Doetinchem

Doetinchem
Information
Country:	Netherlands
Province:	Gelderland
Population:	59.265 (2023)
Major roads:	A 18
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Doetinchem is a city in The Netherlands, in the eastern Province of Gelderland.

Hitchhiking out

West towards Arnhem, East towards Varsseveld, Enschede, A 18

Option 1

51.944, 6.310

Take bus 28 or 48 and get out at "McDonalds". There is a carpool parking where you can try to ask people for a ride.

Option 2

51.950, 6.274

Take bus 24 to "Woonboulevard". Walk 300meter and cross the Europaweg. Now turn right to the TinQ petrol station. There is no paved sidewalk, but a grassy path along the ditch. The entrance to the petrol station is an easy place for passing drivers to pull over.

West towards Varsseveld, Enschede,

51.967, 6.325

500m outside the city, on the Varsseveldseweg is an old windmill, "Benninkmolen". There is a small parking bay where drivers can stop. Although it's a local road many people use it to get on the N18 near Varsseveld. Almost every driver can take you to Varsseveld and many go as far as Enschede or Hengelo.

South towards Germany

Option 1

51.950, 6.274

Same as before, the petrol station on Europaweg.

Option 2

51.862, 6.242

Alternatively, take bus 24 all the way to 's Heerenberg, and from the bus station walk 25 minutes to the onramp of the A 3. There also is a petrol station 500meter further up the road, but this is mainly used by Dutch drivers pumping cheaper German fuel, who don't enter the highway.

When traffic is busy drivers might not stop at the onramp because there isn't a lot of space. Therefore it might be best to take the first ride that can take you 15km further, to the onramp at Isselburg. There is a wider onramp here.