Hitchhiking from Frankfurt
Hitchhiking to Frankfurt
Recent reviews mentioning Frankfurt
51.27206, 9.52542
Two guys hitchhiking south via the A7 or to Frankfurt. Although it seems like a spot which could get traffic both north and south, this was sadly not the case. After 6 hours we gave up and hiked to an on-ramp 5 km further north. A lot of lokal traffic as well. Do not use for going south.rating: 1/5, wait: 360 min 🪧
―Ledan, Mon 14 Jul 2025, 21:30
50.94973, 11.19365
Was thumbing at the exit ramp and in a matter of minutes managed to get a ride going to Frankfurtrating: 5/5, wait: 10 min
―ouitek, July 2025
50.92849, 6.77713
We find car every 20min for frankfurt, so really good, but really bad to go north to munster and then Hambourg. After 2h we finaly find a guy for Brême, but it's better to to the angle to north Somewhere else.rating: 4/5, wait: 120 min, ride: 295 km ↗
―Arthur, July 2025
51.1588, 6.96143
Having wasted a whole day in the Ruhrpot I ended up taking the bus to Ohligers Heide and got a ride to Frankfurt in 10 minutes.rating: 5/5, wait: 10 min 👍, ride: 192 km ↘
―Chris9012, Fri 27 Jun 2025, 19:45
50.1919, 8.65297
I've been stuck in Frankfurt and after trying different hitchhiking spot in the city I would say it's the best one. I stand at the traffic light with a cardboard "A5 Kassel". There is also a gravel space after the traffic lights were you can go and people can see you. If you want to go North, you're best chance is to be drop at Getterau gas station.rating: 3/5, wait: 20 min, ride: 298 km →
―nagana, July 2025
54.28721, 10.87212
It was raining, a germany man heading to frankfurt picked me up, lucky!rating: 5/5, wait: 15 min 👍, ride: 119 km ↙
―momo, Sun 06 Jul 2025, 16:15
50.05485, 8.90791
the lady in the petrol station was really nice and gave me a free mini pizza :-) tried signing from the end of the stop for about twenty minutes and then the first people i asked for a lift took me to nurenburg. lots of trucks stopped here leaving frankfurt and the car park was nearly full.rating: 5/5, wait: 25 min 💬+🪧, ride: 235 km ↘
―Leslie, Fri 04 Jul 2025, 13:00
52.31565, 13.49342
Reasonable traffic, many cars going to Berlin airport or somewhere north but within 20 min I got a ride direction Poland with people going back to Frankfurt Oder after checking out a flat in Berlin.rating: 4/5, wait: 20 min 💬+🪧, ride: 76 km →
―Martynan, Thu 22 May 2025, 15:15
49.4359, 11.27078
All the truck drivers were either resting or having a break of 2-3 hours, so I had my lunch here, ended up having barbecue and vodka with the Ukrainian truck drivers and then after that found an Afghani couple heading to Frankfurt, who had never heard of hitchhiking but who were happy to take me.rating: 4/5, wait: 45 min 💬, ride: 229 km ↖
―anettlee17, Sat 26 Apr 2025, 15:15
49.40928, 11.76653
Enough space for cars to stop and quite quickly a man heading to Nürnberg took me to the gas station on the highway going towards Frankfurt.rating: 3/5, wait: 5 min 👍, ride: 45 km ←
―anettlee17, Sat 26 Apr 2025, 14:25
50.09102, 8.66231
Not too bad for going South out of Frankfurt. Definetly ask around at the petrol pumps as drivers are going quite fast on the road and will struggle to stop.rating: 4/5, wait: 50 min 💬+🪧, ride: 107 km ↓
―saundy, April 2025
50.80685, 7.21981
Literally the first person we asked to take us to Frankfurt took us there. Might have been a bit lucky but I think this is a good spot for getting there anyway.rating: 5/5, wait: 0 min 💬, ride: 162 km ↘
―saundy, April 2025
50.9188, 7.10394
A fairly long wait despite afternoon rush hour traffic, also not much space for drivers to stop. I wouldn't recommend this spot, we were trying to get to Frankfurt and I think the on ramp to the A3 a little further down the road is better.rating: 2/5, wait: 60 min 🪧, ride: 19 km ↘
―saundy, April 2025
50.8165, 6.21549
Our plan was to hitch in Köln and then try and hitch again down to Frankfurt. We got really lucky and a mum and her daughter picked us up and took us to Mainz!rating: 5/5, wait: 20 min, ride: 215 km ↘
―Anonymous, April 2025
50.15396, 8.59989
Many directions, many people. But a lot of them driving to Frankfurt. I was maybe just luckyrating: 4/5, wait: 5 min 💬, ride: 197 km ↙
―Anonymous, March 2025
50.97007, 10.96034
I had a sign with 17 on it and I was hoping to find someone who can take me to the 17 highway. After 10 minutes a guy stopped and drove me to Frankfurt.rating: 5/5, wait: 10 min, ride: 235 km ↙
―Hannolo, March 2025
50.00231, 8.59785
this parking spot is bit shitty. There is not so much trafic going through and many of the people who stop there make just a break before picking up somebody from airport. We waited 3 hours to find a lift on A5 beyond Frankfurt.rating: 2/5, wait: 185 min, ride: 503 km ↑
―Anonymous, March 2025
49.16167, 8.56891
Coming from the Frankfurt area, I had a nice little break there. I think after 30-45 minutes asking at the main building, I had a ride to Offenburg. Will definitely come here more often.rating: 5/5, wait: 45 min 💬, ride: 111 km ↙
―LJIsTooShort, Thu 12 Sep 2024, 15:00
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
51.00783, 10.25158
On a Monday in mid July around 8 pm there were hardly any cars and no one was going in the direction of Kassel. After 45 minutes of waiting I ended up accepting a ride to Frankfurt since I had gone the route from there before and it seemed more reliable. Bonus points for the cute kitten at the gas station though.rating: 1/5, wait: 45 min 💬, ride: 189 km ↙
―thebeekeeper, October 2024