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To hitchhike direction [[Frankfurt am Main]] or [[Stuttgart]], the petrol station on the [[A3 (Germany)|A3]] is a really good spot. Lots of traffic there. From the main station take the line #66 direction ''Siegburg Bahnhof''. When you are there, take * '''short walking connection:''' Take the bus #509 (only runs 1 time per hour) direction ''Lange Lindenstrasse''. Get off at ''Alte Poststrasse''. Walk ''Alte Poststrasse'' along, all the way to the petrol station. it's about 5 to 10 minutes walk.update* '''frequent connection: bus 509 just runs 1 time per hour!!you can use buses ''' Buses 510,511,576 and 577. they are going more frequent .get Get off at "schwimmbadSchwimmbad". go Walk 20 meters back. , walk down "am stadionAm Stadion" on the right and then "bernhardstrasseBernhardstraße" until "alte poststrasseAlte Poststrasse".

Another possibility, far easier to reach but less ideal in terms of finding the right lift, is the Shell petrol station on the St. AugustinerstrasseAugustinerstraße. Take the same line #66 as above, but get out at station AdelheidisstrasseAdelheidisstraße, the fourth stop after the main station. Walk back 50m on the side of the road heading out of Bonn (there are petrol stations in both directions). There will be lots of local visitors, check out the number plates filtering out those with 'BN' or 'SU' because these are from Bonn and Siegburg, respectively. They might go out in A3 direction, but less probably so than other plates. Ask if people are heading for A3 and if you could be taken to a petrol station there. A station on the A59 will do fine too.

In this direction you also need to get on the A3 (see South towards Frankfurt above). You can use both options - – the A3 petrol station has stations on both sides which are connected via a pedestrian bridge, and from the station at Augustinerstrasse you can get north and south. Mind that Koln Köln (Cologne) is part of the same metropole metropolitan area as Bonn and is connected via public transportation. Once on A3, ask for lifts to Oberhausen, because getting to Koln Köln itself is of no use.