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'''Frankfurt''' is a major city in Hesse, [[Germany]]. It is an [[hitchhiking]], [[plane|air]], [[train|rail]] and road transport hub, so you will find many people travelling out of the city in many different directions.

 If you are coming from the north (Netherlands; Cologne, Düsseldorf, etc.) and your ride is not going directly to Frankfurt am Main, but continuing towards the south instead, ask your driver to drop you out at the Medenbach service station at the A3. It lies some 35km 35 km northwest of Frankfurt. This is a very busy service station and you should be able to quickly find a ride directly to central Frankfurt. If you miss that stop, there won't be any other good places to be dropped out until close to Darmstadt (unless of course, the driver is willing to make a detour to leave you at Frankfurt Airport).

As '''Option 1''' A good spot for getting rides out of February 2013 there has been construction Frankfurt in every direction is on the B8, on the start of the Theodor-Heuss-Allee near here for the center of the city. The spot is a couple years and the bus stop has moved further down on Theodor-Heuss-Allee, about 40 metres after a roundabout next to Messeturm skyscraper. Take the roadU-Bahn line U4, or Straßenbahn line 16 or 17, to Festhalle/Messe. Everything else is still Or walk from the sameHauptbahnhof north for approximately 15 minutes to Messeturm skyscraper.

The next good hitch hiking spot on A5/E451 in northern direction is "Raststätte Wetterau" and is a better spot to look for longer rides so try to get a ride to there if you are heading north.

'''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]].

'''2nd option Option 1''' The Friedberger Landstrasse street is often used to leave the city towards the [[A5 (Germany)|Autobahn A5]] North. From theKonstablerwache city centre, walk 2 km or take the tram 18 / bus 30 till the stop Münzenberger Str. Hitchhike on this road about 150 m before the entrance of the supermarket 'Lidl' ([[http://g.co/maps/pymu4 Map]). You definitely need a sign with A5 on it because many cars go to other directions. It is a perfect spot to get a ride to the the rest area Wetterau. '''Option 2''' Rest area]] Gräfenhausen - in the south of Frankfurt)''':<br/> 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]]. At some point, you will see a sign pointing left to a '''Schützenhaus''', follow this direction, continue straight beyond the clubhouse and you will arrive at [http://www.serways.de/standorte/standorte/Gr%C3%A4fenhausen%20Ost Rastanlage Gräfenhausen Ost] ([http://g.co/maps/wjg7k Map]). It takes 50-60 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! '''Option 3'''

'''3rd option''' <br/>Take the Metro to "Kalbach" (Line U2 or U9), underpass the highway and take the second street right (street treet is called "Am Martinszehnten"). There is a petrol station called Hessol and a McDonalds, which are close to A5. As the petrol station is cheap it is frequently used and you can easily get a ride from there to the A5 - at least to service station "Wetterau" wich is a good spot to find long-distance lifts.