Hitchhiking in Germany
Hitchhiking to Germany
Recent reviews in Germany
52.4215, 9.56532
Not that many cars passing, lots of them going to Hamburg but we were trying to go into Hannover.
We waited like an hour then decided to take the bus that was just next to it so still a good spot to go into Hannover
―Tiggy, June 2026
50.73369, 12.39761
Great spot. The bus stop is perfect for getting to the highway, and vehicles can pull over easily.
―X9, June 2026
52.12579, 10.05122
After asking a couple people I held up the sign at the exit and got a ride in 3 minutes
―kolbaszman, June 2026
52.50318, 9.82403
After jumping the fence into the place I saw two dudes hop out of a car, they ended up taking me down south as i wanted
―kolbaszman, June 2026
52.99728, 9.92161
I was there from 12 to 2pm, asking people putting gas in their cars, nobody had space or was not going south. I ended up giving up and as I was looking for alternatives on my phone when a dude in a VW minibus rolled down his window and asked if i needed a ride.
―kolbaszman, June 2026
49.37257, 7.37358
Great spot! I got from here to Paris. Here is shop, and a lot of cars and trucks. I reccomend to ask drivers.
―MateuszPL, June 2026
49.44693, 7.70443
This place is maddness! No car is going to France.Saarbucken. I waited here so long that I statred checking trains. Luckly one man took me to the gas station on the higthawy.
―MateuszPL, June 2026
49.20809, 6.96505
The service station is dead so I hitchhiked at the highway with speed limit. I didn't feel really comfortable doing this with all the cops around, so I took a ride to a ramp a few km further
―momo42, June 2026
50.09531, 8.3522
There passes enough cars. Asked some people but not many wanted to take us or didn’t go far, but a really friendly couple of the Netherlands took us to Rothenburg Germany and took us the next day again to Linz Austria, they even bought us food and gave 20 euros
―MartijnWouters5, June 2026
50.26912, 7.64864
No a lot of car but got picked up to the 2nd next village. People can stop at the entry of car park.
―Eidolem, June 2026
50.4259, 7.46664
Got a ride to Koblenz in 5min. A guy stopped on the
―Eidolem, June 2026
50.91355, 7.10524
Perfect spot to go south
―Eidolem, June 2026
50.9285, 6.96232
With a A3 sign, a lady stopped in the middle of the street. There are poles so it's not ideal, but i got a ride towards the direction i wanted
―Eidolem, June 2026
54.36634, 9.67012
No Norwegian anarchist for us. Mostly older folks on holiday. Weekday around noon.
―grimple, June 2026
54.31587, 10.11039
Locals recommend this spot. The first car that passed took us onto the highway
―grimple, June 2026
52.95012, 12.66295
Very little traffic on a Monday after 7pm
―grimple, June 2026
52.57388, 13.42946
We waited 2.5h with a Rostock sign, then gave up. Hundreds of cars but almost exclusively local
―grimple, June 2026
48.53436, 7.93146
always tricky to hitchhike on a highway, but this spot turned out to be super useful and successful, coming from Strasbourg and wanting to go south to Switzerland. cars have room to stop (only) on the left hand side, and you can get a ride to any gas station or parking/rest place further on the highway.
i got there by being droped on the previous highway exit, and walking along the fields, coming up to the highway right at the beginning of the exit lane.
―kiko, June 2026
54.31602, 10.11129
No one stop
―Ondra, June 2026
54.31587, 10.11039
No one stop
―Ondra, June 2026
Recent reviews mentioning Germany
50.59185, 5.30253
Lots of people going different ways (Germany, Netherlands) and far away. The did not always have enough space but a guy that went to Berlin took us in less than 30 minutes.
―Tiggy, June 2026
51.66908, 14.7613
TAKE HEED, and if you are going to Germany do NOT get dropped off here.
A ride said he would drop me at the BP station, by which I thought he meant the BP on the highway a few kilometers back. No. There is also a BP on the other side of the highway here, but meant for the traffic entering Poland. It seemed too far to walk and so I tried hitching the on-ramp toward Germany, and in the 2.5 hours I waited 39 vehicles entered the highway (21 trucks, 18 cars). I had one offer, to an onramp in the country between there and Cottbus.
The only good thing about this on-ramp is that there is a 24-hour supermarket across the road. Unlike the BP across the highway there is a more even spread between truck drivers going to Germany or Poland stopping, as there is also an enormous truck parking facility there. In the morning you’d probably have better luck asking around, and will have some luck asking those who park for the market, though with the attendant legwork and guessing at which direction the truckers are going.
If you are dropped here, walk the kilometre south to SPEED gas station, which is where the few trucks that do exit here go to fill up. Don’t bother with the BP; you’ll quickly see that 90% of the traffic is going to Poland.
