Hitchhiking from Cologne
Hitchhiking to Cologne
Recent reviews mentioning Cologne
50.47503, 4.48253
Easy spot on the car parking near highway in direction of Germany close to the airport.There were no trains or buses to Cologne, the earliest would be in 4 hours, but I am impatient af. Saw it on Google map, came here, approached a truck with German plate numbers and got a direct ride to Cologne. Ez
rating: 5/5, wait: 3 min 💬, ride: 225 km →
―bogdanpanov, Wed 20 Aug 2025, 10:32
51.08533, 7.13508
Was standing with a sign "Remscheid" for 1 minute before the traffic light where people turn left to get on Autobahn. A kind lady picked up took me to the resting station (the one before Remscheid). The best spot in Cologne to hitchhike towards Hanover/Berlin so far, cuz you target exactly the traffic which will take you to the big resting station which is very good for hitchhiking.rating: 4/5, wait: 1 min, ride: 13 km ↗
―Lanureeh, August 2025
51.94383, 7.54886
As mentioned in prior comments, best spot for Cologne, I got here at 9:20pm and by 9:45 I was in a car. I went down the asking everyone route but I’m sure sign would also workrating: 5/5, wait: 20 min, ride: 139 km ↓
―Anonymous, April 2025
51.90579, 6.15654
Had a good interaction with the staff but maybe we got lucky. Got a lift with a young Dutch guy going to cologne. Overall was pretty good for usrating: 5/5, wait: 15 min 💬+🪧, ride: 135 km ↘
―natecr, Wed 09 Apr 2025, 12:00
51.12318, 6.79745
Great spot if you're hitchhiking from Cologne to the Netherlands. You can get here from Nievenheim train station and bus WE2. After that it's just a 15 minute walk to the station.If you look on Google satellite, you will spot a small trail after the bridge over the highway. It is traversable but I wouldn't recommend it as it leads through hunting grounds that are private property. Better to take the long way around. Either way, the service station is accessible on foot through a whole in the fence or on the small road.
Waited for 5 minutes, then found a friendly man and his girlfriend who took me one service station further to Geismühle. There was low traffic on Saturday, but I got lucky and found somebody quickly.
rating: 5/5, wait: 5 min 💬, ride: 30 km ↖
―daganzebuaatramper, Sat 08 Feb 2025, 13:01
48.82058, 9.17499
Great spot! Asked one person and found a ride straight to Cologne (could've gone to Düsseldorf even).I obviously got lucky, but there seemed to be a good amount of traffic.
rating: 5/5, wait: 1 min 💬, ride: 355 km ↖
―daganzebuaatramper, Thu 06 Feb 2025, 14:59
50.92849, 6.77713
Definitely would avoid this station. Took us 2 hours to find a ride, not even in the right direction. Honestly juste get the first car that will take you Somewhere else. But good spot for gotting to Colognerating: 2/5, wait: 180 min
―Pierrot, August 2024
49.80595, 8.05258
Rastplatz, got a ride to Cologne.rating: 5/5, wait: 60 min 🪧, ride: 195 km ↖
―denwer, August 2024
50.82336, 6.01927
Good Place for Cologne, as everyone above said.rating: 4/5
―Anonymous, September 2022
51.46742, 7.59326
Extremely good spot if you want to get to Cologne but it is difficult to get a lift to A45 and Frankfurt.―Anonymous, May 2020
51.94383, 7.54886
Extremely good spot if you want to get to Cologne but very difficult if you want to continue towards A45 and Frankfurt.―Anonymous, May 2020
49.40823, 8.66877
Got a ride for two people to cologne after waiting for 5 minutes with ”frankfurt” sign, monday around noon―Anonymous, September 2018
49.81188, 8.57897
i came here by car aswell from the south and got a ride with the third person i asked direction cologne. it was saturday afternoon and the petrol station quite busy―Anonymous, March 2018
51.20101, 6.75336
after 30 min we was in a car. low speed in red signal and high speed in green signal. We go from Dusseldorf to Cologne―Anonymous, August 2016
50.4468, 7.84806
No Problem to Cologne, hard to find someone to go on A48 to the West. Maybe you can find someone for A61 and change direction in Mendig for A48―Quarim, June 2016
49.81188, 8.57897
I don't agree with the first guy. I came to this place at 22:00 in the night and no cars were stoping here. I camped near the gas station with my tent and on the next day I got a ride with the very first guy that I asked. Got a ride after Frankfurt direction Köln (Cologne)―Gustavobretz, June 2016
50.16967, 8.29311
good spot! got a lift towards Cologne pretty fast―Anonymous, March 2016
50.74364, 7.07748
I was trying to get a ride towards Aachen and failed. When I changed the sign to Cologne, I've got a lift in a few minutes. Although I agree that it is not the best spot.―Anonymous, October 2015
49.31718, 8.57431
Oct 15 in the morning.Good place to go Mainz/Wiesbaden/Frankfurt or even Cologne.
Just wait at the restaurant :)
Got a lift to Cologne after 40 minutes.
―LaZubi, October 2015
50.09693, 8.35309
Lots of cars going to Cologne and the Ruhr Area. Some Dutch cars and few Belgians.―Anonymous, September 2015