Hitchhiking from Dormagen
Hitchhiking to Dormagen
Recent reviews mentioning Dormagen
50.92849, 6.77713
I was going south, trucks are all headed east through Cologne and most passenger cars were headed north. One driver took pity and drove me out of his way to get me south. He said he told a friend over the phone there was a hitchhiker and the friend dared him to give the lift, it was his first time.Safety note: a 5 passenger car with 5 male occupants attempted to get me to give them money for a ride at this spot, even though they clearly didn't have space. They became belligerent when I declined, until they saw other people watching and sped away. I made a point of chatting with as people as possible after this in case they came back.
―Streamrider
50.71844, 6.12123
Drivers were overall not polite, relatively low passenger car traffic and a lot of dirty looks or avoidance - I was clean and groomed, didn't have this problem elsewhere.Saw a van with Spain number plates and kayaks on top, talked to the driver and he took me to just outside of Cologne.
―Streamrider
50.92902, 6.77441
Good, direct spot to leave Germany. Just took a bit of time―Breno
50.65553, 5.70854
Hitched from the Eastbound shell. Took only a short time for a lift to Köln. Our driver was kind enough to drop us at the front door of our friends house―Breno
47.97586, 1.85962
Most people were going to Paris, but I got extremely lucky and very soon found a couple taking me all the way to Düsseldorf, Germany!I arrived there when it was already dark so it was a plus that you can technically reach Orleans by public transport if you don’t have a tent nor want to spend the night outside. Also there is probably more traffic there in summer or during the day with people going further than Paris
―Liane
50.9941, 6.89683
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53.48432, 10.025
Not a lot of activity 23:30 on a wednesday. Got picked up by a man going to Köln though!―Beerbucket
50.92849, 6.77713
Trying to get to dortmund or anywhere east, I gave up―Arphile
50.8165, 6.21549
Quickly got to Cologne―Arphile
50.92902, 6.77441
Not that much traffic, but it was a sunday. Still got a lift to Aachen very quick. Good spot, lots of trucks, and a few belgian cars.―stepanfoj
51.12949, 6.60308
Got ride to Netherlands in almost no time―Anonymous
51.86614, 8.36931
I started hitchhiking pretty early so there were only few cars. After an hour I started asking drivers and got ride to duseldorf with Polish driver (being polish probably helped me a lot with that)―Anonymous
51.1588, 6.96143
Having wasted a whole day in the Ruhrpot I ended up taking the bus to Ohligers Heide and got a ride to Frankfurt in 10 minutes.―Chris9012
51.63492, 5.56754
Apparently, there was a place for cars to stay just behind here. German van that went to a festival 'Harmony of Hardore' nearby my town just left going home. Can't say if the spot truly works, Netherlands generally seems difficult to take off.―KRooijackers
50.09693, 8.35309
lots of people at the parking on a thursday around noon, first person i spoke to took me to düsseldorf―Anonymous
50.92902, 6.77441
May favourite starting spot to get out of the area to the Netherlands/Belgium/France. So far has worked out for me fairly quickly every single time.This review is super late, but I was there in May in the afternoon and found folks going my direction in half an hour by asking around. It only took half an hour because they wanted to finish their meal (which, totally fair.) I think the finding itself only took about 10 minutes.
―thebeekeeper
51.99584, 8.59477
There were two of us hitchhiking and we got a lift here after a 10-minute wait. Perfect spot before joining the A2 motorway―Anonymous
51.08568, 6.98753
Extremely lucky lady came up to us as we were making our sign. I can see it not being bad. Not too much traffic though―natecr
51.90579, 6.15654
Had a good interaction with the staff but maybe we got lucky. Got a lift with a young Dutch guy going to cologne. Overall was pretty good for us―natecr
51.90579, 6.15654
*The employees don't like hitchhikers here. So don't stand right in front the store as a tip.* Nevertheless, we asked about 50+ cars in 50 minutes maybe even more. Many people just barely going over the border (like Kleve or 's-Heerenberg, Netherlands) or the cars are already full with people. Right as we got told by the employees to stop asking people for a ride. We just got one 2 minutes before al the way to the center of Köln. 140km/90 minute ride. Another group of friends got at this shell at the same time as us and they got a ride all the way to Dusseldorf Airport in 3 minutes of being there. Unfortunately they didn't have room for 4 people, only 3. So that is why we had to wait for 50 additional minutes (we got to Köln earlier though). Many Hitchhikers come here do, just took us a lot of time to get a good ride. It's about luck here!!―Anonymous