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Name: Wienerpolser (Hitchmap)

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Sat 2026-10-31 15:00 · 10 min wait · 29 km ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
51.5062, -2.3475
Heading to Nailsworth. Cars going fairly fast but there's a big layby with plenty of space to stop. Waited 10 minutes then got a lift with a young guy heading to Stroud who said he had a huge hitchhiking debt and just got his first car 2 weeks earlier.
Sat 2026-10-31 14:30 · 20 min wait · 68 km ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
51.4827, -1.5583
Heading to Stroud, waited 20 minutes with a (pretty illegible) sign saying Bristol/Cirencester, then got a lift to the A46.
Sat 2026-10-31 14:00 · 30 min wait · 46 km ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
51.4227, -1.0343
Heading West, had a sign saying Swindon. Waited 30 minutes then got a lift to Membury services.
Sat 2026-10-31 11:55 · 45 min wait · 47 km ⭐⭐⭐⭐
51.4740, -0.4930
Small layby thing just before the roundabout to exit Heathrow. Waited for 45 minutes with a sign saying M4, only taxis and rich twats in SUVs who can afford airport parking, passing without a glance. Then a nice bloke who'd just dropped off some family stopped and took me to reading services. No trouble with airport security.
Tue 2026-09-22 08:45 · 1155 min wait · 360 km ⭐⭐⭐
51.2663, 0.6156
Heading to Belgium. Arrived here at 13.30 on a Friday, left at 8.45 the next morning. Spent the first 3 hours thumbing at the exit on the side of the road, then started doing laps of the car park and asking people. No luck, no-one even going towards Europe. More European plates earlier in the afternoon but by early evening it was mostly UK cars. Lots of Polish vans and European trucks but none of them seemed at all willing. Had about 6-7 offers of lifts to Ashford/Folkestone/Dover, but held out for the channel crossing. Lost hope by 7pm, so put up my tent in the woods before it got too dark. Started again at 6.45 the next morning. On my 3rd lap of the car park I found a German couple who took me all the way to my destination in Belgium! My sense is that asking people directly is much more likely to pay out with a lift over the channel, but thumbing by the exit can get you to Dover pretty quickly.
Mon 2026-09-21 12:30 · 70 min wait · 89 km ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
51.3057, -0.4087
Heading to Europe. Spent an hour opposite the petrol station feeling sorry for myself because 90% of the cars passing were heading west. Then realised there's a layby on the entrance to the eastbound M25, just after the roundabout. Waited there for 5 minutes then got told to move by police (ACAB) so went up to the roundabout and after 5 minutes a Lithuanian trucker stopped, who had also just been interrogated by the police (ACAB). He was going to Antwerp but said he couldn't add another passenger to the ferry ticket, so I got out at Maidstone.
Mon 2026-09-21 10:30 · 50 min wait · 56 km ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
51.4253, -1.0321
Heading to Europe. Had a sign saying M25 S. Waited 50 minutes then got a lift to Cobham services. (Think most traffic here is heading straight into London)
Mon 2026-09-21 08:45 · 15 min wait · 98 km ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
51.5114, -2.1572
Heading to Europe. Had a sign saying London, got a lift in 15 minutes with a Bulgarian guy who dropped me at Reading services.
Mon 2026-09-21 08:15 · 30 min wait · 17 km ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
51.5027, -2.3484
Heading to Europe. Waited 30 minutes with sign saying London and got a lift to first services on motorway.
Sun 2026-08-16 19:00 · 1 min wait · 69 km ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
50.8261, 2.5856
Got dropped here and only saw 2 cars, both with UK plates. The first one I asked agreed to take me to the tunnel but then said they weren't comfortable taking me across the channel, so dropped me after the check-in.
