Hitchhiking from Cologne to Brussels

About 2 h 50 min of hitchhiking — roughly 221 km in 1 ride(s), including about 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

Get from Cologne to Raststätte Frechen Nord — 12.5 km. Local transport is usually quicker than walking this stretch.
Hitch 220.7 km (2 h 12 min) from Raststätte Frechen Nord to Zaventem. Expect around 38 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
Get from Zaventem to Brussels — 11.4 km. Local transport is usually quicker than walking this stretch.

What hitchhikers said along this route

“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, Tue 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, Wed 2013-05-08 · Raststätte Frechen Nord

“found a ride to brussels (directly) in about 5minuts!”
― Anonymous, Sun 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, Tue 2014-11-25 · Raststätte Frechen Nord

“The location is not too much effort to get to. The 3rd person I asked took me to Gent, Belgium. There were a moderate flow of cars and some being of many different nationalities.”
― Anonymous, Sun 2011-08-07 · Raststätte Frechen Nord

“April 2013: was trying to get to Belgium. Third driver I asked took me to the Raststätte Aachener Land Nord, where a lot of Belgian drivers stop.”
― Anonymous, Sun 2013-04-28 · Raststätte Frechen Nord

“Super good to take the S-bahn to Koningsdorf and then walk to this Gasstation done it like 10 times now, never more then 15 minutes wait”
― Anonymous, Mon 2015-06-15 · Raststätte Frechen Nord

“hitchhiked towards Belgium twice from here. both times, I found cars pretty fast!”
― Anonymous, Wed 2011-02-16 · Raststätte Frechen Nord

“Great place on weekdays, and still good on a Sunday: caught a ride for two here to Liege on a Sunday morning in October. Also: the view is pretty good. :)”
― Maxim1110, Wed 2015-03-04 · 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.