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|name = Gothenburg|name_native = Göteborg<!--|symbol = Göteborg vapen.svg -->|county = Västra Götaland|county_symbol = Västra Götaland vapen.svg|map = <map lat='57.6967' lng='12.004' zoom='11' view='0' float='right' height='300' />|country pop = Sweden536790|län motorways = Västra Götalands län{{E|pop = 501,5006}} {{E|motorways = [[E6]], [[E20]], [[E45]]20}} {{E|footnotes = 45}}

A good day to get a ride The best place to start heading towards Oslo is probably the [[rest area|service station]], Stigs Center There are a Sunday since many Swedes are home in Göteborg over few buses which go there, the weekendeasiest one is bus number '''47''' towards '''Tuve''' that leaves from '''Hjalmar Brantingsplatsen''',  The bus stop '''Stigs Center''' is directly on the onramp to the motorway so you just step off the bus and on Sundays head back hitch! Great spot to Oslo for workgo north towards Stenungsund or Uddevalla, right before both these places there are major rest stops with petrol stations where lots of Norwegians and trucks headed into Norway stop.

There's a very good hitchhiking spot right aftera on E45, after a crossing 2 3 km west from Hammarkullen, which is on the way with the tram to Angered. There used to be a bus stop right after the crossing with traffic lights. Now it's just a good spot for the cars to drive aside while coming going at low speed. The closest tram stop is the one at Hammarkullen on the way to Angered, number 8 (purple) goes there. If one has a period card and can wants to go with by bus, then the stop is Eliebergsvägen with bus , it's right next to the spot. One can get there by taking 401 from Angered takes you right next to itor 173 from Nils E-terminalen. [https://maps.google.se/maps?daddr=E45&hl=sv&sll=57.789252,12.017927&sspn=0.003243,0.010568&geocode=Fe_NcQMdK1i3AA&t=h&mra=ls&z=17 Here] is the spot on google maps.The spot is very good, just make sure the person that stops actually takes you out of Göteborg's urban area, to avoid being stuck in places like Surte or Nödinge. === Road E40 to [[Stockholm]]/Borås/Gbg Airport ===The fastest route by car to Stockholm is not via E20 as all the traffic signs say. Most people take this route instead. A good spot is bus stop Kallebäcksvägen [http://goo.gl/maps/V1ggx] (Take bus 50 there or a tram to Elisedal and walk five mins). The best spot to hitchhike is near the sign "Jönköping"(5 minutes walking from bus stop "Kallebäcksvägen"): that is the right direction to Stockholm. The same road will bring you to Borås and to Göteborg flygplatsen (airport). Note that in case a driver is just going to the airport, it is good to know that near the entry/exit of the airport there is a station service which is a good spot too (me and a friend successfully hitch-hiked from there to Uddebo, a small "hippish" village near Tranemo). From my experience, the Kallebäcksvägen spot did not work, we got stuck there for 5 hours (not a bad spot, just a lot of the traffic is local and people dont tend to stop in cities). We very successfuly hitched out of the Gbg Airport, there is a really great spot near the gas station.

A possibly better spot is Munkebäcksmotet [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=it&msa=0&msid=118215905716686756957.000448147f6ec7cb40744&ll=57.697921,11.996942&spn=0.003497,0.011759&z=17&iwloc=000448149457af71bfda2 This] (marked on map) Broken link points to get a ride out of townGPS coordinates 57.697921, at least to Alingsås because the freeway ends there and you can continue hitchhiking on the road11. To get to Munkebäcksmotet from The Central Station take bus number 513 or 515 to direction Polhemsplatsen (costs 16996942) point may not look like much,50 SEK but it there is possible to blackride as well). Or take the tram to Munkebäckstorget and walk north 10 minutes from there. Many have difficulties getting anywhere a lot of heavy traffic entering this on-ramp at all from times. The reason why this exact spotworks particularly well is because of a traffic light that naturally stops the vehicles that turn in here. It is very difficult since most people travel very short distancesIf you stand just alongside where they're turning in, mostly they'll have time to Lerum see you and Partillepull out of line onto the tram tracks for a few seconds. This spot may be difficult. Try Make sure to get to Alingsås if possibleuse a sign.

Munkbäcksmotet A possibly better spot is Munkebäcksmotet (marked on map), a bus stop on just before the sliproad going down onramp to the motorway. You can stand at Either take bus number 513 or 515 in the bus stop if theredirection ''Polhemsplatsen''s nobody waiting for (a busticket is 16,50 SEK (outdated price, it is now 20 or so SEK), but it's probably better is possible to stand uphill 10 blackride as well) or 20 metres from take the bus stop, so that cars dontram to ''Munkebäckstorget't think you're waiting for a bus and have time walk north 10 minutes from there. Commuter trains to react Alingsås also stop at Sävenäs right across the E20 (2 min walk) and might be the easiest blackride from the city centre. Most drivers are going only short distances, and then pull in the towns they go to are virtually impossible to hitchhike out of. Try to get to Alingsås, where the bus stopmotorway ends and you can hitchhike directly on the roadside, there are very few good onramps between Göteborg and Alingsås. Using a sign will also help This option is probably better if you look less like are going to a person waiting for a busplace near Göteborg, especially before Alingsås.

