The following German [[Raststätte]]s do allow traffic In Germany walking to cross from one side the opposite rest area is often, but not always, possible through so-called "service roads". Using these service roads it takes quite often less than 20 minutes to go to the opposite rest area, and almost always the otherwalk can be completed within 45 minutes.
In This overview is rather complete for the whole of Germany passing to . [http://www.franknature.nl/tankenrasten.pdf Here] is a map with the opposite rest area is oftenGerman motorway network, but not always, possible through so-called "service roads". Using these service roads stations and how long it takes quite often less than 20 minutes to go walk to the opposite rest area, and almost always the walk can be completed within 45 minutesareas.
Some of the information was copied verbatim from '''Tanken & Rasten 1997, Zweites Halbjahr''' On [http://maps.rast.de/standorte/rast/fullscreen Rast.de] you can check more details about German Raststättes (the last official booklet of the Tank & Rast organisationeg. if they have Wifi or showers), and no attempt was made to verify the current situation! .
This overview is rather complete (03.2015) for all the motorways north of the E30, the E30 (A30, A2, A10, A12) and the A1 up The following German [[Raststätte]]s do allow traffic to walk from one side to the A5. For the central and southern part of Germany the overview is not complete. From [httpother://maps.rast.de/standorte/rast/fullscreen Rast.de] you can check more details about German Raststättes (eg. if they have wifi or showers).
== Autobahn A1 ==
* '''Neustädter Bucht''', walk about 30 minutes, crossable on the southbound direction
* '''Buddikate''', walk about 20 minutes, crossable on the northbound direction
* '''Hamburg-Stillhorn''', [http://goo.gl/maps/L7sZz a ~20 minute walk]about 15 minutes, crossable on the southbound direction
* '''Ostetal''', walk about 20 minutes, crossable on the southbound direction
* '''Grundbergsee''', walk about 20 minutes, crossable on the southbound direction
== Autobahn A2 ==
* '''Rhynern''', walk about 30 minutes, crossable on the westbound direction
* '''Gütersloh''', walk about 15 minutes, crossable on the eastbound direction* '''Herford''', walk about 20 minutes, crossable on the eastbound direction
* '''Garbsen''', road tunnel, walk about 10 minutes, crossable between the (not exactly oppositely situated) service stations
* '''Lehrter See''', pedestrian bridge, walk about 5 minutes
* '''Zweidorfer Holz''', walk about 30 minutes, crossable on the eastbound direction
* '''Lappwald''', car tunnel, walk about 20 minutes, crossable on the westbound direction* '''Börde''', walk about 30 minutes, crossable on the westbound direction
* '''Buckautal''', walk about 30 minutes, crossable on the westbound direction
* '''Siegburg''', pedestrian bridge
* '''Heiligenroth / Montabaur''', road tunnel, walk about 30 minutes, crossable between the not oppositely situated service stations
* '''Limburg''', walk about 15 minutes, crossable on the northbound direction
* '''Bad Camberg''', walk about 10 minutes, crossable on the northbound direction
* '''Medenbach''', walk about 20 minutes, crossable on the northbound direction
* '''Weiskirchen''', walk about 15 minutes, crossable on the eastbound direction
* '''Spessart''', walk about 5 minutes, crossable on th ewestbound the westbound direction
* '''Würzburg''', walk about 20 minutes, crossable on the westbound direction
* '''Haidt''', walk about 15 minutes, crossable on the eastbound direction
== Autobahn A5 ==
* '''Rimberg''', Raststätte is on the southbound side
* '''Pfefferhöhe''', Raststätte is on the northeastbound side, situated slightly off the motorway (semi-Autohof style)
* '''Reinhardshain''', car tunnel, walk about 10 minutes, crossable on the southwestbound direction
* '''Wetterau''', walk about 5 minutes, crossable on the southbound direction
* '''Bruchsal''', walk about 10 minutes, crossable on the southbound direction using motorway exit - tunnel
* '''Wetterau''', walk about 15 minutes, crossable on the southbound direction
