Hitchhiking from Berlin to Hamburg

About 4 h 33 min of hitchhiking — roughly 331 km in 2 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

Get from Berlin to JET — 7.1 km. Local transport is usually quicker than walking this stretch.
Hitch 184.4 km (1 h 51 min) from JET to Raststätte Stolpe Nord. Expect around 34 min of waiting here. 3 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
Hitch 146.9 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
Get from Gotenstraße, Hamburg to Hamburg — 1.6 km. Local transport is usually quicker than walking this stretch.

What hitchhikers said along this route

“Wasted some time here because I was using Rostock sign. Most cars go to HH so if you're going to Rostock it's best to thumb or use A24 sign and ask the driver to drop you off at a further gas station (they're already marked).”
― Suman Mircea, Wed 2013-05-08 · JET

“Tried this place several time. Best is to talk to the people at the gasoline station. You will not wait for more than 30min to catch a ride on the A24 in direction to Hamburg :)”
― Tillmann, Wed 2015-06-10 · JET

“After 30 minutes of waiting for a ride to Hamburg we started to ask people on petrol station. Eventually got a ride to Hamburg!”
― Arbuuzs, Mon 2015-06-15 · JET

“good spot, but not a lot of people are using it. Maybe because it was sunday and voting day, but finally after 50 minutes we caught a guy to Rostock with board "Hamburg"”
― Paczix, Sat 2013-10-12 · JET

“I met two other hitchers here and we asked around for an hour before a driver took all three of us-- two to Hamburg and me all the way to Kiel.”
― Anonymous, Thu 2015-02-12 · JET

“I have cached a ride all the way to Denmark twice, holding a DK sign. Go a little further down the road from the petrol station to the light right before the highway. I found that it helped. I went between 9 and 10 in the morning on weekends. Got a ride after 30 min.”
― SimoneM, Tue 2015-08-18 · JET

“Easy to reach by metro. People refuel there before entering the motorway to Hamburg. Possible to get a direct lift to Hamburg.”
― StefanXsupertramp, Mon 2012-04-30 · JET

“Not that much far going traffic on a Saturday morning. We saw almost no HH cars passing by, mostly local number plates. We got a ride to the service station Stolper Heide in the end.”
― N0id, Tue 2015-05-19 · JET

“Very good place to leave Berlin towards Hamburg! Thank you for taking us dear audi driver with the great stories about hitchhiking around the world”
― Fahrtwindlukas, Wed 2013-08-14 · JET

“Not much traffic at 7 in the morning. I asked for a ride to Stolpen Heide gas station and found one in 5 minutes.”
― Pletter, Mon 2015-08-24 · JET

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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.