Hitchhiking from Leichlingen
Hitchhiking to Leichlingen
Recent reviews mentioning Leichlingen
52.42223, 9.55467
Used this Gasstation twice, good to get dierection Cologne:))―Anonymous
50.9941, 6.89683
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51.15858, 7.22879
The waiting time was over two hours because many cars were full, but I managed to get a 150 km ride to an Osnabrück gas station.―Anonymous
51.1588, 6.96143
Having wasted a whole day in the Ruhrpot I ended up taking the bus to Ohligers Heide and got a ride to Frankfurt in 10 minutes.―Anonymous
51.13572, 7.19689
First time hitchhiking, just said 'Goodmorning' and eventually someone understood the sign to Hamburg-Münster. They actually went to Bielefeld, but argued it would work just as well going to Hamburg.―KRooijackers
51.63492, 5.56754
Apparently, there was a place for cars to stay just behind here. German van that went to a festival 'Harmony of Hardore' nearby my town just left going home. Can't say if the spot truly works, Netherlands generally seems difficult to take off.―KRooijackers
51.08568, 6.98753
Extremely lucky lady came up to us as we were making our sign. I can see it not being bad. Not too much traffic though―Anonymous
51.90579, 6.15654
Had a good interaction with the staff but maybe we got lucky. Got a lift with a young Dutch guy going to cologne. Overall was pretty good for us―Anonymous
51.12318, 6.79745
Great spot if you're hitchhiking from Cologne to the Netherlands. You can get here from Nievenheim train station and bus WE2. After that it's just a 15 minute walk to the station.If you look on Google satellite, you will spot a small trail after the bridge over the highway. It is traversable but I wouldn't recommend it as it leads through hunting grounds that are private property. Better to take the long way around. Either way, the service station is accessible on foot through a whole in the fence or on the small road.
Waited for 5 minutes, then found a friendly man and his girlfriend who took me one service station further to Geismühle. There was low traffic on Saturday, but I got lucky and found somebody quickly.
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51.16153, 6.96877
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51.04369, 6.83946
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51.0231, 7.00401
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51.13283, 6.90353
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50.96038, 6.92805
Very dangerous for cars to stop, but a lot of traffic in Direction Düsseldorf (A57) or Wuppertal (A1).You can take a tram to Nussbaumer Str.
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51.1588, 6.96143
Large motorway services. Should be good, although I ended up waiting a few hours early on a Monday morning. If you're travelling south from Düsseldorf, consider starting from here (take a train to Hilden, then take bus 741 or walk through the suburbia). For more info, see http://www.hitchwiki.org/Düsseldorf―Anonymous
51.15808, 7.22733
small petrol station at the A1. no problem to get away, but not very comfortable here.―Anonymous
51.16153, 6.96877
Rastplatz Ohligser HeideSeit Jahren mein Startrastplatz Richtung Frankfurt
Nie länger als 20Min gewartet(m)
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50.96992, 6.91845
Traffic too local, and not "that" much space to stop. Oh well.―Anonymous
50.9686, 7.0323
Good to go north from Köln. You just have to calculate your rides so you don't go off on Mülheim or Dusseldorf, for example. You can take little rides between rest areas along Highway 3 so you can get out the "An der Ruhr" area!―Anonymous
51.04369, 6.83946
Not much traffic, but all the local traffic around Köln is pretty much sorted here. Good for direction Krefeld/Nijmegen―Anonymous