE MAURE" or "POITIERS" to catch the gas station just before this town (20km away) or the toll (15km away)
for the north : "PARIS"
I'm sure this one will be nice, someone can try it please ?


country: FR
comment:
GAS STATION ON THE A10 DIRECTION PARIS / BORDEAUX SPAIN
Sign : For the north  ask for "PARIS" 
For the south : "POITIERS"
Waiting : 10-40 minutes
Director : No problem


country: FR
comment:
GAS STATION ON THE N20 SOUTH DIRECTION A10
Sign : Try to catch the biger toll of europe St Arnoult-en-yvelines 40 km away. 
Waiting : 15-45 min
Traffic : medium (a lot of car don't go very far)


country: FR
comment:
DIRECTION BORDEAUX NANTES SPAIN BY A10 OR BRITAIN BY A11 - TOLL OF ST ARNOULT en YVELINES
This is the bigger toll of europe, there's a lot of car's  stop and there's no problem with the toll director
Waiting : 2-20 min
Speed : very low
Traffic : high


country: CZ
comment:
From m."AndÄ›l" you take trams 4 or 7 to the stop "KotlÃ¡Å™ka". After that stop there is a traffic light and a gas station "OMV". You hitch-hike after the traffic light. 


country: FR
comment:
DIRECTION BORDEAUX NANTES TOULOUSE SPAIN BY A10
"AIRE DE LIMOURS-JANVRY" HUGE GAS STATION
Sign : Ask for Tours...
Waiting : 10-40 min
Traffic : very high


country: FR
comment:
It is good gas station to go south or towards St Etienne. You can get here from Lyon by hitchhiking. 


country: NL
comment:
Big service station 15 kilometers before the 'afsluitdijk', the main road to Leeuwarden/ Groningen and further to Bremen & Hamburg.


country: FR
comment:
Some people said that it's working better. I will try it for the next trip. Try it before or edit it now :)


country: NL
comment:
First petrol-station just outside of Amsterdam-north. If you're hitching from Amsterdam further north, you can get new rides from here. If you're starting in Amsterdam, you can get any ride to that goes over the A8 and get off here.


country: UA
comment:
Great hitchhiking spot towards Uman' & Odesa. Get there by metro station Lybidska & trolley bus #2, last stop.


country: CZ
comment:
South direction, heavy traffic, fumes and dust everywhere, wide roadside and enough place to stop, 50km/h speed limit, but I was waiting here almost 2 hours. When suddenly rain started, young women from Slovakia stopped at last. I was there only once, but everytime I tryed to keep away this place.  


country: FR
comment:
DIRECTION MILLAU - CLERMONT-FERRAND - PARIS
This is the best place  that I found... But be careful put on your sign place near from montpellier like LODEVE for catch the Gas Station "Aire du Caylar"
Tram Station : Line 1 "Mosson" see here : [http://www.montpellier-agglo.com/tam/page.php?id_rubrique=34]
Waiting : 15/30 min
Speed : 40 km/h
Traffic : less than 10 cars by minute


country: FR
comment:
DIRECTION BORDEAUX - PARIS - SPAIN BY A10
Maybe nice... don't know exactly. I just pass through it.
Position : end of the roundabout
Sign : for the south "SAINTE MAURE" or "POITIERS" to catch the gas station just before this town (20km away) or the toll (15km away)
for the north : "PARIS"
Waiting : never try there
Speed : 30 Km/h
Taffic : 15-20 Cars / min
Place : some
Try and teel us !


country: CZ
comment:
Average place at bus station-enough place to stop for drivers in direction Hulin-Prerov or Hulin-Otrokovice. Heavy traffic, but many gesticulating and strange local drivers. Better to use sign or to go near gas station. Waiting for a lift can be longer than 1 hour.


country: CZ
comment:
Pleasant place after main crossing near bus stop, train station and supermarket. Direction to south - Uherske Hradiste, Breclav, Austria... Heavy traffic, and enough place to stop for drivers. Waiting was never longer than hour. 


country: FR
comment:
I have tried many times to go on the N109, but people are really affraid about stangers and it isn't personnal, One time, I've walked for 6 kilometers on that nationnal road. Don't try to get a ride from her, too much traffic !  


country: FR
comment:
Cars don't stop ! too much traffic ! An empty bus pick me up to Millau. It was my frist long distance to hitchhike.
Waiting : 1 hour
Speed : 50 km/h
Taffic : too much !


country: FR
comment:
PARIS - BORDEAUX A10 / VENDOME BY N10
Be careful this is near from a industrial zone so a lot of car don't go very far !
Traffic : 15 cars / 1 min
Waiting : 15-30 min
Speed : 30 Km/h
Bus station : find your stop there : [http://www.filbleu.fr/telecharge/plan_semaine.pdf]


country: FR
comment:
TOLL FOR THE DIRECTION : MARSEILLE / SPAIN BY A9. This is a good place in Montpellier to go to Spain or to go to Marseille, others place are really difficult, 
Tram Station : Line 2, "St-Jean-le-Sec"
Waiting : 20-60 min
Speed : Peage, very low
Traffic : High
[http://www.montpellier-agglo.com/tam/page.php?id_rubrique=34]


country: FR
comment:
GAS STATION DIRECTION CHATEAUROUX... DON'T GO THERE IF YOU WANT TO GO TO THE SOUTH, GO BY A10 BY BORDEAUX ! 
Bus Station : "Grand Sud" line 11
see your stop there : [http://www.filbleu.fr/telecharge/plan_semaine.pdf]
Traffic : high
Speed : low
Waiting : 10 min / 1 Hour


country: FR
comment:
good spot for Quimper and Brest you can find a ride directly

never done it to Lorient but it's look good too 


country: TR
comment:
if you want to go izmir-istanbul-ankara u can t find better place .) all students hitchhiking station... it s near suleyman demirel university, u can go there with bus...


country: SY
comment:
Spot for hitchhiking east towards Al-Raqqah, Lake Assad, Deir ez-Zur. To catch rides within seconds, best is to walk some 100m up the road away from the locals who take the minibusses.


country: DE
comment:
Direction West.
Very little pace to pull over, but at least during rush hours, this works pretty well.
A sign saying 'A2 - WEST' is good.


country: CH
comment:
Got a ride to Bern within 2 mins there. from the trains Station Dudingen, you can walk towards the highway (15mins). Right after the roundabout, theres a pedestrian crossing which i used for hithhiking. theres no space afterwards but cars are slow, so its not dangerous. Direction of Bern is the first turn right and Lausanne is the second left. Anything could work there. 


country: FR
comment:
take the bus to the stade ligne 11 300m after you will see a first traffic light it's where ppl go in and out the ring road you can start hh here or there is also a petrol station after 


country: SY
comment:
Excellent spot for hitching into every direction of the country, especially towars Turkey and Lake Assad in the east. Easy to reach from the train station. Just hitchhike somewhere along the street.


country: AT
comment:
This is a large Parking lot (German: Parkplatz) and Circle trafficn (German: Kreisverkehr). You can hitch to Innsbruck in the west or to Kufstein in the east direction. Good luck!


country: NL
comment:
Parking place before house, one of few places, where can car on this road stops. To Maastricht you will stay 15 minutes.


country: CZ
comment:
From citycenter take train to station "DobÅ™any zastÃ¡vka", then continue walking along track and before highway on crossroads turn left and get the petrol station. Not long wait to Germany


country: CZ
comment:
From citycenter take tram 12,13,14,20 or 54, walk trought housing estate and you will see petrol station. You will stay before petrol station - this part of road is NOT highway.


country: CZ
comment:
Go from town center in direction to Olomouc (into local area called "VyÅ¡ehrad"), on the crossroads go straight and up the horizon stay at bus station. To Olomouc you will wait max. 30 minutes


country: CZ
comment:
From citycenter take tram 5 or 8, on station "DunajskÃ¡" change to bus 69, go to the village "Bosonohy", on station "HoÅ¡tickÃ¡" get off and go main street cca. 1 km in trace direction since the truck park. After that turn left and you'r on the petrol station.


country: CZ
comment:
From town center go through street "BrnÄ›nskÃ¡" (or in direction to cemetery ("MÄ›stskÃ½ hÅ™bitov")). You will stay before petrol station "Avanti" - cars can stop there. To Brno you will wait max. 30 minutes.


country: FR
comment:
To go to Blois - Tours by little roads and see beautiful landscape ! Just opposite of the "Epicerie" there is a large place for the cars. If you have the time, you can come see me or have a place to sleep for the night.
Traffic : 5 Cars / 1min
Speed : 30 km/h :)
Waiting : 30 sec / 15 min


country: NL
comment:
Spot at the traffic lights. Cars can pull over, but sometimes you have to jump quick. Have a good sign with you.


country: FR
comment:
A71 Direction Paris - Tours (by A85) - Gas station - no crossing
Traffic : high
Speed : low
Waiting : 10 min / 1 hour (be lucky !)


country: FR
comment:
A71 Direction Clermont Ferrand - Montpellier (by A75) - Gas station - no crossing
Traffic : high
Speed : low
Waiting : 10 min / 1 hour (be lucky !)


country: FR
comment:
Direction Blois - Tours
Cool little road at the door of "the Sologne" come to my home have a stop !
Traffic : 2 cars / min
Speed : 30 km/h
Waiting : 10 min / 40 min


country: CZ
comment:
Good place near bus stop. You can hitch in direction to Brno, Prostejov, Olomouc and Ostrava (better to use sign). There is heavy traffic, a lot of place to stop for car drivers and shelter at bus stop.


country: FR
comment:
Direction : Bourges (can work) - Paris (difficult)
Not a Gas Station, be careful about it. You can stay there a long time

Traffic : low
Speed : low - gas station
Waiting : maybe 1 hour


country: FR
comment:
Direction Blois - OrlÃ©ans, if there is some cars just after, continue to walk !
Traffic : 10 cars / 1 min
Speed : 50 km/h
Waiting : 5 min / 15 min then walk


country: FR
comment:
No place for stop the car but the traffic isn't huge so it's possible
Traffic : 4 cars / 1 min
Speed : 45 km/h
Waiting : 20 min / 45 min


country: FR
comment:
Direction : Blois - Tours, maybe Poitier
Expensive Gas Station, never been there...
Traffic : low
Speed : low
Waiting : ?


country: FR
comment:
Direction Blois - OrlÃ©ans - traffic lane - Ask to drivers directly...
Sign : Amboise
Traffic : 10 cars / min
Speed : low - traffic lane
Waiting : 2 min / 15 min 


country: FR
comment:
No place for car... Continue to walk, pass the bridge and ask to people at the traffic lane
Traffic : 10 cars / 1 min
Speed : too fast for a no catch them : no place for stop
Waiting : don't wait there


country: FR
comment:
Direction - Blois
There is a parking for car stop.
Traffic : 10 cars / 1 min
Speed : Traffic lane / low
Waiting : 10 min / 30 min


country: FR
comment:
Too many cars, no area for stop...
Traffic : 20 cars / min
Speed : 50 km/h
Wainting : didn't find car


country: FR
comment:
Direction Blois, Better to get faster : cross the Loire river.
Traffic : 8 cars / 1 min
Speed : 40 km/h
Waiting : 10 min / 30 min


country: FR
comment:
Direction Amboise - Blois also. i Advice to take the bridge. see the other place just near from this one
Traffic : 8 cars / 1 min
Speed : 40 km/h
Waiting : 5 min / 15 min


country: FR
comment:
Direction Tours Centre
It will be difficult to stop some cars to go more far away. they will stop you in the town, you're too close from Tours.
Traffic : 8 cars / 1 min
Speed : 40 km/h
Waiting : never been there


country: FR
comment:
Direction Poitier - Bordeaux, bus station very close from here line 11 direction "Chambray II stop Ferranderie
Traffic : 2 cars / 1 min
Speed : 50 km/h
Waiting : Not find any car


country: FR
comment:
Direction Blois - OrlÃ©ans, Be careful, there is not so many car ...
Traffic : 1 Car / 1min
Speed : 40 km/h
Waiting : 10min / 40 min


country: FR
comment:
Direction blois OrlÃ©ans
Speed : 20 km/h
Traffic : 10 cars / 1 min
Waiting : less than 1 min / 15 min


country: FR
comment:
Direction Blois, alone work better on that point, if it don't work you will have to walk about 20 min so put you in the best conditions, smile, good wear and a big sign
Speed : 40 km/h
Traffic : 15 cars / 1 min
Waiting : 10 min / 1 hour


country: FR
comment:
Vendome Direction, there is some place for stop and give you a ride, hope so !
Traffic : 15 cars / 1 min 
Waiting : never been there


country: FR
comment:
To go to Blois - tours, there is a lot of space, don't care about the police station near from... Just come to my home have a stop !
Traffic : 9 cars / 1 min
Speed : 50 km/h
Waiting : 5 min / 30 min


country: FR
comment:
To go on the A10 for Paris / Beaugency - Orleans by little roads. For Paris put on your sign : A10
Speed : 60 km/h
Traffic : 8 cars / 1 min
Waiting : 10 min / 30 min


country: FR
comment:
Not to bad place to go to Romoratin and take the peage for the A71, directly to the south !
There is a large place for truck but they still to don't stop for insurance.
Be careful a lot of cars will just stop and don't give you a ride...
Waiting : 10min / 40 min


country: FR
comment:
BLOIS PEAGE TO GO TO PARIS OR BORDEAUX
No problem with the service
Traffic : 5 cars / 1 min
Waiting : 10 min / 1 hour


country: FR
comment:
Traffic-lights, many cars go to the A1-North highway from here. I asked drivers if they go to the highway and if they can drop me off the petrol-station 200 meters further. Shouldn't be that hard if you speak some French.


country: BG
comment:
This is the highway but you can still try. Just need some luck ;)
Directions:
 - East (Plovdiv)
 - West (Sofia)


country: ES
comment:
This is the best spot to get in any of directions of Sevilla, MÃ¡laga or Murcia. If going to further then Murcia, wait for a ride at least to Santomera, petrol station just after Murcia, if going to MÃ¡laga or Sevilla also posible to stop by the service area just after Loja. As others say, you're in Spain, be patient!!!


country: FR
comment:
To go to Tours and see on your left this beautiful last wild river who's named "The Loire", just appreciated the ride !
Waiting : 1min / 25min


country: BG
comment:
Once I got stuck here for 3 hours. Mostly Romanian cars...and they don't stop. You can still try though as this is the road to Romanian Black Sea coast.


country: BG
comment:
You can reach this place by walking or by most of the buses that pass through Nessebar. You can hitch here or walk about 1km to the main road.
Direction: South to Burgas; North to Varna


country: BG
comment:
There'a gas station here and well enough space to pull over. You can reach this place with bus No.12 (get off when you see METRO shopping center - just after the big junction).
Direction: Sofia, Plovdiv, North Bulgaria


country: BG
comment:
There's a chance you get dropped at this junction. It's the highway so you need to be very lucky to get picked up.


country: BG
comment:
The beginning of Shipka mountain pass towards South Bulgaria. Lots of traffic here but not very suitable for pulling over (especially for trucks).


country: BG
comment:
Two major trans-country roads join here and there's good traffic towards the Black Sea (Burgas, Nesebar, Sunny Beach) and to major towns in South Bulgaria (Sliven, Stara Zagora).


country: BG
comment:
Lots of traffic towards the Black Sea and Sliven to the East. You can also head South towards Plovdiv or Turkey.


country: BG
comment:
Not a bad spot - along this whole town in fact. Lots of traffic towards South Bulgaria or north to Veliko Turnovo and Ruse. I've been hitching here many times and never got stuck for more than 30mins


country: BG
comment:
You should generally avoid getting dropped near Sevlievo because it's a straight road and cars are speeding. But there's a more suitable place a few km before the town - a road restaurant where you have better chance to hitch.


country: NL
comment:
This gasstation is very large and busy and you can very easily find rides to Rotterdam, The Hague and Leiden. Even late at night it is easy here.


country: DE
comment:
This tankstation is OK. It is not very large but the traffic is allright and you can easily get a ride into the Ruhr-area


country: DE
comment:
This gasstation is OK to fix a ride to Koln (still a gas station before Koln) or deeper into the Ruhr-area


country: DE
comment:
This gasstation is not that large and that busy, but essential if you want to get any further to the Netherlands. There are also rides to the North of Germany


country: CH
comment:
This is the first gas station after the Gotthard tunnel.
Everbody here does great distances (Basel for example) and many people rest here.


country: IT
comment:
This is a good gas station to get a ride into Switzerland. People here go all the way to Basel and at least through the Gotthard tunnel.


country: CZ
comment:
Average place at the end of small city for hitchhiking to Prostejov and onwards. Truck drivers can stop here, but usually they doesnt do it. Many drivers ends in some near villages. I advise to use "Prostejov" sign but hitchhiking time can be longer than hour there.


country: IT
comment:
This is the best way to get a ride out of Milan on to the highway. Just make a carton with 'Autostrade' and you are able to get a ride on to the next gas station.
It is difficult for cars to stop, because of the high speed allowed and many lanes. But if the traffic signal is red you have some chance.
You can get on to the platform between the road and the special lane for better visibility.


country: CZ
comment:
Very favourite place for hitchhiking to Brno or Prostejov direction by many hitchhikers. Parking place near pub suitable during severe weather and tiny hostel. You can ask drivers at parking too. Easy to stop for trucks, dense traffic. Waiting for a lift was never longer than half an hour.


country: FR
comment:
DonÂ´t get stuck in Valenciennes. No places for cars to stop. (except for a almost abandoned gastation and a narrow roundabout'


country: CZ
comment:
Good place for hitchhiking to Brno, there is 50 km/h speed limit, due to wide roadside truck drivers can stop,  cars going very slowly and driver can see you from far. Waiting for lift was never longer than half an hour.


country: FR
comment:
To Aix/Marseille or Montpellier:
Near the commercial center (Carrefour), Ã  the toll. Most of the people take this toll to drive on the highway. Don't go to the other toll!
I waited less than 10mn.


country: NL
comment:
"oprit"Near Traffic lights. Main entrance to A15.
Best place for Randstad (Utrecht, Rotterdam, Amsterdam, The Hague) and good place for the south (Den Bosch, Breda, Eindhoven) as well as for the north (amersfoort, zwolle). Sign = usefull!


country: FR
comment:
Direction: Langon, Agen, Toulouse.

This is the national road. The highway is hard to get from Bordeaux. Take the bus 20 from the "place de la victoire" at the center. This bus goes to 3 different places, depending on the hour. Stop at "PyrÃ©nÃ©es" and walk for 20mn. If you are lucky, you can get the bus who goes to "Cadaujac le Bouscaut", the terminus is the place to hitch(but this one is rare., only 3 a day).


country: CA
comment:
Going west from Toronto.
There's a nice straigth place to stop on the ramp to 400 highway.
To get there: get bus to brampton, hitch to Orangeville and from there to this point.


country: FR
comment:
Direction: Bayonne, Spain, Arcachon.
From the center of Bordeaux, take the tramway Line B, stop at "Peixotto", then Take Bus 42 to "Ecole d'architecture". You can hitch at the bus station. The entrance is near. Most of the drivers go to the basque coast, or to Arcachon.


country: FR
comment:
No cars want to stop in this damned city.. And only people on motorbikes respond to hitchhikers, and when they do they crash into cars.  Or, it happened once to us.


country: CZ
comment:
From city go in direction to the main railway station, after that follow the main street (he is turning left) and on the crossroads go right. There is long free place right for hitchhiking (15 minutes to ZlÃ­n or UherskÃ© HradiÅ¡tÄ›)


country: CZ
comment:
Take tram number 8. to station KrÃ¡snÃ©ho, from the station go to the overbridge. To Olomouc you will stay over head 30 minutes.


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 highway turn right and stay 5 meters from crossroad. To Brno you will stay max. 30 minutes 


country: DE
comment:
on A7, A5, and A4. at the intersection by burger king is good for any direction.  people stop for food and gas, and will pick you up.


country: AT
comment:
A busstop on the main road from the center towards the highway. For direction East, Linz, Vienna and Graz


country: CZ
comment:
Go trought citystreet OlomouckÃ¡ in direction to shopping centre TESCO (you can ask people, everybody know where is this), on the roundabout turn right go 10 metres and stay between ped crossing and busstation. To Olomouc you will stay at last 10 minutes.


country: TR
comment:
Any car you stop will take you to Edremit, AyvalÄ±k or AltÄ±noluk. Very nice spot if you're heading this way ...


country: DE
comment:
This is a restplace, an extremely good hitching spot. If someone offers you a ride to the nearest gas station, think twice, because this is almost too good a spot to lose!


country: TR
comment:
My Home Town :) if you're on this direction, here is a good spot to reach Ä°zmir, BalÄ±kesir or AyvalÄ±k.


country: TR
comment:
This road is the main direction through Konya and Cappadocia. There are good spots on the road, but i prefer gas station exits.


country: TR
comment:
A good place to go west direction from Ankara. The cities you can find a ride are : EskiÅŸehir, Bursa or Ä°zmir. There are newly built Gas Stations in here, and enough space for cars and trucks to stop.


country: TR
comment:
Excellent place to HH through YÃ¼zyÄ±l, AyrancÄ±, Ã‡ankaya or Dikmen. I've HHed here for 3 years, everyday ...


country: FR
comment:
north towards Thionville and Luxembourg. I hitched with a sign right before the ramp, on the bridge.


country: NO
comment:
walk out from the terminals to the exit of the garages. i bet every car goes to oslo. tried once, but waited less than 2 mins.


country: SE
comment:
The last possible (and probably also the best) spot to hitch from NykÃ¶ping to Stockholm. This is a new bus stop, and nicely located just after the roundabout, so pretty ideal. 


country: DE
comment:
Be sure to be ready for when the ferry arrives: a big rush of cars comes by, but then nothing for the coming half hour until the next ferry arrives. Good place to stop a car;


country: FR
comment:
Direction Paris/Dijon. Walk from Perrache Station to Pont Kitchener. Traffic stops shortly at the traffic lights. Make eye contact with drivers. Finding a ride can take a while but is worth waiting for. Show sign "Limonest" which is only 5 km outside Lyon. Ask driver to put you off at the gas station near Parc Dardilly, which is a real good spot for finding a further ride. 


country: DK
comment:
Not so much traffic, but a good place to stop, and friendly people. This island is a very good place to sleep if you have a tent: free camping.


country: AU
comment:
Very good spot for hitching northbounds near McDonalds.
Traffic has to slow down, heaps of cars,...what else do u want?


country: AU
comment:
Bad hitching around here...very big road, very fast cars - very hot ;)
I recommend taking the costal road...


country: DE
comment:
DIRECTION: NORTH, Rostock

I was standing there for no more than 20 minutes, got a ride straight to Rostock. I had a label saying 'Rostock'. Maybe it was just luck, but the 104 road goes exactly this direction. You can stand behind the crossroads or ask people at the Oil! petrol station 150 m west. 150 m east there is truck park also.


country: SE
comment:
take the T bana to Norsborg and get out at Hallunda (for last stop). 
walk down 'Tre Kallors vag'. 
and you find a good spot with a gas station. a lot of cars are going south all the way to denmark.

good luck   


country: NL
comment:
Petrol-station. Just a bit further than the official hitchhiking spot at the Amstel Station. Not many cars, but you can talk with the drivers.


country: TR
comment:
ts a bad place to HH,but if u really want to get out of the town by HH, u can select this conjuction spot of most roads. The road is wide, but many space on right to stop and take you for cars. No trucks are going through here. I recommend to take a bus and go further as possible as you can. Maybe to  Eskihisar Ferry, about 50 kms.


country: CZ
comment:
Heading South, into Bohemia. I didn't actually hitch here, but the spot looked very good, with a good chance to thumb cars just before they head onto the main road.


country: TR
comment:
This is the main road that goes through east of Turkey, especially Ankara. When you HH before or after the Paybox, u can be a very kind guest of a truck driver.


country: TR
comment:
its a bad place to HH,but if u really want to get out of the town by HH, u can select this conjuction spot of most roads. The road is wide, but many space on right to stop and take you for cars. No trucks are going through here. I recommend to take a bus and go further as possible as you can.


country: TR
comment:
This is the best place to HH through south from Istanbul. Most of the cars and trucks are taking the ferry from Eskihisar and there is only one road passing through here so very likely to get on in half an our ...


country: GB
comment:
REDBRIDGE ROUNDABOUT A12 towards Chelmsford, Colchester and Ipswich.  Big parking space, with lots of traffic going by.  Might take a few rides to get out of London from here, but a great starting point and it's easily accessible by tube (Redbridge station).


country: DE
comment:
Good spot to hitch towards Freiburg for people who don't want to wait for the bus or hitchhikers who have been dropped out at gas station "schauinsland". You can let them drop you out at moosweiher to take the tram no. 1 towards inner city.


country: GB
comment:
Fairly good spot for hitching out of Colchester down the A12 to London.  Lots of cars going quite slowly and usually a lot of space.  Average waiting time has been 20-45 mins so far.


country: GB
comment:
It's worked a few times, but there are far better spots to get out of London on the A12.  Try Redbridge roundabout further down.


country: FI
comment:
In these days there are enough car's in road 13 to hitchhike. Busstop is good point to continue journey towards Mikkeli. 

There is a Shell-gas station / restaurant near crossroad.


country: LU
comment:
A pretty long walk out of town (~4 km, can *partly* use Bus 7) Used several times. It is possible to get a direct ride to Brussels.

About 10km from this place there is a big petrol station, 'Aire de Capellen', you might want to get a sign to get there!


country: FR
comment:
quite little space to park but stays a good spot (-> Domfront). bus 3 can bring you from center near this point (halt Â« Grands Champs Â» )


country: GB
comment:
Direction Newmarket - terrible place to hitch, I was waiting for about an hour until I got a ride, at rush hour.. Barely any traffic seemed to go towards Newmarket, and a lot of drivers/people seemed angry.


country: GB
comment:
Direction King's Lynn - the road is very narrow, and there isn't any room for pedestrians to walk alongside it.  I hitched from the grass path, next to the river.  Great countryside, but the grass path was 2 metres above the road.  Avoid getting dropped off at Littleport if you can!


country: GB
comment:
There aren't really any good spots for hitching out of Hunstanton, but I think anywhere after this roundabout, in direction King's Lynn, would get a ride within 30 mins.. The nearest lay-by is in Heacham, although there is a dirt road turn-off at the bottom of this hill.


country: GB
comment:
The best hitching spot I know.. Hitch normally to King's Lynn, though I've been taken as far as Thetford (and 2 people giving me long rides, one to East London and one to Essex, told me they'd just been from Heacham (4 miles north of Dersingham), though they picked me up in places further along).  Make sure if you're going further than King's Lynn to have a sign for the Hardwick roundabout, as it isn't reachable by public transport.


country: GB
comment:
Direction Ely - this is the best place to hitch out of Newmarket by far.  It gets traffic from the A14 as well as the Newmarket area.  There is a care home and then a lay-by right after it, where cars can safely pull over.


country: GB
comment:
Direction Newmarket - this road feels kind of endless, I think there is a lay-by about a mile further up but this is where I hitched, and took my lunch break.  Wonderful countryside, but not such a great hitching spot.


country: GB
comment:
Travelling in the King's Lynn direction, rides are usually the really easy when you're going through Ely.. It's normally good to get dropped off at the roundabout before this one, for then you can hitch whilst walking to this roundabout, and I've never not gotten a ride whilst walking in Ely..


country: NL
comment:
take bus nr 5 (get off at kemal ataturkstraat) or 77 (get off at P+R Veemarkt) 
and stand on on-ramp. 
I never have to wait long.


country: DE
comment:
Good spot for hitchhiking north towards Berlin. Opinions differ about this ramp, but usually it's possible. Try to wait on the traffic islands.


country: FI
comment:
To north and south from Mikkeli: walk a few kilometers north to Visulahti. Hitch-hike from the crossroad of the Visulahti camping area, there are bus stops at both sides of the road.


country: DE
comment:
Good spot, hitchhiking possible in both directions. Most traffic goes southwards! Easy to stop for cars along the hard shoulder.


country: DE
comment:
Just behind the roundabout, cars are slow, good spot for hitchhiking towards IbbenbÃ¼ren, Uffeln, Steinbeck, Dickenberg, PÃ¼sselbÃ¼ren.


country: DE
comment:
There is a big bus stop where cars can stop. But sometimes the cars are a bit fast there.  IN the evening you can try to get a lift at the traffic lights at the crossways WÃ¼rmtalstraÃŸe/FÃ¼rstenrieder StraÃŸe


country: DK
comment:
if you just arrived by plane and need to get away form there, its most worth a try. its the last exit beofre the bridge towards Sweden. Also locals leave thir cars in the parkings there during their holidays, so not only rental cars.


country: RO
comment:
Plenty of place to pull over and everyone is going at least somewhat to the south.  Can get here with public transport.


country: SE
comment:
Go to the bus stop "Karolinen" Bus 1, 4, 6 go there or just walk from the centre. The next right turn is for Stockholm. I tried and only waited a couple of minutes unil somebody gave me a lift to the next gas station along the highway. Spot is easily accesible and visibility is good


country: SE
comment:
Somewhere (not entirely sure where exactly) on this road there is a gas station where losts of cars from BOTH directions stop. Also trucks, but most traffic going to Oslo when i was there (morning at 10am). You can ask the ppl at the gas station and as well stand next to the road, as visibility is ok (on top of a hill and speed is not that high (70). I waited about 30min until somebody picked me up and by coincidence he drove all the way to Stockholm. 


country: DE
comment:
Dir. East

Falkensteig is the first possibility to hitch a ride along the B31 coming from Freiburg. There is enough space for cars to stop, they have to go slow (there is a traffic light somewhere) and there is plenty of traffic.


country: DE
comment:
Dir: Feldberg

Coming from Freiburg, you can either choose to take the official B317, or this "secret" road passing "Bruderhalde". There is not that much traffic, but it's much easier for cars to stop and somebody will eventually pick you up. 


country: GB
comment:
I agree with the other post. You can get access to this place from the road that drives paralel to the motorway, the fence is broken at the point where my marker is spotted. There are buses stoping on the road, you should be able to catch one from swanley towards here. Becareful, there is a MacDonalds.


country: FR
comment:
Calais to Belgium, Paris or England. This place is a parking and petrol station only for truckers. Around 30 trucks sleep here everyday before or after taking the ferry. On June 2008 this place was being reformed, despite of that It was still open and busy. Might be helpful to be droped here when you get a lift to Calais only, or when the driver doesnt want to take you to the docks. I asked around 10 lorries here before I moved to the roundabout, because I was going to Paris, and most of them were heading either to England or Belgium.


country: FR
comment:
From Calais to Paris, to Lille or to Belgium. Cars coming from the city or Lorries coming from the parking-petrol station near by. My cat and me we found it very busy at 7.00 in the morning on a Friday. It took us around 30 minutes with light rain falling. We were standing at the acces of the motorway, down the roundabout. The night before a tracker droped us here, and we slept at the fields. Its hard for cars to stop without disturbing the trafic, and even harder for trackers.


country: FR
comment:
From Paris to the A1 (motorway to Calais or Belgium). My friend was asking the cars at the petrol station and I was standing with the cardboard saying "Lille" and "A1". There are two petrol stations in 30 meters, but not a lot of people seem to go to the motorway from them. Despite of all a car took us after 30 minutes. To get here you can catch a metro, line 1, to Port de la Chapelle (1,50 euro).


country: FR
comment:
good place to live aix, very clause is a gas station(salon) so u can ask for
place for the cars to stop
:)
nusti


country: NL
comment:
We came from Leeuwrden and got off at the exit. there is a bus bay and line. in case U have a badluck tthere is a bus station ribgt behind :) getting a lift to Den Helder on saturdays afternoonn took us 7 min.
while hitching I observed that there was quite a lot traffic from the oposite direction (N99 entering the A7 motorway direction Amsterdam and the entrance way looked decent for hitchers


country: NL
comment:
Getting a lift from the point took us 3 min. Perfect place wit a bus line allowing driver to stop. 100 m further there are trafic lights for those who don't feel like standing and hitching. 
There is little tankstation right after the roundabout which can be a shelter when it rains.


country: IE
comment:
Very good place for direction Macroom, Killarney. Take the bus from the University College to the last station. Ask the driver for the way to the national road. He has to go there anyway and might take you a little further than the last station.


country: SE
comment:
There is a petrol station here with lots of trucks. Ask the drivers, forget about the swedish ppl in the cars, they dont usually bother picking/up somebody. I got a lift to Orebro from there


country: SE
comment:
it took me just 5 minuts to get a ride noth. ThereÂ´s a bus stop good to stop and with good visibility


country: SE
comment:
Its amazing, but its possible to get a lift there. I stood there too late in the morning, maybe try at 8am in the morning, as many ppl drive to work. It took me only about 20min to get a lift to the motorway. Theres enough space, and cars are not that fast yet if you stand close to the roundabout


country: SE
comment:
im not exactly sure about the location, but somewhere here there is a Mc Donalds and a gas staion where many ppl stop. Try to find a local who can give you a lift there in case you got strandet at Innre Ringen like i did. From the gas station I got a lift to my destination (in the middle of nowhere on the countrysite in sweden) by just asking ppl. Pls only ask ppl at the gas station, otherwise in sweden you dont have much chance for a lift. 


country: DK
comment:
Cath a train from the main station (its kind of hard to find, ask a local) to the S-Bahnstop Sydhavn. Its still zone 1 in Copenhagen, so 20DKK for bus and train from the city boundaries. There at Sydhavn, get out and walk under the bridge, just continue the long street. There is also a bus stopp, but i dont know if you can also catch it with the zone 1 ticket. Walking is about 20mins or more, depending on how much you carry. There is NO shade. and NO shade where you wait for a lift. Be careful, getting a lift to Malmo is most likely. Depending on that persons destination in MalmÃ¶ it will be very hard to get away from there too. I tried to h-h further north and had a sign Stockholm. Altough many swedish cars drive past, they wont stop. Be prepared and write down the liftershalte of Malmo too. The thing is that getting to Malmo SvÃ¥gertorp is easy, but getting to the driveway of the northern direction (in Malmoe) again is almost impossible unless drives you to the other side of the road. You cannot walk there. 


country: NL
comment:
Bus stop, good to hitch towards Oldenzaal. Cars go slowly and see you early enough. Enough space to stop.


country: DE
comment:
Traffic island to stand on for hitchhiking.Cars have to stop along the street, but that might be possible. Most traffic goes towards Nordhorn, but if cars go up the highway they mostly go to the NL. Many Dutch cars here. Spot is doable, but expect some waiting time. Forget it on Sundays!


country: FI
comment:
A bit far from  centrum, but if you end up to here, there is a good bus-stop where you can hitchhike from. And lights for cars. Directions: JyvÃ¤skylÃ¤ and Lahti.


country: FI
comment:
To JyvÃ¤skylÃ¤ and Tampere. There is a bus-stop right after Shell gas-station. Very good point. "Ruutana-crossroads".


country: FI
comment:
To Kuopio, Mikkeli and Lahti. First you should take ride to the ABC in Vaajakoski. You can use sign "ABC" (people will understand). From ABC it's very easy to continue both (Lahti/Kuopio) directions.


country: FI
comment:
Near university of applied sciences (TAMK). To Lahti and JyvÃ¤skylÃ¤. There is a good bus-stop where you can hitchhike ("Kissanmaa"). You can walk here from city center. You can take a car going to wrong city, but remember to jump out before motorways. Using sign isn't necessary. Wating times: 5-40min.


country: FI
comment:
To Tampere. This is one option if you are closer to this spot than centrum. Beginning of the rantavÃ¤ylÃ¤ is better anyway.


country: FI
comment:
To HÃ¤meenlinna and Tampere. You can travel to this spot by bus. You should try from beginning of the HÃ¤meenlinnanvÃ¤ylÃ¤ (and end of Mannerheimintie) before this spot.


country: FI
comment:
To Lahti and Porvoo. This place was under construction/repair in may 2008. Place was only average before.


country: DE
comment:
Good for direction Prenzlau, Szeczin.
Take a tram to Indira-Gandhi-Str. Then walk or take a bus along the Berliner Allee and find a decent place where cars can pull over.


country: DE
comment:
Very great place. You can easily get very long lifts in any direction.
From Bruchsal train station, take bus no. 125 to "Rasthof Ost" for north or "Rasthof West" for south.


country: GR
comment:
this is a big road out of florina in direction edessa and thessaloniki. you can definetly use this for hitchhiking this direction


country: HR
comment:
not many people are crossing the border to montenegro so you must be patient. nevertheless this is the only good way to find a lift to montenegro


country: IT
comment:
to croatia, rijeka this is an option but not many traffic crossing here.

from trieste center take bus 38 and exit in basovizza


country: CZ
comment:
If you are willing to go to Poland (Wroclaw) through Hradec Kralove and couldn't find a ride on another place. You can give a shot here.
It's an highway and not good place to stop. But for us it took seconds to find a ride. (maybe luck)


country: SK
comment:
Towards Wien / Vienna. Since there is a motorway nowadays from Bratislava to Wien, much traffic will go over the motorway. That route is longer though. On this spot traffic is speeding up fast, and there is a two lane road, which is really senseless. Occupy one whole lane and stretch your thumb. This is the way to stop a car here, make yourself seen. Block one lane, so that drivers at least have to go to the left lane of this otherwise quiet road. Take the lift to the border, just after it it should be easy to get a ride to Wien. Or walk to the border first, as you prefer.


country: DE
comment:
Hitchhiking spot some 50m behind the traffic light. Take the tram to Sieker and hitch some rides/walk along the Detmolder Strasse until this traffic lights. Here the approach road to the highway begins. Excellent spot.


country: DE
comment:
Probably your best chance is asking the Danes, shopping at the hypermarket before crossing the border. To get there, take the bus towards Niebuell and get off after the bus underpasses the highway.


country: DK
comment:
Good spot for going north west towards Viborg and Thisted.  Visible to cars on the roundabout, with space to pull into the parking space.


country: NL
comment:
Arnhem, Doesburg, (Rotterdam). N348 (Bronsbergen). Bus 80 stop â€œDe Brinkâ€, 50 m W Harenbergweg, 300 m S Emmerikseweg, 200 m E N348. Bus stop.


country: NL
comment:
Apeldoorn. N384 (Weg naar Voorst) x Kanonsdijk. Bus 89/504/515 stop â€œIJsselbrugâ€. Or 750 m SW/S Stationsplein/Kanonsdijk (IJsselburg), 25 m N Weg naar Voorst. Bus stop.


country: NL
comment:
Arnhem, Doesburg, (Rotterdam). Kanonsdijk x N348 (Weg naar Voorst). Bus 89/504/515 stop â€œIJsselbrugâ€. Or 750 m SW/S Stationsplein/Kanonsdijk (IJsselburg).


country: NL
comment:
Lochem, Ruurlo, (Hengelo), (Enschede). N346 (Rijksstraatweg) x Rhiederinklaan. Bus 54 stop "Rhiederinklaan". Bus stop.


country: NO
comment:
its unbeleivable, but i somehow managed to get a lift from the end of the road A i Lofoten north, i had to change a couple of times, so what. 


country: DK
comment:
Great spot for heading north to Aalborg/Fredrikshavn on the E45.  There's enough time for the cars to see you and enough space for them to stop.  Get the 25 bus to tilst vestervej and then walk along the viborvej for 5 mins.


country: NO
comment:
all thraffic coming from the ferry, so make sure you get to know the ferry schedule before you start. Walk up to the small supermarket and stand there by the road. I had to wait about 40mins


country: GB
comment:
Tried to get from here towards Carmarthenshire following the Brecon Road. 

It took us quite long, so it might be better to try the southern route.

Anyway, caught a lift to Brecon in 15mins


country: FR
comment:
quite good place to HHike towards Germany. I tried all spots around and this one is best. Easy to get here with public transport.


country: GB
comment:
From here you can get a lift to the motorway M4. Takes about 20minutes to walk to this spot from Kidwelly.
Found a lift in about 20min.


country: GB
comment:
This is the Cardiff West Services. Still under construction in May 2008, so pretty bad spot. Found a lift in about 90minutes


country: HR
comment:
There is a lot of traffic here going to the airport. There are some spots down this road where cars can stop easily. You can get a ride here to the highway, instead of walking down the whole way.


country: CH
comment:
Easy to get there from the south/east of Biel. Just follow the main road "BrÃ¼ggstrasse/Portstrasse). The spot is a roundabout, cars see you from far away and can stop there. A lot of local traffic, not too many cars.. But still quite good to go to Bern or at least to the service station "Grauholz" shortly before Bern.


country: US
comment:
There is a truck stop with cafe (employees allowed me to sleep at table while raining) and also a rest area. Long highway on-ramps east and west directions, easy for truckers to pull over. Medium amount of vehicle traffic at ramps, can also approach cars at gas station/ truck stop.


country: HR
comment:
Not the best spot for cars to stop, but good enough to get a ride quickly. It is a good spot for Belgrade and Budapest. A split in the highway will come after 20km so make sure you get a lift into the right direction from here.


country: CZ
comment:
Beware, if you are passing Vsetin in N/S direction, get dropped on the bypass - no the best place, but deffinitely better, than the centre (I used old CSSR map and there was no by-pass on it :()


country: US
comment:
I-25 north and south traffic enters highway off this road. Medium amount of traffic with a Giant gas station nearby. Heading south, find a safe spot to stand close to this location. Thumbing north (CO), walk along S. St Francis Dr, under the overpass, and hold sign or thumb before cars veer to the right to enter highway.


country: DE
comment:
At the end of the village of Birgte this is the best spot for hitching towards Saerbeck, Emsdetten, Greven and MÃ¼nster. The road is only leading towards Saerbeck, and you'll have enough space here for stopping cars.


country: CH
comment:
Cross the town center walking towards the Jura (mountain-chain). There you find a main road with a lot of traffic. Turn right and follow this street, you can already try to stop cars here. There are bus stops (#1, #2) where cars have space to stop. After about 2km the highway A5 going to ZÃ¼rich and Basel starts.


country: DE
comment:
Here you find a gas station and traffic lights. Just before the lights is some space to stand on and stopping cars. Another option is to ask people at the pump.Might be easy to get rides towards Bielefeld and Versmold, but difficult to get rides toward the highway, very small ramp, fast traffic, much trucks.


country: CH
comment:
From outside the trainstation, walk right, at the roundabout right to the underpass, then keep straight on until you reach the main road "Bernstrasse". Turn left. On the right side you see a gas station, right before the highway to Bern begins.


country: DE
comment:
where the "middle ring road" is coming out of the tunnel there is enough place to stop for cars and they don't go too fast. good place, although watch out for ants!


country: CH
comment:
take bus #20 to Wyler. Walk 200m, then cross the big crossroads. There is a bus stop with enough space.


country: SK
comment:
Terrible place for direction Jablonica. Just lorries full of concrete from Rohoznik to Trnava passed along . Waited 2 hours. (Thanks god to that old man accross the street than invited me to try his wine ;)


country: SK
comment:
Trying to get lift from this road is senseless - it has a high slope and everyone is driving fast. Take bus to Makov, where you'll have more luck


country: SK
comment:
Looks like a good place - enough space, and drivers see you, but I waited longer than 2 hours. If you want to go direction Male Karpaty, it's better to take bus to Pezinok.


country: DE
comment:
Resting place - direction Prague. Not many cars passing, but many going to prague, if you ask the drivers, you get away in cca. half an hour. (i was lucky that driver originally going berlin -chemnitz took me there).


country: CZ
comment:
A fine place to start from to Kutna Hora. Just take bus to Uhrineves, and somebody will take you for sure.


country: ES
comment:
Salamanca-Valladolid.
Its not a good spot, but I only did it once and it took me 20 minutes (Maybe I was very lucky). Its the acces to the motorway in the direction of Valladolid. I came here by foot.


country: IT
comment:
This spot is good for every direction: most of the cars go to highway and THEN there's the division of the directions. When you stay here if police says something walk 20m in north direction. There's a board "consorzio agricolo" and enough space for the cars to stop.


country: GB
comment:
I have used this point spoted by Lnx. I got a lift here in 10 minutes, but I didnt find it very save. To arrive to this point, I took the underground to henton central, then I walked to the place (15 minutes). In the bus stop Tilling Road, 2 minutes far from the spot, the buses number 112, 142, 182, 232, 266, 611. You can catch a bus rather than the underground. This place is hard to find if you dont have a London city map with you.


country: AT
comment:
the last service station before the tauern tunnel. you can find a lift in both directions salzburg (north) and villach and slovenia (south)


country: ES
comment:
Salamanca-Valladolid.
Its a petrol station where you can talk to the drivers, if theres no a lot of them tanking, you can in the meantime show your board to the traffic.


country: ES
comment:
Salamanca-Valladolid. this petrol station has a bit more traffic than the other one closer to the city. Show your plack to the cars if theres no body tanking to ask. Good luck, spain is hard for hh. I have done this twice in September 2008, one hour waiting in average.


country: GB
comment:
For direction OUT from King's Lynn, this is the ultimate place.  Its normally very easy to get a ride within about 15 minutes when alone, although my one time trying with my brother failed miserably.  Have a sign for Cambridge, or Ely, or even London.  It is situated just on the beginning of the A10, there is a very nice lay-by for anyone to pull into.


country: DE
comment:
it is only a small petrol station but just 5km west of the border to austria. its the last chance to get the vignette here before austria (people need a vignette to travel on austrian highways) and so it makes it very good spot to find a lift in direction east (Linz, Wien) a bit harder is it to find someone to the south (Villach, Italy, Slovenia) but it is also a doable thing here


country: DE
comment:
on a friday morning (even on a day when holidays in bavaria were started) it took me over 2 hours to get away with my "salzburg" sign and also only to munich city. there is only low traffic on this station


country: BE
comment:
Direction Antwerpen, Brussels, (Gent).
Stand before the blue "start of motorway" sign, the car can stop on the hard shoulder.


country: GB
comment:
The best stop to hitch rides get yourself a free ride across the Channel! Just strike up a conversation to the drivers parked by the travel center, make sure you have a good talk before you start mentioning you want to hitch a ride with them. 
Some drivers might be suspicious of you and think you may want to cross the Channel with fake documents...
You might have to convince your drivers to change his ticket since once you will convince him to take you in his printed ticket will have a certain number of passengers already registered. I found a ride in ten minutes and then convinced my friendly drivers to change their ticket from 2 to 4 passengers. The boat was full and the next one was scheduled 30 minutes later. My drivers agreed on changing their ticket and taking the next boat.
Have fun!


country: HU
comment:
Take a bus number 2, and you find a petrol station or you can hitchhike on the road too. Good if going towards KaposvÃ¡r.


country: DE
comment:
many cars are going the b9 in direction remagen, andernach, koblenz. place yourself somewhere, whre a car is able to stop and it will only take some minutes to get away.  dont await very long lifts


country: DE
comment:
nach mÃ¼nchen rein geht super, auf der auffahrt aber vor dem autobahnschild stehen! --- good place to munich, stand on driveway but in front of highway-sign!


