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=== East towards [[Berlin]] and North East towards [[Copenhagen]], [[Scandinavia]] ===
[[Image:Leaving Hamburg direction Puttgarden.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Hitching on Horner Kreise]]
If you're planing to hitchhike towards [[Berlin]] on the [[A24 (Germany)|A24]], itthere's best to get to the a big roundabout in the southeast of the city. You canwhere it't reach it s possible to catch a ride directly by to Berlin or at least part of the way. From the nearest U-Bahn or and S-Bahn, so you have to stop it's about a 1 km / 13 min. walk. The easiest way is probably from the S1, S11 and U1 stop ''Wandsbeker Chaussee''. From there you have just to walk straight on ''Hammer Straße''. When you reach the roundabout it is difficult to get a ride standing in the middle of it, as the cars have no opportunity to stop. But on one side, in ''Sievekingsalle'', there is a busstop. This works fine.
This spot is called the ''[http://horner-kreisel.hitchbase.com/ Horner Kreisel]'' and is a popular hitchhiking spot for many hitchhikers in [[Germany]].
Some hithchhikers claim that hitching on the roundabout turnof direction Berlin is easier, as here you have much more traffic going your way. The recommended place to stand here is immediately after the roundabout, in the grass before the blue highway sign. Right after the highway sign there's place to stop for the cars. This place is also used by many hitchhikers and it's not uncommon to find a direct right to Berlin in 5 minutes.
You probably want to go to [[Puttgarden]] for going into [[Scandinavia]]. You can hitch to the ferry at Puttgarden, and get a ride straight to [[Copenhagen]]. If you ask the people after they paid the ticket you can cross for free (and save 7 Euros).
