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Perhaps the best A good spot for getting rides out of Frankfurt in every direction is on the B8, on the start of the "Theodor-Heuss-Allee" near the centre center of the city. The spot is a bus stop on "Theodor-Heuss-Allee", about 40 metres after a roundabout next to “Messeturm” skyscraper. Take the U-Bahn line U4, or Straßenbahn line 16 or 17, to “Festhalle/Messe”. Or walk from the Hauptbahnhof north for approximately 15 minutes to Messeturm skyscraper.
Underneath the “Messeturm” skyscraper is As of February 2013 there has been construction near here for a roundabout connecting "Theodor-Heuss-Allee", "Friedrich-Ebert-Anlage" couple years and "Senkenberganlage". Take the underground (U-Bahn) line U4, or tram (Straßenbahn) lines 16 or 17, and get off at bus stop has moved further down the stop “Festhalle/Messe”road. The roundabout should be easily visibleEverything else is still the same.
The spot Traffic is a bus stop on the "Theodor-Heuss-Allee", about very busy and slow here every day from 7:00 to 20 metres after the roundabout:00. "Theodor-Heuss-Allee" The rate at which people pick up hitch hikers here is the main road ''without'' reportedly very low (twits will also make a Straßenbahn tram line following along it. It is the road variety of offensive gestures at you so be prepared) but with so much traffic going in the every direction A86/A3 (among others), and the bus stop is under you can eventually get a tall hotelride.
Traffic is very busy here every day from 7:00 to 20:00. The traffic moves slowly. Although this looks like an almost-perfect hitchhiking next good hitch hiking spot, it on A5/E451 in northern direction is still in the centre of a large city "Raststätte Wetterau" and so expect a waiting time of 30–60 minutes. There is a reasonable chance of finding other hitchhikers at this better spotto look for longer rides so try to get a ride to there if you are heading north.
If you prefer not to take public transport, then from the central train station (Hauptbahnhof), walk north for approximately 15 minutes. Look for the dark red Messeturm skyscraper (nickname “The Pencil”, which gives a clue to it's appearance) and walk towards it along the main road. From there, look for the roundabout.
:'''Update''' (April 2012): They are building close to this spot, so many cars/trucks park on the right lane or on the sidewalk. '''I wouldn't recommend to try to hitchhike here'''.
:Still going on - I always left from this spot, but now I gave up after several hours of waiting and trying points around that area! --[[User:Globestoppeuse|Globestoppeuse]] 03:02, 21 May 2012 (CEST)
'''2nd option:''' Take tram No. 17 from Frankfurt DB main train station until the last stop "Am Rebstockbad" === North ([Map http://g.co/maps/6h9fe[Kassel]], [[Hannover]], [[Gießen]], [[Marburg]]. This takes you about 10 minutes. From the final stop ) {{Autobahn|5}} ===The "Am RebstockbadFriedberger Landstrasse" you can already see the motorway (A648Friedberger Street) which interchanges some 700 meter westward on is often used to leave the city towards the [[A5 (Germany)|Autobahn A5]] (north/soutwardNorth). When you arrive at From the "Konstablerwache" (city centre), walk (eastbound2 km) ''Esso'' gas station on or take the side that leads into Frankfurt - walk westward along tram 18 / bus 30 till the Autobahn and cross at a stop "Münzenberger Str.". Hitchhike on this road bridge 200-300 meters away. Cars that refuel at about 150 m before the entrance of the opposite (westbound) supermarket ''EssoLidl'' gas station will in almost every case travel either northward ([[Kassel]], [[Hannover]http://g.co/maps/pymu4 Map]) or southward . You definitely need a sign with "A5" on it because many cars go to other ([[Darmstadt]], [[Basel]]uninteressant) on directions.It is a perfect spot to get a ride to the [[A5 (Germany)|Autobahn A5]](for instance to the rest area "Wetterau").