country: DE
comment:
deutsch: penzberg richtung iffeldorf/ seeshaupt/ autobahn --- english: penzberg direction iffeldorf/ seeshaupt/ highway


country: GB
comment:
There is a busstop just after the street turned into a "highway". First thereÂ´s a parking spot and right after that the busstop. Easy to thumb a ride towards Inverness and generally north of Scotland!Take bus  27 to get there. 17 and 21 get you close to it!


country: DE
comment:
needed over 1.5 hours to get a ride in direction dortmund. most people are heading direct to the north to duisburg or something. must be better weekdays but dont know. to the south or the north this is doable but it is difficult to the northeast...


country: PL
comment:
Gosh.. 
I think every single polish
hitcher knows those tank stations.
U may catch a ride to Ukrainian border on this side of A4 or to Amsterdam or Paris on the oposite.
Getting a lift to KrakÃ³w its so called
&quot;Hitchhikers'sunday walk&quot;


country: CZ
comment:
Many times leaving Prague sunday early afternoon I hoped to be home (Gliwice in PL) before midnight. 95% succeded
I dislike standing at Cerny Most among other hitchers thefore I walk to the first gas station. There  I ask to the Hradec K. and get off at the place I indicate  here. It's a marvelous one.
ALL  the traffic from the highway stops here. 
A perfect spot either to ask or show your destination board to the driver. :)
I Never waited more than 15 min in here and mostly got a direct ride to Wroclaw.
Let us pray to the hitcher's God so that the motorway construction is to be neverending. once  the motorwayis finished the place will be lost. 


country: DE
comment:
this service station seems to be highly frequented by other hitchhikers. there is a huge sation on the side which leeds to the west and you will be able to find a lift in direction dortmund within a few minutes to the west, this is almost excellent). a bit more difficult is to find someone who changes to motorway to the a7 to the north. and even more difficult to find someone heading to the south from here. there is a small service area on the other side on the motorway which enables you to find a lift in direction east (berlin) too


country: DE
comment:
seems to be excellent to get a lift to hamburg but it is a bit more difficult to get a lift farer than hamburg on the a7 but at least a good point in both directions


country: DE
comment:
I waited 20 minutes here to go to Dusseldorf, but the guy took me to another place.. can't judge based on one time !


country: NL
comment:
I use this place always when I departure in the direction of Utrecht (and Germany). Done it already 10 times. The place has additional lane that is closed where cars can stop easily so it's a good spot!


country: PL
comment:
there are 2 fuel stations in the direction of Germany. its perfect spot, u can walk from Kolbaskowo (10 minutes) to which you can come by bus from Szczecin. greetings, rozwal


country: LT
comment:
Just after the big Gariunai open-air market. Used many times, usually pretty good place to get a ride


country: GB
comment:
One of the few places where you can hold up a sign with a distant destination (Land's End) tha will get you rides.


country: DE
comment:
to go to kiel this seems to be a possible spot from hamburg. many cars are entering the a7 to the north from here


country: BE
comment:
So-so-ish, there are traffic lights here which helps. It's probably the best place to get to Brugge and Gent (and further)


country: FR
comment:
To me, this place was dangerous heading towards Paris: the proper lane is not the right one ! I did not stay there


country: FR
comment:
So far, the best spot I know to depart Lille towards Paris. Not a good one to my standards, but it worked well.


country: FR
comment:
Aire de la Courneuve: Hard to reach but the best way towards Picardy/Lille. Often many hitchikers there.  Hole in the cloture nearby.


country: CA
comment:
Hudson Inn - once you've reached that one, you almost always get a ride to Ottawa. It's a truck stop but there's just a lot of cars stopping there too.  


country: CA
comment:
Last Stop going East before the bridges. Most of the people coming from Montreal go to Quebec city, therefore you best ask to be dropped here if you are heading East South of the St-Lawrence River.


country: CA
comment:
Service station, very common stop for trucker, might be the best place to stop if you have to change rides because you/your driver is going to route 132/185. 


country: CA
comment:
Heading East, a bit further, but during business hours it might be more easy than the one on Marie-Victorin. It's in an industrial park.


country: CA
comment:
Good to try, but sometimes you just can't get it there ! If you are out of the business hours, that's still the best one you can have.


country: CA
comment:
If you are coming from Quebec, take the Ferry to Levis and walk or hitch a ride to this place where you can easily catch people making longer distances. It's very hard to leave Quebec city by the bridges to the 20 otherwise.


country: CA
comment:
Might be long (and if low traffic, might be worth walking to the highway, but illegal. It's best to give it a try here first. Usually not too long.


country: CA
comment:
Heading West, usually you can get a ride to RiviÃ¨re du Loup. There is quita a lot of traffic, so hitchiking right after the street light might be a good idea. Same opposite, heading East


country: CA
comment:
Le Restaurant du Pecheur: a regular stop, a very large parking entrance. Even if placed on the top of the hill, you can easily be seen if you are in the middle of the parking's length. Many long distancers stop there for lunch. Never waited more than 20 minutes there.


country: CA
comment:
Heading West, you will probably get a ride to  Le Bic from there. Just hitch in front of the supermarket, there is a street light and a place where cars can safetly stop.


country: CA
comment:
Towards Bathurst, good ramp. Ask to be dropped there if you arrive from Quebec with driver that continues in GaspÃ©sie.


country: CA
comment:
This ramp is mainly cars going to the nextexit when going West, and mainly construction trucks when going East. 1 hour then I left. 


country: CA
comment:
A little walk from town but more than worth it if you are heading West. Lots of place for the cars to stop and a street light so they see you really well.


country: DE
comment:
Gas station on the motorway "Wetterau". There is a tunnel so you can easyly cross the motorway.
Excellent stop if you're going north either to Dortmund or Kassel. 
Comming from Dortmund I stop here, switch sides and go up north and east to chemnitz very often. Faster than directly trying to get east.
Very very many cars go north from here!!!!


country: NL
comment:
Mild traffic, construction (May, 2008) makes pulling over difficult but doable. Waited 15 minutes with light traffic on a Saturday morning, heading north to Utrecht.


country: BG
comment:
If you've been in Arbanasi you can hitch back to Veliko Turnovo (or Gorna Oriahovitsa) from this junction. Lots of traffic but drivers are speeding at this area. 


country: BG
comment:
The road to Arbanasi and Veliko Turnovo (a major road junction) - it's a short ride (7km) and there's a lot of traffic. Usually should get picked up within 15-20min


country: DE
comment:
gas station at the motorway that you can easily reach by bus from lÃ¼denscheid center. Use the bus to Kalve where you can get on the stations on either way over the supply ramps. Usualy you'll find somebody, but the stations are not too crowded.


country: BG
comment:
Road to Arbanasi(heritage village) and Gorna Oriahovitsa(major railway hub). There is big traffic in this direction - should get picked up in 15-20mins.


country: BG
comment:
gateway to South Bulgaria. There is a gas staion here and enough room for cars to pull over. You have to walk to here from the town(25-30min).


country: BG
comment:
Road to Arbanasi(heritage village) and Gorna Oriahovitsa(major railway hub). This is Tsarevets square and there is big traffic in this direction - should get picked up in 15-20mins.


country: BG
comment:
gateway to South Bulgaria. Excellent spot with well enough room for cars to pull over. You can walk to here from center (15min) or take bus N:4,5,13,30 or 70 and get off under the bridge.


country: BG
comment:
Much depends. Lots of traffic going West, not so much South, a lot North. Waiting time anywhere between 10 minutes and 2 hours.


country: CA
comment:
From Downtown: Take McNabb bus number 5 to the end of the line.  Walk east till just after the lanes merge into one and stand there.


country: FR
comment:
Hola. Nice spot to get a lift to UK. The petrol station is located in the right side of the high way only (direction to Calais). Try to get a lift at least to the M25 (highway around London), other wise if they dont go as far as the first petrol station in England, you will have to ask a lift in Dover (is not nice, too much traffic). You can also change the vehicule in the ferry. If you try this, my advice is that you do it inmediatly after parking inside, or even better in the queue waiting for the ferry after the tickets control. Good luck my friends. April 2008.further questions to danielodv(at)gmail.com


country: GB
comment:
It is a petrol station in the Highway M1. Its a very good place to start if you want to go far, and you dont have time to wait for a lift from the city center. To get here you can take the buses 13A, 48, 152, 153, 158 from the center of Leicester. The ticket is around 2 or 3 pounds. If you say you want to go as close as possible to the M1 bridge, the bus driver will tell you where to jump off along Hinckley road. You take then Baines Lane until you are in the petrol station, you can use this place both to go north or south (there is a bridge before the petrol station and in the restourant as well). IÂ´ve use it on April 2008. There are no gates, easy acces. I was droped here when coming from London, I went back to the bus stop in Hinckley road, and somebody picked me up in 5 minutes to the city center. for further questions danielodv(at)gmail.com


country: AU
comment:
Hitched out from here heading South (Syd/Melb) and just stood right on the hwy. Plenty of space to pull over, pretty safe spot. Got a ride in 10mins.


country: AU
comment:
On ramp here onto the Princes Hwy. Anywhere along this HWY is fine, plenty of space to pull over. I went from Syd to Melb this way once and its absolutely beautiful scenery but slightly longer waits, less traffic, and cars are only going 30-60k down the road, sometimes less. Beautiful though! 


country: AU
comment:
Best spot to hitch out of if you're going north towards Sunshine Coast. A bit of the traffic might be going to the airport, but most will be going at least an hour. 


country: AU
comment:
Seriously couldn't find a better hitching spot that this in australia. Anyone would get a lift in less than 5 mins. Anywhere on this road is good, but especially on the bit near the BP petrol station. Traffic will be going either North (towards brisbane) or West (to Lismore)


country: AU
comment:
Get a ride really easy here, heading south towards Sydney. Pretty quiet little mainroad, (not major highway) but plenty of traffic. 


country: DE
comment:
to go to the south on the a7. from braunschweig take the bus to rÃ¼ningen and exit at station raabestraÃŸe. then cross the bridge and walk about 300m over the fields to the station. not many traffic at this station but almost better as if you would wait on the highway entry


country: AU
comment:
Not a bad spot (for going north) if you cant get out further towards the airport. Most ppl wont be going far, but should get you out of town a bit. Inner City Bypass just turns into a main road, which will then take you to the onramp onto the Bruce Highway (north) and the airport.


country: AU
comment:
This is where the Pacific Highway starts going South, it's inner city, but just past the on ramp, cars are going pretty slow and its a good spot. 


country: DE
comment:
to the north or to the northwest, this seems to be a good position. find someone to change to the A3 if you want to go to Frankfurt or GieÃŸen. Or find someone to follow the A7 in direction Fulda, Kassel.


country: LV
comment:
I waited less than 5 minutes at this spot, when hitchhiking to Radviliskis, Lithuania.  I got a ride directly to Siauliai!  (Which about 20 km away from Radviliskis).  Just make a big LT sign, and you're set!


country: DE
datetime: 2006-05-18 00:00:00.000000
comment:
Gas station "Irxleben", good to get lifts Southeast to Halle/Saale, Leipzig or East to Berlin or Magdeburg


country: DE
datetime: 2006-05-18 00:00:00.000000
comment:
Service station "Helmstedt Süd",next station in 5km!(old border East Germany), good to get lifts to Mageburg, Berlin or Poland!


country: PL
comment:
it's really good place to start hichhiking out of Slupsk , direction to Poznan , you can take bus no 5 from the center , leave on the last stop , and then hike about 1/1,5 km best regards , good luck 


country: GB
comment:
Direction- M1 (south or north)

Leaving leicester, walking down Narborough Rd away from city centre,just past Tesco petrol station.  We stood out in bus lane so were fairl visable, cars should be able to stop easily because of bus lane.  We waited here for 3 minutesand got a lift straight to London.  This is your last chance for cars to stop before road narrows.


country: DE
comment:
Traffic lights and bus stop. Easy to get rides to the city center. Your spot if you got off at the service station for going towards Muenster


country: SI
comment:
Great place to hh towards Koper, Nova Gorica, Postojna, Italy, Rijeka (Croatia). Hitchike next to the highway sign. it is a very common spot, to get there take bus number 6 from the center to the last station, Dolgi Most


country: SI
comment:
Great spot towards Maribor (MB), Celje (CE) and Graz (Austria). Stand next to the highway sign, it's a very popular spot. Arrive there by taking bus 6 to station "Smelt" (Direction Crnuce), from there continue straight and you will see the highway on your right.


country: ES
comment:
Take the bus to Betis and walk to the roundabout. ask for the direction of the autopista. you can go via the highway or the parallel road, which also works, since lots of people want to avoid the highway toll. but it's slow of course.
so maybe use a sign "Cadiz".


country: GR
comment:
A service station and several shops just behind the border. All cars/trucks go this way, so hitch a ride here towards Plovdiv/Bulgaria!


country: DE
comment:
here is a bus-stop and a petrol station. this spot is excellent to get to braunschweig or to the a2. never waited longer than 10 minutes.


country: FI
comment:
Towards Kuopio, Varkaus; Either hh'ing here or asking the drivers at the gas station on the other side of the highway.


country: CH
comment:
Great place for direction Solothurn, Basel, Zurich.
Take bus no. 11 to the last station. You can use a short distance ticket for 2,- CHF.


country: FI
comment:
Tried to hitchhike with Viking Line car passengers, offering them to pay the difference to take us with them in their car, which is still cheaper than the cheapest ticket. It was the darker time of the year and the people where unfriendly and suspicious. Furthermore, there were only a few cars (morning departure). 


country: FI
comment:
E63/9/23 east- and southwards; you can first try here and if it doesn't work out, walk further down the road.


country: GB
comment:
Direction West (Wells), around that corner (or further) a car can pull aside or you can try hitching a ride from the Gas Station


country: DE
comment:
Good spot for hitching out of Weingarten towards direction Ulm. Make sure you have a sign. Cars can stop along the road.


country: DE
comment:
Great place, for east (A6), north or south (A5). Take the tram no. 1, 2, S4 or S5 to Weinweg. It's a double-ramp, on the south side there is more traffic and more place to pull over.


country: GB
comment:
Direction Cromer following the coast, slow traffic, obvious destination and place for a car to pull aside.


country: GB
comment:
After the roundabout direction east, it would be possible as most of the traffic is low, though a better spot exists a mile further down the road.


country: EE
comment:
to Tallinn. I preffer not to walk through all Parnu and hhike on the city boarder. Its better to start here.:) A lot of locals, but if will write down your destination, you will not wait too long for the direct lift.


country: LV
comment:
to Riga, Ventspils, Kuldiga. Not very good  hhiking position, because speed of cars is quite high, but you are visible from a distance and there is a place to stop a car for drivers.


country: LV
comment:
to Riga, Kuldiga, Ventspils. A lot of local cars here (mostly going shopping), but enough place for drivers to stop. and you have a nice chanse to get a car to Grobina (town 10 km from Liepaja), where is a good place for hhiking. Write down your destination aim and if you will not get a lift after 20 min - change position.


country: DE
comment:
This Autohof is a bad place to get away: mostly regional cars. But maybe you're lucky asking the truckers.


country: CZ
comment:
Not so many cars, but they are basically all going to the good direction. Just ask to be dropped on next gas station. (doshli pumpa)


country: DE
comment:
Gas station Breisgau

Excellent place to hitch north from Freiburg. Get here by taking bus no. 33 or 35 to Tiengen Bus stop Im MaierbrÃ¼hl. Major traffic here, you won't have to wait long to find the right car. It's even worth taking the bus from freiburg which takes one hour alltogether. It's good to print out the way from the bus stop to the gas station though, or you'll end up with very dirty shoes.


country: FR
comment:
It seems a really good spot because it is a big station, but when we arrived there nobody stopped us


country: NL
comment:
place yourself just before the traffic light on the side of the driver between the two leans. have your board direction utrecht ready and smile at the drivers when they stop during a red phaseâ€¦ i never had towait long then 10 minutes to get either to the next petrol station (2km further up the road) or to the next big station just before utrechtâ€¦ look up â€œtraffic light hitchhiking on hitchwikiâ€ when you are not familiar with hitchhiking in towns. 


country: PL
comment:
to Warshawa. There is a bus stop. And there is a streetlights on the crossroad. Trafic to Warshawa is 24 hours a day. Easy hhiking:)


country: LT
comment:
To Warshawa, to South and West Europe. Now, when there is no control custom anymore, a lot of people are using existing parking slots for resting. You can use a tacktic of direct asking here and probably will succcess.:) 


country: PL
comment:
To Biakystok, Lomza, Suwalki, LT, LV, EST, RU. At laest 50% of whole Polish tranzit cargo trafic from West to East goes throgh this place. You have very high chance to get a car directly out from Poland (for 500-800 km)


country: PL
comment:
To Warszawa. Popular hh place in Wroclaw. There is a sign FORBIDEN TO STOP, but nobody takes care.:) Just hhike after a sign and car will appears. You can get here using bus Nr.128 till station PSIE POLE - STACIJA PKP


country: LT
comment:
To Klaipeda, Palanga, Liepaja (LV). There is more then enough place for driver to stop, but the problem is a very high speed of cars. Only solution   is to be very very active, so drivers could notice you. I  was waiting here for the lift in the night only 15 min.


country: PL
comment:
To Wyszkow, Lomza, Bialystok, to LT, LV, EST, RU. You can get here using a bus Nr.718 (very good description on hitchwiki). Bus stop STRUGA. A lot of cars, but almoust no trucks, because for them tranzit through Warsawa is not existing anymore. Thats why it is better to take car till Wyszkow, where you could stop a long-distance car or truck. 


country: LT
comment:
Better then the best HH place in Klaipeda!:) Even that it is forbiden to stop a car here (due to the   rules), everybody does it. My average time of waiting for the direct lift to Vilnius or Kaunas here not more then 6 min, I think.


country: DE
comment:
Dir. East

Just a couple of meter before the tunnel there is enough space to stop infront of Sport Kiefer. 10-20 minutes to get a ride. 


country: BE
datetime: 2007-11-28 00:00:00.000000
comment:
Very good place to get a hike to the UK, can get rides from people who go by Ferry (Oostende, Duinkerke, Calais) or by Tunnel (Calais) but as Frateric said, you have to convince people you are not an illegal immigrant or in possession of drugs. So have your passport ready, be shaved, speak good English/French/Dutch and put on your best clothes


country: GB
datetime: 2007-11-06 00:00:00.000000
comment:
Frankley Service Station.

You can get there by taking Bus #22 getting off at final destination. Then you have to walk the road further on, to the motorway. There is a bridge so you have access to both southern and northern directions.

EDIT:
From this spot I already hitched to Scotland, Cornwall and Wales. You can even get to the Northeast from here by following the M6 to Manchester and then turning eastwards.


country: NL
comment:
Bus stop, good spot to hitch into the city. Best is to stand in front of the bus stop where cars can stop. Traffic is a bit faster here, so make yourself visible enough.


country: DE
comment:
Emergency rest stop before the traffic light. Very good if you are going towards Metelen. If going north, just cross the street and try it along the hard shoulder. This spot was recommended to me by the German border police ;) It's also easy to get rides here towards Enschede.


country: DE
comment:
A great place, but a lot of local traffic. You should at least get a lift to the service area 'Lichtendorf' easily.


country: DE
comment:
great spot for hitching west (Chemnitz, Leipzig Erfurt, Jena)... just show a sign saying C,L, EF, J, etc...


country: DE
datetime: 2007-03-25 00:00:00.000000
comment:
Walk from Hörstel City to Rheine-Kanalhafen (Bus only 2x per day), there you can try to get up on the A30 direction Amsterdam.Never try it on a sunday,wasteful! within a week lot of people to Rheine or further, nice to get a lift to the ramp Rheine-Nord which is ways better!


country: DE
comment:
A crossing with a bay, maybe good for hitching towards Oldenzaal (NL). It's just 300m south of the train station.


country: DE
comment:
Somewhere around here must be a petrol station where you can ask for cars leaving Stuttgart. I have no experiences if that works well.

To get here you can take the S-Bahn to SchwabstraÃŸe and walk up the RotebÃ¼hlstraÃŸe or take the bus.


country: NL
comment:
Big bus bay where cars can stop, and traffic lights directly in front of you, so drivers can see you very good. Good for rides onto the A35, many people from the University and Industrial park drive along here.


country: DE
datetime: 2008-03-06 00:00:00.000000
comment:
Ugly environment and car drivers who don't like to stop for hitchikers. I've been told that whole Mühlacker is inhabited with people like that.


country: GB
datetime: 2007-03-02 00:00:00.000000
comment:
A nice long lay-by on the A34 Southbound - traffic can see you from a long distance and stop safely. 1/2-mile walk from the slip road.


country: LT
comment:
If you're heading to west and was dropped off here it's pretty good place to hh. Just  stand on the side of the road. Alternative: you can try your luck at the petrols station before this spot.


country: DE
comment:
When the boss of the gas station is trying to chase you away (happens sometimes), you can try to stand here with a sign. 

The drak street is probably not owned by the gas station and the boss should have no right to make you go away.


country: MA
comment:
Emty road but first car will take you. No difficulties geting a lift to Laayoune or Dakhla. you have real possibilities to catch someone going  to Noukchott or further.


country: FI
comment:
Most likely you'll get a ride to Karasjok, but it's also a possibility to hitch some tourists going to Nordkapp. Not busy place at all.


country: GB
comment:
Not really the best place for cars to stop if you're hh there, but it's possible to hitch a ride to Aberdeen from here.


country: DE
comment:
At this place infront of Mc Shit people drop of their friends for the trainstation. ask them to give you a ride onto the highway


country: PL
comment:
Not major border crossing. Not much traffic and local traffic mostly gooing to Sejny or area arround.


country: PL
comment:
Pretty good place to hitch a ride to LT (Kaunas, Vilnius ect.) In the night it's more complicated couse you don't have light here. So you have to come closer the city, but there's no place for trucks to stop.


country: LT
comment:
Cars go fast, but they have enough place to stop and see you from far away. Locals wouldn't like to pick you up. It always takes a while to get out of here.


country: DE
comment:
Ask people standing in Line for the traffic light to turn left. You'll find somebody to bring you to the highway-gasstations. 


country: LT
comment:
This area is touristic. So despite low traffic you have real possibility to get a lift to Vilnius or Kaunas. Should't be hard to get a lift at least to Varena.


country: LT
comment:
It's good place if you're heading direction of Daugai, Vilnius, ect. . Couse most of the cars are going there. To get to Druskininkai you need hh from the cross road ahead.


country: LT
comment:
You have a bus stop somewhere here and a light. so it's possible to get a lift to Nida or even Kalliningrad anytime here.


country: LT
comment:
Bad but possible place to get a lift to Rusne. But keep in mind that that area is flooded in spring:)


country: LT
comment:
Not really good place to hh direction of Kryzkalnis, Kaunas or Vilnius from here. Most of the traffic is passing you at the high speed.


country: LT
comment:
Not very comfortable place for hh, couse it's at the begining of the big hill. Cars can't stop easily. But still you have pretty good chances to get a lift to Jurbarkas, Silute, ect.


country: LT
comment:
Somewhere arround here you have a bus stop and you're seen from long distance. It's a good hh spot if you're headint to direction of Jurbarkas, Silute, ect.


country: LT
comment:
Most of the traffic here is coming from Russia. Getting a lift from here to Taurage, Kryzkalnis shouldn't be a problem.


country: LT
comment:
Try avoid hh this place if you're heading to Ukmerge or Utena.It's lack of traffic and mostly locals are passing here.


country: LT
comment:
Looks like it should be OK place hh from here to Moletai, but in most of the cases there's no traffic.


country: LT
comment:
Pretty good place for hh direction of Ukmerge, Utena ect. if you're droped off by driver who goes to Jonava.


country: LT
comment:
Pretty good HH place, but's it's a bit complicated to reach it. Look for public transport that goes to Zemieji paneriai.You can hh here or go after viaduc. It doesn't takes long to get a lift at least to Kaunas from here.


country: LT
comment:
It used to be a good hh place, but now you have NO STOP sign, plus it's begining of a big hill, a lot of traffic nobody even could stop if they wanted. Don't stand here, walk up the hill with your thumb stucked out, somebody will pick you up, till the end  of the hill.


country: LT
comment:
Strange but here you have pretty much traffic and cars stops easily. Though this place is not very common. Here you can hitch a ride to Kernave, but mostly to Northern Vilnius.


country: LT
comment:
Not the best place for hh, couse it's not clear which way you want to go( dir. Trakai, or Druskininkai), but it doesn't take too long to get a lift at least till the place where the road splits.


country: LT
comment:
Pretty much traffic going from Druskininkai to Vilnius mostly. It won't take you long to catch a lift here.


country: LT
comment:
Youc an stand here or continue walking.You won't have any hh problems here. Almost every car will take you to Varena. It's very common to hh here.


country: LT
comment:
HH place to hh to Vilnius mostly. Stand just after roundabout. Perfect place to hh any time. Cars go slowly, much traffic and most of it is going to Vilnius


country: LT
comment:
Looks like dead end but even here you have pretty good chances to hitch a ride to Marcinkonys or even to Druskininkai. The main problem here is lack of traffic.


country: LT
comment:
Pretty good place to get a lift to Vilnius mostly. Cars stops before railway, you there's light. You can hh all the time there.


country: DE
comment:
Hitchhikers hell. I was dropped of here at night, no traffic at all, pitch dark, had to walk 30 minutes to the tram-station in rieselfeld. 


country: CH
comment:
Dir.: South

Enough space for cars to stop and official road to Fribourg, but most people actually take the shortcut wich leaves some hundred meters earlier


country: CH
comment:
Dir.: North

Little room for cars to stop, not too much traffic, but propably best place in Fribourg anyways


country: DE
comment:
Dir: South (Basel) only!!!

Gasstation Schauinsland

OK traffic

You can get here from Freiburg by taking Bus No. 36 towards Hochdorf, exit Bus station HÃ¶gestraÃŸe. Makes sense if you're trying to make a long distance. Otherwise you might just stay at KronenbrÃ¼cke, all together it will take the same amount of time.

Coming from the north it works the same, if you want to get to freiburg let them drop you out here, try to find someone who is going directly to freiburg or take bus no. 36.


country: CH
comment:
Gas station WÃ¼relos

Dir: ZÃ¼rich

We found a ride to the city pretty fast here.

Possibility to cross the street to opposite direction.


country: CH
comment:
Gas station WÃ¼relos

I guess a great place towards Basel, if you're hitching with someone who is heading towards Bern it is propably better to get of here than in Gunzgen

Possibility to cross the street to opposite direction.


country: CH
comment:
Gas station Pratteln

Excellent place, a lot of cars towards germany. Possibility to cross the street to opposite direction.


country: CH
comment:
Gas station Gunzgen

Most cars towards Bern, some towards Basel. WÃ¼renlos might be the better choice towards Basel, but anyways, it's well possible here to get a ride


country: PL
comment:
Very high speed of cars and no place to stop without making a dangerous situation on the road. Avoid to hhike here. But if you was unlucky and was droped off here, just go a bit futher and try to hhike on the hill. You must be very lucky to stop somebody there.


country: PL
datetime: 2008-02-29 00:00:00.000000
comment:
To Wroclaw. a lot of cars, mostly locals, but also a direct ones. Speed is quite fast, but you are visible from a distance and in the night there is a street lights working!:)


country: PL
comment:
To Warschawa. Enough place to stop for a car, street light is working in the night and a good nonstop trafic to the capital of Poland. :)


country: PL
datetime: 2008-02-29 00:00:00.000000
comment:
To E67. Not the best place for hhiking, but cars stop here. After 500m there is a gas station, but it very dead place - local cars and sometimes trucks which are having 12 hours pauza exectly when you are asking for a lift... So it better to hhike here - you will save a time


country: LT
comment:
It's pretty good place to hh direction of Kaunas, Vilnius, ect. I suggest asking at the petrol station, couse it's always busy with cars going to Vilnius or Kaunas mostly. Alternative is hh on the ramp going out of the petrol station. Or, thirddly you can stand on the side of Motorway.It won't take you long to get out of here.


country: PL
datetime: 2008-02-29 00:00:00.000000
comment:
To Piotrek Trybunalski, to Katowice, to Wroclaw. Not the best place to hhike (and I think it is even forbiden to walk or stay here), but I got a lift in 20 min here. A lot of trucks witch go  from north of Poland to south use this road (50) to avoid entering Warschawa.


country: LT
comment:
HH place to hh direction of Palanga, LV if you're coming from the east(Kaunas, Vilnius). It's not the best place couse you miss much traffic from Klaipeda, but it's possible to hitch a ride here.


country: LT
comment:
It's good place to hh to Klaipeda, there is a real possibility to catch a car going to Kaunas or Vilnius.


country: LT
comment:
It's not the best place if you want to hh of Klaipeda couse you miss a lot of traffic but it's one of the options if you don't want to walk till the next round about(Jaku).You can also try asking at the petrol station.


country: LT
comment:
It's the best HH place in Klaipeda to hh direction of Kaunas, Vilnius,ect. But there are no lights, so keep that in mind choosing to hh in the dark time.


country: LT
comment:
Getting a lift to Kaunas should be easy here, further - also possible Bus stop, enough place for a car to stop.


country: LT
comment:
Depending where you want to go you can have a lift to Juodkrante, Nida or even Kalliningrad. And that's very easy. You ask the car drivers on the ferry. Third driver you'll ask definatelly will take you.


country: LT
comment:
HH place to hh direction of Vilkija. It's a bus stop here and enough place for a car to stop but most traffic doesn't go long distances.


country: LT
comment:
Perfect and pretty popular HH place in Kaunas. Most of the traffic goes to Vilnius and you get a lift EASY. It's possible to get a ride to BY as well.


country: LT
comment:
HH spot to hh direction of Jonava, Ukmerge, Utena, Daugavpils. You can even get a lift to Moscow here, couse it's one o the way to go there.


country: LT
comment:
HH place to hh direction of Vilkija, Jurbarkas, Silute or even Klaipeda. It's pretty nice route along the river. Anyway it's pretty good place but quite much local traffic going to Kulautuva or Vilkija.You can get here by local, city transport: 48,49 bus and microbus going to Raudondvaris


country: LT
comment:
That's better place to hh direction of Kacergine, Sakiai, ect. You have intersection so the cars slow down.You can get here by any microbus that goes to Ringaudai.Get off as soon as the microbus leaves the main road and turns to Ringaudai


country: LT
comment:
HH place to hh direction of Vilkija, Jurbarkas, Silute or evn Klaipeda. You can get here with 7 and 11 Trolleybuses and any microbus that goes direction of Raudondvaris. Acctually Raudondvaris is better place to hh and you can get there by public transport


country: LT
comment:
It's possiblle to hh here if you want to get direction of Kacergine, Sakiai, ect., but most of the traffic is going to Ringaudai village, so it's better to stand after Ringaudai. You can get here by bus nr. 18 and any microbus that goes to Ringaudai


country: PL
datetime: 2010-08-18 03:27:05.000000
comment:
To north / LT. Just after the village there is enough space for even a truck to stop. Almost everybody are going to LT.


country: LT
comment:
It's pretty complicated to reach this spot, but it's the best place if you're going to PL.You have to reach Garliava (a suburb of Kaunas). If you're coming from Direction of Vilnius, Klaipeda or  Panevezys, just get of close to big supermarket next to the Highway in the north of Kaunas. It's called MEGA. There you take a bus  nr. 6 that goes to Garliava. You have to get off at the end of Garliava and walk a bit in direction of Mariampole till E67. At this place you have a lot of place for a car to stop and a petrol station where you can always ask the drivers. I asure you that's this place is the best. I've tried it any time in day and night.


country: GB
datetime: 2007-02-22 00:00:00.000000
comment:
Excellent spot for going South on A34 - hatched markings for a car to stop safely; 50mph limit; a lot of traffic from A420 and Oxford (including Seacourt Park and Ride)


country: DE
comment:
The perfect place to go to Hamburg and Kiel. For Berlin itÂ´s the best way to go from here via Hamburg as well and change at the circle Horner Kreisel.


country: DE
comment:
For Berlin itÂ´s much better to start from Fackenburger Allee/LohmÃ¼hle and go via Hamburg!
In St. Hubertus wait up to 2 hours.


country: DE
comment:
there was much traffic on the road on tuesday evening but really nobody was willing to give me a lift


country: GB
comment:
You can reach this roundabout form the St. Erth train or bus stations by a short walk. We got a lift to Plymouth in 20min time.


country: DE
comment:
this pertrol station and restaurant is like all the bigger stations on the a7 really good to get away


country: DE
comment:
Service Station Brockenlande, much traffic towards Kiel, a bit less up to Denmark. But possible to get rides up to the border.


country: DK
comment:
Got a ride here directly towards Germany within seconds. No idea how the traffic is on other days, but on a Friday morning it was quite busy.


country: DE
comment:
not many traffic, must be a bit lucky. you can also ask the drivers at the petrol station and macdonalds on the other side of the road.


country: DE
comment:
Service station just before the gates of Hamburg, but a bit a dead spot. Waited quite long there and only got ride offers for Hamburg City. Hard to get a ride somewhere north of HH.


country: DE
comment:
Service station close to a Burger King. It is not directly on the expressway (germ. Autobahn A9) but very close to it. Advantage: You can take a bus from the city centre or take a walk to the service station.


country: DE
comment:
If you have to change your driver because you want to hitchhike the A8 to Munich - (and your driver wants to Stuttgart-city or s.l.t.)this is a good place to change 


country: DE
comment:
Traffic is to fast to stop. most cars will not go to the highway but go straight ahead. i hh here twice. Once i get a lift after 40min. next time i waited over 100min and finally gave up!


country: DE
comment:
If you want to hitchhike from Nuremberg to Munich or elsewhere south and you donÂ´t know nobody with a car -  this is my hotspot. Just take the S-Bahn Nr. 3 to Feucht and then you can walk to this servicestation - directly on the motorway (germ. Autobahn)Just follow the Schwarzenbrucker StraÃŸe and turn left (uphill) after the first bridge but befor the next railroad bridge. 

For me there is just one disatvantage if you are in a hurry - from the S-Bahn station Feucht to the servicestation youÂ´ll need around 45 min. 


country: DE
comment:
If you wanna go North/South or you have to change your driver "KÃ¶schinger Forst" is an excellent place. It is situated about 10 km south from the motorway exit "Ingolstadt Nord"


country: DE
comment:
Big bus bay with lots of space to stop for cars. They can see you easily and have to slow down to 70 km/h some meters before. Good for direction Dreierwalde, Hoerstel or Hopsten.


country: CZ
comment:
Going towards Germany. Walk straight onto the emergency lane of the highway, about 30 meters from the on ramp. Probably forbidden (do not know) but good since the highway starts here and cars are not too fast ;)


country: GB
comment:
A40 Eastbound truck stop.
This is a fantastic place to get a lift to the South, as most M40-Southbound traffic from Oxford goes past this truck stop.


country: CZ
comment:
There is old small chapell, you can hitch hike right next to it. Direction is GolÄÅ¯v JenÃ­kov, ÄŒÃ¡slav, KolÃ­n, Praha ...


country: NL
comment:
Highway towards Amsterdam, cars can easily stop. Take the bus to halte Zuiderval, about 100m to walk.


country: DE
comment:
Good if wanting to go to Marburg. It's not a practicle place for cars to pull over, but many just stop directly on the road since there is not too much traffic. waiting time: 15 - 30 min. 


country: DE
comment:
Perfect for going toward Hamburg, Dresden, or Berlin. If you are in Giessen, which is hard to get out of, try taking a bus to Reiskirchen, get out first stop, and track back the direction you came from until you get to the Autobahn ramp. 


country: DE
comment:
Few traffic going up here, you might wait some time until cars going up on the highway. But nevertheless a nice countryside. Unprotected spot, can be very breezy.


country: FR
datetime: 2008-01-15 00:00:00.000000
comment:
Here many cars get into the highway to Lyon-Paris. There is enough space for them to park with safety. Somebody may took you to the petrol station just before the peage, and once you are there, you will travel fast.


country: ES
datetime: 2008-01-15 00:00:00.000000
comment:
Córdoba-Granada. Get the bus number 6 from the center in direction to Barrio Guadalquivir and step out of the bus at the stop Carretera de Granada. Continue by foot for 100m. (Be aware that you are in the poorest suburb of Córdoba, show self-confidence). Then walk over the highway. There you can already show your cardboard. Continue straight for 300 m until the fuel station to your right. There you can start asking people. This national road involves a huge risk of getting stack in the middle at any of the crowded villages. Make sure that you get a direct ride to Granada, otherwise a very long one, or wait for the next. This road is mostly use by people of Baena, Alcalá, or other villages in the way to Granada. Good luck! January 2008


country: DE
datetime: 2006-05-02 00:00:00.000000
comment:
Service station Münsterland, much traffic on the way towards Dortmund (Ruhrarea), Cologne, Hamburg etc. Also chance to get on the A43 to Recklinghausen and Gelsenkirchen.


country: IT
comment:
Enough space for cars to stop for you directly next to the road along the beach. Hitching easily towards Alghero.


country: DE
comment:
A small petrol station in the western ring of the A10. Not so much traffic but at least no Problem if you get to the west or to the south. I waited 17 min for a lift to Hannover.


country: FR
comment:
to Metz, To Brussels. You can stay before or after traficlights. Write down your destination place. Better to hhike in the mornings here.


country: FR
comment:
to Epinal, to Nancy. A  lot of local cars, so write down your destination place. Waiting time : around 30 min.


country: CH
comment:
To Mullhouse, to Kolmar, to Strasbourg.  There is a parking lot imedeatly after a boarder - some cars stop there. Boarderguards are not very openminded - they say thats it is forbiden to hhike on the highway (even if it is a begining), but you can do it on a parking place..:) So write down on a big hhiker's plate your Destination goal and    wait on a parking slot, people will notice that you are hhiker and will stop after a while.:) Be polite with boarderguards!:) 


country: AT
comment:
To Munich, to Salzburg. After a "Shell" gasstation there is a place for active hhiking on a highway. I usualy didn't wait here longer then 15 minutes and truck arrived:)


country: SK
comment:
To Brno, to Praha. There are a lot of cars going to Praha early in the morning and they often stops at this gasstation, so you can ask them. But be carefull, because owner of the gas station is not very hhikers-friendly.


country: DE
comment:
to Freyung, to Czeh republic (Praha). Just say before traficlight with writen destination place on your hhiker's plate. A lot of local cars, but people are friendly and will take you very fast from this point.


country: LV
comment:
to Dobele, to Tukums. Somewhere here there is a bus stop, so try to hhike htere. Write down your destination. You you don't have a lift in half an hour - change position. In 1,5 km there is a crossroad - try there:)


country: LV
comment:
To Sigulda, Valmiera, Valka, Tartu. Not the best idea to hhike on the highway. Police will not arrive ;)just because you stay there, but due to the high speed its very dificult for cars to stop. Be visible and its better to have aplate with your distination goal.


country: LV
comment:
To Saulkrasti, To Parnu, to Tallinn. There is a bus stop and cafe nearby, but you need to wait a bit for a lift. Be patient


country: GB
comment:
The point is great for hitching towards Oxford/Birmingham (M40) or M25 - also, there is a hatched-marking section, where a car can stop to pick you up even when the traffic is heavy.
Always stand with a sign stating your destination, as a lot of traffic goes round M25.

Also, there is an OxfordTube bus stop nearby, so you can always take the bus if you are really stuck.


country: LV
comment:
To Vecpiebalga. You can ask people on a parking place near cafe, but they usualy have no place in the cars (family holidays). So just wait after parking and your car will appears.:)


country: NL
comment:
I used this place twice going south. I had a sign for Rotterdam and got picked up within 5min. both of the times, but you could try further, especially during rush-hour. Alternatively you could ask the driver to drop you at the gasstation a few km down the highway, this'll save you the walk at least:)


country: EE
comment:
To Parnu, Tallinn. Standart spot for hhiking. Write down destination place on your hhiking plate and you will get a direct car:)


country: LV
comment:
To Sigulda, Riga. A lot of cars, high speed, but you are visible from the distance and there is a place to stop.


country: CZ
comment:
You can try to hhike before the boarder, but drivers afraid to stop, because there are a lot of signes that do not alowd to stop and a lot of police and boarderguards who are not very friendly to hhikers. its forbiden to cross boarder by foot at this checkpoint. Don't know how it is now when Poland and Czeh are in Schengen..


country: PL
comment:
to Warszawa, to Lublin. A lot of cars, high speed, but there is enough place for breaking. Be visible!:)


country: PL
comment:
To Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Russia. A lot of trucks in this direction - theris a place to stop for them. In the night is also good to hhike here because of a street lights. :)


country: PL
comment:
To Zakopane, to Slovaki and to Czeh republik. After a trafic light there is a bus stop, so cars can stop. Do not write long distance cities on your plate - you will stuck here for hours. Just hitchhike, be active and you will get a car less then 20 min. :)


country: PL
comment:
To Zilina, to Bratislava. A nice place where cars go with low speed and drivers have time to dicide. Waiting time: about 20 min in summer and 20 min in winter.:)


country: CZ
comment:
To Brno. In the begining of 2007 road E462 was closed (or not finished), so all trafic to Brno went this way. How it is now - chek it:)


country: PL
comment:
To Krakow. Stay on the top of the hill (in the night - under the street light) - so you will be visible from a distance and will not stay longer than 10 min, especialy if you put down on the plate your destination goal.


country: PL
comment:
to Warszawa, to Radom.  Thre is a bus stop and a lot of place for stop the car. Speed of  cars is high, so be visible and write down your destination place:)


country: PL
datetime: 2007-06-19 00:00:00.000000
comment:
to Warsczawa. It is an old road from Germany to Warszawa. A lot of cars but mostly locals. Due to the big road reconstrucions on it - it become very unpopular for long distance drivers... Write down a destination place on your plate. 


country: PL
comment:
To Warsczawa. There is a trafic light before junction, so speed of the car is not too high, but people very rearly stops here. And of course you need a plate with destination place.


country: PL
comment:
To Slawa. A lot of privat houses around and no place to stop for drivers. Try to change position if you didn't get a ride in 15 min


country: PL
comment:
To Warsczawa. There is a bus stop. but usualy full of people, so write down on a plate your destination point. If you are not lucky here try to change your position - in 3 km after a river there is one spot - not the best one..


country: CZ
comment:
to Wroclaw. A low speed, good traffic, direct cars. there is not so much space to stop for a driver, but its possible to do it.


country: CZ
comment:
To Hradec Kralove, to Wroclaw. A lot of local cars -  you can stuck here for hour. But where is better place to this direction - I don't know. :(


country: GB
comment:
Advantages: picks up a lot of southbound traffic (including freight) from North Chesterfield and South Sheffield.
Disadvantages: gets very muddy in wet weather; drivers will only stop at a red light or when there is no heavy traffic.


country: PL
comment:
to Wschowa, to Poznan.   Traffic is good enough for hhiking especialy in the mornings. Mostly local cars, but in summer time a lot of direct ones.


country: EE
comment:
For going to Rakvere, Narva, St. Petersburg (Russia).
Bus #54 takes you there from Bus Station. Or from centre trams #2 and #4 take you ~750m before the point.


country: DE
comment:
much traffic! slow cars. no problem to get away to france, luxembourg or germany. there is a turkish restaurant with a parking in direction north and a small snack stand with place for cars to stop on the other direction of the road. i wated about 5 min.


country: FR
comment:
i waited very long with a sign to freiburg. nobody will take you but there is almost traffic. with asking directly it was no real problem. but also at least 20min. i guess nobody wants to take you over the border


country: LV
comment:
To Valmiera, Riga. In the night its better to stay her, but during the day you can also try to change position, if you are waiting for a lift for 30 min.


country: LV
comment:
To Daugavpils. As I remember, I've never wait here longer then half hour. Usualy it was direct cars to Daugavpils


country: LV
comment:
To Riga. In the mornings there are a lot of cars going direction to Riga. Write down on a Plate and you will not stay here more then 20 min.


country: LV
comment:
To Riga. Not the best position, but I've  never stayed longer then 20 min here. If you are standing more, so change your position - in about 2 km theris a big junction - try there. 


country: LV
comment:
To Balvi, Gulbene. The road is not overloaded with trafic, but when some cars appears they usually take you. Be patient.


country: LV
comment:
To Rezekne,to Russia. A lot of cars, but not a lot of place to stop. If nobody stops in 20 min, change position. In 4-5 km ther is a railway crossroad - try there..:)


country: LV
comment:
To Tallinn. A lot of cars all day long (and night also), most of them are direct cars to Estonia or Finland


country: LV
comment:
To Riga. If you want to go to Riga and your car is going to Estonia (for exmple), you can jump out here and easely hitchhike a new direct one.:)


country: LV
comment:
To ringroad, to E67, To Tallinn, to Lithuania. A lot of local cars goes from here till the ring road. There you can choose your direction. Somtimes this spot is more usefull then Jugla's spot.


country: LV
datetime: 2007-12-18 00:00:00.000000
comment:
To Daugavpils, Rezekne, Russia. 2 years ago it was a very good place for hhiking, but now, due to reconstructions, it could change a bit


country: FR
comment:
Locals told me that most people going to Paris pass by there. I waited 30 min and a car stopped to take me there. Okay place for the cars to stop.


country: MR
datetime: 2007-09-05 00:00:00.000000
comment:
ask the drivers for Dakhla or Nouakshoot, they will help you mostly, but dont pay more then 200 dirams to Dakhla or 60 dirams to Nouakshoot.
Dont drive with the people from Marocco group, they are really criminals, they want more for the way back as for the way to Nouakshoot.look for european plates.


country: DE
comment:
my personally best hitch hicking point of the world to Hamburg.
you can ask the people their for a lift to hamburg at the petrol station.


country: MA
datetime: 2007-09-12 00:00:00.000000
comment:
you walk out of the city, then you find a petrol station, you can speak with the drivers their, but they want normaly money, dont pay more then 100 diram to Fes. Otherwise take a plate like me, with FES on it, I dont need more then 20 min.


country: FR
datetime: 2007-09-15 00:00:00.000000
comment:
This point is a good point to make hitch hicking to Barcelona, or to Nimes, Montpellier, because a lot of people are going here on the Highway to the cost, but you need a plate with your aim.


country: MA
datetime: 2007-09-17 00:00:00.000000
comment:
Just walk next to the street with a plage with your destination on it, there will be a lot of people who wants to pick you up!
a little advise from me: use the plage also before on your way to this point next to the street, maybe you dont need so much time then.


country: LV
comment:
To Valmiera, Tartu (EST). Somewhere here you can try to hhike mo saftly. There are some hills, so try to hhike on the top of a hill. Speed is 70 km/h for the cars.


country: LV
comment:
To Valmiera, Tartu (EST). Ther is a bus stop, so hhike here. You are visible from a distance and there is a place for stop a car


country: LV
comment:
To Riga. Usually I'm hhiking here, when I'm returning from Estonia. But mayby its not the best point to start to hhike from Valmiera. Time of waiting is not more then 25 min.


country: LV
comment:
To Tartu. If you want to avoid to enter the city, you can try to hhike on a ring road. Direct cars to Tartu or Valka usually choose this way, but they are not a majority of traffic. The time that you will spend hhiking on a ring road is more or less like a time that you will walk through the city.


