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Hitchhiking to Essen

Recent reviews mentioning Essen

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.
―Anonymous

51.41997, 4.70376

Good when heading to Antwerp. When your destination is after Antwerp get off at patrol station at the border.
―Anonymous

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 North
Not so much cars passing by here. At least, try not to be dropped here just before the night!
―Anonymous

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

10min for Dunkerque :)
―Koendev

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
―Guussjaak

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

51.50437, 4.34895

Got a ride almost instantly to Breda with sign, quite a bit of traffic.
―LucasJV

51.52285, 4.46551

―Koendev

51.51305, 4.46632

―Koendev

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

51.49828, 4.31285

―Fverhart

51.47674, 4.46022

―Anonymous

51.35928, 4.63706

Not a lot of traffic here.
―Anonymous

51.45213, 4.72317

i have got a ride to Bread from here, not so amny cars but very good place to hitchike
―Anonymous