Hitchhiking from Forst (Lausitz)
Hitchhiking to Forst (Lausitz)
Recent reviews mentioning Forst (Lausitz)
51.66904, 14.78182
Arrived at midnight and asked drivers pulling in for rides toward Germany. Lots of false starts and difficulty given the hour, but a good ride to Berlin (Michendorf) within about two hours in the early morning/late night I consider reasonable. There was quite a bit of traffic given the time, though much of it couples with packed cars. Hitching in the day I don’t think you’d be waiting very long.―Movethathoof
51.66908, 14.7613
TAKE HEED, and if you are going to Germany do NOT get dropped off here.A ride said he would drop me at the BP station, by which I thought he meant the BP on the highway a few kilometers back. No. There is also a BP on the other side of the highway here, but meant for the traffic entering Poland. It seemed too far to walk and so I tried hitching the on-ramp toward Germany, and in the 2.5 hours I waited 39 vehicles entered the highway (21 trucks, 18 cars). I had one offer, to an onramp in the country between there and Cottbus.
The only good thing about this on-ramp is that there is a 24-hour supermarket across the road. Unlike the BP across the highway there is a more even spread between truck drivers going to Germany or Poland stopping, as there is also an enormous truck parking facility there. In the morning you’d probably have better luck asking around, and will have some luck asking those who park for the market, though with the attendant legwork and guessing at which direction the truckers are going.
If you are dropped here, walk the kilometre south to SPEED gas station, which is where the few trucks that do exit here go to fill up. Don’t bother with the BP; you’ll quickly see that 90% of the traffic is going to Poland.
Don’t bother with the BP station, that is, UNLESS it is to get a ride to the Moya gas station 5 km further into Poland. That’s what I eventually did. Run across the highway there to the CORRECT BP when going into Germany. Just about all of the traffic there is heading to Germany, and there is much, much more of it.
―Movethathoof
51.66598, 14.76433
Wednesday about 15:00. Thought there would be much more traffic because idk but I had hope in the polish people and got picked up by a trucker. Not sure how it is on other times, but the medium-low traffic maybe made the people more likely to stop.―Lili1919
51.71607, 14.35045
Good traffic at 2pm. Had a sign for wroclaw and at that location the cars aren't going as fast as the other location near this one. Polish people are very likely to take you―Lili1919
51.66571, 14.76366
for me it was horrible place for hitchhiking, we waiting two hours to somebody want to lift us to Wrocław, it isn't highway, this is country road nr 18―Jamesnik
51.66571, 14.76366
Had a ride to Wrocław from here with a trucker.―Koendev
51.66571, 14.76366
Petrol station on the first exit on A18 in Poland, Olszyna. Many people fill up on petrol here, so a good choice to get a ride further.―Anonymous
51.70843, 14.47179
bad.traffic is to fast, walked to the ramp.
―Anonymous
51.71598, 14.35043
Such a hard place. Too much traffic for people to care. And no place to stop.―Anonymous