country: MA
datetime: 2007-09-09 00:00:00.000000
comment:
there must be a petrol station next to the highway, you can walk next to these highway, and I standed next to these petrol station with a plate, to Marakesh. 


country: LV
comment:
To Riga, Talsi, Tukums. It looks like a perfect place for hhiking, but people from Ventspils are not very hitchhikers-friendly.  You must be very activ to bring an attention to your person:)


country: LV
comment:
To Valmiera, Tartu (EST). Its quite dangerous to stop a car here, but a lot of drivers do it. If you are against dangerous hhiking - walk 3km to a next spot.


country: LT
comment:
To Liepaja. You can wait for the car here or can have a walk a bit - doesn't metter. You will not stay longer here then 20 min:)


country: LV
comment:
To Zalenieki, Tervete.  You can start to hhike here. Many local cars, so write down your destination goal.


country: LT
comment:
To Kaunas, Germany. Even that cars are going too fast here - you are visible from distance, so drivers slow down a bit and see that there is enough space to stop their car and take you


country: PL
comment:
To Germany, to Berlin.  If I remember well, in Boczow there is a huge parking place for trucks, which are going to whole Europe. Try to ask for a lift there. If you need just to go to Berlin, stay on the road and hhike all cars in this direction. Car will appears very fast..:)


country: LT
comment:
To Kaunas, Poland, West Europe. You can stay infront of gas station - there is place to stop for a car. The problem is - many local cars which go to Panevezys. But If your car is going there, its better to jump here and to take ring road.


country: PL
comment:
Distanation - Bialostok (PL), Awgustow (PL), Kaunas (LT), Riga (LV), Tallin (EST), S.Petersburg (RU). A lot of truck drivers choose this way to avoid Warsaw. And here its a enough place to stop a car for driver, also because speed is very low after a turn.


country: LV
comment:
To Jelgava. You will not stay longer then 15 min here - a lot of cars mostly to Jelgava, but sometimes also to Dobele


country: LV
comment:
To Riga. You can stay at the bus stop, but be ready a bit for a lift - the speed of car is quite big to stop.


country: LV
comment:
To Saldus, Skrunda, Liepaja. Direct way
to the western seaside of Latvia. Good
trafic, direct and fast cars. (Forgot to login for this spot)


country: LV
comment:
From Riga to Saldus, Skrunda, Liepaja.
Till this point u can get by minibus
(from Riga's centre) which goes to PINKI
or SKULTE. Write down LIEPAJA and u
won't stay longer than half an hour. (forget to login for the previous spot)


country: LV
comment:
To Ventspils, Talsi, Tukums, Kuldiga. If the previous pint is heavyly ocupied by hhikers - try to hhike here. Sometimes its even faster to get a ride from here


country: LV
comment:
To Ventspils, Talsi, Tukums, Kuldiga. Wait for direct car here. Its beeter to mis some short-distance cars and then get one car till the goal of your trip


country: LV
comment:
To Tukums, Talsi, Kuldiga, Ventspils. A lot of cars going this directions and very often direct ones.


country: LV
comment:
To Kuldiga, Talsi, Ventspils. Not very good place to hhike, but its possible here. next better hhiking spot in 6 km.


country: LV
comment:
To Riga. A lot of cars, a lot of local cars also. It looks like ther is no place to stop, but drivers do it:)


country: LV
comment:
To Riga. A lot of trafic here. Stay on the bus stop and you will defenatly get a lift directly to Riga.


country: LV
comment:
To Kandava, Tukums, Riga. In the end of Sabile, befor the sign. enough place to stop a car. Do not go futher, there is only hills and quite dangerous road.


country: LV
comment:
To Kuldiga. In the end of Sabile, you will find a place where its possible to stop a car for driver. Just hhike there.:)


country: LV
comment:
To Sabile, Talsi, Tukums, Riga. Just wait here for the car you need. Do not walk for a better position, because you will walk around 10-12 km


country: LV
comment:
To Saldus, Sabile, Tukums, Jurmala, Riga.  Its better to write down a destination of your trip, because many cars is turning for Saldus after a bridge (in 500 m). If you not going there, better walk a bit to another hhiking place.


country: LV
comment:
To Sabile, Kandava, Tukums, Riga. Not the best spot to hhike, but there is nothing better in 10 km radius.


country: LV
comment:
To Sabile, Tukums, Jurmala and Riga. Even  if the speed of cars seems to be very high - you are visible here from a distance and drivers stop their car.:)


country: LV
comment:
To Saldus and Riga. There is a bus stop (usualy empty), but speed of cars is very offen too high to stop immediatly. So be ready to run a bit after the car stops. :)


country: LV
comment:
To Liepaja. It looks like a bad hhiking place, but cars stop here.(from personal experience). Just stay near the sign "Aizpute is over"


country: LV
comment:
To Aizpute, Liepaja. Direct cars, slow speed, place to stop - what else do you need for succesfull hhiking?!


country: LV
comment:
A perfect place to hhike to Liepaja from. :) its like from the books about best practice hhiking. :)


country: LV
comment:
A lot of cars direction to Kaunas, Poland, West and south Europe. NOt more than 15 min waiting for a lift usualy


country: LV
comment:
Cars to Aizpute and Kuldiga. Hitchhike on the bus stop. Speed of  cars if low after a turn, so more time to react on you for the driver.:)


country: LV
comment:
To Pavilosta, Jurkalne  and Ventspils. The road is not overloaded with cars, but here you can have a better chanse to get a lift, than in Grobina.


country: LV
comment:
Cars to Saldus, Riga, Aizpute, Kuldiga. There is a bus stop nearby and a place for drivers to stop. You can get here from Liepaja by taking a bus Nr. 912 from the centre of the city (near hotel "Liva").


country: LV
comment:
To Riga. If you didn't manadge to find a lift on gas station - here you can stay and cover also a traffic both from Liepaja and Saldus in direction Riga


country: LV
comment:
To hhike before the boarder of Skrunda - speed is not so high and you are visible from a long distance


country: LV
comment:
in the daytime its better to stay here, but in the night better to hhike before a bridge (because of streetlights)


country: LV
comment:
Many local cars witch goes to Saldus (6 km), but if you will write down "Liepaja" on your board - direct car defenetly stops.. but when? :)


country: LV
comment:
Ther is a bus stop and a place to stop a car, but speed is very fast. You must be very active to stop a car here :)


country: LV
comment:
dirction : ti Riga. It looks like nobody will stops here - but usualy you don't stand here more than 10-15 min. If in this time nobody stops - just walk around 2 km and you will see a railway crossroad - try there.:)


country: LT
datetime: 1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000
comment:
Good p1ace to stop a car directly to Poland or Germany. All trafic from Tallinn, Riga and Klaipeda goes here


country: LV
comment:
To avoid going in to Riga - you can try to hhike from here in direction to Tallinn or Russia. A lot of tranzit trucks is going by this way.


country: LV
comment:
Quite bad hhing place. Its a gas station near by, but there only local cars are stopping (normaly). If you are here - try to change a position, using those car even for couple km. But better to avoid this place


country: LV
comment:
Good place to hhike after you eat something in the cafe nearby.:) Speed of cars is slow, a lot of place to stop a car and also a parking place near cafe where you can find a lift directly to Liepaja


country: PL
comment:
There is a bus stop and a lot of local cars. You can try to start here to hhike to Germany, but you will save a time if you just use a bus to get out of the city.


country: LT
datetime: 2007-12-12 00:00:00.000000
comment:
It looks like a good spot for hhing, but on Sundays and afternoons (from 12:00 till 14:00) it is dead end.   A lot of trucks just cross boarder and make pauza in a cafe 6 km away from this point


country: PL
comment:
Direction - Germany. Very fast speed and almost no chanse to get a car. If you are here - change position. You can walk or you can take a bus 01 or 02 for some bus stops.


country: PL
comment:
Direction - Germany and West - South Europe. There is a round crossroad and all cars from Warsaw and Poznan meets here to continue there ride to the west. Speed is low, and no locals almost.


country: PL
comment:
Direction - Germany. If you are lucky and visible enough - here you can try to hhike. A lot of local cars which could bring you further a bit to a better position.(for example to Pniewy - 25 km)


country: DE
comment:
The Autohof here is the worst place ever to get out of. Located off the Autobahn, lots of local traffic or traffic just going into Stuttgart


country: PL
comment:
It's almoust dead point for hhing - no chance for a truck to stop, only small car can do this. And you also cannot leave this point by foot, because for 10-12 kilometers its very narrow and fast speed road with no place for drivers to stop, even if they wanted to do it. Try to avoid to stop here and if the car goes to Scczuczin, try to get out somewhere before it in a better spot.


country: PL
comment:
Very good place to get a truck directly to Germany (Berlin) or Poznan. There is a truck parcking here and gas station. It better to stay with a sign  after gas station. You can get here by train from Warsaw or by hhing :)


country: GB
datetime: 2007-11-28 00:00:00.000000
comment:
Very big service station, lots of cars, all heading for London. Also a bridge over the road, so you can switch lanes here (as I did, I arrived from the South with a lift which took me around London and took a lift back into the Northern part of London)


country: BE
datetime: 2007-11-28 00:00:00.000000
comment:
A not so busy petrol station, but here is already some traffic heading for UK and France. I got a ride here without much trouble, Flemish are good eggs :)


country: NL
datetime: 2007-11-28 00:00:00.000000
comment:
This petrol station is not very large, but all traffic here is going south and a lot of them head for Belgium, so you will easily get a hike to Antwerp.


country: NL
datetime: 2007-11-28 00:00:00.000000
comment:
Very good petrol station (Total) to get out of Delft on to the A13 (especially direction Rotterdam during rush hour). You can get there by walking from the traffic lights from the Voorhofdreef/Kruithuisweg, but be sure to walk past the road (max 100m), because at next to the station there is water and a big barrier.


country: NL
datetime: 2007-11-28 00:00:00.000000
comment:
A busy road, so good for hitchhiking, but most of the traffic will go to Rotterdam and not further so the traffic that is able to give you a hike to for example Dordrecht is sparse.
Also last time I was kicked away by the petrol station owner for asking the tanking people (even though I always smile, wish people a good journey and are dressed pretty neat) but a sign at the parking lot behind the station also worked out OK :)


country: DE
comment:
Direction: East

Many cars only come for fueling to this gas station and then go back to Salzwedel. It should be easy to find somebody to bring you there but I don't know how many of them can bring you to the other side of the city to go on hitchhiking.


country: PL
datetime: 2007-07-01 00:00:00.000000
comment:
This is a bus stop on Zakopiańska, which leads onto road 7/E77, south.

To get here, take tram 8 or 19 (I think) to Borek Fałęcki, the final stop, which is about a one km north of this point.

This seems like a good spot, but I did have to wait for quite a while.

You could also try walking south to the other spot which is right on 7/E77.


country: DE
datetime: 2007-11-01 00:00:00.000000
comment:
Direction: West. 

This gas station is mostly frequented by people coming from Salzwedel going to... Salzwedel. But there are also some going the direction of Uelzen and maybe after one hour or longer there will be somebody taking you there. 

I recommend asking people while fueling and standing next to the road the rest of the time.


country: PL
comment:
Road 8 towards CzÄ™stochowa and Katowice.

There are certainly a good spots here as well, but I did not try it.


country: PL
datetime: 2007-07-01 00:00:00.000000
comment:
Road 7 towards Kielce and Kraków.

There is a free bus going to Janki Center, the big mall just north of here. It leaves from Aleje Jerozolimskie in the city center (see bus point there).


country: SE
comment:
This is one spot for going south on E6/E20. Perhaps a bit too close to the center -- many cars are probably not leaving the city. Though a friend got a ride straight to MalmÃ¶. There are indeed red lights, so you can get contact with people.

You can get here by taking a tram to stop called Stampen, and walking Gullbergsvassgatan.


country: SE
datetime: 2007-11-29 00:00:00.000000
comment:
Stigs Center -- big service station where international truck drivers stop and rest. Going north and south on E6. Should be possible to talk somebody into taking you.

It has a long history, but it doesn't look like this anymore: http://www.stigscenter.se/img/historia/tappen62.jpg  .

Get here by taking bus 47 from Hjalmar Brantingsplatsen towards Tuve.

Hjalmar Brantingsplatsen (on Hisingen Island, just across the bridge (Götaälvbron) from the central train station) is reached by tram 5, 6 or 10.


country: DE
comment:
Nearly no traffic, you need to have luck to hitch here. Well space for cars to stop, but not for trucks. Better try the ramp or go back. Empty area!


country: NL
comment:
Service station. Some trucks filling up here, further nearly nothing except German tourists buying Coffee. Forget it! Also don't even think to try out the ramp!


country: DE
comment:
This spot is somewhat better, more traffic going eastwards to Rheine or IbbenbÃ¼ren. Hitched this direction 2 times, both waiting time around 5 minutes


country: DE
comment:
End of town, stupid corner behind you so make yourself visible. Much traffic towards Bentheim, but a bit difficult for cars to stop.


country: ES
datetime: 2007-10-01 00:00:00.000000
comment:
Big service area and gas stations. East side of the road is towards Lleida and Zaragoza, west side towards Valencia.

To get here, you can take a train from Barcelona (Sants station, or so) towards Matorell.

Get off at Castellbisbal. Go behind the small station, walk over the short bridge (or was it just a raised road), and then immediately turn right and follow the dirt track back in the direction you came with the train. You will come to the service area.


country: BE
comment:
Direction Gent, tram 82 on Chaussee de Gand. Dense traffic but a wide area on the bridge for a car to stop.


country: DE
comment:
Just behind the traffic light you can stand for hitching towards Oldenzaal or Gildehaus. Not much traffic, but cars can stop along the road. Average spot.


country: BE
comment:
Direction Brussels: Possibility to hitch before or on the On-Ramp. (Note that from October 2007 Onwards the direction East On-Ramp is closed for construction purposes until further notice)


country: BE
comment:
You can hitch a ride East - West with a sign along the E40, you can also simply walk all the way down to the E40 and hitch from the On-Ramp.


country: GB
comment:
Somewhere her is supposed to be a Garage. Got from here a lift to Manchester in 45 minutes of waiting. A sign is useful.


country: FR
comment:
To Bourges, from the motorway. Note that a driver can regain the motorway before the toll making it more easy for them to drop you off at the Bourges Exit


country: GB
comment:
Got a lift from here to Stirling in 20 minutes. Cars have to drive slowly here so its okay for stopping.


country: NO
comment:
To Nordkapp, you just need to wait in this general area... one tourist might take you at some point.
(PS: The E69 doesn't have a shoulder to walk further North after the Airfield).


country: FR
comment:
Even if hitching work in direction North, it takes way too long with only short ride, and the Highway access in Gien isn't the best place to catch a ride further North. It's better to try reaching the highway from Bourges through another road.


country: DK
comment:
This is the place to reach to go in direction of Esbjerg, Kolding Junction is quite a trap so you have to be careful to not get stuck.


country: NO
comment:
There is no use to go anywhere else than there to get out of Mageroya leaving Honningsvag, (catching traffic out of Nordkapp and Honningsvag). Make sure to catch a ride out of the Island or  possibly until the E6 Junction. Waiting can be long! (Remember, Mageroya Tunnel is toll/person).


country: CA
comment:
One of the Best Services to catch a ride, high frequentation with possibilities to go every direction: http://en.hitchwiki.org/?title=Point-du-Jour_Services


country: CA
comment:
This junction has the worst reputation to be dropped off it is better to do the Sault Ste.Marie - Thunder Bay ride in one shot... many people get stucks for days here.


country: DE
comment:
From Bochum central station, take the U35 towards Rensingstrasse. Get out there and walk up to the ramp.


country: ES
comment:
from burgos take a bus at the bus-station to quintanapalla and then walk on the little road that goes back to the gas-station  :)


country: GB
comment:
You can access the Channel Tunnel entrance from Ashford road (A20) slip-road, and hitch from there before the viaduc trying to catch the traffic from the highway as cars can safely pull over around or after the viaduc, the toll booths are still 800 yards away and there is no cctv to be used as deterrents.


country: DE
comment:
Decent Rasthof to continue further to the west (Belgium - Aachen - NL), You can even access it from Cologne by taking a train to Konigsdorf and walk from the station to the Services (Augustinus Str and Marienhofer Weg)


country: DE
comment:
no car can stop here...its a bypass road and there is almost no space for you to place yourself. also the cars are coming with over 100km/h and the road is curved...so they cannot see you. better go to fÃ¼rstenwalde west and try your luck there! 


country: BE
comment:
Best spot to hitch towards Eindhoven, or Hasselt/Liege. Much space to stop on the bridge. A tramstop is only 200 meter away.


country: FR
comment:
for caen or further
possible to take a bus #31 to la bouille and then walk(take care u'll have to climb a little), make stop on national road to reach the spot...  nusti


country: FR
comment:
for normandie (rouen)
take rer(train) to poissy,then bus #20 to stop "auberge" 3m further turn right to cross over the highway and reach the station :)  nusti


country: GB
comment:
I didn't get a lift here, but the passing Buddhist monks who live at the temple just through the trees told me they like to pick people up here when they can! Maybe even try your luck in the car park?


country: GB
datetime: 2007-06-15 00:00:00.000000
comment:
In theory these bus stops near the M1 make fantastic spots, long straight roads with heavy traffic slowing for roundabouts... But I had no luck in over two hours. 


country: IT
comment:
you can reach this gas station from florence center by taking bus for the aeroporto. from here, you can take any ride that is entering the autostrada, and if they are not going your direction they can leave you at the first service area on the autostrada, from which it is probably more convenient to hitch.


country: CH
comment:
Good for going to Bern/German-speaking Switzerland or Yverdon/Neuchatel. Crosswalk makes traffic slow down and plenty of space to slow down. Bus stop Blecherette.


country: NL
comment:
Street going on to the highway, forget it! no space to stop, cars see you badly. better try to walk up the bridge and stand directly along the Westerval, if you got lost here.


country: NL
comment:
Good if you're coming from the University! Go with the bus line 1 to Jupiterstraat, walk 10m to the traffic circle, walk left and there you see an emergency rest stop.Nearly everyone is going to the A35!


country: ES
datetime: 2007-11-02 00:00:00.000000
comment:
Granada-Córdoba or a way to get to another petrol station in the highway. It is a petrol station. From here they mostly take the Highway to Madrid, even for sort distances. If you go east (Murcia, Valencia, Barcelona)or west you can get a ride here to any of the other three fuel stations that are located before the cross with the A-92 (which is the highway going to Murcia). In my opinion the bigest is the second one (GALP). However if you want to reach Córdoba, I encourage you to wait until somebody brings you directly there, otherwise the most probable is that you get stack in any village in between (it already hapened 2/3 to me). Be patient, you are in Spain. Good luck. November 2007


country: ES
datetime: 2007-10-02 00:00:00.000000
comment:
This spot is nice to reach Cordoba. Remember anyway that you are in Spain and it may take long. It is a bit dangerous to reach it by foot, but once you are there, there is enough space for the cars to stop. November 2007


country: NO
comment:
There is a traffic light and bus stop, with plenty of traffic going south and towards Stockholm. A sign helps.


country: NO
comment:
First on ramp after tunnel. Not a lot of traffic, but easy to place yourself and plenty of room to stop. Easy to get to Vestby gas stations.


country: NO
comment:
Popular gas station for cars and trucks going to Sweden. Ask around and in a few minutes you'll be on your way.


country: SE
comment:
Got dropped off here. A lot of traffic, but nobody going north toward Helsingborg or Gotenborg. Avoid it if possible in favor of service station a few kms north on E6.


country: GB
comment:
Direction: M5 south (Bristol). Here you get both trafic from the gas station and the road. Plenty of space to stop. A gold spot.


country: DE
comment:
For A1 East (Hamburg). Just outside the McDonalds. The road is quite fast but there is a huge space on the side to stop and people see you from some distance.


country: CH
comment:
An average place to hitchhike in direction of Geneva. There is a bus stop before the on ramp (Bourdonette, also a metro stop!) and in the morning it is quite easy to get picked up.


country: DE
comment:
Service station on German side.You can get lifts up north to Karlsruhe or further. Much trucks from South stop here to sleep overnight to go further north.


country: DE
comment:
Very nice spot general direction south. It's a bit more difficult for straight direction west if you want to enter the Netherlands from the far north to Groningen.
Reasons: IKEA is just behind the spot and hence there are many people from all over the place to buy some furniture. This can also cause problems, when they are totally loaded.
How to get there:
Take either tram line no. 4 or 5 to station 'Huckelriede' then switch over into bus line no. 53 until the end (IKEA) or station 'Carl-Zeiss-Str.'
(one earlier). Be aware that you leave the city boarders, when using Bus 53. You'll need an area-extension if you don't want to dodge the fare.
Good ride and quick hitch,
polarfox (www.BeWelcome.org)


country: DE
comment:
Tecklenburger Land Ost: Motorway fillingstation / restaurant. Access on foot via DunkbachstraÃŸe, 49545 Tecklenburg. Direction OsnabrÃ¼ck


country: DE
comment:
Tecklenburger Land West: Motorway fillingstation / restaurant. Access on foot via GrafenstraÃŸe, 49545 Tecklenburg. Direction Dortmund


country: CR
comment:
Heading downtown until a redlight. To your right is a TEXACO gas station. There cars running to the south of the carribean coast.

Red Light District - watch out!


country: BG
comment:
After the bridge is a bus stop - the only place you can hichhike. Take bus 13 to the Train station after the bridge get out , next stop on this bus is Train station (or you can walk from downtown is near 15-20m)


country: BG
comment:
West towards- Sofia . Take trolleybus n2 to the City Mall (E772) after that you must walk about 10m forward to the next way who joint to this.(Look on the map)


country: DE
comment:
There's a Aral-Petrol Station. Ask the drivers. The second one I asked gave me a lift to Kiel. Found the spot on hitchbase.com


country: DE
comment:
much traffic at friday afternoon, it tooks me only 5mintes waiting time here to get a lift to Frankfurt


country: RS
comment:
Crossroads with road from center of Novi Sad to highway - there are lights, so hitchhike just behind them. Road to Beograd, Nis, Bulgaria, Macedonia...


country: GB
comment:
Fleet Services (Direction London and
North): This is your last spot before
the M25, it is the best spot to be
before the M25


country: FR
comment:
I waited fairly long and finally got a ride to the next peage on the A42. But there I waited an hour or so. Only local cars. So I tramped back to town and took the A6.

One should definetely take the A6 when heading north.


country: GB
comment:
There is some gas station and supermarket, this would be the only good spot to hitch in whatever direction it is more safe to do it before the roundabout


country: GB
comment:
This spot is a last resort to go direction Poole - Southampton, you have to stand behind the fence and hope that the traffic get so dense that the cars can not speed


country: GB
comment:
There is a bus stop so a car can pull aside and take you down to Weymouth, enjoy the landscape in the meantime


country: NL
comment:
For direction Ozz, Nijmegen, Arnhem: From the big market in the city center, walk down the Hinthamerstraat (where the big cathedral is) to its end. You'll be standing in front of a bridge. Go right into the Zuid Willemsvaart street and follow it till the crossing, and go straight forward along the Van Veldekekade. After 500 meter you'll be under a bridge. Walk the path up there and you'll find a big biking path. Just stand on that and pull out your thumb. You can also try to go over the bridge and go down the street directly direction Nijmegen.


country: DE
comment:
Very great place, when you want to go onto the motorway in any direction. Almost any car leaving the city will pass by.


country: GB
comment:
Direction Cornwall: You have to stand on the Grass as there is no shoulder but the road is wide enough for a car to stop to take you; although it is actually not useful to walk that far from Plymouth to catch the same ride


country: GB
comment:
There is possibility for a car to stop but this spot would be only good for reaching Dorchester; the traffic is dense and Yeovil is not the place to be


country: GB
comment:
To Dartmoor National Park: It is best to stay in this very spot as the road becomes a country one lane road


country: GB
comment:
It is best to not go too near the motorway roundabout as the road becomes more narrowed with the impossibility for a car to stop, a ride to Exeter should be easily caught


country: GB
comment:
Direction South: Best roundabout out of Newquay with a space for a car to pull aside; make sure to know where you reach though as the road won't be that good everywhere for hitching


country: GB
comment:
The spot to leave Penzance to Land's End: There is a shoulder that seems just perfectly built for a car to stop and pick a hitcher; the cars are going slowly enough because of the roundabout and it your destination is usually quite obvious when you reached that spot


country: GB
comment:
The road is narrow but you can catch a ride with the people just coming back from visiting Land's End (or even ask at the venue's parking even) many cars also takes the scenic road on the south


country: GB
comment:
Direction Land's End: There won't be possibility to stop a car for a couple of miles if you start from along the A30


country: GB
comment:
Direction South: Just at the entrance of the Shell Gas Station, you can stand there and catch the traffic coming from the station on the right. If the hitching is unsuccessful you can always catch the train or the bus from the very same spot


country: GB
comment:
Low traffic but a good spot to hitch north and south if you happen to have been hiking on Hambledon Hill


country: GB
comment:
Direction South (Penzance): Safe spot, good visibility and possibility for cars to stop safely, you can stand in the grass verge


country: GB
comment:
Direction Blandford and Poole: there is a local Gas Station just after the bridge to Sturminster with a pretty good visibility


country: GB
comment:
There is a little snack bar along the road with possibility to talk to people or the space for a potential car to pull aside (there is also a bus stop between that spot and the roundabout but the visibility is low)


country: GB
comment:
This roundabout seems excellent for all possible direction; was a good spot for a car to stop in direction south


country: GB
comment:
Direction Honiton (Exeter Airport): Not the best spot as there is no shoulder but the road is large enough for a car willing to stop


country: GB
comment:
Direction south to the M5: there is no Shoulder for a car to stop and a dense traffic, so the place is a bit harsh but manageable in the right condition


country: DE
comment:
Parking area Bentheimer Wald with restaurant, police, many trucks. May be good to get Polish trucks. Not many private cars stopping here. Perfect spot when police is closing the border for controls ;-)


country: SK
comment:
Lots of people who go to Zilina, but many people stay in that area. ItÂ´s good to have a sign with your destination and a big smile on the face. But itÂ´s possible.


country: GB
comment:
Direction South: No shoulder and dense traffic at this roundabout, the only solution is to try with the cars that are stopped at the red light (Exeter Services is not a good option)


country: SE
comment:
Take the bus to Eurostop. Best place is to go to the corner at the Max Restaurant with a sign. We got a lift in about 5 minutes to Goteborg. Don't try it at the petrol station, most people there are heading south.


country: DE
comment:
Traffic island to stand on if you want to hitch at this ramp towards Rheine, OsnabrÃ¼ck, A31. Cars can stop some meters behind you, but might be dangerous with quite a lot of traffic. Nevertheless a good spot, waiting time around 10 minutes


country: DE
comment:
Nice spot for going north towards Bremen, Hamburg. Enough space at hard shoulder for cars to stop, with traffic lights in front of you. 


country: DE
comment:
Very dangerous for cars to stop, but a lot of traffic in Direction DÃ¼sseldorf (A57) or Wuppertal (A1).

You can take a tram to Nussbaumer Str.


country: FR
comment:
For A28 North. Not possible to access on foot. Get any car going north from Le Mans and get dropped at that roundabout.


country: NL
comment:
Perfect for hikes to Germany. I used it multiple times and often had a ride directly to (or further than) Berlin

Climb down the ramp of the Vliegveldstraat (which is the same road as the busy road 'Deurningerstraat' in Enschede where you can easily find a hike to this ramp). Climbing down the ramp is very easy but most convenient if you are not alone so your partner is able to give you the luggage over the fence.


country: NL
comment:
Very big tankstation, if you need a hike further to the big cities in the west of the Netherlands this on of the best tankstations to switch for a better ride.
This is also a good tankstation to switch rides to Zwolle (North) and Arnhem (South)


country: DE
comment:
some oil stations here, but I asked for maybe an hour because many cars stay in cologne or drive only to bonn and there is no oil station up to bonn. But it's possible to go on the A3 to Frankfurt from here.


country: BG
comment:
Take bus #5 until it enters the highway here at the junction (going south on the E79). Ask the driver to get out here, walk down the ramp on the E80. There you'll find some shops, cars that stop, cops, and enough space to pull out your thumb! A sign is senseless :) Good to hitch towards Plovdiv.


country: DE
comment:
I waited only a few minutes, there was much traffic. Only problem: There is a fence around the station, so maybe you have to climb. But thatâ€™s no big deal.
To come here take the train â€œRB 25â€ from the cologne main station in the direction â€œMarienheideâ€ or â€œOverathâ€ for 3,20 â‚¬. Leave at â€œStÃ¼mpenâ€ and turn right and go up to the â€œKiefernwegâ€ and turn right. Follow the street that is later called â€œDammelsfurther Wegâ€ up to the â€œPestalozziwegâ€ for maybe 500 meters and turn right. Now you pass the Autobahn and turn right again in the â€œPlantageâ€. Follow this way a few hundred meters through the forest and you will see a service station on the right side. Maybe you have to climb a fence. Now you are on the a station without oil station but much traffic. Easy to get a ride here. Totally it takes approximately 40 minutes from the cologne main station. In my experience this is the best possibility to leave cologne.


country: PL
comment:
This place is actually the best option when heading for Krakow from Kielce. But almost everyone going from Warsaw to Krakow skips Kielce, so it might take you some time to get a lift. Consider getting to the ring road if in a hurry.


country: DE
comment:
You can go to "FÃ¼rholzen" by bus and than walk out of the town to the north in direction "Hetzenhausen". After you left the town you will soon see the oil station on the left side. Perfect Place!


country: DE
comment:
Take a train to Oberhausen-Sterkrade and then the bus #979 to "Heinrich-Heine-Str." in Bottrop. From there you'll see the highway, just walk towards it. Good spot to hitch away fast towards Hamburg, MÃ¼nster,Hannover, Berlin


country: DE
comment:
Ramp towards Rheine and the Netherlands. Quite good hard shoulder, cars from both directions, gas station and Burger King on the other side of the roundabout. So mostly a lot of traffic. You can get here with bus S50 and R63, just get out at "BrÃ¼gge/Disco".


country: DE
comment:
Ramp "Lotte", not much traffic and also not the best place for cars to stop. Most will only to towards Laggenbeck or IbbenbÃ¼ren. Prepare yourself for a long waiting time :)


country: FR
comment:
To Hitchhike from les herbiers to cholet, nantes, angers, it's the best spot i know. i've never waited more than 10 min (with a sign)


country: DE
comment:
RaststÃ¤tte ..Auerswalder Blick.. is a perfect spot asking for rides westbound (A4/A72). Hitching east (Dresden, Berlin) is an easy thing as well 


country: DE
comment:
on ramp of the A3 to frankfurt. cars can stop easily here. average waiting (male) time: 1hour or less. if you get a ride just to rasthof siegburg, take it.


country: AT
comment:
this marks the train station of inzesdorfer personenbahnhof. from here it's very easy to get a lift towards east and south.


country: FR
comment:
i waited about 2,5 hours at this peage station in order to get in direction east...most drivers heading to lyon or paris...also there is not much traffic 


country: GB
comment:
going to clais, france. if you haven't managed to get a lift before, this is most probably the place to be... next to petrol station and just before the traffic light where many people have to stop. i stood here twice (~30min/~5min) with an a4 sign stating 'Ferry?'. after having eye contact with somebody waiting at the traffic light you have to be quick to jump in or the driver of a car might also turn left into the small road... on the ferry you can ask people in order to change your lift. i never managed to do this, so i am very happy to get some tips about that...


country: DK
comment:
Take bus A1 Advedore or bus 10 to Flintholm st.,get out at Folehaven/Vigerslevvej.
There you'll find a gas station and a perfect spot for hitching out south- or westwards.


country: DK
comment:
Koge hitching spot, last ramp before E47/E20 fork. Not much traffic but good spot for cars to stop.Try to get trucks to Rodby or Odense!


country: FR
datetime: 2007-08-20 00:00:00.000000
comment:
gas station and restaurant here, no problem to get away, but not to much traffic, try with direct asking!


country: ES
comment:
Take Bus Nr. 2 until the last station and then walk on the street next to the highway for 1,5 km to the Gas Station.


country: FR
comment:
i stood here at the traffic circle a couple of times. i waited once about 30 min and once about 45 for going east direction belgium (A16/E40). the first really good petrol stations is jabekke in belgium, but there should be one just 10 min away from this spot where many trucks buy a vignette for BeNeLux.. going south from here should be even easier.


country: CR
comment:
Buses to Alajuella passing this Peage station. Ask the bus driver if he could drop you off on the peage. If not go off at the Airport try your luck there.


country: CR
comment:
Direction:  Guapiles, Puerto Limon, Caribean Coast.

From the Terminal Caribe go up, the next right and after 120 meter you getto the spot.


country: NL
comment:
A2 in the direction of Eindhoven, Maastricht. Take bus 195 from Utrecht Central Station, exit at stop "Overwaard". Walk back in the direction from which the bus came. You have to go through some bushes/ trees and cross the road to reach this spot.


country: DE
comment:
For heading East (Neustadt, Donaueschingen)

Get to the south east of the city where the Leo-Wohleb-StraÃŸe and SchwarzwaldstraÃŸe meet each other (B31). Somewhere there is a strip of grass right in front of a side road. As this is a busy road leading out of the town waiting time is not very long.


country: BE
comment:
Good when heading to Antwerp. When your destination is after Antwerp get off at patrol station at the border.


country: PT
comment:
A little warning: Stay away from smaller roads in this general area. Locals just don't stop. I tried several times and always waited or walked for several hours.


country: NL
comment:
Easy to find a ride into the direction of Rotterdam. Just ask people on the parking lot of the MC Donalds.


country: NL
comment:
Good spot in the direction of the German border. Be ware that the petrol station is not open before seven in the morning.


country: NL
comment:
good spot in the direction of Groningen. There is a round-about where cars slow down. You can stand just before the busstop.


country: NL
comment:
This is the main hitchhiking spot from Delfzijl to Groningen. Difficult to stop, but there are not that much cars passing what makes it easier to stop. Watch out for golf GTI-drivers!


country: NL
comment:
It is quite difficult to stop but most passing cars go straight to Blijham. For Blijham it is a good spot.


country: NL
comment:
Good spot for the direction Ten Post, Appingedam, Delfzijl. There is a busstop where cars can stop easy.


country: NL
datetime: 2007-03-01 00:00:00.000000
comment:
This is a good spot when heading in the direction of Haarlem, Amsterdam, Amstelveen. Stand on the end of the buslane.


country: NL
comment:
This is an average spot in the direction of Germany, or Winschoten. It is quite difficult to stop for drivers, but still they do it often within half an hour. 


country: NL
comment:
This is the main petrolstation before the border of Germany. Here it is easy to get a far ride into Germany. Main direction is: Oldenburg, Bremen, Hannover.


country: DE
comment:
Few cars stop here, but they all go into Germany. In that way it is easy to get a lift. Main direction is, Leer, Oldenburg, Bremen, Hannover.


country: AR
comment:
Peaje  Gral Lagos o Arroyo Seco. Colectivo: Tirsa Y la M azul te traen desde Rosario o San Nicolas.~$4(2007)


country: NL
comment:
This is a petrol station with a lot of passengers. Be ware that most of them have a local destination. 


country: DE
comment:
stopping a car is no problem here to get to the direction polish border or berlin. most but probable you will only get short lifts on the b1.


country: DE
comment:
Great place for going north or south. From the town center, take the tram no. 6 direction Messe/Ost to Kronsberg. Turn left into WÃ¼lferoder StraÃŸe. When the road turns slightly right, follow the small road straight on. 30 minutes walking.


country: FI
comment:
Very less traffic, we waited around 3 hours for 10 cars. But we got a direct lift to Kautokeino ;-) at least faster than the bus.


country: FI
comment:
had good weather, so 2,5 hours waiting were not so bad. Not much cars here - and nothing to do either.


country: NO
comment:
Direction North. Somewhere here, at a gas station. Good place to wait and enough cars. Not so difficult.


country: NO
comment:
Direction North. Parking lot, so perfect for cars to stop. The view is great. You can see a mountain which is called "the sleeping soldier" - it looks like a face with a helmet. Unfortunately we had plenty of time looking at him in the rain. But traffic was ok, so bad look, i guess.


country: NO
comment:
Direction South. Not that easy, cars have to turn to the left, there is a parking lot / bus stop. But quite much traffic. Didn't took long. Plus a great view into the Fjords


country: DE
comment:
No real space to stop cars, busy traffic light but hard to stop cars there. Better get to OS-Nahne, most traffic into the city.


country: DE
comment:
Car dealer with place for hitchhiker's to stop cars. Take bus 21 from center to get here. (get out at OS-Nahne). Good for both directions along A30.


country: BG
datetime: 2007-06-30 00:00:00.000000
comment:
Near the last stop of tram #22, which you can get from downtown Sofia and be on your way to the northern seaside or Romania in no time. Lots of traffic, lots of space to pull over. Beware in the hot summer days though,  shadow may be scarce.


country: DE
datetime: 2007-08-30 00:00:00.000000
comment:
One possibility to find a lift to the A14 (direction Leipzig) is this traffic light. You may also try to ask people at the ESSO petrol station at the crossing.

Unfortunately the most cars are going to Bernburg only and  the petrol station Plötzetal is behind that.

To go here I took Bus 57 to Flughafen.


country: NZ
comment:
If you want a spot walkingdistance from city centre to go north. Took 5 minutes before a car gave me a lift, across the bridge.


country: SE
comment:
Many cars take a quick stop at the gasstation/McDonalds. I have never had any problems getting a longride south. North should work too.


country: SE
comment:
GlumslÃ¶v
Motorwaystop, good both for heading north or south. If trying to go south to Denmark, this might be the place to  change car before you end up inside the big cities of MalmÃ¶ or Lund.


country: SE
comment:
Perfect spot for heading north (Both GÃ¶teborg (E6) and Stockholm (E4). Make a sign from McDonald's or Statoil just next to the spot. Only take rides past Helsingborg (Where E4-E6 splits)


country: DE
comment:
Theres a bus stop-good for cars to stop. When heading north you can also take people driving south to drop you at the next service station (Rasthof Kassel,less than 5 minutes,has a bridge to get to the other side to head north again). Anyway it is a good idea to have a "rasthof KS" sign,so you might have a chance to catch a local lift you to the service station!


country: US
comment:
Wide on-ramp for cars or trucks to pull over. Gas station and food nearby. In the summer, many hitchhike from this area so you may see a hitchhiker's sign that was left behind. 
You can also catch a bus from San Francisco to this area before starting to hitchhike.


country: US
comment:
3 big truck stops here and food services. Wide on-ramp for truckers to pull over. Can get a long ride east or west from here. Also a big tree with low branches next to northbound ramp if you need to sleep.


country: US
comment:
Hitchhike from truck stop exit, where truckers leave property. Cops do NOT want hitchhikers standing at on-ramps. Too dangerous there. You may have to wait 1-2 hours for a ride, but it will be long. I have hitchhiked both east and west from here. Beware of gay drivers looking for favors. Many of them use this spot to find sex.


country: US
datetime: 2008-08-06 00:00:00.000000
comment:
Big truck stops here with many travel services. Good place to ask for ride going east or west on I-40. Entrance ramps also good for getting ride.


country: US
datetime: 2007-08-05 00:00:00.000000
comment:
Love's Truck Stop here. Employees were friendly even with my big backpack. Highway entrance ramps both wide (east and west) and easy to hitchhike.


country: US
datetime: 2007-08-05 00:00:00.000000
comment:
Easy to get rides going east or west here. Large on-ramps for big trucks to pull over, or any vehicle. Truck stop and many other services nearby. You should wait less than 1/2 hour for long ride offer.


country: US
datetime: 2007-08-06 00:00:00.000000
comment:
Easy for cars to stop. Gas station and tourist shop nearby, so many long-distance drivers stop here.


country: US
datetime: 2007-08-06 00:00:00.000000
comment:
Flying J truck stop close by. Traffic picks up speed fast at this on-ramp, so stand at a safe place near the start, with plenty of room for drivers to pull over.


country: US
comment:
Stand on this road between two big truck stops to get a ride on I-10 east or west. (Entrance ramps along highway no good). All trucks going back to highway must pass by you. Hold a sign with your direction (I-10 West to California, for example). My average distance of rides from this place: 200 miles.


country: US
datetime: 2007-08-04 00:00:00.000000
comment:
Have hitchhiked to Flagstaff from this location 3 times. Ride offers are at least 60 miles usually. Hold a destination sign or use your thumb. Very possible to get 1 straight ride to Flagstaff, or even Sedona.


country: US
comment:
Love's truck stop near exit. Best place to hitchhike south from Phoenix area-- to Tucson or further on I-20 East. Large on-ramp. Hitchhiked here two times. I recommend to wait for a ride at least to I-8 junction (many truck stops) or Tucson.


country: DE
comment:
Very poor chances to find somebody who is going farther than Leizig on the A14. My advice if you start from Dresden: Try to find somebody on the MeiÃŸner LandstraÃŸe or maybe HansastraÃŸe with a big sign.


country: NL
comment:
Paved bay next to the road, good to stop cars. Nearly everyone is going towards Enschede. Cars can see you easily.


country: SI
comment:
if you are heading to the see some coast or to places near Gorica or Postojna, eaven Rijeka. For the coast write down KP (koper), Gorica is GO, Postojna is PO. to get to the place take bus nu. 6 (dolgi most) and go down at last stop. then just go over the lighttrafic and you are there. at the end of the week you wont be alone.


country: SI
comment:
hitching place if you are heading to Kranj or Skofja Loka. For Kranj write down KR, for Skofja Loka SK. Place is well marked (painted, pic of thumb). To get to the place take a local bus no. 1 (go down in ViÅ¾marje), 8  or 16. 


country: NO
comment:
There's a bus stop and a gas station just after a an intersection, so the cars are driving quite slowly. I've never stood here for more than 5 minutes.


country: BE
comment:
Motorway exit is excellent for hitching into the north of Luxembourg. The entrance to the south is good towards Wittlich, Bitburg, Trier. The entrance to the north is good towards Liege, Aachen and Maastricht.


country: NL
comment:
I dont know how to reach this spot by public transport (was dropped off there), but it is a great place to get to Zwolle using the A50. Lot of traffic, passing very closely, driving slowly. Stood there only a couple of minutes!


country: DE
comment:
Ramp 'HÃ¶rstel' towards OsnabrÃ¼ck. Walk along the BahnhofstraÃŸe, go left at the protestant church and follow the street until its end(1,5 km). At the end walk right and you'll see the highway.


country: SE
comment:
roundabout at the on-ramp. looks a great place, but waiting a long time is possible. Mostly when heading south!


country: BE
comment:
This place is called "Delta", it is also a trainstation. It is a good place to go south, close to university buildings, where a lot of people hitchhike. Also, in the curve you see on the map, there is a large texaco gasstation. Good spot!


country: DE
comment:
Take bus R51 or 16 to "Am Max-Klemens-Kanal". Get out and try standing before the railway crossing, there's lots of space. All cars going to Sprakel or Greven


country: RS
datetime: 2007-07-26 00:00:00.000000
comment:
The petrol station between the toll counter and the city Nis. When I was there, the place was crowded with cars full of Turkish people form the Netherlands and Germany, but their cars where all completely filled up.
After 4 hours of waiting, we decided to take the train.


country: FR
comment:
The Cyclers area.
It's identified with the monument on the entrance with cyclists. Major stop for trucks that go to Italy or Spain.


country: FR
comment:
Going to Italy or Spain (via Irun)
A lot of cars and trucks go by. For cars ask to go to Pau, if you go to Italy.


country: FR
comment:
get here by bus. station name is \"bon voyage\", from there its 5 minutes walk.

waiting time here: 1 hour


country: ES
comment:
Going to Portugal or France (via Irun).
Place where doyens of truck drivers stop to sleep. You can even get a place to sleep in the truck maybe...


country: DE
comment:
very good place,for going to ulm and further A8 and A7.
directly at the Bus Station "Blutenburg". seldom used Bus station where cars can stop


country: BG
comment:
If you want to go to Burgas,take bus number 2 and get off after the huge bridge.Here is enough space for cars to stop along the hard shoulder.


country: TR
datetime: 2007-07-30 00:00:00.000000
comment:
Take Metro from Taksim, get out at last stop (4.Levent) and walk along the street direction north for 15min. (along a miliary area). Then try to cross the big street when you see the ramp to direction Edirne! There is enough space for cars to stop!


country: BE
comment:
Good for direction Oostende, Dunkerque, Calais.
Put Oostende on a sign, so you can get a ride at least to the next service area in Jabbeke.


country: GB
comment:
Very good when heading to London. Cars can pull over at the bus stop.
All the traffic from the ferries passes.


country: FR
comment:
If you are stuck in Calais on the way to UK, don't use the Eurotunnel. Most of the drivers won't see you. Also the Eurotunnel-staff is unfriendly and sent us away.


country: TR
comment:
HÄ±tchÄ±ng thÄ±s way from  the BulgarÄ±an Black Sea Coast(namely Burgas) can be dÄ±ffÄ±cult... Not many cars on the road... But thÄ±s Ä±s a good spot... just after the roundabout  and past the turnoff towards EdÄ±rne... Good luck!


country: DE
datetime: 2007-07-17 00:00:00.000000
comment:
Good place to find a lift to the Netherlands (trucks!) or to Osnabrück.
Bad for other directions southwards or northwards. 


country: DE
datetime: 2007-07-17 00:00:00.000000
comment:
Quite a good place to find a lift on the countryside highway to Vechta. You can ask the cars stopping at the traffic light or just stand next to the road with a sign or your thumb.


country: FR
comment:
Only one way for cars to get off the island! Great spot, both ourselves and another guy got a lift in under 15 minutes!


country: FR
comment:
Catch a train from Paris (sorry, can't
remember the station) to Massy
Palaiseau, walk out onto the road
running past the front of the station
building (Ave. Carnot), turn right and walk down to a
small roundabout then on a bit until you're practically under the Freeway flyover. Worked well for us, quite a few people stopped but we had to wait a couple of hours for a good lift.


country: PL
comment:
There are bus stops where you can hitchhike just after the crossroad. Yo can go to Katowice, Wroclaw or to Lodz. Great place!


country: GB
comment:
There is a petrol station around here ! a god place to head south... Take the bus from Glasgow city center (buchanan station) to uddingston and ask the driver to be dropped the closest as possible to the M74, the petrol station !!


country: AT
comment:
A gas station on the highway, accessible by using public transport and some walking. A good map of the city may be handy, you'll have to walk through a farm, but the times when I was there I got a within 15 minutes 


country: GB
comment:
Good for heading North or South on the A1. Not that much traffic through this services but it's the safest spot. Average wait about an hour


country: NL
comment:
This gas station is an excellent start when you're hitching from Delft. It is accessible from 'de Rotterdamse weg' walking from the parking lot in the direction of the highway through the park. There is a small wooden bridge across the ditch, just behind the Burger King as seen from the highway.


country: DE
comment:
there is a bus stop. very good spot to start hitchhiking from weimar, usally 15 to 30 minutes, theres also an gas station on the other side of the road to ask people directly. 


