Hitchhiking from Frankfurt to Paris

About 12 h 30 min of hitchhiking — roughly 1016 km in 4 ride(s), including about 2 h 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 Frankfurt to Aral — 3.9 km. Local transport is usually quicker than walking this stretch.
2. Hitch 131.4 km (1 h 19 min) from Aral to Forst. Expect around 38 min of waiting here. 3 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
3. Hitch 140.3 km (1 h 24 min) from Forst to Rasthof Mahlberg-West. Expect around 29 min of waiting here. 5 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
4. Hitch 375.7 km (3 h 45 min) from Rasthof Mahlberg-West to Aire de Beaune-Merceuil. Expect around 36 min of waiting here. 3 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
5. Hitch 368.5 km (3 h 41 min) from Aire de Beaune-Merceuil to Paris. Expect around 37 min of waiting here. 3 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
6. Get from a hitchhiking spot near Paris to Paris — 4.2 km. Local transport is usually quicker than walking this stretch.

What hitchhikers said along this route

“as far as I remember, there is also a petrol station where drivers fill up their cars before going on the highway - it's next to the tram stop "Oberforsthaus" (line 21).”
― Anonymous, 2013-09-20 · Aral

“Not a really good spot. Low traffic. Not many people are going further to the highway; instead, they are returning to the city. (1 M, 1 F)”
― vvotruba, 2025-09-18 · Aral

“You can stand on the elevated block right at the entrance of the gas station and thus draw the attention of four lanes of traffic right towards you. There's enough options for cars to stop (either the gas station or the lane for the access lane)”
― Anonymous, 2026-05-11 · Aral

“Very great place. You can easily get very long lifts in any direction. From Bruchsal train station, take bus no. 125 to "Rasthof Ost" for north or "Rasthof West" for south.”
― Anonymous · Forst

“Most of the southward traffic goes to Stuttgart/Karlsruhe, but not much towards Freiburg/Basel”
― Michaeln, 2016-04-04 · Forst

“Good place to go south. I ask one guy who drive me to Freiburg.”
― Anonymous, 2013-03-25 · Forst

“Great place to get south! Insa and Jan got a ride to near the Swiss border, without even asking, just because we walked around with a sign saying »CH«.”
― Jan, 2013-06-02 · Forst

“very good for south - basel. a bit harder for going east onto the A8 direction munich. Very hard to get to france.”
― Quarim, 2012-10-08 · Forst

“in the middle of roadworks at the moment. but still works fairly good”
― Lenny, 2012-05-31 · Forst

“I asked a few people and got a ride to Darmstadt (direction to Frankfurt) within 10 minutes.”
― Anonymous, 2016-05-01 · Forst

Nearby city guides

• Hitchhiking in Frankfurt
• Hitchhiking in Paris

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.