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[[ImageFile:IMG_5336.jpg|right|thumb|266px|Hitching at the Prins Bernhardplein liftplaats]]
'''Amsterdam''' is the capital of the [[Netherlands]].
* For [[User:Lilylove|Lilylove]] it was a great spot to get to [[Delft]]. After several uses, it only ever took me one ride to get from Amsterdam to Delft direct.
===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.
=== 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 motorway around Amsterdam (direction [[A1_A1 (Netherlands)|A1]] and [[A2_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.
Most cars here will drive along the [[A1_A1 (Netherlands)|A1]] towards [[Amersfoort]], [[Hengelo]] and [[Germany]]. The first petrol-station is just 8 kilometers further, just after [[Muiden]]. Are you hitching in direction of [[Berlin]] or [[Hamburg]], you might find the route-page from [[:Category:Route_Amsterdam_-_Berlin|Amsterdam to Berlin]] very useful.
From the [[liftplaats]] you can also find rides to [[Utrecht]], [[Arnhem]], [[Nijmegen]] and [[Belgium]], though you will find hitching from here relatively harder compared to the Utrechtsebrug, which is ''the'' spot for Utrecht.
There are trains, trams (12,51) and metros to Amstel station from most other stations in Amsterdam. It is a 1 minute walk from there, just behind the FORTIS Bank.
[[ImageFile:IMGP0763.jpg|right|thumb|266px|Hitchhikers at the Prins Bernhardplein liftplaats]]
=== South and Southeast towards [[Utrecht]], [[Breda]], [[Nijmegen]], [[Arnhem]], [[Düsseldorf]], [[Antwerpen]], [[Brussels]], [[Paris]] ===
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_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 massive Haarrijn service station (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.
There is another solution if you're caught in the rain : you can sleep on one of the tour boats parked along the river in front of central station, some of them have a roof outside the cabin and it can be a quite confortable place. Policemen or guards sometimes come and kick you out, but far less than in the station.
==Buy==
"Philip's compact atlas Europe" shows service stations in some countries, is pretty compact and was available for 7 euros at the New English Book Store in [[Amsterdam]], in June 2008.
It's not recommended to carry any type of illegal drugs with you while hitchhiking. A bit of weed inside the borders of the Netherlands is not going to get you into trouble. But taking any amount of weed (or anything else) across the border could be a problem for you and possibly your driver. And it's not worth it.
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