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Good spot for cars going north on Take the E45 motorway, accessible by 14 bus from Århus city center. Take the 14 bus towards Sabro and get off at Tilst Vestervej/Frømosevej (or later, but you'll have to walk back). Walk back to the [[roundabout]] crossroads next to Netto and turn right to walk along the Viborgvej for 5 minutes. You'll come There is a lane where cars can easily pull over, this is a great place to stand with a sliproad for cars going north on the E45 roadsign saying Aalborg. Walk There is a traffic sign there which forbids pedestrians from walking along it and Viborgvej any further. This is the road straightens out, so cars can see you from a long way off and have time closest point on Viborgvej to stop - or try at the beginning of the sliproad E45 highway onramp where cars are still slowyou can safely hitchhike.
Take One option is the same bus spot as above, walk to the roundabout described towards Aalborg and stand by right turn (Viborgvej)Fredrikshavn. It's visible and there's a handy parking space just after for cars to pull into!
ou You can get very good maps of Aarhus for free at the tourist information, it is inside the library Dokk1 located at the harbour, 700 m. from the train station.
→North towards Aalborg, Frederikshavn
=== North towards [[Aalborg]], [[Frederikshavn]] ===
Coordinates of this spot: 56°11'13.1"N 10°05'15.6"E
=== North West towards [[Viborg]], [[Thisted]] and North West Jutland ===
Another option is the bus stop Viborgvej/Hasle Ringvej on the second ring road in sight of the water tower. A lot of traffic passes by here and there is a lot of space for cars to pull over.
=== West towards Silkeborg, [[Herning]] and West Jutland ===
The best spot to go is definitely located near ''Viby Torv''. Take bus #1a, #6a, #4a, #200, or #14 towards ''Viby Torv''. Get out there, walk some meters back to the big traffic light and go to the left into the ''Viby Ringvej''. You'll also recognize signs announcing the motorway. Walk along this street for around 1 km, then the on-ramp for the motorway appears. There's enough space for you to stand on, easy to catch cars in all directions. Most cars are driving from the other direction, so it will be faster to cross the roads (you will have to cross a road where it is not allowed to walk by foot, and also go under a tunnel, but it takes only 2 minutes and it is really way more easy to catch a ride). Most cars stopping only goes to Skanderborg, but if you want to get further south (Germany), only accepting cars to at least Vejle Nord is a good idea, as there are so many cars stopping here, that you will eventually get a ride to at least Vejle in a short time. Here it pays to be patient!
Another great spot towards the south is Infoteria Petersminde. This is a highway restaurant which is frequented by a lot of traffic going towards the German border. From my experience it is way easier here to get a ride all the way to the German border than at the spot near Viby Torv. I actually started hitchhiking at the Viborgvej/hasle ringvej bus stop but you can also take a bus there or from the city towards tilst. You get off at the bus stop near Netto on Viborgvej. The next step is to subsequently follow grydhøjparken, Munkevejen, Bavnehøjvej, Lyngbygardsvej, and finally you turn left into a dirt road which leads to some sort of car dealership indicated on Google maps as SS Auto. There you will reach some woods which you will have to enter. There is a pathway which leads through the woods to the infoteria.
== Other ==
In the library Dokk1 there is the turist tourist information and there are computers and WiFi that you can use for free. (wifi is called SmartAarhus - ask for someone's danish phone number to log-in as a guest). You can also find lockers there where You can store your lugage for free in their opening hours, using a 20 kroner coin that you will get back.
On the train station there are luggage boxes where you can store your luggage ( 20 kroners per day for small one, 40 kroners for a big one).
