User:Chris9012

About me

I'm a 30-something Dutch hitchhiker. I live in Doetinchem, Netherlands but I usually start hitchhiking on the A3 near Emmerich. I mainly hitchhike for vacations, but want to get into the habit of hitching for daytrips as well.

Modus operandi: I'm a gas station exit dweller, as I believe that people that want to help will stop anyways. I prefer hitching without signs, but always carry a home made whiteboard.

Feel free to write something on my talk page, or find me on Insta. Chris_reist_rond. (On my story it's mainly pics of my backpack against guardrails).

Also I sometimes post travel story's in Dutch on my facebook page "Chris reist rond". (Chris travels around).

Some stats:

Total hitchhiked: 15.332 km

Longest journey: 8018 km. Netherland to Nordkapp, Finland, the Baltics, Germany and Poland. 31 days, 23 days of hitchhiking.

Furthest ride: 596 km (Oulu->Turku)

Most km per day: 695 km (Brussel -> Macon)

Most ride's per day: 11x (Moskenes->Evenes)

Send off by police: 2x (Metz & Uppsala)

Country's hitched:

Netherlands

Germany

Belgium

France

Andorra

Denmark

Sweden

Norway

Finland

Estonia

Latvia

Lithuania

Poland

My personal HH hell's

• The road from Lakselv to Karasjok.
• Toulouse
• Hamburg Stillhorn West

Future HH'ing plans:

• Doetinchem -> Rotterdam & Hull -> Leeds.

Not sure though as there will be a deadline.

• The Channel islands

• Tramprennen 2024

Looking for teammates.

Log

For my log, see: Chris9012