Hitchhiking from Magdeburg
Hitchhiking to Magdeburg
Recent reviews mentioning Magdeburg
54.05445, 12.63003
the only Gas station directly on the highway between Rostock and Greifswald.It serves both directions but there were more people for direction east. I was ther on a work day noon in winter. There was not super much trafic but some cars would still come. Most people were going to Poland or Stralsund. One person would be driving towards schwerin, one person to magdeburg. Few people were going to Rostock and on a ferry to Denmark. Only few people were going west. It took me 4 hours until a person agreed to take me to Lübeck.
So all in all I´d recomend if you wanna go Stralsund or Poland. If you wanna go further west I'd recomend to get out on one of the parking areas on the highway or to hitch somewhere from rostock. this place sucks.
rating: 2/5, wait: 231 min, ride: 147 km ←
―Troublemaker, January 2025
52.30217, 13.01991
I asked around for an hour trying to go towards Dortmund, I got an offer to Munich and to Leipzig, and ended up driving with a truck for two hours to Magdeburg. Definitely a good spot to get out of Berlin. Good luck hitchhiking family!rating: 4/5, wait: 60 min 💬+🪧, ride: 134 km ←
―Gaialove, October 2024
49.78046, 10.24561
On a Monday at 1200 I wanted to go north on A7 and waited 1h22 for a ride.There's hardly anyone going north, everybody is going to NRW or The Netherlands or Belgium.If it looks bad, you can also accept offers going south on A7 - and go 30min/50km to the next Serways, 'Ohrenbach West' and walk 2km from the west side of the serways to the east side, 'Ohrenbach Ost'. That would increase your travelling time by 1h20min.
I recommend being aggressive from the very beginning and having a backup option. With a little less luck this might have taken much longer.
If there is a smart way that utilises drivers continuing on A3 but eventually gets you north, that would be great.
Or, when coming from the southwest and wanting to go to Hanover/Hamburg, maybe consider the route via Leipzig and Magdeburg
rating: 2/5, wait: 80 min, ride: 187 km ↑
―Tzuiop9c, July 2023
49.35717, 11.20359
Headed to Berlin, and I was really lucky and found a Danish car going to Magdeburg almost immediately that dropped me off on the last gas station before Leipzig.It is possible to walk to the station, about 35 minutes from Feucht Ost S-Bahn Station.
The station is quite good, it's big, lot of parking spaces and probably easy to find some cars fairly far north, west and east if you're patient.
rating: 5/5, wait: 2 min, ride: 252 km ↑
―V, May 2023
50.48146, 14.08271
Good Place to go to Dresden/ Leipzig/ Magdeburg and further. Some german people and a lot of Truck Drivers going that way.―Anonymous, September 2019
52.28137, 6.85264
First truck passing by took me to Hannover (could have taken me all the way to Magdeburg). Barely even had time to get my sign!―Anonymous, July 2018
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
52.3108, 10.81624
Not the best spot for cars to stop but in the morning it wasn't very busy so a car was able to stop on the ramp for me to jump in without disrupting the traffic. It took me about 20 minutes to get a lift eastwards to Magdeburg and Berlin.―Anonymous, July 2016
51.38576, 12.39002
Not that easy to find somebody who goes to Magdeburg, but most times I found a car in between 1 hour.―Reggae-girl, June 2016
52.4215, 9.56532
Many drivers stop here to rest and can be asked for a ride. I asked around 15 drivers before I found one that would take me to Magdeburg. I never had to wait for new drivers to come, despite the fact it was a holiday so I had to rely on personal cars completely. 2016-03-25―Filip.bartek, March 2016
51.8089, 11.12845
summary: only gas station on almost highway B6 between A14 (Halle/Magdeburg) and A395 (Braunschweig), possibility to switch direction or to enter/exit the highway (but low and regional traffic).Einzige Tankstelle direkt an der B6n zwischen A14 Dreieck Bernburg und A395 Dreieck Vienenburg, Möglichkeiten: Richtungswechsel Ost–West; Einstieg Ost A14 (Halle/Magdeburg), West (A395 Braunschweig) oder Ausstieg Quedlinburg → Harz.
Viel Regionalverkehr, aber auch überregionaler, in der Ferienzeit auch international, Wartezeiten liegen zwischen 30 - 45 Minuten.
―Anonymous, June 2015
51.49759, 11.9821
Best spot in town to go up north in direction or to Berlin. Also Magdeburg -> Hannover -> Hamburg e.g.―Tillmann, May 2015
52.18352, 11.45279
Gas station just before Magdeburg on the A2 towards Berlin, just before the start of the A14 towards Halle and Leipzig―Anonymous, April 2015
52.31833, 13.49878
I guess I was lucky. I arrived here around 23.30, the patrol station was almost empty, but than a car stopped and I saw on the licence plat they were coming from Magdeburg. I could join them to Magdeburg.―Anonymous, September 2014
52.25111, 12.30793
i was kind of lucky to get something, 'cause the polish guys didn't dare to ask neither to look. i got a ride, after this, but just for a couple of kms, till the next petrol station. anyway, heaps loads of cars and trucks going over. If you get a ride, and need to goo further than Magdeburg, this station is better than the next one, that is a little bit out of the way. this is just straight on the highway.―Bohua, March 2014
51.46812, 7.59702
Have a different experience: Needed to go to Münster, but first I got ride offers to Magdeburg, Hannover, Soest etc. If you need to hitch down the A2 the spot is perfect!―Koendev, October 2013
51.9272, 10.14381
After having been here for the 3rd time trying to get a lift to the A2 towards Magdeburg I can confirm it is much harder than going north. While lots of people would have taken me towards Hannover, Hamburg or Bremen, there were few going towards Braunschweig in the first place.You can accept lifts to Braunschweig or Wolfsburg, there is a gas station at the A39 with almost no traffic, but better chances to get a lift further east.
―N0id, September 2013
52.30217, 13.01991
got a lift from the first guy i asked to magdeburg at 10 pm at night. very good place with a lot of cars..―Muttafuri, May 2013
51.6559, 11.82135
Service station Pltzetal Ost on the A14 direction Magdeburg.Not that many cars fill up their petrol here, maybe because it's still quite close from PL/CZ?
―Anonymous, October 2012
52.50478, 13.27937
Bus stop and a low side wall, on which you can stand to be more visible for passing drivers. A lot of inner city traffic, but also many people are heading west, like Magdeburg or Hannover―Anonymous, August 2012