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Hitchhiking from Cologne to Bordeaux

About 21 h 36 min of hitchhiking — roughly 1531 km in 11 ride(s), including about 5 h 38 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 Cologne to Aral Verteilerkreis Westseite — 5.0 km. Local transport is usually quicker than walking this stretch.
  2. Hitch 18.8 km (11 min) from Aral Verteilerkreis Westseite to Raststätte Frechen Nord. Expect around 1 h 03 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  3. Hitch 123.9 km (1 h 14 min) from Raststätte Frechen Nord to Liège. Expect around 56 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  4. Walk 3.1 km (38 min) from Liège to Rue Denis Lecocq, Liège.
  5. Hitch 15.4 km (9 min) from Rue Denis Lecocq, Liège to Aire de Sprimont. Expect around 14 min of waiting here. 4 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  6. Hitch 179.1 km (1 h 48 min) from Aire de Sprimont to Aire de Berchem-Ouest. Expect around 15 min of waiting here. 3 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  7. Hitch 585.9 km (5 h 52 min) from Aire de Berchem-Ouest to Limonest. Expect around 21 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  8. Hitch 28.8 km (17 min) from Limonest to La Transeuropéenne, Saint-Romain-de-Popey. Expect around 30 min of waiting here. 5 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  9. Hitch 133.5 km (1 h 20 min) from La Transeuropéenne, Saint-Romain-de-Popey to Gerzat. Expect around 26 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  10. Walk 0.2 km (2 min) from Gerzat to Aire du péage de Gerzat.
  11. Hitch 30.9 km (18 min) from Aire du péage de Gerzat to Aire des Volcans d'Auvergne. Expect around 11 min of waiting here. 3 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  12. Hitch 18.4 km (11 min) from Aire des Volcans d'Auvergne to Eni. Expect around 20 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  13. Hitch 132.0 km (1 h 19 min) from Eni to Aire de la Corrèze. Expect around 42 min of waiting here. 3 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  14. Hitch 264.4 km (2 h 39 min) from Aire de la Corrèze to Avenue du Millac, Artigues-près-Bordeaux. Expect around 38 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  15. Get from Avenue du Millac, Artigues-près-Bordeaux to Bordeaux — 6.8 km. Local transport is usually quicker than walking this stretch.

What hitchhikers said along this route

“Perfect spot to Bonn. Stand right at the exit of the gas station and got a ride in 10 mins. On a Thursday afternoon around 1pm”
― Anonymous, 2021-09-03 · Aral Verteilerkreis Westseite
“A big petrol station, cars are stopping very often. Had a bad experience with getting to Bonn, I guess it depends from good timing. For Bonn you should look for cars with ''BN-...'' number plate, ''K-...'' usually stays in Köln. People often going to Aachen.”
― Anonymous, 2014-07-26 · Aral Verteilerkreis Westseite
“perfect spot, catched to Aachen in 15 minutes”
― Anonymous, 2023-07-25 · Aral Verteilerkreis Westseite
“Tried going in the direction of Aachen. But had no luck. Maybe it was because it was a sunday. Its probably better to take a bus and a train to the first gas station in the Aachen direction, its a short walk from the train station.”
― stepanfoj, 2025-08-26 · Aral Verteilerkreis Westseite
“That was horrible, NOBODY toked us…in the Afternoon”
― Mary, 2025-04-18 · Aral Verteilerkreis Westseite
“Decent Rasthof to continue further to the west (Belgium - Aachen - NL), You can even access it from Cologne by taking a train to Konigsdorf and walk from the station to the Services (Augustinus Str and Marienhofer Weg)”
― Anonymous · Raststätte Frechen Nord
“I HH from Koln to Brussels, to Louvain-la-Neuve and to Namur several times ! all of them on Friday or Sunday. I just love HH in that place! The best is to ask directly.”
― PaoloCaracol, 2013-08-27 · Raststätte Frechen Nord
“Found a lift direction aachen in 5 min, not much traffic but still okay, on a wensday afternoon may 2013”
― Amauryfraise, 2013-05-08 · Raststätte Frechen Nord
“found a ride to brussels (directly) in about 5minuts!”
― Anonymous, 2012-12-16 · Raststätte Frechen Nord
“Hitchhiked several times to get to The Netherlands from here. Usually rides less than an hour to get a ride (mostly to southern Limburg (Maastricht/Heerlen), but sometimes also towards Venlo).”
― Maxim1110, 2014-11-25 · Raststätte Frechen Nord

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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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