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* An excellent spot for northbound traffic is the Shell gas station close to Upplands Väsby. You can get to Upplands Väsby by commuter train (takes around 20-30 min direction Uppsala or Märsta on the train...), then find a bus 568 to the end station ''Löwenströmska Sjukhuset''. When at the end bus stop, cross over the parking lot and follow the path along E4 motorway, then you will see the gas petrol station (there is also a McDonalds hamburger place there). Many go to Arlanda or Uppsala, but there is enough traffic going up north too.

* Another option is to take a commuter train (''Pendeltåg'') to [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=1835005514296943385,59.623520,17.860860&saddr=59.627795,17.861195&daddr=umea&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=0&sz=14&doflg=ptk&sll=59.628924,17.877803&sspn=0.019224,0.053215&ie=UTF8&ll=59.628924,17.877846&spn=0.019224,0.053215&z=14 Märsta]. Then get out of the station through the little swing door that you see on your left side when walking towards the station house. Turn left and walk South along the railroad until there is a bridge which crosses rails on your left side. You can start hitchhiking on the other side of the bridge. Most drivers who will pick you up will most likely go to Arlanda airport. In this case, get out of their car at the roundabout by the E4. (You can also walk this roundabout while hitching, it's 1-2 km.) Walk up to the [[Uppsala]] entrance and stand right behind the pedestrian crossing. According to some folks, this is a truly magical spot where waiting times hardly ever exceed 10 minutes. Do not accept a ride shorter than to Uppsala. In July 2008 [[User:Guaka|guaka]] found out though that it is not such a great spot after all, almost no traffic and it took an hour or so to get a ride. [[User:Liftarkungen|Liftarkungen]] have several times started hitchhiking from Märsta, but is hitchhiking from the stoplights traffic lights ''before'' the bridge in order to get a ride to the roundabout mentioned earlier, which surely is a great hitchhiking spot, especially during daylight.

The commuter train is from 2013 going all the way to Uppsala. For this trains they only check tickets at the gates so you can just buy a one zone tickets and get on the train. Sometimes they have inspectors but not usually and they cant can't force you to give them any money if you are not Swedish. If you want to hitchhike you as described above when you need to take the commuter train and then the bus,, then you will need tickets for several zones.

* Take the T-bana (metro) towards ''Norsborg'' and get out at ''Hallunda'' (last but one), then walk down the ''Tre Kallors väg'' and you will find a good spot with a [[petrol station hitchhiking|petrol station]] (Bonus: There's a McDonalds hamburger place next to the on ramp). A lot of cars are going South all the way to Denmark. Do not accept rides going to [[Södertälje]] if that is not your destination! And: GasPetrol-station is not so easy, you can also try it with a sign on the ramp.

* Loads of trucks leaving from Västberga industrial area, where many trucking companies are located. DHL has a huge terminal there. Trucks leave from 15.00 and on, all evening, to destinations such as [[Göteborg|Gothenburg]], [[Malmö]], [[Helsingborg]] but also northbound and westbound. Also south to continental Europe.

* You can also take the free of charge Ikea bus to Kungens Kurva (it even has free wi-fi!). You find the bus schedule from the [http://www.ikea.com/se/sv/store/kurvan Ikea website]. The web page is only in Swedish, but it says the buses go once an hour, first 10:00 and the last 19:00. The bus leaves from Vasagatan 18, wich which is near to the main train station. When the bus gets to Ikea Kungens Kurva, there's a petrol station on the other side of the motor

* Another option is to take a commuter train (Pendeltåg) to Märsta. Then get out of the station through the little swing door that you see on your left side when walking towards the station house. Turn left and walk South along the railroad until there is a bridge which crosses rails on your left side. You can start hitchhiking on the other side of the bridge. Most drivers who will pick you up will most likely go to Arlanda airport. In this case, get out of their car at the roundabout by the E4. (You can also walk this roundabout while hitching, it's 1-2 km.) Walk uwayaway. Walk behind Ikea and you find a pedestrian tunnel going across the motorway. The petrol station is a pretty good spot to hitchhike. We noticed a little problem there, though. The motorway splits up in Södertälje to E4 southward and E20 westward, 30km from Kungens Kurva. Depending on which way you want to go, it's a good idea to catch a ride straight to the direction where you need to. It's impossible and dangerous to hitchhike where the two motorways split, people drive too fast.

=== Towards [[Göteborg|Gothenburg]] ===If you're going to Gothenburg Göteborg you can go on either the E20 (which is the same road you'd take to [[Oslo]]) or the E4 and then road 40 after [[Jönköping]]. Even though the E20 is slightly shorter there's a lot of people who take the E4 + 40 to GothenburgGöteborg. If you hitchhike before the E20 and E4 splits (about 30 km from Stockholm) you're covering both options! One good spot is Kungens kurva just next to Ikea. It's marked in the hitchwiki map and described in the Malmö/Denmark section above.

* In case you're awesomely rich you can just pay that EUR 14-16 € for the Turku-bound ferry or grab a Norwegian flight for EUR 40-66 €.* If you book a cruise (to Finland and back) with the gift voucher and don't intend to return, pay it forward and give the cabin card to some traveler traveller once you reach the terminal in Finland. They'll be positively surprised.* Take some snacks with you. The cruise takes the whole day. You can also ask from the buffet for leftovers and they might allow you to take a plate full of really nice food. Ready to pay? Price of the all-you-can-eat lunch buffet should be about EUR 11 € (including absolutely delicious food and as much beer and wine you can down).* In case you have successfully maneuvered manoeuvred to the ferry, and had a blast on the cruise, yet you are not planning to stay in the city you arrive to (Turku or Helsinki) you can go to the car deck some 20 minutes before arrival and catch a ride easily by asking people who sit in their cars. There are some trucks, too! Don't hesitate going to the car deck. It's your best spot to catch a ride!

When coming from [[Finland]] by ferry [[User:Dante|Dante]] realized that hitchhiking at the exit of the ferry terminal is a great way of getting a ride with cars doing long distance travel directly towards [[Denmark]], [[Germany]], and further. Dante got a ride straight to [[Belgium]] from there. However, if you are not arriving by ferry anyway, bear in mind that you can also be unlucky: [[User:N0id|n0id]] went to the ferry terminal just to realize that very few cars were arriving of which just a few had non-swedish Swedish number plates. Besides ferries don't arrive very often, so n0id had to go to another spot to find a ride. Also [[User:Fedecicco|Fede]] wasn't lucky at all trying to hitch trucks coming down from the ferries and going south, after an entire morning at the harbour, afternoon at the petrol station, firstly suggested on this wiki at Hallunda (lots of small rides to Södjertälie Södjertälje but none further) failing completely, at night had to go for a night train, successfully blackriding it on the upperberth.