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Hitchhiking from Cologne to Paris

About 9 h 31 min of hitchhiking — roughly 578 km in 5 ride(s), including about 3 h 45 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 110.1 km (1 h 06 min) from Raststätte Frechen Nord to Aire de Tignée. Expect around 54 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  4. Hitch 151.7 km (1 h 31 min) from Aire de Tignée to Aire du Rœulx-Thieu Nord. Expect around 30 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  5. Hitch 262.9 km (2 h 38 min) from Aire du Rœulx-Thieu Nord to Aire de Vémars-Ouest. Expect around 19 min of waiting here. 3 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  6. Hitch 34.2 km (20 min) from Aire de Vémars-Ouest to Paris. Expect around 58 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  7. Get from a hitchhiking spot near Paris to Paris — 4.7 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, Fri 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, Sat 2014-07-26 · Aral Verteilerkreis Westseite
“perfect spot, catched to Aachen in 15 minutes”
― Anonymous, Tue 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, Tue 2025-08-26 · Aral Verteilerkreis Westseite
“That was horrible, NOBODY toked us…in the Afternoon”
― Mary, Fri 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, 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

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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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