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Hitchhiking from Paris to Copenhagen

About 23 h 53 min of hitchhiking — roughly 1625 km in 12 ride(s), including about 7 h 38 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 Paris to Aire de La Courneuve Est — 9.1 km. Local transport is usually quicker than walking this stretch.
  2. Hitch 26.1 km (16 min) from Aire de La Courneuve Est to Aire de Vémars-Est. Expect around 59 min of waiting here. 7 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  3. Hitch 235.6 km (2 h 21 min) from Aire de Vémars-Est to Aire de Saint-Ghislain (Sud). Expect around 34 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  4. Hitch 136.7 km (1 h 22 min) from Aire de Saint-Ghislain (Sud) to Aire de Verlaine Sud. Expect around 55 min of waiting here. 3 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  5. Hitch 41.2 km (25 min) from Aire de Verlaine Sud to Aire de Tignée. Expect around 24 min of waiting here. 3 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  6. Hitch 109.9 km (1 h 06 min) from Aire de Tignée to Raststätte Frechen Süd. Expect around 30 min of waiting here. 3 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  7. Hitch 52.7 km (32 min) from Raststätte Frechen Süd to Remscheid Ost. Expect around 58 min of waiting here. 3 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  8. Hitch 124.2 km (1 h 14 min) from Remscheid Ost to Münsterland Ost. Expect around 46 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  9. Hitch 159.4 km (1 h 36 min) from Münsterland Ost to Wildeshausen Süd. Expect around 42 min of waiting here. 3 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  10. Hitch 190.3 km (1 h 54 min) from Wildeshausen Süd to Holmmoor Ost. Expect around 29 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  11. Hitch 228.3 km (2 h 17 min) from Holmmoor Ost to Ustrup Øst. Expect around 31 min of waiting here. 3 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  12. Hitch 289.9 km (2 h 54 min) from Ustrup Øst to Karlslunde Øst. Expect around 28 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  13. Hitch 31.2 km (19 min) from Karlslunde Øst to Copenhagen. Expect around 23 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  14. Get from a hitchhiking spot near Copenhagen to Copenhagen — 5.8 km. Local transport is usually quicker than walking this stretch.

What hitchhikers said along this route

“Aire de la Courneuve: Hard to reach but the best way towards Picardy/Lille. Often many hitchikers there. Hole in the cloture nearby.”
― Anonymous · Aire de La Courneuve Est
“We got a straight ride all the way to Lille.”
― Anonymous, Mon 2017-01-16 · Aire de La Courneuve Est
“Still under construction, better to get a lift at Port de la Chapelle.”
― Anonymous, Tue 2012-08-07 · Aire de La Courneuve Est
“When passing on the highway I seemed like construction finished, can somebody confirm it?”
― Wther, Mon 2012-09-03 · Aire de La Courneuve Est
“It is open indeed, it was quite busy on a sunday, a lot of people are going somewhere local/to the airport, but still quite good.”
― Anonymous, Mon 2013-03-04 · Aire de La Courneuve Est
“is it still under contstruction?”
― Anonymous, Sat 2012-06-23 · Aire de La Courneuve Est
“Many locals but I think it is the best place to hitchhike to the North! The door was open, I had no problem for entering ;)”
― Anonymous, Sat 2018-09-29 · Aire de La Courneuve Est
“Yes, many people are going to airport or are locals, but it is quite good place to start, we got a ride in direction Lille in 1,5 hour - but we were 4!”
― Marosana, Tue 2013-05-21 · Aire de La Courneuve Est
“The door was not open, but you can follow the wall/fence until it ends, climb down a small hill towards the autoroute and then jump the (second, smaller) fence. Sounds more complicated than it ended up being, the fence is even a little bent down and there's trees to help. Lots of local cars but I still found people going through Lille to Mons within 15 minutes. Would definitely recommend this spot”
― thebeekeeper, Tue 2024-11-12 · Aire de La Courneuve Est
“this seems the best way out of Paris without standing on the side of the road. We were 3 people, so we wanted somewhere good. as others say, you can access it via a bus. walk to the end of the wall and through some bushes and voìla. we got a lift to Aire de Ressons, an hour or so north, towards Lille. there were lots of people here.”
― Alifeee, Fri 2026-04-24 · Aire de La Courneuve Est

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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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