Hitchhiking in the Netherlands

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Hitchhiking to the Netherlands

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Recent reviews in the Netherlands

52.02112, 5.75358

If you want to go to Germany -> Now it's the time for looking for german license plates

rating: 5/5, wait: 15 min πŸ’¬, ride: 246 km β†˜

―Tobi, September 2025

52.07991, 4.97968

Asked around again.
Step by step to Germany

rating: 5/5, wait: 20 min, ride: 67 km β†’

―Tobi, September 2025

52.03956, 4.70555

Just asked the ppl on the gas station

rating: 5/5, wait: 20 min πŸ’¬

―Tobi, September 2025

51.93863, 4.46276

Got a good ride to the next service station.
But one dickhead showed me his beautiful middle finger. I love the dutch friendliness :)

rating: 5/5, wait: 15 min πŸ‘, ride: 25 km β†—

―Tobi, September 2025

51.93878, 6.09115

Drove the car of a German couple that had just been checked by police and had an expired license.

rating: 4/5, wait: 3 min πŸͺ§, ride: 16 km β†’

―Chris9012, Tue 09 Sep 2025, 14:39

52.01791, 5.92629

Was wrting a sign to use at the onramp, but a man saw me writing it and offered me a ride.

rating: 5/5, wait: 0 min πŸͺ§, ride: 17 km β†˜

―Chris9012, Tue 09 Sep 2025, 12:37

52.02317, 4.68398

Stood right in the corner between a main road and the turn to gas station. Heavy traffic, got picked up after 40 seconds (possibly luck xd). Real nice spot to Rotterdam.

rating: 5/5, wait: 1 min πŸͺ§, ride: 21 km ↙

―Jo, Thu 11 Sep 2025, 18:00

51.96749, 4.59109

Real visible, but not many cars that drive to Gouda stops on a station just before Gouda. I was lucky guy worked there. But as a last resort, really pleasant.

rating: 4/5, wait: 30 min πŸ’¬+πŸͺ§, ride: 11 km β†—

―Jo, Thu 11 Sep 2025, 10:30

52.06058, 5.10556

Really nice spot, real visible and as someone said, lot of space for cars to stop. But be careful, you’re practically on a highway.

rating: 5/5, wait: 5 min πŸͺ§, ride: 46 km ←

―Jo, Thu 11 Sep 2025, 09:15

52.34101, 4.90713

Friendly guy stops right in the middle of the street, I was also red light so he didn’t care much (although, people were honking). Took me straight to Utrecht. Thank you!

rating: 4/5, wait: 15 min πŸͺ§, ride: 39 km β†˜

―Jo, Wed 10 Sep 2025, 13:12

51.73513, 4.63286

So quick and great spot - gas station

rating: 5/5, wait: 5 min, ride: 11 km ↓

―SunnySupertramp, September 2025

51.95608, 4.56101

So quick, great spot

rating: 5/5, wait: 10 min

―SunnySupertramp, September 2025

52.02317, 4.68398

Asked two people, then left, then the highway is a DEFINITE no go, so walked back and the first person took me - good spot to get to Rot

rating: 5/5, wait: 5 min, ride: 16 km ↙

―SunnySupertramp, September 2025

50.78611, 5.72836

got a really fun ride here, a family with two kids in a campervan who would offer me a ride in exchange for babysitting their 3 year old. so i was playing games and drawing with her 'til we reached lux. it was hard to say goodbye hahah! super kind people, hope they're doing well :)

rating: 5/5, wait: 2 min, ride: 176 km ↓

―estouperdida, September 2025

50.84076, 5.71615

a bit dangerous, since its on the highway, but pretty much ur only good option out of maastricht if u wanna go south. a guy dropped me at the gas station in eisjden, then got a ride in 2 mins.

rating: 3/5, wait: 40 min, ride: 8 km ↓

―estouperdida, September 2025

52.34018, 4.90762

Wait next to the traffic lights for the cars that turn right

rating: 4/5, wait: 15 min πŸͺ§, ride: 46 km ↓

―Anonymous, Sun 31 Aug 2025, 09:47

52.25281, 6.43332

Okay spot, but not very great.
Best to ask around, I stood at the end of both ways to catch all the cars leaving the spot. Got a ride that went to Hamburg but I got off before OsnabrΓΌck

rating: 4/5, wait: 30 min πŸͺ§, ride: 120 km β†’

