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Take a tram line 13 (''Strassenbahn'' in German) to the ''Friedensstraße'' stop. Continue further until the junction (you'll see a McDonald's restaurant on your right), turn right (this will be a ''Hansastrasse'', Hansa street) and walk straight ahead (underneath the railway bridge and further). After 1 km you will find a Shell petrol station. There you have 2 possibilities: to ask drivers directly while they are refilling at the petrol staionstation, or to stand before (or right besides) this petrol station and try thumbing up the ride - there is enough space for the cars to stop on a long drive-in lane. The ''Hansastrasse'' is an access to the [[A4 (Germany)|A4]] in both directions, although it is said that most cars go North from there; however, with a right sign you might be able to catch a car to the East/South, too ([[Chemnitz]], [[Leipzig]]...). Very often there are other hitchhikers on this petrol station - if it is so, and if you don't like the place, you may walk 200m further to yet another petrol station where you can try both asking drivers directly or thumbing on the road. As of 2008, the petrol was slightly cheaper on that petrol station, which automatically attracts more drivers there. However, by choosing the second petrol station you might miss both some company cars (the drivers of these very often have special payment cards when using “Shell” petrol stations) and more snobbish'' (?)'' type of people that “Shell” customers tend to be.

From Dresden-Neustadt DB station; take bus number 81 (WILSCHDORF) to the stop 'Am Olter'. This should not take longer than fifteen minutes. Here you are right at 'Dresden Hellerau' interchange of B170 and A4 / A13 direction Leipzig as well as Chemnitz. You can try to directly hitchike hitchhike there or to use 'Rastanlage Dresdner Tor' (10 minutes/12 kilometers from here) as a relais.

* People carrying an adult monthly, yearly or job ticket can take somebody along on saturdaySaturday, sunday Sunday and public holidays for free. This is possible from the day before (e.g. friday Friday for weekends) 6PM 18:00 until the day after (e.g. monday Monday for weekends) 6AM06:00. Just ask around at the stops. Unfortunately students cannot take you.

* Ticket inspectors are difficult but possible to spot: They do -'''not- ''' look like students which mostly carry a laptop case and/or wear a white or light blue shirt with a collar. They do -'''not- ''' look like businessmen which would wear suit and tie. The are mostly -'''not- ''' older than 50 to 55 years. They are mostly -'''not- ''' younger than 20 years. They do -not- carry any (large) case, (heavy or completely filled) backpack or plastic (shopping) bag with them. They do -not- use mp3 player or walkmen with any sort of earphones. They mostly appear in smaller groups of two or three men in an average dress (sloppy T-shirt or pullover, jeans, a fisherman vest, cheaper non-brand shoes). They are mostly standing (or sitting) together but are -'''not- ''' talking (or arguing) to/at each other in public.

* Ticket inspections are -'''not- ''' conducted (as in some other european European cities) -'''on- ''' bus or tram platforms or -'''on- ''' open bus or tram doors but -'''only- ''' when vehiles vehicles are moving between two stops.* After 8 P.M. (20.:00 hrs) you need to get into the bus through the first door where the driver sits. Drivers are supposed to check tickets but usually do not give them a closer look. You might be lucky when you quickly show an older (and now invalid) DVB AG ticket.* Most DVB AG ticket inspections are conducted from around 9 A.M. (09.:00 hrs) to around 1 P.M. (13.:00 hrs).