Sun 2026-08-16 16:55 · 150 min wait · 119 km ⭐⭐⭐
50.4523, 3.8011
Heading to the UK. Saw a bunch of UK plates when I arrived, but they didn't have space or weren't going across the channel or just weren't fun enough to take hitchhikers. Waited along the wall next to the shop with a sign "direction Calais?" for 2 hours, but got nowhere, though I saw a few more UK plates. Then moved to the far end, at the exit onto the motorway, and got a lift within 20 minutes with a very kind person who went an hour out of their way to drop me on the road to Calais.
Sun 2026-08-16 12:55 · 165 min wait · 171 km ⭐⭐⭐
50.6555, 5.7108
Heading to the UK. Didn't have a good time here. Spent 3 hours alternating between the exit road, the shop entrance, and walking round and asking people. Literally no-one said they were going towards Brussels, most people seemed to be going north, and there were lots of Dutch plates. Got offered one lift to Antwerp, and then eventually a guy driving to Spain offered me a lift to Brussels, though it turned out he wasn't driving to Brussels at all so I got out at Mons...
Sun 2026-08-16 12:15 · 3 min wait · 20 km ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
51.7116, -1.9885
Spot is on the other side of the road. Waited a couple of minutes with a sign saying Stroud and then a guy stopped and went out of his way to take me to Nailsworth.
Sun 2026-08-16 09:44 · 15 min wait · 145 km ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
51.3057, -0.4087
Heading towards Stroud, had a sign saying M4W. After 10 minutes got a lift to Cirencester. I stand next to the road by the picnic benches and the lorry park.
Sun 2026-08-16 09:10 · 10 min wait · 101 km ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
50.9290, 6.7744
Heading to the UK. Had a sign saying Belgium. 3rd car I asked took me to Liège.
Sun 2026-08-16 08:15 · 75 min wait · 39 km ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
51.2719, 0.0357
Good spot, though at 7AM on a Monday it didn't seem like much traffic was going far on the M25. Had a sign for Cobham/M4. Two cars stopped and offered short lifts, then after an hour one took me to Cobham services.
Sun 2026-08-16 06:09 · 10 min wait · 21 km ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
51.3867, 0.1949
Heading towards Bristol. There's a space for cars to pull over. Got a lift onto the M25 in 10 minutes.
Sat 2026-08-15 20:00 · 30 min wait · 154 km ⭐⭐⭐⭐
50.9353, 1.8123
Got dropped at the terminal, after checking in, as my driver decided he didn't want to take me across. Walked around the car park asking drivers and eventually found one to take me, though most had full cars or seemed scared. Asked 2 staff at the info desk about adding passengers at this stage, one said it's too late you're past check-in, the other said it's fine you can just do it in the app (which we did, and it was fine).
Thu 2026-08-13 16:00 · 1 min wait · 55 km ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
50.8166, 6.2155
Asked a guy filling his car and immediately got a lift to the outside of Cologne.
Thu 2026-08-13 15:27 · 5 min wait · 50 km ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
50.6548, 5.7087
Guy and girl heading to Cologne. Waited at the roundabout by the exit with a sign saying Germany / Köln and got a lift to Aachen in 5 minutes.
Thu 2026-08-13 14:47 · 20 min wait · 41 km ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
50.7059, 5.2504
Guy and girl heading to Cologne. Waited at the exit with a sign saying Germany / Köln. Not so many german cars but got a lift to the other side of Liege in about 20 minutes.
Thu 2026-08-13 13:15 · 15 min wait · 56 km ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
50.8521, 4.6579
Guy and girl heading to Cologne. Waited near the exit with a sign saying Germany / Köln, and got a lift close to Liege in 15 minutes.
Tue 2026-07-14 21:17 · 5 min wait · 12 km ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
51.7116, -1.9885
Had a sign saying Stroud, got a lift halfway (was heading to Nailsworth) within 5 minutes.
Tue 2026-07-14 20:25 · 5 min wait · 35 km ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
51.5129, -1.7227
Waited at the entrance to the petrol station with a sign saying Ciren, got a lift in 5 minutes.
Tue 2026-07-14 18:58 · 0 min wait · 118 km ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
51.3057, -0.4087
Waited 10 seconds with a sign saying M4 E, 3rd car that passed took me to Swindon.
