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Hitchhiking from Cologne to Warsaw

About 18 h 12 min of hitchhiking — roughly 1344 km in 6 ride(s), including about 4 h 22 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 Schloß Röttgen Ost — 10.3 km. Local transport is usually quicker than walking this stretch.
  2. Hitch 46.3 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
  3. Hitch 55.1 km (33 min) from Remscheid Ost to Raststätte Lichtendorf Süd. Expect around 46 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  4. Hitch 537.6 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
  5. Hitch 138.1 km (1 h 23 min) from Autobahnraststätte Michendorf-Süd to gmina Słubice. Expect around 30 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  6. Walk 2.0 km (24 min) from gmina Słubice to MOP Sosna.
  7. Hitch 539.1 km (5 h 24 min) from MOP Sosna to MOP Brwinów Południe. Expect around 45 min of waiting here. 3 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  8. Hitch 27.9 km (17 min) from MOP Brwinów Południe to Warsaw. Expect around 50 min of waiting here. 4 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  9. 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

“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
“Good place when heading to Bremen (A1) or Hannover (A2). To get there from Schwerte train station, take bus no. R50 to \"Lichtendorf Poetschke\". From there you can already see the service area.”
― Anonymous · Raststätte Lichtendorf Süd
“I waited 25 min for a car changing on the A2 to Hanover. I think there are more cars continuing on the A1 to Bremen.”
― Kolodez, Tue 2013-09-17 · Raststätte Lichtendorf 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.


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