Hitchhiking in Germany
Hitchhiking to Germany
Recent reviews in Germany
52.4341, 13.19136
The entrance ramp back to the highway is currently closed due to construction. There were no cars at all i left to michendorf. Not sure if it’s cause of that or just a bad day. But it seems like the construction will go on for a while
―Anonymous, November 2025
49.57999, 10.92831
Nice spot to go to Munich but bad spot to go east and to Czech Republic. Not so many cars here
―Mano75, October 2025
50.05483, 8.90806
Very good spot to reach wurtzbourg and Nuremberg. A lot of cars and easy to ask around.
―Mano75, October 2025
49.20758, 7.02183
Not a good spot, very few fars and most of them are locals.
―Mano75, October 2025
49.23334, 6.99056
Awful spot, no one is stopping here, don’t go into saarbruck if you are trying to hitchhike
―Mano75, October 2025
47.59794, 7.60346
Gas station is very outdated and no trafic. But at parking next to restaurant a lift with just one time asking.
―Splunt, October 2025
49.20554, 9.64164
It's very easy to get to Nuremberg with this spot
―someoneinthecrowd, October 2025
50.62375, 8.89478
BAD SPOT TO GO TO KÖLN. Was unlucky because nobody went there but very lucky to have a guy that dropped me to my final destination in Belgium. Thanks Dariusz! :) asked around
―cavalierrustique, October 2025
47.82979, 11.90632
Great if you're going to Austria (either Innsbruck or Salzburg), many different gas station options to ask around
―Eolion, October 2025
48.33806, 11.60764
Great spot if you're going to Munich or South to Austria. Germans stop here to buy the Austrian Highway Vignette so you can easily talk to them
―Eolion, October 2025
49.57984, 10.9286
Good if you're going to Munich or Nürnberg. We first tried to get to Regensburg but no luck so eventually we settled on Munich. If you're going to Austria like us, it might be easier to get through Munich and Salzburg than to try and cut across
―Eolion, October 2025
50.62115, 8.36231
Great spot for going south. A lot of people were going to Frankfurt and we managed to get a ride to Nürnberg fairly easily
―Eolion, October 2025
50.88203, 7.11041
On the side of the highway leading out of the airport. We were at the gas station a few meters down but an airport worker told us to try and get to the side of the motorway just behind. There's space for cars to stop. Decent spot for both north and south
―Eolion, October 2025
50.89837, 7.08285
If you're going to the airport, great spot as people wait here to avoid paying the parking. A few people were also going to Bonn.
If you're trying to go anywhere else (Frankfurt in our case), DO NOT come here and stay on the A3 if possible. We had to give up and start again the next morning from the airport
―Eolion, October 2025
51.46742, 7.59326
Pretty good to get south, although most people were not going far (maybe Köln or Dortmund). If you're trying to go further, stay on the A3 at all costs
―Eolion, October 2025
51.94383, 7.54886
People were not very open and most of them were not going very far. Might just have been bad luck tho
―Eolion, October 2025
52.23137, 7.87728
Good for goign south although not many people were going very far
―Eolion, October 2025
50.94973, 11.19365
I was desperate because it was really cold and windy and rainy. Like the worst weather ever to hitchhike. I asked a bit around with no success but still had ok feedbacks. Kicked out of the MacDonald (fair enough) decided to use thumb and sign "A4 West" and got a lift to Francfort. In my case I will be dropped at the gas station Reinhardshain Nord to go to Köln and Belgium. Thanks Heike!
―cavalierrustique, October 2025
51.06249, 13.57466
Waited a long time in the cold and the wind. However it was Sunday so not a lot of traffic and a lot of families with full cars. Taken by Mani to Erfurt gas station :)
―cavalierrustique, October 2025
48.80887, 8.18226
Perfect, the first car i asked took me away ;)
―Monsl, October 2025
Recent reviews mentioning Germany
49.17941, 6.05362
Good spot to go Paris or Strasbourg, harder for Germany but it can be done.
―Mano75, October 2025
47.54516, 7.59933
Good visible spot, cars can stop next to the road. Entrance to highways towards Germany and France. Lots of local trafic & French and German cars. But no luck with sign Freiburg. Finaly got a lift to Weil border gasstation.
