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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
―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

51.49926, 7.45004

Good to get out of Dortmund but not far
―LukAshe

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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51.40086, 6.95039


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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

51.54064, 6.88784

Take a train to Oberhausen-Sterkrade and then the bus #979 to "Heinrich-Heine-Str." in Bottrop. From there you'll see the highway, just walk towards it. Good spot to hitch away fast towards Hamburg, Münster,Hannover, Berlin
―Anonymous

51.51388, 7.04438

Towards Münster, worked great ! Got to have a clear ad, considering the numerous possibilities !
―Anonymous

51.44208, 6.81101

even at the famous reggae festival ruhr reggae summer nearly impossible...
―Anonymous

51.50874, 6.79504

It´s quit a good area to get away...sundern and all points of the sauerland. the people are not as ,,narrow-minded´´ as you probably appraise...
―Anonymous

51.40101, 6.95085

to the south, A3. not best place for cars to stop but it is a very busy ramp and so somebody will stop, place yourself exactly where the marker is
―Anonymous

51.40086, 6.95039

Don't. Place yourself where this marker is! ;-) (watch out for cars coming around the corner using parts of the emergency lane, though)
―Anonymous

51.54064, 6.88784

We wanted to go to Hannover and we were in 3 ppl, maybe that's why it took us more than 3 hours to find a car going there
―Anonymous

51.54064, 6.88784

asked for a lift to Hamburg, the third car took me directly there
―Anonymous

51.54064, 6.88784

Great place for a lift to the east. Got a lift all the way to Warsaw
―Anonymous

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