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Underneath the “Messeturm” skyscraper Traffic is a roundabout connecting Theodor-Heuss-Allee, Friedrich-Ebert-Anlage very busy and Senkenberganlageslow here every day from 7:00 to 20:00. Take U-Bahn underground line U4, or Straßenbahn tram lines 16 or 17, and get off The rate at which people pick up hitch hikers here is reportedly very low (twits will also make a variety of offensive gestures at the stop “Festhalle/Messe”. The roundabout should you so be easily visibleprepared) but with so much traffic going in every direction you can eventually get a ride.
Traffic is very busy here every day from 7:00 to 20:00. The traffic moves slowly. Although this looks like an almost-perfect hitchhiking spot, it is still in the centre of a large city and so expect a waiting time of 30–60 minutes. There is a reasonable chance of finding other hitchhikers at this spot.
If you prefer not to take public transport, then from the “Hauptbahnhof” central train station walk north for approximately 15 minutes. Look for the dark red Messeturm skyscraper (nickname “The Pencil”, which gives a clue to it's appearance) and walk towards it along the main road. From there, look for the roundabout.
=== North '''2nd option:''' Take tram No. 17 from Frankfurt DB main train station until the last stop "Am Rebstockbad" ([http://g.co/maps/6h9fe Map]. This takes you about 10 minutes. From the final stop "Am Rebstockbad" you can already see the motorway (A648) which interchanges some 700 meter westward on the [[A5 (Germany)|Autobahn A5]] (north/soutward). When you arrive at the (eastbound) ''Esso'' gas station on the side that leads into Frankfurt - walk westward along the Autobahn and cross at a road bridge 200-300 meters away. Cars that refuel at the opposite (westbound) ''Esso'' gas station will in almost every case travel either northward ([[Kassel]], [[Hannover]]) and South or southward ([[KarlsruheDarmstadt]], [[StrasbourgBasel]], ) on the [[Freiburg im BreisgauA5 (Germany)|FreiburgAutobahn A5]]) {{Autobahn|5}} ===.
'''1st optionJune 2019:I''' Take tram No. 17 from Frankfurt DB main train station until ve been on the last stop "Am Rebstockbad". This takes you northward spot and was able to get a short ride after about 10 90 minutes. From The traffic from the final gas station is low, and it seems to be very hard to stop "Am Rebstockbad" you can already see the motorway (A648) which interchanges some 700 meter westward cars driving on Autobahn A5 (north/soutward). When you arrive at the (eastbound) Esso gas station on the side that leads into Frankfurt - walk westward along the Autobahn and cross at a road bridge 200-300 meters awaynext to it. Cars that refuel at Not saying it is not possible, just prepare to the opposite (westbound) Esso gas station will in almost every case travel either northward (Kassel, Hannover) or southward (Darmstadt, Basel) on Autobahn A5option of waiting.
NOTE'''2nd option ([[Rest area]] Gräfenhausen - in the south of Frankfurt)''': User trt tried here in July 2011<br/> Take suburban train (S-Bahn) S3 (indicating: [[Darmstadt]]) to the stop "Erzhausen", leave the station and found almost every car was heading west, not North onto walk through the town Erzhausen on "Bahnstraße" and "Hauptstraße" westward until you can hear the [[A5(Germany)|Autobahn A5]]. Not an ideal place At some point, you will see a sign pointing left to hitch North from a '''Schützenhaus''', follow this direction, continue straight beyond the clubhouse and you will arrive at [http://www.serways.de/standorte/standorte/Gr%C3%A4fenhausen%20Ost Rastanlage Gräfenhausen Ost] (But apparently great to hitch west[http://g.co/maps/wjg7k Map]).It takes 50-60 minutes from the city center of Frankfurt until "Rastanlage Gräfenhausen". There is plenty of long distance traffic 24 hours a day at this spot, a restaurant as well as a small supermarket!
