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|motorways = [[A19 (Germany){{Ade|A19]]19}}, [[A20 (Germany){{Ade|A20]] 20}}

Advices for signs: As there are many cars not going very far=== South towards [[Berlin]], write {{Ade|19}} ===Take bus number 23 from the central station in Rostock. Go out at exit ''Brinckmansdorf''. There is be a sign Total petrol station 200 meters in the direction of travel. About 400 meters further is a big intersection, with "Güstrow" and let them drop you off a right turn leading to the A20 south. You have several good options: 1) Ask drivers at the gas station right if they're going your way. 2) Go to the traffic light and turn left. There is [http://hitchwiki.org/maps/?place=659 a space for cars to stop on the onramp]. 3) Hitch [http://hitchwiki.org/maps/?place=10388 just before the exit of Güstrowgas station entrance], so cars wanting to stop just turn into it. There you can easily find 's a traffic light so the cars going to Berlin or even furtherwill be somewhat slow.

ProtipAdvices for signs: If Bus 22 leaves before Bus 23ss there are many cars not going very far, take it to ''Tessiner Straße''. You might have luck hitching from write a sign with "Güstrow" and let them drop you off at the bus stop gas station right before the 23 comes and takes exit of Güstrow. There you the rest of the way an easily find cars going to ''Brinkmansdorf''Berlin or even further.

=== West towards [[Hamburg]], East towards [[Szczecin]] , {{Ade|20}} ===Take tram 2 or 5 to Südblick (the last stop). Walk in the direction of the tram out of the city. There is [http://hitchwiki.org/maps/?place=10096 a good hitching spot at the bus stop] about 200 meters from the tram stop. Bring a sign that says 'A20 OSTost' or 'A20 WESTwest'.

====North towards [[Denmark]]====The ferries leave every two hours, along with Bus 40. Just follow the signs for the ferry to [[Gedser]]or ask the staff outside , which was really friendly, for direction . It´s probably best to ask the cars queueing in front of the ticket booths, or before they buy them at the ticket offices. Drivers pay for their car regardless of the amount of passengers, and they can add passengers to their ticket at the booths. The queues are much shorter in the winter so it´s harder to speak to the drivers before they get to the booths. If you´re going to Copenhagen you can also hitch to Sweden, Trelleborg, then across across through Malmo into Copehagen. These ferries go less often and have longer queues for hitching, but the journey takes several hours. If no one picks you up, the passenger fee of EUR 7.50 is reasonable. As a pedestrian you have to catch the pedestrian-passengers-bus 30min before departure, so be there on time. On the 1hr 45min trip, you can ask other drivers if they are going in your direction. It's really easy to get a ride to [[Copenhagen]].

'''''I think this ferry is pay per passenger, not pay per carUpdate 2022:''' '' ''In 2014 I hitched a car that took this ferry, but from Gedser to asked the staff in Rostock. My luck there was no person at the terminal getting on (for the ship in line HRO - Gedser, only a computer scanning the driver's ticket ) and asking they confirmed: per vehicle are 9 free persons included. Drivers need to say how many people passengers there are in , but there is NO extra fee for hitchhikers/extra passengers. Even if the car. His company ticket had "1 person" written on is bought in advance, it, I asked 's little to no effort to change the passenger amount (just asking the guy at the driver toll boot to change it)to hit the button for 1 person. He did and Plus the bar lifted up. I donticket sellers said it't know what would have happened had he pushed s okay to hitchhike, but not directly in front of the button for two people in carticket booths.''

'''August 2018:''' I was able to successfully hitch the ferry coming from Denmark. I had a ride from Karlslunde who happened to be heading this direction with a prebooked ticket for 2 people. At the gate the driver simply said 3 passengers when asked and a moment later we were passing through the gate. Though the ticket itself still said 2 passengers. The ferry is definitely still paid by car as the passengers charge read zero euro. And if you read the information on the site it is apparently actually up to 9 people in a vehicle allowed as opposed to 4. '''Update August 2018:''' I asked the staff in Rostock (for the line HRO - Gedser) and they confirmed: per vehicle are 9 persons included. Drivers need to say how many passengers there are, but there is NO extra fee for hitchhikers/extra passengers. Even if the ticket is bought in advance, it's little to no effort to change the passenger amount.Plus the ticket sellers said it's okay to hitchhike, but not directly in front of the ticket booths. ====North towards [[Sweden]] and [[Finland]]====You can ask cars which are queueing stuffg at the ticket booths to [[Trelleborg]] if they will give you a ride. PLEASE NOTE - Apparently Stena Line have recently changed their policy so it is not possible to can add passengers to the ticket after it has been booked. However, [[User:lemjok|Lemjok]] encountered no problems when he explained what he was doing to the wardens, nor did he or his driver have to pay a higher fee. It's definitely possible to add passengers to TT Lines (all this confirmed May 2013).  In 2016 hitching between Sweden and Germany doesn't seem to be possible anymore. Stena Line now definitely charge per person, and TT Lines also show a slight increase free passanger in price (3€ p.p.) when adding passengers in their online booking form. On the other hand, their website also mentions tickets including a vehicle and "up to 5 persons", so the situation is unclear and further research is needed. Anyway, it should be possible to find drivers willing to add you to their ticket for presumably less than the regular passenger fare.car