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{{IsInInfobox Dutch Location|country = Netherlands|map = <map lat='52.38278242102423' lng='4.90844612121582' zoom='11' view='3'/>|pop = 851,573|state = Noord Holland|BW = NL/North%20Holland/Amsterdam|motorways = [[A1 (Netherlands}}__NOTOC__{{Hitchhiking Zine nomination)|A1]], [[A2 (Netherlands)|A2]], [[A4 (Netherlands)|A4]], [[A7 (Netherlands)|A7]], [[A8 (Netherlands)|A8]], [[A9 (Netherlands)|A9]], [[A10 (Netherlands)|A10]],}}[[ImageFile:IMG_5336.jpg|right|thumb|266px|Hitching at the Prins Bernhardplein liftplaats]]'''Amsterdam''' [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=amsterdam&ie=UTF8&z=12&ll=52.374551,4.889946&spn=0.099349,0.432243&om=1&iwloc=A] is the capital of the [[Netherlands]].
=== West towards [[Haarlem]], [[Leiden]], [[Den Haag]], [[Delft]] === There is an official liftplaats about 100 meters south of metro station Sloterdijk on Haarlemmerweg. Here you will find a lot of traffic going straight to Haarlem, and possibly even cars going to Leiden, and further to Delft and Den Haag. Though, most cars going there will use the Ring A10 and then the A4 to Den Haag. ===North towards [[Alkmaar]], [[Zaandam]]=== There is an A10 on-ramp near Sloterdijk station. Exit the station and go 200m east on ''Hatostraat'', 250m north on ''La Guardiaweg'' and 250m east on ''Basisweg'' and then cross over to the on-ramp.
Another ramp is a little way up the street from the last. Get there from the last by continuing further down ''Basisweg'' (which becomes ''Transformatorweg'' until ''Kabelweg''). Follow this north past s101 (''Nieuwe Hemweg''). The ramp is off of ''Vlothavenweg''.
===South and Southeast East towards [[UtrechtAmersfoort]], [[BredaHengelo]], [[NijmegenOsnabrück]], [[ArnhemHamburg]], [[DüsseldorfBremen]], [[AntwerpenBerlin]]=== If you are hitching in the direction of Berlin or Hamburg, you might find the route-page from [[Brussels:Category:Route_Amsterdam_-_Berlin|Amsterdam to Berlin]]useful. If you are hitching in the direction of Bremen, Hamburg or Copenhagen, you might find this route-page from [[Paris:Category:Route_Amsterdam_-_Copenhagen|Amsterdam to Copenhagen]]===useful. '''Option 1''' Liftplaatsand BP petrol station (mostly local traffic) [[ File:Amsterdam liftplaats petrol station.png |thumb|The walking route from the former ''liftplaats'' location to the nearby petrol station.]] There is one straight a liftplaats, a spot specifically for hitchhiking, at the Gooiseweg next to the Prins Bernhardplein situated before NS Station Amsterdam Amstel (pass the bus stop). This road heading leads to Utrecht the ramp of the S112 of the A10, the motorway around Amsterdam (direction A1 and A2. This is currently being turned into a third lane and is completely unusually for hitching a ride. A little furtheron that road, which is called Gooiseweg, and behind the bend you will find a BP petrol-station where you can talk to drivers, often a better way for getting a ride. There are several spots near The petrol station is easily accessible from the Martin Luther King Park. Take tram 25 backstreets, and it is very easy to its end-stop or tram 4 or 12 and walk hail a ride from the Vrijheidslaan further south through side of the road immediately after the Rijnstraat to petrol station. Most cars here will drive along the highway (A10/ A2)A1 towards Amersfoort, Hengelo and Germany. The first petrol-station is just 8 kilometres further, just after Muiden] A second petrol station and parkingspot, called De Slaag, is located 37 kilometres from Amsterdam, right before Amersfoort.
There is another solution if youoften a lot of competition at the ''liftplaats''re caught in and drivers usually only go short distances, so by the rain : time you have finally left Holland you will have had approx. 3–6 rides. You can sleep easily avoid this by taking a train to Hengelo (buy a discount ticket). From the train station ''Hengelo'' take bus 14 to ''Bruninkshoek''. You now find yourself on one of the tour boats parked along street ''Oostelijke Esweg''. Walk in the direction the bus just came from towards the river in front of central stationstreet ''Hasselerbaan'', some of them then turn left. Walk down until you cross ''Oldenzaalsestraat''. Turn left and you will see a footbridge overlooking the A1. When you have a roof outside crossed the bridge, don't turn right but walk through the grass and descend down. Turn left before the cabin ditch and it can be walk with the ditch on your right. Continue until you see a little forest; here you have to jump over a quite confortable placesmall ditch. Policemen or guards sometimes come Walk through the little forest and kick you out, but far less than in the will reach an Hush AVIA petrol stationwhere nearly all cars go to Germany.
==Buy=="Philip's compact atlas Europe" shows service stations in some countriesSouth and Southeast towards [[Utrecht]], [[Breda]], [[Nijmegen]], [[Arnhem]], [[Düsseldorf]], [[Antwerpen]], is pretty compact and was available for 7 euros at the New English Book Store in [[AmsterdamBrussels]], in June 2008.[[Paris]] ===
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