Hitchhiking from Duisburg
Hitchhiking to Duisburg
Recent reviews mentioning Duisburg
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)―Anonymous
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―Anonymous
51.29545, 6.88996
Ruhrpot missery. Didn't get a ride.―Anonymous
51.29505, 6.91537
With sign "A3 süd". Only got some offers to Düsseldorf. Moved to the onramp after 69mins, but had the same result there. If you get stuck here your best option is public transport to the next Raststätte.―Anonymous
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.―Anonymous
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.―Anonymous
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
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―Anonymous
51.32581, 6.89137
Very busy gas station. Asked around and then an Indian family took me straight to the Netherlands. They were driving to Almere, but they dropped me off in Wageningen in front of my dorm.―Anonymous
50.89952, 7.15067
Not too many cars, but lucky to get a ride to the next gas station as that guy was heading to Essen.―Anonymous
51.27708, 6.76755
A fairly bad spot for hitch hiking, but maybe the best spot in this tangled mess of highways around Düsseldorf.There is no place where you can stand and catch most of the traffic from the car garages, or the people going to the car garages, or people dropping off for departures. Car traffic for arrivals, departures, taxis, and valet service are all mixed together. Exhausting, but doable. Lots of local traffic but also lots of traffic for long distances in all directions.
Hold out for a good ride, if you get dropped off on the wrong side-highway there will be no traffic going further in the direction you want.
Take a few minutes to look for a better spot and report back. One of the remote parking garages might be good.
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51.31022, 6.63469
On a Saturday, there was very low traffic. But I was lucky and found a driver who got me to Goch (Service station Kalbecker Forst) very quickly.―Anonymous
51.12318, 6.79745
Great spot if you're hitchhiking from Cologne to the Netherlands. You can get here from Nievenheim train station and bus WE2. After that it's just a 15 minute walk to the station.If you look on Google satellite, you will spot a small trail after the bridge over the highway. It is traversable but I wouldn't recommend it as it leads through hunting grounds that are private property. Better to take the long way around. Either way, the service station is accessible on foot through a whole in the fence or on the small road.
Waited for 5 minutes, then found a friendly man and his girlfriend who took me one service station further to Geismühle. There was low traffic on Saturday, but I got lucky and found somebody quickly.
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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
51.51388, 7.04438
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51.44208, 6.81101
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51.40101, 6.95085
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51.56535, 6.49112
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