'''4th option''' Take subway (U-Bahn) line 1, 2 or 3 from the DB main train station to the final stop "Südbahnhof" (there are also many other ways to reach Südbahnhof = just pick one of them!) Take bus number 30 or 36 from the station to the stop “Sachsenhausen - Hainer Weg”. Bundesstraße 3 ("Babenhäuser Landstraße") is right at the busstop, there is a restarea which you can reach by crossing the road. This is a hitchhiking spot ''par excellence'' - lots of cars passing it all the time and it is easy to pull off there. Attention: Think twice if someone offers you a ride to the petrol station nearby, by taking it you will lose this spot and might end up waiting for hours.
NOTE: i I was at this spot in July 2010 and im not sure how great it is, one of the workers on the ground behind actually drove us to to the Service station further down the autobahn (which was excellent), because he said he saw a couple wait a whole day for no lifts the week before. March 2015: Been to that spot as well and didn't get a ride, there's mainly local traffic. Besides I guess public transport has changed slightly since the first description was uploadad. There is no U-Bahn 1,2 or 3 directly from the Hauptbahnhof. '''Easiest way I found to get to the spot is taking the S-Bahn S5 or S6 from Hauptbahnhof to "Lokalbahnhof". From there you can enter Bus line 30 or 36 from "Lokalbahnhof/Darmstädter Landstraße". The last stop is the described spot.''' Each ride (S-Bahn as well as bus) will cost you 2,75€. July 2016: The person giving his account of March 2015 is right about the public transport! I have been to this spot twice. The first time it was in 2014: it took me three hours to get away from here to the next gas-station. The second time in July 2016 it took me 5 minutes to get there, and my friends who were also itch-hiking got a ride half an hour later. So I guess it is just a very uncertain place. One thing I do know: if you do get a ride to the next gas station, which is actually on the highway: take it. The person saying you shouldn't is right about something else though: it is mainly local traffic going to the surrounding villages. They do however all take the highway there and many WILL pass the gas-station. So I suggest makeing two sings when you try this spot. One with [[Würzburg]] on it and one with the sign of a gas-station. Both our groups did this the second time around and we got rides easily, like I said. 2nd Option Alternative which takes you to the service area mentioned above.Take S1 train to Rodgau-Weiskirchen then walk along Bahnhofstrasse until you reach Hauptstrasse turn right and then take first left into Shillerstrass. Follow Shillerstrasse until you reach into the forest and then take first road going left. This will take you straight to the Service area. It takes approximately 40 minutes.
'''5th option''' To leave Frankfurt in the direction of Cologne or Ruhrgebiet westward - as well as Würzburg, Passau:[[User:Halt, Vienna or Munich (via Würzburg) eastward you should consider hitchhiking from "Rastanlage Weiskirchen"_Stop!_Reudnitz_kommt. From Frankfurt DB main train station you should take suburban train (S-Bahn) S1 (indicating: "Rödermark Ober-Roden") |Craig]] found it easy to get a lift south but rather tough to the stop "Weiskirchen". Wander through the town on "Bahnhofstraße", "Schillerstraße" and "Pommernstraße", later through the cropfields first in east- then find a car going in northward direction until you can see north along the Autobahn. There is two sides of "Rastanlage Weiskirchen", north and south. A roadbridge over A3/E42 [[A5 (east of the stationGermany) connects both sides. From Frankfurt you can reach this place in around 60 minutes|A5]].
