A1 (Germany)

Hitching the A1

Legend:  (very good) |  (good) |  (average) |  (bad) |  (senseless)

(6) Heiligenhafen-Mitte (finished mid 2008)
(7) Gremersdorf
(8) Jahnshof
(9) Oldenburg in Holstein-Nord
(10) Oldenburg in Holstein-Mitte
(11) Oldenburg in Holstein-Süd
(12) Lensahn
(13) Neustadt in Holstein-Pelzerhaken
(14) Neustadt in Holstein-Mitte
Raststätte Neustädter Bucht
(15) Eutin
(16) Scharbeutz
(17) Pansdorf
(18) Ratekau
(19) Sereetz
(20) Dreieck Bad Schwartau
- Chance to get over to the A226.
(21) Bad Schwartau
(22) Lübeck-Zentrum
(23) Lübeck-Moisling
(24) Kreuz Lübeck
- Chance to get over to the A20.
(25) Reinfeld
Raststätte Trave
(26) Bad Oldesloe
(27) Kreuz Bargteheide
- Chance to get over to the A21.
Raststätte Buddikate
(28) Ahrensburg/Großhansdorf
(29) Stapelfeld
(30) Barsbüttel
(31) Kreuz Hamburg-Ost
- Chance to get over to the A24.
(32) Hamburg-Öjendorf
(33) Hamburg-Billstedt
(34) Hamburg-Moorfleet (road constructions till Nov 2009)
(35) Dreieck Hamburg-Südost
- Chance to get over to the A25
(36) Kreuz Hamburg-Süd
- Chance to get over to the A252, A255
Raststätte HH-Stillhorn (very good)
- The service station of Hamburg for hitching out! Much traffic going south direction Bremen, Osnabrück and further.

(81) Hamm / Bergkamen (very good)
- Amazing on-ramp for direction south, lots of slow traffic, enough space to stand on the hard shoulder, ride offers to most directions in the Ruhr Area.
(82) Kamener Kreuz
- You can switch to the A2 in direction Hannover, Berlin here.
(83) Kamen-Zentrum
(-) Dortmund-Wickede
(84) Unna-Zentrum
(84) Kreuz Dortmund/Unna
- You can change to the A44 in direction Kassel.
Raststätte Lichtendorf
- Very great for Wuppertal, Köln, Hannover, Berlin, Münster, Bremen, Hamburg (very good). Reachable by bus/train, see Schwerte.
(85) Schwerte
(86) Westhofener Kreuz
- You can change to the A45 in direction Giessen, Frankfurt.