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Hitchhiking from Amsterdam to Bordeaux

About 22 h 51 min of hitchhiking — roughly 1646 km in 12 ride(s), including about 4 h 31 min of waiting by the road. These figures come from rides hitchhikers logged on this map, not from an estimate.

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Step by step

  1. Get from Amsterdam to a hitchhiking spot near Amsterdam — 3.3 km. Local transport is usually quicker than walking this stretch.
  2. Hitch 29.5 km (18 min) from Amsterdam to Haarrijn. Expect around 14 min of waiting here. 3 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  3. Hitch 59.0 km (35 min) from Haarrijn to De Lucht-West. Expect around 19 min of waiting here. 4 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  4. Hitch 132.4 km (1 h 19 min) from De Lucht-West to Shell. Expect around 15 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  5. Hitch 30.6 km (18 min) from Shell to Maastricht. Expect around 22 min of waiting here. 3 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  6. Walk 1.9 km (23 min) from a hitchhiking spot near Maastricht to Maastricht.
  7. Hitch 8.1 km (5 min) from Maastricht to Knuvelkes. Expect around 24 min of waiting here. 8 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  8. Hitch 41.7 km (25 min) from Knuvelkes to Aire de Sprimont. Expect around 14 min of waiting here. 3 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  9. Hitch 173.5 km (1 h 44 min) from Aire de Sprimont to Aire de Berchem-Ouest. Expect around 12 min of waiting here. 3 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  10. Hitch 586.0 km (5 h 52 min) from Aire de Berchem-Ouest to Limonest. Expect around 20 min of waiting here. 3 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  11. Hitch 138.0 km (1 h 23 min) from Limonest to Aire de Limagne. Expect around 25 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  12. Walk 0.2 km (2 min) from Aire de Limagne to Orléat.
  13. Hitch 53.0 km (32 min) from Orléat to Eni. Expect around 26 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  14. Hitch 180.4 km (1 h 48 min) from Eni to Avenue des Lavauds, Ussac. Expect around 43 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  15. Walk 7.2 km (1 h 27 min) from Avenue des Lavauds, Ussac to Aire du Pays de Brive.
  16. Hitch 214.0 km (2 h 08 min) from Aire du Pays de Brive to 44.82080, -0.51898. Expect around 36 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  17. Get from 44.82080, -0.51898 to Bordeaux — 5.3 km. Local transport is usually quicker than walking this stretch.

What hitchhikers said along this route

“Lelystad, Utrecht, Eindhoven, Germany. S112 (Prins Bernhardplein). Train/metro/tram/bus station “Amstel”, 100 m E Prins Bernhardplein, 200 m SE. Official hitchhikers spot. 250 m SE Fuel station.”
― Anonymous · Amsterdam
“it was better to go to the fuel station”
― Anonymous, 2013-12-01 · Amsterdam
“No me sirvio para que me llevaran, estuve como 40n minutos y nada. me fui a otro punto, es dificil este punto por que a un esta dentro de la ciudad .no corri quizas con suerte, otras personas han tenido suerte aqui, yo no.”
― Anonymous, 2019-09-29 · Amsterdam
“One night at 3 am we got a high morrocan dude who took us to the wrong direction and bought us a lot of food. We found that guy in just 7 min”
― Astala27, 2012-07-27 · Amsterdam
“I was there in the very morning in tuesday, and it was getting crowded in few moments. Really many hitchhikers and no one was stopping. After almost 3h a van stopped and took five hitchikers to different gas stations.”
― Anonymous, 2011-05-08 · Amsterdam
“Even it is official anyway it is not a good place. But maybe You'll get lucky.”
― Dexz, 2011-08-23 · Amsterdam
“Waited here (two guys) for 10 min, got a ride for 10km to the first gas station on the highway towards A1 road.”
― Anonymous, 2017-09-14 · Amsterdam
“We were there at 7am, no other hitchhickers, got a car in about 10min which took us to a gas station on the A2 just before Utrecht! Then we continued to Eindhoven, Maastricht, etc.”
― Anonymous, 2011-09-11 · Amsterdam
“Many people write here that go bad, but good luck to us that we are lucky to leave here in 10 minutes :)”
― Efim x, 2012-07-20 · Amsterdam
“i´ve been waiting here for more than a half hour in the rain without finding a lift. an other guy was waiting even longer without anybody pulling over. i would go to the fuel station 250 m further!”
― Schworze, 2011-10-20 · Amsterdam

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Waiting times and distances are averages from community-logged rides. Travel time assumes 100 km/h in a car and 5 km/h walking. They are not guarantees.


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