Hitchhiking from Winterthur

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38 of 39 hitchhikers who logged a ride starting in Switzerland said they would accept that ride again. See the data and its limits

Hitchhiking to Winterthur

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Recent reviews mentioning Winterthur

47.36922, 8.52535

In front of the firestation, so not really supposed to stand there, but pretty good spot still
―Anonymous

Lots and lots of traffic but not that much space to pull over after the fire station. Probably the best spot to go south from Zürich though. Still got a ride with a local going into the mountains in about 45 mins.
―Arcturus

47.39118, 8.50713

perfect spot for berne/lausanne (and also geneve), got took in lausanne with a direct ride in almost 40-45min
fully recommend it : lots of space to stop (bus stop) and lots of traffic that drive slow
good luck the place is perfect 🙌🏼
―barish

47.52413, 8.71555

Very quick to Zürich with space to pull over at the motorway entrance. Some traffic but most should be going to Zürich or beyond. Ended up getting a ride with a Kosovan Albanian living in Zürich and his father in 5 minutes.
―Arcturus

47.45175, 9.05219

Ok spot I guess towards Zürich. There's plenty of space to pull over and decent traffic but still took 20 minutes to get a ride to Winterthur. He was a super cool guy though with a nice car and he gave me 10 francs.
―Arcturus

48.20606, 8.62281

perfect place for zurich and all switzerland
a lot of ZH or just CH plates here
fully recommend it : place yourself at the end of the gas station before the two road (like next to the sign that say bye in german ahaha)
good luck the place is great, full of traffics, toilet, food and all
yeahhh🫶🏻🫶🏻
―barish

47.04844, 8.3035

Waited just over an hour and a quarter. Was trying to go to Zurich HB, got offered to Zurich weizekon. Was there between 15:15 and about 16:35. Everyone was going to Basel? Bit unfriendly. Be ready for a long wait
―Anonymous

47.11867, 8.37571

A couple going north did a little detour to bring us to the city centre of Zürich, ganz toll! Enough traffic
―6miber6

47.17514, 8.51134

We waited just behind the zebra crosswalk. Not that many cars, but it depends on which time and season. We got lucky and somebody just took us straight to zurich
―Anonymous

47.39173, 8.50547

We were just unlucky, trying to get to Basel. Otherwise good space for cars to pull over. Finally got a lift to a truckstop just outside town.
―Finn147

47.48874, 8.7027

―daniellorell

47.41887, 9.23451

Super friendly people stopped quickly. McDonald’s, gas station, and traffic circle nearby.
―daniellorell

47.45252, 8.57331

i got lucky here but doesn’t seem like a bad spot at all especially if you wait before the light. i was trying to head west to olten and i had tolls off on maps for routing so it showed me this route, when in fact no one heads west from the airport from here. this kind man pulled over to tell me that but he happened to be going that direction, so he ended up taking me to baden train station and bought me a train ticket and a beer :))
―teef

47.48883, 8.70271

We’re picked up right when we gave up and start walking. A lot of lokals so even tho a traffic is big, take some time to weight
―Frogpeople

45.83373, 9.03447

We literally crossed the border, wrote a sign and started walking to a MacDonalds with the sign attached to a backpack. Before we were even able to cross the road a car stoped next to us and this amazing German tourists pick us up. This is a 10 out of 5. Amazing
―Frogpeople

47.44989, 8.70124

Surprisingly quick with no sign. Took us to Germany
―Ryancomet

47.43044, 8.5114

The spot is not really good. There is not much traffic and it’s pretty small. I got offered some rides to the south, but needed to go to the north. If you ask every car that is coming you will probably get a ride. I was lucky and after like 45 minutes a nice woman took me to the next rest area "würenlos“ which is much bigger! Try to go there if you need to go north/towards Basel.
You can go from one side of the highway to the other using a pedestrian bridge, but you need to climb two relatively big fences.
1 male
―jack

47.27146, 8.43867

Good spot to go to Zurich, but harder to get past Zurich. I tried for over an hour to get to rest area Würenlos or further, but no luck. I had a sign with "Basel“ and asked drivers. In the end I took a car that drove towards Zurich airport and got out at “Büsisee“ and crossed the highway to the other site there (fence hopping needed). Tuesday morning at 7:30, 1 male. Maybe later in the day more luck
―jack

47.32366, 8.02196

not so many cars passing through in the morningh rush, but even with so low car flow 2 cars stopped but the first one didnt go to the center of zurich we would have needed to walk 20km so we passed and after few minutes another guy stopped and gave us a ride to hauptbahnhof
―travelwithlaro

47.52635, 8.73542

Not super busy, but cars generally going further direction saint gallen which was what i needed
―Frederik

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