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Hitchhiking from Berlin to Lyon

About 18 h 59 min of hitchhiking — roughly 1418 km in 8 ride(s), including about 4 h 49 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 Grunewald West — 17.3 km. Local transport is usually quicker than walking this stretch.
  2. Hitch 25.1 km (15 min) from Grunewald West to Raststätte Michendorf-Nord. Expect around 27 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  3. Hitch 399.2 km (4 h 00 min) from Raststätte Michendorf-Nord to Rastpark Fränkische Schweiz / Pegnitz West. Expect around 46 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  4. Hitch 80.8 km (48 min) from Rastpark Fränkische Schweiz / Pegnitz West to Aral. Expect around 36 min of waiting here. 3 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  5. Hitch 60.0 km (36 min) from Aral to Aurach. Expect around 38 min of waiting here. 3 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  6. Hitch 177.7 km (1 h 47 min) from Aurach to Forst. Expect around 32 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  7. Hitch 177.8 km (1 h 47 min) from Forst to Raststätte Schauinsland. Expect around 34 min of waiting here. 6 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  8. Hitch 85.3 km (51 min) from Raststätte Schauinsland to Aire de la Porte d’Alsace. Expect around 36 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  9. Hitch 411.8 km (4 h 07 min) from Aire de la Porte d’Alsace to Quai Jules Courmont, Lyon. Expect around 41 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  10. 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

“Very good place. A petrol station where many cars fuel before entering the highway. perfectly to reach with S-Bahn. The first driver I asked took me with him (to Hannover / A2) =)”
― Anonymous · Grunewald West
“hm... there shuld be a vote limit!”
― Anonymous, Thu 2010-12-02 · Grunewald West
“Waited 50 minutes and got a good lift!”
― Anonymous, Tue 2013-02-12 · Grunewald West
“Arrived and hitchhikers were even making a cue, I was already hopeless as more and more arrived, but then it all went really fast. Probably people were losing their fear when they saw that so many people are looking for a ride. After half hour I got a lift down south on the A9.”
― Moritz0711, Mon 2013-07-29 · Grunewald West
“good spot, many hitchhikers - actually that wasn't a problem but really nice to get in contact :)”
― Talliknalli, Tue 2015-09-15 · Grunewald West
“perfect spot. trainstation nikolassee easy reachable, talk to people refueling their cars, you can't go easier as this spot”
― Anonymous, Thu 2011-01-06 · Grunewald West
“a Dutch couple took us all the way back to the Netherlands. Waited around 20 min.”
― Anonymous, Sun 2012-07-29 · Grunewald West
“We just asked people and after about 3 minutes we got a lift to Dresden. Chances are pretty good if you ask people at the gas station.”
― Anonymous, Fri 2011-07-08 · Grunewald West
“far to many hitchiker there.. but all in all a nice spot!”
― Hannes1993, Tue 2015-03-03 · Grunewald West
“friday, 3.12.2010, i waited 9mins and get a lift for 450kms to my destination. (-10 degrees, and a lot of snow n' ice.”
― Anonymous, Mon 2010-12-06 · Grunewald 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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