Don’t bother with the BP station, that is, UNLESS it is to get a ride to the Moya gas station 5 km further into Poland. That’s what I eventually did. Run across the highway there to the CORRECT BP when going into Germany. Just about all of the traffic there is heading to Germany, and there is much, much more of it.
―Movethathoof, June 2026
50.09531, 8.3522
There passes enough cars. Asked some people but not many wanted to take us or didn’t go far, but a really friendly couple of the Netherlands took us to Rothenburg Germany and took us the next day again to Linz Austria, they even bought us food and gave 20 euros
―MartijnWouters5, June 2026
44.96821, 13.84677
Tourist from germany took me to bale. A lot of traffic but no place to stop. Shitty spot
―Mick, June 2026
46.96189, 4.83775
It is a good place. But we wanted to go to the Germany. There were many Germans on the gas station and they were completely full. So we waited there a long time. After that we got a long ride. Than we were said that in Germany there is some holiday ending. So everyone is heading back with full cars. It was a sunday noon - afternoon
―Gramgamel, June 2026
47.52744, 7.70018
Wanted to get to Bern, after 50 minutes we got a ride to solothurn.
On our way back we wanted to get to Freiburg Germany, after 1 Hour only 1 German car drove by, most germans get fuel right behind the border i guess.
Eventually we got a ride to airport Basel where we didnt even have to wait 5 Minutes to get to Freiburg.
―joeman, May 2026
47.52744, 7.70018
Wanted to get to Bern, after 50 minutes we got a ride to solothurn.
On our way back we wanted to get to Freiburg Germany, after 1 Hour only 1 German car drove by, most germans get fuel right behind the border i guess.
Eventually we got a ride to airport Basel where we didnt even have to wait 5 Minutes to get to Freiburg.
―joeman, May 2026
47.52744, 7.70018
Wanted to get to Bern, after 50 minutes we got a ride to solothurn.
On our way back we wanted to get to Freiburg Germany, after 1 Hour only 1 German car drove by, most germans get fuel right behind the border i guess.
Eventually we got a ride to airport Basel where we didnt even have to wait 5 Minutes to get to Freiburg.
―joeman, May 2026
47.52744, 7.70018
Wanted to get to Bern, after 50 minutes we got a ride to solothurn.
On our way back we wanted to get to Freiburg Germany, after 1 Hour only 1 German car drove by, most germans get fuel right behind the border i guess.
Eventually we got a ride to airport Basel where we didnt even have to wait 5 Minutes to get to Freiburg.
―joeman, May 2026
48.17878, 13.74637
DO NOT STAND WITH SIGN, i wasted 2 hours this way.
go and ask truck drivers. 90% go to germany though.
bought a kinder for a driver and got a slovenia ride, just what i wanted
―AleksP, May 2026
48.21467, 14.28267
it's SUPER great for germany(Passau). not my first time here.
but bad for salzburg/graz :(
got taken by a truck driver heading to France, decided to change gas stations.
―AleksP, May 2026
47.32418, 11.19912
Perfect spot to go to Germany, we got a ride directly to Munich
―diiiiiiiane, May 2026
47.25595, 11.37669
Have to put a very near city to go out of there, we change the sign to put seefeld (north/germany) only waited 10min after
―diiiiiiiane, May 2026
47.77769, 12.95591
good! space to pull over, cars slow, people going to germany or through 'kleines deutsches eck' back into austria
―rot, May 2026
49.75739, 13.61564
Ideal for direction Germany
―boris, May 2026
50.03354, 14.21386
Very frequented gas station, ideal for direction Germany
―boris, May 2026
48.19268, 16.2765
Good Spot, maybe the best to get to the west of Austria or the south of Germany.
―Anonymous, May 2026
43.54406, 3.79359
I believe it's the best place to cross the Montpellier without going into it. There's a lot of traffic in many directions. We've been asking everybody around and many people were going to the next city 60 km away or Lyon, fewer to Aix-en-Provence but it's the best way to Italy and we were heading to it. It's kinda hard to navigate on the map what's the best way to Italy cause there is a lot of roads crossing each other after Montpellier.
We 2 guys got picked up by a father and son from Germany that were supposed to go to Monaco but on our way there the son got so angry he had no cigarettes left that he broke the car (tear out both the mirrors, started to throw things into the car) and told us to leave
―Szymon, May 2026
50.71026, 13.54277
Towards more inland into Germany, very low traffic, around a car in every 10 minutes, but that car is very likely to stop, especially if it's a german one and the least take you to the nearby other bigger villages that would have a store etc, wouldn't come around here any time late though, wait times of 5-15 minutes expected
―estohiker, May 2026
55.62886, 12.57009
The spot can be slightly dangerous to reach if there is lots of traffic, but for us at 10am it was fine. We got a ride to the Karlslunde station which put us on the right direction to head to Germany. Make sure to stand on the grass rather than the asphalt, some trucks pulled over just to take a break but their visibility might not be so great.
―elisabethhirtz, April 2026