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==== Rasthof Stolper Heide Option 1: Kurt-Schumacher-Damm ====The hitchhikingTake subway line U6 direction Alt-spot in Henningsdorf Tegel and get off at ''Kurt-Schumacher-Platz'Rasthof Stolper Heide'. Then walk ≈500 m south along Kurt-Schumacher-Damm to the start of the Autobahn. Alternatively, about 2 minutes away from the subway station there is a ''Jet'' ([http://hitchwikipetrol station.org/maps/?place=2153 map]) is You can either ask the best option to reach [[Hamburg]], [[Rostock]] drivers who stop there or [[Scandinavia]]stand at the road right before it.  You are going to can have to go on a free breakfast or dinner before you start in the Sikh temple (gurdwara) that is a 10 minute walk from the petrol station at Kögelstraße 6. ==== Option 2 km walk : Prenzlauer Promenade ==== The street ''Prenzlauer Promenade'' is called ''Prenzlauer Allee'' in total. the city centre and becomes the Autobahn A114 next to the S-Bahn station ''HeiligenseePankow-Heinersdorf'' (S25 towards Henningsdorf, EUR 2.30 ticket)From there, just walk 500 m down Ruppiner Chaussee northwards (left when coming out of the station about 300 meters bridge and turn right on an asphalt walking path you've got a traffic light as well as two petrol stations (− Star and HEM). Additionally, at the last intersection before the Autobahn starts, there's a sign saying "Berliner Mauerweg"another petrol station (Shell)on ''Rothenbachstraße'' next to the traffic lights. Follow It may be worth checking out which of these three is the cheapest and most frequented one on a given day – usually one of the path for 10-15 minutestwo former. Cross Be aware that the bridge over staff at the motorway Shell station might tell you to leave their property and turn left - you can stay close threaten to call the motorway in order not to lose it and quickly police.  There is usually a lot of traffic on this road, so you will see could also hitch with a pathway that you can follow to this Rasthofsign. As you get closer to the exit for Coming from ''Pankow-Heinersdorf'', 50 m before the service first petrol station, you will see there is also a tall green fence - it is possible but inadvisable to jump this: alternatively get on shoulder where cars can stop and people waiting at the correct side of it before it starts or after it ends. You can easily get a direct ride traffic lights are able to [[Hamburg]] from heresee you.

A (maybe not so good) very close-by spot that saves you the 2 km walk: Get off one station earlier, ''Schulzendorf'' (S25 towards Henningsdorf, EUR 2.30 ticket). Get out from the front of the train, and out Much of the station, follow Ruppiner Chaussee north, and take the first right (Schulzendorfer Straße). And there you are, on the motorway access ramp, 5 min walk from the station. However, at this spot the access ramp traffic here is quite narrowlocal, and but there is not a good place for cars to stop safely. There is also a curve in the road, and cars are travelling quickly, so this spot might be dangerous for you significant traffic towards Hamburg and the driversRostock. You can take ''any'' ride. If the car doesn't go your way, he can drop you off Try to get a lift to at least the first petrol station on the Autobahn ("Rasthof Stolper HeideLinumer Bruch" some kilometers up the road).

==== Prenzlauer Promenade Option 3: Raststätte Stolper Heide ====The street '''Prenzlauer Promenade''' is called ''Prenzlauer Allee'' in the city centre and becomes the Autobahn A114 next to the ''S-Bahn'' station ''Pankow-Heinersdorf''. From there, just walk 500m down the bridge and you've got a traffic-light as well as two petrol stations, both on the right side for the drivers going towards the Autobahn. It may be worth walking to the second petrol station as it's cheaper and more frequented. However, it might happen that the staff at this second (Shell) station tell you to leave their property and threaten you to call the police.

This Raststätte is ideal in the sense that you end up starting to hitchhike directly from a petrol station in which there are a fair few people heading to the big cities in Germany's North or Scandinavia: You can also wait opposite of ''McDonald's'' for easily get a lift. Sometimes you will meet other hitchhikers direct ride to Hamburg from here, tooand, with a little patience, to Rostock. If someone offers you want to catch a lift "only" certain ferry in Rostock or have other basic time constraints, please note that getting to a gas station on this spot from the motorway ("Linumer Bruch" for instance) centre of Berlin may take it, since from a motorway gas station it two hours or even longer; Option 1 is very easy to get another liftlikely faster and may work just as well.

