Hitchhiking from Gera
Hitchhiking to Gera
Recent reviews mentioning Gera
50.90804, 12.06808
Not much space for cars to stop, also there's not much traffic. Nevertheless I managed to get a ride really fast.―Anonymous
49.8614, 14.791
I asked around for a ride to Germany, it worked after sometime.―Anonymous
51.49156, 12.20418
I got a lift down the A9 to Hermsdorfer Kreuz early on a Saturday afternoon. Lots of cars, good atmosphere. Before, various drivers had offered me to take me to destinations that were not far enough and people came me to give me water, a tomato and chocolate croissants.―stonefruit
50.87612, 11.80966
Medium-sized motorway service station 'Teufelstal'. The south side of the services is excellent for getting rides North, South and East. I haven't tried the other direction yet, but it's probably good too. If you've been travelling east along the A4, this is a great place to get dropped off. Average waiting time 20-30 minutes. For more info, see http://www.hitchwiki.org/A4_(Germany)―Anonymous
50.87109, 11.85099
Service station south of Hermsdorf on the A9 (northbound). Senseless if you want to go westward (Erfurt, A4), bad if you want to go to Berlin.―Anonymous
50.87596, 11.80811
A4 & A9very good for direction east, but couldnt get a ride to direction south on A9 from here after 1.5 hours, maybe it was only bad luck but i could see only a very few cars going that way if any. had to walk through the forest to the other restplace east from here on A9, if you like challenge and have time maybe you can do the same though wouldnt really recommend.
―Anonymous
50.87022, 11.84884
A9 southboundgood for direction Nürnberg&München, restplace on the other side is accessible via tunnel from the hotel bit north from here
―Anonymous
50.9699, 11.85772
Good petrol station to get onto the A9. take bus 431 from Jena and get of at "Gewerbegbiet Petersberg" to get here.―Anonymous
50.87031, 11.85051
Hermsdorf Service Station Eastdirection berlin is ok all day, direction A4 westbound may take a while - esp. after 22:00 it's often better to go on until Osterfeld (25km) and change sides there (bridge provided) - especially if your lifter would stay on the A9 anyway.
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50.87732, 11.8079
Good place to head east or west. It should be possible to take the train to Papirmühle from Jena and then hike to the service station.―Anonymous
50.87612, 11.80966
Been there on a saturday afternoon and waited for about 40 minutes to get a lift to dresden ! Almost no cars where passing through...no gas station !!!―Anonymous
50.87612, 11.80966
almost no cars....!―Tigerente
50.87612, 11.80966
Many drivers are using the restaurant and burger king to take a meal or a coffee before they go again on their travel to directions berlin (a9) or dresden (a4). good station at daytime, forget it at nighttime.―Anonymous
50.87612, 11.80966
i waite here 45min until i had a lift to Chemnitz,―Anonymous
50.87612, 11.80966
i also got good experiences (5 to 60 minutes) for Berlin and Dresdenbad place for Munich - for munich. i would plan a long time of walking to the service station hermsdorfer kreuz (3km)
―Anonymous
50.87612, 11.80966
There's no gas-station at this place, that's why I avoid it and, going East, rather choose Eichelborn, which is between Erfurt and Weimar.―Bernardo
50.87612, 11.80966
Me and my gf wanted to go to Berlin (A9) but had to wait like 2hours 30mins on a sunday morning (7am- 10:30am). No gas station here.―Bence16
50.87612, 11.80966
Most of the traffic goes either north or south on the A9 took me 30 min to find somebody who could take me past the Hermsdorfer Kreuz. The people in the Café are really friendly though. I stayed there for the night and they didn't bother me when I was sleeping with my sleepingbag inside on the chairs. So good job.―Lukas
50.87109, 11.85099
if you have problem with going to Berlin directly you can ask for the next Petrol station: it's Osterfeld just between Weißenfels and Naumburg (approx. 30km)―Anonymous
50.87022, 11.84884
Great spot!―Krassberd