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Hitchhiking from Rotterdam to Copenhagen

About 14 h 34 min of hitchhiking — roughly 986 km in 10 ride(s), including about 4 h 18 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 Rotterdam to Noorderkanaalweg, Rotterdam — 2.4 km. Local transport is usually quicker than walking this stretch.
  2. Hitch 52.6 km (32 min) from Noorderkanaalweg, Rotterdam to Hellevliet. Expect around 12 min of waiting here. 3 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  3. Walk 0.3 km (4 min) from Hellevliet to Bijleveld.
  4. Hitch 83.5 km (50 min) from Bijleveld to Lucasgat. Expect around 12 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  5. Hitch 91.2 km (55 min) from Lucasgat to Hengelo. Expect around 26 min of waiting here. 4 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  6. Walk 1.5 km (18 min) from Hengelo to Het Lonnekermeer.
  7. Hitch 254.3 km (2 h 33 min) from Het Lonnekermeer to Thünen. Expect around 26 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  8. Hitch 109.9 km (1 h 06 min) from Thünen to Hamburg-Stillhorn Ost. Expect around 24 min of waiting here. 3 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  9. Hitch 39.3 km (24 min) from Hamburg-Stillhorn Ost to Raststätte Buddikate Ost. Expect around 34 min of waiting here. 3 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  10. Hitch 142.2 km (1 h 25 min) from Raststätte Buddikate Ost to Fehmarn. Expect around 1 h 05 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  11. Walk 0.0 km (1 min) from a hitchhiking spot near Fehmarn to Fehmarn.
  12. Hitch 25.2 km (15 min) from Fehmarn to Rødbyhavn. Expect around 15 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  13. Walk 0.1 km (2 min) from Rødbyhavn to Ingo Rødbyhavn.
  14. Hitch 95.5 km (57 min) from Ingo Rødbyhavn to Bårse. Expect around 13 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  15. Hitch 92.0 km (55 min) from Bårse to Copenhagen. Expect around 31 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  16. Get from a hitchhiking spot near Copenhagen to Copenhagen — 5.5 km. Local transport is usually quicker than walking this stretch.

What hitchhikers said along this route

“Utrecht, Breda. A20 access lane 14. Tram 5 stop “Abraham Kuyperlaan” 300 m N Schieweg, 100 m N Gordelbrug/Schieplein. Or 300 m N Spoorsingel, 300 m NE Wallenburgerweg, 800 m NW Schieweg, 100 m N Gordelbrug/Schieplein . Bus stop on access lane.”
― Anonymous · Noorderkanaalweg, Rotterdam
“location sounds cool but cars pass by fast and they cant see you!!”
― Parsaparsa, Thu 2016-08-18 · Noorderkanaalweg, Rotterdam
“Spot with good visibility for the drivers, and some place to stop the car. Very high traffic makes it easy to quickly get a hike in direction of Utrecht.”
― Anonymous, Wed 2011-07-06 · Noorderkanaalweg, Rotterdam
“Really good spot, get a quick lift to Amersfoort”
― Gexcube, Wed 2014-07-02 · Noorderkanaalweg, Rotterdam
“I stayed an hour and no pickup”
― Anonymous, Tue 2016-08-16 · Noorderkanaalweg, Rotterdam
“Perfect spot to hh to Belgium. Did it couple of times (alone and couple with girl) and works pretty fine. Less than 10 minutes both. Sign "Belgium" or "Antwerpen".”
― Lipegon, Tue 2015-05-12 · Noorderkanaalweg, Rotterdam
“But apparently the police may pick you up quickly as well, http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=14244940”
― Anonymous, Fri 2013-03-08 · Noorderkanaalweg, Rotterdam
“I don't feel adressed, Mr Anonymous! ;-)”
― Fverhart, Sun 2013-12-22 · Noorderkanaalweg, Rotterdam
“Best chance to get from Rotterdam to Utrecht (and beyond).”
― VonTaks, Wed 2012-01-25 · Noorderkanaalweg, Rotterdam
“Got a good ride to the next service station. But one dickhead showed me his beautiful middle finger. I love the dutch friendliness :)”
― Tobi, Sun 2025-09-14 · Noorderkanaalweg, Rotterdam

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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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