The next gas '''2nd option ([[Rest area]] Gräfenhausen - in the south of Frankfurt)''': Take suburban train (S-Bahn) S3 (indicating: [[Darmstadt]]) to the stop "Erzhausen", leave the station (and walk through the town Erzhausen on A5/E451) in northern direction is "Raststätte WetterauBahnstraße" and "Hauptstraße". It is usually a very good spot for long rides. Twice westward until you can hear the [[User:WukkA5 (Germany)|WukkAutobahn A5]] found . At some point, you will see a sign pointing left to a ride after 5 minutes'''Schützenhaus''', follow this direction, one continue straight to beyond the clubhouse and you will arrive at [http://www.serways.de/standorte/standorte/Gr%C3%A4fenhausen%20Ost Rastanlage Gräfenhausen Ost] ([Hamburghttp://g.co/maps/wjg7k Map]], one to ). It takes 50-60 minutes from the city center of Frankfurt until "WetterauRastanlage Gräfenhausen".There is plenty of long distance traffic 24 hours a day at this spot, a restaurant as well as a small supermarket!
:User trt tried here in July 2011'''3rd option''' I havent tested it myself just have been told by an experienced german hitchhiker.Take the Metro to Kalbach, and found almost every car was heading Westthere is a tool-store called "Hornbach" nearby. Close to it there is a petrol station called Hessol, not North onto the [[A5 (Germany)|which is close to A5]]. Not an ideal place to hitch North As it is cheap it is frequently used and you should get a ride from (But apparently great to hitch west)there. Pls edit if you have further information.
=== North ([[Kassel]]- Checked up on 3rd option in September 9th, [[Hannover]], [[Gießen]], [[Marburg]]) {{Autobahn|5}} ===2016. The "Friedberger Landstrasse" (Friedberger Street) is often used to leave the city towards the [[Autobahn A5 (Germany)|Autobahn A5]] (North). From the "Konstablerwache" (city centre), walk (2 km) or take the tram 18 / bus 30 till the stop "Münzenberger Str.". Hitchhike Hessol station you'll find when walking on this road just before from the entrance Hornbach and under an underpass of the supermarket ''Lidl'' ([http://wwwhighway.g.co/maps/pymu4 Map]). You definitely need a sign with "A5" on There it because many cars go to other (uninteressant) directions.It is a perfect spot took me short time to get a ride to lift onto the [[Autobahn A5 (Germany)|A5]] (for instance to the rest area "Wetterau"). '''2nd option ([[Rest area]] Gräfenhausen - in the south of Frankfurt)''': Take suburban train (S-Bahn) S3 (indicating: [[Darmstadt]]) to the stop "Erzhausen", leave the station and walk through the town Erzhausen on "Bahnstraße" and "Hauptstraße" westward until you can hear the [[A5 (Germany)|Autobahn A5]]. Then, cross the fields till you arrive at the [http://www.serways.de/standorte/standorte/Gr%C3%A4fenhausen%20Ost Rastanlage Gräfenhausen Ost] ([Map http://g.co/maps/wjg7k]). It takes 50 minutes from the city center of Frankfurt until "Rastanlage Gräfenhausen". There is plenty of long distance traffic 24 hours a day at this spot, a restaurant as well as a small supermarket!
NOTE: I was at this spot in July 2010 and im not sure how great it is, one of the workers on the ground behind actually drove us to to the Service station further down the autobahn (which was excellent), because he said he saw a couple wait a whole day for no lifts the week before. March 2015: Been to that spot as well and didn't get a ride, there's mainly local traffic. Besides I guess public transport has changed slightly since the first description was uploadad. There is no U-Bahn 1,2 or 3 directly from the Hauptbahnhof. '''Easiest way I found to get to the spot is taking the S-Bahn S5 or S6 from Hauptbahnhof to "Lokalbahnhof". From there you can enter Bus line 30 or 36 from "Lokalbahnhof/Darmstädter Landstraße". The last stop is the described spot.''' Each ride (S-Bahn as well as bus) will cost you 2,75€. July 2016: The person giving his account of March 2015 is right about the public transport! I have been to this spot twice. The first time it was in 2014: it took me three hours to get away from here to the next gas-station. The second time in July 2016 it took me 5 minutes to get there, and my friends who were also itch-hiking got a ride half an hour later. So I guess it is just a very uncertain place. One thing I do know: if you do get a ride to the next gas station, which is actually on the highway: take it. The person saying you shouldn't is right about something else though: it is mainly local traffic going to the surrounding villages. They do however all take the highway there and many WILL pass the gas-station. So I suggest makeing two sings when you try this spot. One with [[Würzburg]] on it and one with the sign of a gas-station. Both our groups did this the second time around and we got rides easily, like I said. 2nd Option Alternative which takes you to the service area mentioned above.Take S1 train to Rodgau-Weiskirchen then walk along Bahnhofstrasse until you reach Hauptstrasse turn right and then take first left into Shillerstrass. Follow Shillerstrasse until you reach into the forest and then take first road going left. This will take you straight to the Service area. It takes approximately 40 minutes.