== Autobahn A6 ==* '''Goldene Bremm''', walk about 20 minutes, crossable on the westbound direction* '''Am Hockenheimring''', walk about 10 minutes, crossable between the (not exactly oppositely situated) service stations* '''Kraichau''', walk about 10 minutes, crossable on the westbound direction* '''Hohenlohe''', walk about 10 minutes, crossable on the westbound direction* '''Frankenhöhe''', walk about 20 minutes, crossable on the eastbound direction* '''Kammensteiner Land''', walk about 10 minutes, crossable on the eastbound direction* '''PfefferhöheOberpfälzer Alb''', Raststätte is walk about 20 minutes, crossable on the southbound sideeastbound direction* '''WetterauRenchtal''', walk about 15 minutes, crossable on the southbound direction
== Autobahn A7 ==
* '''Hannover-Wülferode''', walk about 20 minutes, crossable between the (not exactly oppositely situated) service stations
* '''Hildesheimer Börde''', walk about 10 minutes, crossable on the southbound direction
* '''Harz''', walk about 5 minutes, crossable on the southbound direction* '''Göttingen''', walk about 5 minutes, crossable between the (not exactly oppositely situated) service stations* '''Kassel''', Raststätte is on the northeastbound side, situated slightly off the motorway (semi-Autohof style)* '''Hasselberg''', walk about 5 minutes, crossable on the northbound direction* '''Großenmoor''', walk about 10 minutes, crossable on the southbound direction* '''Uttrichshausen''', walk about 15 minutes, crossable on the southbound direction* '''Rhön''', walk about 20 minutes, crossable between the (not exactly oppositely situated) service stations* '''Riedener Wald''', walk about 10 minutes, crossable on the northbound direction* '''Ohrenbach''', walk about 30 minutes, crossable on the southbound direction* '''Ellwanger Berge''', walk about 10 minutes, crossable on the northbound direction* '''Lonetal''', walk about 10 minutes, crossable on the southbound direction* '''Illertal''', walk about 15 minutes, crossable on the southbound direction* '''Allgäuer Tor''', walk about 15 minutes, crossable on the northbound direction* '''Nesselwang''', walk about 10 minutes (?), crossable on the eastbound direction
== Autobahn A8 ==
* '''Pforzheim''', car tunnel, walk about 5 minutes, service station for both directions situated on the westbound side, on the eastbound side is a parking* '''Gruibingen''', car tunnel, walk about 5 minutes, service station for both directions situated on the eastbound side, on the westbound side is a parking* '''Holzkirchen''', walk about 30 minutes, crossable between the (not exactly oppositely situated) service stations* '''Irschenberg''', Raststätte is on the [[Salzburg]]eastbound side, situated slightly off the motorway (semi-bound sideAutohof style)* '''Samerberg''', walk about 10 minutes, crossable on the eastbound direction* '''StuttgartIllertal''', walk about 10 minutes, crossable on the eastbound direction
== Autobahn A9 ==
* '''Fläming''', walk about 10 minutes, crossable on the northbound direction
* '''Köckern''', walk about 15 minutes along the highway or 30 minutes using service roads, crossable on the northbound direction* '''Osterfeld''', walk about 10 minutes, crossable on the northbound direction* '''Hermsdorfer Kreuz''', walk about 10 minutes, crossable on the northbound direction, pedestrian tunnel at Motel Hermsdorfer Kreuz* '''Frankenwald''', the other famous bridge Raststätte* '''Fränkische Schweiz/Pegnitz''', walk about 5 minutes, crossable on the northbound direction* '''Nürnberg Feucht''', car and pedestrian tunnels, walk about 5 minutes, crossable on the northbound direction* '''Greding''', walk about 10 minutes, crossable between the (not exactly oppositely situated) service stations* '''Köschinger Forst''', car tunnel, walk about 5 minutes, crossable on the southbound direction* '''Fürholzen''', Raststätte is on the Northbound northbound side, southbound there is/was a small parking, southbound Raststätte under construction (05. (July 2014: current situation is not clear2017) Crossing requires [http://goo.gl/maps/PXNHZ a , walk of about 20 minutes], partly through crossable on the fields.southbound direction
== Autobahn A10 ==
* '''Seeberg''', walk about 20 minutes, probably crossable on the southbound direction, walking along the highway
* '''Am Fichtenplan''', close to the [[Hannover]]-bound side of the Raststätte there is a local bridge. Crossing to the other side takes 15-20 minutes and involves getting through fences. At both stations there is at least one "hole in the fence" at the west end of the areas (08.2014), [http://goo.gl/maps/bqKyN marked here] with the letters '''A''' and '''B'''.