Tue 2026-07-14 14:35 · 60 min wait · 306 km ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
51.1879, 3.1056
Waited about an hour, mostly outside the shop with a sign saying Calais>UK, and asking the few cars I saw with UK plates. Eventually an Irish guy offered me a lift, took me in the ferry and dropped me outside London.
Tue 2026-07-14 12:37 · 30 min wait · 51 km ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
51.0347, 3.6387
Heading to the UK. Didn't see any UK plates in the parking so waited at the exit with a sign saying Oostende/Calais. Got a lift with a couple of Azerbaijanis who offered to take me to Dunkerque, but I got off at Jabbeke petrol station.
Tue 2026-07-14 10:45 · 105 min wait · 95 km ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
50.8714, 4.6895
Heading to the UK. Waited 1h45 with a sign saying Gent. 5 cars stopped and offered a lift to Brussels or the highway, 6th one took me to Drongen petrol station past Gent.
Fri 2026-07-03 16:41 · 90 min wait · 744 km ⭐⭐⭐⭐
48.1236, 11.7597
Two guys heading to Belgium, had a sign saying Nürnberg / Frankfurt. Took a while, tried standing by the exit and asking people as they arrived. Eventually found a Belgien car driving to Ghent, the guy let us stay in his cousin's apartment overnight then took us the rest of the way the next morning.
Fri 2026-07-03 12:13 · 60 min wait · 364 km ⭐⭐⭐⭐
46.2265, 14.4250
Two guys heading north, had a sign saying Austria/Germany. Asked people outside the shop and eventually got a lift to Munich.
Fri 2026-07-03 11:03 · 120 min wait · 18 km ⭐⭐⭐⭐
46.0976, 14.4639
Sun 2026-06-28 10:50 · 10 min wait · 93 km ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
46.4400, 13.7500
Guy and girl heading to Ljubljana. Bus stop is a good spot, quickly got a lift all the way (with sightseeing stops on the way). Lots of tourists crossing the pass, and the road is super wide at that point. Maybe we were a bit lucky that the layby wasn't full of parked cars yet as the parking seemed crazy on the pass.
Sun 2026-06-28 10:00 · 40 min wait · 15 km ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
46.3417, 13.6844
Guy and girl heading to Ljubljana. Waited about 40 minutes then got a lift to the top of the Vršič pass. Good spot especially if the parking spaces aren't full, cars are going slow round the corner.
Sat 2026-06-27 16:46 · 5 min wait · 12 km ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
46.3380, 13.5606
Quickly got a lift to Soča. Lots of space for cars to stop at the hotel entrance and they're going slow after the roundabout.
Sat 2026-06-27 10:02 · 5 min wait · 8 km ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
46.3366, 13.6426
Quickly got a lift into Bovec. Good spot, lots of space.
Sat 2026-06-27 09:03 · 20 min wait · 4 km ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
46.3410, 13.6825
Got a lift a few kms towards Bovec. Not loads of space for cars to stop but the road wasn't super busy and they were going fairly slow.
Thu 2026-06-25 13:08 · 3 min wait · 11 km ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
46.3431, 13.5737
Guy and girl, had a sign saying 11km, got a lift almost immediately in a camper.
Thu 2026-06-25 12:07 · 10 min wait · 22 km ⭐⭐⭐⭐
46.5018, 13.5925
Guy and girl heading to Slovenia. Had a sign saying Bovec (Slovenija). Not loads of space for cars to pull over but it's a wide road, and we quickly got a lift.
Thu 2026-06-25 11:05 ⭐
46.5034, 13.5949
Good spot but police told us to leave. ACAB.
Thu 2026-06-25 10:03 · 1 min wait · 6 km ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
46.5330, 13.6407
Guy and girl heading to Slovenia, had a sign for Tarvisio. First car that passed picked us up. Good spot, loads of space and cars are going quite slow through the border.