country: DE
comment:
good for munich, berlin, erfurt
take the bus 131 oder 131 and leave at the stop hollÃ¤ndische mÃ¼hle before the nova eventis center, good traffic


country: SE
comment:
This is where I end up trying to get out of malmo. not a too good spot, but okay. Usually imigrants pick me up. Accessible by bus number 7, you can walk here from svagertorp station. 


country: SK
datetime: 2007-07-12 00:00:00.000000
comment:
Good to find a way to Bratislava, especially if you're not afraid of going with big trucks. The problem is rather to find a way out of Bratislava.
You can put your tent behind the trees or sleep in a little house nearby at night.


country: DK
comment:
This spot is perfect for hitching into sweden. There is a gas station a bit behind, but standing out by the road with a sign is the most worthwhile. Most of the traffic here goes directly onto the bridge towards malmÃ¶.


country: SE
comment:
The only possibility is to try at the petrol station or get the car that moves towards the tiny on-ramp... it failed


country: SE
comment:
No best, high traffic from every direction and you can't stand further than the light even if there is plenty of place for a car to pull, because the highway is starting


country: PL
comment:
There is plenty of space for a car to pull over and they go in your direction, a pretty good spot to get out of Koszalin


country: FR
comment:
To Lyon, Not the best spot of the area for sure, but I stood on top of the little hill with a sign and pointed out that there is place (which the driver can't see beforehand) for a car to pull over to pick you up, at the entrance of the highway by the roundabout and got a ride direct


country: CH
comment:
Only one part of the traffic so it is slow, but hitching the entrance of the highway of the roundabout was impossible. It worked and I did my way out of Lausanne


country: CH
comment:
Best point to reach if you can't make it direct out of Switzerland into France, Just need to ask the trucks or foreign cars


country: DE
comment:
Bad hitchhiking spot near Meerane, although if you find yourself stuck in the area it seems to be the best place to hitchhike from. However you really should consider taking a train to Zwickau or Chemnitz, and trying from one of those places instead. As you can see on the satellite image there is very little traffic on this road, but like anywhere you will get rides if you look desperate enough. I got a car to stop by doing an 'emergency' signal on the side of the road and holding out a sign with just a black arrow on it. To get here, walk from Meerane. For more info, see http://www.hitchwiki.org/Meerane


country: DE
comment:
Terrible hitchhiking spot at Meerane. Meerane is way too quiet, and there is no long distance traffic here whatsoever. If you get stuck here, your best bet is to take a train to Zwickau or Chemnitz, or try your luck on the A4/B93 junction. As I was on the way to Poland and my driver did a 50km detour to here (all the way from the A9) because he was sure that dropping me off at Meerane's McDonalds was a good idea. He shouldn't have bothered. For more info, see http://www.hitchwiki.org/Meerane


country: PL
comment:
Fairly large petrol station at the outskirts of Zgorzelec. Easy to get rides east towards Wroclaw and beyond. Got a ride within minutes. Busy even in the middle of the night. For more info, see http://www.hitchwiki.org/Zgorzelec


country: CZ
datetime: 2010-12-08 21:55:15.000000
comment:
Its good spot i thing. You waiting near shopping center exit, so if some stop for you, you dont will stop other transport and you can enter on board safely. One time 20 minutes enought (26.12), but in summer I spend 3 hours there.


country: DE
comment:
Large motorway service station near Alsfeld, great for getting long-distance journeys in any direction. Average waiting time 30 minutes. Alsfeld is near the NE border of the RMV travelzone, so if you have a ticket giving you unlimited travel within this zone then here is a good place to start for journeys North or East out of Hessen. For more info, see http://www.hitchwiki.org/Alsfeld


country: DE
comment:
Medium-sized motorway service station 'Teufelstal'. The south side of the services is excellent for getting rides North, South and East. I haven't tried the other direction yet, but it's probably good too. If you've been travelling east along the A4, this is a great place to get dropped off. Average waiting time 20-30 minutes. For more info, see http://www.hitchwiki.org/A4_(Germany)


country: DE
comment:
Sliproad to the motorway. Average waiting time 30-60 minutes. Not a very bad spot, but there are better ones nearby. For more info, see http://www.hitchwiki.org/KÃ¶ln


country: DE
datetime: 2007-07-01 00:00:00.000000
comment:
You take the train to the station Hasselbrook, from this position you walk to the Sievekingsallee and turn left. The you will find a circle. Its the best Position, for making hitch hicking to Berlin and Lübeck. But you must stand their with a sign, where you displayed your aim.


country: DE
comment:
Large motorway services. Should be good, although I ended up waiting a few hours early on a Monday morning. If you're travelling south from DÃ¼sseldorf, consider starting from here (take a train to Hilden, then take bus 741 or walk through the suburbia). For more info, see http://www.hitchwiki.org/DÃ¼sseldorf


country: NL
comment:
Route to Germany (Kleve). Not great, not bad. Other hitchhikers spotted here. For more info, see http://www.hitchwiki.org/Nijmegen


country: NL
comment:
Petrol station. Cars travelling south (Nijmegen) and east (Germany, Enschede). Not so busy, and can be hard to get a ride. For more info, see http://www.hitchwiki.org/Arnhem


country: DE
comment:
Busy petrol station, rides to the Netherlands available. Got a ride within seconds. Useful as a drop-off point when travelling from MÃ¼nster. For more info, see http://www.hitchwiki.org/Steinfurt


country: DE
comment:
Walking along this road with a sign saying 'NL' got results within 5 minutes. I may have just got lucky, though. For more info, see http://www.hitchwiki.org/MÃ¼nster


country: DE
comment:
Bus stop. Well-known hitchhiking spot, good for all directions out of Frankfurt. Get here with StraÃŸenbahn line 16 or 17, or U-Bahn line U4. Stop is 'Festhalle/Messe' (50m away on the other side of the roundabout). You often find other hitchhikers here, especially in the morning. Waiting time 30-60 minutes. For more info, see http://www.hitchwiki.org/Frankfurt_am_Main


country: DE
comment:
Said to be a good spot, but from several hours of trying here I still haven't managed to get a lift. A much better spot is the bus stop on Theodor-Heuss-Allee. For more info, see http://www.hitchwiki.org/Frankfurt_am_Main


country: CZ
comment:
LONG walk from Plzen centre. Full of prostitutes - almost all the traffic seems to be there for the girls, and not for long distance travelling. Forget it. For more info, see http://www.hitchwiki.org/Plzen


country: CZ
comment:
This petrol station is good for hitchhiking east towards Brno and Bratislava. From metro station Opatov (red C line) take bus 324, 363 or 385 to stop K Sukovu. You'll know you're there because 150m away to your right is the service station. Keep walking along the bus route, go over the bridge and walk onto the service station. Large, with many facilities and many opportunities to ask drivers. For more info, see http://www.hitchwiki.org/Prague


country: CA
comment:
Direction South, cars have to slow down to deal with the curve, there is a kerb to pull aside as well


country: CA
comment:
Still in sprawled urban area, but cars can pull over by the different shops entrance (on top of the Hill), direction South


country: CA
comment:
Along the road, on top of the hill it is the remaining point before the speed limit top-up, direction South


country: CA
comment:
There is a Petro-Canada Gas Station at the exit of Dorval Terminal where many cars stops before leaving Montreal


country: CA
comment:
The best spot to reach to not be stuck in Trois-Rivieres, possibility to try to catch the highway traffic as well. Do not stop anywhere before Portneuf County beyond this point


country: CA
comment:
(South) Few Gas Station to ask in the village itself, otherwise you have to make sure that you get a ride directly to St-Augustin, Quebec or the highway on-ramp


country: CA
comment:
This high-speed road is too narrowed for traffic to even think of stopping, it is better to stay near Ste-Catherine or near the Highway


country: CA
comment:
NOTE: This whole on-ramp is currently on Redesign toward MTL - Relay point along the highway, 24h Services located at this exit (crossroad with Route 138) and possibility to hitch the on-ramp to Quebec


country: CA
comment:
Direction West (Portneuf County) or possibly South (Levis - Charny area across the bridges) just a the beginning of the highway, a sign would be require, there is also Gas Stations to ask


country: BE
comment:
Direction Leuven, different possibilities wherever  a car can stop, preferably after the train viaduc


country: FR
comment:
Last Motorway Services before the highway splits, lots of traffic and easy to find a new lift in direction south


country: GB
comment:
Best relay (Motorway services) to reach before the interchange. Be careful when asking the driver they will often say the contrary of where you asks


country: GB
comment:
Good spot to Leave in direction of London, after the roundabout there is a bus stop for a car to pull over


country: GB
comment:
The best possibility to hitch a ride through the Tunnel to France, only negative aspect traffic are either going north or south


country: GB
comment:
Hitching in the Port property is prohibited, the police will politely warn you, nearly no traffic stops anymore at the Travel Centre either so it is nearly impossible to talk to anybody


country: GB
comment:
Only solution to France is to hitch in the roundabout, trying to catch a lorry by standing on the Fence, they can stop a bit further, although the traffic is dense and the waiting can be long. Feasable but possibly long


country: BE
comment:
Motorway services, last one before Brussels Urban area (Shell) is a good spot to either ask for a ride that goes directly into Brussels or maybe even further


country: BE
comment:
Good spot to either hitch to Tienen or to the jonction with the N25 (at the Carrefour) that will lead to the E40. You might have to walk a bit to find a good spot where a car can pull over as this area is a side road parking


country: BE
comment:
One of the best spot in Brussels to hitch Westward in direction of Leuven (Vlaams-Brabant) and Limburg and join the E40, just hitch at the light (entrance of the park) with a sign before the entrance of the tunnel. There is a parking area just after the light where a car can pull over, mainly EU or business traffic. So more calm on Sunday.


country: DE
comment:
Going from Cottbus to Berlin / Dresden. Its close to one of the two accesses to the autobahn in Cottbus. cars come directly from the city.
Take tram nr 4 exit at \"Saarbrücker-straße\" and walk west along the the main road. you might see some autobahn signs as well. Anyway you have to walk like ten minutes until you see this bus stop in the beginning of the wood. Well there are busses going as well but i dont know which nr. But its ok  as well. Good Luck!


country: DE
datetime: 2007-07-06 00:00:00.000000
comment:
You need a sign showing the direction you want to go or you can talk directly to the drivers at the traffic light.


country: CZ
datetime: 2006-07-07 00:00:00.000000
comment:
Turnoff for Lomnice/Trebon: cars are driving fast but you can be seen from far. Maybe someone will feel pity for you.


country: DE
datetime: 2007-07-07 00:00:00.000000
comment:
Not a good gas station to find a lift to Hamburg. Many cars staying in the city.
Try the gas stations about 1 km to the north or pose yourself next to the street directly in front of the motorway.


country: GB
comment:
Use this spot for all directions except Manchester. The place is not great, but persevere and you'll get a ride. For more info, see http://www.hitchwiki.org/Sheffield


country: GB
comment:
Go to Sheffield Parkway for all routes except Manchester. This spot is not brilliant, but persevere and you'll get a ride. For more info, see http://www.hitchwiki.org/Sheffield


country: HR
comment:
normaly there should be a trafic circle. but anyway in this area i made the expierience that it's easy to hitchhike from busstations...


country: DE
comment:
It's easy to go on the A4 from here. You can reach this point by walking very easy. Driver can stop it is not the best place to stop, but it's also not to dangerus.


country: CZ
comment:
Take any tram heading to Nova Ulice. Get off the tram either at the stop Fakultni nemocnice (hospital) or Pionyrska. Thumbs up on the main road heading to Prague, Bratislava or Vienna through Brno. Shouldn't take so long. Prefer cars that take you behind  Brno in your direction.


country: BE
datetime: 2006-10-12 00:00:00.000000
comment:
There's a light so you can ask people, or you can wave a sign if that's your style because here's plenty of traffic just coming down the ramp.


country: IL
comment:
HaShalom junction (next to the haShalom rail station) is a good place to hitch hike if you're north-bound. At the rail station, walk east until you arrive to the Ayalon highway northbound traffic lights. The road is accessible and very wide - Favorable spots are a factory front with a lot of parking space, and a small hitch hiking station further down the lane, even though you are more likely to be seen next to the factory. Most cars either travel to the Kfar Saba-Raanana area via hwy #4, or all the way to Haifa via hwy #2. Remember that in Israel, the sign is extending the index finger and pointing towards the road (sideways, basically) instead of the traditional thumb.


country: DK
comment:
Car ferries leave from the port and go to Odde... This is an excellent spot if you are heading to Copenhagen... You'll most probably get a lift all the way there...


country: DE
comment:
good place to go to the north (hamburg, rostock, baltic sea), last possibility to stop before the motorway


country: FR
datetime: 2006-10-01 00:00:00.000000
comment:
Never get dropped off in Faches-Thumesnil, but if you do get trapped there, the best place to get back to Lille and start over from is across the road from the road leading to the airport.


country: PL
comment:
There is a park lot  allowing drivers to stop easily.
never more than 30 min to get a lift WrocÅ‚aw or KrakÃ³w


country: IE
datetime: 2007-01-28 00:00:00.000000
comment:
-> Galway

rally bad point, no space for car to stop, heavy traffic. didn't manage to get a lift, even at the gas station nearer to the center than the point on the map.

Might be better to reach in other ways the entrance of \"highway\".


country: IE
datetime: 2007-01-27 00:00:00.000000
comment:
you can easily get a lift on short distance practically everywhere along the road. tested in Doolin, Cliffs of Moher, Liscannor.

If you can't get immediately a ride, walk a bit towards your direction and show the thumb when a car approaches along the road, usually they have no problems to stop in any point!


country: FR
datetime: 2005-12-27 00:00:00.000000
comment:
> A4 Metz Strasbourg Luxembourg Germany

good point if you are along A4 and your driver goes in Reims, let him/her stop here.


country: FR
datetime: 2005-12-27 00:00:00.000000
comment:
> A4 Reims, Metz, Strasbourg, Germany and Luxembourg

reach this gas station from Bussy Saint Georges RER A train station, then walk through the industrial area of Bussy, then cross onto the bridge, then follow for some  hundred meters in the grass along the A4.

25-30 minutes wait.

Best point for getting out of Paris - 45 min by RER

The Péage is not far from here.


country: FR
datetime: 2005-12-27 00:00:00.000000
comment:
>A4 Metz Strasbourg >A4 Paris Reims

Bi-directional gas station - cars to both directions thanks to the linking bridge.
Good if you are staying along A4.

Definitely to avoid if trying to hitch to Luxembourg or Nancy. Most car will go straight. Better to arrange a hitching place in north south direction along A31


country: IT
comment:
> A4 Vicenza Verona Brescia Milano and further on

cross on the other side (the autogrill is over the highway) and you have directions:

> Padova, Venezia, Udine, Trieste 

never hh from there but brought friends there and they left successfully!

if coming from Padova take bus 11 to TaggÃ¬ - or to Limena, try to get off nearby the highway then walk along it till the gas station


country: DE
datetime: 2006-05-31 00:00:00.000000
comment:
> A9

either bad luck or bad point, I got stuck there with a friend, following directions we found on a website. Definitely change hitching place!


country: EE
datetime: 2006-10-16 00:00:00.000000
comment:
> Parnu, Latvia, Riga

trucks and car heading south to Latvia will pass here. Two lanes and space available to stop. Take bus 10 or 18 from town.


country: LV
datetime: 2006-10-14 00:00:00.000000
comment:
> Sigulda, Valmiera, Cesis, Valga

plenty of cars, many hitchhikers, not good to hh to Estonia though


country: LV
datetime: 2006-10-16 00:00:00.000000
comment:
> Riga

right in the middle of nowhere, we got a ride in a couple of minutes! just stay at the bus stop there


country: EE
datetime: 2006-10-16 00:00:00.000000
comment:
> Latvia, Riga

all the cars going to Latvia and souther will pass from here. This is the last big town before the border, so better to take a lift to the border or furter. Many long distance trucks.


country: CZ
comment:
Best place to Mlada Boleslav or Liberec direction. On foot 10min from metro station \"Cerny Most\" (yellow)


country: AU
comment:
Busy service station, lots of traffic. Got a lift from the first truck driver we approached, all the way to the coast


country: DK
comment:
The cars are lined up for the ferry to Sweden. Start with the first one and then work yourself backwards and ask for Stockholm (or any city on the way). If no one wants you, there is a new ferry in 20 min!


country: CL
comment:
Panamericana road across Atacama desert is the best hitch hiking place for me. Not too many cars, but truck drivers pick you easily and drive veeery long distances :)


country: NL
datetime: 2007-05-17 00:00:00.000000
comment:
Access lane 32. Perfect to get a lift direction Amsterdam. Horrible to get one direction germany almost no car is going that way.


country: LT
comment:
the best spot to start hh'ing to riga or panevezys (might take a while sometimes, but usually its really fast)


country: RU
comment:
From Moscow to St.Petersburg.
Take bus 851 from Rechoy Vokzal metro station, leave it on Cherkizovo stop. The spot is behind the ramp, 5 min wa from the bus stop.
It has never taken me more that 15 min to lift.


country: DE
comment:
RaststÃ¤tte Goldene Bremm. Perfect for going to Metz, Paris, Strasbourg or even Spain on the one hand or to Nuernberg, Dresden, Leipzig or even Poland on the other hand. Can be easily reached from the bus station Neue Bremm.


country: GB
comment:
Take a train from Manchester, Bolton to Blackrod. You can see how to walk to here from the train station (10-15 minutes). Easy to catch a ride straight to Glasgow or Edinburgh


country: DE
comment:
Rasthof Boerde - good for getting out of Magdeburg, but it is quite a waste of time to get there (take a bus to the nearest village and walk walk walk - id rather try the gas station in the town (also marked)


country: DE
comment:
Heidesheim petrol station, take the train to Heidesheim from Mainz (â‚¬3.40) and walk 1km to the Autobahn. Good for direction Koblenz and Ludwigshafen (A61)


country: BG
datetime: 2006-07-22 00:00:00.000000
comment:
althoug it's a motorway, you can try here. i also did it and worked: we were five splitted two groups and got lift within an hour.
direction: Burgas, Istambul.


country: BG
datetime: 2006-08-30 00:00:00.000000
comment:
there's a small petrol station right after the traffic lights. pretty good place with heavy traffic.
direction: Serbia.


country: BY
comment:
to Grodno(Hrodna), Vilnius(LT):
Take Metro (2nd line(red) 'Avtozavodskaya linija') to 'Kamennaya Horka', get off and go west towards M9 (~2km). Try to hh right after on-ramp from M9 to M6


country: CZ
comment:
A goog hitching place for getting to Dresden, Berlin (much more better than that one, added by weslez). I was waiting max. 20 min.


country: FR
comment:
We hitched out from here, across the street from the macdonalds there was a really god place to stand, we got a ride in 5 mins. 
Doingtheworldforfree.com


country: CZ
comment:
Direction Brno. This place its not so easy to find. Take metro \"C\" till \"Chodov\" and walk 1km. You will wait typically 1-1,5h and you will meet other HHikers, so come early in the morning!:)


country: RU
comment:
From Moscow to Voronezh, Rostov, Black Sea. Better to stand on the left side of the ramp, as it has larger shoulder.


country: CZ
comment:
Direction Teplice, Dresden, Berlin. It's a bit difficult since there is a lane to enter the highway and just there can the cars stop - but the cars entering highway goes slowly.
I was waiting typically 1h.


country: FR
comment:
The best solution to get out from Paris. Take a D train from ChatelÃªt to VillabÃ©, or a C train to Juvisy, then another train to VillabÃ©. Check well, not all D trains go this route. No trains after 21 h


country: FR
comment:
Good Gas Station, but not easy to get there from center with city transportation. More info on hitchwiki.org


country: FR
comment:
Strangely, amways got stuck here, trying to get something direction Paris. Other directions seemed better.


country: FR
datetime: 2007-02-24 00:00:00.000000
comment:
Take the train or bus no 10 to StLaurent SNCF. Use a sign \"Cannes\" and get off at the gas station just before Cannes.


country: DE
comment:
I was here on a Sunday and had to wait for 2 hours. Probably faster on a weekday.

To get there from Wuppertal, take the bus no. 618 or 624 to Lahmburger Str.
Then follow \"Gennebrecker Str.\" to north (5 minutes walking).


country: ES
comment:
Amazing if going North from barcelona. It takes about half an hour to get there from barcelona, because of the walk, but once i got there i got a lift VERY quickly and the lift went well into france. INSTRUCTIONS: take cercania (train)
no.2 to Montcada i Reixac (less then 2 euro from BCN-Seints). there
leave the train station to the left side of the driving direction of
the train. this is direction pedestrian zone /city center. go along
the small street til you enter the pedestrian zone (200 m from the
railway station, where you arrived). Turn to the right and walk for
about 400m (you cross the bridge and the river). then on the right
side there is a college. go til you stand under the motorway (200m).
under the motorway is a parking area. on the right side you see a
small road. follow it for 150m til' there comes an undercross for the
rails. on the left side you see the warning: \"dont cross. only for
authorized personal\". just do it and enter this zone. there is a small
way which you follow for 300m. then you arrive the petrol station. THIS WAS SO DAMN COOL. FOUND IT ON A RANDOM SITE. want to share the love


country: DE
comment:
gas station M.East - a lot of transit traffic, North, South, East! The way description:
Take the S-Bahn to the station \"Vaterstetten\", walk down the Bahnhofstreet, turn left and out of the city until you reach a traffic-circle where you have to turn left and after 1,5 km you reach the highway bridge where a path leads you to the rest stop. 


country: NO
datetime: 2007-04-14 00:00:00.000000
comment:
Dir: South. This place is called Stokmarknes, not Hadsel! Good place to go South, Coffee and Bathroom in the hospital


country: NO
datetime: 2007-04-10 00:00:00.000000
comment:
Dir North. Fauske is the last Trainstation on this railroad (exept Bodø which is west) and containers from the trains are shifted to trucks here. you might find a ride later in the day. 


country: AT
comment:
There is a bus stop and following a gas station. But: take a sign as ALL cars to the motorway are going this direction!


country: NO
datetime: 2007-04-14 00:00:00.000000
comment:
Dir: south. Cars have to take the ferry
here. Ask truck drivers (also small
trucks)! This way you won't have to pay
for the ferry, trucks only have to pay
for the vehicle. 


country: NO
datetime: 2007-04-14 00:00:00.000000
comment:
Somewhere here i was standing at a bus station early in the morning, did not have to wait long, even though there were few cars.


country: NO
datetime: 2007-04-13 00:00:00.000000
comment:
Dir. East/South. All East going cars pass here. Not a lot of room to stop and you get a bit dirty but there are many cars and one will stop


country: NO
datetime: 2007-04-10 00:00:00.000000
comment:
Dir: North. At least in the winter there is not a lot of room for cars to stop, but they do anyway. There is a gas station on 855. 


country: NO
datetime: 2007-04-10 00:00:00.000000
comment:
Dir: North. I waited on the opposite side of the campground. Cars go pretty fast but people in the North are nice and stop. You might try it a bit further in the city. 


country: NO
datetime: 2007-04-10 00:00:00.000000
comment:
Dir: North. This is maybe still the best place, even though I waited forever without success. I guess in the summer your chances are higher, due to tourists. 


country: NO
datetime: 2007-04-09 00:00:00.000000
comment:
Dir: North. There are three Gas-stations in Fauske, at this cross road there are two. It didn't help me. 


country: NO
datetime: 2007-04-09 00:00:00.000000
comment:
Dir: North (E6). Here is a bus stop where cars can stop. You could also choose to take road 17, which is a lot slower but supposed to be very pretty


country: GB
comment:
Petrol station on the way to Manchester. If it doesn't work, then anywhere along the A57 Manchester Road is worth trying. For more info, see http://www.hitchwiki.org/Sheffield


country: DE
comment:
Bus stop direction Rheine. Good to lift out of this village to Rheine or the A30 ramp.Bus only 2x a day to Rheine!


country: NO
comment:
Not to much southgoing traffic around 10 in the morning, i gave up after half an hour and walked further south

edit: i passed this place on a friday afternoon around 4pm and it was full of southgoing traffic! i guess it very much depends on the time, Many people work in Trondheim but live outside the city, or, on a friday, are on the way to a weekend-trip. 


country: NL
comment:
Alkmaar, Haarlem, Den Haag, Rotterdam.	A10 access lane S109	. Sneltram 51 stop â€œRAIâ€ / Train station â€œRAIâ€, 100 m. Hard shoulder on sliproad.


country: GB
comment:
Find rides to Manchester from this road. Hitch from this point, or keep walking along Manchester Road until you find a more suitable place. For more info, see http://www.hitchwiki.org/Sheffield


country: HR
comment:
To hitch down towards Plitvici and the coast. We had lots of hitching competition from Croatian students here so it took a while.


country: FR
comment:
Near Metro stop Porte d'Auteuil. Hitch straight here to go towards Normandie (don't go into tunnel). There is a 'no pedestrians' sign to stand under :)


country: NZ
comment:
getting out of Wellington on Route SH1. take the train from Wellington station to Paraparaumu which costs about $6.50, 55 minutes.


country: SE
comment:
Near Pendeltagstation SÃ¶dertÃ¤lje Hamn. The best place for getting south from Stockholm. Se www.hitchbase.com for detailed description.


country: DE
comment:
gas station \"seeberg ost\", direction of Prenzlau, Hamburg, Rostock, Greifswald, baltic sea. For those who like to ask people excellent as well as for those waiting at the exit. good place to stop.


country: DE
datetime: 2006-05-02 00:00:00.000000
comment:
Parking area \"Königsforst\", not much traffic,got a lift to Frankfurt/Main there.Better try to get to the next gas station :-)


country: DE
datetime: 2006-05-18 00:00:00.000000
comment:
Tankstation \"Plötzetal\", good if you want to go east to Halle/Saale, Leipzig or south towards Jena/Gera or Hof (Bayern)


country: DE
comment:
coming from the highway, heading inside magdeburg. Maybe you will be pickd up by an older man owning a plane at the nearby magdeburg airport. offers flight for free, happened once to me. bus stop, slow speed, excellent spot!


country: DE
comment:
Direction: Leipzig, Halle, Magdeburg, Hanover, even GÃ¶ttingen

small gas station, but last resting place before leipzig. To be closed within a year from today. Not too much traffic but asking people helps you out


country: DE
datetime: 2006-05-28 00:00:00.000000
comment:
Tankstation Auetal, Good to get lifts to Bielefeld, Hamm, Dortmund.Also the last tankstation if you want to go on the A30 to Osnabrück or the Netherlands.Watch out for yellow numberplates!


country: NL
datetime: 2007-03-27 00:00:00.000000
comment:
Gas station \"Vundelaar\", fantastic to get lifts to Zwolle (North),Arnhem(South) or Amersfoort/ Amsterdam (West)!


country: NL
datetime: 2007-03-28 00:00:00.000000
comment:
Gas station \"De Paal\" between Apeldoorn and Deventer. Good to get lifts to Hengelo, Enschede or Germany! 


country: DE
datetime: 2006-03-26 00:00:00.000000
comment:
Parking Area \"Emstal\".I'm always getting here when I travel from Hörstel. Good to get lifts to the Netherlands!Sometimes a lot of British people stopping here.Last parking before the Kreuz Schüttdorf A30/A31! So you have the chance to get north/west and south!


country: GB
comment:
Probably a good spot still to hitch in all direction (North - West) from London but it is more harsh to continue towards the South-East from there.


country: IT
comment:
Duane place for trucks.Lots of trucks going up to Germany!You can get there after border check on Switzerland side (50m N) to a trap that leads you down under the highway. There jump fast over the street and you see the trucks!


country: NL
datetime: 2007-03-28 00:00:00.000000
comment:
Tankstation \"Lucasgat\", not much traffic because 20km before already is a tankstation.But some people going to Apeldoorn/Deventer! But take a look on the sign at the end of the parking area ;) Waited round 40min there.


country: IT
comment:
Big parking area with much traffic,bridge to go over to the other side.Got a lift to Milano in 10min


country: DE
datetime: 2006-03-26 00:00:00.000000
comment:
Last exit before the Netherlands!A lot of Dutch people riding up here going west,also a number of people going to the next Dutch Citys Oldenzaal and Enschede


country: DE
datetime: 2006-05-18 00:00:00.000000
comment:
Good to get lifts to Bad Oeynhausen, Hannover, maybe further A2 -> Berlin! Try to get a Polish truck! This is the first tankstation on the A30 when you're coming from the Netherlands!


country: DE
comment:
Good spot to hitch west towards the A31 or Netherlands. Cars have enough space to stop, there's a lot of traffic. And if you want, you can push the traffic light button so cars going towards the highway HAVE TO stop :-)


country: BE
comment:
This is what I would call the offical hh spot of Gent to go to Brussels, Kortrijk, Lille or further in that directions. Im posting this in November 2007


country: DE
comment:
Not much space to stop cars, no hard shoulder. Cars coming from 3 directions, so it's hard to ask. Maybe try it on the space under the bridge or at the nearby gas station. Not recommended to stand directly at the ramp.


country: DE
comment:
going to hannover or erfurt it's a great place. from giessen there is a bus (number 140) going directly to the gaz station


country: NO
comment:
Ask the truckers if you want to go south (Oslo) or west (Ã…lesund). No trucks will go North/East towards Oppdal. 


country: NO
comment:
Direction: south. If you spent the night in the Moholt student village or for some other reason are in this area, you might as well try to start from this highway entrance if you're going south. I have not tried it yet, but next time I will defenitely start from here before walking around for hours trying to find a better place (which you probably won't) 


country: NO
datetime: 2007-03-29 00:00:00.000000
comment:
It is very difficult to impossible to catch a ride along the E6 in Trondheim. The road has two lanes, cars go very fast and bus stops are separated from the road, so it's not easy to stop. 


country: NO
comment:
If you're going south, this is the point where you should decide which way you want to take: The E6 through Oppdal is nicer and easier to follow, the route 3 through Elverum is boring, but faster and trucks take this way. In Rennebu there are several Gas stations and good places to try hitching. 


country: PL
comment:
This is usally my first stop on the way from Wroclaw to Germany. Next to a petrol station. Not unusual to get a direct lift from here to Berlin or Dresden.


country: PL
comment:
The one and only place to go from Wroclaw westbound. Most of the time I get a lift to Legnica from here...
You get to this place by free bus from Wroclaw Central Bus Station (Dworzec Centralny PKS) to Centrum Bielany (big shopping mall)


country: DE
comment:
i spent half my life hitching here towards Dietlingen. I hitched rides at all daytimes. But it's rather for small distances or if you travel slow. 


country: NO
datetime: 2007-03-29 00:00:00.000000
comment:
This is a highly frequented gas station towards Oslo. If you hitched a ride which is not going directly to Oslo you might tell him to let you out at the Kløfta gas station. I got a ride after one minute at 10 p.m. in the dark. 


country: NO
datetime: 2007-03-29 00:00:00.000000
comment:
It is cold in the winter and cars go fast - but in the summer and on weekends there might be many tourists and the traffic slower. 


country: GR
comment:
Hitching is crucial if you want to get to remote beaches. Greeks will sometimes take you, more often other tourists.


country: NO
datetime: 2007-03-29 00:00:00.000000
comment:
If you're going south, this is the point
where you should decide which way you
want to take: The E6 through Oppdal is
nicer and easier to follow, the route 3
through Elverum is boring, but faster
and trucks take this way. In Rennebu
there are several Gas stations and good
places to try hitching. 


country: RO
comment:
If you go south you should walk across the border first - nobody wants to take somebody over the border. 


country: NO
datetime: 2007-04-01 00:00:00.000000
comment:
It's hard to get out of Oslo - but after a couple of miles walking i found this place and somebody stopped and took me to a gas station further out from where everything went fine. I was going north. 


country: NO
datetime: 2007-03-29 00:00:00.000000
comment:
Getting out of trondheim sucks - but here somebody picked me up after a while and took me further south from whereon everything went fine. 


country: DE
datetime: 2007-03-21 00:00:00.000000
comment:
Gas Station \"Aachener Land\". To get a ride out of Aachen following the A44 southwest, we got of at Merzbrück (5a) and walked to this station. 2,5km


country: DE
comment:
Tryed to get on the A8 here today and as there is no good place to stop I wouldn't reccoment to try it. Besides no good place to stop there are two major things to consider - first a plus; manny cars go by; second - there are plenty directions where they could go, most likely not yours -.-


country: DE
comment:
Direction Wittlich, Koblenz, Kaiserslautern, SaarbrÃ¼cken.
Ask for \"Verteilerkreis\", everybody knows where that is.
A bus stops there.


country: NL
comment:
S. Maastricht Maastricht-Aachen Airport / A2 access lane 50 Maastricht Aachen Airport. 1200 m N Vliegveldweg (parallel A2), 300 m W. Hard shoulder on sliproad. Ws. 


country: NL
comment:
â€™s-
Hertogenbosch, Tilburg, (Antwerpen). A2 access lane 31. Bus 401/402 stop â€œDe Hurkâ€, 100 m NE. Hard shoulder on sliproad


country: NL
comment:
(Eindhoven). Maastricht-Aachen Airport / A2 access lane 50 Maastricht Aachen Airport. 1200 m N Vliegveldweg (parallel A2). Hard shoulder on sliproad. Es.


country: DE
comment:
Very big service area. Great place when heading to Berlin or Dortmund.
To get there from Hannover, take the U4 to Garbsen, then transfer to Bus no. 126 to the last station (WaldschÃ¤nke).
This takes approx. 30 Minutes from central station.


country: DE
comment:
Good place when heading to Bremen (A1) or Hannover (A2).
To get there from Schwerte train station, take bus no. R50 to \"Lichtendorf Poetschke\". From there you can already see the service area.


country: IT
comment:
Small Toll Booth with enough space for cars to stop. Highway straight to Venice/Padova and further on..


country: NL
comment:
Raalte, Almelo, (Deventer), (Enschede). Ceintuurbaan (N35) x Oldeneelallee. Bus 166/167 stop â€œDe Marslandenâ€. Bus stop.


country: NL
comment:
Enkhuizen, Hoorn, Alkmaar. N302 (Markerwaarddijk) x Oostvaardersdijk (Houtribsluis). Bus F stop â€œBataviapleinâ€, 150 m W Bataviaplein, 600 m N Oostvaardersdijk. Or bus 150 stop â€œHoutribsluisâ€.	Bus stop near sluice.


country: NL
comment:
Raalte, Almelo, (Deventer), (Enschede). Ceintuurbaan (N35) x Kuyperhuislaan. Bus 166/167 stop â€œKuyperhuislaanâ€	. Bus stop.


country: NL
comment:
Heerenveen, Hoogeveen, (Leeuwarden), (Groningen), (Emmen)	. A28 access lane 19	. Bus 1 stop â€œBurg Roelenwegâ€, 50 m NW Burg Roelenweg. Hard shoulder on sliproad.


country: NL
comment:
Heerenveen, Hoogeveen, (Leeuwarden), (Groningen), (Emmen), Ommen, (Hardenberg). A28 access lane 20. Bus 29/70 stop â€œMeppelerstraatwegâ€, 400 m N Ceintuurbaan (N35). Or bus 3 stop â€œCaspar Fagelstraatâ€, 50 m NE Meppelerstraatweg, 300 m N Ceintuurbaan (N35). Hard shoulder on sliproad.


country: NL
comment:
Apeldoorn, Arnhem, Utrecht. N331 (Blaloweg) x N331 (Voorsterweg). 1500 m W. Or bus 1/140/141 stop â€œScania/Voorsterwegâ€	. Bus stop.


country: NL
comment:
Apeldoorn, Arnhem, Utrecht. A28 access lane 19. Bus 95s/294s stop â€œKaterdijkâ€, 150 NW Katerdijk, cross	. Hard shoulder on sliproad.


country: NL
comment:
Den Haag, Amsterdam, Rotterdam. A12 access lane 6. Bus 71/77/121 stop â€œViaduct Afrikawegâ€. Or station Zoetermeer Driemanspolder, 100 m W Boerhaavelaan ][, climb bridge, 50 m N Afrikalaan.	Bus stopBus lane.


country: NL
comment:
Utrecht, Tiel, Gorinchem, (Nijmegen), (Rotterdam). A2 access lane 17. Bus 266/268 stop â€œHoge wegâ€, 150 m N Steenweg, 750 m E N322. Hard shoulder on sliproad.


country: NL
comment:
Gouda, Utrecht, Capelle a/d IJssel, (Arnhem). A12 access lane 7. Station Zoetermeer Oost, 700 m E Zuidweg, 400 m E Zilverstraat, 100 m N Oostweg. Hard shoulder on sliproad.


country: DE
comment:
Great for Mayen, Trier, Luxemburg (A48).
Very much traffic and the crossing forces cars to slow down.


country: NL
comment:
â€™s-Hertogenbosch, (Eindhoven), (Tilburg), (Oss).	 A2 access lane 17	. Bus 266/268 stop â€œHoge wegâ€, 150 m N Steenweg, 400 m E N322. Hard shoulder on sliproad.


country: NL
comment:
Hoorn, (Leeuwarden), Amsterdam, Haarlem, (Den Haag), Utrecht.	 A7 x Heijermansstraat	. Bus 60/65/67 stop â€œZaans Medisch Centrumâ€, 100 m N Van Looibroekweg, 150 m NE Koningin Julianaweg. Hard shoulder at the beginning of the motorway.


country: NL
comment:
Utrecht, Amersfoort, (Amsterdam), (Rotterdam). Mansholtlaan x Droevendaalsesteeg	. Bus 86s stop â€œDroevendaalsesteegâ€	. Bus lane. Bus stop.


country: NL
comment:
Breda, Eindhoven, (Antwerpen). Fuel station on A27 between access lane 28 and access lane 29 â€œDe Kroonâ€ (7 km)	. Bus 65 stop â€œDrenthehavenâ€ (Nieuwegein), 200 m S Hollandhaven, 1500 m SE Weg van de Binnenvaart / Waterliniedok. 45 mins. Fuel station on the motorway. Ws. 


country: NL
comment:
Arnhem, Nijmegen, Germany. Fuel station on A12 between junction Knooppunt Lunetten and access lane 19 â€œDe Slagmaatâ€ (5 km)	. Bus 41/43 stop â€œOud Amelisweerdâ€, 150 m E Koningslaan, 300 m SE/S Achterdijk, 200 m E Parallelweg (parallel A12, Ss). 20 mins. Fuel station on the motorway. Ss.


country: NL
comment:
Zwolle, Deventer, Lelystad, (Breda), (â€˜s-Hertogenbosch)	. Waterlinieweg x start A28. Bus 11 stop â€œRijnsweerd Noordâ€, 200 m W Pythagoraslaan, 300 m S Waterlinieweg	. Hard shoulder at beginning of the motorway.


country: NL
comment:
Arnhem. Traffic square Hoograven x A12 access lane 18	. Bus 6 stop â€œIjsselsteinlaanâ€, 150 m NE Bazuinhof, Nijeveldsingel cross, 350 m S langs geluidwal, deur door (â€œforbiddenâ€), 200 m S/200 m E Traffic square Hoograven	. Hard shoulder on connection to A12.


country: NL
comment:
Rotterdam, Belgium, Eindhoven, Germany, Zwolle. Harbour â€™t Horntje (ferry)	Bus 28/29 stop â€œVeerhaven â€™t Horntjeâ€, 100 m.	 Ferry to Den Helder.


country: NL
comment:
Den Haag, Amsterdam, Vlaardingen. Stadhouderweg x Daltonlaan. Bus 33/44/49/129/174/â€¦ stop â€œBlijdorpâ€ or â€œDiergaarde Blijdorpâ€, 300 m N Van Aerssenlaan, 500 m W Stadhoudersweg	. Fuel station


country: DE
comment:
Petrolstation just before Dresden on A4 (position on map not accurate). 
Very poor for Prague (expect hours to wait, especially in evening), very good for Poland, good for Berlin.


country: NL
comment:
Harlingen, Den Helder. N7 (Stadhoudersweg-Zuid) x Westhemstraat. Bus 42/44 stop â€œTingaâ€, 50 m S Lemmerweg, 250 m W door park, 500 m N/NW/N Molenkrite, N7 cross. Lane Ws crossing.


country: NL
comment:
Den Haag, Amsterdam. Traffic square under A20 x A13 (junction Knooppunt Kleinpolderplein)	. Bus 129 stop â€œAbtswegâ€, 150 m S/SW Abtsweg. Hard shoulder on sliproad. Traffic square.


country: NL
comment:
Utrecht, Breda. Traffic square under A20 x A13 (junction Knooppunt Kleinpolderplein)	. Bus 129 stop â€œAbtswegâ€, 150 m S/SW Abtsweg, traffic square cross	. Hard shoulder on sliproad. Traffic square.


country: NL
comment:
Den Haag, Amsterdam, Vlaardingen. A20 access lane 14. Tram 5 stop â€œAbraham Kuyperlaanâ€ 300 m N Schieweg, 100 m N Gordelbrug/Schieplein. Or 300 m N Spoorsingel, 300 m NE Wallenburgerweg, 800 m NW Schieweg, 200 m N Gordelbrug/Schieplein. Hard shoulder on sliproad.


country: FR
comment:
to go to Dover for free, you can ask people to join them in their car it cost the same for them. You just have to go to the office with them so that your name will be on the ticket.


country: NL
comment:
Utrecht, Breda. A20 access lane 14. Tram 5 stop â€œAbraham Kuyperlaanâ€ 300 m N Schieweg, 100 m N Gordelbrug/Schieplein. Or 300 m N Spoorsingel, 300 m NE Wallenburgerweg, 800 m NW Schieweg, 100 m N Gordelbrug/Schieplein	. Bus stop on access lane.


country: NL
comment:
Utrecht, Amsterdam, Den Haag. N445 (Willem de Zwijgerlaan) x IJsselmeerlaan. Bus 39/48/56/â€¦ stop â€œSumatrastraatâ€, 100 m NE N445 (Willem de Zwijgerlaan). Fuel station.


country: FR
comment:
a good toll where everybody coming from the Alps and going to the south (Marseille, toulouse...) will stop. Even going to the north (Paris...)


country: NL
comment:
Emmen, Coevorden, (Meppen). A37 access lane 1. Bus 27 stop â€œKrakeelâ€, 200 m S Krakeel, 250 m S N852 (Mr Cramerweg) ][. Hard shoulder on sliproad


country: NL
comment:
Leeuwarden, Amersfoort, Apeldoorn, Ommen	. A28 access lane 26	. Bus 101 stop â€œSalkhofâ€, 100 m S Bethesdastraat, 400 m E Zuidwoldigerweg. Or 250 m SE Stationsstraat, 1300 m SW/S Van Limburg Stirumstraat, 500 m W Schutstraat. Hard shoulder on sliproad


country: NL
comment:
Amsterdam, Alkmaar, Den Haag, Harlingen	Provinciale weg x Blauwe berg. 250 m W Stationsplein, 500 m NW Keem, 250 m SW Provincialeweg. Deceleration lane


country: NL
comment:
Amsterdam, Alkmaar, Den Haag, Harlingen.	Kleine Wijzerd x Provinciale weg. 250 m W Stationsplein, 500 m NW Keem, 1250 m SW/NW Provincialeweg, 50 m S Kleine Wijzerd	. Fuel station. Carpool. Mc Donaldâ€™s.


country: NL
comment:
Heerenveen, Zwolle, Utrecht. N32 (Overijsselseweg).	125 m E Stationsweg, 1000 m S Schrans/Verlengde Schrans, 10 m S N32 (Overijsselseweg)	. Former official hitchhikers spot


country: NL
comment:
Harlingen, (Amsterdam). N383 Europaplein. Bus 1/70/71/97 stop â€œEuropapleinâ€, 200 m W Harlingerstraatweg/Europaplein	. Fuel station, Ws traffic square.


country: NL
comment:
Den Haag, Rotterdam.	A4 access lane 6a	. Train station Leiden-Lammerschans, 350 m SE Melchior Treublaan, 50 m SE Kanaalbrug, 600 m SE Heinekenpad, 250 m S Willen van der Madeweg. Hard shoulder on sliproad


country: NL
comment:
Utrecht, Gouda, (Zwolle), (Arnhem), (â€™s-Hertogenbosch)	. Start N11. Train station Leiden-Lammerschans, 350 m SE Melchior Treublaan, 50 m SE Kanaalbrug, 600 m SE Heinekenpad, 200 m S Willen van der Madeweg. Hard shoulder on sliproad (leftside).


country: NL
comment:
Coevorden, (Emmen).	N349 (Van Rechteren Limburgsingel). Bus 80 stop â€œHuize Aleksandraâ€, 20 m S Vriezenveenseweg, 75 m E Horstlaan, 300 m NE Schelfhorstweg, cross field, cross N349, 350 m S Lankampweg. P-lane.


country: DE
comment:
An excellent spot for going South and West. Get her by taking the regional train into direction Dessau, and get off at Michendorf for a walk of half an hour.


country: FR
comment:
From here, easy to get to the Peage, and then either go to Lyon or Valence. 
Going to Valence is good if you want to go south.
(2006)


country: NL
comment:
Utrecht, Almere, Lelystad, (Amsterdam), (â€™s-Hertogenbosch), (Breda). A27 access lane 33. Train station â€œHilversum Sportparkâ€, 750 m SE. Hard shoulder on sliproad


country: NL
comment:
Huizen, Almere, (Lelystad), (Amsterdam). N525 (Larenseweg) x Orionlaan. Bus 108 stop â€œOrionlaanâ€. Or 1300 m NE Larenseweg	. Bus stop


country: NL
comment:
Amsterdam, Haarlem, Hoofddorp. N201 (Vreelandseweg) x Gomarushof. Bus 1 stop â€œComeniushofâ€, 250 m NW/SW/NW Kloosterlaan, 300 m NE/NW/NE/NW Gomarushof, pass wall, cross. Fuel station


country: NL
comment:
Assen, Groningen	. A28 access lane 27	. 250 m N Pesserstraat, 600 m NW Toldijk, 400 m W N374 (Middenveldweg)	. Hard shoulder on sliproad


country: NL
comment:
Enschede, (Gronau).	Enschedesestraat	150 m E Stationsplein, 250 m SE Prins Bernhardplein, 250 m NE Wolter van Catestraat, 500 m SE Enschedestraat. Cycling lane, Wide road.


country: NL
comment:
Hengelo. Hengelosestraat x Boddenkampsingel	. 200 m W Stationsplein, 250 m N De Ruyterlaan, 500 m NW Hengelosestraat	. Cycling lane.


country: NL
comment:
(Almelo), (Deventer), (Gronau), (MÃ¼nster)	. Zuiderval x Varviksingel. Bus 1/73/74 stop â€œTC Tubantiaâ€, 400 m S Varviksingel. Fuel station.


country: NL
comment:
Haaksbergen, (Doetinchem). N18 (Haaksbergerstraat) x Dr. Van der Zandestraat. Bus 20 stop â€œDr. Van derZandestraatâ€, 20 m. Bus stop. Fuel station.


country: NL
comment:
Raalte, (Zwolle).	Wierdensestraat x Aalderinksingel. Bus 91 stop â€œEgbert ten Catelaanâ€. Or 100 m S Parallelweg, 500 m W Wierdensestraat	. Bus stop.


