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Close to the city, you may want to try one of the on-ramps in the North East of Cologne. On-ramp Köln-Dellbrück (exit 26 on the [[A3 (Germany)|A3]]) seems to be good for hitchhiking in direction Remscheid or further along the A1. Also traffic North the A3 passes here. There's no hard shoulder but some green space to stop cars ~60m behind the Autobahn sign. Another possibility is to ask the drivers directly at the traffic light with an extra lane for the motorway. You can get there by taking the metro U18 to Holweide-Vischeringstrasse, cross the railways towards the main road and to the left you'll find the on-ramp. Or Follow the description for Köln-Dellbrück (see south towards). You just have to walk a bit more. Make sure to have a Remscheid or "RS" sign in case of going towards A1 because there is only one tiny resting area ahead of the A3/A1 crossing

Trying to get onto A4 seems to be as difficult as getting anywhere north-east. [[User:Caro|Caro]] tried Mid-July 2010 to hitchhike at the on-ramp in Merheim, giving up after 3 hours using the following spot. One but long (and maybe worthwhile) possibility is to go to petrol station ''Raststätte Aggertal''Nord rest stop. Take "Regionalbahn (RB) train 25" direction Marienheide Bf. Get off at Overath Bf and walk 4 km / or take bus 310 direction Gummersbach. Get get off (2nd halt) at Klef/Hotel Lüdenbach and walk 20 minutes to the petrol staion. Check [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Klef&daddr=Unbekannte+Stra%C3%9Fe&hl=de&geocode=FZ5pCQMdtIFvAA%3BFZ52CQMdD6xvAA&mra=ls&dirflg=w&sll=50.948613,7.31123&sspn=0.01287,0.027595&ie=UTF8&ll=50.950154,7.312946&spn=0.012869,0.027595&z=15 map] before! From there you can go anywhere eastwards, including long distance rides too.

Take the tram no. 5 or 13 to ''Nußbaumer Str.''. There is an on-ramp. A lot of traffic goes in your direction, but it is very dangerous for drivers to stop there.

For direction [[Krefeld]]/[[Nijmegen]] riding the S-bahn to ''Worringen'' and try it from there, average waiting time around 30-60 minutes.

On the motorway ring around Cologne, to the west of the city, there's the motorway service area ''FrechenOption 1'''. You can reach it by catching a train to Königsdorf S-Bahn (around 20 minutes). Turn right on the stairs at the station, walk through the car park, turn left on Augustinus Straße, walk straight for 2 minutes and then turn right on to Marienhöfer Weg. Keep walking up this path into the forest for 5 minutes. Eventually you will come to a crossroad with the service station on the left. There you can get lifts to the [[Netherlands]], [[Belgium]] and [[United Kingdom|Great Britain]] from one of around 200. Trucks are going in the direction of [[Aachen]] or [[Maastricht]], at least.

Another way to get out of On the motorway ring around Cologne in that direction is , to go near the [[A4 (Germany)|A4]], Exit 11a Klettenberg and 11b Köln-Eifeltor. When at west of the latestcity, walking slightly North there is an extra lane that looks like an ideal place for people to stop, and slightly South of 's the motorway service area Autobahnparkplatz Frechen Ri. AK Kerpen. You can reach it is by catching a big truck stop and petrol station where you can try and ask peopletrain to Frechen-Königsdorf (around 20 minutes). To reach these exits from Turn right on the stairs at the centrestation, take walk through the tram U18 to "Efferen" (car park, turn left on Augustinus Straße, walk straight for 11a) or to "Eifelwall" 2 minutes and then bus 138 turn right on to "Güterverkehrszentrum"Marienhöfer Weg. This option is especially interesting to know if Keep walking up this path into the forest for 5 minutes. Eventually you get trapped in Cologne while trying will come to cross a crossroad with the service station on the Ruhr arealeft.