Wed 2026-06-24 19:16 · 60 min wait ⭐⭐⭐
46.5504, 13.6908
Didn't get a lift. Heading to Slovenia, had a sign for Tarvisio then changed it to Italy. Tried 30 minutes one evening then 30 the next morning. Could have tried longer but caught a bus to the border. Spot seems good, space to stop at the bus stop but cars are going quite fast and perhaps not all of them are going to Italy.
Wed 2026-06-24 18:17 · 15 min wait · 31 km ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
46.6308, 13.3965
Guy and girl heading to Slovenia, had a sign saying Nötsch / Arnoldstein. Good spot, cars are going pretty fast but there's a big extra lane for cars joining the road, and cars on the road can stop on that. Got a lift to Arnoldstein after about 15 minutes.
Wed 2026-06-24 17:39 · 10 min wait · 4 km ⭐⭐⭐⭐
46.6297, 13.4356
Asked around and got a lift to the highway fairly quickly.
Wed 2026-06-24 16:44 · 2 min wait · 3 km ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
46.6280, 13.4073
Immediately got a lift to the lake :p
Wed 2026-06-24 15:31 · 20 min wait · 39 km ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
46.6737, 13.0091
Guy and girl heading to Slovenia, had sign for Hermagor. Good spot, lots of space, cars not going super fast and they can pull into the turn-off. Got a lift past Hermagor after a short wait.
Wed 2026-06-24 14:15 · 0 min wait · 11 km ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
46.7463, 12.9699
Guy and girl heading to Slovenia, had sign saying Kötschach (Hermagor). First car that past took us to Kötschach.
Wed 2026-06-24 12:30 · 30 min wait · 21 km ⭐⭐⭐⭐
46.8314, 12.7826
Guy and girl heading to Slovenia, had a sign for Villach. Seems like a very good spot, lots of space for cars to pull over into the gas station. Took a while given there was lots of traffic, but it didn't seem like many people were heading to Villach. We got a lift 20km to Oberdrauburg.
Wed 2026-06-24 10:46 · 30 min wait ⭐⭐⭐
46.8291, 12.7717
Busy road, but seemed to be mostly local traffic. No luck, so moved to spot futher out.
Wed 2026-06-24 09:32 · 10 min wait · 54 km ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
46.7287, 12.2210
Guy and girl heading to Slovenia, with sign for Lienz. Good spot, lots of traffic, got picked up pretty quick. No traffic lights but when we were there the little side road was blocked off with barricades which we moved a bit to make space for cars to stop. Got a lift to central Lienz.
Tue 2026-06-23 19:32 · 30 min wait ⭐⭐⭐
46.7303, 12.2300
Guy and girl heading to Slovenia, with sign for Lienz. No luck, there's room to stop at the bus stop but cars are going quite fast and probably not many heading to Lienz late in the evening. 2 stopped and offered us a lift to the next town. Came back the next day and went to the roundabout.
Tue 2026-06-23 18:36 · 10 min wait · 25 km ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
46.7921, 11.9801
Guy and girl heading to Slovenia. Had sign for Lienz and got a lift to Dobbiaco pretty quick. Cars going quite slow and can either pull in straight away or come back round via the car park.
Tue 2026-06-23 18:27 · 40 min wait · 3 km ⭐⭐⭐
46.7980, 11.9468
Guy and a girl heading to Slovenia, first had sign "Richtung Lienz" - no luck, seemed like lots of local traffic. Changed sign to Percha and got a lift after 10 minutes.
Tue 2026-06-23 17:24 · 2 min wait · 28 km ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
46.7644, 11.6427
Guy and girl with a sign. Got a lift to Brunico almost immediately.
Tue 2026-06-23 16:17 · 5 min wait · 41 km ⭐⭐⭐
47.0378, 11.4736
Guy and girl heading to Slovenism Spot seemed very quite when we were there. Someone walking their dog came back to their car and offered us a lift South. We asked them to drop us off the highway which meant going through the toll, and hopefully they weren't charged anything but it was a little unfortunate.
