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Berlin
Population: 3,405,483 (31 Juli 2007)
Licence plate: B
Major roads: A2, A9, A10, A11, A12, A13, A24
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Berlin is the capital of Germany.

Hitchhiking out

Northwest towards Hamburg, Rostock and Scandinavia Bundesautobahn 24 number.svg

For hitchhiking to Hamburg prepare a cardboard sign with "HH" written on it, which is the license plate sign for cars from Hamburg and understood widely. "HRO" stands for Rostock by the way.

Option 1 - Kurt-Schumacher-Damm

This spot is nearer to Berlin than Rasthof Stolper Heide and includes much less time spent walking and on the train. To get here go with the U6 towards Alt-Tegel and get off at Kurt-Schumacher-Platz and then start walking towards the motorway. About 2 minutes away from the U-Bahn station there is a Jet petrol station. You can either ask the drivers who stop there or stand at the road right before it. (Update January 2009: Spot is open again!) You can have a free breakfast or dinner before you start in the Sikhs temple (gurdwara) that is 10 minutes walking from the petrol station. Adress - Kögelstraße 6.

  • User:MaxHermens says: It's best to ask drivers if they are going on the motorway, and if so, if they can take you to the above mentioned Stolperheide. Then you can avoid the long walk and start hitching straight away.

Option 2 - Prenzlauer Promenade

The street Prenzlauer Promenade is called Prenzlauer Allee in the city centre and becomes the Autobahn A114 next to the S-Bahn station Pankow-Heinersdorf. From there, just walk 500m down the bridge and you've got a traffic-light as well as two petrol stations, both on the right side for the drivers going towards the Autobahn. It may be worth walking to the second petrol station as it's cheaper and more frequented. However, it might happen that the staff at this second (Shell) station tell you to leave their property and threaten to call the police.

There is usually a lot of traffic on this road, so you could also hitch with a sign. Coming from Pankow-Heinersdorf", 50m before the first petrol station, there is a lane where cars can stop and people waiting at the traffic light are able to see you.

Much of the traffic here is local, but there is also significant traffic towards Hamburg and Rostock.
Try to get a lift to at least the first petrol station on the motorway ("Linumer Bruch").

Option 3 - Rasthof Stolper Heide

The hitchhiking-spot in Henningsdorf Rasthof Stolper Heide (map) is ideal in the sense that you end up starting to hitchhike directly from a petrol station in which there are a fair few people heading in direction Hamburg, Rostock or Scandinavia. You are going to have to go on a 2 km walk in total.

Get the train to S-Bahn station Heiligensee (S25 towards Henningsdorf, EUR 2.60 ticket), walk down Ruppiner Chaussee northwards (left when coming out of the station about 300 meters and turn right on an asphalt walking path (− there's a sign saying "Berliner Mauerweg"). Follow the path for 10-15 minutes. Cross the bridge over the motorway and turn immediately left down the little path - you can stay close to the motorway in order not to lose it and quickly you will see a pathway that you can follow to this Rasthof. There is a small fence to the left of the path which you have to jump at some point before you reach the station. The easiest place is probably to the right a green fenced inclosure about half way to the service station. You can easily get a direct ride to Hamburg from here, and with a little patience to Rostock. If you want to catch a certain boat in Rostock or have other basic time constraints, please note that getting to this spot from somewhere like Kreuzberg och Friedrichshain in the centre of Berlin can take two hours or even longer.

A (maybe not so good) very close-by spot that saves you the 2 km walk: Get off one station earlier, Schulzendorf (S25 towards Henningsdorf, EUR 2.60 ticket). Get out from the front of the train, and out of the station, follow Ruppiner Chaussee north, and take the first right (Schulzendorfer Straße). And there you are, on the motorway access ramp, 5 min walk from the station. However, at this spot the access ramp is quite narrow, and there is not a good place for cars to stop safely. There is also a curve in the road, and cars are traveling quickly, so this spot might be dangerous for you and the drivers. You can take any ride. If the car doesn't go your way, he can drop you off at the petrol station "Rasthof Stolper Heide" mentioned above, some kilometers up the road.