country: NL
comment:
Almelo, Deventer, (Apeldoorn). A1 access lane 30. Hitchhike from the spot close to the center. Hard shoulder on sliproad.


country: NL
comment:
(Leeuwarden). Friesestraatweg x Kraneweg. Bus 3 stop â€œFriesestraatweg/Jan Steenstraatâ€. Bus stop.


country: NL
comment:
Almelo, Deventer.	A35 access lane 28	. Bus 12 stop â€œGezinastraatâ€, 200 m NW Breemarsweg, 750 m NW/N/NE Rijnstraat, 50 m N Brugginksweg, 1000 m W/NW/N Kamphorstweg/Horstweg	. Hard shoulder on sliproad.


country: NL
comment:
Winschoten, Veendam, Germany. Europaweg x Griffeweg. Bus 9/73/776 stop â€œSontweg/Europawegâ€. Or 1000 m E/NE Stationsweg/Zuiderpark/Trompweg, 250 m NE Griffeweg.	Bus stop.


country: NL
comment:
Den Haag, Leiden, Rotterdam, (Amsterdam). A12 access lane 11. Bus 6 stop â€œStavorenwegâ€, 50 m S Stavorenweg, 50 m E Stavorenweg, 600 m NE/N Goudse poort, bridge A12. Hard shoulder on sliproad.


country: NL
comment:
Schoonhoven, Gorinchem. N207 (Goudseweg). Bus 106/180/196/197 stop â€œStolwijkersluisâ€, 75 m S Goudseweg. Or 150 NW Schoonhovenseweg.	P-lane. (Fuel station).


country: NL
comment:
Germany. A1 access lane 33. Bus 60/62 stop Hanzepoort, 400 m N Enschedesestraat. 	Hard shoulder on sliproad.


country: NL
comment:
Hengelo, Almelo, Deventer, (Utrecht).	A1 access lane 33	. Bus 60/62 stop â€œElsmorsâ€, 250 m S Enschedesestraat	. Hard shoulder on sliproad.


country: NL
comment:
Utrecht, (Amsterdam), (Arnhem), (â€™s-Hertogenbosch)	. A12 access lane 11	. Bus 6 stop â€œStavorenwegâ€, 50 m S Stavorenweg, 50 m E Stavorenweg, 200 m NE Goudse poort. Hard shoulder on sliproad.


country: NL
comment:
Oldenzaal, (Germany)	. N732 (Oldenzaalsestraat) x Kotkampweg. Bus 60/62 stop â€œKotkampwegâ€. Or 500 m E Parallelweg, 1200 m N/NE Oldenzaalsestraat	. Bus stop.


country: NL
comment:
Tilburg, Breda, Dordrecht, Den Haag, Rotterdam, Bergen op Zoom, (Middelburg).	 Fuel station on A58 between access lane 7 and access lane 8 â€œKriekampenâ€ (10 km). Bus 151 stop â€œBremâ€ (Best), 50 m W Brem, 100 m N Ringweg, 1500 m W Gagel (canal), 500 m SW through heathland. 60 min.	Fuel station on the motorway. Ns.


country: NL
comment:
Turnhout, Antwerpen, Brussel, Gent. Fuel station on A67 between junction Knooppunt De Hogt  and access lane 32 â€œOeienboschâ€ (6 km).	Bus 150 stop â€œLochtâ€ (Veldhoven), 500 m SW Locht/Kempenbaan, 250 m W Oeienboschdijk (parallel A67), 250 m SW verge A67 Ns. 40 min.	Fuel station on the motorway. Ns.


country: NL
comment:
Venlo, DÃ¼sseldorf, KÃ¶ln. Fuel station on A67 between junction Knooppunt Leenderheide and access lane 34 â€œMeelakkersâ€ (5 km).	Train station â€œGeldropâ€, 2000 m SW general direction, last part SE, S, Genoenhuis, bridge A67, 100 m W shoulder A67 Ss. 40 min. Fuel station on the motorway. Ss.


country: NL
comment:
(Leiden). N44 (Benoordenhoutseweg) x Boslaan. 300 m NE Bezuidenhoutseweg, 500 m NW Utrechtsebaan (A12) / Boslaan, 100 m E N44 (Benoordenhoutseweg)	. Bus lane.


country: NL
comment:
Leiden. N44 (Waalsdorperplein). Leidschestraatweg x Waalsdorperweg. Bus 90 stop â€œWaalsdorperpleinâ€	. Bus stop.


country: NL
comment:
Amersfoort, Utrecht, Arnhem, (Amsterdam), (Nijmegen). A1 access lane 23. Bus 56 stop â€œZweedsestraatâ€, 300 m SE Deventerweg, cross. Hard shoulder on sliproad.


country: NL
comment:
Leiden. N44 (Willem Witsenplein). Benoordenhoutseweg x Laan van NOI. Bus 88/89/91 stop â€œWillem Witsenpleinâ€. Bus lane.


country: NL
comment:
Utrecht, Rotterdam, (Amsterdam), (Breda). Start A12 (Boslaan). 300 m NE Bezuidenhoutseweg, 500 m NW parallel A12 (Utrechtsebaan) / Boslaan. Official hitchhikers spot.


country: NL
comment:
Arnhem, 's-Herogenbosch, (Eindhoven), (Venlo)	. Fuel station on A50 between access lane 23 and junction Knooppunt Beekbergen â€œDe Brinkâ€ (6 km)	. Bus 231s stop â€œKapelmeestershoeveâ€, 100 m SW Gildenlaan, (Bus 293 stop â€œLanddrostlaanâ€), 400 m S Landdrostlaan, 1200 m SE Polderweg, 1500 m SE Elsbosweg,  200 m S verge A50 Ws. ? mins. Fuel station on the motorway. Ws.


country: NL
comment:
Amsterdam, Den Haag, Utrecht. Fuel station on A1 between access lane 17 and 16 â€œTolnegenâ€ (20 km). From Apeldoorn bus 102 stop â€œWittenbergâ€ (Wittenberg), bus 107 stop â€œCentrumâ€ (Stroe), 25 m N Wolweg, 1200 m W Stroeerschoolweg, 250 m N Gruttoweg ][ A1. 50 min. Fuel station on the motorway. Ns.


country: DE
comment:
Get there by train S8, station \"schÃ¶neweide\".
Use the entrance to the (cheaper) \"jet\" gas station. 
Good and famous place to leave Berlin southwards (dresden, praha).


country: NL
comment:
Amersfoort, Zwolle, Assen, Enschede. 	Fuel station on A50 between access lane 23 and junction Knooppunt Beekbergen â€œDe Sompâ€ (6 km)	. Bus 231s stop â€œKapelmeestershoeveâ€, 100 m SW Gildenlaan, (Bus 293 stop â€œLanddrostlaanâ€), 400 m S Landdrostlaan, 1200 m SE Polderweg, 1500 m SE Elsbosweg, ][, 300 m S verge A50 Es. ? mins. Fuel station on the motorway. Es.


country: NL
comment:
Hoofddorp, Aalsmeer, Leiden, Den Haag	N201 (Cruquiusweg) x Javalaan. Bus 140 stop â€œCruquiuswegâ€ (Heemstede). Bus stop.


country: NL
comment:
Alkmaar, Beverwijk, (Den Helder). N203 (Provincialeweg) x Brandweer. Bus 69 stop â€œLeliestraatâ€ (Koog aan de Zaan). 	Bus stop.


country: NL
comment:
Alkmaar, Den Helder, (Leeuwarden). N208 (Delftlaan) x Kleverlaan. Bus 2 stop â€œDuinoordstraatâ€, 500 m NW Heussensstraat, 50 m SW parallel N208.	Parking lane.


country: NL
comment:
Amsterdam, Amstelveen, Utrecht, (Amersfoort). A200 x Camera Obscuraweg. 	Train station â€œHaarlem Spaarnwoudeâ€, 100 m S pedestrian bridge over A200, 30 m N	. Bus stop at the begin of the motorway.


country: NL
comment:
Haarlem, Beverwijk	.N200 (Haarlemmerweg) x Admiraal de Ruyterweg / Molenwerf. Train station â€œSloterdijkâ€ + tram 12/bus 15 stop â€œHaarlemmerwegâ€, 50 m N/W. Official hitchhikers spot.


country: NL
comment:
Den Haag, Rotterdam	. A10 access lane S108	. Metro 50 stop â€œAmstelveensewegâ€, 200 m N Amstelveenseweg	. Bus stop on sliproad.


country: NL
comment:
Alkmaar, Zaandam, (Leeuwarden). A10 access lane S101.	Train station â€œSloterdijkâ€ + bus 36 stop â€œNieuwe hemwegâ€, 150 m SE N283 (Nieuwe Hemweg) ][ A10, 100 m NE Vlothavenweg. Bus lane on sliproad.


country: NL
comment:
Alkmaar, Zaandam, (Leeuwarden). A10 access lane S102.	 Train station â€œSloterdijkâ€, 200 m E Hatostraat, 250 m N La Guardiaweg, 250 m E Basisweg, cross.	 Bus lane on sliproad.


country: NL
comment:
Heerenveen, Leeuwarden, (Drachten), (Sneek).	A32 access lane 2	. Station backside exit, 250 m E Leliestraat, 400 m N/NE Ambachtsweg, 300 m E Hoogeveenseweg. Hard shoulder on sliproad.


country: NL
comment:
Den Haag, Leiden, Amsterdam. A13 access lane 8. Bus 62 stop â€œDefensieâ€, 150 m.	Hard shoulder on sliproad.


country: NL
comment:
Rotterdam, Gouda, Utrecht, Dordrecht	. A13 access lane 8	. Bus 62 stop â€œBankastraatâ€, 500 m NE Brasserkade, 150 m NW Zuiderweg. Hard shoulder on sliproad.


country: NL
comment:
Zwolle, Arnhem, Utrecht. A32 access lane 1. Bus 40 stop â€œDe Stouweâ€, 600 m S/SW Werkhorst, 50 m E Berggiersweg. Or 1400 m S/SW/S/SW Leonard Springenlaan/Reestlaan/Werkhorst, 50 m E Berggiersweg.	Hard shoulder on sliproad.


country: NL
comment:
Rotterdam, Gouda, Utrecht, Dordrecht.	A13 access lane 9	. Bus 64 stop â€œPoortcenterâ€. 100 m NE Oostpoortweg.	Hard shoulder just before sliproad.


country: NL
comment:
Den Haag, Leiden, Amsterdam. A13 access lane 9. Bus 64 stop â€œPoortcenterâ€, 300 m NE Oostpoortweg ][ A13. Hard shoulder on sliproad.


country: NL
comment:
Utrecht. A27 access lane 15. Bus 31 stop â€œMinervum 1200â€, 750 m SW Minervum. Hard shoulder on sliproad.


country: FR
comment:
West to Paris (A4) start place de Haguenau.
South to Colmar, Mulhouse (A35) start on the ramp behind \"la laiterie\" (concert hall)


country: NL
comment:
(Utrecht). A10 access lane S112. Tram 9 stop â€œBrinkstraatâ€, 150 m SE Brinkstraat. Hard shoulder on sliproad.


country: NL
comment:
Groningen, Apeldoorn, Enschede, Germany. Fuel station on A1 between access lane 3 and junction Knooppunt Muiderberb â€œHonswijckâ€ (12 km)	. Bus 136 stop â€œMariahoevewegâ€ (Muiden), 500 m NW Mariahoeveweg), 50 m S (Lange Muiderweg, ][ A1, 1200 m E verge A1 Ss. 40 mins. from mainstation Amsterdam. Fuel station on the motorway. Ss


country: NL
comment:
Utrecht, Eindhoven, Apeldoorn, Lelystad. A10 oprit S109	Sneltram 51 stop â€œRAIâ€ / Train station â€œRAIâ€, 400 m S Europaboulevard	Hard shoulder on sliproad.


country: NL
comment:
Utrecht, (Hilversum), Haarlem, Den Haag.	Fuel station on A2 between start A2 and junction Knooppunt Amstel (4 km). Sneltram 51 stop â€œOveramstelâ€, 200 m SW De Heusweg, 650 m N Joan Muyskensweg, 100 m W, 600 m S berm A2 Ws. 25 mins. Or tram 25 stop â€œHunzestraatâ€, 250 m E President Kennedylaan, 350 m SE (Utrechtsebrug), 600 m S verge A2 Ws, sign â€œforbidden for pedestriansâ€. 40 mins from main station Amsterdam. Fuel station on the motorway. Ws


country: NL
comment:
Utrecht, Eindhoven.	Utrechtsebrug, start A2. Tram 25 stop â€œHunzestraatâ€, 250 m E President Kennedylaan, 350 m SE Utrechtsebrug.	Hard shoulder begin A2 on southside bridge Utrechtsebrug. Fast traffic!


country: NL
comment:
Lelystad, Utrecht, Eindhoven, Germany.	S112 (Prins Bernhardplein). Train/metro/tram/bus station â€œAmstelâ€, 100 m E Prins Bernhardplein, 200 m SE. Official hitchhikers spot. 250 m SE Fuel station.


country: NL
comment:
Utrecht, Eindhoven.	Utrechtsebrug, start A2 Tram 25 stop â€œHunzestraatâ€, 250 m E President Kennedylaan. Traffic lights. 


country: NL
comment:
Tiel, Rotterdam,  Utrecht, Zwolle.	Fuel station at the start of the A73 â€œNeerbosschewegâ€ (5 km). Bus 1 stop â€œLagelandsewegâ€, 300 m SW Hogelandseweg, 200 m W verge A73 Ns. Fuel station at the begin of the motorway. Ns.


country: NL
comment:
Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Breda, Den Haag. Fuel station on A28 near Hooglanderveen between access lane 9 and junction Knooppunt Hoevelaken (6 km). Bus 101 stop â€œVan Tuijlstraatâ€ Hooglanderveen, 300 m NW Van Tuijlstraat, 150 m N Holleweg, 400 m E/N/E Eindweg, 150 m N Scheidingsweg. 22 min from station Amersfoort. Fuel station on the motorway. Ws.


country: NL
comment:
Eindhoven. N270 (Europaweg). Train station â€Helmond â€˜t Houtâ€, 200 m NE Parallelweg, 600 m N Mierloseweg/Hortsedijk, 100 m NE parallel N270 (Europaweg). Fuel station. 


country: NL
comment:
MÃ¶nchen-gladbach, DÃ¼sseldorf, KÃ¶ln, (Austria), (Czech Republic). Traffic square Keulse BarriÃ¨re x start A61	3000 m SE Kaldenkerkerweg, Or bus 3 stop â€œMarianum collegeâ€, 800 m SE Kaldenkerkerweg.	Traffic square. Hard shoulder at the start of the motorway. Fuel station. Customs.


country: NL
comment:
Germany. A67 access lane 40. Bus 83 stop â€œAlbertushofâ€, 700 m NNW Nijmeegseweg.	Hard shoulder on sliproad (Fuel station on the motorway. Ss. 1000 m O).


country: NL
comment:
Germany, (Poland), (Czech Republic).	Border A67. Bus 5 stop â€œJean Laudystraatâ€. 2000 m NE general direction from the bus stop.  40 mins from station Venlo. Restaurant on the motorway. Customs.


country: NL
comment:
Eindhoven, (Rotterdam), Antwerpen . Border A67. Bus 5 stop â€œJean Laudystraatâ€. Ss: 2250 m NE general direction (][ A67 Arenborgweg). 40 mins from station Venlo.	Restaurant on the motorway. Customs.


country: NL
comment:
Heerlen, (Geleen), (Maastricht). Heerlenseweg x Van Lomessenweg 250 m W Stationsstraat, 250 m N Streeperstraat, 150 m NW Ruitersstraat, 150 m SW Heerlenseweg.	Bus stop.


country: NL
comment:
Maastricht, Heerlen. Maastrichterweg x Burgemeester Geuljanslaan. Bus 72 stop â€œBurg. Geuljanslaanâ€, 250 m SE Burg. Geuljanslaan. Verge.


country: NL
comment:
Eindhoven. Hornerweg x Buitenop. Bus 73/74/75/76 stop â€œWilhelminasingelâ€, 100 m W Wilhelminasingel. Or 1000 m NW general direction. Fuel station.


country: NL
comment:
Venlo. N280 (Wilhelminasingel)	100 m W Stationsplein, 750 m N/NW Godsweerdersingel, ca. 200 m E verge N280 (Wilhelminasingel).	Parking lane.


country: DE
comment:
Aachen, KÃ¶ln, (DÃ¼sselsorf), (Berlin), (Poland), (Czech Republic), (Austria). Fuel station on A76 between junction Knooppunt Bocholtz and the state border â€œTienbaanâ€ (8 km). 	Bus 43/143 stop â€œWilheminalaanâ€, 200 m N Wilhelminalaan, 200 m NE Prins Hendrikstraat, 50 m NE, 600 m N Stevensweg. 50 min from train station Heerlen. Fuel station on the motorway. Ss.


country: NL
comment:
Aachen. N281 x Welterlaan Bus 2 stop â€œBurg. gijzelslaanâ€, 500 m SW Welterlaan ][ N281. Hard shoulder on sliproad (little space).


country: NL
comment:
Aachen. Looierstraat x Het Overloon. 50 m W Stationstraat, 200 m SW Geerstraat, 100 m W, 250 m SW Looierstraat. Traffic lights. Ask for a ride.


country: NL
comment:
Aachen	N281 x Nieuw Eyckholt. 50 m W Stationstraat, 200 m SW Geerstraat, 100 m W, 450 m SW Looierstraat ][ N281	. Hard shoulder on sliproad


country: NL
comment:
Geleen, (Eindhoven), (Venlo). N281 x Parallelweg. Bus 7/32 stop â€œNationale houthandelâ€, 100 m SE In de Cramer, 150 m SE Parallelweg. Or 50 m W Stationstraat, 1300 m SW Parallelweg	. Hard shoulder on sliproad.


country: NL
comment:
Geleen, (Eindhoven), (Venlo). N281 x Nieuw Eyckholt 50 m W Stationstraat, 200 m SW Geerstraat, 100 m W, 350 m SW Looierstraat. Hard shoulder on sliproad.


country: NL
comment:
Aachen, KÃ¶ln, (DÃ¼sseldorf). N281 x A76. Hitchhike from spot 3, 4 or 5. Hard shoulder next to traffic lights.


country: NL
comment:
Maastricht. Start A79 near N281 x Welterlaan 50 m W Stationstraat, 500 m SW/SE Geerstraat, 700 m SW Valkenburgerweg, 300 m SE Pijnsweg. Fuel station at the begin of the motorway. Ns.


country: NL
comment:
Eindhoven, Utrecht, Venlo, Nijmegen.	Fuel station on A2 between access lane 51 and 50 â€œKruisbergâ€ (6 km). 	Bus 61 stop â€œSint Josephstraatâ€, 100 m SW Maastrichterweg, climb stairs, door in wall along the motorway. Or Train station Meerssen, 700 m NW Beaufortstraat, 250 m W St Josephstraat, climb stairs, door in wall along the motorway. Fuel station on the motorway. Es.


country: NL
comment:
Zwolle, Drachten, Leeuwarden, (Utrecht), (Arnhem). Emmaviaduct x Stationsweg. 250 m W Stationsweg. Official hitchhikers spot.


country: NL
comment:
Dokkum, Drachten, (Groningen). N355 (Groningerstraatweg) x Elzenstraat. Bus 50/51/62 stop â€œOud tolhuisâ€ (200 m W)	Fuel station (Lane)


country: NL
comment:
Kampen, Emmeloord	. N331 (Voorsterweg) x N331 (Blaloweg)	1500 m W. Or bus 140/141 stop â€œâ€¦â€. Bus stop.


country: NL
comment:
Antwerpen, Heerlen, Maastricht. Leenderweg x junction Knooppunt Leenderheide. Bus 173/176 stop â€œFlorapleinâ€, 1250 m SE Leenderweg. Traffic lights on traffic square (Ns).


country: NL
comment:
LiÃ¨ge, Luxembourg, Charleroi. Fuel station on A2 between access lane 57 and 58 â€œKnuvelkesâ€ (9 km). Bus 158 stop â€œSint Josephstraat/Rijkswegâ€, 600 m S Rijksweg. Fuel station on the motorway.Ws


country: NL
comment:
Nijmegen, Arnhem.	Fuel station on A59 between access lane 14 and 15  â€œDe Luchtâ€ (14 km)	Bus 90 stop â€œDe Luchtâ€ (Geffen), 15 m NW. 30 mins from 's-Hertogenbosch station. Fuel station on the motorway. Ss.


country: NL
comment:
Utrecht, Eindhoven	. A59 access lane 11	Bus 90/158 stop â€œGraafsebaanâ€, 100 m E Graafsebaan, cross. Hard shoulder on sliproad.


country: NL
comment:
Nijmegen, Arnhem	. A59 access lane 11	Bus 90 stop â€œGraafsebaanâ€ , 100 m E Graafsebaan, 200 m S Berlicumseweg.	Hard shoulder on sliproad.


country: NL
comment:
Breda, â€™s-Hertogenbosch, Den Haag. 24 Oktoberplein. Bus 114/128/145/387/388/â€¦ stop â€œ24 oktoberpleinâ€, 100 m. Fuel station. Acceleration lane / hard shoulder on traffic square.


country: NL
comment:
Amsterdam. A2 access lane 8. Bus 114/128/145/387/388/â€¦ stop â€œ24 oktoberpleinâ€, 100 m 24 oktoberplein, 800 m SW Ds. Martin Luther Kinglaan. Hard shoulder on sliproad.


country: NL
comment:
Arnhem, Groningen, Enschede. Fuel station on A27 between access lane 28 and access lane 29 â€œDe Knoestâ€ (7 km). Bus 65 stop â€œDrenthehavenâ€ (Nieuwegein), 200 m S Hollandhaven, 1800 m SE Weg van de Binnenvaart / Waterliniedok, bridge over the motorway. 45 mins. Fuel station on the motorway. Es.


country: DE
comment:
You can find the description \"how to get there\" at hitchbase.com.

Its the motorway entrance \"Schnellsen Nord\" northwards towards Kiel, Flensburg, Danmark. This place is illegal as you will have to cross the motorway-sign to have a good chance to get a lift.


country: FR
comment:
Best point to get a lift to the UK. For the Channel tunnel, cars are paid by car, not by passenger. So, if there is a free seat, it is basically possible to ask for a lift through the tunnel. However, it can take up to 1.5-2 hours, because it is hard to convince people that you are neither an illegal immigrant nor in possession of drugs etc. So, have your passport ready to show to everyone and be patient...


country: NL
comment:
Waalwijk, Breda, Tilburg, (Dordrecht). Vlijmenseweg x Oude Vlijmenseweg. Bus 136/137 stop â€œWillem Alexander Ziekenhuisâ€, 50 m N Oude Vlijmenseweg. Bus stop.


country: NL
comment:
Waalwijk, Breda, Tilburg, (Dordrecht). Vlijmenseweg x Helftheuvelweg. Bus 136/137 stop â€œHeltfheuvelwegâ€. Bus stop.


country: DE
comment:
Its at a traffic-light. There are three lanes for cars going left directing the motorway (A215 leading to the A7) either northwards towards Danmark or southwards towards Hamburg, Hannover, Kassel etc.


country: NL
comment:
â€™s-
Hertogenbosch, Utrecht. Boschdijk x  Barrierweg. Bus 8 stop â€œMinckelerspleinâ€, 100 m. Traffic lights. Parking lane.


country: NL
comment:
Antwerpen, Venlo, Heerlen, Maastricht. Leenderweg. Bus 173/176 stop â€œFlorapleinâ€, 50
m SE, 300 m SE Leenderweg. Parking
lane.


country: NL
comment:
Weert, Venlo. A2 access lane 33. Bus 171/172 stop â€œMotelâ€, 600 m S Aalsterweg ][ A2/A67, cross. Hard shoulder on sliproad.


country: GB
comment:
Gordano service station is hitchhiking black spot in the UK.  The crash barrier graffiti is a testament to borded hitchhikers


country: NL
comment:
(Heerlen), 
(Maastricht), (Venlo), (Venray). N275 (Ringbaan Noord). Bus 31/74 stop â€œMarconilaanâ€,  200 m NW Marconilaan, 200 m NE Ringbaan Noord. Parking lane.


country: NL
comment:
Only usefull if traffic is dense! Maastricht. junction Knooppunt Leenderheide x A2. Bus 173/176 stop â€œFlorapleinâ€, 1250 m SE Leenderweg, (forbidden) 300 m SE Traffic square Leenderheide. Hard shoulder on traffic
square (Ss).


country: NL
comment:
Heerlen, Maastricht. A2 access 39. Bus  31/74 stop  â€œMarconilaanâ€, 200
m NW Marconilaan, 650 m NE Ringbaan Noord. Hard shoulder on the sliproad.


country: NL
comment:
Hilversum, Amersfoort. Waterlinieweg x Van Ostadelaan. Bus 12/13s stop â€œStadionâ€, 200 m W Herculeslaan/][/Rubenslaan, 200 m S Van Ostadelaan. Official hitchhikers spot.


country: NL
comment:
Arnhem, Nijmegen	. N225 (Ritzema Bosweg) x Diedenweg	. Bus 50/86s/251 stop â€œDiedenwegâ€. Bus stop.


country: NL
comment:
Almere, Amersfoort, (Breda), (â€™s-Hertogenbosch). Biltstraat x Museumlaan. Bus 50/52/53/54 stop â€œOorsprongparkâ€, 150 m SE Oorsprongpark, railwya tunnel, 250 m NE Museumlaan.	Possibility to stop on the road.


country: NL
comment:
 â€™s-Hertogenbosch, Venray, (Venlo).	N326 (Graafseweg) x Neerboscheweg. Bus 1/6/89/99 stop â€œNeerbosschewegâ€	Bus stop. Hard shoulder.


country: NL
comment:
Venlo, â€˜s-Hertogenbosch	. N326 (Graafseweg) x Keizer Karelplein	300 m E Van Schaeck Mathonsingel, 50 m S Keizer Kareplein	. Official hitchhikers spot (most often in use as car parking).


country: NL
comment:
Germany, (Poland), (Czech Republic).	Fuel station on A67 between access lane 40 and 41 (3 km)	. Bus 6 stop â€œSimon Stevinstraatâ€, 200 m NE Simon Stevinstraat, 300 m NE 1800. 20 mins from train station Venlo. Fuel station on the motorway. Ss.


country: NL
comment:
Eindhoven, (Amsterdam), (Rotterdam), Antwerpen. Fuel station on A67 between access lane 40 and 39 â€œReunenâ€ (4 km). Bus 6 stop â€œHakkestraatâ€, 800 m NW Sint Urbanusweg/Oude Venloseweg ][, 200 m W verge A67. 30 mins from train station Venlo. Fuel station on the motorway. Ns.


country: NL
comment:
Eindhoven. A67 access lane 40. Bus 83 stop â€œAlbertushofâ€, 500 m NNW
Nijmeegseweg. Hard shoulder on sliproad
(Fuel station on the motorway. Ns. 1000
m W).


country: NL
comment:
Nijmegen, Arnhem, Utrecht, Eindhoven	. N273 (Napoleonsbaan)	. Bus 77 stop â€œHotel de Molenâ€ (Baarlo), cross. Bus stop. Traffic lights.


country: NL
comment:
Heerlen, Aachen. A76 access lane 3. Bus 51/61 stop â€œPrins Mauritslaanâ€ (Neerbeek), 250 m NE  Prins Mauritslaan. Hard shoulder on access lane.


country: NL
comment:
Tongeren. Tongerseweg. Bus 3 stop â€œMgr. Vranckenpleinâ€, 100 m SW Heukelommerweg, 150 m NW Felix Brockenstraat, 200 m
SW Tongerseweg. Cycling lane
Border.


country: GB
comment:
West Thurrock service area. Good to get lifts to Europe! Have done it several times in 2006. Â£5 from central London to get there. Any questions: freddy_e@gmx.de


country: NL
comment:
Hasselt. Viaductweg. Station backside exit, 1100 m NE Meerssenerweg, 350 m W Viaductweg (cycling lane). Fuel station.


country: NL
comment:
Den Haag, Rotterdam,  (Breda), ('s-Hertogenbosch). A12 access lane 17	. Bus 47/64 or sneltram stop â€œKanaleneiland-Zuid, â€¦â€, 200 m S Europalaan (sign â€œforbidden for pedestriansâ€ near access lane). Hard shoulder on sliproad.


country: NL
comment:
Den Haag, Leiden, Rotterdam. Traffic square Hoograven x A12 access lane 18. Bus 6 stop â€œIJsselsteinlaanâ€, 150 m NE Bazuinhof, Nijeveldsingel cross, 350 m S along wall parallel to main raod, pass door in wall (â€œforbiddenâ€). Hard shoulder on connection to A12.


country: NL
comment:
(Breda), (Arnhem), (Den Haag). Waterlinieweg x Herculeslaan. Bus 12/13s stop â€œStadionâ€, 50 m W Herculeslaan. Official hitchhikers spot.


country: NL
comment:
Utrecht, Eindhoven. A59 access lane 47. Bus 73 stop â€œDe Bakenâ€, 400 m SW Het Wielsum, 200 m N Hambakenweg. Hard shoulder on sliproad.


country: NL
comment:
Waalwijk, Tilburg, Breda. A59 access lane 47. Bus 73 stop â€œDe Bakenâ€, 400 m SW Het Wielsum, 400 m N Hambakenweg/Maaspoortweg,
cross. Hard shoulder on sliproad.


country: NL
comment:
Amsterdam, Waalwijk. A2 access lane 20. Bus 62 stop â€œVierde reitâ€, 25 m SE Reitse dreef, 700 m NE Bruistensingel. Hard shoulder on
sliproad.


country: NL
comment:
Eindhoven, Tilburg. Vughterweg x Isabellalaan. Bus 68/69/140 stop â€œVughterwegâ€, 250 m N Vughterwerg. Hard shoulder.


country: NL
comment:
Weert. A2 access lane 31. Bus 401/402 stop â€œDe Hurkâ€, 250 m SW Noord-Brabantlaan ][ A2. Hard shoulder on
sliproad. Traffic lights.


country: NL
comment:
Weert, (Eindhoven),
Maastricht, Hasselt. A76 access lane 3. Bus from Geleen 51/61 stop â€œPrins
Mauritslaanâ€ (Neerbeek), 350 m NE Prins Mauritslaan,
bridge A76. Hard shoulder on
sliproad.


country: NL
comment:
's-Hertogenbosch, Tilburg. A2 access lane 31. Bus 401/402 stop â€œDe Hurkâ€, 100 m
NE. Hard shoulder on sliproad.


country: NL
comment:
Only usefull is traffic is scarce or very dense! Utrecht, Breda. A2 x junction
Knooppunt
Leenderheide. Bus  173/176 stop â€œFlorapleinâ€, 1250 m SE Leenderweg, (forbidden) 300 m SE Traffic square Leenderheide. Traffic lights on traffic square (Ss).  Use a sign here.


country: NL
comment:
Venlo. Junction Knooppunt
Leenderheide x A67. Bus 173/176 stop â€œFlorapleinâ€, 1250 m SE Leenderweg, (forbidden) 300 m SE Traffic square Leenderheide. Hard shoulder on
connection to A67.


country: NL
comment:
Eindhoven. A2 access lane 39. Bus 31/74 stop â€œMarconilaanâ€, 200 m NW Marconilaan, 750 m NE Ringbaan Noord. Hard shoulder on sliproad.


country: NL
comment:
Venlo, Venray, (Nijmegen). Es A2 exit 39. Bus 31/74 stop â€œMarconilaanâ€, 200 m NW Marconilaan, 750 m NE Ringbaan Noord. Traffic lights.


country: NL
comment:
Petrol station \"De Lucht Oost\" on A2 motorway. Most important petrol station on this motorway, important petrol station between the west and the south of the Netherlands. Great spot to Utrecht/Amsterdam.


country: NL
comment:
Petrol station \"De Lucht West\" on A2 motorway. Most important petrol station on this motorway, important petrol station between the west and the south of the Netherlands. Great spot to Eindhoven, Maastricht/Heerlen.


country: NL
comment:
To Arnhem. From the motorway A50 petrol station De Slenk: 750 m N on the edge of motorway and forest.


country: NL
comment:
Nijmegen, Eindhoven	. N556 (Eindhovenseweg) x Groot-Bollerweg. Train station â€œBlerickâ€, 1250 m NW Eindhovenseweg. Fuel station


country: NL
comment:
Utrecht, Den
Haag, â€™s-
Hertogenbosch,
Eindhoven,
Maastricht. Fuel station on
A12/A50 between
access lane 26 and
access lane 25 â€œDe
Schaarsâ€ (4 km). Bus 2 stop â€œMuseum 40 45â€
(Schaarsbergen), 300 m SE verge
A12/A50 Ns (fence?). 25 min.Fuel station on the
motorway. Ns.


country: NL
comment:
Zutphen,
Doetinchem,
Oberhausen. N325 (IJsseloordweg). Bus 5 stop
â€œPresikhaaf/Kampenhuizenlaanâ€,
400 m SE naar Dunoweg, 250 m S
Dunoweg, N325 cross, 200 m SW
verge N325. Fuel station.


country: NL
comment:
Utrecht, Den
Haag, Zwolle,
Enschede. Fuel station on A50
between access lane 19
and junction
Knooppunt Grijsoord
â€œDe Slenkâ€ (7 km). Bus 107 stop â€œMotel West-endâ€,
150 m NW Amsterdamse Weg, 750
m SW edge of forest besides
shoulder A50 Es. 20 min. Fuel station on the
motorway. Es.


country: NL
comment:
Nijmegen, â€™s-
Hertogenbosch, Venlo,
(Rotterdam). junction Knooppunt
Velperbroek. Bus 26 stop
â€œVelperbroekâ€ (Velp),
500 m S Pres Kennedylaan,
(forbidden) 200 m SW Traffic
square Velperbroek. Traffic lights on
traffic
square (Ws, under the
bridge).


country: NL
comment:
Nijmegen. Airborneplein (Ss). Bus
1/5/20/31/32/33/60/â€¦ stop
â€œAirbornepleinâ€ or 1000 m SE. Bus stop.


country: NL
comment:
Utrecht, Den
Haag. A12 access lane 26
near junction
Knooppunt Waterberg. Bus 91/231s stop â€œGolflinksâ€, 200
m N Apeldoornseweg (cross). Traffic lights. Next great petrol station 3 km.


country: NL
comment:
Apeldoorn,
Zwolle. A50 access lane 20
near junction
Knooppunt Waterberg. Bus 91/231s stop â€œGolflinksâ€, 750
m N Apeldoornseweg. Hard shoulder on
sliproad.


country: NL
comment:
Nijmegen. Velperbinnensingel x
Nieuwstad. Bus 3/5/7/â€¦ stop â€œVelperpleinâ€,
200 m SE Velperbinnensingel or
700 m SE. Bus lane.


country: NL
comment:
Nijmegen, â€™s-
Hertogenbosch,
Rotterdam,
Venlo. Start A325. Bus 7/88 stop â€œGelredomeâ€, 200 m
SE Batavierenweg (cross). Hard shoulder at
beginning of the
motorway.


country: NL
comment:
Deventer. N348 (Deventerweg) x
Capellenlaan. Bus 81 stop â€œVan der
Capellenlaanâ€. Or from station 1400 m NE
Stationsplein/Nieuwstad/Burg.
Dijckmeesterweg/Deventerweg. Bus stop.


country: NL
comment:
Almelo,
Enschede,
Germany. A1 access lane 23. Bus 56 stop â€œZweedsestraatâ€, 750
m SE Deventerweg, cross. Hard shoulder on
sliproad.


country: NL
comment:
Germany. A1 access lane 31. Bus 11 stop â€œKleine drieneâ€, 1000
m NO Oldenzaalsestraat. Or from station 3000
m NE general direction. Hard shoulder on
sliproad.


country: NL
comment:
Utrecht, Arnhem. N35 (HenriÃ«tte Roland
Holstlaan) x
Weezebeeksingel. Bus 21/22/28/92 stop â€œFrederik van
Eedenstraatâ€


country: NL
comment:
Almelo,
Apeldoorn,
Utrecht. Westerval x Parkweg. 1750 m W Parkweg, 25 m W
Westerval. Official hitchhikers spot (not existing anymore).


country: DE
comment:
Fuelstation \"Rasthof Kassel-West\"

Very good for southern direction

I have been here about 5 times and always got a lift within 20-30 minutes


country: DE
datetime: 2006-06-02 00:00:00.000000
comment:
Fuel Station \"Hamburg-Stillhorn\"

-probably good for: direction Bremen (A1) 

-worse: Southern direction (A7); we waited there for 2 hours

-also a lot of people who drive into the city

-take the bus line 13 from S-Bahn-station Wilhelmsburg to Kirchdorf-Süd


country: AT
datetime: 2006-08-23 00:00:00.000000
comment:
A lot of traffic heading to the A1. you can get here very good with a normal \"Wien ticket\" directly from the city center


country: NL
comment:
Direction Utrecht and Amsterdam.
Enough place to stop, much traffic.
Oppesite of the International Criminal Court.


country: IE
comment:
You can get to Maynooth by train. From there you have to walk around 2 km (? as far as I can remember) to get to the motorway. Took us about 45 minutes to get a lift.


country: IT
comment:
Arrogant people giving you the finger.. We finally made it onto the motorway, but it was no fun at all.


country: DE
comment:
Direction A5 north and south.

It doesn't make sense to go here by tram from Freiburg centre, but if you're somewhere near it works pretty well. (There is a traffic light, so you can ask people who come from the Adelheid-Steinmann-StraÃŸe).
Tram stop is \"Rieselfeld\".


country: RO
comment:
Don't hh here, better enjoy the wonderful walk over the bridge and start after the roundabout in Ruse. Some say you can't walk over the bridge, but no one stopped me crossing it.


country: RO
comment:
Many people go to the border town with Bulgaria from here. Some cars, not many trucks. You can get the tram here.


country: RO
comment:
Not much space for cars to stop. Trucks won't go to Mangalia or Vama Veche, they leave the road before to cross the border a little further inland. Cars with Bucharest(B) plates are very likely to go to Vama Veche during the summer. ;)


country: RO
comment:
*The* starting point to get to Brasov. Many cars most of the day. Get tram nr. 5 or 3xx buses to Baneasa airport.


country: NL
comment:
Bilzen, Hasselt. Traffic square Via Regia x Nobellaan. Bus 2 stop â€œVia Regia/Sint Annakerkâ€, 150 m NW Via Regia. Lane behind traffic square.


country: NL
comment:
Eindhoven, Utrecht, Heerlen, (Aachen). N2 (President Rooseveltlaan) x Terblijterweg. Station backside exit. 1000 m N/NE Meerssenerweg, 250 m SE Millerstraat ][,  100 m N President Rooseveltlaan (N2). Official hitchhikers spot.


country: NL
comment:
Gulpen,
(Aachen). Akersteenweg. Bus 53/54 stop â€œAkersteenweg/Oude Molenwegâ€. (300 m W Akersteenweg). Bus stop, Fuel station
(Parking lane).


country: LV
comment:
To Saldus, Skrunda, Liepaja. Direct way to the western seaside of Latvia. Good trafic, direct and fast cars.


country: US
comment:
Just north of Boulder, Colorado, you can very easily catch lifts to Estes Park and Rocky Mountain National Park.


country: NL
comment:
LiÃ¨ge. junction Knooppunt Europaplein (A2xN278) x Sint Gerardusweg. Station backside exit. 300 m S Meerssenerweg, 300 m S Heerderweg, 750 m S Sint Gerardusweg. Hard shoulder on
sliproad.


country: LV
comment:
The begining of A9 to Riga from Liepaja(after crossing a railway) A good point, but u have to write down a direction where are you going(ex.: RIGA, KULDIGA, VENTSPILS)


country: LV
comment:
From Liepaja to Nica(LV), Rucava(LV), Palanga (LT) and Klaipeda(LT). A good trafic in the mornings and evenings - direct cars :) 


country: LV
comment:
From Riga to Saldus, Skrunda, Liepaja. Till this point u can get by minibus (from Riga's centre) which goes to PINKI or SKULTE. Write down LIEPAJA and u won't stay longer than half an hour.


country: ES
comment:
Heading to France? This is a perfect place! Take the metro to Monumental and ask on these traffic lights!


country: PT
comment:
When heading South of Lisbon or towards Spain. Take the train to Foros de Amora and then cross under the highway to get at this gas station. Here you can ask people to take you. 


country: PT
comment:
If you want to head South of Lisbon you can start here. You will depend on people stopping for you only. As far as that goes it's a great place!


country: DE
comment:
direction magdeburg, may work but dangerous place for drivers to stop; under construction may get better


country: DE
comment:
direction berlin. good to reach, good for drivers to stop but sometimes difficulties with the police.


country: DE
comment:
works in direction of Dresden, Frankfurt, Praque, but a bit difficult because most drivers turn fast there


country: DE
comment:
Direction Kassel, Frankfurt, WÃ¼rzburg Everyone that stops can bring you to the next Fuel Station, 2 km south. This one is not that good, alas.


country: US
comment:
Going down Ben Higgins Rd is one way to get onto 400 South out of Dahlonega. You'll need a sign saying \"400\".


country: DE
comment:
Wait in the middle of the road for the red traffic light, then ask those who want to turn left for a lift to Kaufpark or Autobahn.


country: FR
comment:
Long walk from Perpignan, but one of the nicest walks you'll ever have. Getting to this side of the Peage involves jumping a creek and climbing a fence!


country: FR
comment:
South: bus stop makes a good spot for cars to pull over. Being very animated seems to speed up wait times.


country: DE
comment:
Direction: Hannover and generally central Germany. Very nice place right next to the autobahn. Just make sure you stay before the blue sign (otherwise illegal) and don't stay behind the bridge pier. It's too dangerous and drivers see you too late.
How to get there:
Take the tram line no 1 to Dietrich BonhÃ¶ffer StraÃŸe. The station is south south west of the hitch point. Southwards trough the gardens until the next parallel street, then left to the station.
by polarfox (HC)


country: FR
comment:
You can get hitches here into direction of Spain / Barcelona. Cars stop here, ask them for a ride while they are waiting.


country: FR
datetime: 2006-07-07 00:00:00.000000
comment:
The first car that came here, stopped. You can get a lift to the roundabout further up this road, or to a restarea on the highgway to North or South (Spain). Cars here normally travel short distance.


country: DE
datetime: 2006-09-02 00:00:00.000000
comment:
Best place in town for hitching to north or south on the A61.
You can take the bus no. 013 or 023 to \"Vorster Stra


country: TR
comment:
Hitch-hiking hell!

Avoid getting stuck here on your way to Greece... there are mini buses constantly trying to pick you up and getting in the way... and the highway is straight through the edge of town... Tekirdag... how I loathe thee!


country: NL
comment:
Bus 21/22/28 stop â€œFrederik van
To Utrecht, Arnhem. N35 (HenriÃ«tte
Roland
Holstlaan). Bus stop
\"Eedenstraat\", 900 m SW
HenriÃ«tte
Roland Holstlaan (N35). Or bus 92
bus stop â€œAmbachtstraatâ€


country: BE
comment:
To get to Gent you can wait where the ramp splits. Plenty of room to pull over and trafic isn't flying.


country: BE
datetime: 2010-12-09 18:40:26.000000
comment:
There's high traffic, and a bus lane which didn't get traffic while I was there, but had no luck getting a ride into the Netherlands


country: ES
datetime: 2010-12-10 11:34:54.000000
comment:
Take the yellow bus 115A from Valencia to Puzol for 1,55€

Walk 30 minutes in a very secured path along the motorway, 
Than you arrive to a Gas station, I was taken after 10 minutes further than Catellon. 

Note: theres oranges fields everywhere and one guy seeling it very cheap


country: AU
datetime: 2010-12-11 06:33:05.000000
comment:
for hitch-hiking south to uluru and adelaide

nearly no local traffic, every car going south have to pass this spot, plenty of place to stop for the cars, cars are slow


country: AU
datetime: 2010-12-11 07:11:36.000000
comment:
gas station north of geraldton, access with public transport,  check: http://hitchwiki.org/en/Geraldton


country: DE
datetime: 2010-12-11 16:57:00.000000
comment:
There is also a gas station there where you can ask the drivers directly, but there are lots of cars to Wangen and A96, should be no problem...


country: CH
datetime: 2010-12-12 18:46:04.000000
comment:
a perfect relais between ZURICH (or WINTERTHUR) and ST. GALLEN, KONSTANZ (germany) or SCHAFFHAUSEN. you will find a BP petrol station, a restaurant and a small COOP supermarket. you reach this spot conveniently with suburban train (s-bahn) number 7 from zurich or winterthur. get off at 'kempthal station' and wander up the hill (4 minutes) behind the factory buildings. there is many cars stopping at this raststaette. on my personal rating from 1 (poor) to 10 (a very good place) 'rastanlage kempthal' will get a '10'.


country: CH
datetime: 2010-12-12 19:00:00.000000
comment:
'rastanlage DEITINGEN sued' is a good relais northward to BASEL, ZURICH, other cities in germany or western france. there is plenty of (intrenational) traffic stopping at this place. from 'solothurn main train station' you reach 'deitingen suburban train station' within two stops. wander up lutherbach-, schachen- and hofurhenstrasse (7 minutes) and there you are..! 


country: IT
datetime: 2010-12-13 15:32:17.000000
comment:
Exit of Bergamo Airport. I asked people for 30 minutes waiting around inside and outside the airport for a lift to Verona, Italy or to Germany. I got a 2 hour ride to Verona from a man who was renting a car from the airport to drive there.   


country: NL
datetime: 2010-12-13 18:09:32.000000
comment:
At the on ramp after the traffic lights. Not much room before the motorway sign, but there is space after it for a car to stop.

Not a very safe position, but effective, if you have to start from this area


country: HU
datetime: 2010-12-15 13:25:01.000000
comment:
To north towards Slovakia, Krakow.

You can take a train from Budapest to Vác, really cheapy. Then you need to walk a bit.