Note: === South towards [[User:peregrine||PeregrineMalmö]], a lone female traveler had no luck in 2013 after hours of trying the forementioned spots in the rain, until she tried Munkebäcksmotet, which is a bus stop on an on-ramp to E20. There she only waited 20 minutes. However, the ride only went to Vara, which was nearly impossible to hitch hike from[[Denmark]], as there is no spot for drivers to pull off from and the cars fly past at 100 km/h. Luckily someone did pick her up after 2 hours of her dancing and jumping and trying everything with a funny sign...he went to Södertällje which was close but meant black riding on a commuter train and bus into the city. [[Germany]] So this is just a fair warning to those attempting to hitch hike on E20 - find a ride going the whole way, and the spots mentioned above may not work on rainy days. A pedestrian warned her that drivers would not stop at the main spot mentioned above as the way to pick up a hitch hiker there is illegal, just as is stopping on the motorway - and Swedes don't like disobeying rules. So, take all of this with a grain of salt and be prepared to sleep in a barn in Vara...===

=== South ''' Option 1 - Onramp in Kållered near IKEA''' Catch the commuter train towards [[Malmö]]Kungsbacka to the stop '''Kållered''' (10 minutes), [[Denmark]]and as you get off the train walk under the traintracks and forward another 200 meters under the highway and then turn left past supermarkets, [[Germany]] ===IKEA until you see a OKQ8 gasstation. Either hitch at the gasstation itself or at the onramp on top of the hill.

''Option 1'' From the Central Station get on the the commuter train towards Kungsbacka. Get off after about Any ride that will take you 10 minutes in Kållered, When you km or further is good because that would get off the train you'll see a Netto on the other side of the road which has excellent dumpsters should you need to acquire some food. To get to the hitching spot you just walk under the tracks and continue for another 100 meters or so until after you cross the highway where you turn left directly and follow the highway for about 5-10 minutes. Yougasstation '''ll walk past Ikea and and a petrol station which, though itSandsjöbacka's by the highway, has almost only locally bound traffic on so don't expect to much. Instead just walk up the hill and hitch at the on-ramp. Any ride that's 5 or more kilometers is good as it will take you to [[Sandsjöbacka]] rest area which is one of the best places to find a ride to directly to [[Malmö]] or even [[Denmark]] and [[Germany]]. Bear in mind that Sandsjöbacka is the last rest area gasstation for at least 60 kilometers that's on the highway so it's much recommended to stop there to avoid getting stuck at almost a small on-ramp somewhere100 km down this road.

[[User:footsore|footsore]] got a lift all the way '''Option 2 If you want to Malmö hitch from here within 20 minutes at 7am on a Saturday morning.town'''

''Option 2'' Take the bus ("grön express" recommended, stops by just a few meters from the trucks) to "Stigs center" north of Göteborg. A lot of trucks stop by to pause here and there's a good chance you'll get a ride. Or if you want to hitch from town, many hitchhikers have found the The petrol station on the large crossing where the road Ullevigatan joins the E20 was is just a 10-15 minute walk from the central station. Some hitchhikers have reported great successes with this spotwhile others have waited very long times to get a ride.

[[User:Liftarkungen|Liftarkungen]] thinks that It is near the best place to start hitchhiking south from Göteborg big stadium Nya Ullevi and if you prefer it there is "[[Sandsjöbackamotet]]"a busstop on the road outside of Nya Ullevi where people can pull over easily, which is situated south of Mölndal. However it is timeconsuming and quit an adventure however that spot only tends to get there. Use www.hitta.se or googlemaps in order to find directions. Or see [[Sandsjöbackamotet]]be good with a good very visible sign so that people notice you actually hitchhiking.

=== Ferries : South West towards [[Denmark]], and also [[Germany]] ===

On the ferry to Fredrikshavn, you have 2 3 hrs to find a ride (, try to visit the truckers special area) if you dont find any cars heading south, at least to the excellent trucker terminal heaven hitching spot of Padburg, on the Danish/German border.  However even being in a car on the way to Fredrikhavn you may have to pay a something like 6 euros for the ferry. Or possibly more if you enter as a foot passenger For starting hitchhiking late and going to either places like [[Århus]] or [[Germany]] it can be quite amazing to catch one of the late ferries and end up in Germany even though leaving in the afternoon.

* Big all inclusive buffe buffet (310 SEK)* Big breakfast buffe buffet (105 SEK)

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