Hitchhiking from Merate
Hitchhiking to Merate
Recent reviews mentioning Merate
45.63184, 9.59928
Pretty easy to access by bus, better to go on the other side and cross the auto grill bridge to access the spot since the other side is pretty fenced off from a big auto shopMakings of a great spot but
Waited a long time, a lot of old people and family’s did not make it easy, after 90mins got a ride to Brescia
2males with a sign to “Venezia” and “A4”
―DuketheNuke
45.50954, 9.03943
Many people going through the station but many for Milano.I wanted to do past the city towards Verona. Got a ride quickly to Bergamo with the hope of going further east.
No sign needed in my case, easy to talk to people at the pump or on their way out.
Bathroom accessible for free and lots of shade.
―Alexbrn
45.57448, 9.39396
somewhat bad place for me (headed to Genova), it took a while to talk my way into a ride,around 1:30 hours in the mid day, but with help of the station workers I got a ride to just south of Milano to a gas station―Whateversclaver
45.57448, 9.39396
aftr 1,5 hour wainting in rain at an other gas station this was more easy to get a ride to Venezia. and directly!―Nyufff
45.57448, 9.39396
You can reach this Petrol station from Gessate the last stop of Metro 2 Green Line and after that walking and arrive there without walking on highway check the map( but you can lost easily if you don't have a map so i advice the spot on cologno nord,easier to reach) it's full of cars and foreigner trucks i found a ride asking to truck-drivers after 5 minutes!!―Anonymous
45.53695, 9.2996
Good spot to go out of Milan, as said by the other, need to jump over fences but managed to find a truck quite quickly!―Emric
45.53695, 9.2996
So this is the spot №1 from the "how to get out of Milan" guide. At least that's how I got here. The instructions were mostly clear and intuitive, though some things have already changed since the article was written. As such, for some reason the metro train wasn't going all the way to Cologno Nord station. Rather it stops at Cascina Gobba and from there you have to take a bus to the desired metro station. The ride was about 20 min long and I didn't even pay for it.When I got to Cologno Nord I followed the instructions and walked for about half a mile in the northeast direction until I saw the big electricity pole. To get to it, I had to jump over a 2 meter wide trench (it's more convinient if you cross it at the car gate to your right). Then I had to make a jump over a yet another trench, this time just below the electricity pole. Though I found the doors to be closed with padlocks so I had to jump over the fence from where you can just casually walk downhill to the gas station.
Advice: watch out for the stingy bushes, wouldn't recommend going this way if you're wearing just shorts and a t-shirt (you're likely to scratch yourself badly due to the dense vegetation that stands in your way).
After I got to the station I got picked up pretty quickly. The driver gave me a lift all the way to Bergamo from where I went with another car to my destined city of Brescia.
―ahqpey
45.63184, 9.59928
I asked my ride to leave me here on my way from Milan to Brescia since I didn't want to enter Bergamo. I was surprised to see that many cars were passing through this gas station even on a Sunday night.Eventually got picked up all the way to Brescia relatively quickly.
P.S. On this Autogrill I came upon a couple of foreign backpackers that were headed to Venezia. They were standing with a sign on the entrance to the gas station, which didn't bring them much success since I found actually asking the drivers in simple Italian way more profitable.
―ahqpey
45.53695, 9.2996
Main thing to remember: In Italy the highways are fenced, so you have to find your way inside. We got here from nearby bridge because there're ways to get inside―Anonymous
45.57448, 9.39396
Only waited for 15 minutes. Asked every person leaving the autogrill returning to their cars. Only got taken to Bergamo, but the direction was good.two male hitchhikers.
Summer 2025
―Vlâk
45.57448, 9.39396
Lots of traffic but not many wanting to drive me to Venice. Went to the exit and waited there instead of asking. Got a quick ride to Brescia. A working said it was a hard spot but I didn’t find it to bad―MrZachyPants
45.537, 9.29963
Only spot out of Milan, not a lot of traffic. Went trough the fence near the metro station, good walk, somebody already cut the fence.Two male hitchhikers, as usual in italy you need to approach the drivers a lot. Only got taken one 10km but to an better autogrill.
Two male hitchhikers.
Summer 2025
―Vlâk
45.63184, 9.59928
Got taken right away into direction Verona. Big autogrill lots of drivers to ask.Two male hitchhikers.
Summer 2025
―Vlâk
45.48727, 10.3029
i don't remember exactly, but I was asking around. was pretty easy.―AleksP
45.57525, 9.39311
huge mall with a lot of people. bought some food, was eating and when people walked past me, I asked them. after 10-15 minutes nice old couple took me to Turin highway gas station.―AleksP
46.20937, 9.02709
Waited here for about an hour with a sign that said Lugano and Milano. A nice man took me to Monza, which is just a little bit above Milano. Great spot for heading south.―Oaklog
45.84789, 9.38827
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