Hitchhiking from Essen
Hitchhiking to Essen
Recent reviews mentioning Essen
51.50443, 4.34931
Not the best spot, but not the worst either, got a ride to rotterdam in abour 15 minutes, I probably got lucky tho, cause the Woman that took me is going to Breda and to rotterdam afterwards, dont know how many people go to rotterdam directly, but there is food and drinks, which is a huge plus if you have to wait longer than I had to.―Joshiontour
51.20787, 4.44452
Only waited for two minutes, sadly there was a miscommunication due to a language barrier, so instead of going all the way to Rotterdam I was just taken to Bergen Op Zoom. The spot still was amazing, but on weekends there are a lot of trucks stopping here so you have to walk further down to the highway. If you can, wait till you get a ride to the spot you want to go to, cause it does not get better than this!―Joshiontour
51.50437, 4.34895
Long wait, we’d clearly been on the road for too long though. Once we got refreshed at the restaurant we quickly got a ride to Breda, wouldn’t expect anyone to take you further. Most people here were heading to Dordrecht―Bob
51.42037, 4.70712
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51.09839, 4.43784
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49.63668, 5.97156
I only asked Dutch license plates. Direct ride to the Netherlands.―johan92
51.35454, 4.33611
To Antwerp.―Chris9012
51.54119, 5.04774
Altough a very busy place and didnt expect anyone to want to stop here, I got a ride in 4 minutes. Driver took me a bit further that he needed to go.―Chris9012
51.35254, 4.63245
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51.41997, 4.70376
Good when heading to Antwerp. When your destination is after Antwerp get off at patrol station at the border.―Anonymous
51.41915, 4.70331
Sit on the south side of the building to catch the longway-drivers. We waited for about 30 minutes in the pleasant sunlight (and there are free bathrooms!) until a very pleasant driver approached us and took us all the way to Gent.―Anonymous
51.35254, 4.63245
Direction NorthNot so much cars passing by here. At least, try not to be dropped here just before the night!
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51.41997, 4.70376
Great place for hitchhiking to Ghent or Antwerp. Don't hesitate and ask people directly at the petrol station. They are very friendly and we got lift in 5 min, even though it was early in the morning and no big traffic.―LuciMK
51.41915, 4.70331
Not very crowded on a monday morning at 9. Asked around for an hour (~25 cars) until we found someone taking us all the way to Strassbourg.―Anonymous
51.41915, 4.70331
Decent croweded gasstation. Standing at the end of the parkway, waited ~7 minutes for Gent.Perfect for Antwerpen, Brussels, Gent and probably further like Paris
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51.41915, 4.70331
10min for Dunkerque :)―Koendev
51.43978, 4.31299
20min waiting on a Sunday evening (8pm) for a ride to Eindhoven―Platschi
51.42039, 4.70701
OK place to get a ride to anywhere in Holland. Many people going to Rotterdam, Utrecht, Amsterdam. We were at the exit for a while and didn't work all that well, but then asked around and got taken straight to where we had to be in Utrecht.―Shadi jg
51.52285, 4.46551
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51.50523, 4.34851
Ask people in the carpark, second car I asked went straight to my destination (Middelburg). Best place I've encountered so far!―LucasJV