Lots of space to stop/HH. Might be potentially illegal place (motorway), tho, but police didn\\'t care.


country: FR
datetime: 2010-12-14 10:32:37.000000
comment:
Good place to leave Poitiers and reach the A10 tollgate. Look for the place where drivers can stop easily.
Direction : A10 tollgate, Tours, Paris.


country: FR
datetime: 2010-12-14 10:34:16.000000
comment:
Tollgate to the A10 highway. A few minutes waiting to the norths.
Not a really good place to the south.


country: FR
datetime: 2010-12-14 10:36:03.000000
comment:
Direction : Nantes, Cholet.
You can wait 10 minutes as you can wait 1h.
Lot of traffic and bus stop.


country: FR
datetime: 2010-12-14 10:44:12.000000
comment:
I waited 5 hours here but it was on holiday. Just ask people if they can bring you to the gaz station on the A2 (10 minutes).


country: FR
datetime: 2010-12-14 10:48:29.000000
comment:
Difficult spot to hitchhike.
Lot of traffic but lot of different direction.
I usually get a lift from here to Poitiers, and it's not a good place.


country: FR
datetime: 2010-12-14 10:57:09.000000
comment:
Good place to go the South : Niort, La rochelle, Poitiers...
Average to go to Brittany.
Difficult to reach.


country: FR
datetime: 2010-12-14 10:58:51.000000
comment:
Car go very fast and it's very dangerous to stop.
Before going into a car ask driver if he can stop you at Lanester.


country: RU
datetime: 2010-12-14 11:48:55.000000
comment:
Coming from Moscow, the furthest Marshrutka (70 RUB) will take you here (1h ride) before it goes off the road eastwards towards Voronovo and back. Get out here and hitch some 20m further. Enough space & visibility, good for rides towards Chekov or M3 (Obninsk)


country: DE
datetime: 2010-12-14 11:59:56.000000
comment:
The Aral gas station directly at B3 direction South (Gießen, A5). If you're heading for the A4 (East) and feel short on time and traffic is low, consider taking the detour in the wrong direction on A5 to the rest station Wetterau, where you can reach the other side via a tunnel after the end of the parking area.


country: IS
datetime: 2010-12-14 23:13:22.000000
comment:
Hitchiked here at night, after 3 p.m. ( getting dark early in the winter), 3-4 hours until someone stopped.Not many cars, maybe 3-4 cars per hour


country: AT
datetime: 2010-12-15 22:56:29.000000
comment:
from the airport maybe possible to get a ride to vienna. but i tried to go to hungary and it seemed impossible without a sign.


country: BG
datetime: 2010-12-15 23:01:23.000000
comment:
bus #4 and #13 are coming close to here. good spot for varna. i\\'m hitching to sofia sometimes from here, as i live close, and it\\'s working as well.


country: BG
datetime: 2010-12-15 23:03:59.000000
comment:
can be confusing as there are two ways from here to sofia. better take the one in the direction of troyan as there are much more and not only local traffic on it.


country: AM
datetime: 2010-12-15 23:13:06.000000
comment:
lovely armenian customs asked cars to take us. although the two border posts are quite far, count 30 mins walking on the no man\\'s land.


country: RS
datetime: 2010-12-16 13:56:04.000000
comment:
In front of the road/rail bridge many trucks (and some cars) are queuing to cross it, so it\\'s easy to get a ride to Ruma, Sabac, pay-toll ramp close to Ruma, Bosnia (but also for Belgrade sometimes) by just asking drivers.


country: RS
datetime: 2010-12-16 14:07:12.000000
comment:
Crossroad where road splits in 2 directions: towards Zrenjanin/Belgrade and Becej/Novi Sad, obviously you will have to choose the proper one.


country: RS
datetime: 2010-12-16 14:16:25.000000
comment:
The only road towards Novi Sad, but for some reason not so many people will stop. Just go along the road until you reach the end of the city and see fields, rather than buildings :)


country: RS
datetime: 2010-12-16 14:19:48.000000
comment:
The road forks, take the one towards Vrsac, many cars are going short rides to the villages on the way, take any or wait for a direct one to Vrsac.


country: RS
datetime: 2010-12-16 14:28:56.000000
comment:
At the beginning of the bridge \\"Pancevacki most\\", where all the cars are entering, it\\'s usually crowded and you can just ask the drivers or have a sign. The perfect spot to get a ride to Pancevo, but also good for rides to Zrenjanin.


country: RS
datetime: 2010-12-16 14:39:21.000000
comment:
In front of the bridge there is enough space for cars to stop and traffic is quite frequent. The best spot towards Ruma, Novi Sad or the highway.


country: RS
datetime: 2010-12-16 14:44:36.000000
comment:
Good spot for hh towards both Valjevo and Lazarevac/Belgrade. There is a supermarket across the street. It\\'s also useful to get a ride to the spot where the road splits, few kilometers from here.


country: RS
datetime: 2010-12-16 14:56:07.000000
comment:
At the beginning of \\"Bruski put\\", next to the construction site of hypermarket \\"Rodic\\". The only spot for hh towards Brus, Blace, Kopaonik, \\"Devils town\\" etc. The most probably you will get some short rides, I don\\'t recommend taking one if it\\'s not to the lake \\"Celije\\" or further.


country: RS
datetime: 2010-12-16 14:59:36.000000
comment:
After the lake \\"Celije\\", the road forks, one direction goes towards Brus and Kopaonik, and the other one towards Blace and \\"Devil\\'s town\\", just choose the proper one.


country: RS
datetime: 2010-12-16 15:06:07.000000
comment:
It\\'s easiest to hh at the crossroad, good for going towards Trstenik/Krusevac to the east, Kraljevo/Cacak to the west. Vrnjacka Banja is 3km away, it\\'s easy to get a ride as well.


country: RS
datetime: 2010-12-16 15:11:19.000000
comment:
On the pay-toll ramp at the exit from highway, ask people or just stay there with a sign. It\\'s easy to get a ride towards Zajecar, Bor etc.


country: RS
datetime: 2010-12-16 15:13:38.000000
comment:
All the cars passing this road are going to Bor, just stay next to the road with a sign or thumb up.


country: RS
datetime: 2010-12-16 15:28:41.000000
comment:
Pay-toll ramp, just ask the people who are taking the tickets to enter the highway. Good for both directions: Nis and other places on the south or Belgrade and the north


country: RS
datetime: 2010-12-16 18:06:09.000000
comment:
At the beginning of the \\"Beogradski put\\", across the street is \\"HEMOFARM\\", the biggest company in Vrsac. Just stay beside the road with the sign and thumb up


country: CN
datetime: 2010-12-17 08:04:17.000000
comment:
Take the 301 bus to the airport from Nanning city centre. You\\'ll need to walk about 1.5 km back along the Expy and then turn left. You should have no trouble getting a long distance ride from here, sometimes all the way to the border


country: IL
datetime: 2010-12-18 08:00:13.000000
comment:
This is well known hitch spot by hitchhikers and drivers, i have hitch back to tel aviv for 5 times here , the peak of hitching is 5-8 clock,you will hitch with more than 10 local folks .
And you can get ride to tel aviv ,ashdod or even Haifa here if you are patient enough!


country: DK
datetime: 2010-12-18 22:49:03.000000
comment:
Although almost all of the cars are going from Nyborg to Svendborg and vice versa, practically none of them stops on Route 163


country: RO
datetime: 2010-12-21 00:29:14.000000
comment:
There are generally very few people in there.
This is the starting place for going to Prejmer(The UNESCO site), Targu Secuiesc, Onesti, Sfantu Gheorghe.

The place is close to the local bus station.(100m)


country: RO
datetime: 2010-12-21 00:33:34.000000
comment:
This is probably the most crowded hitchhiking spot of Brasov.
Just after the fastfood restaurant, there\\'s a gas station and people stay along it.
This is the starting point for going to Ploiesti, Bucharest and even Bulgaria if you are lucky.


country: RO
datetime: 2010-12-21 00:53:11.000000
comment:
This is a quite crowded place, near the city bus station. There are a lot of people going to Bran, Codlea or Sibiu


country: RO
datetime: 2010-12-21 01:10:44.000000
comment:
In front of the Sinaia train station, there\\'s a quite large parking area where people can stop pick you up.
It is more effective if you want to go to Bucharest than if you want to go to Brasov.


country: RO
datetime: 2010-12-21 01:25:14.000000
comment:
After you left the main road, you might want to hitchhike again to the fortified church in Prejmer (one of the UNESCO World Heritage sites).
Wait on the left, just after the small bridge.
Defintely have a paper saying \\'\\'Prejmer\\'\\' as people won\\'t pick you up because they don\\'t imagine that you only want them to drive you 3km from there.


country: BG
datetime: 2010-12-21 14:15:28.000000
comment:
no need to walk more out from the town. enough traffic and space to stop here. for borovets or plovdiv.


country: FI
datetime: 2010-12-21 20:39:55.000000
comment:
Towards Helsinki - the best spot, cars coming from 3 directions, they stop at the traffic lights and have enough time to think about picking you up.


country: HU
datetime: 2010-12-24 12:20:33.000000
comment:
gas station and mcdonalds right before the highway towards eastern hungary, romania, ukraine. a lot of cars pass by on the street,  it\\'s also possible to ask for a lift at the station


country: RO
datetime: 2010-12-24 12:23:24.000000
comment:
the only spot towards mangalia as there is only on street in this direction ;) not very much traffic at all


country: HU
datetime: 2010-12-26 21:51:45.000000
comment:
exit for the north side of the lake from the motorway if you\\'re coming from budapest. not much space to stop, but not fast cars.


country: HU
datetime: 2010-12-26 21:54:17.000000
comment:
entrance for the motorway from this part of the lake. enough cars to be lucky and get a ride to budapest.


country: HU
datetime: 2010-12-26 21:59:12.000000
comment:
border point on the krakow-budapest route. border posts are still there, cars need to slow down, pretty okay place.


country: GR
datetime: 2010-12-26 22:11:08.000000
comment:
parking lot after the border. although greek drivers are not hitchhiker friendly, easy to get a ride to thessaloniki.


country: MA
datetime: 2011-01-02 14:09:16.000000
comment:
after walking by the cemetery there\\'s a small centre. head for the petrol stations and after the cross you can hitch. direction is ourzazate.


country: RU
datetime: 2011-01-03 15:16:47.000000
comment:
I stood here for a pretty long time, when I finally stoped a car. It\\'s about 1km from a Mego shopping centre. I think it will be better to stop from Kstovo.


country: RU
datetime: 2011-01-03 15:29:02.000000
comment:
Here is a cafe called \\'Roza vetrov\\'. Hitch from here, but only to east direction of Russia (Novosibirsk).


country: DK
datetime: 2011-01-06 03:14:24.000000
comment:
Slip road from Road 505 to highway B45 going north. Very few cars, but without alternative in the area. Worked out in the end, since cars see you from far and go slow.


country: SE
datetime: 2011-01-06 03:21:59.000000
comment:
Gas station. While most cars go back to Gothenburg, this is still the best spot to talk to cars going south.


country: SE
datetime: 2011-01-06 03:23:54.000000
comment:
Rest area directly attached to the motorway. Perfect spot going south, found a car to Malmö after 10 minutes.


country: SE
datetime: 2011-01-06 03:29:55.000000
comment:
Going south, this is the last gas station before Helsingborg, but actually a crappy place. Too far from the motorway, shop closing at 6PM already, few traffic.


country: SE
datetime: 2011-01-06 03:37:39.000000
comment:
This is were the cars approach the ferries to Germany and Poland. They go slow and can easily stop. Ferries cost per car, not per person.


country: FR
datetime: 2011-01-07 17:37:45.000000
comment:
Nowhere suitable for cars to stop anywhere around here. High traffic, but no stopping lanes. Very difficult to hitch east from Toulon


country: FR
datetime: 2011-01-07 17:41:47.000000
comment:
There is space for cars to pull over at the start of the turning lane to head east (Nice, Italy). Most cars aren\\'t travelling too fast either. Spot has potential, just depends on the moods of the drivers


country: BG
datetime: 2011-01-09 03:05:07.000000
comment:
exit/entrance of sofia-greece and melnik-petrich roads. if you are going south walk a bit uphill by the road, there\\'ll be a petrol station over the hill.


country: IT
datetime: 2011-01-10 05:04:08.000000
comment:
Autogrill on the A1, lots of traffic going south to Rome and beyond.  Other side should be good for getting north past Firenze.  See Firenze page for details on how to get here.  Got a ride, a home cooked meal, and a free pair a jeans!


country: SI
datetime: 2011-01-10 05:20:17.000000
comment:
Petrol station.  Lots of trucks and cars going all the way to Ljubljana or even further into Italy.  There are lots of trucks going the other direction too.


country: AM
datetime: 2011-01-10 09:57:32.000000
comment:
in yerevan took a bus from the train station to visit khor virap monastery. than hitched more to the south. 


country: TR
datetime: 2011-01-10 13:33:17.000000
comment:
if you happen to hitchhike via Posof/Vale border point towards Georgia, most dolmush/private cars will either end up in Posof as final destination, or will go to Georgia. However, if you end up with the one going to Posof, get out of the vehicle on the crossroad just bellow Posof town, and 20-30 meters up the road to the border is your best spot to wait for the car going to the border point (that\\'s this marker). Walking anywhere further gets you uphill and there\\'s no point of doing that as there are no other roads joining this one up to the border post. 
Not too many vehicles at all, but that\\'s what happens with this border crossing, not the hitching point.


country: ME
datetime: 2011-01-10 14:13:12.000000
comment:
this is a marker for a ferry between Lepetane and Kamenari. The ferry charges cars but it\\'s free for passengers. You can load on the ferry while it\\'s waiting for the cars to load (usually 15minutes). Ferry ride is very short, few minutes. Ferry works both ways between this places. It is extremely easy once you are on the ferry, to ask any driver who\\'s in a car to give you a ride either towards the border with Croatia or backwards to Kotor/Budva. Recently, a new road up to Zabljak/Durmitor rises from Risan, and you can ask drivers around and find those too. Very good spot (the ferry board).


country: ME
datetime: 2011-01-10 14:17:54.000000
comment:
nice spot just at the exit of Sutomore, under Haj Nehaj fortress. The road here goes two ways, up the coast or north to Podgorica via the tunnel. Visibility is a bit less than excellent, but cars slow down as they approach crossroad near tunnel tolls.


country: HR
datetime: 2011-01-10 14:28:30.000000
comment:
There are traffic lights here, so if you stand at the marker, 90% of the cars that are going further your way (not turning left or right) will see you while they wait on the red light. The street that you\\'re hitching is still not a motorway, so you can\\'t get fined by police, but the traffic is intense here so watch out. This is a very good place to get a ride to east (through Slavonia to Serbia), or north (Varazdin).


country: BG
datetime: 2011-01-10 14:37:10.000000
comment:
this is just after you pass all tolls at the border. 
on the right side there are couple of quirky restaurants usually serving truck drivers who happen to loose way much time on this border point in a queue. 
There are also couple of shanty kiosks selling road vignettes and snacks.
Visibility is excellent, but I think this general \\'messy\\' feeling of a place where you hitch somehow discourages drivers to pick you up.
Also, hundred meters up the road there\\'s a curve to the right, so you don\\'t have much choice about the location except this one.
Anyhow, all possible traffic passes here, so hitchhing is possible, but not perfect (for a border point).


country: FR
datetime: 2011-01-12 12:55:06.000000
comment:
To Nîmes. Stand at bottom of ramp going on to autoroute. Show a sign to cars coming in both directions along Boulevard Geroges Clémenceau. Very easy. Cars driving slowly and must stop at traffic lights. Less than 5 minute walk from historic centre of Arles. 


country: FR
datetime: 2011-01-12 13:12:28.000000
comment:
Péage in south-west Nîmes. Take Bus I (that\\'s the capital letter i) to Rue Claude Nicolas Ledoux. Walk 5 minutes onto Rue de l\\'Hostellerie where the corner is closest to the péage. You can see it through some trees. There is a fence, but it is broken and you can easily climb over. Cross to the other side of the péage and hold out your sign/thumb. Easy to Montpellier or Béziers from here, but also possible to Toulouse, Perpignan, and possibly Marseille. Waiting time depends how far you are going, but there is a lot of traffic moving slowly so just smile!


country: FR
datetime: 2011-01-12 13:21:15.000000
comment:
To Uzès. Not a long walk from the city centre along Rue Vincent Faita. Cars going slow at round-about. Short wait and scenic route to the scenic village of Uzès. There wasn\\'t much traffic when we waited here on Sunday afternoon, but we still got a ride in less than 5 minutes.


country: FR
datetime: 2011-01-12 13:23:24.000000
comment:
Easy to get ride going to Pont-du-Gard, Remoullins or Avignon. Plenty of space to pull in a little bit away from the round-about.


country: FR
datetime: 2011-01-12 13:28:57.000000
comment:
To Nîmes. Almost every car is going there. Not much time or space to pull over though, but it works (even in the dark!)


country: FR
datetime: 2011-01-12 13:32:58.000000
comment:
To Arles. There is space for cars to stop 20m from the round-about. We got lucky and a man came out of his house and offered to drive us anywhere! If Thierry is at home when you\\'re waiting, he might do the same for you!


country: FR
datetime: 2011-01-12 13:43:34.000000
comment:
I waited on the ramp with a sign for Pau and got a ride within 10 minutes. If Pau is not your destination there is a péage just before it so you can easily continue westward. Easy to reach along Avenue Jules Julien from nearest Metro station (Saint-Agne). A lot of traffic but cars are going in many different directions.


country: FR
datetime: 2011-01-12 14:00:20.000000
comment:
Péage here. All traffic must pass through here, so if you\\'re driver isn\\'t going much further, it\\'s a good place to change. Easy to get to Toulouse, Tarbes, Pau, possibly Bayonne and Spain. Also, there\\'s shelter from the rain.


country: HR
datetime: 2011-01-13 23:59:13.000000
comment:
Direction: from Sisak to Zagreb

You could get transport directly to Zagreb, workers, students, delivery cars passing by.


country: HR
datetime: 2011-01-14 00:01:56.000000
comment:
Direction: from Velika Gorica to Sisak

You could get transport directly to Sisak, workers, students, delivery cars passing by.

This is motorway going out of Velika Gorica, it is much better to use this motorway than the new highway (which is not completely finished yet)


country: MX
datetime: 2011-01-16 09:23:14.000000
comment:
This was my first hitch spot in Mexico.  I think I walked for maybe five minutes before I was picked up to get back to San Cristóbal.  Little buses (colectivos) came by constantly too, but putting my thumb down when they went by saved me 10 pesos in the end.


country: US
datetime: 2011-01-16 09:37:42.000000
comment:
My friend dropped me off to hitch south here, and later I used it again.  Its not great, but not bad either.  I think both times I waited about an hour, but the woods on the off ramp looked good for camping tucked away.


country: US
datetime: 2011-01-16 09:40:59.000000
comment:
When heading east to Idaho I highly recommend walking down US-20 with your thumb out.  It takes a while for some one to get you, but when they do they are highly likely to be going all the way across to Boise.  I\\'ve done this going Bend to Boise and reverse with great success.


country: US
datetime: 2011-01-16 09:43:52.000000
comment:
I highly recommend walking down US-20 west with your thumb out.  It takes a while of walking, but when someone gets you they\\'ll almost definitely go all the way across to Bend.  I\\'ve done it going both ways with great success, you just have to not mind waiting.


country: US
datetime: 2011-01-16 09:46:01.000000
comment:
I ended up doing this hitch a number of times, and every time I was picked up within 5 to 15 minutes.


country: US
datetime: 2011-01-16 09:48:47.000000
comment:
I sat on the guardrail here and caught a ride going up to almost to Port Townsend within about 20 minutes.


country: US
datetime: 2011-01-16 09:52:54.000000
comment:
Horrible, horrible, horrible spot.  A trucker out of Tucson dropped me off here thinking he was helping me out with a great spot.  I was stuck here three nights before my friends drove out from San Antonio to pick me up.  Understandable though, you\\'re three miles away from Juarez.


country: US
datetime: 2011-01-16 09:57:39.000000
comment:
Was stuck here two days and eventually got a Greyhound ticket to Rock Springs, WY just to get out of Utah.  I wish I\\'d seen this site then to know about that spot north of this one.


country: FR
datetime: 2011-01-16 10:06:34.000000
comment:
Well traveled road, beautiful walk, and was picked up quickly.  Though I don\\'t speak French and the guy who picked me up spoke no English he was still really friendly.  Short ride though.


country: FR
datetime: 2011-01-16 10:09:19.000000
comment:
The exit is perfectly situated for hitching.  Both cars and trucks leave through this one exit and there\\'s even a stone there to lean against so you can rest but still be standing.  Didn\\'t wait long and got to Soisson.


country: FR
datetime: 2011-01-16 10:12:00.000000
comment:
I was still walking up the ramp when two cute French girls slammed on the brakes and drove me to Lille.  Could be a fluke, but it was great for me.


country: US
datetime: 2011-01-16 10:17:41.000000
comment:
This experience was back in Oct. 2009 and I\\'ve heard the cops are being pricks to hitchers there now, but when I was there, I slept in the woods and in the morning around 6am under heavy fog I didn\\'t even drop my bag and the first truck passing me slammed on the breaks and drove me to Santa Rosa.


country: SE
datetime: 2011-01-16 15:18:15.000000
comment:
rest area with gasstation and foodplaces close to nyköping, called nyköpings bro. Its easy to hitch in both directions. south and north. Good place to be dropped on if you want to find a new ride, not the best starting place from nyköping beacaus its like 1 hours walk to this spot.


country: DK
datetime: 2011-01-17 13:24:53.000000
comment:
vier stunden im regen gewartet und auszer bloeden gesten und dem gelegentlichen huper nichts erreicht.


country: BR
datetime: 2011-01-17 18:34:39.000000
comment:
HOW TO GET HERE:
take a bus from Central do Brasil (Rio de Janeiro) to Vila Canaã (border of Duque de Caxias), and ask to get off it in the toll.
there\\'s a Federal Police next to that toll (the cars go too fast there, anyway i got a ride in less than 20minutes. maybe it\\'ll be easier to you if you take a bus to Petrópolis and start hitchhiking from there. but the bus is like 10reais more expensive -not too much, but you can drink like 3 bottles of beer with the difference hahah-)

VIDEO HITCHHIKING FROM HERE:
http://youtu.be/vKI0E3Kse1w


country: ES
datetime: 2011-01-24 15:42:30.000000
comment:
Port Tanger Med

Ferries to Spain (Algeciras) several times a day. When you get to the terminal, ask for a boarding card from one of the booths and fill it. Then waltz to the X-ray and someone probably asks for your ticket. Explain that you are a hitchhiker and that the trucks are allowed to have one passenger apart from the driver. Be prepared for lengthy conversation though. Smile.

Once you are done with the formalities a minibus will take you to down to the port. Moroccan drivers are your best choice. Just convince them that you don\\'t have drugs with you (Arabic sign \\"I have no drugs\\" makes them smile). Explain that all they have to do is to take you into the ferry and in Spain you will walk out of the ferry by yourself.

It might take a while but eventually you will get a ride to the ferry. Then you just go and have a nice meal with the driver.

Just before reaching Algeciras you should try to hitch a ride out of the port (otherwise be prepared for a long walk).


country: MA
datetime: 2011-01-24 16:02:06.000000
comment:
A toll booth that takes you to the highway A4. There is not too much traffic but if you just keep walking towards the highway on-ramp someone stops for sure because there are no local \\"hitchhikers\\" and a foreigner here sticks out like a sore thumb.


country: MA
datetime: 2011-01-24 16:05:38.000000
comment:
After a big flyover bridge there is a bus stop where you can hitch to highway A4 (also local \\"hitchhikers\\" here).


country: BE
datetime: 2011-01-24 16:12:43.000000
comment:
Great place to hitch to the highway. Nearest gas station on E17 (North-East) is about 10 minutes away.


country: NO
datetime: 2011-01-27 11:26:39.000000
comment:
this map might be old, because there is a slip-road to the E6 highway that goes north. so go there and a car will stop in no time.


country: NO
datetime: 2011-01-27 11:33:38.000000
comment:
not the best spot, but we didn\\'t have other option. there is enough room just for one car. so other cars have to stop and wait while you are getting in the car.


country: NO
datetime: 2011-01-27 11:44:25.000000
comment:
missing a few side roads on this map. anyway, we found a spot a few hundred meters north from otta on a side of road E6


country: CZ
datetime: 2011-01-27 11:50:47.000000
comment:
a good spot to start your jurney to germany (dresden, berlin,...) and other countries. it\\'s a small bus stop right in front of a crossroad so cars don\\'t go that fast.


country: FR
datetime: 2011-01-28 17:19:59.000000
comment:
There is a toll gate (péage). Warning: the road which goes from the toll gate to motorway is only for direction Tours! Don\\'t spend two hours waiting for a lift on wrong direction like me :-). There is a parallel road which is next to the toll gate (but does\\'t go through it) for direction Poitiers.


country: FR
datetime: 2011-01-28 17:36:08.000000
comment:
There is some traffic going from Bordeaux direction to Toulouse using motorway A26. Stay before the roundabout (sign is a must). I got a lift from a lovely lady to next toll gate from where it was very easy to get a lift to Toulouse.


country: ES
datetime: 2011-01-28 18:04:30.000000
comment:
Direction Valencia; Stand behind the roundabout and use only your thumb without any sign. You might get to Valencia on several hitches.


country: US
datetime: 2011-01-30 06:45:22.000000
comment:
Ive only hitched this spot once it was a good spot, a good length and good turn off room but there is a flying J\\'s right next by too. we sat on the on-ramp and starting to get dark we sat down to eat and a ford truck stopped. time was less than 15min


country: GB
datetime: 2011-02-01 23:55:07.000000
comment:
Very busy roundabout.  Not so easy for cars to stop, but I managed a ride onto the Channel Tunnel Shuttle in less than half an hour.


country: DE
datetime: 2011-03-25 00:30:17.000000
comment:
Best place I could find to go eastwards on A38. On working days you can ask people at red light. I waited with a sign for 15 min on Saturday afternoon.


country: NO
datetime: 2011-02-06 01:00:46.000000
comment:
nice roundabout with enough space for a car to stop (even a truck did) though there is a gas station mutch closer to town wich would have worked just fine as well.


country: NO
datetime: 2011-02-06 01:06:41.000000
comment:
took quite some time to get a ride to Mandal, but its a nice spot with a busstop for cars to pull over


country: NO
datetime: 2011-02-06 01:08:54.000000
comment:
best spot ever! didn\\'t even have time to get my sign out. the lane of the roundabout is big enough for cars to stop


country: NO
datetime: 2011-02-06 01:14:55.000000
comment:
i tried to take the old scenic route to sandnes, but it was impossible.... only very few cars but nice norwegians who life only a few kilometers away and noone going on a long trip on this way.


country: NO
datetime: 2011-02-06 01:20:01.000000
comment:
got a ride very fast all the way to sandnes although there where not a lot of cars on the road. nice long streched road and a lot of place to stop (not traffic so it doesnt matter where you stop)


country: NO
datetime: 2011-02-06 01:22:30.000000
comment:
big empty parking lot in front of a little store. still took me a while to get a ride to the nearby odda... anxious locals


country: NO
datetime: 2011-02-06 01:27:29.000000
comment:
there is nothing but a camping ground a road and a ferryterminal and really not much traffic. 3rd car stopped but i still waited over half an hour


country: SK
datetime: 2011-02-06 12:16:12.000000
comment:
Good spot just under the bridge. Enough place for car to stop. Always takes max up to 20 miutes in direction of Zvolen or Bratislava. Easy to find just get to the nearby tesco store.


country: SK
datetime: 2011-02-06 12:20:03.000000
comment:
Great spot in direction of north to Žilina or Ružomberok, then further to Poland or Czech Republic. Takes up to 25miutes to walk here from main square


country: SK
datetime: 2011-02-06 12:26:02.000000
comment:
Best spot to hitchhike towards Banská Bystrica. Most of the cars are driving from Bratislava further to central Slovakia. Always takes max 15minutes to get a ride. This spot is about 30minutes of walking from center. It is possible to take a bus to nearby shopping center MAX but still you have to walk cca 10minutes.


country: DE
datetime: 2011-02-08 14:19:09.000000
comment:
Good in direction Haaksbergen, 20m behind the traffic lights you'll find a small bay to stop cars easily.


country: CZ
datetime: 2011-02-09 20:26:06.000000
comment:
I think the best place to hitchhike towards Hradec Králové, Pardubice or Wroclaw in Poland.
There usuall isn´t too many cars, but I´v never been there more than half an hour.
From Cerny most, the last station of B-line metro(yellow) take bus to station Na Kovárně(221, 303, 304, 344, 353, 398, it is about 1é minutes and propably you are going to have to pay few crounds, but not much). Hundred metres behind the stop turn left and go to the fields(Tlustého street), around the cemetery and than cross the bridge to the petrol station.


country: PL
datetime: 2011-02-09 22:26:43.000000
comment:
This bus stop is not much good, but I do not know about better one in this direction. There is problem with the bypass highway which is not done further tehn few kilometres and complicates the hike on east.
From the city center take the tram to the station Prokocim Szpital a and than continue by foot for about kilometer along the highway.


country: LT
datetime: 2011-02-11 19:19:16.000000
comment:
To:Kaunas, West Europe, Vilnius.
It's easy to get to the hitch-hiking place from the city by bus nr.16 and leaving in the last stop (Prekybos Baze).After crossing the road and walking for 2 minutes you'll see another bus stop which is the place to hitch-hike from.

If you are going to Vilnius it's better to have a cardboard.If you don't you can go with car heading to Kaunas and ask to let you out by the turn to Vilnius.I didn't tried it, but I'd rather try with cardboard since I don't know what the next spot will be like.


country: SI
datetime: 2011-02-12 09:36:39.000000
comment:
Theoretically a good spot in the direction of Novo Mestro and Croatia, but most cars didn't seem to be going that way. Had a 75 min wait as a solo hitcher at friday lunchtime


country: IM
datetime: 2011-02-14 00:51:55.000000
comment:
There's a reasonable chance of getting a lift from Alexander Drive to the south and west of the island. Although there is a service station here, I think it's better just to stand on the road. Even if your ride only takes you one or two km, it's out of Douglas centre which is always going to be a good start, so get in.
http://hitchwiki.org/en/Douglas


country: ES
datetime: 2011-02-14 09:49:00.000000
comment:
Petrol station, Galp. It can be access from the highway Madrid to Zaragoza. It has few traffic, but Its best I found out of the city and that could be reach by public transport+on foot.

To get here, take a cercanías (metropolitan train) from Atocha, in direction to Alcalá de Henares/Guadalajara. Jump off at Alcalá de Henares, from then take the bus 9 (frecuency:30minutes) and ask the driver to tell you to jump off before passing over the higway. From there, 10 minutes walking.

Otherwise, go on foot from Alcalá de Henares train station, is 30 minutes on foot.

The petrol station is in a industrial State, so better use it on weekdays, there will be more activity. Ask the drivers to drop you on the next petrol station, even if they dont go a lot further.


country: IE
datetime: 2011-02-17 01:37:17.000000
comment:
To get to Blessington or Baltinglass, Naas, etc, hitch-hike from here through Laragh to Hollywood (R756), also known as Wicklow Gap.

You could try to go through R759 to Blessington (Sally Gap), not such a safe road though!


country: IE
datetime: 2011-02-17 01:41:16.000000
comment:
To get back to Laragh, and Wicklow Town, try hitch-hiking at this petrol station, be patient, but at least the owners don't seem to mind.

It's a bad area if you're going to Blessington, Baltinglass or Naas, and walking on the N81 is a really bad idea.


country: IE
datetime: 2011-02-17 01:46:10.000000
comment:
Just after the school in Ballymore Eustace, walk up for a short while, there's a footpath, safe place to hitch-hike, ride/lifts shouldn't be too hard to get here.


country: IE
datetime: 2011-02-17 01:47:48.000000
comment:
Walk up the road just to where the cattle market is, this spot is good for visibility and there is a lot of space for cars to park.


country: IE
datetime: 2011-02-17 01:51:03.000000
comment:
There's a small footpath near a housing estate on the outskirts of Blessington town, it seems like an average spot, not great.


country: IE
datetime: 2011-02-17 02:03:21.000000
comment:
The driveway of some house, visibility is average, likelihood of being picked up quite low. This road is fairly unsafe, cars break the speed limit and large trucks go by.


country: IE
datetime: 2011-02-17 02:07:31.000000
comment:
Not a bad spot for getting into Bray, or into areas of Dublin. A few feet away from the bus stop, close to the road.


country: IE
datetime: 2011-02-17 02:12:29.000000
comment:
Stand just a few feet away from the bus stop, close to the road. You can get to Greystones, Bray, and hitch-hike from there.


country: IE
datetime: 2011-02-17 02:27:53.000000
comment:
For Wicklow, Greystones, Bray, etc.

Just up the road from Statoil, go onto the green or side of the road and make sure you're visible. This is an average spot.


country: ES
datetime: 2011-02-21 13:37:51.000000
comment:
A simple roundabout / slip road to the highway. Not much traffic, but cars go slow and see you. Walking from Sevilla trying every reasonable spot, this was the place that finally got us a lift towards the West.


country: SE
datetime: 2011-02-21 14:29:30.000000
comment:
Here is a busstation and alot of people that are going south are passing here to the E4 road. it is not hard to get a hitch here because of cars doesn't drive that fast and it alot of space for the car to stop.  


country: SE
datetime: 2011-02-21 14:34:32.000000
comment:
Here is a Statiol Gasstation and place to eat. Alot of trucks are staying here and ordinary cars, going both direction to E4 North and opposite direction against Gothenburg and Helsingborg.  


country: DE
datetime: 2011-02-21 16:25:28.000000
comment:
Cars come slowly around the corner. Quickly got a lift towards the A4 to Dresden every of the four times I tried.


country: DE
datetime: 2011-02-21 17:51:48.000000
comment:
Hitchhiking spot just behind the bridge (for cars to stop), if you want to get to Hörstel, get out at this ramp and hitch the last 3km. Pretty easy to get cars, though they drive a bit fast sometimes.


country: DE
datetime: 2011-02-22 14:22:45.000000
comment:
Very good sport to catch rides on the A44 westwards to Dortmund, Essen, Düsseldorf. We didn't wait more than 5min.


country: BE
datetime: 2011-02-26 11:01:14.000000
comment:
This is the Jabbeke petrol station on the E40 towards Brussels. It is a pretty good place to ask for rides, especially early in the morning when there are still many trucks that arrived from the UK the previous evening. There is also a fair amount of commuter traffic towards Brussels and Antwerp. 


country: DE
datetime: 2011-03-24 21:01:22.000000
comment:
Directly at the gas station next to a McDonalds.
Stand here with a sign to get to the peage direction Metz


country: DE
datetime: 2011-02-28 10:11:08.000000
comment:
To Bad Dürkheim or Neustadt (Weinstraße) this seems to be an agreable spot. Place yourself on empty parking lots. Better accept only longer rides to neustadt or bad dürkheim because there is a bypass road and if you get stuck in one of the villages it gets hard (but most of them have a trainstation)


country: NL
datetime: 2011-02-28 23:38:35.000000
comment:
Perfect to get a ride up north, towards the Burger King at A4, and from there to Amsterdam. Used it 4 times, 20 minutes waiting time max.


country: DE
datetime: 2011-03-03 11:39:17.000000
comment:
there is an ESSO petrol-station along A659 (eastward direction). you can reach A5 (via A659) within minutes. drivers at this place can take you to weinheim as well as heidelberg (south) or darmstadt (north) on A5. you can also ask just to get taken to another relais (petrol station) on A5. this station here is rather small. it is difficult to reach it from nearby 'rhein-neckar-zentrum'. take tram number 5 from the city center of mannheim to RHEIN-NECKAR-ZENTRUM (a shopping mall), walk on 'heidelberger straße' east, cross the autobahn over the bridge, and walk (illegal!) along it west towards the station again. it is possible, only 300 meters. on my personal rating from "1" to "10" ("1" very bad, "10" perfect) i will rate this spot a "7".


country: DE
datetime: 2011-03-03 11:42:48.000000
comment:
a place to reach mannheim safely. there is a traffic light and many cars going through. it should not take longer than five minutes. reach this spot with tram number "5" direction "mannheim main station". get off near "RHEIN-NECKAR-ZENTRUM".


country: DE
datetime: 2011-03-03 11:48:42.000000
comment:
an average place to stop cars. the better place: head in the direction of the large MANN MOBILIA XXXL furniture shop 300 meters (less than a minute walking). there is a taffic light where cars stop safely. build a sign with A5 on in as well as your destination such as 'heidelberg' or 'frankfurt' or 'freiburg' or 'basel'. on my personal rating this spot here on the intersection gets only a "6". too many cars pass by as there is no safe spot to stop for them. 


country: DE
datetime: 2011-03-03 11:53:32.000000
comment:
a perfectly safe place to catch drivers going north or south on autobahn A5. just find the MANN MOBILIA XXXL market, there is a restaurant inside in case you are hungry, they also sell coca-cola or water. it should not take longer than 10 minutes to find a driver that can take you to heidelberg/frankfurt or freiburg/basel. there is also a tram that brings you there in four minutes from the main station on karlsruhe.


country: DE
datetime: 2011-03-03 12:03:07.000000
comment:
take the suburban train (s-bahn) from the city-center of freiburg to "schallstadt"-station (three or four stops). walk on "lindenstraße" westward out of town and change later on L187. it takes 30 minutes to reach the petrol station. there are plenty of cars stopping. you can find drivers that take you to karlsruhe, heidelberg, frankfurt, kassel or even hannover (A5/A7). do not forget to build a sign. "a 9 to 10" on my personal rating. a perfect spot. there is a restaurant as well. 


country: DE
datetime: 2011-03-03 12:10:41.000000
comment:
a place to reach DARMSTADT on B38. it takes only five minutes waiting time when i was standing there, close to "reinheim" DB station. the driver took me in 15 minutes to the city-center of darmstadt. you can also take the suburban train (DB RB-regional bahn) to darmstadt. the place is very safe. there is a traffic light so cars need to stop.


country: CH
datetime: 2011-03-03 12:19:22.000000
comment:
a good place to reach BASEL. take the SBB suburban train (s-bahn) to KILLWANGEN-SPREITENBACH, walk underneath the autobahn-bridge that crosses the river, along the autobahn on "schiffenenweg" westward. build a cardboard sign, it should not take longer than 10 minute to find a driver. over the bridge you can also reach the A1/A3 eastbound side. the station is safe and clean.


country: DE
datetime: 2011-03-06 21:08:25.000000
comment:
One can get to IKEA from Erlang by first taking tram 2 and then bus 80. Bus 80, however, comes once an hour or every 2 hours (depending on day/time ...) so make sure to get the right one!

Otherwise, it was easy to find people to get us on A71. However, I have to warn you that A71 has only *1* gas station and it might take a while to find someone to go that far! 


country: DE
datetime: 2011-03-06 21:15:59.000000
comment:
Even though close to A3 and has 2 gas stations on each side of the road, many people just go to nearby villages! Had no luck getting on A3... No public transport around. So one is pretty much screwed :)


country: US
datetime: 2011-03-07 03:34:21.000000
comment:
Paul Bunyan Drive merges right into US 2 heading East, i haven't tried hitching here, but i think more traffic hits that entrance than at the over pass.


country: FR
datetime: 2011-03-07 13:30:31.000000
comment:
March 2011. For going to Toulouse.
I was droped off here and re-hitched to Toulouse. I pulled out my lunch and before I could take a bite a student had stopped and picked me up. Safe area to stop. Easiest hitch ever thanks to students going to Toulouse


country: DE
datetime: 2011-03-08 20:58:47.000000
comment:
Bushaltestelle, richtung Pöttmes mit Bahnhof Aichach ziemlich in der Nähe; hab maximal ne viertelstunde gewartet und bin immer relativ gut weggekommen


country: DE
datetime: 2011-03-09 23:41:37.000000
comment:
to NL/Groningen with good chances to beat the slow train! 

Just walk towards this spot coming from Leer train station, the road has slow traffic all the way and you may find a ride even before you get to this spot. 


country: DE
datetime: 2011-03-09 23:52:51.000000
comment:
Traffic isle, good spot for NL/Groningen (and probably Germany, opposite ramp). Not a lot of traffic, but people see you from far and have to slow down to make the turn. 


country: FR
datetime: 2011-03-10 12:13:21.000000
comment:
Total petrol station. Not very crowded but one in four driver is going to the highway. Ask for a ride to "La Crèche", this is the entrance of the highway. Average waiting time of 15 minutes. The staff is nice to hitchhikers, don't forget to say hi when you arrive. :)


country: BE
datetime: 2011-03-10 12:34:05.000000
comment:
To go South (Mons, Lille, Paris). Most of the people who go to the Carrefour grocery store leave the place by going on the ring. Ask for a ride to the petrol station Ruisbroek which is 1.5 km further South. I left three times from there and had a ride in less than 5 minutes each time. It obviously works better when the stores are open...


country: SE
datetime: 2011-03-13 03:06:26.000000
comment:
Bus stop east of The Tocksfors shopping centre.  Plenty of space for cars to stop.  I waited half an hour in the rain and got a lift to Stockholm.


country: CZ
datetime: 2011-03-13 14:38:26.000000
comment:
quite bad place, specially in dark. although the roundabout is promising, very small place to stop. hitching to germany from here. luckily got a car out to utsi. 


country: TR
datetime: 2011-03-15 11:45:47.000000
comment:
A good spot for Istanbul which can be reached with one bus only from the center. Take a bus or a dolmuş to "Yaşamkent" which is the last neighborhood before the highway. Ask the driver and get off as soon as he leaves the main road. From there walk up to the highway. There is no paytol, you can just stand on the road side.


country: TR
datetime: 2011-03-15 11:50:14.000000
comment:
This is a way to leave to Istanbul if you don't want to bother taking buses to get outside of Ankara. Take the metro to "Ivedi" or "Akkopru" stations, from there you'll be on Istanbul road and although there can be a lot of traffic there, you should be picked up fairly quickly.


country: TR
datetime: 2011-03-15 11:59:24.000000
comment:
This is the best spot for the East I've found so far. It is the way to the Black Sea region as well as to Iran and most of the Eastern areas.
Take a Dolmuş from Ulus going to "Mamak". Be careful, the only dolmuş reaching as far as this are located at the bus station next to the Julian column, that is 300m N-E of the main square with the Ataturk statue. The dolmuş will take you all the way to the highway (as for "otoban")


country: TR
datetime: 2011-03-15 12:12:22.000000
comment:
To Sirnak or even Van if you have time. The road from Sirnak to Siirt is not paved and trucks are extremely slow on it (20kmh) cars are rare on that portion. Besides, there are military checkpoints quite often. The road to Hakari is paved but has too many checkpoints.


country: TR
datetime: 2011-03-15 12:15:28.000000
comment:
The way to Iraq.
walk over the river and reach out of the town. Many cars are actually taxis taking people to the border. Trucks will be for free though.


country: TR
datetime: 2011-03-15 12:19:43.000000
comment:
To anywhere except Iran.
There are many dolmuş and buses driving quite far out of the city on the main road. From there you'll find many trucks driving at least up to Tatvan. 
There is a military checkpoint about 40km from there, make sure you travel legally.


country: TR
datetime: 2011-03-15 12:28:47.000000
comment:
To Ankara and the East.
The pay toll makes it easy to speak with the drivers specialy at busy times like 10am. Carrying a sign can also help a lot.
Take a bus to "Baltalimani Hastanesi" and get off at the second stop after passing under the bridge (this is the second bridge, not the first). From there turn left just after the hospital, then left at the roundabout a bit further. You will pass under the highway and there will be an entrance to it just after.


country: JO
datetime: 2011-03-15 12:37:10.000000
comment:
Make sure your car is not a taxi before climbing. The word for "free ride" is "balash".
I wanted a Turkish truck taking me straight to the border because I had a transit but had to wait about 30 hours because they all leave at 7pm, not one after the other.


country: JO
datetime: 2011-03-15 12:39:55.000000
comment:
To the border or to Irbid.
Most cars will stop for money so aim wealthy looking ones. "Ana balash" means "I'm hitchhiking".


country: DE
datetime: 2011-03-16 15:40:26.000000
comment:
Gast station. Next gas station from Darmstadt.
Get here by bus:
Take the 5515 to Gräfenhausen-Am Rotböll. Turn around to face the Autobahn, go to the circle junction and turn right to the forest. When the road splits go left.

Direction: A5 North (Frankfurt, Kassel, Hannover, Berlin)


country: RO
datetime: 2011-03-17 16:59:17.000000
comment:
OMV petrol station - clean toilets, good hitchhiking spot if you don't want to stay among Romanian hitchhikers.
If you stay here, you're less likely to be asked for money.
A sign with your destination is a good idea.


country: NZ
datetime: 2011-03-18 08:39:51.000000
comment:
to hitch south to motueka, nelson, westcoast.
although the speedlimit is already 100 it's maybe a better spot then in town, cause car can see you from quite far and there's a lot of place to pull over. just follow the road south from takaka and after 5 minutes walk you're there.
happy hitching 


country: DE
datetime: 2011-03-18 15:36:25.000000
comment:
At end of town, there's a restaurant with sufficient space along the street to stop cars direction Hörstel.


country: DE
datetime: 2011-03-21 16:56:31.000000
comment:
Good point to hitch away  and ti get on A71. Attention: there is only only one Gasstation on A71, and the parking places are rarely visited.


country: FR
datetime: 2011-03-21 20:03:23.000000
comment:
yes here i was standing without sign with my bare thumb jumping dancing and it took about 30 minutes direction toulon marseille etc 
not bad for a spot to get onto the motorway i think


country: IT
datetime: 2011-03-21 20:07:10.000000
comment:
was standing there with a sign rome written on it and trento on the backside and playing guitar to attract eyes of drivers i was taken but i waited a long time like 1 or 2 hours maybe  even more so i mark it under 3 hours waiting time


country: IT
datetime: 2011-03-21 20:09:58.000000
comment:
plyed guitar and after 25 minutes a young italian couple took me down south to an "autogrill"station near bologna


country: FR
datetime: 2011-03-25 23:15:36.000000
comment:
Most used spot to go to Rennes, can be good or not depending on the time, but I think this is where you have the most chances to get a ride to Rennes. Just go after the big roundabout, by the city leaving sign, where cars have room to stop.


country: US
datetime: 2011-03-26 09:50:00.000000
comment:
Lots of people heading to and from the airport.. A lot of people pass you by but enough pick you up.. We had rides to and from here 4 or 5 times during our stay


country: GB
datetime: 2011-03-27 15:18:42.000000
comment:
Steve and Ben pass by the gas station every week day between 3-5pm and they pick up every hitchhiker they find in their way.

They don't go straight to Dover but they can drop you in a lorry park where it's easy to get a ride.


country: GB
datetime: 2011-03-27 15:24:15.000000
comment:
I ask directly to the lorry drivers and between 15-20min I was already going to Dover.

Apparently every 45min there's a new round of lorries coming in waiting for the next ferry, so pretty good spot.


country: GB
datetime: 2011-03-27 15:29:30.000000
comment:
Quite quiet during week days which reduces your chances of getting a ride.

