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Hitchhiking from Hamburg to Brussels

About 12 h 58 min of hitchhiking — roughly 731 km in 6 ride(s), including about 3 h 46 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 Hamburg to Shell — 1.8 km. Local transport is usually quicker than walking this stretch.
  2. Hitch 9.5 km (6 min) from Shell to Hamburg-Stillhorn West. Expect around 11 min of waiting here. 3 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  3. Hitch 96.0 km (58 min) from Hamburg-Stillhorn West to Grundbergsee Nord. Expect around 53 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  4. Hitch 294.6 km (2 h 57 min) from Grundbergsee Nord to Raststätte Lichtendorf Nord. Expect around 24 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  5. Hitch 90.2 km (54 min) from Raststätte Lichtendorf Nord to Gronauer Straße, Cologne. Expect around 43 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  6. Walk 9.5 km (1 h 54 min) from Gronauer Straße, Cologne to Aral Verteilerkreis Westseite.
  7. Hitch 18.7 km (11 min) from Aral Verteilerkreis Westseite to Aral. Expect around 1 h 03 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  8. Walk 0.0 km (0 min) from Aral to Raststätte Frechen Nord.
  9. Hitch 221.6 km (2 h 13 min) from Raststätte Frechen Nord to Zaventem. Expect around 32 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  10. Get from Zaventem to Brussels — 11.4 km. Local transport is usually quicker than walking this stretch.

What hitchhikers said along this route

“Stood next to the road with the sign and no one stopped. After one hour got a lift to the highway by asking at the gas station.”
― Anonymous, 2017-02-09 · Shell
“Waited here for 10 minutes around lunchtime on a Thursday to get to Hannover. Good spot.”
― Grgrrp, 2015-09-04 · Shell
“Shell station on Heidenkampsweg. You can stand just before the station (couple of driveways there). Very good spot (almost THE spot) for A1, A7, A25 south- or eastbound.”
― Anonymous, 2015-07-17 · Shell
“Didnt find anybody to go to Bremen”
― Anonymous, 2024-05-08 · Shell
“Waited for just 5min and then got a ride outside the city to another fuel station.”
― Fugii, 2024-12-08 · Shell
“One of the best spots in Hamburg. But for south or west you want to get a short ride to next gas station on the Highway, Autobahn-Raststätte Stillhorn, and then look for a good ride. Next spot has more traffic going more directions. Morning and evening with commuter traffic is best here.”
― Flasher702, 2025-02-20 · Shell
“Was immediately picked up by guy going to Hannover to pick up some materials. Seems like a good spot, or maybe I was just extremely lucky.”
― maxx, 2025-08-02 · Shell
“Lots of local traffic when I was there, but two guys who went to Bremen, took me to the next gas station on the highway.”
― anettlee17, 2025-08-31 · Shell
“Very nice spot. A lot of traffic goes by here. Got a ride within 5/10 minutes to Bremen. Better to ask with the people pumping gas but standing at the side of the road with a sign is also fine. Traffic does move fast there though.”
― Siemieon, 2025-08-29 · Shell
“also to go to south (A7) very good, you can reach this point easyly!”
― Anonymous · Hamburg-Stillhorn West

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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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