―Siemieon, Mon 25 Aug 2025, 08:01

52.20982, 6.09835

Got away very quickly but also very lucky.
Only a ride to the next big gas station (with MacDonald's) under Holten

rating: 5/5, wait: 10 min πŸ’¬, ride: 29 km β†’

―Siemieon, Mon 25 Aug 2025, 10:55

51.99106, 5.90867

Very good spot to stand at. Cars have the time to stop at the bus stop.
Got a ride to Deventer from here but also a good spot to start from to go to Germany

rating: 5/5, wait: 5 min πŸͺ§, ride: 34 km β†—

―Siemieon, August 2025

51.92016, 5.57034

Getting here does require to cross a few busy lanes but the spot is great!

rating: 5/5, wait: 15 min πŸͺ§, ride: 60 km ←

―Anonymous, Sat 23 Aug 2025, 08:35

Recent reviews mentioning the Netherlands

50.05548, 8.9097

Wildcamped at: 50.055, 8.9237 Just a 15 min walk.
Got a ride to the Netherlands.

rating: 5/5, wait: 87 min πŸ‘, ride: 324 km β†–

―Chris9012, Tue 09 Sep 2025, 08:33

53.48266, 10.02408

Got a ride with a truck all the way to the Netherlands, while trying to hitch with a sign, close to the entry to the highway. Male/summer

rating: 5/5, wait: 30 min πŸͺ§, ride: 404 km ←

―Anonymous, Wed 20 Aug 2025, 11:28

53.05571, 8.5021

Last petrol station on the highway before entering the Netherlands. Don't get stuck here at night as there is nobody! I went to sleep in the Hasbruch Tower which is in a nature reserve about a 30 minutes hike northwest. Next morning it took me two hours to head towards Leer

rating: 3/5, wait: 120 min πŸ’¬, ride: 109 km ←

―Sander, August 2025

50.52966, 3.04639

Lots of cars going back to the Netherlands. Most had kids on the backseat, but after 25 mins we found someone to take us to the Dutch border.

rating: 5/5, wait: 25 min, ride: 191 km β†—

―Anoniem, August 2025

51.20945, 3.25392

Lots of space to pull over, but traffic seemed local. I was trying to get onto the E34 to the Netherlands via Antwerp(ambitious, I know) and was offered a ride that took me further down the N9.

You might be better off taking the E40 to Ghent/Antwerp if you wanna go to the Netherlands, but I didn't try that other option. Disregarding that though, it's decent.

rating: 4/5, wait: 45 min πŸͺ§, ride: 15 km β†’

―SebUltimate, Mon 04 Aug 2025, 12:40

54.60732, 11.28489

I went on the ferry thanks to a car coming from Maribo. Then on the ferry I was looking for people going directly to Hamburg. After 10 people, I found 2 dutch brothers coming from Norway and going to the Netherlands. They dropped me at Moorfleet Ikea Hamburg. I was alone and with a small bag.

rating: 5/5, wait: 20 min, ride: 181 km ↙

―Nina, July 2025

48.21417, 4.24062

got stuck there mid trip as the night fell, the station employee was really nice, let us sleep in our bags inside and gave us tea, we found a ride eventually in the middle of the night, the rode through belgium without stopping and left us just after the Netherlands border

rating: 5/5, wait: 350 min πŸ’¬+πŸͺ§, ride: 458 km ↑

―milo, Tue 14 Sep 2021, 04:48

51.32581, 6.89137

Very busy gas station. Asked around and then an Indian family took me straight to the Netherlands. They were driving to Almere, but they dropped me off in Wageningen in front of my dorm.

