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Hitchhiking from Bordeaux to Cologne

About 15 h 56 min of hitchhiking — roughly 1289 km in 6 ride(s), including about 3 h 02 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 Bordeaux to Total Access — 6.9 km. Local transport is usually quicker than walking this stretch.
  2. Hitch 16.6 km (10 min) from Total Access to Aire de Meillac. Expect around 14 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  3. Hitch 526.9 km (5 h 16 min) from Aire de Meillac to Aire d'Orléans-Gidy. Expect around 37 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  4. Hitch 451.3 km (4 h 31 min) from Aire d'Orléans-Gidy to Aire de Saint-Ghislain (Sud). Expect around 38 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  5. Hitch 136.4 km (1 h 22 min) from Aire de Saint-Ghislain (Sud) to Aire de Verlaine Sud. Expect around 33 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  6. Hitch 41.2 km (25 min) from Aire de Verlaine Sud to Aire de Tignée. Expect around 34 min of waiting here. 3 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  7. Hitch 116.3 km (1 h 10 min) from Aire de Tignée to Cologne. Expect around 26 min of waiting here. 3 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  8. Get from a hitchhiking spot near Cologne to Cologne — 7.2 km. Local transport is usually quicker than walking this stretch.

What hitchhikers said along this route

“Difficult acces, but if you find the way to arrive there its a good spot for leaving Bordeaux”
― Anonymous · Total Access
“best place ever to go to Paris from bordeaux i did it a lot of time it always work.”
― Artornot, Fri 2016-05-20 · Total Access
“Not so easy to find someone going on the hishway but always successful in <1h (asking in french). In 2015 easy to reach from the bicycle bridge.”
― Kvardek du, Wed 2015-10-21 · Total Access
“June 2013 - after around 35 minutes I got a lift north all the way to Nantes, Brittany”
― Anonymous, Mon 2013-06-24 · Total Access
“Last year in the summer i tried to get a ride from here but after asking for 4 hours i went asking on the high way... at least 5 other hikers couldn't find a ride either.”
― Anonymous, Mon 2011-06-20 · Total Access
“February 2016, 5 min. to PORTIERS by an English man who found me!”
― Yarex, Tue 2016-03-08 · Total Access
“Good to go up north, wanted to go direction Tours. Easy to reach from the city centre, possible to enter this gas station right after crossing the walking bridge over the highway”
― pm13, Thu 2024-08-29 · Total Access
“Easy by talking in French to ask for N10 (cheaper and few minutes longer)”
― Hitchiker91754, Sun 2026-03-15 · Total Access
“[Did this back in September 2024] Good spot to get on the A10. I stood on the little wall next to the shop and right at the exit of the gas station. Not many cars but had 2 cars try to figure out if they could help me (dodged a quite weird guy) before a nice girl helped me get on the A10. I was there between 12-13 daytime”
― Swagg, Sun 2025-03-30 · Total Access
“We wanted to go to Paris and was taken to Tours in a Truck.”
― Anonymous, Thu 2026-04-09 · Total Access

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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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