Hitchhiking from Cologne to Warsaw
About 17 h 13 min of hitchhiking — roughly 1352 km in 5 ride(s), including about 3 h 18 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 Süd — 12.3 km. Local transport is usually quicker than walking this stretch.
- Hitch 107.2 km (1 h 04 min) from Raststätte Frechen Süd to Raststätte Lichtendorf Süd. Expect around 30 min of waiting here. 3 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
- Hitch 537.9 km (5 h 23 min) from Raststätte Lichtendorf Süd to Autobahnraststätte Michendorf-Süd. Expect around 52 min of waiting here. 3 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
- Hitch 138.9 km (1 h 23 min) from Autobahnraststätte Michendorf-Süd to gmina Słubice. Expect around 39 min of waiting here. 4 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
- Walk 2.0 km (24 min) from gmina Słubice to MOP Sosna.
- Hitch 210.9 km (2 h 07 min) from MOP Sosna to MOP Krzyżowniki. Expect around 46 min of waiting here. 3 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
- Hitch 357.0 km (3 h 34 min) from MOP Krzyżowniki to Warsaw. Expect around 32 min of waiting here. 3 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
- Get from a hitchhiking spot near Warsaw to Warsaw — 5.3 km. Local transport is usually quicker than walking this stretch.
What hitchhikers said along this route
“Decent spot to get onto the A1 northbound, Lichtendorf for example”
― Anonymous · Raststätte Frechen Süd
“heading south, stood here two hours form 18-20h, to get on the A61 but then got a ride from a belgian spedcyclingfamily al the way to mannheim better to get out at Kerpen”
― Fossilhitchhiker, Sat 2014-08-23 · Raststätte Frechen Süd
“After getting through here a few more times I get the impression that the service station is good towards Frankfurt (A3), okay towards Hannover and Berlin (A1 and A2 later) but very bad towards Erfurt and Dresden (A4).”
― Kriechstrom, Mon 2012-02-06 · Raststätte Frechen Süd
“Maybe it is not the fastest hitchhiking spot, but still you can catch quite easily someone going into the east to the Frankfurt. And as a bonus there is wonderful view to the Köln ;-)”
― Xkomczax, Sun 2011-11-06 · Raststätte Frechen Süd
“Got a ride to a petrol station in Dortmund, after 1 hour.”
― Anonymous, Wed 2013-12-18 · Raststätte Frechen Süd
“If you need go around Cologne (either north, east or south) this is probably a good stop to get off if you are coming from Maastricht. Once you get into Cologne it gets much harder to find people that need to go your direction.”
― Anonymous, Fri 2011-08-05 · Raststätte Frechen Süd
“After 25 minutes, I got offered a ride to Wiesbaden. After 30 minutes a ride to Kassel, this was more convenient for my trip to Poland :)”
― Anonymous, Wed 2014-09-17 · Raststätte Frechen Süd
“A lot of traffic, but half of locals. Be prepared to wait a lot of time and ask lots of drivers if you're heading to the A1.”
― BadWolf, Wed 2013-05-29 · Raststätte Frechen Süd
“Not too much traffic on a friday. Pretty bad if you want to go to Erfurt/Dresden.”
― Auflosgehtslos, Fri 2013-05-31 · Raststätte Frechen Süd
“With a big city and several directions just ahead, it can take some patience at Frechen to find the right lift.”
― Fverhart, Sun 2012-10-07 · Raststätte Frechen Süd
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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.