Hitchhiking from Essen
Hitchhiking to Essen
Recent reviews mentioning Essen
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
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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
51.48607, 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
51.29545, 6.88996
Ruhrpot missery. Didn't get a ride.―Chris9012
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.―Chris9012
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
51.54061, 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
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.―anettlee17
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.―anettlee17
51.51719, 7.2129
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51.51388, 7.04438
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51.50874, 6.79504
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51.44208, 6.81101
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51.40101, 6.95085
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51.36552, 6.82738
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51.40086, 6.95039
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51.29623, 7.21546
I was here on a Sunday and had to wait for 2 hours. Probably faster on a weekday.To get there from Wuppertal, take the bus no. 618 or 624 to Lahmburger Str.
Then follow \"Gennebrecker Str.\" to north (5 minutes walking).
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51.51719, 7.2129
From Bochum central station, take the U35 towards Rensingstrasse. Get out there and walk up to the ramp.―Anonymous