A28 (Netherlands)

The A28 is a motorway running from Utrecht in the central Netherlands to Groningen in the northeast. Along its way it passes cities like Amersfoort, Zwolle and Assen, as well as smaller towns like Zeist, Harderwijk, Meppel and Hoogeveen.

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Hitching the A28

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• • Continues as Waterlinieweg into Utrecht
• Beginning of motorway
• Rijnsweerd
  • Chance to get on to the motorway A27, for Almere, Hilversum, Den Bosch, Den Haag and Breda
• File:AB-AS-blau.svg 2 (Utrecht)-De Uithof
• File:AB-AS-blau.svg 3 Den Dolder / (Zeist)
• File:AB-AS-blau.svg 4 Soesterberg
• File:AB-AS-blau.svg 5 Maarn
• File:AB-AS-blau.svg 6 Leusden-Zuid
• File:AB-AS-blau.svg 7 Leusden
• File:AB-AS-blau.svg 8 Amersfoort
• Hoevelaken
  • Chance to get on to the motorway A1, for Amsterdam, Apeldoorn, Hengelo, Osnabrück and Berlin
• Hooglanderveen
  • Only on lane in direction Utrecht
• Holkerveen
  • Northbound, towards Groningen
• File:AB-AS-blau.svg 8a Amersfoort-Vathorst / Nijkerk-Zuid
• File:AB-AS-blau.svg 9 Nijkerk
• Oldenaller
  • Only on lane in direction Utrecht
• Vanenburg
  • Only on lane in direction Groningen
• File:AB-AS-blau.svg 10 Strand Nulde
• Dasselaar
  • Only on lane in direction Groningen
• File:AB-AS-blau.svg 11 Strand Horst
• Drielander
  • Only on lane in direction Utrecht
• File:AB-AS-blau.svg 12 Ermelo / Harderwijk
• File:AB-AS-blau.svg 13 Lelystad / Harderwijk
• Leuvenhorst
  • Small parking, northbound lane towards Groningen
• Willemsbos / Hendriksbos
  • Hendriksbos is one of the biggest restareas in the Netherlands, and they're connected to each other with a tunnel. According to consumerorganisation Kassa the third-cleanest public toilets along Dutch motorways are to be found here.
• File:AB-AS-blau.svg 14 Elspeet
• File:AB-AS-blau.svg 15 Epe / Nunspeet-Oost
• De Kraaienberg / De Haere
  • Parking De Kraaienberg (northbound lane towards Groningen) is well-known and mostly used as a hotspot for men looking for gay sex. Keep this in mind when considering this parking.
• File:AB-AS-blau.svg 16 't Harde
• Vosbergen
  • Small parking, only on lane in direction Utrecht
• Bornheim/'t Loo
  • Near to ramp 17, shell stations on both sides of motorway.
• File:AB-AS-blau.svg 17 Wezep
• Hattemerbroek
  • Chance to get on to the motorway A50, for Apeldoorn, Arnhem, Nijmegen, Eindhoven and Maastricht
• File:AB-AS-blau.svg 18 Zwolle-Zuid
• File:AB-AS-blau.svg 19 Zwolle-Centrum
• File:AB-AS-blau.svg 20 Zwolle-Noord
• File:AB-AS-blau.svg 21 Ommen
• Haerst
  • Southbound, towards Utrecht
• De Markte
  • Northbound, towards Groningen. Used quite heavily, both as parking for divers in a nearby lake, as well as parking for men (mainly closeted gays) looking for sex in a nearby bit of wood.
• File:AB-AS-blau.svg 22 Nieuwleusen
• Dekkersland
  • Northbound, towards Groningen
• File:AB-AS-blau.svg 23 Staphorst
• Lankhorst
  • Chance to get on to the motorway A32, for Meppel, Heerenveen and Leeuwarden
    • Northbound only
• File:AB-AS-blau.svg 24 De Wijk
  • Chance to get on to the motorway A32, for Meppel, Heerenveen and Leeuwarden
    • Southbound only
• Lageveen / Panjerd
  • Used quite heavily by lorries. Also a good place to chance cars if one is trying to get towards Emmen / Meppen. Exit 25 is not heavily used, and split in two halves which are 3 kilometres away from each other.
• File:AB-AS-blau.svg 25 Zuidwolde
  • Avoid getting dropped at this ramp, to get back on the motorway is a 3 kilometre walk. Use petrol station Lageveen / Panjerd instead.
• Hoogeveen
  • Chance to get on to the motorway A37, for Emmen, Meppen and Bremen
• File:AB-AS-blau.svg 26 Hoogeveen
• File:AB-AS-blau.svg 27 Fluitenberg
• File:AB-AS-blau.svg 28 Pesse
• File:AB-AS-blau.svg 29 Dwingeloo
• De Mussels / Smalhorst
• File:AB-AS-blau.svg 30 Beilen
• File:AB-AS-blau.svg 31 Westerbork
• File:AB-AS-blau.svg 32 Assen-Zuid
• File:AB-AS-blau.svg 33 Assen
• Zeijerveen
  • Southbound towards Utrecht
• Peelerveld
  • Northbound towards Groningen
• File:AB-AS-blau.svg 34 Assen-Noord
• File:AB-AS-blau.svg 35 Vries / Tynaarlo
• File:AB-AS-blau.svg 36 Zuidlaren
• File:AB-AS-blau.svg 37 Groningen Airport (Eelde)
• Glimmermade
  • Northbound towards Groningen
• De Witte Molen
  • Southbound towards Utrecht
• File:AB-AS-blau.svg 38 Haren
• File:AB-AS-blau.svg 39 Groningen-Zuid
• Julianaplein
  • Chance to get on to the motorway A7, for Drachten, Heerenveen, Winschoten, Bremen and Hamburg
  • Continues as Emmaviaduct into Groningen city centre