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Hitchhiking from Berlin to Lyon

About 21 h 01 min of hitchhiking — roughly 1558 km in 9 ride(s), including about 5 h 26 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 Jet — 10.5 km. Local transport is usually quicker than walking this stretch.
  2. Hitch 36.8 km (22 min) from Jet to Am Kahlberg West. Expect around 5 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  3. Hitch 172.3 km (1 h 43 min) from Am Kahlberg West to Dresden. Expect around 34 min of waiting here. 3 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  4. Hitch 70.9 km (42 min) from Dresden to Auerswalder Blick Nord. Expect around 22 min of waiting here. 6 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  5. Hitch 388.6 km (3 h 53 min) from Auerswalder Blick Nord to Raststätte Reinhardshain Nord. Expect around 1 h 10 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  6. Hitch 102.7 km (1 h 02 min) from Raststätte Reinhardshain Nord to Gräfenhausen West. Expect around 39 min of waiting here. 3 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  7. Hitch 173.2 km (1 h 44 min) from Gräfenhausen West to Rasthof Baden-Baden. Expect around 43 min of waiting here. 4 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  8. Hitch 78.8 km (47 min) from Rasthof Baden-Baden to Rasthof Mahlberg-West. Expect around 33 min of waiting here. 10 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  9. Hitch 123.1 km (1 h 14 min) from Rasthof Mahlberg-West to Aire de la Porte d’Alsace. Expect around 41 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  10. Hitch 411.6 km (4 h 07 min) from Aire de la Porte d’Alsace to Quai Jules Courmont, Lyon. Expect around 39 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  11. Get from Quai Jules Courmont, Lyon to Lyon — 0.3 km. Local transport is usually quicker than walking this stretch.

What hitchhikers said along this route

“A good spot in direction to Dresden. We stayed there only 5-10 minutes and got a ride directly to Dresden. A lot of cars are passing by, even on holidays. Just don't forget to stay before the gas station as it's better for drivers to stop there.”
― Anonymous, Wed 2015-04-08 · Jet
“I used this spot as filter from Berin drivers... here stops only people who goes to south (Dresden, Czech) or east (Poland). If you are going south you can ask drivers at Berlin ring going to Poland drop you here. Just filter.”
― Anonymous · Am Kahlberg West
“10 minutes and to dresden, pretty sweet”
― Mrgnd, Sat 2015-02-21 · Am Kahlberg West
“After a while a ride came up directly to Prague.”
― Alagosnir, Sat 2011-07-16 · Am Kahlberg West
“It is a little, normaally frequented place. The people here are nice and usually go direction Dresden, you don't have to ask often. Once I had a good experience here”
― Anonymous, Mon 2012-09-03 · Am Kahlberg West
“This spot had a surprising amount of people even at 8 pm. We had only asked a couple of drivers of we could hitch a ride to Dresden before we were approached and offered a ride. We saw a lot of families stopping here, so finding a ride as a pair could be more difficult.”
― M_E, Thu 2023-07-13 · Am Kahlberg West
“Some people from Dresden asked us if we wanted to join. We were 2 people. Alot of Chech cars too.”
― pengapangarna, Mon 2025-07-21 · Am Kahlberg West
“Great spot, lots of traffic. Approached a few people and was offered a spot in a van with a Kurdish family, all the way to Prague.”
― Josiiee, Wed 2026-07-22 · Am Kahlberg West
“The day I was here was vacation start so a lot of cars with families fully packed and a few DD-Plates I stood with a sign for Dresden right before the exit but my backpack was 20 meters away so people will see the backpack first and then you so they have more time thinking about picking you up, that was the reason why I was eventually picked by 2 older women all the way to Dresden”
― Topf, Sun 2026-07-12 · Am Kahlberg West
“it was 19:00 at wednesday, not so many cars but at the weekend i think it’s better”
― Veles, Tue 2026-08-18 · Am Kahlberg West

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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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