Hitchhiking from Arras
Hitchhiking to Arras
Recent reviews mentioning Arras
50.40464, 2.74466
we 3 were trying to get to Calais/Dover. a very nice person from Lille took us to this station from the A1. it was much better than the A1 as all traffic was going the right direction. we met lots of people who were going to England via the ferry. eventually, we were offered a lift onwards to Aire de St Hilaire Cottes, the last fuel stop before the Calais ferry, so we took it.―Alifeee
50.26211, 2.86593
it's ok. we were trying to go to Calais, but most people were not taking the A26. Most were going to Lille, or Netherlands, or Germany, etc. good pizza.―Alifeee
49.88829, 2.8402
we got dropped off here instead of Aire de Wancourt to the North. we were 3 people and were waiting for a while, so we took a lift to Aire de Wancourt anyway.―Alifeee
50.26203, 2.86297
it was okay. we walked a few hours from the péage to the north to get here. it was not that busy, but enough to get a lift in a short time. the pizza was very good. the next services (cœur des HdF) was much busier, so take any lift to get to it―Alifeee
50.63519, 3.0793
it's an ok spot for cars to stop. we were not waiting long. our lift was not going very far, but took us to a roundabout on the A1. In retrospect, we should have asked them to drive an extra 10 minutes to a service station, as the roundabout (and nearby toll booth) were not good for us to hitch from (3 people)―Alifeee
50.33272, 2.91975
I agree that it's a really weird spot and it was mostly locals but there's space to stand at the side of the turnaround (if a bit windy, also no shelter, so not a spot for bad weather) and cars can stop too. With a sign to Paris we (2ppl) found a ride to Aulnay within half an hour and from there taking the train into Paris proper was pretty easy (and cheap.)―Anonymous
50.41373, 2.98093
We (2 people) were there on a Sunday, so everything was closed and we only found a ride that didn't go that far. We did find that pretty quick though and I imagine it's a pretty good spot on business days.As it was for us, it was a small bunnyhop and we were definitely lucky cause there were not many cars, so I'm not rating it super high.
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50.63164, 3.08102
An acceptable starting point, given it's in a big city and pretty easy to reach. There isn't really a place to stop except the red light, but that worked just fine. It was mostly locals but we did end up getting a ride to a nearby reststop. Not ideal but at least we were on the highway. We were two people with a sign to Paris.―Anonymous
50.27578, 2.83084
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50.27579, 2.83084
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50.32522, 2.91224
Excellent!the first/last peage on A1 Lille-Paris. When exiting Lille wait to get directly to here - you will get a ride till next peage in maximum 5-10 minutes. If heading to Lille, wait for direct trip instead of accepting gas station as there are barely no traffic in gas stations
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50.27578, 2.83084
Straight to Paris, when I started getting more aggressive! Do not wait here before 6am, mostly people going to work. Walked here from Arras train station.―Anonymous
50.27579, 2.83084
Strait to Paris, but only after 6am. If you're here too early, just people working nearby. Walked here from Arras train station, nothing better to do at 4am!―Anonymous
50.32522, 2.91224
Lots of cars, but as said before there is no safe place for hitchhiking. I didn't feel at ease. After 5 minutes the police (gendarmerie) saw me, they told me it was forbidden to stay there and took me to the next highway entrance, a quite deserted one :-(―Zerbinet
50.32522, 2.91224
There was no safe place to stop at the toll so we walked till the nearest reasonable place, just before the junction between the direction of Reims/Troyes and Paris where we could stop somebody safely (heading to Reims).―Dzulajka
50.29672, 2.78376
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50.34488, 2.78726
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50.26211, 2.86593
After waiting 20 minutes, a small car stopped with 4 "dutch-belgian" (female) students in it. They took me to Lille. I was alone and I look like a "girl". I had a sign to Lille.―Zerbinet
50.27034, 2.86682
The Gendarmerie (kind of a police) brought me there. I first was sad because there were very few cars. But soon a car stopped with nice people in it. They brought me to Orléans !―Zerbinet
50.32717, 2.91379
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