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51.42682, 6.77203

Nice spot to get out of Duisburg towards the Netherlands, but I must say it was probably more about luck than a good spot. There's no shadow to stand in during summer btw, I got quite a sizzle on my neck after that half hour. The driver was really nice though, drove me all the way past Venlo, when he didn't even plan to cross into the Netherlands at all, and even bought me a coke and gave me some cardboard for a new sign
―B5Scheuert

52.30333, 13.01498

Very nice spot. Got there on a sunday morning at 7:30, it looked extremely empty, but after 30mins at the on-ramp with a "HANNOVER WEST" sign a nice man stopped trying to take me to Helmstedt, but right as I was putting my stuff into his backseat, another car stopped after seeing my sign, saying they'll take me to Duisburg. Obviously I took that offer. Very nice people, even the ones that didn't take me. Very nice experience for my very first time hitchhiking
―B5Scheuert

51.63525, 6.74553

Waited for a very long time in the hot hot hot sun. I can see how it can work on other days, but for us there’s was only Dutch people with very full cars going anywhere but where we were going. Ended up having to give up and get a ride to the nearest train station.
―SnailsRUs

51.67185, 7.07656

Decent spot to get to Münster. Cars have some space to stop at the start of the highway ramp but I think drivers with bigger vehicles were hesitant to stop there. Got a ride from a small car.
―Nalle

51.25335, 6.79979

Might have gotten lucky but got a ride really quick. Good flow of cars
―Nalle

47.97157, 7.72154

Good spot! I was asking around for an hour and in the end met a couple from the Netherlands while filling up my water. The took me all the way where I needed to go. I spent 6 hours travelling with them. Really perfect.
I asked at the parking lot at the end, not at the gas station.
1 male
―jack

51.54008, 6.88641

Spoke to 10 people in German and got picked up after 10 min by a truck driver.
―Crille93

51.49691, 7.21243

―MrSaxo

50.1139, 8.6487

I stood there for almost an hour with a sign saying Köln and Essen on Monday at 11. many cars passed by but the vibe was not great. Frankfurt is a banker city and the people gave me weird looks. However one van stopped after 20 minutes, they were going to Hannover though. After a while a guy driving to Bochum (city right next to Essen) took me along and we had a great ride :)
―Arenwithane

51.63728, 6.74593

Usually a pretty good spot since people go all kinds of places. I asked around four 30mins until I found a ride to near Arnhem (the person was going to Zevenaar)
―thebeekeeper

51.48607, 6.86453

Very good spot to get out of Oberhausen onto A3 in the direction of Arnhem. There's a traffic light you can stand next to with a sign. Mine was super improvised and it still worked in like 5 minutes. Not super far but to Hünxe which I knew to be a good spot to continue. Was pretty late, so I might have been lucky with Feierabend traffic
―thebeekeeper

51.63444, 6.74671

Hünxe. Sometimes you get a ride to Ohligers Heide in 30 minutes, sometimes you wait 3 hours before accepting a ride into the HH'ers hell that is Ruhrpot. Today was the latter. Don't be like me. It's (at least) Ohligers Heide or nothing.
―Chris9012

51.74754, 6.59016

It looked like it was to busy for people to stop, but I still got a ride to Hünxe in 3 minutes.
―Chris9012

51.54061, 6.88787

really nice spot, i got a lot of drivers to stop going north but never eastwards on A2. i ended up taking the ride north
―solesia

51.49926, 7.45004

Good to get out of Dortmund but not far
―LukAshe

52.02116, 5.75357

Good spot! Even in the morning (07:30) loads of people, most of them going towards germany! Good spot for asking around, not so much for throwing up your thumb.
―83105777978

51.6371, 6.7461

Vere pluvis, mi sentis min senenergia, mi estis sub la markizino apud la enirejo de la benzinstacio. Kaj iu frenezulo daŭre prokrastis min, dirante, ke li prenos min dum pli ol horo kaj poste malaperis, do mi devis provi denove kaj denove ĝis mi finfine sukcesis. Kamiono prenis min, kaj ni iris malrapidete, almenaŭ mi alvenis.
―Jurobola