Osnabrück

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Osnabrück
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Information
Country:
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Germany
State:
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Lower Saxony
Population: 163,020 (31 Dec 2006)
Licence plate: OS
Major roads: A1, A30, A33
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Osnabrück is a city in Lower Saxony close to the Dutch border.

In Osnabrück the A30 crosses the A1 and the A33. It is possible to hitchhike directly North towards Hamburg, East towards Hannover, South towards Dortmund or West towards Amsterdam.

Info

There is free Internet at the University Library at Alte Münze (a few Meters from Neumarkt near Saturn). Just go inside, there are computers with internet-access. You can get cheap meals at the Mensa (Dining Place at the University). There are two of them in Osnabrück: One is just behind the Osnabrücker Schloss, there they normally check if you have a student ID, but they also accept Id-Cards from other universities and even foreign Ids. The other one is a little bit out of town at the Westerberg (halve an our walking from neumarkt), there they control the ids not very often.

Hitching Out

East towards Bad Oeynhausen, Hannover, Bielefeld, A33

Ramp in OS-Nahne with hard shoulder.

Take bus 21 to Kreishaus/Zoo and get out at Osnabrück-Nahne. If you're not sure, ask the driver to let you out along the Iburger Strasse and tell him you have to go to the A30. The Iburger Strasse near the highway is a two-lane carriageway. Here you have two options for hitchhiking:

  • Some meters behind the traffic light you'll find a car dealer. There's enough space for hitchhikers to stop cars. This spot is good for both directions, you're standing directly in front of the ramps.
  • If you're heading eastwards, you can also walk directly to the ramp. Walk around the bend and you'll find a hard shoulder to stand on, but cars will possibly not stop that fast because you're already standing some meters behind the Autobahn sign where it's not allowed to hitchhike in Germany. Nevertheless, it's possible to get lifts from there. (See picture).

Attention: There are two ramps for direction east! It is recommended to take the ramp which is on the street going south (when you're coming from Osnabrück), the ramp on the other side is smaller and there's not much space for hitchhiking, also the road marking is in a bad condition there. Have a look to the map for relevant information.

West towards Rheine Amsterdam, South towards Münster,Dortmund, A1

Take Bus 91/92 towards Hörne or Hellern and get out at Kurt-Schuhmacher-Damm. You see the highway already before you, at the right the is a big Novo-supermarket. You can stand directly at the begining of the ramp.

For going south it normally takes half an hour, for going furtheron on the A30 it probably will be a little bit more difficult, but it is the best place in osnabrück for going that direction. If you are going south: After 5 km the A30 crosses the A1, and on the A1 there is the first restarea (Tecklenburger Land) after not more than 5 minutes, so you can also go with cars who go for example to Münster.

North towards Bremen,Hamburg, A1

Take the bus 81/82 towards Pye and get out at Bramscher Straße or take the bus 41 towards Haste and get out at Bramstraße. Get back to the Main road. After 300 meter you see a Coka-Cola company. Some meters more, after some redlights, there begins an expressway leading to the Autobahn. Just stand at the begining of the expressway, there is still a sidewalk to stand on. There is also a hard shoulder so drivers can stop, and the will see you while stopping at the redlight at the other side of the crossroads. For your are not directly at the autobahn, you better make a sign. (You have to wait here, for going nearer to the Autobahn you would be on the expressway...)