For Scandinavia bound hitchhikers

The ferries that are useable by hitchhikers are Scandline's 2 ferries, the other ones charge per passenger whereas these charge per car making the ride on the ferry free for the hitchhiker. One of them, recommended by this article when hitching from Berlin leaves from a ferry terminal 10 kilometers north of Rostock to Gedser in Denmark and the other one, from Puttgarden to Rodby, also in Denmark, sees more traffic and runs more often. For going to Copenhagen or other places in Denmark from Berlin the Rostock ferry works rather well. It does however have the problem of only leaving every 2 hours or less. Also for any Sweden (or Norway) bound hitchhikers it has the issue that rather few people on this ferry are going to Sweden so mostly you will find yourself dropped off at a petrol station before Copenhagen from where you will have to find yourself a lift to Sweden.

In hitchhiker Theo's personal Berlin --> Sweden commuting experience it is generally faster to go from Berlin to Sweden by using the Puttgarden ferry than the Rostock ferry. The time invested in getting to the main highway going north from Hamburg and Lubeck to Puttgarden is well-rewarded seeing as getting a ride by standing with a Sweden sign in Puttgarden before the ticket booth or from one of the petrol stations before saves you time and effort by not having to hitchhike at all in Denmark by using only transit traffic. The next good place to hitchhike if you are going towardsStockholm or Gothenburg is after or before people get on/off the ferry in Helsingor/Helsingborg and getting a ride from Puttgarden to there is pretty straightforward.

Direct ferries to Sweden (Trelleborg) are also hitchable - leaving from Rostock or Sassnitz (Rügen).

Northeast towards Szczecin, Gdansk (Danzig) Bundesautobahn 11 number.svg

Berliner Allee

Borough Pankow, part Weißensee: Take the tram M4 to Berliner Allee/Indira-Gandhi-Str. which can be caught at Alexanderplatz. Then walk along the Berliner Allee just around the half circle of the road and find a decent place where cars can pull over. Many cars at this intersection have Polish License and are heading North East, some as far as Gdansk. Use a sign with the city Szczecin and surely a Polish driver will stop, though be prepared to mix your languages and refer to cities by there Polish names. Check the map for the street view.

You can also continue about 1 km further ahead from the stop Berliner Allee/Indira-Gandhi-Str., to the place just before where Darßer Str. passes above Berliner allee. I found this place to be much better. There's a long straight road where people don't drive too fast and where there's a couple of pockets for cars to stop, there's less local traffic and a higher concentration of relevant traffic (Poles, to be blunt), and it's much nicer to stand here. I waited around 40 minutes until a truck driver stopped.

On Ramp Berlin-Weißensee

First take the S-Bahn (line S2) from e.g. Friedrichstr. or Gesundbrunnen and go to "Buch" (from Friedrichstr., that will be an about 24 min train ride). From there, catch a bus that goes to "Schwanebeck, Dorf" (ca. 10 min). Several buses will go there so check the time table there or ask the driver or someone else. Note that you will need a ticket including Zone C, as Schwanebeck is located outside of the border of Berlin. Next, you'll have to walk the main road of the village into southern direction. It's about 1.2 km to the on ramp; before that there is a petrol station where one can already ask drivers. You'll need the on ramp towards eastern direction, that means coming from Schwanebeck, you have to pass the first on ramp which leads towards western direction. There, standing behind the safety fence, you are visible to all drivers who queue up at the traffic light from both sides. It is not very easy for drivers to stop by but just before the actual on ramp cars can pull over, as they are not on full speed and a little firm area off the road allows to stop. On your sign you should write "A11" as it's not the on ramp for the A11 straight away, but rather to the "Berliner Ring" (A10); the A11 goes off the A10 about a kilometer after this on ramp. If your driver is not going to your destination but follows the A11 for a while, ask to be dropped off at service station "Buckowsee", which is located some 35 km after the A11 begins. This service station is the only one on All and afterwards on A20 (leading towards Stralsund or Rügen) but a very busy one. From here you should try to find your final ride.

  • Update: Due to reconstructions of the on ramp that finished in 2013 the situation looks different. There is hardly a spot for drivers to stop and the cars are going quite fast. Berliner Allee might be the easier option.

South towards Leipzig Bundesautobahn 9 number.svg and West towards Magdeburg, Hannover Bundesautobahn 2 number.svg

Rasthof Grunewald

Heading South or West, the best - and most frequented - spot is probably Rasthof Grunewald. Take the S-Bahn train S7 towards Potsdam or S1 towards Wannsee and get out at Nikolassee. Walk out of the train station, cross the bridge and you'll see the petrol station right of you. You can talk to drivers at the petrol station or on the parking lot

There are often other hitchhikers here early, and it is polite to wait until they have left. Get here early to avoid the competition.