Eventually somebody accepts taking you across but generally people is a bit suspicious you might smugle drugs or be illegal.


country: FR
datetime: 2011-03-27 15:34:12.000000
comment:
I took the bus 15 from the city center to the shopping center near by this spot - 1.4€

From there I placed myself in the roundabout right before the motorway exit to Toulouse.


country: DE
datetime: 2011-03-30 18:22:34.000000
comment:
At a parking lot exit. We waited a long time here but this is because most of the driver are going north (Koln, downtown) while we where heading south (Saarebruk). Several person stopped and we had to refuse their offer because of that. Drivers seems to react very well to us and showed friendly. For this I would say the stop is good.


country: DE
datetime: 2011-03-30 18:31:25.000000
comment:
Good place for going in the direction of Kaiserslautern through A63. For Francfort through A63 best is to go to the other highway entrance on the other side of the town.


country: DE
datetime: 2011-03-30 18:59:53.000000
comment:
This place is not so good. The signpost that mark the beginning of the highway is very close to the curve so you have to hitch after it which is illegal. Someone did however stopped and took us to Saarebrucken.


country: BE
datetime: 2011-03-30 19:21:27.000000
comment:
Not so big traffic and no one is going to Brussels. It is better to ask for a ride to some of the other junctions down the highway. 


country: BE
datetime: 2011-03-30 19:30:15.000000
comment:
There is a traffic light where you can have eye contact. Sign is essential! Good place to go North. 
NB! Don't stay too long because there is a chance that NATO officers will kick you out. 


country: FR
datetime: 2011-03-30 19:35:47.000000
comment:
For Paris. we waited a lot near the exit and then moved close to the gas station office entrance. After this we got a ride easily because the driver would saw us more longer and had better chance to feels our "good vibes". This is according to our previous ride, the last gas station before Reims, but the toll is close and might be a better option.


country: BG
datetime: 2011-03-30 19:35:52.000000
comment:
There is a big place for cars to pull over and the cars are driving slow because of the poor condition of the road. Easy to get a ride in direction North or East. 


country: NZ
datetime: 2011-04-01 06:16:16.000000
comment:
good spot to hitch north to picton, cars are still slow and heaps of space for the cars to pull over. probably not that good when a lot of people are tryin to hitch from a bit south in the city, cause they maybe get picked up first. 
directions: just cross the bridge and you'll see the spot, it's obvious 


country: TR
datetime: 2011-04-01 13:03:25.000000
comment:
If you want to hitchhike to west (Balıkesier, Çanakkale, Izmir...) here is a good spot. take any bus to Uludag University and leave the bus before you get in the campus. if you miss the bus stop, you can ask someone where is "the balıkesir road"


country: AM
datetime: 2011-04-02 19:14:32.000000
comment:
Hitching on this spot at the turn-off for Sisian is good for getting rides to Yerevan or Goris/Nagorno Karabagh.


country: IR
datetime: 2011-04-02 19:24:33.000000
comment:
Gas station/resting area on the Tehran-Tabriz highway. From Zanjan, walk south past a bridge and follow the signs to Tabriz at the highway intersection - it's 200 m further away by walking next to the road.


country: DE
datetime: 2011-04-04 10:09:24.000000
comment:
gasstation (aral). the best spot i know for getting out of cologne in western direction (a4 to aachen / netherlands), and to the highway service station frechen. also, many cars go to a61 northern or souhtern direction from here. asking people while they refuel worked best for me. 
public transport is ideal: U1 to Mohnstraße or Bahnweg.


country: DE
datetime: 2011-04-04 10:22:25.000000
comment:
i tried to get a lift to denmark from here in the evening (9pm). stood on the big concrete square ca. 150 meters away from the terminal and just showed my thumb. after some cars that ignored me, someone stopped and took me onto the ferry for free and further to copenhagen.


country: DE
datetime: 2011-04-06 19:54:09.000000
comment:
This spot is perfect if you are going west towards Hamburg. I asked 4 people and got a direct ride to Hamburg. Waiting time under 5 min!!!


country: DE
datetime: 2011-04-06 20:00:32.000000
comment:
Cannot say anything good about this spot. It is very depressing to see over 600 cars an hour passing by and nobody takes you. The spot itself isn't that bad to hitchhike but the drivers that are driving to the highway are mostly driving on the left side and since this is a 3 lane road it is hard for them to pull over on to the right hand side. Maybe you'll have more luck! Waited almost 2 hours and then drove to Rasthof Stolper Heide, northwest of Berlin. Got a ride in 3 min there :-)


country: DE
datetime: 2011-04-06 20:08:01.000000
comment:
I love it when hitchhiking goes fast. And this is a spot where it does go fast. First person I asked drove me northbound an the A9.


country: DE
datetime: 2011-04-06 20:21:21.000000
comment:
Nice spot, lots of truck-drivers, and easy to get there from the city. Got a truck-ride within 10 min.


country: DE
datetime: 2011-04-06 20:25:20.000000
comment:
Hitched twice from this spot. First time i didn't even had to ask people, a truck driver came towards me and asked where I was going to. Second time I started thumbing because of an other hitchhiker that was standing at the petrol station asking people. He gave me a sign when he got a ride and I was gone in no time after him, asking at the fuelstation.


country: DE
datetime: 2011-04-06 20:29:06.000000
comment:
Hitchhiked twice from this spot. Experience: good to average. A lot of people are staying in the area or are going to Bremen. Good for the west average for the south. First time 20 min waiting time (west), second time little over an hour (south). 


country: DE
datetime: 2011-04-06 20:31:44.000000
comment:
A lot of traffic going through here. You can stay at the petrol station asking people. Good for Berlin, in my case it took about 20 min to get the ride to Berlin.


country: FI
datetime: 2011-04-06 20:39:06.000000
comment:
It is known that Finland isn't the best country for hitchhiking but in our case we had to wait about 20 min to get a ride all the way to Kuopio. Nice spot with room for drivers to pull over. And there is a nice little park to have a rest or chillout. 


country: CA
datetime: 2011-04-06 20:43:29.000000
comment:
Much traffic going east. Good spot, drivers can pull over. Waiting time about 30 min. They take you and they take you a long time ;-) Canada rocks!


country: CA
datetime: 2011-04-06 20:45:49.000000
comment:
Not very nice to hitchhike but it is just a matter of time to get a lift here. In my case it took over an hour but the guy who took me drove me over 200 km northbound.


country: CA
datetime: 2011-04-06 20:48:13.000000
comment:
Just get yourself a rest, sit down and wait with a sign. Somebody will take you, nice landscape. Just dream and go by the flow!


country: CA
datetime: 2011-04-06 20:52:19.000000
comment:
It was getting dark and I was about to head into the forest to pitch my tent after 1 hour of waiting, but then... an old hippie stopped for me and took me all the way to Clearwater. He let me stay in his house for a night, I got something to eat, a warm coffee in the morning, two hands full of weed and a 20 dollar bill!!! My best hitchhiking experience so far.


country: CA
datetime: 2011-04-06 20:55:19.000000
comment:
Nice spot to hang around and wait for a lift (you have to have sign here). Waiting time on a Sunday is awful (about 2,5 hours) but this is balanced out by the breathtaking landscape.


country: FR
datetime: 2011-04-06 23:46:18.000000
comment:
Spot for the A43, to Grenoble-Chambery...
This might sounds like a weird idea to hitch there, under the bridge where there is only an emergency line for the cars to stop. But it worked very well for me !


country: SE
datetime: 2011-04-07 18:42:39.000000
comment:
West: It's not a bad place since both the cars coming from the city and from the E10 can see you and stop, but most of them are still local traffic, so I would rather suggest to walk a couple of km down the E10


country: SE
datetime: 2011-04-07 18:45:21.000000
comment:
West: this is the best Place in Kiruna to go toward Abisko-Narvik. From here you have good change to take a long ride since there is no more local traffic. Cars are not going superslow, but the road is straight and they can see you and stop


country: FR
datetime: 2011-04-07 18:45:32.000000
comment:
A spot to go South to Marseille. There are not so many cars but a lot of them are willing to take hitch hikers, it's actually possible to get a direct ride directly to Marseille from here.


country: SE
datetime: 2011-04-07 19:06:36.000000
comment:
Cars go very slow, everyone is smiling at you, so also waiting you have a good time, and eventually an Iraqui guy took me and brought me to the highway despite he was supposed to go in the city!


country: ES
datetime: 2011-04-07 20:34:36.000000
comment:
Direction Murcia from the small town Baza. Petrol station nearby, but not a lot of traffic. Took me 2-3hours just to go to the next entrance^^


country: CA
datetime: 2011-04-08 20:54:26.000000
comment:
Good Spot. There is a mall, restaurants, gas stations and hotels on this part of Confederation Drive. Good for heading South/West. Get on the Highway itself too if you like to catch all traffic heading Southwest that is passing Corner Brook.


country: CA
datetime: 2011-04-08 20:58:42.000000
comment:
Not great but likely the best spot out of Clarenville heading Northwest. This is the main road in and out, nearest fast food and coffee.


country: CA
datetime: 2011-04-08 21:03:11.000000
comment:
Goobies Gas Station.
This for some reason is a tradition for many Newfoundlanders to stop and eat at the Big Irving Gas Station here - notable by it's Moose Statue in the parking lot. While not shown on the hitchwiki map, this is a junction. Highway 210 heads off toward the south coast of Newfoundland here.


country: CA
datetime: 2011-04-08 21:32:29.000000
comment:
Whitbourne Junctions. There are a couple gas stations here. The highway to the left next to Mill pond goes south to the Argentia Ferry to Nova Scotia. So if headed to Southern shore this is a good spot to request. Most Newfoundlanders know this spot.


country: AT
datetime: 2011-04-10 09:26:59.000000
comment:
this is a non stop gas station and a big parking for trucks. the best direction is Germany because the gas station is on this side but have connection on both ways. i waited 3 hours for a car to Wien. a lots of cars stops and ask me for shorter distance. i found a truck who took me all the way to Romania.
i went there from hohenems trains station walking. it is a little road not showing on the map going in the gas station.


country: RO
datetime: 2011-04-10 09:59:14.000000
comment:
strait on the beginning of the highway you can get there with public transportation. usually are stopped cars there and is enough space for 2-3 trucks. it is quite safe, you don't have problems with the police. it is a place for people who commute by hitchhike. if you go to pitesti just rise your thumb. if you go further, make a sign and show especially to trucks they take up to 3 people in the cabin and they go very far. most of the trucks drivers expect money but some of them take people because they get bored.
i use this place often and always got luck. less than 15 minutes.


country: LT
datetime: 2011-04-12 12:45:37.000000
comment:
Good place to hitchhike in Kaunas. One of the most beautiful road in Lithuania. Good place to stand after the city sign 


country: ES
datetime: 2011-04-12 23:56:59.000000
comment:
A gas station from where one can find a lift outside of the city. I've found it thanks to information which Stefan added to the Barcelona's wiki page...


country: AU
datetime: 2011-04-13 10:19:10.000000
comment:
If you are heading to Perth, not the best spot. South Western Highway is not the best one to take. I would advice to go 10km west on the freeway.

I was droped there not knowing the place. I waited 2h!


country: AU
datetime: 2011-04-13 10:30:25.000000
comment:
Direction : South to Augusta
From Margaret River, walk to the last roundabout. If you want to go to Augusta, wait for someone getting there. It could be more difficult if they drop you on the way in Witchcliffe or Karridale. I sometimes refuse 1 or 2 before one pick me up for the whole way.


country: GB
datetime: 2011-04-14 06:09:19.000000
comment:
Got a ride onto the Eurotunnel Shuttle train, once onboard I could walk around inside the train and talk to the drivers of other cars to find one going more towards my destination.  Only got one offer but one is enough.


country: FO
datetime: 2011-04-15 16:52:16.000000
comment:
I hitched most of the Faroe Islands in 2005. Contender for the easiest hitching in the world! Often the first car would pull over, often just one ride would get you there as distances are short. Almost everyone speaks English.


country: DE
datetime: 2011-04-17 11:43:28.000000
comment:
If you need to get onto the E35 this is a very easy spot to get a ride. It's easy for cars to see you and to stop.


country: FR
datetime: 2011-04-17 14:38:45.000000
comment:
You can access this petrol station from the round-about "Parc des Expositions"(a bus can drop you there). The only petrol station on the highway accessible with the city public transport


country: FR
datetime: 2011-04-17 14:44:15.000000
comment:
There is an access to the A11 here, but the cars have no room to stop and the traffic is actually not intense. I waited here over an hour before to decide to change  spot.


country: FR
datetime: 2011-04-17 15:09:27.000000
comment:
It seems to be the spot towards Nimes. It's quite uncomfortable since there is no place for the cars to stop and this is a speed up zone. Some nice people are willing to stop to get you though.


country: NL
datetime: 2011-04-17 18:27:20.000000
comment:
Not a good spot to hitchhike along A1 towards Germany. Most of the drivers were driving only for a quite short distance. We've finally got a lift in the direction of Deventer after about 2,5h


country: PL
datetime: 2011-04-17 18:31:31.000000
comment:
Good place to leave Warsaw and head West. There is only one lane in each direction, the traffic is slow and it's quite easy to catch a ride. Use the sign to avoid local short lifts.


country: PL
datetime: 2011-04-17 18:40:32.000000
comment:
Try to avoid being dropped here. We were told by the police that pedestrians are not allowed to hang around here. Fortunately they allowed us to hitchhike further. The traffic is very fast and nobody is really likely to stop here except some truckers who rest here. 


country: PL
datetime: 2011-04-17 18:45:54.000000
comment:
Huge petrol station, loads of truckers stop going in both directions stop here. Just ask around and you can even get a direct lift to Russia ;) You can also try the side of the road, as I did, in order to catch some smaller cars. Took less than a minute to grab a ride to Germany!


country: DE
datetime: 2011-04-17 18:56:27.000000
comment:
A bay mentioned in the article about Bad Oeynhausen. Perfect place to get a lift eastwards. Took us 5 mins to hitchhike a truck going straight to Poland.


country: DE
datetime: 2011-04-18 13:14:46.000000
comment:
I thought it was a bad place, but within five minutes I got Mercedes SLK to Leipzig. You can also get here a car to another southern cities.


country: NL
datetime: 2011-04-19 14:21:37.000000
comment:
Direction: Breda, Rotterdam, Antwerp (Belgium), Gent (Belgium).
After the traffic light, there's a small area where cars can stop, and a pertrol station as well. The traffic is both going to the A58 (direction breda), and to a toll-road in the direction of belgium (trough the 'westerschelde tunnel). 
To find a car in the direction of Gent took us 20 minutes.


country: RS
datetime: 2011-04-19 18:52:39.000000
comment:
Gasstation on the road to the highway (E-75) to Belgrade. Quite some traffic towards Zrenjanin, took a while (30 min) to get a direct ride to Belgrade.


country: RS
datetime: 2011-04-19 18:54:50.000000
comment:
Gasstation with a lot of local traffic. I was lucky in finding a ride soon to be brought to the next one, 4 km further towards Nis.


country: FR
datetime: 2011-04-20 23:31:35.000000
comment:
Direction Toulouse; get there by bus no. 2 or 11 (stop: Pompidou), or walk 2km from the main train station


country: RU
datetime: 2011-04-21 11:42:11.000000
comment:
There are a lot of trucks on the opposite side from petrol station Rosneft. Very easy to take a lift to Finnland.


country: FR
datetime: 2011-04-22 18:19:06.000000
comment:
Going to Nancy through N57. Good spot with a little pull out. Waited 15min to get an offer for Nancy center! It's one hour walk from epinal center


country: FR
datetime: 2011-04-24 13:03:20.000000
comment:
Good spot as it have parking spot and is just before a traffic light. However may not be the best for going to Paris as this direction might be used by driver who will stick to national road 4. I waited 3h with a "Paris" sign, long wait but it was worth it as I had a direct ride to Paris. People can offer you to go intermediate destination (like Toul). Before accepting this, be sure that you're driver will drop you on a good spot as the RN4 is often a double track, high speed road.


country: CL
datetime: 2011-04-24 13:51:21.000000
comment:
Going to Calama, Spot at the crossroad a bit outside of town. Short wait regarding the few amont of car passing by. We had a ride for Calama and were heading to antofogasta


country: CL
datetime: 2011-04-24 13:55:41.000000
comment:
Going to Antofogasta from San pedro de atacama, we were droped at the crossroad (23 with 25) here by our driver. Bad spot on the highway. Car are driving too fast. We walked out a little further up to this place where there is an access ramp. Someone heading for the airport picked us up and drop us to a great spot out of town


country: CL
datetime: 2011-04-24 14:01:38.000000
comment:
There is a Copec gas station here. We stayed here with a sign saying "El sur" and after one hour someone driving to Rancagua (70km south of Santiago) dropped us on another copec station on the highway number 5.


country: PL
datetime: 2011-04-24 14:22:25.000000
comment:
Towards Łódź, Warszawa, Gdańsk
There is a petrol station here, but it's pretty small and usually filled with local cars only - there is a special lane for cars turning right, so it's impossible to hike by the road as well.


country: US
datetime: 2011-04-27 11:34:44.000000
comment:
Decent spot for hitchhiking south on interestate - 15.  I didn't use a sign because it's fairly obvious I'd like to go somewhere south, and it seems that most people are either going to Stateline or California.  I did wait about an hour or two because there was heavy traffic which makes for grumpy drivers.


country: PL
datetime: 2011-04-28 13:38:14.000000
comment:
Tried here direction direction Olsztyn, but it was quite senseless, although almost all traffic is passing the city here. Lots of cars, not a single one stopped in one hour and we went walking towards end of city.


country: CA
datetime: 2011-04-28 16:46:04.000000
comment:
Pretty good spot. Near a chicken restaurant called Scores, gas station nearby as well. We (1 guy, 1 girl) stood on the on ramp with sign "Quebec". Took 20 min.


country: IT
datetime: 2011-04-30 11:31:11.000000
comment:
from metro line B station - Ponte Mammolo take 508 to last station in Giardini di Corcolle. From there you have 1,5 km walking (unfortunately little on highway) to either gas station on the right, or toll on the left. I went to gas station, which is of course on highway, and waited for 10 min.


country: CZ
datetime: 2011-04-30 13:23:11.000000
comment:
Great spot to Prague near city centre. You can use trolleybuses 11,13,15,16,17 and get off at stop Gambrinus. Then walk little bit back.


country: CZ
datetime: 2011-04-30 13:31:50.000000
comment:
Good place in direction to Germany. Long bus stop, cars go slowly after trafic lights. You can even catch car to France, but most of times I went only to some gas station on highway. Use trolleybuses 12,15,17 with end station Nová Hospoda.


country: CH
datetime: 2011-05-02 13:24:39.000000
comment:
Zurich
Stay before the motorway panel (policemen told me that else I would have to pay)
The configuration is alright, it can be just people behaviours that could change your waiting time


country: CH
datetime: 2011-05-02 13:34:43.000000
comment:
Bregenz, Austria

Good configuration, Access enough safe, hitchhiking spot after the motorway sign panel, so if the police passes by, they will just tell you that you have to go before it. (happened to me in Bern)


country: GE
datetime: 2011-05-02 13:48:54.000000
comment:
From here you are visible to drivers from a distance and there's plenty of space to pull over safely.


country: AT
datetime: 2011-05-02 13:57:35.000000
comment:
Munchen (D), Innsbruck (A)

Can say it´s not easy to reach,
but once you get there, use a good panel, show confidence, people may doubt about your spot, even if there is place after the spot to enable cars to stop..


country: DE
datetime: 2011-05-05 19:11:34.000000
comment:
A ramp near ikea. It's in a walking distance from S-Bahn Eching, you can take a bus here as well.
Almost all of the cars are local (i.e. Freising). Might take long time to get a good ride.


country: DE
datetime: 2011-05-05 19:18:42.000000
comment:
Good spot for going direction Ingolstadt. There is a gas station, so you can talk to people. But it was the road that worked for us. Got a ride to Munich in no time.


country: IT
datetime: 2011-05-06 10:23:27.000000
comment:
To go South: this is the first gas station on the highway connecting Rome to the A1 highway going south. It's still inside the city, so very easy to reach, but it's already on the highway. There is a fence on the back but if you look trough some bushes where a little building is, the fence is broken and easy to climb. Go to Anagnina station either by metro or by bus (it's one of the biggest terminal in Rome)  take the bus 046and stop at "carnevale lettere", the gas station is only 400 m away. Walk back for a few meters  cross the road and turn right on via cavaglieri, and then the first left, and at the end of the street there is the gas station. there are also other buses going around the area (500, 504...) just use the route planner of public transport to see what's the best for you
http://www.atac.roma.it/index.asp?lingua=ENG


country: IT
datetime: 2011-05-06 10:38:32.000000
comment:
To gpo south: This is a parking lot where a lot of people leave their cars to share a ride with friends, or to meet before leaving. You can start from here asking to the people


country: DE
datetime: 2011-05-06 14:49:57.000000
comment:
This  gas station is suggested in the wiki page, but it's better you don't go there :) It's hidden from the main road, so only locals moving inside Berlin go there, a lot of taxi driver, and it's also an expensive gas station. I needed 3 hours to find a ride south


country: FR
datetime: 2011-05-06 22:29:04.000000
comment:
Had a long wait (4 hours) to get a lift here recently with my gf. Everywhere else we had lifts within 20 mins. so led to believe this spot isn't ideal.


country: GB
datetime: 2011-05-06 22:32:40.000000
comment:
Had 3 lift offers over the course of an hour until the ideal lift across the channel came along. Great spot to wait on the exit road of the service station, cars go slowly and have room to stop and you don't have to exert yourself by approaching people in the service station itself.


country: SE
datetime: 2011-05-07 11:22:07.000000
comment:
Really good spot for getting south. I had to get of before the highway split (my driver was going to Oslo) so I walked 500 meter and then waited 10+ minutes before I was picked up.


country: FR
datetime: 2011-05-11 16:12:12.000000
comment:
Excellent spot for heading out of calais (I was going to Paris, 20 min wait.). Cars come though in batches. There will be loads of cars over the course of 10 mins, then nothing til the next ferry gets in, at which point another load will come past (we had 20 min wait between loads on a sunday, maybe more frequent in the week?) You can get here by either getting dropped off by a car exiting the ferry or walking along the fence between the port and avenue du commendant until it stops and you can walk down the port exit road a little bit.


country: RS
datetime: 2011-05-13 01:40:38.000000
comment:
First pay station when heading out of Belgrade on the E-75.
Very much traffic to Novi Sad.
Many Austrian, German and Czech cars passing by on their way home. We (2 guys) got a direct lift to Vienna after ~2 hours and couple of lifts offered to Novi Sad before.


country: RS
datetime: 2011-05-13 02:00:02.000000
comment:
Walk to the peak of the hill the road goes up to and you'll find a white-stoned emergency holding area which is big enough for trucks as well. Drivers can spot you early and are slowed down by going uphill before.
Direction: Belgrade / Nis


country: HU
datetime: 2011-05-14 22:06:22.000000
comment:
this place there is an auchan.Next to the auchan, and petrol station, next to the ring road.i use this place very often when i go Budapest or Balaton.I guess you need a board.
the traffic is good, and there are enough space.
(Székesfehérvár from Bus station 12,12A buses)


country: US
datetime: 2011-05-15 02:19:48.000000
comment:
We (2 females) were walking back to the ferry but had to pee and didn't know if we had enough time, so I stuck my thumb out while we were walking.  About 5 cars passed and one stopped in the middle of the road and took us 2.5 km to the ferry (and more importantly, the bathroom).  Cars drive slowly on Martha's Vineyard and there isn't much crime, so I don't think the people are as skeptical.


country: BG
datetime: 2011-05-15 12:43:12.000000
comment:
When you're going from the Sliven city, you should take bus no 6 and ask bus driver to stop near Shell gas station.Then you'll have to walk up to road no 6 that leads to Sofia Direction.


country: AT
datetime: 2011-05-15 14:57:14.000000
comment:
A huge petrol station at the border [[Germany]] /Austria. A lot of traffic is going South to Trieste, [[Slovenia]]. Definitely not a good spot to Vienna or Budapest.


country: FR
datetime: 2011-05-16 15:00:11.000000
comment:
Terrible spot for going towars Paris... 1 car passed me in about 15-20 minutes. Ended up walking along the highway to get out of there.


country: MR
datetime: 2011-05-16 15:05:26.000000
comment:
There's a police check point around here, as of March 2011, the folks here are very friendly and will do all the hitching for you. The latter will take some time, though.


country: MA
datetime: 2011-05-16 15:15:41.000000
comment:
Right before the peage is a great spot for going towards Casablanca. How are you going to get there, though if you're not as lucky as me?


country: FR
datetime: 2011-05-16 18:02:30.000000
comment:
service station. to the north: great, even to holland, germany, uk and further. going east towards geneva: very hard to senseless. I ended up taking a german car to near basel and entering switzerland on this way.


country: ES
datetime: 2011-05-16 18:11:30.000000
comment:
Even though I was told not to hitchhike at the petrol station by the attendant after somebody had complained, I managed to get a ride straight to lyon.


country: FR
datetime: 2011-05-18 02:34:29.000000
comment:
Direction of brittany (laval,Rennes), just take tramway direction university and get off end of line.


country: DE
datetime: 2011-05-18 10:41:30.000000
comment:
Melle-Ost on-ramp, roundabout with sufficient space on the exit towards the highway, great for getting rides to the service station 3km ahead or further (Bad Oeynhausen). Traffic drives slow.


country: RS
datetime: 2011-05-19 18:56:37.000000
comment:
As described on the wiki page for Pristina; quite an okay spot for hitching south towards Skopje or the turn-off 15 km further towards Prizren


country: AL
datetime: 2011-05-19 18:59:07.000000
comment:
Gasstation before Kukes; no good. Local traffic and lots of traffic on the highway turning into Kukes

Find a ride into Kukes and walk towards the road leaving town. There I had a ride to Tirana in 15 min (and lots of offers for (shared) taxis.


country: AL
datetime: 2011-05-19 19:05:19.000000
comment:
There is a bus going this direction (forgot the name), then walk a bit further to a place where cars can stop.


country: MK
datetime: 2011-05-19 19:08:13.000000
comment:
Gasstation and a wide street where people can stop. 2km out of town. Hitch directly to Skopje or if people go to Struga get out on the crossroads.


country: NO
datetime: 2011-05-20 12:57:39.000000
comment:
Larger bus stop. All traffic from Hønefoss towards Oslo passes here. Locals meet here to ride with buddies. Less long-distance/trucker traffic than on the highway below.


country: RS
datetime: 2011-05-20 14:11:38.000000
comment:
Only one girl named Sashka is willing to stop. But she dose not like to drive a car. Thats the main problem. She is a great company, bay her a drink, you want regret it. One tip more. Dont ask her to go to some museum. Sasha prefers ice cream!!  


country: CO
datetime: 2011-05-20 18:30:41.000000
comment:
Peaje al norte de Medellin, para llegar hay que tomar el Metro de Medellin y bajarse en la ultima estacion llamada NIQUIA. luego tomar un bus hasta el peaje, lo hice en el 2008 con buenos resultados, no me llevaron a mi destino final que era Cartagena pero avance bastante y me dejaron en otro sitio bueno para hacer dedo.

Toll north of Medellin, to get there take the Metro de Medellin and get off at the last station called Niquuia, then take a bus to the toll, I did it in 2008 with good results, did not reach my final destination was Cartagena but forward enough and I left another good place to hitchhike.


country: CO
datetime: 2011-05-20 18:35:35.000000
comment:
Buen sitio para hacer dedo, muchos camiones y en el cruce hay tiendas de comida barata. Rumbo a Cartagena

Good place to hitchhike, many trucks and the crossing of cheap food shops. Sailing to Cartagena


country: CO
datetime: 2011-05-20 18:38:11.000000
comment:
Yarumal, pequeño pueblo en las alturas de Medellin 2300 msnm, buen sitio para descansar, muchos estacionamientos de camiones.

Yarumal, a small village on the heights of 2300 meters Medellin, good place to rest, many truck parking.


country: CO
datetime: 2011-05-20 18:52:22.000000
comment:
Caucasia, hacer dedo frente a la estacion de policia, al frente hay un hotel y restaurantes.

Caucasia, hitchhiking front the police station, in front of a hotel and restaurants


country: CO
datetime: 2011-05-20 19:01:55.000000
comment:
Salida norte a Cartagena, no tuve suerte y tomé un bus a Cartagena :(

North exit towards Cartagena, no luck and took a bus to Cartagena :(


country: CO
datetime: 2011-05-20 19:07:24.000000
comment:
Salida de Cartagena, muy cerca al terminal de buses, pasan muchos camiones, furgonetas y buses rumbo a Barranquilla y Santa Marta.

Out of Cartagena, close to the bus terminal, passing many trucks, vans and buses bound for Barranquilla and Santa Marta.


country: CO
datetime: 2011-05-20 19:19:39.000000
comment:
Muchos estacionamientos de camiones, carretera principal hacia Santa Marta

Many truck parking, main road to Santa Marta


country: CO
datetime: 2011-05-20 19:36:14.000000
comment:
Centro comercial Exito-Panorama, al frente hay estacionamiento de camiones y un hotel muy economico, aqui tambie se puede tomar el bus hacia el peaje Ponedera al sur de Barranquilla.

Exito-Panorama supermarket, parking is in front of trucks and a very economic hotel, here you can also take the bus to the toll south of Barranquilla Ponedera


country: RU
datetime: 2011-05-20 23:56:30.000000
comment:
Only one girl named Sashka is willing to stop. But she dose not like to drive a car. Thats the main problem. She is a good company, bay her a drink, you want regret it. One tip more. Dont ask her to go to a museum, Sasha prefers ice cream!! Do not talk about unexisting animals when she is trying to sleep!!


country: TR
datetime: 2011-05-21 00:57:55.000000
comment:
You can take bus 83O for 1,50 TL from Taksim Square to the big bus station Bayrampaşa Otogar on the European side, which is just along the motorway to Edirne / Bulgaria. Take the bus to the last stop, get off and walk back to the entrance. From there, you'll be hitching directly along the motorway. A sign works well here, and there is plenty of space for drivers to pull over since a lot of buses and minibuses stop for passengers just outside). While exiting, you'll notice a petrol station to your right that is a possible alternative starting point where you can ask drivers for lifts (or just use the toilet). (from http://hitchwiki.org/en/Istanbul)


country: BY
datetime: 2011-05-22 16:22:28.000000
comment:
Slow speed before bend in the road, but your waiting can be long.Better to walk several kilometers(4km) to the next fork


country: MD
datetime: 2011-05-22 16:29:38.000000
comment:
To Odessa, Bender, Tiraspol, Causeni. You can get here using a bus Nr.122, trolley Nr.22, 18 . Bus stop PORTILE ORASULUI. A lot of cars, but almoust no trucks, because for them tranzit through Chisinau is not existing anymore.


country: MD
datetime: 2011-05-22 16:44:47.000000
comment:
To Soroca, Orhei. You can get here using a bus Nr.37; 47; 48 from the city center & minibus Nr.130  . Bus stop Cricova. 


country: MD
datetime: 2011-05-22 16:46:23.000000
comment:
To Balti, Edinet, Briceni, Cenauti. You can get here using a bus Nr.37; 47; 48 from the city center & minibus Nr.130  . Bus stop Cricova. 


country: TR
datetime: 2011-05-23 01:13:17.000000
comment:
That was a poor stop, as i tried to hitchhike in the highway and there were only few cars going from the highway. It was also dark and raining. I waited around 2 hours and finally got a lift directly to Istanbul! 


country: TR
datetime: 2011-05-23 01:16:36.000000
comment:
Thats a great spot. I always use it to get out of Istanbul and 4 times it was perfect. The traffic is huge so just stick on to highway. After 2-3 cars, thats it, you are out of Istanbul! Stopping a car usually takes less then 5 minutes! 


country: TR
datetime: 2011-05-23 01:18:09.000000
comment:
Used it twice to get out of Istanbul and it worked perfect. Again, the same rule, just stick on to highway, after 2-3 cars you will be out of Istanbul. And stopping a car usually takes less then 5 min.


country: TR
datetime: 2011-05-23 01:19:58.000000
comment:
Its hard to go throug bosphourus by hitchhiking. I tried it several times and it took me about 6 cars and 1 hour to go just 15 km to my home! Better to walk or bike. Or just take the public transport. 


country: MK
datetime: 2011-05-24 15:16:08.000000
comment:
Spot where cars turn onto the bigger road leaving the city. 

Hitched from here to the toll-booths at the start of the highway going south (didn't use a sign to maximise changes of getting out of town quickly).


country: TR
datetime: 2011-05-24 15:23:47.000000
comment:
Spot just after some traffic lights with traffic turning onto the coastal highway (D400). Hitch beside the road or at the gasstations.

Get here by minibus 15.


country: TR
datetime: 2011-05-26 10:17:15.000000
comment:
The best spot to find a ride to Istanbul. Road connection slows down the every ride. Take the number 2 bus from the bus station from the city center. Leave the bus at the Maxi Market, you have your spot


country: TR
datetime: 2011-05-26 10:20:24.000000
comment:
Even tough to road connection, you just suffer if you are going through to south. I've waited 4 hours. so few cars going through


country: DE
datetime: 2011-05-26 11:12:31.000000
comment:
Fairly good starting point to hitch towards the highways. There is a traffic light with a small street right after where cars can stop for a moment. Use a sign saying A3.


country: FI
datetime: 2011-05-26 12:49:15.000000
comment:
Towards Varkhaus, Mikkeli, Lahti or Helsinki. Actually this spot is nothing special, I was waiting aprox. 2 hours. Traffic is not dense, try to get to road 23 and you will be more succesful. 


country: NL
datetime: 2011-05-26 13:14:30.000000
comment:
During the daytime this petrol station seems to be a good spot to get a lift further into Netherlands or in the direction of Germany. However, during the nighttime it's closed and hardly any cars stop here.


country: FR
datetime: 2011-05-26 13:21:22.000000
comment:
Petrol station mentioned in the "Channel Tunnel" article. Try your luck here if you didn't find a ride inside the train. Not too many cars stop here but anyway, it took me around 20 mins to get a ride to Belgium.


country: DE
datetime: 2011-05-27 00:24:13.000000
comment:
Had to wait 15 minutes to get a lift to Grünberg. the cars are allowed to drive 50km/h and have enough space to stop for you. good luck!


country: FR
datetime: 2011-05-27 03:11:17.000000
comment:
Bi-directional service station. Okay for going to the UK, great for going far into Europe as a lot of people fresh in from the ferries/tunnel call here.


country: DE
datetime: 2011-05-28 14:02:17.000000
comment:
Marienborn service area. Very easy to find a lift to Poland as many truckers stop there. Moreover, this spot used to be one of the major border crossings between West and East Germany since 1945 till 1990. The whole infrastructure has been preserved, so if you are interested in history, you might consider spending some more time here for sightseeing.


country: HU
datetime: 2011-05-29 14:56:12.000000
comment:
Towards north, Slovakia and Poland. Get here (Szöd-Szödliget station) by train from Budapest-Nyugati station. Hitch on the motorway, not on the on-ramp.


country: DE
datetime: 2011-05-30 00:05:41.000000
comment:
Direction: Berlin
Not a very good place, not many cars going to Berlin - for best effects stand just by the lane, lots of cars move just through B98


country: EE
datetime: 2011-05-30 01:12:18.000000
comment:
Halinga and Pärnu-Jaagupi are not exactly the best spots in the world to hitchhike southbound to Pärnu. It took us some 2 hours to get a ride.


country: SK
datetime: 2011-05-30 01:14:42.000000
comment:
Direction to the west of Slovakia (Poprad, Levoca, Liptovsky Mikulas and so..).

Area of Gas station, you can ask the drivers.

Area of 


country: EE
datetime: 2011-05-30 01:19:54.000000
comment:
It proved impossible to hitchhike here. After some two hours of waiting, a car took us a little bit farther to the south-east, where is was way easier to get a lift.


country: SK
datetime: 2011-05-30 01:20:37.000000
comment:
The best place in direction to Presov/Kosice I've found there. Its before the turn, cars are slow cause they go up the hill and there is a place for them to stop.


country: AM
datetime: 2011-05-30 01:25:48.000000
comment:
An excellent spot to hitchhike in the direction of Georgia (Tbilisi). Got a ride to the border in 2 minutes.


country: SK
datetime: 2011-05-30 01:37:36.000000
comment:
The best place in direction to Presov. Near the bus stop Moňok (Monok) of line 33 (public transport system).  

The last meters of the speed maximum limit in the town. Concentration of all cars going out freom Kosice through this place.


country: DE
datetime: 2011-05-30 11:05:37.000000
comment:
Nice spot because there's a traffic light and cars get a good look at you before pulling directly onto the highway going west. I had to wait almost 15 seconds for a ride.


country: FR
datetime: 2011-05-30 13:33:43.000000
comment:
Direction Toward the toll "La Gravelle" or towards the gas station "Aire de Mondevert" ; which are both good spots to get to Paris/Le Mans


country: FR
datetime: 2011-05-30 22:42:01.000000
comment:
Entrence to the motorway A31, where you can hitch in three different directions - Luxembourg, Paris or Nancy. Always make a sign here.


country: BE
datetime: 2011-05-31 17:14:48.000000
comment:
Bus stop to direction Antwerpen. Waited around 5 minutes in the late afternoon. Cars drive very slow, and it's very easy for them to stop.
Reaching this spot is very easy too. Take tram #3 to direction Esplanade, and at the tram stop, and exit from the small corridor between the stairs and the fence on the right.


country: FR
datetime: 2011-05-31 19:44:00.000000
comment:
Direction Strasbourg, Saarbrücken, Frankfurt. You can get around by bus 8 or U from the city centre. 


country: FR
datetime: 2011-05-31 19:54:48.000000
comment:
Direction East towards Strasbourg, Saarbrücken, Frankfurt. It's in a walking distance from the city centre. Make a sign saying Strasbourg or A4 Est - Péage if you want to go by motorway as there's a lot of local traffic to St. Avold area and most go there by national road N3.


country: LV
datetime: 2011-06-01 15:48:17.000000
comment:
It took me 3 hours to get a ride by a drunk over a stretch of just 5 km. People are shy and don’t like hitchhikers a lot. Eventually you’ll find something but prepare for waiting! If you’ll find a nice ride all the way to the border your life will be a lot easier!


country: IT
datetime: 2011-06-02 11:45:41.000000
comment:
Very good to go north from Treviso. The SR348 goes up to Feltre in Belluno's province. there's enough sspace at a roundabout. you can get here with a 25 minute's walk from the centre of Treviso


country: CH
datetime: 2011-06-04 10:05:00.000000
comment:
we waited for an an hour and half, destination just freiburg, no chance, went on over the bridge to the next spot, see what i write there


country: CH
datetime: 2011-06-04 10:07:20.000000
comment:
same here waited for another 1 and a half hours, next to the police station, no one, even nobody who would bring us to the next reststopp, as we wrote germany instead of freiburg. 


country: CZ
datetime: 2011-06-05 10:52:17.000000
comment:
Very straight, wide road. A lot of local traffic, so write a board with some nearby town like Svitavy or Litomysl. Been standing here for 15min.


country: PL
datetime: 2011-06-05 11:01:09.000000
comment:
Bad place. Just local traffic entering the highway.
Cars are slowing here, so you can ask for a drive to next gas station.


country: CA
datetime: 2011-06-06 02:16:17.000000
comment:
South to Saint-Georges.

Not ideal as southbound traffic takes the left-hand lane, whilst the hitcher must take a right. i got a ride fairly quickly, but only as far as the other side of Pont de Québec, which wasn't ideal for getting back on the 73.


country: CA
datetime: 2011-06-06 02:17:53.000000
comment:
Taking the 73 south to Beauceville.. good spot, plenty of space, and slow traffic heading to Pont P. Laporte. Waited 5 minutes


country: CA
datetime: 2011-06-06 02:20:26.000000
comment:
Hard to explain why but took a very long time to get a lift south towards Maine. Waited 3 hours on a rainy morning and got to Saint-Come.. 


country: BE
datetime: 2011-06-06 13:37:20.000000
comment:
The best place to hitch to Brussels, tried it twice and both times got a ride in less than 10 minutes. There is plenty of space for cars to stop, the visibility is good and they are not going too fast after the traffic lights.


country: NL
datetime: 2011-06-06 14:06:36.000000
comment:
Maybe not the ideal spot to go to Amsterdam in terms of local vs. intercity traffic, but there is a lot of space for cars to stop and they are not going very fast and the visibility is perfect, so we managed to get a ride in 20 minutes, so this place is quite a decent choice.


country: GB
datetime: 2011-06-06 14:22:32.000000
comment:
The gas station is perhaps not the best place to hitch in Maidstone services, the people don't seem very comfortable with you approaching them and there is a lot of local traffic or people going in the opposite direction, so I only ended up receiving a few rude replies here, better try at the exit or the parking lots.


country: GB
datetime: 2011-06-06 14:25:23.000000
comment:
I tried this spot to get a ride over the Channel Tunnel, because people are coming out of the parking lot very slowly and it is easy to stop for them to chat with me, but unfortunately most of them ride full cars or are locals or travelling in a different direction, so I only managed to get a ride after 2 hours.


country: TR
datetime: 2011-06-06 16:30:52.000000
comment:
Last gasstation in town with ample place to hitch on the highway.

Take bus 105, 106 or 137 from Kizilay (Ankara centrum) to get here in Golbasi.


country: TR
datetime: 2011-06-06 16:35:31.000000
comment:
Traffic to Malatya from here was slim, took met 1,5h to get a ride. Most drivers turned south or indicated they were turning north further on.


country: TR
datetime: 2011-06-06 16:37:29.000000
comment:
Surprisingly little traffic leaving town. Was here from 09:00 until 10:45 when I caught a ride.

Probably better to take a dolmus further out of town to hitch at the University (marked 'Campus')


country: TR
datetime: 2011-06-06 16:40:44.000000
comment:
While having lunch and enjoying the view already 5 cars offered to take me to Ardahan. After lunch it took 5 minutes.


country: AU
datetime: 2011-06-09 01:43:25.000000
comment:
Great Place for going North. I live 1km away, at least 5 times CS Guest were picked up here in under 15minutes. 2had direct rides to Cairns. There is a bus fm TSV City (http://www.hpbs.com.au/route-33) Ask the bus driver for "Woodlands Caravan Park at the Mt Low turn off"
There are traffic lights. Cars stop here, and then they pull up for you. 


country: AU
datetime: 2011-06-09 01:46:07.000000
comment:
Best spot for going South. Took me 30minutes but ride went for 3hours. I was droped off here, possibly a better spot but here it goes from 60 to 80km/h and safe pullover area.


country: AU
datetime: 2011-06-09 01:48:00.000000
comment:
Big Petrol station, Can get cars filling up prior to long trip. 
One lane of cars going south and north about 60km/h


country: PL
datetime: 2011-06-10 00:43:53.000000
comment:
A bus stop / turning lane.

06/2011 road construction of this road ended just before this spot, so it was very nice. Future plans of the construction might change this place a lot - ask locals first.


country: PL
datetime: 2011-06-10 00:49:59.000000
comment:
Towards Germany and to East. Enough traffic coming from Legnica. There's a small bar and a small gas station. Not the best place for it's so small.


country: MK
datetime: 2011-06-11 18:22:41.000000
comment:
Just came from Skopje with bus to Kumanovo for 10 dinars till these paytolls and took 10mins to get a ride to Nis. Nice place for cars to stop on a side


country: RO
datetime: 2011-06-12 20:06:13.000000
comment:
This spot is good if you wanna get a direct ride to Turkey or Bulgaria. 

Virtually all turkish truckdrivers who's going home to Turkey passes through this point. As if that wasn't enough the intersection couldn't be a better place to get a ride. Partly because there are a lot of holes on the road which forces the drivers to slow down a great bit and partly because they have to stop before turning right onto the CB-road.

However it should be added that this is one of those few places that actually requires signs (personally I rarely use them). If you're going to Bulgaria a simple BL will do and if you're going to Turkey a TR-sign always makes the Turkish drivers smile (even when they cant pick you up).

