Düsseldorf

Düsseldorf
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Information
Country:	Germany
State:	North Rhine-Westphalia
Population:	577,505 (31 Dec 2006)
Licence plate:	D
Major roads:	A44, A52, A46, A59, A57, A3
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Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German Bundesland North Rhine-Westphalia. It's located in the west of Germany.

Hitching Out

West towards Aachen, Belgium, Paris

Take public transportations to Grevenbroich, Daimlerstr in order to get to the petrol station on the A46 which is shown on the right. Just go on www.vrr.de, and look how to get to Grevenbroich, Daimlerstr. and make your way through. It's easy. The bus ride will take you less than an hour.

North, East towards Hamburg, Osnabrück, Münster, Hannover, Berlin

The best way to head this direction is probably to take the public transportations to the petrol station along the A2. Take the train at Düsseldorf central station (Hauptbahnhof) to Oberhausen-Sterkrade and then the bus #979 to Heinrich-Heine-Straße. You will see the highway from this street, so just walk towards it. You can also just ask the service point at the Düsseldorf central station to print out the best route to Heinrich-Heine-Straße in Bottrop. It will take you ca. 54 Minutes to get there with this connection. The fare is about € 4,10, but it is really worth it, because from this station you will get off very quickly.

South towards Cologne, Bonn

<map lat='51.129142' lng='6.603041' zoom='12' view='0' float='right'/> Take the public transportations to the petrol station in Hilden, Ohligser Heide at the A3. There are several ways to get there. If you are in Düsseldorf-Bilk, type in the busstation next to you at vrr.de, because there are buses going there. That would be very quick. You can also just ask at the service point of Düsseldorf central station how to get to Hilden - Südfriedhof or Hilden S, or go to vrr.de and type in the connection. If you go to Hilden S-train station, you will have to walk a bit (see map). It will take you ca. 40 Minutes to get there.

West towards Aachen, Belgium

Take the public transportations to the petrol station in Grevenbroich along the A46. You have to go to the busstation Grevenbroich – Daimlerstraße. From there it is quite easy to find.

In Düsseldorf you can also start from the Aral petrol station at Südring 115. Take tram 712 to "Südring". From there walk about 500m the "Südring" towards the city (when you see the rhine, you walked to the wrong direction). On Saturday evening there's always a "muscle car" meeting.