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Hitchhiking from Cologne to Paris

About 9 h 10 min of hitchhiking — roughly 577 km in 5 ride(s), including about 3 h 24 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 71.4 km (43 min) from Aral Verteilerkreis Westseite to Aachener Land Nord. Expect around 1 h 03 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  3. Hitch 99.0 km (59 min) from Aachener Land Nord to Aire de Verlaine Nord. Expect around 46 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  4. Hitch 55.7 km (33 min) from Aire de Verlaine Nord to Aire de Spy. Expect around 21 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  5. Hitch 81.7 km (49 min) from Aire de Spy to Aire de Saint-Ghislain (Nord). Expect around 37 min of waiting here. 3 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  6. Hitch 268.9 km (2 h 41 min) from Aire de Saint-Ghislain (Nord) to BP. Expect around 38 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  7. Get from BP to Paris — 4.3 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
“Aachener Land: I waited here for about two hours with a sign "England". And then I've got a lift until London. It was over the hole night. Great lift”
― Anonymous · Aachener Land Nord
“Gas Station \"Aachener Land\". To get a ride out of Aachen following the A44 southwest, we got of at Merzbrück (5a) and walked to this station. 2,5km”
― Anonymous, Wed 2007-03-21 · Aachener Land Nord
“after 1 hour, i got a ride with my friend on a sunny friday at 10:00 AM during the summer to bruxels.”
― Anonymous, Fri 2013-08-09 · Aachener Land Nord
“Lots of Dutch, Belgian and British traffic going to vacation so you have to be lucky to get a car with space in it. Nice spot anyhow.”
― Anonymous, Mon 2011-09-12 · Aachener Land Nord
“Good spot, with one exception - Maastricht. There is almost impossible to find someone going to this city. I better went in the direction Liege and then in Belgium on A3 I switched on the gas station to the car going in the south-north direction (means trough Maastricht).”
― Xkomczax, Sun 2011-11-06 · Aachener Land 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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