This spot is both faster & cheaper to get to than Michendorf. You will need 25 minutes from Hauptbahnhof (Berlin Main Station) on an AB-ticket (2,70€), compared to ~1hour (including the walk) on an ABC-ticket (3,30€) to Michendorf.

There is a lot of long distance traffic going South and West, with high chances of finding a ride for at least several hundred km. However, it is not a good spot to hitch East.
If you find nobody heading in your direction, you can also get a short lift until Michendorf and try your luck there, but this is usually not necessary.

Rasthof Michendorf

  • This one also works for South or East!

Just 30 minutes by Regionalbahn (train) south west of Berlin. You easily get hitches to the south or west as well as to the east (Poland). Take a train (e.g. RE7 to Dessau, check fahrinfo-berlin.de for route information) from the center (ABC 3.10 EUR). Get off at the train station Michendorf. Leave the station at the left side (in direction of the train). Turn right into the Potsdamer Straße, at the bus stop, and walk for 20 minutes straight on it. To go west or south (Magdeburg, Hannover or Leipzig, Munich) turn right into Feldstraße and follow it till you see the service station. Enter via the green emergency door. Alternatively you can get here by bus 643 or 608 from Potsdam Hbf which also passes the train station in Michendorf. Get off at "Michendorf Abzweig Wildenbruch", and walk south west for the final stretch to the service station.

If you want to go east towards Poland or Dresden keep walking straight ahead (south) on Potsdamer Straße until it ends (it bends right and is called An der Autobahn then). At the end keep walking straight ahead on a footpath and cross the tunnel under the A10. After the tunnel turn right on a sandy path through the forest. Follow the track until you are at the hamburger restaurant at the rest area. The petrol station is after the restaurant and seems to be better for getting rides.

There is a map on crossable rest areas in Germany that tells you exactly how to get from one side of Michendorf to the other.

Tiziano hitching from Berlin to Munich

AVUS / Messedamm access lane

A good spot to stand with a sign is at the access lane onto the A115 (AVUS) from Messedamm. The access lane is a part of the Funkturm junction which connects the A115 and A100. The exact place to stand is at the acceleration lane of the road connecting the Messedam with the A115 in a U-turn around a quiet parking area at the Messedamm. From S-bahnhof Westkreutz walk north along the Halenseestrasse, and at the big crossing cross the road onto the Messedam. After 100 meters on the Messedam there is the quiet parking at your left hand side. Walk across the parking. To reach the place to stand, climb the traffic barrier between the parking and the acceleration lane. This is the exact location . Hitchhiking is prohibited here as the location is behind the motorway sign, but the risk is worth it. From S-bahnhof Messe Nord it is slightly further, but easier to find. Walk to the Messedamm, follow it south and at the next crossing turn right, then you find the quiet parking after 100 meters on your left hand side.

Trampstelle Potsdam

There is a local campaign for an official hitchhiking spot in Potsdam, they made a petition and won it :) The hitchhiking spot is planned now and will be established soon.

Aral at Kaiserdamm

Another option is the Aral petrol station at Kaiserdamm near the central bus station. Take U2 to Kaiserdamm (if you come from direction Zoo) and go out in the driving direction. Leave the station on the left exit. After 50m there's the petrol station. It depends on the day, sometimes it's very easy to get away there, sometimes it's harder.

South towards Dresden and East towards Frankfurt (Oder), Poland E30

If you are hitching in the direction of Wroclaw, Katowice or Krakow, you might find the route-page from Berlin to Kraków useful.

There are few ways of entering the upper mentioned motorways:

Michendorf parking / fuel station on highroad

Just 30 minutes by Regionalbahn (train) south west of Berlin. You easily get hitches to the south or west as well as to the east (Poland). Take a train (e.g. RE7 to Dessau, check fahrinfo-berlin.de for route information) from the center (ABC 3.10 EUR). Get off at the train station Michendorf. Leave the station at the left side (in direction of the train). Turn right into the Potsdamer Straße, at the bus stop, and walk for 20 minutes straight on it. To go west or south (Magdeburg, Hannover or Leipzig, Munich) turn right into Feldstraße and follow it till you see the service station. Enter via the green emergency door. Alternatively you can get here by bus 643 or 608 from Potsdam Hbf which also passes the train station in Michendorf. Get off at "Michendorf Abzweig Wildenbruch", and walk south west for the final stretch to the service station.

