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
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  Rijnsweerd
  • Chance to get on to the motorway A27, for Almere, Hilversum, Den Bosch, Den Haag and Breda
• 2 (Utrecht)-De Uithof
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• 3 Den Dolder / (Zeist)
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• 4 Soesterberg
• 5 Maarn
• 6 Leusden-Zuid
• 7 Leusden
• 8 Amersfoort
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  Hoevelaken
  • Chance to get on to the motorway A1, for Amsterdam, Apeldoorn, Hengelo, Osnabrück and Berlin
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  Hooglanderveen
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  • Only on lane in direction Utrecht
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  Holkerveen
  • Northbound, towards Groningen
• 8a Amersfoort-Vathorst / Nijkerk-Zuid
• 9 Nijkerk
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  Oldenaller
  • Only on lane in direction Utrecht
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  Vanenburg
  • Only on lane in direction Groningen
• 10 Strand Nulde
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  Dasselaar
  • Only on lane in direction Groningen
• 11 Strand Horst
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  Drielander
  • Only on lane in direction Utrecht
• 12 Ermelo / Harderwijk
• 13 Lelystad / Harderwijk
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  Leuvenhorst
  • Small parking, northbound lane towards Groningen
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  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
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  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.
• 16 't Harde
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  Vosbergen
  • Small parking, only on lane in direction Utrecht
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  Bornheim/'t Loo
  • Near to ramp 17, shell stations on both sides of motorway.
• 17 Wezep
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  Hattemerbroek
  • Chance to get on to the motorway A50, for Apeldoorn, Arnhem, Nijmegen, Eindhoven and Maastricht
• 18 Zwolle-Zuid
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• 19 Zwolle-Centrum
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• 20 Zwolle-Noord ((good}} (northbound)
• 21 Ommen
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  Haerst
  • Southbound, towards Utrecht
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  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.
• 22 Nieuwleusen
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  Dekkersland
  • Northbound, towards Groningen
• 23 Staphorst
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  Lankhorst
  • Chance to get on to the motorway A32, for Meppel, Heerenveen and Leeuwarden
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• 24 De Wijk
  • Chance to get on to the motorway A32, for Meppel, Heerenveen and Leeuwarden
    • Southbound only
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  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
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  • Avoid getting dropped at this ramp, to get back on the motorway is a 3 kilometre walk. Use petrol station Lageveen / Panjerd instead.
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  Hoogeveen
  • Chance to get on to the motorway A37, for Emmen, Meppen and Bremen
• 26 Hoogeveen
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• 27 Fluitenberg {{good} (northbound)
• 28 Pesse
• 29 Dwingeloo
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  De Mussels / Smalhorst
• 30 Beilen
• 31 Westerbork
• 32 Assen-Zuid
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• 33 Assen
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  Zeijerveen
  • Southbound towards Utrecht
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  Peelerveld
  • Northbound towards Groningen
• 34 Assen-Noord
• 35 Vries / Tynaarlo
• 36 Zuidlaren
• 37 Groningen Airport (Eelde)
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  Glimmermade
  • Northbound towards Groningen
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  De Witte Molen
  • Southbound towards Utrecht
• 38 Haren
• 39 Groningen-Zuid
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  • Chance to get on to the motorway A7, for Drachten, Heerenveen, Winschoten, Bremen and Hamburg
  • Continues as Emmaviaduct into Groningen city centre
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Maps of the A28

Southern section, Utrecht to Zwolle.

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