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* Take U-Bahn line U6 or U7 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 umbrellas. | * Take U-Bahn line U6 or U7 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 umbrellas. | ||
* Nearby (also U-Bahn line U6 or U7, and Straßenbahn line 16 or 17) is “Bockenheimer Warte”. Here is the university – ask students at the library (“Uni-Bibliothek”) to give you free internet access. The university cafés serve cheap, healthy food and are open to everyone – look young, confident and busy, and you won't have to show a pass to get a student discount. | * Nearby (also U-Bahn line U6 or U7, and Straßenbahn line 16 or 17) is “Bockenheimer Warte”. Here is the university – ask students at the library (“Uni-Bibliothek”) to give you free internet access. The university cafés serve cheap, healthy food and are open to everyone – look young, confident and busy, and you won't have to show 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 | + | *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 in the world. Or at least in Frankfurt. |
== Internet == | == Internet == | ||
| − | + | Many cheap options (1-1.50 EUR per hour) on the streets around Hauptbahnhof. | |
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== Public Transport == | == Public Transport == | ||
* You definitely need a Ticket for Public Transport. | * You definitely need a Ticket for Public Transport. | ||
Revision as of 11:35, 16 October 2010
Frankfurt am Main
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Country:  |
Germany |
State:  |
Hesse |
| Population: | 659,000 |
| Licence plate: | F |
| Major roads: | A3, A5, A66, A661, A648 |
| Meet fellow hitchhikers on Trustroots | |
Frankfurt is a major city in Hessen, Germany. It is an air, rail and road transport hub, so you will find many people travelling out of the city in many different directions.
Hitching out
All directions
Perhaps the best 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 of the city.
Underneath the “Messeturm” skyscraper is a roundabout connecting Theodor-Heuss-Allee, Friedrich-Ebert-Anlage and Senkenberganlage. Take U-Bahn underground line U4, or Straßenbahn tram lines 16 or 17, and get off at the stop “Festhalle/Messe”. The roundabout should be easily visible.
The 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 in the direction A86/A3 (among others), and the bus stop is under a tall hotel.
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 (Kassel, Hannover) and South (Karlsruhe, Strasbourg, Freiburg) 
Take tram No. 17 from Central Station till the last stop "Am Rebstockbad", takes you about 10 minutes. You can already see the motorway, which leads 300m later for both directions of the A5. When you arrive at the gas station that heads into Frankfurt there is a bridge 200 meter away. Cross the bridge to the other side of the motorway, at this gas station almost every car will go either north or south of the A5. The next gas station in the north is "Wetterau", which is usually quite a good spot for long rides. But this gas station also has lots of potential, some more experiences are needed though! Twice Wukk found a ride after 5 minutes, one straight to Hamburg, one to "Raststelle Wetterau".
East to Würzburg, Nürnberg, Czech Republic 
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Take for example U-Bahn 1, 2 or 3 from main railroad station to Südbahnhof. (There are multiple ways to get to Südbahnhof, just pick one of them.) In front of the station there are a couple of bus stops, take bus number 30 or 36 to direction “Sachsenhauser Hainer Weg” and get out at the stop at Sachsenhauser street. Road 3 is right beside you, and there is a restplace where you get by running across 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. 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 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.
If you're a Frankfurt university student...
...then you probably have a Semesterticket giving you free rides on RMV transport. If you're going long distances, then use your Semesterticket to get yourself as far on your journey as possible! This also applies to anyone with a Hessenticket.
- For all destinations North eg. Niedersachsen, Hamburg, Bremen, Denmark, and East eg. Thuringia, Sachsen, Brandenburg, Berlin, Poland, first take a train to Alsfeld, and use the service station near there (journey time 90–120 minutes from Frankfurt, but can be well worth it).
- For all destinations South eg. Baden-Württemberg, Strasbourg, Switzerland, first take a train to Bickenbach, and use the service station near there (journey time also 90–120 minutes from Frankfurt, not such a wonderful place as Alsfeld but it can still help).
Food
- Take U-Bahn line U6 or U7 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 umbrellas.
- Nearby (also U-Bahn line U6 or U7, and Straßenbahn line 16 or 17) is “Bockenheimer Warte”. Here is the university – ask students at the library (“Uni-Bibliothek”) to give you free internet access. The university cafés serve cheap, healthy food and are open to everyone – look young, confident and busy, and you won't have to show 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 in the world. Or at least in Frankfurt.
Internet
Many cheap options (1-1.50 EUR per hour) on the streets around Hauptbahnhof.
Public Transport
- You definitely need a Ticket for Public Transport.
