Hitchhiking from Michendorf
Hitchhiking to Michendorf
Recent reviews mentioning Michendorf
52.30333, 13.01498
Very nice spot. Got there on a sunday morning at 7:30, it looked extremely empty, but after 30mins at the on-ramp with a "HANNOVER WEST" sign a nice man stopped trying to take me to Helmstedt, but right as I was putting my stuff into his backseat, another car stopped after seeing my sign, saying they'll take me to Duisburg. Obviously I took that offer. Very nice people, even the ones that didn't take me. Very nice experience for my very first time hitchhiking―B5Scheuert
52.33589, 10.23767
Waited ~1 hour here―Anonymous
52.30333, 13.01498
Took a bit of time, many people sloped and offer a ride to Magdeburg, but I refused as I needed to get on A9 highway. Eventually, I got a ride with a truck to crossroad of A9 and A4, as I was going to Weimar. Truck was going to Lyon actually.―estasbien
53.55949, 10.06741
Lots of TrafficCars go but fast but with a sign to Berlin I got picked up by an old hitchhiking buddy to Potsdam
―Topf
52.30343, 13.01511
Took me way to long to get out of there―kerylll
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
51.39968, 12.18447
Not a lot of place for cars to stop, but I guess if they want to they can manage to find a spot―Anonymous
52.30333, 13.01498
There is little traffic, (we were here on monday at 4pm), but it is worth the wait. People are going to Leipzig, Hanover or somewhere further west.―drzdnk
52.30333, 13.01498
Good spot, we think. It seems to be a regular spot for hitchhikers heading south/southwest/west. We stood by the western on-ramp to the autobahn. Not a lot of traffic, but we also arrived late in the day. P.S. There’s a shower: think about using it you bum!We were two guys hitchhiking late in the afternoon/evening. We were signaling to go for Leipzig/Magdeburg. The hour was late in the day, so when a driver offered us a ride to Leipzig we accepted. In hindsight, we should probably have headed straight west towards Magdeburg/Hannover, since it was difficult to plan the route after stopping on the road to, or in, Leipzig. We were heading northwest after Leipzig towards Göttingen/Kassel via the A38. We did however get onto the A38 by sheer luck, the driver’s poor sense of direction and him being a bit creepy (esoteric guy that let us lie in the back of his van). Stay safe out there folks.
―Ledan
52.36961, 13.0485
Two guys hitchhiking in the afternoon. We were picked up by a local heading to Michendorf. We were visible and there’s room for the drivers to stop, but we hiked to this spot from Potsdam and travelling along the road the amount of cars passing by would vary.―Ledan
52.42059, 13.17351
Two guys hitchhiking. We hitchhiked here from Wannsee to Potsdam intending to head southwest, either to Leipzig or Magdeburg. We hiked from here since there was construction at the on ramp to the autobahn in Nikolasse. We were picked up quite quickly and there’s a busstop + handicapparking where the drivers can pick you up.Please note that if you just want to get to Potsdam you can take the S-bahn from Berlin instead.
―Ledan
52.2606, 7.84919
Quite a lot of full cars with holiday-goers, but enough traffic atleast! Got a lift that went close to Berlin after around half an hour. A few people were also going North.―Mazi
52.3011, 13.0178
Big station, many cars standing on the parking lot, few cars going. People going either to Berlin or North, truck drivers either somewhere local or in pairs (so no place for another person). After two hours of standing with a sign at the exit I went back to talk to people in front of the restaurant. One person who earlier said is not going my direction approached me saying they used to hitchhike and it's good if I move to am Fichtenplan, so I went with them (they were going to the airport to pick someone up)―Martynan
52.23356, 11.02323
Got a ride to Berlin fast (with a person going there to bring back a piece of big furniture). Lady at the shop spoke no English but was very helpful with getting the paper for the hitch sign (after we managed to communicate somehow)and even run after me to give me a better one after a minute. Easy spot to get to by walking half an hour from the train station, a bit uphill though―Martynan
52.30343, 13.01511
On Saturday afternoon it was basically empty, got a lucky ride with a sign "Magdeburg"―Martynan
52.29527, 17.65216
Not too many people but spot seems ok, got a ride to Berlin with a sweet Kazach guy, had a lot of fun trying to get to know what Kazachstan is like trying to communicate in a mix of poor polish english and russian―Martynan
52.38764, 13.02769
I think the second person I asked, took me into Berlin (I didn't wanna take public transport). First person was a man not going the right direction, that explained to me that there is much better spot close. And that I actually most definitely should just walk to the train station. I suppose that were the first 8 minutes ;). Forgot my exact end destination.―Eefje
52.30217, 13.01991
It's a great spot to go West. On a quiet Saturday morning, I got a ride all the way to NL within half an hour waiting, asking drivers and no sign.The Michrndorf rest area is easily and quickly accessible by the multiple bus lines from Potsdam Hbf and a short walk.
This was the starting point of my first long-distance solo hitchhiking journey: from Berlin to Belgium. It couldn't have started off better than with this 589km, 6h15 ride :-)
―maxime
51.1049, 13.73513
Good towards Berlin. We were picked up by a woman who instead of going to Berlin did a detour and gave us a ride right to our doorstep in Potsdam.―TillWenke
52.30274, 13.01376
Just had to ask 3 people.―TillWenke