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==== Option 4: Aral petrol station Kaiserdamm ====
Take U2 to ''Kaiserdamm'' (if you come from direction ''Zoo'') and go out in the driving direction. Leave the station on the left exit. After 50 m there's the petrol station. It depends on the day, sometimes it's very easy to get away there, sometimes it's harder.
==== Option 5: Trampstelle [[Potsdam]] ====
There is a local campaign for an official hitchhiking spot in Potsdam, they made a petition and won it :)
The hitchhiking spot is planned now and will be established soon. Update 2016: There is still no "Trampstelle" in Potsdam.
Train The former train maintenance site at station '''S Betriebsbahnhof Schöneweide''' has big fields with bushes next used to it you can see them from train windows easybe a good place after its closure in 1998, but is being redeveloped as business park since 2018 and no longer suitable.
Potsdam: "Trampstelle" never been establised - removed. Aral station Kaiserdamm: Behind the on-ramp for the motorway with no quick way of coming back - removed. Updated wild camping info, minor amendments, fixed typos.
There are often other hitchhikers here early, and it is polite to wait until they have left. Get here early to avoid the competition.
This spot is both faster & and cheaper to get to than option 2: Michendorf. You will need 25 minutes from Hauptbahnhof (Berlin Main Station) on an AB-ticket (EUR 2.7090), compared to ~1 hour (including the walk) on an ABC-ticket (EUR 3.3060) to Michendorf.
There is a lot of long distance traffic heading south and west, with high chances of finding a ride for at least several hundred kilometres. However, it is ''not'' a good spot to hitch East.
==== Option 3: AVUS / Messedamm access lane ====
A good spot to stand with a sign is at the access lane onto the A115 (AVUS) from Messedamm. The access lane is a part of the Funkturm junction which connects the A115 and A100. The exact place to stand is at the acceleration lane of the road connecting the Messedam with the A115 in a U-turn around a quiet parking area at the Messedamm. From S-bahnhof Westkreutz walk north along the Halenseestrasse, and at the big crossing cross the road onto the Messedam. After 100 meters on the Messedam there is the quiet parking at your left hand side. Walk across the parking. To reach the place to stand, climb the traffic barrier between the parking and the acceleration lane. [http://goo.gl/maps/NlquZ This] is the exact location . Hitchhiking is prohibited here as the location is behind the Autobahn sign, but the risk is worth it. From S-bahnhof Messe Nord it is slightly further, but easier to find. Walk to the Messedamm, follow it south and at the next crossing turn right, then you find the quiet parking after 100 meters on your left hand side.
=== South towards [[Dresden]] and [[Cottbus]] {{Autobahn|13}} ===
==== Option 1: B96a Altglienicke BEST SPOT FOR DRESDEN (I have my doubts, from Schöneweide it was way easier) ====
Take S-Bahn S9 or S45 to ''Altglienicke''. When getting off, you'll see there is a road that runs parallel on your left-hand side to the S-Bahn line (if you are facing south), and a red light. To get there, leave the platform by using the footbridge and turning right at the staircase (walk over the road running parallel). On the right side, There will be a pathway that goes down to the road - it's a little windy path that will eventually take you there. You will come to the road that runs parallel to the S-Bahn track (over which you just walked) and on that road is the red light that does not seem to have any shoulder space. But do not be confused. This is the BEST PLACE to stand and get an immediate ride. Cross the road to stand at the red light on the SBahn Track side. You can ask cars every time they stop for the red light. The red light is 100 m before the right hand onramp of the Autobahn going to Cottbus or Dresden.
==== Option 2: A100 Autobahn junction Tempelhof ====
Take U-bahn Bahn U6 or S-Bahn S41, S42, S45, S46, or S47 to Tempelhof. Turn right (south) along Tempelhofer Damm for 200 m to the A100 junction.
* (Update June 2015: A busy Friday afternoon, got a lift after 15 minutes all the way to Dresden so was very happy with this spot. It is possible to walk along the row of cars in the left-turning lane during a red light, but there isn't much space between these cars and the lane of traffic coming beside it in the opposite direction, so try to get back to the small pedestrian area at the traffic light before it changes. - grae)
==== Option 3: B96a Schöneweide ====
[[File:Berlin-schoeneweide.jpg|thumb|right|230px|Hitchhikers next to the Raststätte in Schöneweide.]]
Take S-Bahn S8, S9, S41, S42, S45, S4, S47, or S85 to ''Schöneweide''. Then walk east out of the station, turn ru ight on right onto Michael-Brückner -Straße and after 300 m, you'll find two big [[rest area|Raststättes]]petrol stations.
* Although it is far awayfrom the city centre, these are mostly the last petrol stations for cars going towards the autobahn to get petrol. The place was once crowded with hitchhikers but is normally empty now and works fine! Locals tend to stop at the second petrol station because it's usually cheaper. Also, behind this petrol station is a Burger King "Restaurant". If you choose your spot well, you can show a sign to people leaving the second petrol station or entering Burger King. Aiming for the cars on the main street has low chances, they are going fast and there is no good place for them to stop.
* Collating a number of past reviews, between 2010 and 2019, most hitchhikers tend to get a ride here within 30 minutes - 1 hour. Dresden is easy, towards Cottbus - Poland you will probably need a second ride.
Enter the gate and immediately turn right; walk about ten metres, then turn slightly left (approx. 45°) and keep walking. The shrub is pretty dense in places so again it’s some bush bashing, but a few metres further you’ll already encounter the fence of the ''Raststätte''. If you followed these directions, chances are you’ll already see the gate in the fence to enter the rest area. When [[User:Raureif|Raureif]] arrived here in October 2019, there was no padlock on the gate so it could simply be opened from either side of the fence.
Altogether, the walk is a little bit over 5 km and should take 90 minutes at the most. To skip walking the suburban part in the beginning, you can also take bus #943 (direction: ''S Hoppegarten'') from ''Hönow'' station and get off at ''Thälmannstr.'', with this bus stop being very close to where the dirt road is starting at ''Neuenhagener Chaussee''. However, the bus only runs once per hour during weekdays and will require a Berlin ABC operates in tariff zone C, meaning you'll likely need an additional ticket for €3.40 (assuming you start your journey from within Berlin’s circle line/the city centre).
At the ''Raststätte'', trucks heading for Poland abound, as well as a fair number of private cars with Polish number plates.
=== Wild camping ===
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