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There is one straight highway heading to Utrecht and further (A2). There are several spots near the Martin Luther King Park in Amsterdam Zuid. This spot is called the Utrechtsebrug and is where the [[A2_(Netherlands)|A2]]-highway starts to [[Utrecht]] and further to [[Den Bosch]], [[Eindhoven]] and [[Maastricht]]. Take tram 25 to its end-stop or tram 4 or 12 and walk from the Vrijheidslaan south through the Rijnstraat to the highway ([[A10_(Netherlands)|A10]]/ [[A2_(Netherlands)|A2]]).
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===South and Southeast towards [[Utrecht]], [[Breda]], [[Nijmegen]], [[Arnhem]], [[Düsseldorf]], [[Antwerpen]], [[Brussels]], [[Paris]]===
You can already start hitching while walking on this road, if you want to test your luck. At the end of the road you can stand at the traffic lights before the crossing and pro-actively ask drivers who go straight on , to drop you at the next petrol station 200 meters further, or . You can also walk over the bridge and try it at the hard shoulder (less good), or even walk further over the hard-shoulder and the grass towards a petrol station 250 meters further, behind the bend. Be careful when walking here though, the space between you and cars is minimal.
Just before Utrecht, after exit 5 ([[Breukelen]]) and just some kilometers before the Utrecht Ring you find a big petrol-station called [http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verzorgingsplaats_Haarrijn Haarrijn]. This is an excellent spot to find drivers for larger distances.
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===East towards [[Amersfoort]], [[Hengelo]], [[Nijmegen]], [[Osnabrück]], [[Hamburg]], [[Bremen]], [[Berlin]]===
There is 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 leads to the ramp of the S112 of the A10, the highway around Amsterdam (direction [[A1_(Netherlands)|A1]] and [[A2_(Netherlands)|A2]]). A little further on that road and behind the bend you will find a petrol-station where you can talk to drivers, often a better way for getting a ride.