* '''Michendorf''', bridge on the [[Hannover]]-bound side of the Raststätte, involves [http://goo.gl/maps/YEQnc a 15-20 minutes walk]. When crossing from Michendorf Süd to Michendorf Nord, point '''A''' on the linked map can be reached by walking out of the Raststätte on the grassy strip. Once you reach a big fence on your left hand, on the map it leads to a bright green field, you should climb up along the fence and walk along the fence to point '''A'''.
== Autobahn A13 ==
* '''Am Kahlberg''', walk about 45 minutes, no petrol station in southbound direction, crossable on the southbound direction
* '''Freienhufener Eck''', walk about 20 minutes, crossable between the (not exactly oppositely situated) service stations walking through the fields along the highway
== Autobahn A14 ==
* '''Plötzetal''', theoretically crossable in 10 minutes on the northwestbound side, but that may prove difficult as there are no service roads and perhaps fences
* '''Muldental''', theoretically crossable in 20 minutes on the northwestbound side, but that may prove difficult as there are no service roads and perhaps fences
== Autobahn A19 ==
* '''Aschendorf''', no petrol stations, walk about 20 minutes, crossable on the southbound direction
* '''Ems-Vechte''', walk about 60 minutes, crossable on the southbound direction
== Autobahn A38 ==
* '''Eichsfeld''', walk about 10 minutes, crossable on the eastbound direction, service station under construction
* '''Rohnetal''', theoretically crossable in 10 minutes on the eastbound side, but that may prove difficult as there are no service roads and perhaps fences
== Autobahn A39 ==
* '''InntalRüningen''', walk about 30 minutes, crossable by a tunnel on the southside of northbound direction == Autobahn A40 ==* '''Tankstelle Dückerweg / Ruhrschnellweg''', walk about 20 minutes, crossable on the westbound direction, however, the fence / sound wall around the westbound service areastation may be impassable* '''Beverbach / Rheinlanddamm''', follow walk about 10 minutes, crossable between the (not exactly oppositely situated) service roads.stations == Autobahn A43 ==* '''Hohe Mark''', walk about 10 minutes, crossable on the northbound direction
== Autobahn A44 ==
* '''Lichtenbusch''', walk about 10 minutes, crossable on the westbound direction (through Belgium)
* '''Am Haarstrang''', walk about 20 minutes, crossable on the eastbound direction
* '''Soester Börde''', walk about 20 minutes, crossable on the eastbound direction
* '''Am Biggenkopf''', walk about 10 minutes, crossable on the eastside direction
* '''Bühleck''', walk about 30 minutes, crossable between the (not exactly oppositely situated) service stations
== Autobahn A45 ==
* '''Sauerland''', walk about 10 minutes, crossable on southbound direction
* '''Siegerland''', walk about 10 minutes, crossable between the (not exactly oppositely situated) service stations
* '''Langen-Bergheim''', walk about 10 minutes, crossable on the northbound direction through fields or 20 minutes, southbound along service roads
== Autobahn A46 ==
* '''Vierwinden''', walk about 20 minutes, crossable between the (not exactly oppositely situated) service stations
== Autobahn A48 ==
* '''Elztal''', walk about 20 minutes, crossable on the northbound direction
== Autobahn A49 ==
* '''Holzhausen''', walk about 5 minutes, crossable on the southbound direction
== Autobahn A52 ==
* '''Cloerbruch''', walk about 20 minutes, crossable on the westbound direction
== Autobahn A57 ==
* '''Kalbecker Forst''', walk about 10 minutes, crossable on the westbound direction
* '''Geismühle''', walk about 10 minutes, crossable on the northbound direction
* '''Nievenheim''', walk about 45 minutes, crossable on the northbound direction - complicated
