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[[User:tmoon|Tom]] had large problems hitchhiking out of Arnhem, as the IJsseloordweg petrol station was out of service when he was around (summer 2006). Also, he noticed an unusually high proportion of older drivers (over 60 years of age), and of gangs of youths showing off their modified saloons. Certainly no-one was interested in giving a lift, and definitely not over the German border. Any attempts were met with sour looks from the pensioners, and middle fingers from the youths.
[[User:Ostkreuz|Ostkreuz]] used the IJsseloordweg petrol station to go to Düsseldorf in August 2012. It was a long long walk from the closest busstop and the last 300-400 meters were through high grass. The station was open though, and the first person he spoke to took him to a petrol station on the A12 eastbound (Oudbroeken).
The A12 is a major route into Germany, and it's worth sticking at Arnhem to get a ride. But if you do get frustrated and want a change of scenery, then it may be worth accepting a lift to [[Nijmegen]] (very close to the border), and negotiating with the driver to make a short diversion and take you over the border. The roads on the German side of the border are secondary roads, but seem to be fairly effective for hitchhiking. See [[Nijmegen]].
