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== Hitchhiking out ==
=== North ([[Kassel]], [[Hannover]]), West ([[Wiesbaden]], [[Mainz]]) and South ([[Karlsruhe]], [[Strasbourg]], [[Basel]]) {{Autobahn|5}} ===
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" ([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]].  The next gas station (on A5/E451) in northern direction is "Raststätte Wetterau". It is usually a very good spot for long rides. Twice [[User:Wukk|Wukk]] found a ride after 5 minutes, one straight to [[Hamburg]], one to "Wetterau". :User trt tried here in July 2011, and found almost every car was heading West, not North onto the [[A5 (Germany)|A5]]. Not an ideal place to hitch North from (But apparently great to hitch west).
=== North ([[Kassel]], [[Hannover]], [[Gießen]], [[Marburg]]) {{Autobahn|5}} ===
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