==== Kurt-Schumacher-Damm ===='''If you want to hitchhike towards [[Hamburg]] or [[Schwerin]] on the A24 it is the best to go with the U6 start from any district in West Berlin''', take S-Bahn S25 towards ''Alt-TegelHennigsdorf'' and get off at ''Kurt-Schumacher-PlatzHeiligensee'' and then start walking towards the motorway(AB or BC ticket required). About 2 minutes away Turn left from the U-Bahn station there is a (so that you face North), and walk up ''JetRuppiner Chaussee'' petrol stationfor 300 m. You can either ask the drivers who stop there or stand at the road Then turn right before it. on an asphalt walking path (Update January 2009: Spot is open again!)* [[User:MaxHermens]] says: Itthere's best a sign saying "Berliner Mauerweg"). Follow the path for 1.2 km, crossing the bridge over the Autobahn. Immediately turn left down a little path – you can stay close to ask drivers if they are going on the motorway, Autobahn in order not to lose it and if so, if they you will quickly see a pathway that you can take you follow to the abovementioned StolperheideRaststätte. Then There is a small fence to the left of the path which you can avoid have to jump at some point; the easiest place is probably to the right of a green fenced enclosure about half way to the long Raststätte. The walk and start hitching straight awayfrom the bridge is about 1.5 km.

=== North '''If you start from any district in East towards [[Szczecin]]Berlin''', a faster way than the one described above is taking S-Bahn S8, get off at ''Hohen Neuendorf'' (ABC or BC ticket required), change to bus 809 (direction: ''Hennigsdorf, [[Gdańsk|Gdansk]] F.-Wolf-Str.'') and get off at ''Stolpe (DanzigOHV) {{, Autobahnbrücke''. Head for the traffic light and turn onto the road on the right (the one opposite of the motorway on-ramp), and follow it until it makes a left turn; here, enter the forest and keep walking in parallel to the Autobahn|11}} ===, which will take you straight to the Raststätte's on-ramp for vehicles heading North.

==== Berliner Allee ====Borough Pankow, part Weißensee[[File: Take the tram M4 Hitch ber north stolper heide 2023.png|200px|thumb|right|How to ''Berliner Allee/Indira-Gandhi-Str.'' which can be caught at Alexanderplatz. Then walk along the ''Berliner Allee'' just around the half circle of the road and find a decent place where cars can pull over. Many cars at this intersection have Polish License and are heading North East, some as far as Gdansk. Use a sign with the city ''[[Szczecinfrom Frohnau station to Raststätte Stolper Heide]]'' and surely a Polish driver will stop, though be prepared to mix your languages and refer to cities by there Polish names. Check the map for the street view.

==== On Ramp Berlin-Weißensee ====First If you for some reason don't have or want to get a ticket including tariff zone C, you may also take the S-Bahn S1 (line S2direction: ''Oranienburg'') from e.g. Friedrichstr. or Gesundbrunnen and go to "Buch" (from Friedrichstr''Frohnau''., that will be an about 24 min train ride). From Getting off there, catch a bus that goes head to "Schwanebeck''Ludolfingerplatz'', Dorf" (ca. 10 min). Several buses will go there so check the time table there or ask the driver or someone else. Note that you will need a ticket including Zone C, as Schwanebeck is located outside small green square surrounded by a roundabout immediately west of the border of Berlin. Nextstation, youand start walking along ''Maximiliankorso''ll have to walk , the main first road of branching off on the village into southern directionright. ItKeep walking until the small intersection with ''Hainbuchenstraße'' (there's about 1.2 km to the on ramp; before that there is a petrol station where one can already ask drivers. You'll need bus stop with the on ramp towards eastern directionsame name), that means coming from Schwanebeckand walk over the road with this name, you have to pass following it until its very end: It makes a sharp bend at the first end of a cemetary (on ramp which leads towards western direction. There, standing behind the safty fence, your right) and a forest in front of you are visible to all drivers who queue up at the traffic light from both sides. It is not very easy for drivers to stop by but just before Enter the actual on ramp cars can pull overforest, as they are not on full speed and walk until a little firm area path branches off the road allows to stopyour right and turn there. On your sign you should write "A11" as it's not At the on ramp for end of the A11 straight awaybranch, but rather to the "Berliner Ring" (A10); the A11 goes off the A10 about you should see a kilometre after this on rampgolf course. If your driver is not going to your destination but follows the A11 for a whileTurn left and just keep walking straight now, ask which will take you to be droped off at service station "Buckowsee", which is located some 35 km after the A11 beginsRaststätte's fence. This service station route is the only one on All about 3.64 km long and afterwards on A20 (leading towards Stralsund or Rügen) but a very busy one. From here you should try to find your final ridewill take roughly an hour.