== Autobahn A59 ==
* '''Schloß Röttgen''', walk about 20 minutes, crossable on the southbound direction
== Autobahn A60 ==
* '''Heidenfahrt''', walk about 15 minutes, crossable on the westbound direction
== Autobahn A61 ==
* '''Bedburger Land''', walk about 10 minutes, crossable on the northbound direction
* '''Peppenhoven''', walk about 20 minutes, crossable on the southbound direction
* '''Brohltal''', walk about 5 minutes, crossable on the southbound direction
* '''Neufeld''', walk about 30 minutes, crossable on the southbound direction
* '''Hunsrück''', walk about 20 minutes, crossable on the southbound direction
* '''Wonnegau''', walk about 20 minutes, crossable on the southbound direction
* '''Dannstadt''', walk about 20 5 minutes, crossable on the southbound direction == Autobahn A65 ==* '''Pfälzer Weinstraße''', walk about 10 minutes, crossable on the southbound direction == Autobahn A66 ==* '''Erbenheim''', walk about 30 minutes, crossable on the westbound direction, but probably the obstacles are way too big: at the westbound station noise walls, the southbound station has to be reached on the fields between the highway and adjacent railway line. * '''Weilbach''', walk about 5 minutes, crossable on the northeastbound direction == Autobahn A67 ==* '''Pfungstadt''', walk about 45 minutes, crossable on the southbound direction - complicated* '''Lorsch''', walk about 15 minutes, crossable on the southbound direction == Autobahn A71 ==* '''Mellrichstädter Höhe''', walk about 10 minutes, crossable on the westbound direction
== Autobahn A93 A81 ==* '''Ob der Tauber''', walk about 10 minutes, crossable between the (not exactly oppositely situated) service stations* '''Jagsttal''', walk about 15 minutes, crossable between the (not exactly oppositely situated) service stations
* '''Wunnenstein''', walk about 10 minutes, crossable on the northbound direction
* '''Sindelfinger Wald / Sommerhofen''', walk about 30 minutes, Raststätte is on the southbound side, northbound there is a small parking, crossable between the (not exactly oppositely situated) service station and parking.
* '''Schönbuch''', walk about 15 minutes, crossable on the southbound direction
* '''Neckarburg''', walk about 20 minutes, crossable on the northbound direction
* '''Im Hegau''', walk about 10 minutes, crossable on the southbound direction
== Autobahn A93 ==
* '''RüningenWaldnaabtal''', walk about 20 10 minutes, crossable on the southbound northbound direction* '''Pentling''', Raststätte is on the northbound side* '''Inntal''', walk about 5 minutes, crossable by a tunnel on the southside of the service area, follow the service roads.
== Autobahn A99 A95 ==* '''VaterstettenHöhenrain''', road tunnelwalk about 5 minutes, [http://goo.gl/maps/5P3Jd Ottendichler Straße] - to get to this tunnel from Vaterstetten Ost, i.e. crossable on the [[Salzburg]]/[[Innsbruck]] bound sidenorthbound direction == Autobahn A96 ==* '''Lechwiesen''', it's best ([[User:Prino|Prino]] has done this several times) to walk a bit through the forest next to the Autobahn slip-roadabout 10 minutes, as going via crossable on the "service road" will take a lot more time.eastbound direction
== Autobahn A111 ==
* '''Stolper Heide''', service station for both directions situated on the northbound side
== Autobahn A115 ==
* '''Grunewald''', Raststätte is on the southwestbound side, situated slightly off the motorway (semi-Autohof style)
== Autobahn A620 ==
* '''Saarlouis''', walk about 5 minutes, crossable on the northbound direction
== Autobahn A648 ==
* '''Frankfurt-Biegweg''', walk about 10 minutes, crossable on the westbound direction
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