Hitchhiking from Lens
252 of 258 hitchhikers who logged a ride starting in France said they would accept that ride again. See the data and its limits
Hitchhiking to Lens
Recent reviews mentioning Lens
50.26211, 2.86593
Many cars going towards Netherlands, but almost everyone was full―kram
47.97586, 1.85962
There is big traffic to Paris, some cars go to Belgium and Netherlands, but nobody wanted to take us long distance for long time. It was bad luck for sure… In the end, the driver took a chance and let us ride in the back of his van.―kram
50.41504, 2.98197
Most people not going to Paris. But got picked up relatively fast, nice place for people to stop―Calebblor
50.54567, 3.05097
Nice layby, was there during a lot of traffic. I thought this spot was really good but took me awhile―Calebblor
50.53214, 3.04625
Not so much traffic but good for paris―Goksuavci07
50.63519, 3.0793
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50.52975, 3.04504
Good spot for going South from Lille. It was slowish traffic but a Dutch couple picked us up and took us to Vierzon. Not to bad to get from Lille, about an hour―Anonymous
50.52965, 3.0448
Single male with a huge smile. It had a lot of traffic on the morning. I waited at the very end of the station to be able to see all the cars exiting. Luckily Naim took me to the north of Paris. I was holding a cardboard " A1 Paris"―whiterabbit
50.63184, 3.08083
Single male, July 2026. I started waiting around 09.15. Lots of cars, and a small place to stop. Actually good stop specially in the morning. I waited 30 mins with a sign "Aire de Phalempin - A1". Thank you Anna!!―whiterabbit
50.53099, 3.04539
2nd car that drove past took us to Paris ! Good spot, lots of traffic. Stood there with thumb.―Manero
51.1847, 4.28896
Got one ride to next town in a minute, walked to the exit with signs and thumbs and in 2min found a car to France, A1 highway. Incredibly busy here !―Manero
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
51.83668, 4.6165
After something like 5 minutes we got ride through Belgium to the edge of the France from young couple in electromobile.―Kromcz
50.41389, 2.98736
Juste avant l'A1, beaucoup de voitures la remontent.Le spot est safe et clair
―Clebs
50.6111, 1.64949
Juste avant le péage de l'A16 on cherche à aller sur Lille, toutes les destinations s'en rapprochent―Clebs
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.)―thebeekeeper
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