Hitchhiking from Potsdam
Hitchhiking to Potsdam
Recent reviews mentioning Potsdam
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
53.55955, 10.06571
Many cars going. Not the best space to stop but ok.―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
52.23276, 11.02469
near the e-car charging station was good. Be nice to the woman who collects pawns ;).―Tuminik
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
52.2606, 7.84919
Wanting to go to Hamburg. Declined 3 rides going east. Eventualy changed my plan and accepted a ride to strait to Berlin.―Chris9012
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
51.35416, 12.39418
didnt feel like talking to people at the gas station so just stood at the side of the road. got taken immediately to berlin but the drive took forever because the guy preferred driving countryroads.―Leomagdich
52.53541, 13.29373
I arrived here by bus, because the highway were under construction at Hohenzollern and Berlin-Westend. As I said I want to Hamburg beforehand, a older man told me that this place would be better than those closer to the center of Berlin. After a while I had to realize that this wasn't the best choice, because the cars accelerace fast and have no real option to stop especcially due to the no-stopping-area coming after 500m. At first I just tried it by thumb but after some time I found a piece of paper laying in bush which I used as a sign. A young pair stopped after some time and took me to the Stolper rest stop even though they wanted to go to Berlin Spandau. We talked about the Youtube series called "The Race" which was the reason why they stopped.―rubntf97
50.72513, 10.8461
The first person I asked gave me a ride to Berlin and there would have been plenty more people to ask. Sunday 3pm.―panda
52.43453, 13.19165
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52.21089, 11.66923
Not the most convenient for drivers to stop if they are going towards the on-ramp. The guy pulled over across the street. I think I got lucky―Brezelbaum
52.43377, 13.19177
Took me (woman alone) extremely long to find a ride. I walked around the gasstation and stood at different places on the (cross)road. Also had a scary experience with a guy that had purposely stopped on the onramp so I had to decide quickly. Luckily I said no and 30 min later I was taken by a really nice Israeli woman. Maybe part of it being so hard was due to the fact that gas prices were not good there and there weren't many people at the gas station.―Eefje
52.43344, 13.19192
was with a sign, police passed by and didn't say anything, the spot doesn't look promising but it works apparently―andrej