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Hitchhiking from Nuremberg to Hamburg

About 10 h 43 min of hitchhiking — roughly 702 km in 5 ride(s), including about 2 h 36 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 Nuremberg to a hitchhiking spot near Nuremberg — 4.6 km. Local transport is usually quicker than walking this stretch.
  2. Hitch 6.8 km (4 min) from Nuremberg to Fischbach. Expect around 20 min of waiting here. 3 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  3. Walk 5.4 km (1 h 05 min) from Fischbach to Raststätte Nürnberg-Feucht Ost.
  4. Hitch 318.2 km (3 h 11 min) from Raststätte Nürnberg-Feucht Ost to Hasselberg Ost. Expect around 36 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  5. Hitch 78.7 km (47 min) from Hasselberg Ost to A7 Göttingen Ost. Expect around 38 min of waiting here. 3 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  6. Hitch 182.2 km (1 h 49 min) from A7 Göttingen Ost to Allertal-Ost. Expect around 22 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  7. Hitch 116.2 km (1 h 10 min) from Allertal-Ost to Hamburg-Stillhorn West. Expect around 39 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  8. Get from Hamburg-Stillhorn West to Hamburg — 7.5 km. Local transport is usually quicker than walking this stretch.

What hitchhikers said along this route

“many directions (east-south) bus stop after traffic lights, enough space to stop and cars are not so fast. take bus 44 from centre to here or walk here from trainstation.”
― Anonymous · Nuremberg
“18.11.2011, got after 20min a lift to hermsdorfer kreuz (200km) - the sign: "a9, bt".”
― Anonymous, 2011-11-19 · Nuremberg
“ask drivers if can you pick you up just a few km to highway (doesnt matter which direction), and there is a good spot to catch.”
― Anonymous, 2014-04-07 · Nuremberg
“Like the last comment said, you should thumb without a sign and try to get to the highway a bit further ahead, the ramp there is a better spot as it narrows down your traffic.”
― Yooks, 2015-05-06 · Nuremberg
“I waited for one hour to get a ride direction Regensburg.”
― Julei, 2014-02-24 · Nuremberg
“Hard to get a lift to Regensburg. Lot of local trafic.”
― Xavier, 2015-07-08 · Nuremberg
“Held a sign reading "CZ" and got a ride from a man who lived in Amberg. August 2023”
― AloysiusDente, 2023-10-02 · Nuremberg
“Waited before the bus stop with a sign saying CZ, quickly got a ride by a Swede on a roadtrip around Europe.”
― Arphile, 2025-08-15 · Nuremberg
“Thats the station ive been so often. accessible from nürnberg. cars at almost every time... waited here 1min to 1hour (3 oclock at night!). average: 10min”
― Anonymous · Raststätte Nürnberg-Feucht Ost
“Stood here for more or less 5 (!) hours till it got dark. I stopped my jurney, went to the other side and rode back home. Just waited 10 mins there.”
― Anonymous · Raststätte Nürnberg-Feucht Ost

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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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