Hitchhiking from Cologne to Berlin

About 9 h 41 min of hitchhiking — roughly 685 km in 2 ride(s), including about 2 h 50 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 Cologne to Raststätte Frechen Süd — 12.3 km. Local transport is usually quicker than walking this stretch.
Hitch 107.2 km (1 h 04 min) from Raststätte Frechen Süd to Raststätte Lichtendorf Süd. Expect around 1 h 56 min of waiting here. 3 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
Hitch 578.2 km (5 h 47 min) from Raststätte Lichtendorf Süd to 52.50000, 13.30000. Expect around 54 min of waiting here. 3 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
Get from 52.50000, 13.30000 to Berlin — 7.4 km. Local transport is usually quicker than walking this stretch.

What hitchhikers said along this route

“Decent spot to get onto the A1 northbound, Lichtendorf for example”
― Anonymous · Raststätte Frechen Süd

“heading south, stood here two hours form 18-20h, to get on the A61 but then got a ride from a belgian spedcyclingfamily al the way to mannheim better to get out at Kerpen”
― Fossilhitchhiker, Sat 2014-08-23 · Raststätte Frechen Süd

“After getting through here a few more times I get the impression that the service station is good towards Frankfurt (A3), okay towards Hannover and Berlin (A1 and A2 later) but very bad towards Erfurt and Dresden (A4).”
― Kriechstrom, Mon 2012-02-06 · Raststätte Frechen Süd

“Maybe it is not the fastest hitchhiking spot, but still you can catch quite easily someone going into the east to the Frankfurt. And as a bonus there is wonderful view to the Köln ;-)”
― Xkomczax, Sun 2011-11-06 · Raststätte Frechen Süd

“Got a ride to a petrol station in Dortmund, after 1 hour.”
― Anonymous, Wed 2013-12-18 · Raststätte Frechen Süd

“If you need go around Cologne (either north, east or south) this is probably a good stop to get off if you are coming from Maastricht. Once you get into Cologne it gets much harder to find people that need to go your direction.”
― Anonymous, Fri 2011-08-05 · Raststätte Frechen Süd

“After 25 minutes, I got offered a ride to Wiesbaden. After 30 minutes a ride to Kassel, this was more convenient for my trip to Poland :)”
― Anonymous, Wed 2014-09-17 · Raststätte Frechen Süd

“A lot of traffic, but half of locals. Be prepared to wait a lot of time and ask lots of drivers if you're heading to the A1.”
― BadWolf, Wed 2013-05-29 · Raststätte Frechen Süd

“Not too much traffic on a friday. Pretty bad if you want to go to Erfurt/Dresden.”
― Auflosgehtslos, Fri 2013-05-31 · Raststätte Frechen Süd

“With a big city and several directions just ahead, it can take some patience at Frechen to find the right lift.”
― Fverhart, Sun 2012-10-07 · Raststätte Frechen Süd

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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.