December 17, 2021 – Stefan Angele
The ADAC expects fuller motorways again around the holidays than last year in the north. Even if traffic jams and disabilities did not reach the pre-Corona level, delays on the highways in the north could occur on December 23 and 27, the ADAC announced on Friday (December 17).
More traffic than Christmas 2020 – but no traffic chaos
According to ADAC, there will probably be significantly more traffic and traffic jams on the autobahns than at Christmas 2020. At that time, a Germany-wide partial lockdown had severely restricted private travel. The congestion level of earlier years will, however, probably not be reached. Trips abroad, visits to relatives and trips to local recreation areas are permitted with the exception of individual hotspots. Politicians’ appeal to stay at home for Christmas and the lack of planning security are likely to deter many people from traveling again this year. The streets of the metropolitan areas are also unlikely to reach their load limits as much as in previous years, although the rush hour traffic around the big cities has been almost as heavy for months as it was before the pandemic. Fewer last-minute gift hunters are expected, partly because Christmas markets are banned in many places.
The days before the festival the most congested
The busiest days are Wednesday, December 22nd and Thursday, December 23rd, when the Christmas holidays begin in almost all federal states. The streets get crowded, especially on the afternoons of the two days. The Christmas days themselves are always less congested than most of the other days of the year. The ADAC expects quiet traffic, especially on Christmas Eve (Friday, December 24th) and on the first public holiday (Saturday, December 25th). On Boxing Day (Sunday, December 26th), many drivers leave Relatives and family visits back. Then patience is required, especially in the afternoon.
These are the most important traffic jams during the Christmas holidays:
-Great areas of Hamburg, Berlin, Cologne, Frankfurt and Munich
– A 1 Cologne – Dortmund – Bremen – Hamburg
– A 2 Dortmund – Hanover – Braunschweig – Berlin
– A 3 Cologne – Frankfurt – Nuremberg – Passau
– A 4 Kirchheimer Dreieck – Erfurt – Dresden
– A 5 Hattenbacher Dreieck – Karlsruhe
– A 6 Heilbronn – Nuremberg
– A 7 Hamburg – Hanover and Würzburg – Füssen / Reutte
– A 8 Karlsruhe – Stuttgart – Munich – Salzburg
– A 9 Munich – Nuremberg
– A 10 Berliner Ring
– A 24 Hamburg – Berlin
– A 61 Mönchengladbach – Koblenz – Ludwigshafen
– A 81 Stuttgart – Singen
– A 93 Inntal triangle – Kufstein
– A 95 / B 2 Munich – Garmisch-Partenkirchen
– A 99 bypass Munich
Trips abroad easier than in 2020
Car trips abroad are easier this year than a year ago. However, there will not be many and long traffic jams. A little more travel time should be planned on the highways to the winter sports resorts (Tauernautobahn, Brenner and Gotthard route). At all German external borders, both when leaving the neighboring country and when entering Germany, waiting times can generally be expected due to increased controls. The respectively applicable regulations (usually proof of vaccination or recovery certificates or test requirements) are mostly randomly checked. The controls focus on the main border crossings on the motorways.
The best traffic for the north
Whatever else is going on on the streets and rails you can always hear at full and half on Radio Hamburg Verkehr. So make sure to check it out when you’re out and about. The easiest way to do this in the car is via DAB + or via the FM frequency 103.6. Alternatively, it’s easiest to use the Radio Hamburg app!
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