Hitchhiking from Erfurt

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50.87095, 11.85

It is not a good spot. The gas station is just before the junction of two highways and it is kind of messy to find out how to get there and if you can then get back on the highway. Thats why i think not many people stop there. I came in winter on a friday afternoon and there was no people taking gas and just one person in the restaurant. If you wanna go further north you should change at some other spot. If you wanna go to A4 towards Erfurt or Frankfurt you can walk to the rest area on A4. It is called Teufelstal and it is just 4km walk from here. You walk through a pretty nice forest and i think it is likely to be faster to walk there than to wait here.

rating: 2/5

―Anonymous, December 2024

51.27708, 12.49096

As for this small of a place (there is only a toilet and some parking spaces) it was okay, really pretty tho. Ended up there at around 8 pm and caught a ride near Erfurt. A lot of ppl going to Leipzig or further west, very bad place for trying the south.

rating: 3/5, wait: 60 min, ride: 95 km ←

karo, August 2023

51.0625, 13.57514

Good spot to go to Leipzig or Hannover. But very bad one to go to Frankfurt. I have no idea why it didn’t work but after 3 hours only one track could take me to Erfurt

rating: 2/5, wait: 180 min

Oleksandra, March 2023

50.39402, 10.92189

Left the car and got 2 lifts to Erfurt within minutes

rating: 5/5, wait: 5 min, ride: 80 km ↑

abcdefg, January 2023

50.89318, 12.94018

ok Reststop, but not much traffic. I've been there a few times, but once had trouble finding someone going west on the A4 towards Gera Erfurt... (2,5 h wait time). Most cars are heading south on the A72, some south. ~Lukas

―Anonymous, May 2019

50.93212, 11.13072

Perfect to go to Erfurt

―Anonymous, July 2017

51.39955, 12.19029

A lot of traffic goes south here, some are going west (A4) direction of Erfurt. Very few go north-west with direction Magdeburg. Anyway i found a direct lift to Magdeburg after 45 minutes of asking people at the gas station.

―Anonymous, June 2017

50.35697, 8.69568

after 30 minutes I and my girlfriend got lift to Erfurt

―Anonymous, May 2017

50.94973, 11.19365

kinda tricky to get a ride into Erfurt from here but not impossible

Fraughtwithsounds, September 2016

50.87732, 11.8079

Great Point to get a RIde to Erfurt.
I waite just 20min


―Anonymous, July 2016

51.32651, 12.36828

A lot of People in the direction Nürnberg or Erfurt and it is also possible to get a hitch on the A38 to Kassel.

I used this spot a lot of times and usual waiting time is 30 minutes.
Normally I use a sign with 'A9'.

―Anonymous, June 2016

51.32651, 12.36828

Good place if you want to go south or west in the direction of Nrnberg/Mnchen OR Erfurt/ Frankfurt/ Dortmund.

Cars can stop easily in Ferdinand-Rhode-Strae.

―Anonymous, March 2016

50.8601, 12.30879

On friday afternoon there wasn`t much traffic but still more then enough to hitchhike west. I got a ride to Erfurt after ~15 minutes.


Dynamo, October 2015

52.43408, 13.19135

It's a very cool spot to hitchhike, but dont expect to get anything with a sign. you'll have to invade people's privacy and ask. That's te way it is! :) First asked took us via Leipzig to Erfurt, in the south. :)))

Bohua, March 2015

51.39955, 12.19029

I started once at the Aral-gasstation and I got away from there after 15 minutes in southern direction to Erfurt. So in my case it was very good and I just can recommend it!

―Anonymous, February 2015

51.07308, 13.66817

just ask people to get to the petrolstation "dresdner Tor", which is just 5 mins from there. there you can ask people to go to leipzig chemnitz or erfurt


―Anonymous, September 2014

50.64164, 10.6906

We spent the night sleeping somewhere behind the Aral petrol station, we got up early in the morning and walked here to the ramp. We were here at 6.30am and we got a ride to the A9 after 10 mins. Its a perfect place in the morning if you want to go to Erfurt/Gera/Leipzig...

―Anonymous, August 2014

51.00636, 10.26647

bus stop. good for A4 in direction Erfurt, Leipzig, Dresden.

―Anonymous, July 2014

51.0625, 13.57514

good to get direction Erfurt... tuesday afternoon we met another HHer. we found a ride for all us 3 guys within 30minutes.

―Anonymous, May 2014

50.94809, 11.19451

good place, used it quite often, of course there're cases where you have to wait longer, for example i waited once nearly 2hourse, is was 7 in the morning, tuesday directly after easter weekend hitch hiking as 2guys... well but yes useally u wont wait longer than 30minutes..., well and u can get there by bus, if you go to Eichelborn, Abweig nach Utzbach or Bechderstedtstraß. from there u can walk, just a few meters east there's a way to cross. the petrol station is fenced, but at the end direction east the fence will stop. so it's very easy to get there, but busses are in the morning and one arround noon, you can get by bus from erfurt or from weimar. ticket from erfurt is 2,60€

―Anonymous, May 2014

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