To leave Frankfurt in the direction of [[Köln]] or Ruhrgebiet westward - as well as [[Würzburg]]"Rastanlage Weiskirchen" has two sides, [[Passau]], [[Vienna]] north and south for going east or [[Munich]] west. A bridge over A3/E42 (via [[Würzburg]]east of the station) eastward, connects both sides. From Frankfurt you should consider hitchhiking from "Rastanlage Weiskirchen"can reach this place in around 60 minutes. From Frankfurt DB main train station, you should take suburban train (S-Bahn) S1 (indicatingdirection: "Rödermark Ober-Roden") to the stop "Weiskirchen". Wander through the town on "Bahnhofstraße", "Schillerstraße" and "Pommernstraße", later through the cropfields first in east- then in northward direction until you can see the Autobahn. There is two sides <map lat='50.16955900000000' lng='8.293691000000000' zoom='14' view='3' float='right' />'''2nd option ([[Rest area]] Theißtal - west of "Rastanlage Weiskirchen"Frankfurt)''': An alternative, if you want to leave Frankfurt for [[Köln]] and further north and southor west, is the rest area Theißtal along the [[A3 (Germany)|Autobahn A3]]. A roadbridge over A3/E42 Take the S-Bahn (S2) towards Niedernhausen (east of final stop, about 30 minutes). You'll hear the stationAutobahn once you are there. Walk 1.5 km (20 min) connects both sidesnorthwestwards. There is a tiny footpath through the woods leading all the way to the motorway rest area, and if you try to stick close to the Autobahn, you shouldn't miss it. From Frankfurt You'll walk past a shooting range, and when you can reach this place a 100m diameter clearing in around 60 minutesthe woods, you're there. Most cars here go at least to Köln/Bonn if they don't go to [[Koblenz]], since there isn't much else on the way.
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== Hitchhiking out ==
=== North ([[Kassel]], [[Hannover]]), West ([[Wiesbaden]], [[Mainz]]) and South ([[Karlsruhe]], [[Strasbourg]], [[Basel]]) {{Autobahn|5}} ===
'''2nd option:''' Take tram No. 17 from Frankfurt DB main train station until the last stop "Am Rebstockbad" ([http://g.co/maps/6h9fe Map]. This takes you about 10 minutes. From the final stop "Am Rebstockbad" you can already see the motorway (A648) which interchanges some 700 meter westward on the [[A5 (Germany)|Autobahn A5]] (north/soutward). When you arrive at the (eastbound) ''Esso'' gas station on the side that leads into Frankfurt - walk westward along the Autobahn and cross at a road bridge 200-300 meters away. Cars that refuel at the opposite (westbound) ''Esso'' gas station will in almost every case travel either northward ([[Kassel]], [[Hannover]]) or southward ([[Darmstadt]], [[Basel]]) on the [[A5 (Germany)|Autobahn A5]].
=== South ([[Karlsruhe]], [[Strasbourg]], [[Freiburg im Breisgau|Freiburg]]) {{Autobahn|5}} ===
Go by subway (U-Bahn) line 6 to the last stop "Heerstraße", continue walking the path along the rail-track on the left side northward. Walk over the fields until the Autobahn and cross via the underpass. You´ll see a small steep footpath on the right. Go there and you are on the [[rest area]] "Taunusblick" on the [[A5 (Germany)|A5]]. The whole journey takes not more than 25/30 minutes from the city center (10 minutes walking only). Attention: There is no exit or entrance for cars going north on A5/E451! You can only use the rest area ''Taunusblick'' to travel South!
