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Recent reviews mentioning Basel

45.44587, 9.07495

Good spot in summer. Don't know why was full pf switzerland cars. A german girl drop me at basel

rating: 4/5, wait: 15 min, ride: 318 km ↖

―Giulio, September 2025

47.39118, 8.50713

A lot of slow traffic, still waited 30 min to Basel, but a perfect spot nonetheless

rating: 5/5, wait: 30 min, ride: 90 km ←

―spykm, September 2025

While on a pit stop on my way to Basel, scared of not being able to cross to France, decided to ask the two (french) cars next to me if they would give me a ride. One did to Mulhouse. This gas station did seem to have more French cars than others, so probably good for that (also lots of Swiss). Solo female.

rating: 5/5, wait: 2 min 💬, ride: 180 km ↙

―friki, Mon 01 Sep 2025, 13:30

50.35708, 8.69383

My new technique strikes again! (Monday morning solo female). Sign in hand (Freiburg, maybe Basel would have been better sign though), walking around looking lost, for a place to hitch, immediately got offered a ride to Basel. Lots of Swiss cars, some southern German, not many French.

rating: 5/5, wait: 1 min 💬+🪧, ride: 220 km ↓

―friki, Mon 01 Sep 2025, 10:00

47.52624, 7.65674

We were three people trying to hitchhike to Pratteln and then to Luzern. Hitchhiking St. Jakob Strasse this way was a bad idea : there is no place for cars to stop and most people just waved back at us or ignored us.
We tried to avoid public transportation as it's quite expensive, but we ended up taking a train to chill in Basel city center instead...

rating: 1/5, wait: 60 min 🪧

―JumpingRabbit, Wed 13 Aug 2025, 12:00

47.7425, 7.41541

On a sunday evening, without a sign.
Quite bad, cars go fast in the entryway and there is not a lot of place to stop.
I still got a lift to Basel, but it was a bit risky I think. Might be safer to try to go on the D201 for a bit.

rating: 2/5, wait: 20 min 👍, ride: 27 km ↘

―JumpingRabbit, Sun 10 Aug 2025, 19:30

47.76963, 7.38801

On a sunday evening, without a sign. Not that bad : two people stopped, and I ended up accepting a lift down to the motorway entry to try to reach Basel. But not a lot of place to stop...

rating: 2/5, wait: 25 min 👍, ride: 5 km ↘

―JumpingRabbit, Sun 10 Aug 2025, 18:30

48.5613, 7.95563

Mostly Basel (those usually wouldn't stop) or Strasbourg. We had to refuse multiple cars, as we were trying to get to France near Mulhouse

rating: 4/5, wait: 40 min 👍, ride: 38 km ↙

―kornumic, August 2025

47.0774, 7.57516

Not the best but alright to go to Basel

rating: 3/5, wait: 30 min, ride: 46 km ↗

―buj, July 2025

46.46297, 6.84227

Nice spot to go in the direction of Bern, Bienne, Basel, Zurich

rating: 5/5, wait: 5 min, ride: 88 km ↗

―buj, July 2025

46.94471, 7.47181

this spot is very good for Zürich, Basel but not for Thun/Interlaken (different lane). check https://hitchwiki.org/en/Bern for more informations

rating: 5/5, wait: 10 min 🪧

―waymarks, Wed 16 Jul 2025, 12:09

47.77234, 7.38116

Wanted to go to Germany and than north. After 50 mins the first car to stop took me back to Basel close to the A5. Not the shortest route but better than staying here.

rating: 2/5, wait: 50 min 🪧, ride: 31 km ↘

―Chris9012, Mon 30 Jun 2025, 12:51

47.4389, 8.34769

As an exit dweller I don't like this place. There is to much going on with weird driving routes around the place. But you can't argue results. I was gone to Basel in 23mins, so I must rate 5 stars.

rating: 4/5, wait: 23 min 🪧, ride: 62 km ←

―Chris9012, Mon 30 Jun 2025, 10:14

47.45128, 8.70072

Drove with a camper to Würenlos wich is the last gas station before the split Bern/Basel.

rating: 5/5, wait: 10 min 👍, ride: 33 km ←

―Chris9012, Mon 30 Jun 2025, 09:27

48.72376, 7.69178

Solid spot to get a lift to Basel

rating: 4/5, wait: 60 min 🪧, ride: 166 km ↓

―Liva, Mon 30 Jun 2025, 12:20

47.08135, 8.27091

This is a good spot to go up to Basel, cars are semi frequent but many are headed north to Basel. There’s a Coop nearby for groceries and food. Place for cars to pull over at the bus stop. Also word of advice don’t take rides from a Romanian guy he was kinda creepy. We instead waited a bit longer and got a ride from a train operator headed to work in Basel.

rating: 4/5, wait: 35 min, ride: 89 km ↖

―scotty1, July 2025

47.0482, 8.30378

We had bad luck here trying to get North to Basel. Lots of traffic but lanes make it hard for people who are willing to pick you up to get to you in the first place. Hotel worker lady didn’t seem to want us there. If you want to get to Basel try taking the bus to Emmen I marked our spot there

rating: 1/5, wait: 60 min, ride: 6 km ↖

―scotty1, July 2025

47.4501, 8.21559

Great space for cars to stop. Supermarket nearby. Good for Zürich/Basel

rating: 5/5, wait: 15 min, ride: 46 km →

―crimsondreams, July 2025

48.23241, 7.40469

Waited quite long, tried asking people around for a lift to Basel/Bern. There are swiss cars passing by, but I was offered to go to North mostly (even to Belgium). Despite the wait, it's a good spot to get a ride in many directions. (Cars mostly from D & F, but also many I, NL, B, CH, occasionaly even S, L, UK. Probably good to have a sign.

If you are going south and get offered a ride only to Mullhouse it's probably better to reject the offer and wait for longer ride, since there are not such places like this one to wait at.

rating: 4/5, wait: 90 min 💬, ride: 178 km ↓

―jkczech, Sun 15 Jun 2025, 13:05

47.73794, 7.55174

Good spot to hitchhike South. We asked the people at the gas station. The first couple took us to the service station behind Basel

rating: 4/5, wait: 15 min 💬, ride: 32 km ↘

―LJIsTooShort, Sun 11 May 2025, 14:00