rating: 5/5, wait: 10 min πŸ’¬, ride: 138 km β†–

―anettlee17, Sat 26 Apr 2025, 20:30

50.83315, 6.45929

If coming from direction Buir, take the train to Duren :) Here it is good to go west in direction of the Netherlands

rating: 5/5, wait: 25 min, ride: 33 km ←

―Wazka, April 2025

50.95536, 5.69451

Great spot, many many cars there, going in both direction (Belgium or the Netherlands). Asked the cars and people were very open to me (even tho it was 11 pm)

rating: 4/5, wait: 10 min

―Swagg, March 2025

51.25409, 6.48992

A random guy saw me walking at 9 pm and decided to help me out by helping me get to the Netherlands. Not a good spot in general tho I’d say

rating: 2/5, wait: 10 min

―Swagg, March 2025

50.8576, 4.42676

Its a really good spot to get to the Netherlands because this road leads to the cities in that direction. I needed to reach Maastricht and it was the first driver who took me directly there. Its faster to get a ride standing with a sign.

rating: 5/5, wait: 20 min, ride: 110 km β†’

―Anonymous, February 2025

50.85391, 4.65821

Used this hitchhiking frequently lately. Going to Wallonia/France/South is very hard if you are not willing to go via Liege. Going to Bruxelles would be a question of a few minutes and going direction Aarschot/Antwerpen/The Netherlands will take around half an hour I guess

rating: 3/5, wait: 120 min πŸ’¬, ride: 14 km ←

―Tankstelle94, February 2025

51.65306, 6.19888

Amazing spot if you're going anywhere in the Netherlands. There was a lot of traffic and I quickly found a driver who took me to the service station in the south of Nijmegen.
In retrospect, I should have waited here longer and looked for a longer ride.

rating: 5/5, wait: 5 min πŸ’¬+πŸͺ§, ride: 27 km ←

―daganzebuaatramper, Sat 08 Feb 2025, 15:08

51.12318, 6.79745

Great spot if you're hitchhiking from Cologne to the Netherlands. You can get here from Nievenheim train station and bus WE2. After that it's just a 15 minute walk to the station.
If you look on Google satellite, you will spot a small trail after the bridge over the highway. It is traversable but I wouldn't recommend it as it leads through hunting grounds that are private property. Better to take the long way around. Either way, the service station is accessible on foot through a whole in the fence or on the small road.

Waited for 5 minutes, then found a friendly man and his girlfriend who took me one service station further to GeismΓΌhle. There was low traffic on Saturday, but I got lucky and found somebody quickly.

rating: 5/5, wait: 5 min πŸ’¬, ride: 30 km β†–

―daganzebuaatramper, Sat 08 Feb 2025, 13:01

50.45171, 3.80498

More people going to the Netherlands than Liège but I still found a ride there in under 30 minutes. Even got approached back! Bonus points for the cute dog I got to have on my lap (not reflected in the rating.)

rating: 4/5, wait: 25 min πŸ’¬, ride: 134 km β†’

―thebeekeeper, Mon 11 Nov 2024, 19:00

50.81709, 6.21312

Took me two hours to find someone to go in the direction of Liège. To be fair, it was a bad time, Mid-November on a weekday when it was super foggy, but most people were just going to Aachen or North to the Netherlands or Antwerp. So if you wanna go there, it's a good spot, I guess. However the person who took me was super nice and even made a small detour for me.

rating: 2/5, wait: 120 min πŸ’¬, ride: 64 km ←

―thebeekeeper, Thu 07 Nov 2024, 15:15

52.18926, 5.439

Had to wait for over an hour, then decided to ask around, and managed to hitch a ride to Zeist. It wasn't a bad spot per se, bigger gasstations are just more preferable, also the bathroom here was shit. (Aparently this was once rated the dirtiest gasstation of the Netherlands).

rating: 2/5, wait: 65 min πŸ’¬+πŸͺ§, ride: 19 km ↙

―Standard, October 2024

43.54423, 3.79282

Asked around at the gas station with a sign in hand. After 45min, a kind couple from the netherlands took me to lyon :) many cars also go to Marseile and Aix en Provence

rating: 5/5, wait: 45 min πŸ’¬+πŸͺ§, ride: 325 km ↑

―TajineMachine, October 2024

52.26133, 7.84605

the second person I asked gave me a ride to Utrecht, great spot for going to the Netherlands

rating: 5/5, wait: 5 min πŸ’¬, ride: 231 km ←

―Anonymous, September 2024

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