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'''Personal Experiences''' <br>
[[User:Alex|Alex]] used both spots more then ten times each. He first started always at Amstel station, but lately he started at the traffic light near Utrechtse bridge only. The waiting time there is significantly shorter, often getting a ride with one of the drivers during the first red phase. Nevertheless, the Amstel spot is not bad, but you should take the first ride and travel a couple of kilometers down the road towards where the road splits (even it is harder there for cars to stop).
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You can either go and hitch from the same spot as for going West at the Amstel Station, or hitch from where the motorway to Utrecht starts, which is called the Utrechtsebrug. This second option definitely gives you more cars going into the right direction and generally a lot less waiting time.
At the Utrechtsebrug you have several options. First, head to the Martin Luther King Park in Amsterdam Zuid where the motorway to [[A2_(Netherlands)|A2]]-motorway starts, which leads 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 motorway ([[A10 (Netherlands)|A10]]/ [[A2 (Netherlands)|A2]]). At the end of this road before the crossing, you'll find traffic lights where you can pro-actively ask drivers to drop you at the next petrol massive Haarrijn service station 200 meters further(See below). The best traffic lights to pick, as there are three sets here, is the one on your left side when you are standing facing the bridge.
From here you can also walk over the bridge, walk along the motorway over the grass towards a small petrol station 250 meters further, behind the bend. Be careful when walking here, 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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