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Hitchhiking from Berlin to Lyon

About 20 h 14 min of hitchhiking — roughly 1554 km in 9 ride(s), including about 4 h 28 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 36.7 km (22 min) from Jet to Am Kahlberg West. Expect around 4 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  3. Hitch 171.9 km (1 h 43 min) from Am Kahlberg West to Dresden. Expect around 27 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  4. Hitch 70.8 km (42 min) from Dresden to Auerswalder Blick Nord. Expect around 24 min of waiting here. 3 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  5. Hitch 387.9 km (3 h 53 min) from Auerswalder Blick Nord to Raststätte Reinhardshain Nord. Expect around 55 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  6. Hitch 103.0 km (1 h 02 min) from Raststätte Reinhardshain Nord to Gräfenhausen West. Expect around 43 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  7. Hitch 172.3 km (1 h 43 min) from Gräfenhausen West to Rasthof Baden-Baden. Expect around 36 min of waiting here. 4 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  8. Hitch 126.5 km (1 h 16 min) from Rasthof Baden-Baden to Freiburg im Breisgau. Expect around 34 min of waiting here. 8 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  9. Walk 1.0 km (12 min) from Freiburg im Breisgau to Vogteiwaldweg, Freiburg im Breisgau.
  10. Hitch 74.0 km (44 min) from Vogteiwaldweg, Freiburg im Breisgau to La Comtoise, Burnhaupt-le-Bas. Expect around 8 min of waiting here. 3 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  11. Walk 0.2 km (2 min) from La Comtoise, Burnhaupt-le-Bas to Aire de la Porte d’Alsace.
  12. Hitch 410.5 km (4 h 06 min) from Aire de la Porte d’Alsace to Quai Jules Courmont, Lyon. Expect around 35 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  13. 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, 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
“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, 2012-09-03 · Am Kahlberg West
“After a while a ride came up directly to Prague.”
― Alagosnir, 2011-07-16 · Am Kahlberg West
“10 minutes and to dresden, pretty sweet”
― Mrgnd, 2015-02-21 · 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, 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, 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, 2026-07-22 · Am Kahlberg West
“great spot for hitching west (Chemnitz, Leipzig Erfurt, Jena)... just show a sign saying C,L, EF, J, etc...”
― Anonymous · Dresden
“this is a great spot for going to leipzig or to nurmberg. Took the bus to within 200 meters of it. This spot also had a great place for the cars to stop and pick you up”
― Anonymous · Dresden

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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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