―Splunt, October 2025
52.28136, 6.85299
Pretty good for germany, although not a lot of trafic
―Eolion, October 2025
47.49562, 18.81718
I waited two hours but it was a low traffic day and eventually there was some works on the gas station. Definitely the best place to go west ! Got a ride to Leipzig. If you really want to go to Germany it's completely doable there's a lot of Germans. Actually more than Austrians haha. But you have to talk to them. I waited almost two hours at the exit of the gas station then I decided to talk directly to the gas station and I was offered also a ride by a bus driver for free to Graz at the same moment I asked Hungarian couple with a dutch plate, they were going at the North of Holland but we agree to let them drop me at Leipzig. Thanks Catarina and Zaly :)
―cavalierrustique, October 2025
49.64121, 6.21971
We somehow ended up here trying to go towards Germany. Traffic is low and there isn't really much stopping space. Avoid.
―Zenit, October 2025
47.3735, 9.67724
A lot of local traffic but also people going to Germany - got a ride to the Ellwanger Berge station after an hour
―matthias, October 2025
49.21578, 2.62774
Lot of passing cars, lots of belges and germans. I just wanted to go to Lilles and found easily a car. I didn't want to go there at first but we got a bit of a miscomprehension at Vemars so I stopped there and I'm thinking of using this spot again if I ever want to speedrun to germany and further north lol.
―GermaineBreton, October 2025
48.12374, 11.75787
Got a ride to Salzburg after two hours...but it was a public holiday in Germany so a lot of families with no room in cars.
―cavalierrustique, October 2025
45.2757, 4.82932
Expect a lot of elderly people that don't want to talk. We were two, first we asked around the shops which didn't work, then just thumb up at the stop sign after the parking. A guy travelling from Malaga to Germany took us.
―Renaclerican, September 2025
49.70312, 12.98561
Nice spot, alot of cars going to Germany, harder to get too, you need to go through a field and climb over a small fence. We got a ride to Schwandorf.
―Stokars, September 2025
47.67582, 6.98003
I normally avoid Peages, but I didnt have an other choice. I got picked up by a Bus driver who brought me 2 Hours in the direction of Lyon. He drove to Marseille, so I could have went Germany-Marseille in one day so great spot, maybe it was just luck.
―Anonymous, September 2025
50.03358, 14.21388
The first large petrol station west of Prague. Great spot for getting rides further west (Pilsen, Germany). (1 M, 1 F)
―vvotruba, September 2025
50.05211, 14.29298
Good spot for getting to a large Rudná petrol station which is great for catching rides to Germany. (1 M, 1 F)
―vvotruba, September 2025
52.02112, 5.75358
If you want to go to Germany -> Now it's the time for looking for german license plates
―Tobi, September 2025
52.07991, 4.97968
Asked around again.
Step by step to Germany
―Tobi, September 2025
47.53479, 9.39693
We stood near th fruit stand. Great visibility, good spot for direction of Austria or Germany
―Melampsorella, September 2025
43.50558, 1.35226
Eaven though it was dark we got taken by to surfers just by walking up to people who were just going threw the paying station. The spot is a dream and helped us on our voyage from Germany to Portugal. No luck needed!
―zare, September 2025
45.79463, 19.69438
A lot of traffic, mostly - but not only - cars from Germany, Austria, but also Hungary, Slovakia and Czechia.
However! Germans won't take you, so it is better not to waste time with them...
―IGMartyOnTheMap, September 2025
48.31074, 16.51481
A good place if you want to go towards Italy, France and Germany or the Czech Republic. We were heading towards Budapest and we had some difficulties to find someone who was driving in that direction. But a lot can depend on what time you hitchhiking. On the plus side, a lot of trucks and quite a lot of passenger car traffic at the gas station. A good place to stop/accommodate. There is a shower, laundry, hostel.
―Moonhans, September 2025
43.40059, 17.03878
I went north and it was very easy to find a ride that takes you north on the highway, many tourists that go to germany, slowenia or austria
―Tjarko, September 2025