Hitchhiking from Cologne to Copenhagen

About 13 h 50 min of hitchhiking — roughly 894 km in 8 ride(s), including about 4 h 51 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 Schloß Röttgen Ost — 10.3 km. Local transport is usually quicker than walking this stretch.
Hitch 46.1 km (28 min) from Schloß Röttgen Ost to Remscheid Ost. Expect around 39 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
Hitch 124.2 km (1 h 14 min) from Remscheid Ost to Münsterland Ost. Expect around 48 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
Hitch 323.4 km (3 h 14 min) from Münsterland Ost to Hamburg-Stillhorn Ost. Expect around 43 min of waiting here. 3 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
Hitch 39.2 km (24 min) from Hamburg-Stillhorn Ost to Raststätte Buddikate Ost. Expect around 38 min of waiting here. 3 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
Hitch 142.0 km (1 h 25 min) from Raststätte Buddikate Ost to Fehmarn. Expect around 30 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
Walk 0.0 km (1 min) from a hitchhiking spot near Fehmarn to Fehmarn.
Hitch 25.2 km (15 min) from Fehmarn to Rødbyhavn. Expect around 13 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
Walk 0.1 km (2 min) from Rødbyhavn to Ingo Rødbyhavn.
Hitch 162.4 km (1 h 38 min) from Ingo Rødbyhavn to Karlslunde Øst. Expect around 55 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
Hitch 31.8 km (19 min) from Karlslunde Øst to Copenhagen. Expect around 25 min of waiting here. 3 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
Get from a hitchhiking spot near Copenhagen to Copenhagen — 5.8 km. Local transport is usually quicker than walking this stretch.

What hitchhikers said along this route

“I waited 20 minutes here to go to Dusseldorf, but the guy took me to another place.. can't judge based on one time !”
― Anonymous · Schloß Röttgen Ost

“It's a gas station with quite a bit of traffic. Reach it with bus 152, stop "Eil Heumarer" from Steinstr. S-Bahn”
― Anonymous · Schloß Röttgen Ost

“I found a lift to Raststaette Lichtendorf on the A1 (next to Dortmund) immediately.”
― Kolodez, Tue 2013-09-17 · Schloß Röttgen Ost

“Most cars go to Cologne directly. I needed 1 1/2 hours for a lift onto A1 direction north.”
― Kolodez, Tue 2014-09-16 · Schloß Röttgen Ost

“You can HH to here easily from CGN Airport and have option to switch directions to go south using the bridge over the Autobahn just to the south.”
― Flasher702, Thu 2025-02-20 · Schloß Röttgen Ost

“Fairly good place, visible.”
― Anonymous, Wed 2015-08-05 · Remscheid Ost

“Much traffic going north (Sweden, Denmark, Norway). I was going back to Norway, asked a Norwegian driver, but his car was full. Then after 10 minutes a girl with a small dog came to me and asked me "Hi, What is your story?". Hehe then she asked me if I had a driving licence and if I drank alcohol that day. So she was going to Gøteborg and then to Stockholm. She asked me if I would like to join her”
― Denwer, Thu 2024-08-01 · Remscheid Ost

“The waiting time was over two hours because many cars were full, but I managed to get a 150 km ride to an Osnabrück gas station.”
― Denwer, Fri 2025-08-15 · Remscheid Ost

“First people I asked gave me a ride! Was very lucky!”
― Rokz, Mon 2014-04-21 · Münsterland Ost

“I always wait for a while on the exit and if it doesn't work, I start to ask people. It was a sunny day on the eastern holiday. There were more cars than I thought it would be. It took me 20 min waiting with the thumb up, but I gave up and started to ask people. After more 10 min I got a ride”
― Gustavobretz, Tue 2015-04-07 · Münsterland Ost

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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.