Tue 2026-06-23 14:41 · 10 min wait · 29 km ⭐⭐⭐⭐
47.2419, 11.3899
Got a lift to the border. Guy and girl with sign, heading for Slovenia. Bus stop with space to stop, but quite a lot of local traffic.
Fri 2026-06-19 19:12 · 10 min wait · 41 km ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
60.5975, 8.3496
Guy and girl heading towards Oslo, sign saying Gol/Olso. Got a lift to Gol in 10 mins. Good spot, traffic going Bergen-Oslo, speed bump means cars are going nice and slow.
Fri 2026-06-19 17:57 · 30 min wait · 14 km ⭐⭐⭐⭐
60.6220, 8.1528
Quiet road. Heading towards Oslo. Got a lift to road 7 after about 30 mins, had a sign saying Gol.
Fri 2026-06-19 15:37 · 45 min wait · 41 km ⭐⭐⭐⭐
60.7226, 7.5861
Very quiet road, got picked up by the ~10th car after around 45 minutes
Tue 2026-06-16 08:51 · 15 min wait · 9 km ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
60.8601, 7.1053
Got a lift to Aurlandsvangen / the road to Vassbygdi. Good spot, lots of cars heading to the highway and space to stop.
Tue 2026-06-16 08:15 · 20 min wait · 18 km ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
60.8790, 6.8429
Early morning, got (another) lift in a tour bus to Flåm, heading to Aurlandsvangen.
Mon 2026-06-15 16:11 · 5 min wait · 8 km ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
60.8601, 7.1053
Got a lift to Aurlandsvangen in 5 minutes
Mon 2026-06-15 15:14 · 20 min wait · 18 km ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
60.8790, 6.8429
Got a lift in a tour bus to Flåm. Lots of space for cars to pull in on that side.
Sat 2026-06-13 18:28 · 20 min wait · 43 km ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
60.6379, 6.4381
Lots of space to stop, got a lift to Gudvangen fairly fast.
Sat 2026-06-13 10:22 · 0 min wait · 58 km ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
59.8176, 7.2079
Walking along the track back to the main road a thumbed a German camper that drove past us. Lift to Odda.
Wed 2026-06-10 17:53 · 5 min wait · 112 km ⭐⭐⭐⭐
59.4801, 8.6351
In rainy June there wasn't so much traffic, although a fair few cars were stopping for a break at the gas station. It's a long straight road, and probably enough space for cars to stop at the side. As many cars were coming from the junction as along the main road. We got lucky and a nice couple drove past us then turned around to come and pick us up.
Wed 2026-06-10 17:01 · 35 min wait · 44 km ⭐⭐⭐⭐
59.5612, 9.2428
35 minutes, no-one seemed like stopping, cars going fairly fast - eventually a tourist pulling out of the rest place offered us a ride to Seljord
Wed 2026-06-10 15:08 · 30 min wait · 32 km ⭐⭐⭐
59.6709, 9.6546
Mostly local traffic, had a sign for Haukeli and got nothing, changed it to Notodden and got a lift there in 5 minutes
Wed 2026-06-10 14:00 · 5 min wait · 21 km ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
59.7635, 9.8941
Bus stop on the E134, enough space for cars to pull over, got a lift to Kongsberg in 5-10 minutss
Wed 2026-06-10 12:49 · 40 min wait · 8 km ⭐⭐⭐
59.7525, 10.0043
Didn't seem super promising to get far east (aiming for Hardangervidda) - a few people stopped and offered shorter lifts, after 40 mins we accepted a ride to Hokksund
Wed 2026-06-10 11:42 · 3 min wait · 45 km ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
59.9003, 10.5803
Bus stop on the on-ramp, loads of space to stop and traffic going quite slow after the roundabout
Tue 2026-06-16 07:29 · 120 min wait ⭐⭐
60.0721, 6.5529
No luck after 2 hours, loads of local traffic turning onto the smaller road, lots of campers going by but no-one stopped