=== If you're a Frankfurt university studentHitched from the Airport direction A3 South to Nurnberg on 16.6.13 and stood there for 5 hours. ===...then you probably have a Semesterticket giving you free rides Note there is not much traffic going to Bavaria especially on RMV transportsundays. If you're going long distances, then use your Semesterticket want to get yourself as far on your journey as possible! This also applies to anyone go that direction have a look for Licence plates with a Hessenticket.* For all destinations '''North''' eg. WÜ, [[Hamburg]]AB, [[Bremen]]N, [[Denmark]]BA, and M'''East''' eg. , , , [[Berlin]], [[Poland]], first take a train to [[Alsfeld]], and use Otherwise the airport is great for anything going south down the A5 or going north the service station near there (journey time 90–120 minutes from FrankfurtA3, but can be well worth it).* For all destinations '''South''' eg. , [[Strasbourg]], [[Switzerland]]lots of traffic going that direction, first take even met a train hitchhiker going to [[Bickenbach]], and use the service station near there (journey time also 90–120 minutes from Frankfurt, not such berlin getting a wonderful place as Alsfeld but it can still help)lift immidiatly.Melmacian
== Food ==* Take U-Bahn line U6 or U7 [[user:damaniacle|dominic]] had a hard time trying to “Leipziger Straße” to find a cheap selection of market stalls, restaurants, fast food, supermarkets, international callshops, and shops selling small but useful items like knives or umbrellasgo north on the A5 in june 2013.* Nearby (also U-Bahn line U6 or U7eventually, and Straßenbahn line 16 or 17) is “Bockenheimer Warte”. Here is on the university – ask students at the library (“Uni-Bibliothek”) advice of some police officers, he moved to give you free internet accessthis on ramp: http://goo. The university cafés serve cheap, healthy food and are open to everyone – look young, confident and busy, and you won't have to show gl/maps/tYgBg where he found a pass to get a student discount.* Take Bus 36 from "Konstablerwache" to Adlerflychtplatz. Just next to the Bus-Stop is the "Aroma" an israeli Falaffel Store. For 3.80 you will get the best Falaffel Sandwich ride in the worldfive minutes. Or at least in Frankfurta 20 minute walk, but it may be better for going north.
== Internet ==Many cheap options [[user:helen.neleh|Helen]] says: Hard to find direct lifts to the North (1-1Berlin).50 EUR per hourStill, a nice women took me to the next petrol station (only 5 min away) on from where I found someone going to A5. Once there, it's pretty straight forward. I went in the middle of the streets around Hauptbahnhofnight and it only took me six hours to Berlin.
== Public Transport ==* You definitely need [[user:david.david|David]] stood there 1,5 hours to get A3 north-east and then took a Ticket for Public Transporttrain.A sign would be very very helpful, as people are driving everywhere (but not where YOU want to go ;-) )
User trt rode the tram [[user:Malula|Malula]] go a lift towards cologne in July 2011 and encountered Controllers. They were easily spotted 20 min (back in white shirts2017), black pantsit was way harder to get towards Bavaria, and some wore grey vests. They also barely glimpsed at after 2h someone took us (2ppl) until the tickets, so a used ticket could easily passnext gasstaion. == Othere useful info =={{nomadwiki}}
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'''Frankfurt''' is a major city in Hesse, [[Germany]]. It is an [[hitchhiking a ]], [[plane|air]], [[train|rail]] and road transport hub, so you will find many people travelling out of the city in many different directions. == Hitchhiking in ==If you are coming from the north (Netherlands; Cologne, Düsseldorf, etc.) and your ride is not going directly to Frankfurt am Main, but continuing towards the south instead, ask your driver to drop you out at the Medenbach service station at the A3. It lies some 35km northwest of Frankfurt. This is a very busy service station and you should be able to quickly find a ride directly to central Frankfurt. If you miss that stop, there won't be any other good places to be dropped out until close to Darmstadt (unless of course, the driver is willing to make a detour to leave you at Frankfurt Airport).
== Hitchhiking out ==
=== All directions ===North ([[Kassel]], [[Hannover]]), West ([[Wiesbaden]], [[Mainz]]) and South ([[Karlsruhe]], [[Strasbourg]], [[File:theodorheussalleefrankfurt.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Traffic-eye-view of the hitchhiking spot on Theodor-Heuss-Allee.Basel]]) {{Autobahn|5}} ===Perhaps the best A good spot for getting rides out of Frankfurt in every direction is on the B8, on the start of the "Theodor-Heuss-Allee " near the centre center of the city. The spot is a bus stop on "Theodor-Heuss-Allee", about 40 metres after a roundabout next to “Messeturm” skyscraper. Take the U-Bahn line U4, or Straßenbahn line 16 or 17, to “Festhalle/Messe”. Or walk from the Hauptbahnhof north for approximately 15 minutes to Messeturm skyscraper. As of February 2013 there has been construction near here for a couple years and the bus stop has moved further down the road. Everything else is still the same.
