Frechen Süd
Definitely would avoid this station. Took us 2 hours to find a ride, not even in the right direction. Honestly juste get the first car that will take you Somewhere else. But good spot for gotting to Colognerating: 2/5, wait: 180 min
―Pierrot, August 2024
7 hours waiting with a dortmund hannover sign we finally took a ride for frankfurt...we were two of us..
―Anonymous, November 2015
After 25 minutes, I got offered a ride to Wiesbaden. After 30 minutes a ride to Kassel, this was more convenient for my trip to Poland :)
―Anonymous, September 2014
heading south, stood here two hours form 18-20h, to get on the A61 but then got a ride from a belgian spedcyclingfamily al the way to mannheim
better to get out at Kerpen
―Fossilhitchhiker, August 2014
Buh, I don't like this place. I'm stubborn and never use a sign, but at this place it would definitely help. Took me 2hrs of waiting in the evening and 3,5 hrs the next day to find a ride in direction Frankfurt that wasn't even that decent (60km)...
―Koendev, February 2014
Got a ride to a petrol station in Dortmund, after 1 hour.
―Anonymous, December 2013
When we came there, there was already two groups of hitch-hikers begin september. We waited for +/- 45 minutes and find a lift to Dortmund (our destination was Berlin).
―Laurencebxl, December 2013
Not too much traffic on a friday. Pretty bad if you want to go to Erfurt/Dresden.
―Auflosgehtslos, May 2013
A lot of traffic, but half of locals. Be prepared to wait a lot of time and ask lots of drivers if you're heading to the A1.
―BadWolf, May 2013
With a big city and several directions just ahead, it can take some patience at Frechen to find the right lift.
―Fverhart, October 2012
Two of us needed to wait for 30 mins to get a lift towards Frankfurt (A3). A good spot
―Upi4kumaterinu, April 2012
After getting through here a few more times I get the impression that the service station is good towards Frankfurt (A3), okay towards Hannover and Berlin (A1 and A2 later) but very bad towards Erfurt and Dresden (A4).
―Kriechstrom, February 2012
Maybe it is not the fastest hitchhiking spot, but still you can catch quite easily someone going into the east to the Frankfurt. And as a bonus there is wonderful view to the Köln ;-)
―Xkomczax, November 2011
Having hitchhiked via Frechen very often I don't like this place. There is always lots of local traffic going to the restaurant here. The fuel station is barely frequented. And it's just not a nice place. However it's the last petrol station before cologne when coming from west. If you can, try "Aachener Land" (60km west) instead.
―Anonymous, September 2011
If you need go around Cologne (either north, east or south) this is probably a good stop to get off if you are coming from Maastricht. Once you get into Cologne it gets much harder to find people that need to go your direction.
―Anonymous, August 2011
Decent spot to get onto the A1 northbound, Lichtendorf for example
rating: 3/5
―Anonymous