Hitchhiking from Dresden to Berlin

About 2 h 26 min of hitchhiking — roughly 211 km in 1 ride(s), including about 20 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 Dresden to Hansastraße, Dresden — 3.3 km. Local transport is usually quicker than walking this stretch.
2. Hitch 210.9 km (2 h 06 min) from Hansastraße, Dresden to Berlin. Expect around 20 min of waiting here. 7 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
3. Get from a hitchhiking spot near Berlin to Berlin — 4.9 km. Local transport is usually quicker than walking this stretch.

What hitchhikers said along this route

“Direction to Berlin. Just before Shell gas station. waited for 15 min for the lift for Berlin”
― Anonymous · Hansastraße, Dresden

“Also good if you're going to Poland.”
― Anonymous · Hansastraße, Dresden

“Also easy to ask at the gas station. Best spot for North/East.”
― Anonymous, Tue 2010-11-30 · Hansastraße, Dresden

“well after waiting some weeks ago 10minutes on sunday... i made a not that good experience yesterday (tuesday) 1:30PM... waited for 2,5hours... my impression: there is much more traffic on working days... i saw also many cars with berlin licence plates... but every car on the wrong lane never had the chance to stop... met some guys who went to petrol station to HH 1h our after me and they already ”
― Anonymous, Wed 2013-04-10 · Hansastraße, Dresden

“part 2: a link to the above mentioned raststätte dresdner tor/wilsdruff (to change for leipzig and chemnitz):

“Very good place if you want to go north,Berlin etc.”
― Anonymous, Tue 2010-12-14 · Hansastraße, Dresden

“Great spot, but can get a bit crowded. I waited endlessly behind a scruffy looking character, but he finally gave up and I had a ride in 20 minutes”
― Anonymous, Fri 2014-06-27 · Hansastraße, Dresden

“2 guys, Friday morning, 25 minutes, to Berlin Found 2 cardboards with Berlin sign on them, very popular and great spot.”
― RazorSK, Sun 2015-06-14 · Hansastraße, Dresden

“perfect spot with a sign B i was waiting just 5 minutes”
― Anonymous, Tue 2014-07-15 · Hansastraße, Dresden

“Friday morning starting 9.30 took me 30 minutes. One week later 7.30. I gave up after 2 hours. Way to little traffic going to Berlin in the morning. Try afternoon!”
― Anonymous, Fri 2013-07-19 · Hansastraße, Dresden

Nearby city guides

• Hitchhiking in Dresden
• Hitchhiking in Berlin

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.