The next good hitch hiking spot is a bus stop on the Theodor-Heuss-Allee (see image), about 20 metres after the roundabout. Theodor-Heuss-Allee is the main road ''without'' a Straßenbahn tram line following along it. It is the road A5/E451 in the northern direction A86/A3 (among others), is "Raststätte Wetterau" and the bus stop is under a tall hotelbetter spot to look for longer rides so try to get a ride to there if you are heading north.
=== North ([[Kassel]], [[Hannover]], [[Gießen]], [[Marburg]]) {{Autobahn|5}} ===The next gas station "Friedberger Landstrasse" (Friedberger Street) is often used to leave the city towards the [[A5 (Germany)|Autobahn A5]] (North). From the "Konstablerwache" (city centre), walk (2 km) or take the tram 18 / bus 30 till the stop "Münzenberger Str.". Hitchhike on A5this road about 150 m before the entrance of the supermarket ''Lidl'' ([http://g.co/maps/E451pymu4 Map]) in northern direction is . You definitely need a sign with "Raststätte WetterauA5"on it because many cars go to other (uninteressant) directions. It is usually a very good perfect spot for long rides. Twice [[User:Wukk|Wukk]] found to get a ride after 5 minutes, one straight to the [[HamburgA5 (Germany)|Autobahn A5]], one (for instance to the rest area "Wetterau").
'''2nd 3rd option''' <br/>Take suburban train (S-Bahn) S3 (indicating: Darmstadt) the Metro to the stop "ErzhausenKalbach"(Line U2 or U9), leave underpass the station highway and walk through take the town Erzhausen on second street right (street is called "BahnstraßeAm Martinszehnten" ). There is a petrol station called Hessol and "Hauptstraße" westward until you can hear Autobahn A5. To reach [http://www.rast.de/standorte/suche/detail.html?ID=123 Rastanlage Gräfenhausen Ost] (northwarda McDonalds, direction Kassel and Hannover) on which are close to A5 cross the fields lefthand before you reach the Autobahn. Check with GOOGLE-maps before you leave, As the way petrol station is simple to find but not marked. To reach [http://www.rast.de/standorte/suche/detail.html?ID=124 Rastanlage Gräfenhausen West] (southward, direction Karlsruhe cheap it is frequently used and Basel) stay on "Hauptstraße", cross the Autobahn via the bridge, walk lefthand through the forest on "Erzhäuser Weg" until the relais. It takes 50 minutes you can easily get a ride from there to the city center of Frankfurt until A5 - at least to service station "Rastanlage GräfenhausenWetterau". There wich is plenty of a good spot to find long -distance traffic 24 hours a day at this spot, a restaurant as well as a small supermarket!lifts.
=== South ([[Karlsruhe]], [[Strasbourg]], [[Freiburg im Breisgau|Freiburg]]) {{Autobahn|5}} ===
Go by subway (U-Bahn) line 7 (U7) to the last stop "Heerstraße", continue walking the path along the rail-track on the left side northward. Walk over the path/road between the fields until the Autobahn and cross via the underpass. You´ll see a small steep footpath on the right. Go there and you are on the [[rest area]] "Taunusblick" on the [[A5 (Germany)|A5]]. The whole journey takes not more than 25/30 minutes from the city center, you can get on the underground at Hauptwache and Konstablerwache - two main underground stations in the city centre, in the end you have 10 minutes walking only. Attention: There is no exit or entrance for cars going north on A5/E451! You can only use the rest area ''Taunusblick'' to travel South!
From this spot I got a ride to Kharlsruhe in about 15mins
Attention No2: Until 2018 the U6 used to go there, now the lines swiched and you need to take the U7.
