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

• • Continues as Waterlinieweg into Utrecht
• Beginning of motorway (good)
• Rijnsweerd
  • Chance to get on to the motorway A27, for Almere, Hilversum, Den Bosch, Den Haag and Breda
• 2 (Utrecht)-De Uithof (average)
• 3 Den Dolder / (Zeist) (average)
• 4 Soesterberg
• 5 Maarn
• 6 Leusden-Zuid
• 7 Leusden
• 8 Amersfoort (average)
• Hoevelaken
  • Chance to get on to the motorway A1, for Amsterdam, Apeldoorn, Hengelo, Osnabrück and Berlin
• Hooglanderveen (average)
  • Only on lane in direction Utrecht
• Holkerveen
  • Northbound, towards Groningen
• 8a Amersfoort-Vathorst / Nijkerk-Zuid
• 9 Nijkerk
• Oldenaller
  • Only on lane in direction Utrecht
• Vanenburg
  • Only on lane in direction Groningen
• 10 Strand Nulde
• Dasselaar
  • Only on lane in direction Groningen
• 11 Strand Horst
• Drielander
  • Only on lane in direction Utrecht
• 12 Ermelo / Harderwijk (bad)

Try to avoid this exit. Although there's quite some traffic, cars cannot stop here.

• 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.
• 14 Elspeet
• 15 Epe / Nunspeet-Oost
• De Kraaienberg / De Haere
  • Parking De Kraaienberg (northbound lane towards Groningen) is well-known and used to be an infamous cruising spot. Although the bushes are cleared for this reason now, you might still want to keep this history in mind when considering this parking.
• 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.
• 17 Wezep
• Hattemerbroek
  • Chance to get on to the motorway A50, for Apeldoorn, Arnhem, Nijmegen, Eindhoven and Maastricht
• 18 Zwolle-Zuid (senseless)
• 19 Zwolle-Centrum (average) (southbound) / (good) (northbound)
• 20 Zwolle-Noord (good) (northbound)
• 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 (mainly closeted gay) men looking for sex in a nearby bit of wood. There's a bridge nearby that connects the parking to the gas station (Shell) on the other side of the road.
• 22 Nieuwleusen
• Dekkersland
  • Northbound, towards Groningen
• 23 Staphorst
• Lankhorst
  • Chance to get on to the motorway A32, for Meppel, Heerenveen and Leeuwarden
    • Northbound only
• 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.
• 25 Zuidwolde (senseless)
  • 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
• 26 Hoogeveen (good) (southbound)
• 27 Fluitenberg {{good} (northbound)
• 28 Pesse
• 29 Dwingeloo
• De Mussels / Smalhorst
• 30 Beilen
• 31 Westerbork
• 32 Assen-Zuid (good)
• 33 Assen
• Zeijerveen
  • Southbound towards Utrecht
• Peelerveld
  • Northbound towards Groningen
• 34 Assen-Noord
• 35 Vries / Tynaarlo
• 36 Zuidlaren
• 37 Groningen Airport (Eelde)
• Glimmermade
  • Northbound towards Groningen
• De Witte Molen
  • Southbound towards Utrecht
• 38 Haren
• 39 Groningen-Zuid
• Julianaplein (average) (Motorway junction is intersection with traffic lights)
  • Chance to get on to the motorway A7, for Drachten, Heerenveen, Winschoten, Bremen and Hamburg
  • Continues as Emmaviaduct into Groningen city centre (good) (southbound)

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

Maps of the A28

Southern section, Utrecht to Zwolle

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Around Zwolle

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Northern section, Staphorst to Groningen

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