Hitchhiking from Zürich
The best-evidenced place to start hitchhiking out of Zürich is about 16.1 km north-west of the centre. Show this spot on the map. 30 logged rides there average 4.1 out of 5, with a typical wait around 20 minutes.
39 of 40 hitchhikers who logged a ride starting in Switzerland said they would accept that ride again. See the data and its limits
Hitchhiking to Zürich
Recent reviews mentioning Zürich
47.43823, 8.34724
had the nicest women pick me up, she let me sleep at her place because she was worried and drove me to germany the next day!!solo female backpacker
―noaboa
47.36922, 8.52535
In front of the firestation, so not really supposed to stand there, but pretty good spot still―Anonymous
47.20221, 8.68517
Great spot for going towards Chur. Decent traffic and there is space for cars to pull over at the beginning of the ramp to the motorway. I ended up getting a ride to Sargans with an elderly woman going home.―Arcturus
47.369, 8.52489
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 40-45minfully 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 switzerlanda 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
47.21923, 8.66273
A lot of traffic but not going our direction. A couple agreed to take us to the next gasstation―6miber6
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
43.71321, 4.13346
Hab ein Schweizer Paar gefunden was mich direkt mitgenommen hat.―TomTom787
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
45.84997, 8.98504
Great for Destinations in Switzerland/ North. Waited for 15min and a rich guy took us to Zug. Which is very close to our Destination Zurich―Anonymous
47.43824, 8.3472
Lots of traffic, good spot―Pinassilas
47.22571, 7.61665
Easy to ask people and a lot of traffic, but some of them only speak french―Pinassilas
47.43904, 8.3478
Stood at the exit with a sign towards Basel, and people smiled. Ended up with a lift to a station just before Basel. Could have asked around and it would have been faster.―Finn147
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
46.33589, 8.01579
Lucky to get picked up before I even got my sign out. Space for cars to pull over. Got all the way to a city next to Zurich―Finn147
47.43904, 8.3478
Number plates in CH begin with the two letters representing the Canton the car is from. As I was going to Bern, I flagged down the first BE plate I saw and got an easy ride.―daniellorell
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