If you want to go east towards Poland or Dresden keep walking straight ahead (south) on Potsdamer Straße until it ends (it bends right and is called An der Autobahn then). At the end keep walking straight ahead on a footpath and cross the tunnel under the A10. After the tunnel turn right on a sandy path through the forest. Follow the track until you are at the MCDonalds hamburger restaurant at the rest area. The petrol station is after the restaurant and seems to be better for getting rides.

Grenzallee

There is a great hitchhiking spot right next to U7 station Grenzallee. There are two exits from the subway station. If you get out at the Northern exit, immediately turn right and cross the street, but only half way. Turn right and walk towards the traffic lights, and you're on the hitch spot. If you get out at the Southern exit, walk in the opposite direction of the metro exit stairs, towards the traffic lights. You can start hitching from there.

Aral fuel station / big truck parking on E30 highroad

E30 E30.

Take the metro to Blankenfelde-Mahlow and from there train to next station Dahlewitz. At the station there is Netto shop, take a look what is in the rubbish behind the shop. Walk 4km along the road L40 till autobahn E30 cross the bridge go downstairs to the autobahn and go 1km in Poland direction till big Aral petrol station. In fuel station there are many cars and trucks, it’s in both sides of the road. Together you need to walk 5km, but the place is very good!

Hönow / Seeberg West

[This place might require more testing]. Go with U5 to the station Hönow, than you have about 3km west to walk to A10 (used for going around Berlin when heading west). On your way you have McD and lots of space for nice camping (also lakes) - this is not Berlin, it's Brandenburg. [;)] At the ramp you can ask people that will stop, for a ride to a petrol station which is 500m further down on a motorway.

The ramp itself is not super great as there is no sidespace, and you have to stay just at the fence, but enough width for two automobiles. Cars don't go fast as there are traffic lights before the turn. 10 minutes waiting time to get to the station can be expected. It seems like at the station there are more drivers that go in a Dresden direction, but finding people willing to take you to Poland is also possible.

It is possible (and worth checking) that there is a direct way to Seeberg West petrol station. Probably from the side of Neuenhagen town. It has been observed (2014) that the station has an open gate in a back fence that goes into greenery (trees and shrubs - no clear path but walkable).

Airport Berlin-Schönefeld

It's possible to hitchhike at the on-ramp next to the airport (Flughafen) Berlin-Schönefeld. You can reach the airport with S-Bahn S9 and some DB trains. You can not only find lifts mostly towards Dresden or Poland. It's probably the best spot within reach by S and U-Bahn to hitchhike to Poland. Stand right before the ramp with a 'PL' sign. The ramp is pretty small, but you can walk up some 15-20m behind the Autobahn sign so people can stop along the side of the road safely. Watch the speed of cars coming from the right hidden corner onto the ramp, it's a tricky on-ramp, can be dangerous so hitch carefully here.

One hitchhiker waited here for 6 hours without success. Have a look at the discussion page.

Tempelhof

(Update June 2015: A busy Friday afternoon, got a lift after 15 minutes all the way to Dresden so was very happy with this spot. It is possible to walk along the row of cars in the left-turning lane during a red light, but there isn't much space between these cars and the lane of traffic coming beside it in the opposite direction, so try to get back to the small pedestrian area at the traffic light before it changes. - grae)

(Update: At a busy traveling time, e.g. Friday afternoon, the left turn to enter the Autobahn A100 from B96 Tempelhofer Damm near S-Bahnhof Tempelhof under the S-Bahn bridge (googlemaps: 52.469536,13.385558) is highly recommended. You will stand with a Dresden or A13 sign on the pedestrian space where you can speak with some of the left-bound drivers directly. They could even stop before the Autobahn begins, but it's better to get in immediately. Wait for DD number plates, CB (Cottbus) come less often, but might also be useful. Not a thing to do in the night. One of ten DD cars would probably take you. Waiting time: one hour, but then you have a functioning ride.)

Maybe Tempelhof used to be a good place to hitch hike in the past but now it seems impossible to catch a ride there - there is simply no space for a car to stop (or we failed to find a spot which I doubt because we searched the whole neighbourhood). If you still want to test it yourself here is how to get there:

The airport is easy to reach with S-Bahn and U-Bahn. Once there simply follow the sign towards Dresden (A100). There are two red lights, for people coming from north and south, so they have time to see you. You should ask for A113 or A13, or simply if they are going in the way to Ikea, and get dropped on the petrol station before the big mall (before Waltersdorf, check map also). Bus #263 from S-Bahn station Grünau also goes to/near this petrol station. Please read the discussion page!

