Hitchhiking from Gießen
Hitchhiking to Gießen
Recent reviews mentioning Gießen
50.52102, 8.75747
Many people to ask, a vibrant Raststelle. Seems good to trevel to the north (Kassel and in the direction of Hannover)―Awe
50.01773, 8.28661
There were many cars in the south direction (---->Bazel, München)Many cars did not stop for us, althought there was enough traffic.
―Awe
50.62375, 8.89478
BAD SPOT TO GO TO KÖLN. Was unlucky because nobody went there but very lucky to have a guy that dropped me to my final destination in Belgium. Thanks Dariusz! :) asked around―cavalierrustique
50.94973, 11.19365
I was desperate because it was really cold and windy and rainy. Like the worst weather ever to hitchhike. I asked a bit around with no success but still had ok feedbacks. Kicked out of the MacDonald (fair enough) decided to use thumb and sign "A4 West" and got a lift to Francfort. In my case I will be dropped at the gas station Reinhardshain Nord to go to Köln and Belgium. Thanks Heike!―cavalierrustique
50.62375, 8.89478
Early rainy Monday morning, people were cranky and not many. Should be better later in the day though. Got a ride to the next bigger station. Spent the night hanging between two trees in the woods here (beautiful and not transited).―friki
51.92887, 10.14267
Once again, got offered a ride without even asking while walking around looking for a place to hitch. Sign Frankfurt. Solo female. Got ride to Gießen (Reinhardshain Nord). Should be easy to get rides though, quite a lot of people.―friki
50.59702, 8.81591
De ĉi tie, oni povus iri sufiĉe plu; ĉi tiu loko estas vere bona, ankaŭ multaj kamionoj, sed mi ne pensas, ke kamionoj povus facile halti ĉi tie.―Jurobola
50.33348, 8.54887
Alia netradicia veturo. Dum mi serĉis bonan lokon ĉe la elirejo, kie estus spaco por aŭtoj halti, mi fine marŝis pli antaŭen, kaj mi pensas, ke ĉi tio eble estas la plej bona loko, ĉar antaŭe ne estas tia kaj poste ĝi fariĝas malfacila. Kelkajn cent metrojn pluen, post la kurbo, estas ankaŭ bona loko tuj post granda domo, sed mi ne scias, ĉu ĝi estas pli bona pro la rapideco.La ulo lasis min ĉe ĉi tiu granda butikcentro (kie mi bone mangxis vegane) kie li diris, ke estas multe da BlaBlaCar-kulturo kaj ke, depende de la persono, li eble donos al mi senpagan veturon aŭ rabatoa veturon al Dresdeno aŭ eĉ pli frue. Sed kompreneble, mi ne atendis.
―Jurobola
50.52873, 8.60414
It really depends on where you wanna go. If you wanna go to Frankfurt, this is a great spot and you will find a ride in no time.If you want to go west on the 45 you just landed yourself in an impossible position. It's an unnatural stop when going that way, I only landed myself there because I wanted to get out of a car asap. If you need to go west I advice you to immediately accept that that is not gonna work from here. Although, I wouldn't be able to rule out that things are different in the summer. It's busy with a lot of nice people, telling you they would have taken you had they gone that way. I waited too long to accept my fate. It was snowing and getting dark, but in that sense it was a perfect spot, because I could hitchhike inside in "the glass hallway" and catch everyone there. I eventually had someone take me back to Frankfurt. After making some good conversation, that he enjoyed because his grandparents are Dutch and he could practice his Dutch, he was kind enough to go out of his way to "turn me around" in Frankfurt, such that I was on the right side of the highway again. From there on I quickly got back to Amsterdam. It eventually turned out that I had actully been lucky and made all the right calls, because I missed an appointment because of the delay, and that turned out to really work in my favor ;).
I think you would also be fine going east, but I can't remember. It's too long ago and that wasn't where I needed to go.
―Eefje
50.62265, 8.89644
been here many times, great spot to go eastwards. never waited more than 30min usually i got rides to leipzig or berlin in less than 10min―Anonymous
50.59439, 8.7134
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50.59557, 8.8142
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50.58544, 8.65492
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50.62265, 8.89644
going to hannover or erfurt it's a great place. from giessen there is a bus (number 140) going directly to the gaz station―Anonymous
50.59212, 8.51947
parking place to dortmund/köln―Anonymous
50.59439, 8.7134
Good if wanting to go to Marburg. It's not a practicle place for cars to pull over, but many just stop directly on the road since there is not too much traffic. waiting time: 15 - 30 min.―Anonymous
50.59675, 8.81616
Perfect for going toward Hamburg, Dresden, or Berlin. If you are in Giessen, which is hard to get out of, try taking a bus to Reiskirchen, get out first stop, and track back the direction you came from until you get to the Autobahn ramp.―Anonymous
50.58755, 8.712
A good place if you want to get to A5. It's perfect to pull over and easy to reach by bus.―Anonymous
50.58544, 8.65492
bad place for getting to A5 over the Ring; at least mid-week before noon and it's not very good to stop 'cause it's the left lane in front of the traffic light―Anonymous
50.59557, 8.8142
A5 direction Erfurt, Kassel―Anonymous