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Hitchhiking from Hamburg to Lyon

About 19 h 12 min of hitchhiking — roughly 1445 km in 9 ride(s), including about 4 h 28 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 9.6 km (6 min) from Shell to Hamburg-Stillhorn Ost. Expect around 9 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  3. Walk 0.2 km (3 min) from Hamburg-Stillhorn Ost to Hamburg.
  4. Hitch 96.3 km (58 min) from Hamburg to Grundbergsee Nord. Expect around 51 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  5. Hitch 295.9 km (2 h 58 min) from Grundbergsee Nord to Raststätte Lichtendorf Nord. Expect around 25 min of waiting here. 3 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  6. Hitch 228.2 km (2 h 17 min) from Raststätte Lichtendorf Nord to Raststätte Taunusblick. Expect around 33 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  7. Hitch 29.3 km (18 min) from Raststätte Taunusblick to Gräfenhausen West. Expect around 13 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  8. Hitch 173.2 km (1 h 44 min) from Gräfenhausen West to Rasthof Baden-Baden. Expect around 57 min of waiting here. 4 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  9. Hitch 126.6 km (1 h 16 min) from Rasthof Baden-Baden to Freiburg im Breisgau. Expect around 33 min of waiting here. 10 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  10. Walk 1.0 km (12 min) from Freiburg im Breisgau to Vogteiwaldweg, Freiburg im Breisgau.
  11. Hitch 73.8 km (44 min) from Vogteiwaldweg, Freiburg im Breisgau to La Comtoise, Burnhaupt-le-Bas. Expect around 8 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  12. Walk 0.2 km (2 min) from La Comtoise, Burnhaupt-le-Bas to Aire de la Porte d’Alsace.
  13. Hitch 411.8 km (4 h 07 min) from Aire de la Porte d’Alsace to Quai Jules Courmont, Lyon. Expect around 39 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  14. Get from Quai Jules Courmont, Lyon to Lyon — 0.3 km. Local transport is usually quicker than walking this stretch.

What hitchhikers said along this route

“Waited here for 10 minutes around lunchtime on a Thursday to get to Hannover. Good spot.”
― Grgrrp, Fri 2015-09-04 · Shell
“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, Thu 2017-02-09 · 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, Fri 2015-07-17 · Shell
“Didnt find anybody to go to Bremen”
― Anonymous, Wed 2024-05-08 · Shell
“Waited for just 5min and then got a ride outside the city to another fuel station.”
― Fugii, Sun 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, Thu 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, Sat 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, Sun 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, Fri 2025-08-29 · Shell
“The cars are very fast here but there is a parking space and a gas station were they can stop. I used a sign a7/a1 and got a ride to something before Bremen.”
― Anonymous, Sat 2026-09-19 · Shell

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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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