Usmate Velate - Hitchhiking

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45.48727, 10.3029

Good spot to go to Milan, because there are two direct ways. And it is just one way from the gas station for all the traffic. We (couple) had a sign Milan.
―TwoThumbsTravel

45.55448, 9.23966

Direction Venezia - Brescia
Don't loose your time to go there from the center of Milano. It's dangerous, drivers go fast, and you will wait hours.
―Anonymous

an ESSO petrol station right on autobahn (autostrada, motorway) A4 BRESCIA-MILANO- TORINO. you can reach the station through the commercial area (north of the station) in walking a circle (westward) around some of the manufacturing halls, there is a swing door that connects the station's platform with the surrounding roads (street: "via aquileia") of the quarter. ATM-tram number 31 takes you from the city center to the corner "via monfalcone/via massimo gorki" from where you can walk to the station in 5 to 7 minutes. i have not hitchhiked from there but will do so next week (on a MILANO-TORINO trip), the spot seems to be excellent because of its safe surrounding, many cars passing by also easy accesibility. there is also a restaurant and a snack shop.
―Anonymous

45.54866, 9.20785

Station is in course of a renovation, but is open. Not very popular, many drivers are going to Milano.
Went out in a direction of Venice within an hour
―Anonymous

45.54866, 9.20785

We waited there for 3h and no one took us with a sign to Torino. Really bad spot in my opinion
―Anonymous

45.53695, 9.2996

There are friendly people, we just ask them, that we would like to go with them, and lot of them was friendly, and help us :)
―Anonymous

45.53695, 9.2996

It's very easy to reach! when you turn right at the bridge continue to walk you ll find an open door (07-2014)! but keep in mind there's a new highway that connects Milan to Brescia directly without passing to Bergamo! it's faster but this spot should still working good!
―Vulla

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

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

45.53695, 9.2996

This is the 2nd spot described at the "East towards Verona" section of the "Milano" hitchwiki page (http://hitchwiki.org/en/Milan). The directions to get here are the following:

"An alternative and easier option is to take the metro (green line) to Cologno Nord. It doesn't really matter which exit you leave the station by, as long as you are walking north. Follow the road for about 5 or 10 minutes until you get to the beginning of the bridge over the motorway. Rather than actually crossing the bridge, you turn right, off the road, and walk along the raised grassy area beside the motorway. After 4 or 5 minutes you will have reached a gas station."

I followed them and got there with no problems whatsoever. Even though it's a small place and not too many cars or trucks stop there, I got a lift in about 30 minutes!

―Anonymous

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

45.53695, 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

45.537, 9.29963

The doors were closed with padlocks but the jump over the gate is pretty easy. You can walk along the fence, but the field is much better as there is less vegetation growing.

We sadly didn’t get picked up, but it was a sunday and we got there fairly late (18:30) we tried several directions, but most people seemed to go local? Not sure. Just one of those days.

We were trying to reach the lake garda.

Two female hitchhikers.
―Rozu