From the 96a road (not that much in use after opening the A113):

Schöneweide

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Hitchhikers next to the service station in Schöneweide.

Take a train to the S-Bahn station Schöneweide, get out there and walk out of the station East, turn right on Michael-Brückner Straße and after 300 meter you'll find two big service stations − although the is far away these are mostly the last possibilities for cars to get petrol. The place was once crowded with hitchhikers but is normally empty now and works fine! Locals tend to stop at the second petrol station because it's usually cheaper. Also, behind this petrol station is a Burger King "Restaurant". If you choose your spot well, you can show a sign both to cars on the street who could stop at the Burger King entrance (but often drive too fast though) and to people leaving the second petrol station or entering Burger King.

Opinions:
  • However the attendants at the service station will ask you to look for your ride elsewhere and may even call the police. The road leading to the is a no stopping zone, so the best solution is to stand near the Burger King, where a driver can pull in. There is no better spot further up the road toward the .
  • 2008-08-24: I used this petrol stations quite often and never had problems. What the hell did you do? -Ben
  • I tried both the petrol station and by using a sign to stop cars from the street. First of all most people weren't traveling to Dresden and even if they were they were very hesitant to give you a ride if you ask them. For all the time I spent there, two other hitchhikers came and they also had no luck. I eventually gave up and had to pay for the bus. I'm not sure if that's a good spot.
  • as of August 2010 I consider this the best spot for hitching to Dresden. Living in Dresden and going to Berlin for weekend-trips quite often it worked fine for me as well as for others visiting from Berlin. The catch might be it was almost always Sunday afternoons though. So if you take that into account you should be fine getting a lift to Dresden from Schöneweide, given the number of people returning to Dresden for the start of the week. Both standing by the side of the road with a sign as well as asking people at the petrol station turned out well for me.
  • We hitch hiked at the petrol station by asking people. (the second, the first was rather empty). Most of the people who get fuel over there stay local or are kind of rude. Using a sign we got a hitch after 20 minutes to Dresden.
  • Sept 2011 - we got a ride after about 30 minutes by standing at the exit to the second petrol station. There was another hitch hiker standing at the entrance and we got picked up before him. Recommended to stay at the exit with a sign and smile.
  • July 2012. Monday morning and I'm standing a little after both petrol stations just outside the Burger King. Traffic from the road, both stations and sometimes coming out of the 'restaurant'. I was picked up in half an hour with a ride all the way to Dresden. A Romanian guy heading to Poland caught a ride just before me. Great place to hitch. LookingforStu
  • As of 2015 (last time I tried) this spot is no longer convenient for hitching, since the place that cars could once stop is now just another lane of traffic. You can still try asking at petrol stations, but this is a shame as in my experience it was the only easily accessible and convenient place for hitchhiking towards Dresden.

Altglienicke

This is a much better place to hitch towards Dresden/Prague than Schöneweide in my opinion! In Schöneweide I waited one hour and more, in Altglienicke max. 15 minutes! Some drivers also told me they say hitchhikers in Schöneweide but didn't take them because it was difficult for them to stop there. In Altglienicke it's easy. Go to the S-Bahn station Altglienicke. When getting off, you ll see there is a road in parallel to the S-Bahn line, and a red light. To get there, leave the platform by using "the bridge" and then cross the road to stand at the red light. You can ask cars every time they stop for the red light. The red light is 100 m before the onramp of the motorway going to Cottbus or Dresden.

I'd suggest to go some hundred meters down the road. A normal lane changes into a parking lane, where cars can easily stop. Actually I saw cars from anywhere in Germany (Dresden, Hannover, Hamburg, Munich, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Offenburg, Leipzig) Redjo27

If you go to Prague, make sure that drivers who stop in Dresden bring you to the service area "Dresdner Tor Süd". "Dresdner Tor Nord" is also possible, but then you have to walk approx. 1,5 kilometers through a field to go to the other side.

Grünbergallee

You can also take the S-Bahn one station further to S Grünbergallee. You'll find a big road and a big hardware-store (called Hornbach). There is a right-going lane at the big road. Just show a sign saying Dresden at the beginning of this lane. Sometimes you can ask drivers at the parking lot of the hardware-store if they can take you to the first petrol station on the Autobahn (this is just a minutes ride). From there you can be lucky, too.

