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Hitchhiking from Rotterdam to Hamburg

About 9 h 10 min of hitchhiking — roughly 663 km in 7 ride(s), including about 2 h 10 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 64.0 km (38 min) from Noorderkanaalweg, Rotterdam to Europalaan, Utrecht. Expect around 11 min of waiting here. 3 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  3. Hitch 43.4 km (26 min) from Europalaan, Utrecht to Esso Utrechtse Brug. Expect around 11 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  4. Walk 1.9 km (23 min) from Esso Utrechtse Brug to BP Slagboom.
  5. Hitch 53.0 km (32 min) from BP Slagboom to Amersfoort. Expect around 15 min of waiting here. 4 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  6. Hitch 35.6 km (21 min) from Amersfoort to Lucasgat. Expect around 26 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  7. Hitch 93.1 km (56 min) from Lucasgat to Het Lonnekermeer. Expect around 16 min of waiting here. 3 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  8. Hitch 255.8 km (2 h 34 min) from Het Lonnekermeer to Thünen. Expect around 27 min of waiting here. 3 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  9. Hitch 118.1 km (1 h 11 min) from Thünen to Hamburg. Expect around 24 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  10. Get from a hitchhiking spot near Hamburg to Hamburg — 2.2 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, 2016-08-18 · Noorderkanaalweg, Rotterdam
“Really good spot, get a quick lift to Amersfoort”
― Gexcube, 2014-07-02 · Noorderkanaalweg, Rotterdam
“I stayed an hour and no pickup”
― Anonymous, 2016-08-16 · 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, 2013-03-08 · 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, 2015-05-12 · Noorderkanaalweg, Rotterdam
“I don't feel adressed, Mr Anonymous! ;-)”
― Fverhart, 2013-12-22 · 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, 2011-07-06 · Noorderkanaalweg, Rotterdam
“Best chance to get from Rotterdam to Utrecht (and beyond).”
― VonTaks, 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, 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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