Doetinchem
Doetinchem
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Country:  |
Netherlands |
Province:  |
Gelderland |
| Population: | 59.265 (2023) |
| Major roads: | A 18 |
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Doetinchem is a city in The Netherlands, in the eastern province of Gelderland.
Contents
- 1 Hitchhiking out
- 2 Accommodation and Sleep
- 3 Other useful info
Hitchhiking out
West towards Arnhem, East towards Varsseveld, Enschede, A 18
Option 1
Coordinates: 51.944, 6.310 Google OSM
Take bus 28 or 48 and get out at the McD. There is a carpool parking where you can try to ask people for a ride.
Option 2a
Coordinates: 51.950, 6.274 Google OSM
Take bus 24 to Woonboulevard. Walk 300meter and cross the Europaweg. Now turn right to the TinQ petrol station. There is no paved sidewalk, but a grassy path along the ditch. The entrance to the petrol station is an easy place for passing drivers to pull over.
Option 2b
Coordinates: 51.9620, 6.2795 Google OSM
This location is untested by the author.
Another gas station on Europaweg. Easier to reach on foot from the centre, but probably less people going on the highway. There is a pedestrian entrance at the back leading to a foot path, so no offroading necessary.
East towards Varsseveld, Enschede
Coordinates: 51.967, 6.325 Google OSM
500m outside the city on the Varsseveldseweg is an old windmill, Benninkmolen. There is a small parking bay where drivers can stop. Although it's a local road many people use it to get on the N 18 near Varsseveld. Almost every driver can take you to Varsseveld and many go as far as Enschede or Hengelo.
South towards Emmerich A 3 by N 316
Option 1
Coordinates: 51.950, 6.274 Google OSM
Same as before, the petrol station on Europaweg. People will asume you want to go on the highway so use a sign Emmerich or DLD.
Option 2
Coordinates: 51.8622, 6.2430 Google OSM
Alternatively, take bus 24 all the way to 's Heerenberg, and from the bus station walk 25 minutes to the onramp of the A 3.
There also is a petrol station 500meter further up the road, but this is mainly used by Dutch drivers pumping cheaper German fuel, who don't enter the highway.
When traffic is busy drivers might not stop at the onramp because there isn't a lot of space. Therefore it might be best to take the first ride that can take you 15km further, to the onramp at Isselburg. There is a wider onramp here.
West towards Doesburg and A 348, North towards Zutphen
Coordinates: 51.972, 6.277 Google OSM
Either use the bus stop on Keppelseweg, or walk 300 meters further past the traffic lights and stand at the exit of Prins Alexanderstraat. When trying to go to Doesburg, but your driver goes to Zutphen ask them to take a small detour to drop you in Laag Keppel. The bus stop there is very good.
North towards Zelhem, Ruurlo N 315
Coordinates: 51.964, 6.315 Google OSM
Fieten Olie petrol station on Oostelijke Randweg. It's not really accessible for pedestrians but you can cross the street from the bicycle path on the other side. Aproach from the north because there is no ditch on that side.
The entrance to the petrol station is an easy place for passing drivers to pull over.
Accommodation and Sleep
Other useful info
> 500.000: Amsterdam • Rotterdam
300.000-500.000: Den Haag • Utrecht
150.000–300.000: Eindhoven • Tilburg • Almere • Nijmegen • Groningen
100.000–150.000: Amersfoort • Apeldoorn • Arnhem • Breda • Dordrecht • Enschede • Haarlem • 's-Hertogenbosch • Leiden • Maastricht • Zoetermeer • Zwolle
If you search cities with less than 100.000 inhabitants, have a look at the seperate Provinces articles. You find them at the bottom of this page.
