ok spot towards Frankfurt. I've waited a bit long by askinga around and hitchike thumb up at the exit (what finally allowed me to find someone)

I've asked around parkings and gas station. It was a bit long to go towards Frankfurt. Luckily an old lady come to me to ask where I was going^^ (she was old hitchikers)

Perfect place to go far north, rejected lots of cars going to Frankfurt, Kassel... Waited at the end of the station, where both the people from the gas station and the food court came. I was trying to go towards Stuttgart so had a sign for it, took a while but eventually got a truck. Waited

Probably easy to get to most major cities in the Ruhr area, my drivers were going to Köln. Also had a Frankfurt offer.

We didn’t wait long until we found somebody who was willing to simply drive us over the border and to the large Polish gas station after talking to them, but there is very limited traffic. Perhaps the best stop before Frankfurt (Oder) but definitely not a great one.

Talked to quite a few people with no success for the Poland/Warsaw direction before trying it with a sign at the exit. This secured us a ride to Frankfurt (Oder) pretty quickly, but we also got a bit lucky.

Two guys heading to Belgium, had a sign saying Nürnberg / Frankfurt. Took a while, tried standing by the exit and asking people as they arrived. Eventually found a Belgien car driving to Ghent, the guy let us stay in his cousin's apartment overnight then took us the rest of the way the next morning.

not a great place, no cars, no movement, everyone going back to frankfurt or low places

Actually wanted to do a switch onto the A3 (East). That didn't work at all for 20 minutes (not a single car stopped). I thought I'd switch my strategy for just going towards Frankfurt (which I didn't think would've taken me 40 minutes). Not the best spot in my opinion as there is not so much traffic at that gas station, especially from Frankfurt.

Towards Müllrose, Frankfurt, okay spot in the town with slow speeds and has street lights which is great for nighttime hitching, however the traffic density is quite low and most cars are local, wait times of 40-80 minutes expected

Second Person we asked took us to Offenbach, wich is directly next ro Frankfurt where we wanted to go

I stood there for almost an hour with a sign saying Köln and Essen on Monday at 11. many cars passed by but the vibe was not great. Frankfurt is a banker city and the people gave me weird looks. However one van stopped after 20 minutes, they were going to Hannover though. After a while a guy driving to Bochum (city right next to Essen) took me along and we had a great ride :)

It was getting dark so I felt like my chances were getting pretty low. Quite some people ignored me when I came up to them, the vibe of the place doesn’t really help being there with a cardboard. I wanted to go to cologne but went to Frankfurt airport instead and stayed in the city for the night.

Really few people on a Sunday afternoon. I was also dropped here although the person said he would go to Frankfurt. I managed to ask someone to take me to the next station, he would have taken me to Frankfurt city but I stilled hoped to get further.

I had just come out of the previous car and wanted to orient myself when a person in a sports car asked me where I want to go. He took me until close to Frankfurt.

I did not wait long until a family in a van picked me up. I wanted to go to Frankfurt/cologne area but they took me along the way to Augsburg

A lot of people going to Frankfurt, also you can cross the highway via a bridge and go north

Pretty good to go south out of Frankfurt. There’s a lot of space for cars to stop right before the entrance to the gasstation. Stood there with a sign „Darmstadt“ and eventually someone took me there. Asking around the gasstation didn’t work for me here as most people stayed in Frankfurt

A great spot for the Frankfurt direction. There were plenty of trucks, and I got a ride almost immediately.

Perfect spot, so many people, got a lift past frankfurt! Ask around at the entry!