Hitchhiking from Karlsruhe
Hitchhiking to Karlsruhe
Recent reviews mentioning Karlsruhe
49.24732, 6.85964
Wanted to go east to Karlsruhe and waited for 2 hours without luck. Once we changed our sign homburg we got a ride in less than 10 minutes.rating: 2/5, wait: 120 min, ride: 43 km →
―Proxi, Thu 28 Aug 2025, 15:25
48.16479, 11.4601
I was holding a sign saying "Augusburg/Karlsruhe" and got a ride within 20mins. Two gas stations and lots of niche where rides can pull over. High traffic too.rating: 5/5, wait: 20 min, ride: 62 km ↖
―Serge, August 2025
48.57583, 7.81665
Gonna go against consensus here. Almost all cars are local traffic and the ones that aren’t are usually going to Offenburg. I waited close to three hours with my sign saying Karlsruhe-Heidelberg before a French guy I talked to at the station took me to the autobahn.rating: 1/5, wait: 180 min 🪧, ride: 38 km ↗
―Arphile, Fri 01 Aug 2025, 12:50
48.87846, 8.78994
Its alright, it is possible for cars to stop, but not much traffic, direction Karlsruherating: 4/5, wait: 30 min 👍, ride: 38 km ↖
―Filipnatripu, Wed 13 Aug 2025, 15:41
49.16031, 8.56755
I was thumbing at the end of the service station. 10 minutes later I got a lift to Karlsruhe. Perfect.rating: 5/5, wait: 12 min 👍, ride: 21 km ↙
―LJIsTooShort, Mon 11 Aug 2025, 17:15
49.1603, 8.56756
Not the best spot, mostly locals/Karlsruhe.rating: 3/5, wait: 60 min 👍, ride: 100 km ↙
―kornumic, August 2025
48.99526, 8.38269
It's an OK spot if you are prepared to wait. Lots of cars passing through but a lot of local traffic. If you are hitchhiking southwards, I'd entirely avoid going into central Karlsruhe in the first place. Stay on the autobahn, e.g. Bruchsal West.rating: 3/5, wait: 60 min, ride: 155 km ↓
―maxx, August 2025
50.0517, 8.57435
Lots of cars going through, but you mostly get ignored. Be prepared to wait. I first tried unsuccessfully with a card saying "Stuttgart", which is a bit too ambitious. Then I switched to a sign saying "A5 süd". Eventually I joined with two other hitchhikers, who were going to Paris. I was taken to Karlsruhe by a German man. It seems that waiting closer to the ramp is slightly more effective.rating: 3/5, wait: 40 min, ride: 147 km ↓
―maxx, August 2025
48.16556, 11.45666
Very nice spot to get to Stuttgart/Karlsruherating: 5/5, wait: 5 min 🪧, ride: 101 km ←
―LJIsTooShort, Mon 14 Jul 2025, 16:15
49.64326, 8.55209
Waited for couple minutes thumbing at the exit ramp and soon got a ride going directly to Karlsruhe center.rating: 5/5, wait: 10 min
―ouitek, July 2025
48.64051, 8.03794
Took us a while to find a car in the direction of Karlsruhe. Modt of the cars are going to offenburgrating: 3/5, wait: 60 min, ride: 18 km ↗
―Anonymous, March 2025
49.00461, 8.43883
Took us 10 minutes to find a ride for Stuttgart BUT it was lucky (driver was coming back from a football game and stopped for a quick snack). The suggestion provided by another hitchhiker to ask for rides at the beginning of the petrol station was right. Again though, it was lucky. Karlsruhe doesn't seem like an easy place to hitchhike out of. Maybe it's better to wait for people to take you further like in Stuttgart, and staying on the A8 highway.rating: 4/5, wait: 10 min, ride: 66 km ↘
―Bebbo, February 2025
48.0275, 7.79143
Technically illegal, I was behind the bollards with a sign to Karlsruhe in a deep rain with traffic jam making the speed there to be like max 20km/h, got a car with 5 minutes, but probably wiser to stay somewhere else( unless huge traffic jams would happen)rating: 3/5
―estohiker, February 2025
48.73155, 9.0916
A lot of cars to the west. A car stopped for me right after I started to wait (?) with a sign saying Karlsruhe. I did not wait for a minute. I was lucky.They drove me to Karlsruhe.
There is a good space for a car to stop for you.
rating: 5/5, wait: 0 min 🪧, ride: 73 km ↖
―Brahms, Sun 17 Nov 2024, 13:45
47.97044, 7.72015
Thumbing at the exit with a sign "Karlsruhe/Heidelberg" i got a ride in 10 min.rating: 5/5, wait: 15 min 👍, ride: 115 km ↑
―Alpazel, October 2024
51.63444, 6.74671
I met an absolute gentlemen offering to take me to north-west Italy across a two-day journey. While I was heading in a different direction, I did manage to head down to Karlsruhe with him. Great spot! Thanks J.!rating: 5/5, wait: 30 min 🪧, ride: 399 km ↓
―AOD, September 2024
47.97044, 7.72015
On a sunday evening with not a lot of traffic. Got a ride quickly. Stood on the end of the station with a sign. And a guy in a brand new Mercedes took us past Karlsruhe to a gas station. Good for going north.rating: 4/5, wait: 30 min 🪧, ride: 183 km ↗
―stepanfoj, August 2024
47.99091, 7.85356
Got a lift to Karlsruhe on A5 in 5 minutes. Bus stop is good to stop. Cars are slow because of traffic lightsrating: 5/5, wait: 5 min 🪧, ride: 145 km ↑
―Anonymous, August 2024
49.64326, 8.55209
Talked to the people there directly. Most people going towards Stuttgart with A6 but someone accepted to make a small détour (10 minutes) to take us to Karlsruhe !rating: 4/5, wait: 20 min
―Pierrot, August 2024
50.15397, 8.59998
Large gas station. Felt a bit dead so I got a ride to a gas satation South of Frankfurt. He offerered to drive me to Karlsruhe, but I chose the gas station mentioned above.rating: 4/5, wait: 20 min 🪧, ride: 29 km ↓
―Anonymous, August 2024