Waited 15 minutes with a sign "Lausanne Genève" and got a ride to Lausanne (2 people)

Waited for 15 minutes with a sign "Lausanne Genève" and got a ride to Montreux (2 people)

Great spot, waited for 3 minutes with a sign "Lausanne Genève" and got a ride to Bulle (2 people)

There is a small lane to pullover. If you find yourself here, You will only see local traffic. Or cars going to Biel. Take a ride with one of those cars. Go to the gas station "Grauholz" in Ittigen, It is the biggest rest stop / "raststätte". From there you can Hitchike to Basel,Biel and Zürich easily. If you cross the autobahn, which is possible by walking the overhead bridge. You can go south (Fribourg, Lausanne...) from the otherside easily.

Picked up by a guy who works as a bus driver in Lausanne, argued with his mom on the phone about where the best place to me off was, eventually settled on the airport, where it was pretty easy to take a bus to the border. Gave me 20 Swiss francs as a gift, which is equivalent to 1 billion US dollars

Direction Lausanne. The spot is a bit sketchy since cars are moving fast with little space to pull over. Best to stand in the black triangle in front of the turn and hop cars pull up on-to it.

Very easy to get a lift to lausanne, after you are on the highway get off on La Cote rest stop if you need to go far into switzerland

Great spot, lots of traffic, easy to approach people filling up at the gas station. A lot of cars go further ahead to the shopping though so if you are two people splitting up is an advantage. Getting off here is probably the best option even if you lift can take you all the way to lausanne.

Sunday is slow, during week would be better, multiple directions possible, Zurich, Fribourg, Lausanne, Bienne. Spot is covered from rain and lots of room for stopping.

Not a lot of space to stop but it works. I got a ride to Basel. Recommend to us a sign as it goes direction to Lausanne, Fribourg and Basel.

Great spot, a lot of traffic. Easy to go to Lausanne. I got a ride to Estavayer gas station really easy

Really good spot to go to Lausanne or Bern. Got a ride to Bern in December 2025 around 10am

Took not even a minute to get to the border, from where you can easily continue onwards towards Lausanne. Just stand at the entry of the gas station, cars on the road can pull over.

Worked pretty well asking around, got a ride in some 30min to Lausanne but the guy was going to Geneva.

Nice gas station+parking lot, most traffic was moving towards wallis for holidays so had to wait for a bit to get to lausanne

Not a lot of space to stop but easy to get closer to Lausanne and 9 highway

Easy to get closer to Lausanne and 9 highway

Got a ride instantly, straight to Renens. A lot of people live in france (its cheaper) and go to switzerland for work, so in the morning theres a lot of traffic, some to geneve and some to lausanne, maybe even further.

It is very good spot on working days to go direction to Geneva or Lausanne. However on Saturday I was waiting for 3 hours any car to this direction and it never came. 4 cars stoped for me and were ready to take me to the mountains, but I skipped it hoping to get direct ar to Geneva. Then two guys approached me and offered a ride to Mont Blanc and I couldn't resist :)

Good amount of traffic, and cars are going slow and will read your sign. Lyon definitely is easier, I was trying to go to Switzerland but with a sign to Geneva I got a ride in about 20 minutes. And super lucky they were actually going to lausanne which is where I also wanted to go.