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Hitchhiking from Nijmegen to Paris

About 10 h 50 min of hitchhiking — roughly 617 km in 6 ride(s), including about 2 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 Nijmegen to a hitchhiking spot near Nijmegen — 2.7 km. Local transport is usually quicker than walking this stretch.
  2. Hitch 52.9 km (32 min) from Nijmegen to 's-Hertogenbosch. Expect around 26 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  3. Walk 7.0 km (1 h 24 min) from 's-Hertogenbosch to De Lucht-West.
  4. Hitch 59.4 km (36 min) from De Lucht-West to 51.41666, 5.42790. Expect around 15 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  5. Walk 4.0 km (48 min) from 51.41666, 5.42790 to Esso Oeienbosch.
  6. Hitch 79.3 km (48 min) from Esso Oeienbosch to Ranst. Expect around 38 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  7. Hitch 63.3 km (38 min) from Ranst to Parking Kalken (Noord). Expect around 6 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  8. Hitch 118.4 km (1 h 11 min) from Parking Kalken (Noord) to Aire de Phalempin-Ouest. Expect around 20 min of waiting here. 3 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  9. Hitch 243.4 km (2 h 26 min) from Aire de Phalempin-Ouest to BP. Expect around 43 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  10. Get from BP to Paris — 4.3 km. Local transport is usually quicker than walking this stretch.

What hitchhikers said along this route

“’s-Hertogenbosch, Venray, (Venlo). N326 (Graafseweg) x Neerboscheweg. Bus 1/6/89/99 stop “Neerbosscheweg” Bus stop. Hard shoulder.”
― Anonymous · Nijmegen
“Took 15 minutes for a ride towards venlo! Good!”
― Anonymous, 2014-02-17 · Nijmegen
“Easy spot in direction of Eindhoven (December 2015, 15 minutes, single male, sign) or Den Bosch (July 2010, <5 minutes, mixed couple, sign)”
― Nazgadron, 2016-02-14 · Nijmegen
“waited there only once & it took us only 2 minutes until someone stopped and took us to den bosch”
― Micha, 2012-11-23 · Nijmegen
“Good spot if you want to head towards Antwerpen, people are either going to Den Bosch or Eindhoven which are both on the way to Antwerpen.”
― Anonymous, 2011-05-16 · Nijmegen
“Getting a direct ride to Breda is easy from this spot (n=2)”
― Bob, 2022-11-02 · Nijmegen
“Really bad for Boxmeer nowadays; hardly anyone following Maps drives like this”
― Bob, 2024-11-07 · Nijmegen
“Still construction, also moved a few 100m like gbimbel—didn’t get a ride. Seems unsafe to get people to stop on the emergency lane as people use it. When construction is done, the bus station should be accessible again and this will return to being a good spot”
― Bob, 2025-11-26 · Nijmegen
“due to the construction the spot isn't active as of summer '25, but 200m down the road works just as well”
― gbimbel, 2025-08-05 · Nijmegen
“Petrol station \"De Lucht West\" on A2 motorway. Most important petrol station on this motorway, important petrol station between the west and the south of the Netherlands. Great spot to Eindhoven, Maastricht/Heerlen.”
― Anonymous · De Lucht-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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