Hitchhiking from Berlin to Lyon

About 18 h 45 min of hitchhiking — roughly 1422 km in 6 ride(s), including about 3 h 03 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 Agip — 8.8 km. Local transport is usually quicker than walking this stretch.
Hitch 36.9 km (22 min) from Agip to Michendorf. Expect around 39 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
Walk 0.6 km (7 min) from Michendorf to Raststätte Michendorf-Nord.
Hitch 455.8 km (4 h 34 min) from Raststätte Michendorf-Nord to Fischbach. Expect around 40 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
Walk 5.9 km (1 h 11 min) from Fischbach to Aral.
Hitch 77.5 km (46 min) from Aral to Aurach. Expect around 30 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
Hitch 365.8 km (3 h 40 min) from Aurach to Freiburg im Breisgau. Expect around 28 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
Walk 1.0 km (12 min) from Freiburg im Breisgau to Vogteiwaldweg, Freiburg im Breisgau.
Hitch 73.7 km (44 min) from Vogteiwaldweg, Freiburg im Breisgau to Aire de la Porte d’Alsace. Expect around 8 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
Hitch 411.9 km (4 h 07 min) from Aire de la Porte d’Alsace to Quai Jules Courmont, Lyon. Expect around 38 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
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

“Also very good for Hannover!”
― Fverhart, Mon 2014-01-13 · Agip

“We stood just behind the rails there and it was perfect! Actually the first car stopped already!”
― Anonymous, Tue 2013-02-12 · Agip

“I would say this is a good place. Took me around 30 minutes for a car to stop but what's funny is three cars stop at the same time to offer me a ride. I wanted to go to Leipzig so took the offer that drove me there.”
― Chocolate.peanuts, Wed 2012-08-15 · Agip

“Used it two times (first time ride to Nürnberg, then Heilbronn) now, it's a good place.”
― Redjo27, Sun 2013-10-13 · Agip

“got a ride after 30 minutes to a petrol station on the A9 in the direction to Leipzig”
― Anonymous, Sun 2014-02-16 · Agip

“cars cannot park easely and they go fast here. plus most of them go straight and not to Leipzig on the right: Waited 45min then chnage spot!”
― Tishead78, Mon 2015-03-02 · Agip

“I thought it was a bad place, but within five minutes I got Mercedes SLK to Leipzig. You can also get here a car to another southern cities.”
― Anonymous, Mon 2011-04-18 · Agip

“Very good spot! Never waited more than 15 minutes. I hitchhiked from here to Dortmund several times and most times I got a direct lift to my destination. :-)”
― Anonymous, Fri 2015-05-08 · Agip

“Quite a while back and I wasn't very experienced, but this spot was the worst, I waited very long behind the planks, cars can't park very safely there. I don't know about the petrol station, but don't go to the ramp. Just drive over to Michelsberg if you can”
― Anonymous, Sun 2023-05-14 · Agip

“We thumbed here with a sign for Leipzig for ~2hrs and didn't a lift. Its 's a difficult place for cars to stop and also on a wednesday there was pretty much only local drivers. Maybe on a nicer day or in the summer its a better but we had no luck. Later we went to the rasthof near nikolassee and got a hitch in 30 minutes!”
― Leslie, Wed 2025-02-26 · Agip

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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.