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Hitchhiking from Heerlen to London

About 17 h 04 min of hitchhiking — roughly 758 km in 9 ride(s), including about 7 h 08 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 Heerlen to a hitchhiking spot near Heerlen — 0.9 km. Local transport is usually quicker than walking this stretch.
  2. Hitch 9.1 km (5 min) from Heerlen to Tienbaan. Expect around 30 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  3. Hitch 18.2 km (11 min) from Tienbaan to Aachener Land Nord. Expect around 23 min of waiting here. 4 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  4. Hitch 169.3 km (1 h 42 min) from Aachener Land Nord to Zaventem. Expect around 37 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  5. Walk 11.5 km (2 h 18 min) from Zaventem to Brussels.
  6. Hitch 9.2 km (6 min) from Brussels to Dienstenzone Groot Bijgaarden-Noord. Expect around 15 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  7. Hitch 39.5 km (24 min) from Dienstenzone Groot Bijgaarden-Noord to Noordelijke Dienstenzone Wetteren. Expect around 14 min of waiting here. 5 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  8. Hitch 74.0 km (44 min) from Noordelijke Dienstenzone Wetteren to Dienstenzone Jabbeke. Expect around 8 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  9. Walk 0.2 km (3 min) from a hitchhiking spot near Dienstenzone Jabbeke to Dienstenzone Jabbeke.
  10. Hitch 239.9 km (2 h 24 min) from Dienstenzone Jabbeke to RoadChef Maidstone Services. Expect around 2 h 29 min of waiting here. 3 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  11. Hitch 69.1 km (42 min) from RoadChef Maidstone Services to Snargate Street, Dover. Expect around 1 h 23 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  12. Hitch 130.0 km (1 h 18 min) from Snargate Street, Dover to Texaco. Expect around 1 h 09 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  13. Get from Texaco to London — 12.2 km. Local transport is usually quicker than walking this stretch.

What hitchhikers said along this route

“Aachen. N281 x Welterlaan Bus 2 stop “Burg. gijzelslaan”, 500 m SW Welterlaan ][ N281. Hard shoulder on sliproad (little space).”
― Anonymous · Heerlen
“Took a rather long time to get a ride (1,5h). However the spot is not that bad. Might just have been a slow day. Cars can stop at the entrance to the venue "Hoeve Ter Aar" and cars from all sides are not driving that fast yet as they have to stop before a traffic light.”
― Riddergraniet, Sun 2016-08-14 · Heerlen
“For direction to Aachen the locals from Heerlen will more likely take this road than the highway so we tried even if it looks like there is not enough space but there was and we got a ride pretty fast! For Maastricht try the other spot on next to the gas station.”
― Thejourneyramino, Sun 2014-08-24 · Heerlen
“Aachen, Köln, (Düsselsorf), (Berlin), (Poland), (Czech Republic), (Austria). Fuel station on A76 between junction Knooppunt Bocholtz and the state border “Tienbaan” (8 km). Bus 43/143 stop “Wilheminalaan”, 200 m N Wilhelminalaan, 200 m NE Prins Hendrikstraat, 50 m NE, 600 m N Stevensweg. 50 min from train station Heerlen. Fuel station on the motorway. Ss.”
― Anonymous · Tienbaan
“monday morning 7 am. Wanted to go to münchen. One driver had said he went last week. 8:30 truckdriver could take me to Nürnberg. Awesome”
― Anonymous, Mon 2016-07-18 · Tienbaan
“Got a ride to Monschau in about 20-30 minutes. Pretty easy.”
― Riddergraniet, Sun 2016-08-14 · Tienbaan
“Often just a ride to Koln (Frechen), sometimes a 500+ km ride :)”
― Fverhart, Thu 2012-10-11 · Tienbaan
“best place to get deep in to Germany A4 A61 A5 let drop yourself at Kerpen so you get easier acces to A61 to the south”
― Fossilhitchhiker, Sat 2014-08-23 · Tienbaan
“Liked it a lot more than the opposite direction. Mostly truck traffic on a friday morning. Easy to get a lift until Cologne and continue from there.”
― Kriechstrom, Mon 2012-02-06 · Tienbaan
“Good Place for Cologne, as everyone above said.”
― Anonymous, Tue 2022-09-20 · Tienbaan

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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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