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'''Marburg''' is a medieval city in the [[Germany|German]] ''Bundesland'' [[Hesse]] small University town with the well known [http://www.unian alternative left-marburgwing flair.de/ Philipps Universität]As one of the few German cities that have not been bombed during WWII, it is host to a pittoresque medieval inner city. One of It is great to hang out for a few days and friends can be made easily except for March and August when the places definitely worth visiting in this city is [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marburger_Schloss Marburg Castle]almost empty from students due to university holidays.

Close to the central train station There is an on-ramp to the B3. It is located at the traffic lights where intersection of ''Neue Kasseler Straße '' and ''Zimmermannstraße'' intersect. About , about 5 min. minutes walk from the train station. If you are planing planning to get to the Autobahn (see below) almost anyone can take you as far as to where the B3 hits the B62. There is a roundabout where you can be dropped and from there you should get to Alsfeld quite fast.

There is an ESSO petrol station right in Marburg underneath ''Kurt-Schumacher-Brücke'' on the B3 motorway in northern direction. From there, it should be possible to reach Kassel on the B3 or the B62 roads to Alsfeld though it can take an hour or two as there are only few cars refuelling at this place. You reach the station within five minutes walking from the city center of Marburg. [[User:Wherever|AndiWherever]] tried this several times without success except once and highly recommends taking the southern route instead; even if heading North. Even if you get a lift, it will take you many cars to cover reasonable distance because the traffic is almost exclusively local. He thus highly recommends taking the southern route instead; even if heading North.

You also might consider going north via Gießen. It´s a little detour, but you reach the Autobahn A5 faster (it´s ~ 30 km to Gießen, but ~ 90 km to Kassel).

There are two spots in the city center which can be anything between extremely rewarding and driving no you nowhere except to desperation.

* One of them is the '''on-ramp at the central railway station''' (''Hauptbahnhof'' or ''Bahnhof''), which has the advantages of offering a lot of traffic and a shelter from rain (it is underneath a brdge) and the disadvantages of you being somewhat in the dark (due to that same bridge) and relying on rather courageous drivers since there is no hard shoulder for the cars to stop to stop. Drivers can see you for while as they are stopping at the red light not far from you. [[User:Wherever|AndiWherever]] got easy rides from here twice but gave up after more than two hours on another occasion (early morning, though).* Aother Another option is the '''on-ramp next to REWEat ''' at Erlenring'''. It is similar to the above except that you don't have the benefits and drawback of drawbacks related to standing under a bridge. You're quite exposed to the whether weather (hot in summer, cold in winter), but you have a supermarket nearby. Here, [[User:Wherever|AndiWherever]] also has a 2 in 3 success rate.