Car pooling

As there's not really a great spot to hitch out, sometimes worth to consider trying something else. True, agreeing in advance and paying for a ride is totally not hitching, but you can save painful hours of waiting. Normally there are lots of offers on [1], till the first petrol station it shouldn't be more than EUR 5.

East towards Kostrzyn and Frankfurt (Oder)

If you are going to Frankfurt/Oder or somewhere else close by, you can try to hitch along the national road B5/B1 instead of taking the highway A12.

Take the S5 to Mahlsdorf and follow Hönewer Straße to the South until the big intersection with the street Alt-Mahlsdorf. After the traffic light there is enough place to stop. Cars go quite fast, but often slow down due according to the changing traffic lights. There is still a lot of city traffic though (verified 2014-09-03).

Directly before the entrance to the Berlin ringway there is a bus stop suitable for hitching further. About 10km after the highway the B1/B5 changes from a fast two lane road to a smaller national road.

North towards Fürstenberg, Neustrelitz and Neubrandenburg

For the East part of Mecklenburg - Western Pomerania the B96 could be a good option instead of A11/A20, because there's only one petrol station on A11 and none on the eastern part of the A20.

So first you need to go Oranienburg (S1, RE from Südkreuz - Hauptbahnhof - Gesundbrunnen, RB Lichtenberg - Hohenschönhausen). From Oranienburg go by bus to Sachsenhausen Kirche and continue walking Granseer Straße for 15minutes and you'll reach the B96. at this point the B96 still looks like a highway. but don't be confused: just a few meters before the onramp Oranienburg-Nord there's a sign saying that motorway ends. So cars are allowed to stop north of the ramp. between Oranienburg and Neubrandenburg just Neustrelitz is bad for leaving a car. If you're driver goes to Neustrelitz leave the car 2km before at the last crossroad (connection with B198 to Wesenberg, Mirow) and use the bus stop over there to go on to NB or ask if you driver can drop you off at the North end of Neustrelitz. In every other town/village on that way the B96 goes directly via the town. so you can get off and look for the next busstop on the B96.

If you're doing this on weekend or holidays it might be that there's nearly no bus via Sachsenhausen, Kirche. then you can go by train to Sachsenhausen and walk 30minutes to the spot. Check before on vbb-Homepage!

All in all it will take quite long time to get there, but if you need this direction it's easier, because it's outside the Berlin-Ringroad and you just have traffic in this direction. Waiting time between 1 and 40minutes... average 15...20minutes.

Hitching In

A word about getting into Berlin since the ring is so big and maybe you are on a ride that's only passing by.

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behind the fence of autobahn/motorway A2/E30

The Ruhr area

When hitch hiking towards Berlin from Belgium, avoid passing the Ruhr area (Dortmund, Essen, Duisburg). Once you get in, it's difficult to get out. Service stations are rare and passing traffic avoids this region. We tried on several places and had to take the train to pass this area (lost 5 hours). There are sufficient work arounds to avoid this area. See also the hitchwiki page of the Ruhr Area.

I have experienced yesterday: Do not take a hitchhike in direction of Osnabruck/Bremen/Hamburg, be a little bit more patient and wait for a ride in direction Hannover! I have stepped off at the tankstation 10 km before Osnabruck at the A1 and have waited there for 4 hours, all cars go up north. I was coming from Essen.--Hapiel 02:25, 27 July 2012 (CEST)

East and West

The best is to get off at Rasthof Michendorf (after all the ring interchanges). There is a bridge over the Autobahn nearby so if you are coming from Poland you can jump over and easily find someone going into the city.

  • Alternatively, you can walk into Michendorf itself, which takes about 20min. Just head north from the petrol stations (you can go under the motorway from the southern petrol station). From Michendorf, you can take a train for EUR 3.10 to the centre of Berlin (the ABC ticket, which is valid for 2hrs, so you can also use metro, bus etc. when in Berlin). The last train everyday is at 22:30. So don't leave the petrol station if you get there after 22:00.

Alternatively, when coming from the east about 2 km before the interchange "Berlin Zentrum" (it's really not a good idea to get off at interchanges on the autobahn), there is an exit for Königs Wusterhausen. There will be a lot of commercial shopping buildings you will see just before you need to exit and as you are exiting will see the McD's. Then, if you can't find a ride going into Berlin (which could be rare actually) walk about 1 km into the nearest town. There is a bus going to Berlin for 1 EUR.


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