Autobahnraststätte Augsburg Ost
rating: 5/5, wait: 20 min, ride: 208 km ←―denwer, January 2025
Loads of traffic and big station. Was a bit hard to chose the right spot to stand as the station is big and cars take different lines.
First stood at the Gasstation but missed many people going to the restaurant or Parking. Asked Truck drivers but most ejected me Immediately. In the end I went to the restaurant and just asked people there to take me. On a Friday Many Busses stop here so a bus driver took me he had to check with the shool class if they where fine taking me and they where. Even got offered a ride by somebody else from a Bus at the same time but smaller distance.
rating: 5/5, wait: 40 min, ride: 208 km ←
―Anonymous, June 2023
Couple with a panel indicating Ulm. Not so many cars but we get caught in 20 min.
rating: 3/5, wait: 5 min
―Anonymous, May 2022
Never had to wait that long for a lift (3h). Maybe just bad luck.
―Anonymous, July 2016
Good spot if you're asking people directly.
―Anonymous, November 2015
Oct 15; good spot, unlucky mehad to wait in the dark which made it more difficult to get a hike. Had to wait for an hour to get a ride to Stuttgart and further.
―LaZubi, October 2015
very good spot to go to the direction of stuttgart. don´t bother thumbing here, just ask people when they stop to tank.
―Anonymous, August 2015
I am originally from Augsburg and this is my favourite spot to start hitchhiking westwards. Ask people and you get a ride to Pforzheim, Stuttgart or Ulm in 10-40 min.
―Anonymous, August 2014
We got a lift to Stuttgart after 5 minutes on a sunday afternoon.
―Bence16, August 2014
OK if you ask drivers. Best results if you ask for a nearby destination, p.e. Ulm.
―Kristian, June 2014
Esso gas station
―Anonymous, September 2013
I asked people at the station, where they are already out of their cars and rejecting communication with me is more difficult ;) Just took me 10minutes
―Chirimuyu, July 2013
Insa and Jan found it ok to hitch from here in middle of May. Ask people at the service station and also have a sign to indicate you’re a hitchhiker. Feasible is to get a ride to Ulm or a little further.
―Jan, June 2013
What do you mean by »the cars drive just too fast«? It’s an autobahn service station. :)
―Jan, June 2013
A seemingly good place to find a car (there are many) turned out to be a very bad spot. We asked maybe 50-75 people and "Thumb" the exit non stop until found somebody to take us to Stuttgart (there were heading to Heliborn). Meanwhile we heard many strange excuses and almost lost our mind. Very hard work!
But, we did see a single female hitchhiker with no beg finding a ride to France in just 20 minutes. For us it was a lot harder and we got a lot of rude responses. Overall a bad expirince.
―Mateo, September 2012
At the end of the spring break I waited here for three hours. About every 15 minutes there was ONE car passing. When you hitchhike toward Stuttgart, try to get a ride at least to Ulm.
―Sroomer, May 2011
Not very good to hitchhikt, the cars drive just too fast.
I waited each time more then 30 minutes
rating: 3/5
―Anonymous
when heading to ulm or stuttgart, this is a good spot.
rating: 3/5
―Anonymous