'''3rd 2nd option:([[Rest area]] Gräfenhausen - in the south of Frankfurt)''' Go by subway : Take suburban train (US-Bahn) line 6 S3 (indicating: [[Darmstadt]]) to the last stop "Heerstraße"''Erzhausen'', continue walking leave the path along station and walk through the rail-track town ''Erzhausen'' on the left side northward"Bahnstraße" and "Hauptstraße". Walk over the fields until Cross the Autobahn and cross via the underpass. You´ll see a small steep footpath on bridge, walk lefthand through the right. Go there and you are forest on ''Erzhäuser Weg'' until the new gas-station "Taunusblick" on the A 5relais [[http://g. The whole journey takes not more than 25co/maps/30 minutes from 4hgfc Map]. Hitchhike on the city center. Attention[http: There is no exit or entrance for cars going north on A5/E451/maps.rast. You can only use "de/tank-und-rast/standorte/Gr%C3%A4fenhausen%20West Rastanlage Taunusblick" to travel south!Gräfenhausen West].
=== East ([[Würzburg]], [[Nürnberg]], [[Czech Republic]]) {{Autobahn|3}} ===
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=== West ([[Cologne|Köln]], [[Dortmund]]) and East ([[Würzburg]], [[Munich]]) {{Autobahn|3}} ===
"Rastanlage Weiskirchen" has two sides, north and south for going east or west. A bridge over A3/E42 (east of the station) connects both sides. From Frankfurt you can reach this place in around 60 minutes. From Frankfurt DB main train station, you should take S-Bahn S1 direction: "Rödermark Ober-Roden" to the stop "Weiskirchen". Wander through the town on "Bahnhofstraße", "Schillerstraße" and "Pommernstraße", later through the cropfields first in east- then in northward direction until you can see the Autobahn.
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<s>'''2nd option ([[Rest area]] Theißtal - west of Frankfurt)''': An alternative, if you want to leave Frankfurt for [[Köln]] and further north or west, is the rest area Theißtal along the [[A3 (Germany)|Autobahn A3]]. Take the S-Bahn (S2) towards Niedernhausen (final stop, about 30 minutes). You'll hear the Autobahn once you are there. Walk 1.5 km (20 min) northwestwards. There is a tiny footpath through the woods leading all the way to the motorway rest area, and if you try to stick close to the Autobahn, you shouldn't miss it. You'll walk past a shooting range, and when you reach a 100m diameter clearing in the woods, you're there. Most cars here go at least to Köln/Bonn if they don't go to [[Koblenz]], since there isn't much else on the way.</s>
As of May 2017 there is a fence between the woods and the rest area
Option 3 Medenbach service station (Probably best option to go towards Cologne)
This option has a fair bit of potential walking but leaves you at a well visited service station on the A3 to the West of Frankfurt and really only ends up being one or 2 kilometers more of a walk compared to the first option. Take the S-Bahn S2 towards Niedernhausen and get off at Eppstein-Bremthal. You can save a kilometer of uphill walking by taking bus 20 (just outside the station and easy to board without a ticket because you can enter in the back doors) for 3 (possibly 4) stops to bus stop Waldallee. (The stop is immediately after the bus turns right after reach the top of the hill. You then have a 5 kilometer walk to the service station but could also hitch a ride most of the way. Going the opposite direction of the bus, walk along the L3017 passing through the town of Wildsachsen. About a kilometer past the town, turn right onto L3018. (It veers slightly away from the previous road heading up a hill. Walk 500 meters and turn left onto the path. (Or if you want to go south keep going until you pass under the autobahn.) Walk about 700 meters on the path and you will be able to turn right on a road that leads to the service station. You can then turn left and follow it until you come out near the gas station or just after the green fence you can turn right and take the elevator down to the ground level and emerge in the parking area near the restaurant. (You'll have to press the door open button to get the doors to open). From here you could easily get a ride even as far as Belgium or the Netherlands.
=== From the airport ===
[[File:Frankfurtairportcarparkexit.jpg|thumb|220px|right|[[User:Halt, Stop! Reudnitz kommt.|Craig]] stood in front of that traffic sign (waiting times: 10, 40 mins)]]
There are two good spots at the car park. Go to the arrival level in front of Terminal 1. You can now enter a throughway beneath the brownish Sheraton building that is opposite to Terminal 1 Part C. There is a delivery area of the Sheraton, great spot. Slow traffic and a lot of space for stopping. You should be able to spot the main car park exit. You can follow the cars further down some 100 meters to find a spot in the sunlight. Note that most traffic will go south!
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