Bear in mind that most trucks leave somewhere between 9 to 12 in the morning so you might wanna be here early. If you do happen to, like me, arrive late and getting stuck for the night you should know that camping in this area is hard (though not completely impossible). One advice is to talk to, Ali, the owner of the turkish restaurant and truck parking. He's a nice person who'll be happy to arrange a safe, if possibly a bit uncomfortable, place to spend the night. In the morning he might try to arrange a ride with the turkish drivers.


country: FR
datetime: 2011-06-12 22:05:23.000000
comment:
Good spot for going north. To get into the station from Lille you are probably best to hitch from the highway entrance back beside Grand Palais. But can be reached from metro stop Mons Sarts (requires a fence jump through some bushes). 


country: CZ
datetime: 2011-06-13 18:20:23.000000
comment:
i don't know exactly where along this street but it's not necessary to walk further outside the city..just find bus stop long enough (the traffic is not that busy) and thumb up! cars are going slower in this area!


country: CZ
datetime: 2011-06-13 19:04:59.000000
comment:
it's possible to go further down as well so you can catch cars going from Olomouc as well. good spot direction Zábřeh..(if you were droped off at the petrol station from direction Hradec Králové - cross the bridge and turn left) ..good luck:)


country: TR
datetime: 2011-06-13 21:32:45.000000
comment:
there is a petroturk here, and in the lokonta there is a guy that speaks excellent self taught english and gave us çay and lentil soup. a very friendly place, and lots of cars passing, going toward Izmir and çanakkale.


country: CH
datetime: 2011-06-14 16:55:47.000000
comment:
A good chance for a long lift, german and swiss tourists passing, but also local traffic, go on the ramp where you'll find a large hard shoulder to stand and stop on.


country: RS
datetime: 2011-06-15 00:59:53.000000
comment:
In my way from Skopje to Belgrade, this was really not a nice place to hitchhike. Someone dropped me out here just because he went out to Nis. I was two hours for a ride to Belgrade. I did not expected that in a paytoll in a highway.


country: RS
datetime: 2011-06-15 01:08:04.000000
comment:
Just after the petrol station I stays for 3 hours till someone picked me, but just to the border. And I was going to Timisoara


country: RO
datetime: 2011-06-15 01:18:20.000000
comment:
Somewhere arround here there is a petrolstation. Just close to it I got a ride with a bus (not paying) till Sandra. 40km far.


country: CZ
datetime: 2011-06-15 13:13:19.000000
comment:
This is a good place to hike in western directions. You are clearly visible and there is a lot of place for a driver to stop.


country: DE
datetime: 2011-06-15 13:36:36.000000
comment:
Even if hiking from McDonalds can cause some problems, then the petrol station 200m farther is a very good place to hike towards Poland.  


country: PL
datetime: 2011-06-15 13:48:32.000000
comment:
This is a very popular spot to hike out of Warsaw - lots of local traffic, but it's also not very hard to get a ride to Krakow or Katowice. Hike straightly from the bus stop - lots of people are travelling from that point so you have to be prepared that sometimes there is a crowd of hitchhikers here. This is also the place where a bus to Janki stops - there is actually a better spot for hiking. Keep in mind that drivers taking you to Radom usually expect some money from you, so make this clear before getting in.


country: PL
datetime: 2011-06-15 13:57:50.000000
comment:
A good place to go to Gdansk, Warsaw or Olsztyn. There is enough place to hike in all of these directions.


country: RS
datetime: 2011-06-15 16:58:06.000000
comment:
hitchhike here in direction to Nis and further. Visibility is okay, and there's some abandoned parking lot next to a road. Traffic here consists of all international vehicles crossing over Serbia coming from Bulgaria/Turkey, and locals from nearby towns (except Bela Palanka and Babusnica locals but these are minor number and they usually don't go further than to Nis). You will most likely be the only hitchhiker here.


country: US
datetime: 2011-06-15 20:33:17.000000
comment:
Next to a police station, they didn't bother me, but I wouldn't recommend it.  Also, no one is going to Indiana, they are all just getting around the city, so it is pretty pointless if you are trying to go long distances.


country: DE
datetime: 2011-06-15 22:32:36.000000
comment:
In principle it's legal, and in principle there's loads of traffic and a lot of place for cars to stop. In practice bored cops will send you away.
But if you're fast...


country: AT
datetime: 2011-06-16 17:54:24.000000
comment:
There is a service area called "Roosenbergen". It is even not mentionned in a map, so never try to get a lift to the north from there. Waited nearly 3 hours.


country: US
datetime: 2011-06-17 01:56:51.000000
comment:
Going I-74E, I stood in the middle by the left turn lane because the cars stop there for the red light.  Be prepared to wait a while.


country: AT
datetime: 2011-06-17 10:48:25.000000
comment:
Many cars stop because this is the last petrol satation in the Euro Zone. You can choose which car do you prefer. We chose a BMW. :)


country: HU
datetime: 2011-06-17 10:52:14.000000
comment:
The way to go Budapest. The driver took a low frequented petrol station (500 m norther). So we walked down here. Cars who don't want to pay fee, use this road.


country: IT
datetime: 2011-06-17 13:35:31.000000
comment:
Me & Girl got to Aulla by train so as to avoid hitching out of La Spezia. We hoped the entrance to the motorway will be a reasonable  place to hitch into the higway (as the nearest Area di servico (tank station) direction north is just 22 km away from the entrance & every car entering the  motorway might  drive us into it. Wrong! The spot has no side so that cars could pullover without blocking whole traffic & risking being rear bumped an accident. moreover right @ the place there is an office of "carabinieri" and "polizia stradale".
When we add to it  italian attitude to hitchhikers it gives us awful place to hitch. We tried 4 hours in the  evening -spent a night there- and 2 more hours in the morning of the following day. 


country: US
datetime: 2011-06-17 17:05:18.000000
comment:
I-74E, I think I had just a bit of bad luck.  Some cars were stopping for me, but not going my direction.  There are two gas stations nearby though, so those are potentially good.  There is a welcome center about 5 miles E on I-74 so ask them to take you there.


country: US
datetime: 2011-06-17 17:06:50.000000
comment:
This is a welcome center for the state of Indiana.  The first guy I asked took me 216 miles to my final destination.


country: RO
datetime: 2011-06-18 16:59:18.000000
comment:
Somewhere over here there is a Petrol Station and a nice place to HH. There's enough space for people to stop. you can arrive there with bus nr.11. I got a rde to Cluj-Napoca in 10mins, though he went to Cluj through Arad, and not through Deva as I expected


country: HR
datetime: 2011-06-19 09:56:58.000000
comment:
Very good place to Plitvice lakes. Cars are going slowly You can get here by useing small cycling road near .  


country: HU
datetime: 2011-06-20 22:39:34.000000
comment:
Next to a bus station, just before the "no bicycles" sign. Used a sign to Kanizsa and got a ride withing 10 minutes. A lot of cars go this way and there's no need to walk all the way to the highway. Around 30 min walk from the train station.


country: HU
datetime: 2011-06-20 22:42:07.000000
comment:
Solt is a small village at the crossroads of major roads, with very heavy traffic. We got a ride from here all the way to Békéscsaba very quickly. I recommend you avoid Budapest and instead go here.


country: RS
datetime: 2011-06-21 15:59:04.000000
comment:
On E70/M1, just after exit to Mitrovica. Good for rides west to Croatian border. Underpass nice for shelter from sun or rain, plenty of room for drivers to stop.


country: NL
datetime: 2011-06-25 13:48:31.000000
comment:
Managed to get a ride towards 's-Hertogenbosch (my destination) and there was someone offering a ride towards Venlo (which I didn't take).


country: NL
datetime: 2011-06-25 13:54:54.000000
comment:
Managed to get here by hitchhiking.
From here I managed to get a ride towards Den Haag, had to refuse quite a few (5) short distance offers.


country: CZ
datetime: 2011-06-25 14:44:51.000000
comment:
z míkovic či vések do světa (praha 3hod; brno 1hod; u.brod 25min; trenčín 2hod;...) velmi frekventovaná silnice, na obou stranách perfektní fleky na stop.


country: CZ
datetime: 2011-06-25 15:10:44.000000
comment:
directions: Uherské Hradiště, Trenčín, Ukraina !!!, ...
from brno take a train ("Sp" to Slakov u Brna - it is the first station, so you cann drive black); than go right on the road cca 300m (under the bridge);


country: AT
datetime: 2011-06-25 15:48:05.000000
comment:
direction: heinburg, bratislava,... (klasic stop - keine autobahn, NO HIGHWAY); 
aus wien kann man mit s-bahn nach flughafen fahren, dort gibt es mindestens zwei billamarket mit interesante koerber :) - karton (alkoolfix muss man haben). viele autos hier sind aus bratislava.


country: CZ
datetime: 2011-06-25 21:17:49.000000
comment:
direction: M.Boleslav
take a bus (sory i dont remember the nuber...it was going from metro Černý Most) and go cca 1km here. on the leftside is a petrol station (We were a group of six people...4 were on the petrol station and 2 here)


country: HU
datetime: 2011-06-26 23:21:25.000000
comment:
Well, I would suggest walking on the other side of the junction and standing next to the road on the grass there. There is a spot where the cars can stop for you. I was standing there with a friend, and the second car which passed picked us up.
Direction: Pécs


country: HU
datetime: 2011-06-26 23:29:48.000000
comment:
Direction: Esztergom
Take the bus 260 until the last station (Bóbita utca), get off there and hitch-hike in front of the gravel parking spot.


country: HR
datetime: 2011-06-27 02:22:34.000000
comment:
Stand before the bus station. There are many locals going to Sinj, so you can ask them to drop you off at the toll of the highway entrnace if you want to hhike to Zagreb.


country: PL
datetime: 2011-06-27 02:31:16.000000
comment:
There is a bus station where you can stand even at night! All the locals hitchhike from there. At 4.00 in the morning the first car to pass took us.


country: CZ
datetime: 2011-06-27 02:41:55.000000
comment:
After the junction there is a bus stop. Try to htichhike from there to the border (Český Těšín), if your destination is Poland.


country: HU
datetime: 2011-06-27 02:48:29.000000
comment:
On top of the small hill there is a bus station. Try to hitchhike in front of that, so the cars can easily stop. Good place to get a ride to Budapest.


country: DE
datetime: 2011-06-28 01:51:40.000000
comment:
A good spot to get to Weimar, if you get up early enough to catch the commuters. There are some parking lots at the sidewalk. The lady who took me, told me that there are often hitchhikers. 


country: AT
datetime: 2011-06-28 14:12:59.000000
comment:
Decent place to get in and out of the Virgental. In summer season, loaded with tourists, although locals can be friendlier.


country: ES
datetime: 2011-06-28 14:34:46.000000
comment:
Excellent spot to reach the Baix Empordà and the Central Costa Brava from the train. It's pretty easy to find a ride (by spanish standards), and, as there is a huge net of minor roads, don't worry if the driver is not sharing your destination. If he or she says he knows a roundabout from which you can keep on hitching, trust him!


country: ES
datetime: 2011-06-28 14:37:42.000000
comment:
Absolutely pointless. It's not a bad place, I've got a couple of rides from it, but, if you walk five minutes to the spot in the C-66, you get a much better one. The only exception is talking to a local who was riding in the same train than you and, if he has his car parked in the station, or has someone to pick him up, convincing him to give you a lift. But trust me, go to the junction with the c-66 and hitch there.


country: ES
datetime: 2011-06-28 14:39:45.000000
comment:
Good place to reach Torroella de Montgrí, l'Estartit, Pals... if coming from Flaçà or Girona and your driver is not sharing your destination. It's a pretty small road, so waiting times can be long.


country: ES
datetime: 2011-06-28 14:42:01.000000
comment:
Good spot if your destination is the Alt Empordà (Figueres, Roses...) or Torroella de Montgrí and you come from the south (La Bisbal, Palafrugell, Palamós...).


country: ES
datetime: 2011-06-28 14:43:34.000000
comment:
Interesting to go to the Alt Empordà (Roses, Figueres...), Torroella de Montgrí, Flaçà, Girona... Don't Bother, however, to hitchhike here if your destination is the south. Cross la Bisbal on foot and hitch in the other end of the town.


country: ES
datetime: 2011-06-29 14:27:47.000000
comment:
I started at this gas station to go to Lisbon in Portugal.
It's easy to get here with Metro 6, station Alto de Extremadura.
There are a lot of people, but mainly they stay in Madrid. 
Try to get a ride on the A-5 to Km 48, there is a gas station with a restaurant and the probabilities to get somebody going to Portugal are better.


country: ES
datetime: 2011-06-29 14:33:19.000000
comment:
Gas station with restaurant where a lot of trucks to Portugal stop.
I've got here hitch-hiking, so I can't tell you how to get here with public transport!


country: ES
datetime: 2011-06-30 15:27:58.000000
comment:
The wiki will tell you to hitchhike the ferry to Tanger from here, by asking the truck drivers - only problem - there are almost none. Better go to Algeciras directly there are hundreds of them. If you still want to stay here, you can sleep at the fair house or at the nice beach of Tarifa during the night.


country: ES
datetime: 2011-06-30 18:21:30.000000
comment:
Small parking bay for max. three trucks. Most of the time at least one truck stays here, waiting for the starting signal. Good spot for starting the search for a ferry lift to Morocco.


country: ES
datetime: 2011-06-30 18:31:20.000000
comment:
Roundabout 200 meters before the sliproad to N-443. If you are heading to Sevilla you should use "Jerez" on your sign as well. Normally a perfect spot, but it´s in Spain...a billboard will protect you from the sun. 


country: ES
datetime: 2011-06-30 18:50:07.000000
comment:
Roundabout to several directions, a lot of truck traffic coming from the industrial area in direction sevilla, only very few traffic to Cadiz. If you go to Cadiz never let you drop out here, you probably have to turn back to Sevilla!   


country: FR
datetime: 2011-07-04 11:33:04.000000
comment:
Direction south: There is a bus stop here, with space for cars to stop, and a petrol station 20m further. Traffic light before it, so cars aren't moving too fast.


country: LV
datetime: 2011-07-04 13:09:58.000000
comment:
This is a good spot to get a ride to Riga or to Lithuania.
It is possible to hitch trucks, which go to Europe.


country: RS
datetime: 2011-07-04 19:22:10.000000
comment:
Spot for hh towards village Rtanj and the mountain with same name, just stand by the road after motel "Rtanj"


country: MK
datetime: 2011-07-04 21:53:45.000000
comment:
main road goes by the town. walk to this junction, 10 mins from the centre. okay for both directions.


country: AT
datetime: 2011-07-05 11:14:53.000000
comment:
To hitchhike north to the A9 highway you can ask people for a ride at two places: at this shopping centre; or, around 1km before here on Wiener StraBe (road) is a petrol station. To get here, catch the bus 52 from the Hauptbanhof (Central Station). You can get a ride to the first petrol station on the A9 out of Graz, which is around 10 minutes drive if you cannot get a lift further. Good luck! s xo


country: DE
datetime: 2011-07-05 18:04:20.000000
comment:
Actually I didn't catch a ride from here, but that was because I was going into the wrong direction (I wanted to go east/ A2). If you want to get to the A3 to the north, that might be a good place to ask for rides.


country: TH
datetime: 2011-07-07 07:43:07.000000
comment:
Towards Chiang Mai.

You can hitchhike earlier in Pai too, but just after the crossroad is good since you get traffic from both roads.


country: HU
datetime: 2011-07-07 19:00:54.000000
comment:
Not very high traffic but there are many cars with Slovene license plates that probably go to Slovenia. If nothing else, you should get a short lift across the border. We got a lift all the ay to Ljubljana. It might also be a good idea to go to the next village where the road 86 is bringing trucks from Slovakia going to Slovenia.


country: CZ
datetime: 2011-07-10 11:41:09.000000
comment:
We waited about 20 minutes and we stopped a man who took us to even a better place. Good place to head north (Hrádek n N.) or west (Děčín).


country: CZ
datetime: 2011-07-10 11:45:52.000000
comment:
This is a really great place to hitchhike! Either you want to get to Germany or to the Western Bohemia!


country: RS
datetime: 2011-07-10 14:59:16.000000
comment:
To go east (Cacak, Kraljevo, Krusevac, Nis) this is the best spot. It's very close from Uzice city center, just pass by main bus station and follow the signs. Go up to the main road and hh at the shoulder, there is enough space for cars to pull over.


country: RS
datetime: 2011-07-10 15:04:08.000000
comment:
Just stand next to the road and hh in preferred direction: north to Tara mountain, west to Bosnia, east to Uzice. There is monument of the train there, easy to recognize.


country: RS
datetime: 2011-07-10 15:10:59.000000
comment:
It's crucial to get to the huge junction just out of Pozega. From there you can easily get a ride south (Arilje, Ivanjica), east (Cacak) and west (Uzice).


country: RS
datetime: 2011-07-10 15:20:29.000000
comment:
To go to Arilje, Pozega or just to get to the junction before Pozega (and then easily go further west or east), there is a bridge on your right but continue straight. There is a bus stop with enough space for cars to pull over. It's a bit far from center of Ivanjica, 2-3 km or something. Taxi is very cheap, though. There are lots of local rides, use a sign.


country: RS
datetime: 2011-07-10 15:29:39.000000
comment:
To go to Sjenica, from center of Ivanjica take "Javorska" street and follow it until you get to the beginning of the forest (and the mountain). Just go up the street and pick the place you want.


country: RS
datetime: 2011-07-10 15:33:32.000000
comment:
As Sjenica is very small, just anybody how to get out of the town in the direction of Nova Varos. There is a small junction where you can hh towards Nova Varos or to Ivanjica.


country: RS
datetime: 2011-07-10 15:44:21.000000
comment:
To go from Bajina Basta to Uzice, it's a bit tricky because the town has merged with villages along the road. Take street "Dusana Visnjica" from the center and follow it. After some time, start hh, try to get any ride, just to get to the open road with no houses around.


country: SI
datetime: 2011-07-11 12:06:14.000000
comment:
This is a small bus station with enough room for cars to stop. Mostly locals go here and they are not very friendly. After 2 hours got picked up by a couple from Maribor.


country: FR
datetime: 2011-07-13 22:32:49.000000
comment:
Pour rejoindre l'autoroute direction Toulouse, avec un panneau "A 20". Pas de péage à Limoges, car l'autoroute est gratuite.


country: AU
datetime: 2011-07-14 11:49:26.000000
comment:
good spot to hitch into the nationalpark. there is a "share a ride" station. everyone who wants to go in the nationalpark has to use this road.


country: DE
datetime: 2011-07-14 18:32:16.000000
comment:
If somebody tells you to go from Memmingen direction Lindau this way - don't believe them. It's a rather bad spot. I waited around 1-1,5 hours to get to the next rest area, which is on the wrong side of the highway and wasn't very cool either.


country: DE
datetime: 2011-07-14 19:01:22.000000
comment:
Good place to get on A95 direction Garmisch-Partenkirchen. You can get here with U3. There is also a bus 56 from Pasing, or the same one from Blutenburg, right next to the end of A8. 

Keep in mind, there is only rest area before Garmisch, near Höhenrain.


country: DE
datetime: 2011-07-14 19:15:32.000000
comment:
Lots of cars going to the North. Almost everybody going south aren't going far, and they are relatively few.


country: DE
datetime: 2011-07-15 02:34:10.000000
comment:
I hichhiked here to go to Szczecin (Stettin); quite remote place, but if you find a lift to this place it's not so bad: there is a traffic light, so cars slow down a bit more. As you see from the arrows, you catch all the cars coming from the city and from both directions of the Berliner ring.
The remoteness of the place, then, stimulates car drivers to stop, because they'll think there's something wrong if a person walks on that road.


country: DE
datetime: 2011-07-15 02:36:15.000000
comment:
I hitch-hiked here to go to Szczecin (Stettin). In general, I don't recommend to use the thumb on the Berliner Allee; to much traffic, few places to stop, nervous people, and you're still inside the town. Exactly in the spot I put there is a petrol station; it's on the other side of the street and people going to Poland usually wait to be there to refuel because it's cheaper, but anyway it's better than the thumb. So, few cars directed to Szczecin, but some of them anyway going out from Berlin in direction North (ask for Bernau too); once you're on the Autobahn (in petrol stations!) or also in the countryside it's easier to find somebody.


country: DE
datetime: 2011-07-15 02:40:35.000000
comment:
I tried to hitchhike from here to Szczecin (Stettin), but it didn't work. There is a petrol station, but few cars stop here to refuel and it is on the other side of the street. I suggest you to walk a bit and go to the cross between B2 and Berliner Ring, it's much better.


country: PL
datetime: 2011-07-15 03:06:22.000000
comment:
On this street on the peninsula it's quite easy to find a ride in both directions, at least in summer, when there are lot of tourists. There were many other people hitchhiking, I recommend you!


country: PL
datetime: 2011-07-15 20:18:35.000000
comment:
Anywhere on this Kryńska street is good to go to Krynki. Be careful though, there are a bunch of fascists in this area.


country: NO
datetime: 2011-07-15 20:59:46.000000
comment:
A perfect hitchhiking spot for south of Norway and Stavanger. You can take bus number 32 (or 31) from Nasjonaltheatret to stop "Maritime". You'll see a petrol station and you can easily stay at its exit.


country: NO
datetime: 2011-07-15 21:16:16.000000
comment:
If you need get out of city the good one and not far away spot is at next side of the street at place where is Slottetsmuseet - you can easily ask every body. Just 10 minutes from centre.


country: RS
datetime: 2011-07-18 12:01:41.000000
comment:
this is a long street that becomes a road to Zajecar as it leads of the town. You can recognize the place as some military ground are on your right, and some industry buildings are across the street.

Visibility is very good and you could stand anywhere you want, as nearly all vehicles that go to Zajecar direction pass here. 

Note that you will have to walk a little bit from the center to get here, and if you arrive in Knjazevac from Nis/Svrljig, you better ask the driver not to leave you at the entrance of the town, as then you could walk straight but quite a bit, it took me good 45 minutes in that case.


country: FR
datetime: 2011-07-18 14:09:46.000000
comment:
Go to Nemours with a train from Paris Gare de Lyon (1 hour approximately). Then 30min walking (http://tinyurl.com/2bs24sf). There youare on the paying section of the highway, so there are no suburbian people or so.


country: HR
datetime: 2011-07-18 23:03:23.000000
comment:
Bus stop just outside Otocac, in the direction of Plitvice.

Many truck drivers toward Bhiac (Bosnia) pass by here. They can take you untill Preboij, about 7 km from the entrance to the Plitvice NP.

We got picked up right when we were leaving our previous ride.


country: HR
datetime: 2011-07-18 23:13:44.000000
comment:
Pula, direction A9 (Rijeka, Slovenia) or D66 (Labin, Opatija)

Bus stop near big supermarkets in front of intersection toward motorway A9 and coastal road D66.


country: HR
datetime: 2011-07-18 23:19:28.000000
comment:
Labin, along D66, toward Opatija, Brestova (for Cres ferry) and Rijeka)

Spot is ok, although traffic can be light even in summer. There is much room for cars to stop, even trucks could easily park here. Little bit of shadow, too and a hypermarket across the street for snacks or water.

Got a ride to Brestova after 15-20 min.


country: HR
datetime: 2011-07-18 23:24:23.000000
comment:
Plitvice Lakes NP (secondary entrance, Hotel Bellevue), toward Gospic, Zadar, Split, Bosnia.

Bus stop outside the secondary entrance of the park. Lots of traffic, but many packed tourist cars.
Waiting time can be long, but you might be lucky and catch a ride all the way to Zadar.


country: HR
datetime: 2011-07-18 23:28:36.000000
comment:
On the ferry from Brestova, towards Cres town.

When on the ferry, make a sign for Cres (town) and go stand at the front. People on the boat will see you and you'll most probably have a ride before the cars even start driving off.

Longer distance (to Losinj island) should be possible, much traffic is headed there.


country: HR
datetime: 2011-07-18 23:31:04.000000
comment:
Cres town, INA petrol station, toward Merag (ferry to Krk).

A direct ride will be very hard, but you can talk to people at the petrol station. They might be willing to take you to the main road toward Porozina.

The intersection toward the Kovacine autocamp is a better place for further travel.

Direction Losinj might yield better results.


country: HR
datetime: 2011-07-18 23:35:26.000000
comment:
Outside Cres town, Kovacine intersection, toward Porozina (for Istria ferry) and Merag (for Krk ferry).

The main road on the island, go experience going north: nearly all traffic goes to one of the ferry ports.
Best is to have sign with 'Krk' and a pic of a ferry or 'Istra'.


country: HR
datetime: 2011-07-18 23:40:01.000000
comment:
Malinska, toward mainland (Rijeka).

Cars go too fast, can't see past the turn and can't stop.

Don't let anyone drop you off here if they're headed into Malinska. 
Happened to us after a ride from the ferry from Cres. Had to walk quite far to find a place where cars could stop (about 15-20 min north).
There is also a petrol station at the main entrance to Malinska. Ask your ride to drop you off there.


country: DE
datetime: 2011-07-18 23:46:37.000000
comment:
Weeze Airport (NRN), past exit of P2, toward Cologne, Netherlands.

Plenty of cars passing by, many packed with families returning from holiday. Also drivers who have just dropped someone off.
Enough space for stopping.


country: DE
datetime: 2011-07-18 23:50:16.000000
comment:
Weeze, A57 (both Cologne and Netherlands).

Bus stop kind of asphalt strip next to the road (though no actual stop here!). Try to get dropped off here from Weeze airport if your initial ride is headed the opposite direction on the highway.


country: DE
datetime: 2011-07-19 10:57:32.000000
comment:
thought this might be a good spot...many students, and as it was a Friday I thought perhaps some of them would be leaving home...but forget it! this place is dead, as is the whole areal (when it comes to car traffic ofc). also, don't try to stand on the main road b/c it is huge! 


country: DE
datetime: 2011-07-19 11:00:01.000000
comment:
at the beginning I thought this might be a good spot, as it leads rights out of the city centre, but mostly b/c I used to take carsharing offers which usually start at the west entrance of the Hbf yet I couldn't see where cars should stop along the street, b/c it is quite well frequented, so I didn't try; if you're heading to Trier, perhaps consider leaving from Wiesbaden instead


country: DE
datetime: 2011-07-19 11:05:01.000000
comment:
Senseless! Relatively little traffic and no place for cars to stop. Instead, take the bus in the direction of Wiesbaden Hbf and get off at the very next bus stop (Freibad; see other post)!


country: DE
datetime: 2011-07-19 11:10:20.000000
comment:
Finally a perfect spot! :) LOTS of traffic and all leading out of the city onto the A66! It's a 2-lane road, but you got a bus stop right behind you for cars to pull over. B/c of traffic lights it's easy to jump into any car. In my case, a guy on the 2nd lane stopped and I had enough time to get in.


country: DE
datetime: 2011-07-19 11:18:40.000000
comment:
Very little traffic, but chances are the drivers will either drive to Frankfurt or Trier... better chances than at the airport b/c single drivers. After standing at the airport for 1 1/2 hrs, got a ride here after 5 min...


country: GB
datetime: 2011-07-19 11:41:28.000000
comment:
Bus stop with a beautiful view over the ocean. Lots of traffic. 2-lane road, but going uphill so cars can stop and pull over easily. Recommended.


country: BE
datetime: 2011-07-19 15:03:10.000000
comment:
Nice spot for hitching in the direction of Liège. Much room to pull over.
Catched a ride in less than 5 min


country: BE
datetime: 2011-07-19 15:05:30.000000
comment:
Althought a bit far from the Tongeren town-centre, it's the best place to catch a ride to Antwerp/Brussels.


country: PL
datetime: 2011-07-19 16:37:19.000000
comment:
The spot to Bialystok. 
In front of the petrol station, there is a lot of space for the cars to stop and they can see you from far away and you're just out of the city, so you avoid most of the local traffic (and it's not far from the center)


country: CZ
datetime: 2011-07-21 11:28:48.000000
comment:
Average spot to catch a lift to Germany or Plzen. 
It's before the biggining of the highway...
Take yellow line of the tube to Zlicin. and then walk 3min. 


country: ES
datetime: 2011-07-22 08:55:49.000000
comment:
The exit of the parking of the T4 terminal. Cars have to slow down there to put their tickets and generally there's a line of cars waiting. From this place there's direct access to the highway M12. 
Nevertheless I had to wait quite some time before someone picked me up.


country: PL
datetime: 2011-07-24 12:00:12.000000
comment:
Got there by mistake, but there was no better place. Traffic is really low, because it's only an entrance to the express road above, but you shouldn't hitchkike above for safety reasons. Fortunatelly the very first car picked me up. I think the place is so bad, that some drivers can be compassionate and give you a lift. There is a bus stop, where they can park.


country: SK
datetime: 2011-07-24 12:42:21.000000
comment:
Gas station with high traffic. Many cars don't go for long distances, but I got a lift to Presov in 30 minutes


country: SK
datetime: 2011-07-24 12:46:34.000000
comment:
Gas station in direction of Hungary. Spot looks nice, there are many cars, but little of them go to Hungary, it's mostly local traffic.


country: PL
datetime: 2011-07-24 19:07:14.000000
comment:
The actual bus stop to hitch to the East. The bus 304 can drop you there "Prokocim CPN" bus stop. This is jus before the highway.


country: HU
datetime: 2011-07-24 21:17:45.000000
comment:
Gas station. Traffic wasn't high, but it was Sunday. Direction: highway entrance towards Budapest or Miskolc/Debrecen.


country: HU
datetime: 2011-07-24 21:19:47.000000
comment:
Long runway before highway entrance. All cars drive slowly, because of crossroads, and there is plenty of space to stop


country: DE
datetime: 2011-07-24 22:29:16.000000
comment:
After waiting around 1 hour in every other corner in this area, we came here. There is a 1.5 meter wide grass patch between the 2 lanes. Cars going on A8 will take the 2 inner lanes (lanes towards the middle) and have plenty of time to see your sign. Also there is plenty of time to get on board.
I don't know about legal issues.
Don't forget to smile :D


country: HU
datetime: 2011-07-24 22:44:28.000000
comment:
Place right after roundabout. There is not to much space to stop, but the traffic is quite low. Use it only if you really need. Usually highway will be better option.


country: AT
datetime: 2011-07-24 22:46:23.000000
comment:
Depending on your travelling direction > most of the traffic goes down South. To Vienna only a few cars.

This place is just in front of the place you can buy Austrian and Slovenian Vignette.

We held out the sign torward the cars coming from the highway. Behind you there is a lane where they could stop if they wanted. It's illegal of course to stop there. Advantage is that more cars see your sign. Use it alternatively with the parking lot further down.

There are also Turkish trucks in the parking. They will take you glad: beware! they are not allowed to travel during the weekends.


country: HU
datetime: 2011-07-25 00:47:50.000000
comment:
Not much traffic there, but I got there by chance. There is also a gas station near, but even less cars goes there. Still got a ride to Balaton in 20 minutes


country: SK
datetime: 2011-07-25 01:03:26.000000
comment:
Got there by chance. The biggest problem is that entrance is already highway, so you need to hitchhike earlier, and there is a turn, so hard place to stop.


country: SK
datetime: 2011-07-25 01:08:15.000000
comment:
Hard spot to stop, but you are sure that most cars go in your direction - Tesin or Poland. PL plate did very nice job there.


country: SK
datetime: 2011-07-25 01:09:56.000000
comment:
It seems to be not that bad, because there is a bus stop, where drivers could stop, but many of them probably don't know it. Spent there half an hour and changed the spot.


country: PL
datetime: 2011-07-25 01:19:11.000000
comment:
You can do everything there. Huge gas station where you can ask truck drivers, really popular place amongst them, or you can stand by the road, you are seen very well, and there is plenty of space to stop.


country: TR
datetime: 2011-07-25 14:43:30.000000
comment:
Seemed like a good idea but traffic was insanely low. Got quite easy on this road because there some industrial park, but to get to Denizli, we had to be patient.


country: TR
datetime: 2011-07-25 14:59:33.000000
comment:
Good place to catch cars going to [[Istanbul]] or [[Edirne]]
Many tourists coming by car from Izmir during summer. You can try and ask on the ferry as well.


country: PL
datetime: 2011-07-25 20:54:59.000000
comment:
Quite good spot on the way to Rabka, Zakopane etc. There is a bus stop there; enough space to stop. It's much better to hitchhike from here then from inside of the city. 


country: PL
datetime: 2011-07-26 02:05:05.000000
comment:
Very good spot on the direct road to Bielsko-Biała, Cieszyn and Czech Republic. It's easy to get a one lift directly Cieszyn. 


country: TH
datetime: 2011-07-26 09:40:49.000000
comment:
Road to Mae Chan and Mae Sai(border). After the traffic lights there is enough place at the roadside. Easy to walk from the centre. 


country: TH
datetime: 2011-07-26 09:50:30.000000
comment:
To South, after the bus station is a good spot. Till the bus station you can take a Songthaew or hitchhike from the center.


country: PL
datetime: 2011-07-26 15:23:49.000000
comment:
Direction - west (Poznan, Szczecin, Germany). Take bus 71 and hop out after you pass through the forest.


country: DE
datetime: 2011-07-26 15:47:11.000000
comment:
Exit no. 30 from Berliner Ring. Didn't take long to find a ride to Hamburg. Probably a good place to ask your driver to drop you, if they're going in a different direction.


country: DE
datetime: 2011-07-26 16:01:51.000000
comment:
You can get here by U-Bahn 12 from the center of Köln, then just walk across the field.
I was trying to get to Hanover, and during one hour of waiting I've stopped about 7 cars before one finally took me to Leverkusen, from where it was easier.


country: GR
datetime: 2011-07-26 16:32:52.000000
comment:
The whole island, especially during the tourist season, is simply a paradise for HH. I spent three days there, HH'ing all over the island, and I can't remember waiting for more than ten minutes (except for one dead spot). Usually the traffic is pretty small, but the smaller it is, the easier is to get a ride.


country: GR
datetime: 2011-07-26 16:37:36.000000
comment:
It's a string of villages high up on the mountain. Try to avoid getting stuck there. The first car to pass by will probably take you, but there's about one car per hour! Also, it helps a lot to speak at least a little Greek here!


country: GR
datetime: 2011-07-26 16:45:59.000000
comment:
Direction: Ioannina.
Because of some Albanian immigrants near the entrance of the highway, no cars wanted to stop. Also we ourselves felt threatened by them. Gave up after 2 hours.


country: GR
datetime: 2011-07-26 16:51:06.000000
comment:
Direction: Ioannina.
We've waited only about 10 minutes here before a car stopped and the driver told us that nobody will go to Ioannina this way - because there's a new, faster road that starts south from the port. Otherwise it might be a good spot for other directions.


country: GR
datetime: 2011-07-26 17:00:16.000000
comment:
During the season, tourists are driving back and forth to Porto Katsiki (and other beaches) all day, and most of the time are very excited to take a hitch hiker!


country: GR
datetime: 2011-07-26 17:13:33.000000
comment:
Direction: Athens. The only cars that were stopping were taxis. Also be wary of the immigrants in this area. Gave up after three hours.


country: GR
datetime: 2011-07-26 17:18:30.000000
comment:
Direction: Nafpaktos, Itea, Delfi. There are traffic lights and a little bit of place for cars to stop.


country: UA
datetime: 2011-07-26 21:15:39.000000
comment:
1 km from the foot border crossing is a filling station. It's a very good spot for hitchhiking towards Lviv.


country: CA
datetime: 2011-07-27 20:55:27.000000
comment:
no good turnoffs from onramp... Would not recommend... I down this highway for about 3 hours, none of the onramps are safe to pull off, none of them after baseline have much traffic, and the road is moving too fast and too busy (even on weekdays) to use... Im considering trying to 7 or heading towards montreal and then down to kingston.. Ottawa/tornto drivers suck for hh..


country: FR
datetime: 2011-07-28 13:23:28.000000
comment:
Nice little spot, much better than the border up the road - heavy traffic and a good spot for people to stop (though not possible for trucks)


country: HU
datetime: 2011-07-29 17:26:03.000000
comment:
Get the bus from Pecs main station to "Remenypuszta". Than walk (or hitchike) to south about 1 km. Here it is, the highway ramp where you can easily get a ride to Budapest.


country: RU
datetime: 2011-07-29 19:17:16.000000
comment:
In the direction of Kharkiv, Crimea, Black Sea. Cars are slowing down here, traffic is huge, and it's easy to get a ride in 5 minutes.


country: RU
datetime: 2011-07-29 19:25:59.000000
comment:
There is gas station and crossing there, a very convenient spot. You need to walk 300m from Moskovskaya Slavyanka (Московская славянка) which is described in Wiki on St. Petersburg.


country: RU
datetime: 2011-07-29 19:36:47.000000
comment:
High traffic and, in spite of it, almost no chance to get a ride. The only hope is truckers' parking.


country: ES
datetime: 2011-07-30 20:14:22.000000
comment:
Big "arab" gas station. A lot of moroccans and algerian stop there before going to/from Tanger. 
Most of the cars are full on the way back and can't help. Not a good idea to hitchhike there.


country: PL
datetime: 2011-07-30 22:02:49.000000
comment:
Nice bus stop, a good place to catch someone going to Lublin. Very big traffic, so you won't wait long.


country: PL
datetime: 2011-07-30 22:11:26.000000
comment:
Bus stop in direction of Sochaczew. Many trucks, but too little space for them to stop. Long waiting time (more than 1 hour).


country: DE
datetime: 2011-07-31 14:26:14.000000
comment:
McDonald's restaurant and petrol station. Quite a few Polish cars if you wanna head to Poland or East in general.


country: PL
datetime: 2011-07-31 14:37:18.000000
comment:
Road leading to the motorway (typical Polish overland road with lots of space to come to a halt). Got a ride here within minutes to Wroclaw.


country: HU
datetime: 2011-08-02 10:41:05.000000
comment:
If you're in Nagykanizsa and want to go to Slovenia or Croatia then this is the best spot. Average waiting time for a couple is 10 minutes. All the cars go to local villages, so you should try and reach Letenye, and from there hitch a ride to Croatia or Slovenia.
There's also a petrol station near Becsehely where trucks stop, you can try to get a ride there.


country: CZ
datetime: 2011-08-02 17:59:54.000000
comment:
ask the austrians in yssi brod or go to that place. there are a couple of chinese street shops where people stop or drive slowly.


country: ME
datetime: 2011-08-06 14:09:10.000000
comment:
A fairly busy road north of Bijelo Polje. Easy place to hitch from. This is the main road from montenegro to serbia, easy to get a longer ride. The border is no problem to cross. Though as of summer 2011, the border is closed at certain times of the day due to construction.


country: ME
datetime: 2011-08-06 14:13:52.000000
comment:
Depending on where your driver is from the Albanian border guards may cause problems. Traffic toward Albania is fairly heavy during summer, in the other direction is less so. 
I hitch hiked to albania for a day trip.
ended up having to walk 5km from the border to near Vladimir before getting a ride.


country: ME
datetime: 2011-08-06 14:18:56.000000
comment:
A very long wait on the way south out of bar. Traffic was very heavy was offered 3 separate rides to ulcinj for 5-10euros. 
Waited two hours until I got a ride. However locals were help in advising me.
In the opposite direction i got a ride from a trucker in 10minutes, who offered to take me to Bijelo Polje


country: ME
datetime: 2011-08-06 14:21:41.000000
comment:
Dead End road. Hitching toward ulcinj during summer is advisable to start very early, 6-7am any later and traffic is awful and rides and unlikely. 

In the even a minibus runs very often to ulcinj for 1 euro. Rooms can be very cheap found a bed for 4 euros per night.


country: ME
datetime: 2011-08-06 14:29:20.000000
comment:
The only motorway in montenegro. due to sidewalk it is difficult for cars to pullover. Hitched outside a military base (guards didnt pay attention). Best idea is to walk 2km further north until it is a single lane road and easier for cars to pullover. and there are fewer locals driving short distances.


country: RS
datetime: 2011-08-06 14:32:29.000000
comment:
Got a ride from a trucker here in 10minutes. He drove me directly to the main train station in Belgrade.
The road is single lane in each direction and it is very easy for cars to pullover.


country: HR
datetime: 2011-08-06 17:07:37.000000
comment:
Traffic is light after Dubrovnik. Got a ride immediately from a Bulgarian couple, who were staying in Kotor, Montenegro. I would say that was down to luck. Although the road is quite good for hitching.


country: NL
datetime: 2011-08-08 19:43:37.000000
comment:
Direction West (Utrecht, Amsterdam) and North (Apeldoorn, Zwolle): Total gas station

You can talk to people here for getting a ride. Many of them take the A12, but some also go north on the A50.


country: RO
datetime: 2011-08-09 14:06:15.000000
comment:
To Muravita. This part is full of "forbidden to stop", it means there are many hitchikers there, mostly locals. if you don't have plastic bag it is easy to get a ride.


country: PL
datetime: 2011-08-09 15:46:46.000000
comment:
2011.08.10
It seems so be the best option to hitch on th road number 5 (to Poznan...) at the moment. At the moment cars have a lot of space to stop on the speeding up lane. There is work further on the road and cars/trucks wont have much space to stop and they will not see you from far way.


country: PL
datetime: 2011-08-11 12:59:49.000000
comment:
Roundabout at the end of Tarnowo Podgorne. Cars have to slow down and there is enough place for them to stop. Go to Ochrody by tram, take bus 91 to Smochowice and then bus 01 to Tarnowo Podgorne. Should take you about an hour to get here. 


country: LV
datetime: 2011-08-11 13:12:39.000000
comment:
The access ramp to the motorway is quite long, so you can hitchhike here, but do so behind the safety rail and make sure you are seen. Otherwise I found a ride to Estonia really quickly, about 10 minutes. 


country: DE
datetime: 2011-08-12 11:16:45.000000
comment:
A real good station for going west in direction of Chemnitz or Leipzig but also other destiations like magdeburg, hanover, köln, stuttgart, nürnberg, ...
but for the begin its always better to ask only for the direction because its easyer to tramp from rest stop to rest stop


country: DE
datetime: 2011-08-12 11:21:16.000000
comment:
You should only ask the people before they go to pay the fuel and than its realy easy to get a lift in the direction of berlin! we wait only 5 minutes for 2 places and a lot of bagguage


country: GB
datetime: 2011-08-12 21:51:48.000000
comment:
somewhere here on the motorway is a shell petrol station. it seems useful, but the guard (june 2011) there was a very annoying person who threatened us and kicked us off - despite heavy rain "you can't hitchhike on shell property!" was his remark. if you can avoid it, do so. 


country: RS
datetime: 2011-08-12 23:29:25.000000
comment:
direction: kraljevo, cacak. the place itself is okay, only nobody stopped for hours. wish you better luck.


country: DE
datetime: 2011-08-14 14:36:47.000000
comment:
pretty good place to get a ride southwards. a lot of people come from the ferry. you can ask them directly, when they fill up their gas.


country: FR
datetime: 2011-08-14 22:53:04.000000
comment:
There's enough room for the cars to stop here, but they're driving pretty fast and aren't really paying attention to hitchers. Wouldn't recommend it


country: RS
datetime: 2011-08-15 12:22:55.000000
comment:
its a little bit hard because the majority of the cars wich is crossing the bridge are locals and they are making trafic with tigare....all your hopes is staying in the trucks


country: RS
datetime: 2011-08-15 13:19:41.000000
comment:
If you wanna go to Nis, this is a great spot...don t write directly Nis on you paper...I ve wrotte Zajecar...it was more easily


country: RS
datetime: 2011-08-15 13:29:20.000000
comment:
To Kosovo (Merdare)...little bit harder because there re not a lot of traffic....anyway go near the road streight and sometimes when you re lisening a car coming show it the thumbs!


country: TR
datetime: 2011-08-15 15:41:44.000000
comment:
Best place to hitchhike from Izmir Institute of Technology to Izmir, Centrum. Since drivers feel more safe-you are hitchhiking around campus- you have good luck there. It's currently most popular point,though. You can catch cars both from Karaburun and Cesme directions.


country: DE
datetime: 2011-08-15 17:21:11.000000
comment:
Motorcar road on-ramp in the direction of Ulm and to the motorway to München. If you really want to hitchhike from here, this is possibly the only good spot to do so.


country: DE
datetime: 2011-08-15 17:22:57.000000
comment:
Check the other spot at Berkheimer Straße if you want to go in the direction of Ulm - this spot is senseless because it is impossible for cars to stop here.


country: DE
datetime: 2011-08-15 17:25:15.000000
comment:
You can reach this service station easily by public transport from Esslingen. It's possibly a good hitchhiking spot when they finished rebuilding it.


country: TR
datetime: 2011-08-17 09:09:21.000000
comment:
Right spot for Geyikbayiri. Geyikbayiri is one of the best place that has magnificent climbing routes.


country: RS
datetime: 2011-08-17 11:50:45.000000
comment:
The spot to hh towards Zajecar, it's the road going from roundabout easy to recognise because of the stone in the center of it. It's next to the "Novi Gradski Centar" part of the city


country: RS
datetime: 2011-08-17 11:59:36.000000
comment:
The spot to hh to Negotin. The road towards Negotin locals also call "Autoput" (highway in Serbian), even though it is not.


country: RS
datetime: 2011-08-17 12:10:42.000000
comment:
From center of Negotin follow "Hajduk Veljkova" street, cross the railway track and the spot is just after it. The spot to hh towards Rajacke Pimnice (http://www.discoverserbia.org/en/wine-road/rajacke-pivnice)


country: RS
datetime: 2011-08-17 12:24:15.000000
comment:
To go to Valjevo and south from Koceljeva, walk from the center to the road bypassing Koceljeva to the most eastern exit from the town. There is a gas station on the opposite side of the road.


country: RS
datetime: 2011-08-17 12:36:21.000000
comment:
To go out from Guča, there are two roads: the one over Lučani and other over Čačak. Walk out from the town to roundabout with the monument of the trumpet player and choose one of these two roads. I recommend the first one. After getting to motorway number 5, take east for Čačak, Kraljevo... or west towards Užice and Bosnia.


country: CH
datetime: 2011-08-18 18:47:34.000000
comment:
direction: germany, freiburg. hitched before the entrance to the motorway. enough space to stopp, protected from sun and rain (:


country: BE
datetime: 2011-08-18 20:37:42.000000
comment:
I'm not sure if this was the place but there is a petrol station on this road and  stood after it and got a lift to Ghent in like 5 mins :) 


country: RS
datetime: 2011-08-21 18:49:27.000000
comment:
Gas station on the edge of town. Everyone going here will be driving longer distance north. Fail that the train and bus station is a 10minute walk away, with trains to Montenegro and Belgrade.


country: ME
datetime: 2011-08-21 18:53:30.000000
comment:
A very busy junction. Gas station and supermarkets, make it a decent place to wait. Easy to get a ride direct to budva or further.


country: HR
datetime: 2011-08-21 19:23:45.000000
comment:
stuck here after the people I was riding with took the ferry to pag. Waited for ages lots of cars heading north very few south. A bus picked me up but wanted about 15 euros to go to Zadar, i refused and waited for a bit until a van driver picked me up.


country: DE
datetime: 2011-08-21 19:40:34.000000
comment:
waited there about 30 minutes on a sunday afternoon with not much traffic in directio of Dortmund. Probably a lot better during the week. Not far from the S-Bahn station Köln-Longerich (10 min walk). Cars a slow because of the traffic light and enough space on the side of the road for cars to stop. 


country: DE
datetime: 2011-08-21 20:04:24.000000
comment:
From here you can hitch a ride only in direktion noth (Dortmund). Stod there on a sunday with not much traffic and waited 30 min. During the week there sould be a lot more cars coming by because of the big shopping centre. Good spot to get to the next pertrol station (Remscheid) on the Autobahn.


country: IS
datetime: 2011-08-22 01:28:41.000000
comment:
Esjuskáli is a parking lot where most people park their cars while climbing mount Esja. Bus 57 from Mosfellsbær also stops here (www.bus.is). You can either ask at the parking lot in case you need a ride to Reykjavík, or stay by the road if you are going north. This is  a nice place out of town for people going north. Although you can continue even further on bus 57 (costs more money though).


country: IS
datetime: 2011-08-22 01:33:30.000000
comment:
If you ask the driver of bus 57 (www.bus.is) to let you off after the tunnel (there is no stop there officially) you can stand on road nr 1 and avoid traffic going to Akranes, if you are going north. From here on most people will be going at least to Borgarnes. When you exit the tunnel, there are toll booths where most people stop to pay the tunnel fee, so that is also a good place for asking for rides. 


country: IS
datetime: 2011-08-22 01:43:34.000000
comment:
Just out of town, opposite the food shop, there is a good place for the cars to stop. Everyone will be going at least to Egilsstaðir. I hitchhiked here just after the arrival of the weekly boat from Denmark/Faroe Islands so there was lots of traffic. 


country: IS
datetime: 2011-08-22 01:47:53.000000
comment:
Although this map says this road is nr 848, some other maps claim it to be road nr 1 (the main road if you are going to Akureyri). There are many points of interest and small settlements around lake Mývatn so many people might be driving short distances here. However it is not difficult to get a ride at least to Akureyri.


country: IS
datetime: 2011-08-22 01:52:09.000000
comment:
Good place to stand. The road is a bit wider after the junction so cars can stop. Also gas station is nearby in case you need to buy something or get shelter. I stood there with a sign saying Reykjavík for two hours between 17.30 and 19.30 in summer. Noone stopped. Stood there without a sign the next morning. Got a ride to Rvk within 30 minutes. HI Hostel is 10 minutes down the road past the Bónus store in case you need to crash somewhere. 


country: DE
datetime: 2011-08-23 17:23:53.000000
comment:
For going to Nederland or Emden, Leer it is good place, cars are not so fast and there is place to stop.


country: IT
datetime: 2011-08-23 20:06:02.000000
comment:
This is a big gas station with many trucks. If you get here in the early morning hours many trucks do start from here. Mostly going to Slovenia (becouse there is very cheap gas) but also towards Hungary, Austria, Slovakia, Romania, Srbia, Poland, Croatia a more.


country: CA
datetime: 2011-08-23 22:53:54.000000
comment:
Direction Montréal. Il you get a ride out of Quebec past the bridges, there is still sufficient traffic at this exit to get a good ride. It would seldom be directly going to Montreal, unless it's a truck, though. There is a Tim Hortons nearby for caffeine and toilets, and a truckstop.


country: FR
datetime: 2011-08-23 23:07:03.000000
comment:
If you're trying to rich the north (Valence, Lyon) it's a really bad place (I waited for 1,5 hours before giving up)
But if you're trying to rich the south (Nîmes, Montpellier) it seems to be a quite good spot.


country: US
datetime: 2011-08-23 23:13:48.000000
comment:
I wanted to rich Canada and it seemed to be quite good place to go out of the town. I just had to take the subway 1 until the end and walk 5 minutes. I waited there on hour.


country: CA
datetime: 2011-08-23 23:21:40.000000
comment:
Good spot if you want to go in Toronto or in the direction of Detroit.
I waited 10 minutes. And if it's raining there is a bridge under which you can take shelter.