'''2nd option ([[Rest area]] Gräfenhausen - in the south of Frankfurt)''': Take suburban train (S-Bahn) S3 (indicating: [[Darmstadt]]) to the stop ''Erzhausen'', leave the station and walk through the town ''Erzhausen'' on "Bahnstraße" and "Hauptstraße". Cross the Autobahn via the bridge, walk lefthand through the forest on ''Erzhäuser Weg'' until the relais [[Map http://g.co/maps/4hgfcMap]. Hitchhike on the [http://maps.rast.de/tank-und-rast/standorte/Gr%C3%A4fenhausen%20West Rastanlage Gräfenhausen West].
=== East ([[Würzburg]], [[Nürnberg]], [[Czech Republic]]) {{Autobahn|3}} ===
Take subway (U-Bahn) line 1, 2 or 3 from the DB main train station to the final stop "Südbahnhof" (there are also many other ways to reach Südbahnhof = just pick one of them!) Take bus number 30 or 36 from the station to the stop “Sachsenhausen - Hainer Weg”. Bundesstraße 3 ("Babenhäuser Landstraße") is right at the busstop, there is a restarea which you can reach by crossing the road. This is a hitchhiking spot ''par excellence'' - lots of cars passing it all the time and it is easy to pull off there. Attention: Think twice if someone offers you a ride to the petrol station nearby, by taking it you will lose this spot and might end up waiting for hours.
=== West ([[Cologne|Köln]], [[Dortmund]]) and East ([[Würzburg]], [[Munich]]) {{Autobahn|3}} ===
=== From the airport ===
[[File:Frankfurtairportcarparkexit.jpg|thumb|220px|right|[[User:Halt, Stop! Reudnitz kommt.|Craig]] stood in front of that traffic sign (waiting times: 10, 40 mins)]]
There are two good spots at the car park. Go to the arrival level in front of Terminal 1. You can now enter a throughway beneath the brownish Sheraton building that is opposite to Terminal 1 Part C. There is a delivery area of the Sheraton, great spot. Slow traffic and a lot of space for stopping. You should be able to spot the main car park exit. You can follow the cars further down some 100 meters to find a spot in the sunlight. Note that most traffic will go south!
:[[User:Halt,_Stop!_Reudnitz_kommt.|Craig]] found it easy to get a lift south but rather tough to find a car going in direction north along the [[A5 (Germany)|A5]].
Hitched from the Airport direction A3 South to Nurnberg on 16.6.13 and stood there for 5 hours. Note there is not much traffic going to Bavaria especially on sundays. If you want to go that direction have a look for Licence plates with ''WÜ, AB, N, BA, M''.
Otherwise the airport is great for anything going south down the A5 or going north the A3, lots of traffic going that direction, even met a hitchhiker going to berlin getting a lift immidiatly.
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[[user:damaniacle|dominic]] had a hard time trying to go north on the A5 in june 2013. eventually, on the advice of some police officers, he moved to this on ramp: http://goo.gl/maps/tYgBg where he found a ride in five minutes. a 20 minute walk, but it may be better for going north.
[[user:helen.neleh|Helen]] says: Hard to find direct lifts to the North (Berlin). Still, a nice women took me to the next petrol station (only 5 min away) from where I found someone going to A5. Once there, it's pretty straight forward. I went in the middle of the night and it only took me six hours to Berlin.
=== If you're a Frankfurt university student... ===
*User trt rode the tram in July 2011 and encountered Controllers. They were easily spotted in white shirts, black pants, and some wore grey vests. They also barely glimpsed at the tickets, so a used ticket could easily pass.
*[[User:Quarim|Quarim]] can confirm this - there are many controllers in Frankfurt public transport and you will be checked often. Even the tricks like buy a ticket for childs under 12 and make the stupid tourist when controleld didn't work for him*User tawax lives in Frankfurt and took the public transport very often. They are not many controllers in Frankfurt, and some of them are easily to see. You can try to have a ride without a ticket, but be in the front of the train/bus to see if some controllers are coming.
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