Hitchhiking from Berlin to Hamburg

About 4 h 38 min of hitchhiking — roughly 342 km in 4 ride(s), including about 1 h 14 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 Berlin to HEM — 5.5 km. Local transport is usually quicker than walking this stretch.
2. Hitch 0.6 km (0 min) from HEM to Shell. Expect around 4 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
3. Hitch 62.3 km (37 min) from Shell to Linumer Bruch-Nord. Expect around 7 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
4. Hitch 131.7 km (1 h 19 min) from Linumer Bruch-Nord to Raststätte Stolpe Nord. Expect around 23 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
5. Hitch 147.0 km (1 h 28 min) from Raststätte Stolpe Nord to Gotenstraße, Hamburg. Expect around 40 min of waiting here. 3 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
6. Get from Gotenstraße, Hamburg to Hamburg — 1.6 km. Local transport is usually quicker than walking this stretch.

What hitchhikers said along this route

“Good spot since cars often have to slow down because of the traffic light. Stood there with a “HH” sign in the late afternoon of Good Friday and caught a lift heading to Lübeck.”
― Cat, Fri 2026-04-03 · HEM

“I barely managed to lift my sign "Denmark/Hamburg" And got a ride straight to Kolding, 549km. Insane.”
― Jarnohitchikes, Sat 2026-07-04 · HEM

“take a close look where the marker is exactly positioned. there is other markers at the gasstation as well as closer to the on-ramp of the autobahn but i found to stand at the traffic light the best opportunity. if you are standing in front of the gasstation you have the problem that cars tend to speed up to 100 km/h even before they have reached the autobahn - at this speed people normally do not”
― Anonymous · Shell

“usually cars going to Hamburg are on the left side of the street so its kind of difficult to get the people going in this direction. we had a sign saying hamburg and found after 15min a really cool guy taking us. the traffic lights are really helpful, like this people can stop”
― Anonymous, Thu 2011-09-01 · Shell

“waited for two traficlights to get a ride to hamburg...best spot!”
― Anonymous, Mon 2014-09-01 · Shell

“I stood at the light for seven hours trying to get to rostock before giving up, so I don't know if this is a good place anymore.”
― Anonymous, Fri 2011-08-19 · Shell

“oh, and in google maps you can see hitchhikers on that exact spot”
― Anonymous, Tue 2011-08-09 · Shell

“we waited in the eveningtime about an half an hour. so its still a cool spot for hamburg, rostock and polland”
― Anonymous, Sun 2011-08-21 · Shell

“berlin-hamburg (waited 1 hour) i walked between the cars when they waited for the green traffic lights”
― Anonymous, Mon 2011-12-12 · Shell

“waited for 30 minutes with a sign before i got a lift to hamburg. two times.”
― Anonymous, Thu 2017-10-12 · Shell

Nearby city guides

• Hitchhiking in Berlin
• Hitchhiking in Hamburg

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.