=== South towards = For [[LeipzigScandinavia]] {{Autobahn|9}} and West towards [[Magdeburg]], [[Hannover]] {{Autobahn|2}} bound hitchhikers ====

==== Rasthof Michendorf ====* '''This one also works for South or East!Direction Denmark''' Just 30 minutes by ''Regionalbahn'' (train) south west : The ferries leave 15 km north of Rostock at Warnemünde and from [[Puttgarden]], from Berlin. This is generally people head for the most direct option. You easily get hitches to ferry at [[Rostock]] but it leaves more seldom, and if you are offered the south or west as well as right ride you could go to the east ([[PolandPuttgarden]]). Take one instead, which is a train (e.g. RE7 good option especially if you are only transitting through [[Denmark]] to [[DessauSweden]], check seeing as on the Rostock - Gedser ferry there is very little Sweden bound traffic.''' Direction [[httpPuttgarden]]'''://www.fahrinfoFrom Berlin is possible if you are offered a ride to''' Direction Hamburg-berlin.de/Fahrinfo/bin/ fahrinfoStillhorn''': If you can get a ride to this gas station you can walk under the highway and hitchhike the other direction towards [[Lübeck]] -berlinhowever, only people living in the southern part of the city are likely to pass by here.de] for route information.) from ''' Direction Lübeck''': It is possible to accept a ride either to Lübeck or to the Neustadt gas station just north of the center city (ABC 3.00 EURbut that is more rare). Get In case you can get dropped off at the train onramp leading out of central Lübeck in direction Neustadt, wait for a ride that will take you at least to the gas station 10 km north.''Michendorf'Direction [[Århus]]''': You can also accept a ride towards [[Flensburg]] and some hitchhikers have even been known to accept such rides and then going to [[Copenhagen]] through Kolding and [[Odense]]. Leave Also it is possible to reach both South western [[Norway]] with the station at the left side ferries from [[Hirtshals]] (in direction of Hitchable??) and [[Göteborg]], [[Sweden]] with the train)ferry from [[Fredrikstad]]. Turn right into '''Direction Sweden''': You can also head for one of the Potsdamer Straßedirect ferries to [[Trelleborg]], at the bus stopleaving from either [[Rostock]] or Travemünde near [[Lübeck]]. The ferry from Sassnitz on Rügen has been discontinued. '''Stockholm''' has a direct night ferry from Rostock 3 times a week running since autumn 2021. Currently they charge per vehicle and passengers so you couldn't join a crew, and walk but passenger tickets go for 20 minutes straight on 28€ so might still be worth it.

Alternatively you can get here by bus 643 or 608 from === Northeast towards [[PotsdamSzczecin]] Hbf which also passes the train station in Michendorf. Get off at "Michendorf Abzweig Wildenbruch", and walk south west for the final stretch to the service station.[[Gdańsk|Gdansk]] (Danzig) {{Autobahn|11}} ===

To go west or south ([[Magdeburg]]Getting onto the A11 is easiest by starting to hitch on road B2, [[Hannover]] or [[Leipzig]]a major thoroughfare which somewhat bisects the city from the Southwest to the Northeast; the B2 merges into the A11 beyond the motorway junction with the A10. The following options suggest different spots along the B2, [[Munich]]) turn right into Feldstraße option 1 being the closest/shortest one when coming from the city centre and follow it till you see option 4 being the [[rest area|service station]]. Enter via one furthest away/taking the green emergency doorlongest time respectively.

==== Option 1: Berliner Allee ==== Take tram M4 (direction: ''Hohenschönhausen, Zingster Str.'') to ''Weißer See'', get off there and walk 150 m along ''Berliner Allee'' to the bus lay-by, following the same direction. Many cars at this intersection have Polish license plates and are heading northeast, some as far as Gdansk. Using a Szczecin sign will surely persuade a Polish driver to stop, though be prepared to mix your languages and refer to cities by their Polish names. ==== Option 2: Darßer Brücke ==== Get to ''Weißer See'' as described in option 1 and walk 1 km north along ''Berliner Allee'' (the street name changing to ''Malchower Chaussee'' roughly at where the Star petrol station is) to the place just before where ''Darßer Straße'' passes over ''Malchower Chaussee''. It's a long, straight road where people don't drive too fast and where there are a couple of pockets for cars to stop. There's less local traffic and a higher concentration of relevant traffic. If you want have a public transport ticket anyway, check online if it's worth waiting to get to the bus stop ''Nüßlerstr./Feldtmannstr.'' (bus lines 255 and 259) to save yourself most of the walking. ==== Option 3: Am Luchgraben ==== The most cost-effective – though not fastest – option might be taking bus line 259 to the stop ''Am Luchgraben'', which is conveniently located a few metres before the city border, meaning you're still within tariff zone B. There's a patch of dirt/concrete right next to the crossed-out Berlin sign (indicating that one is leaving the city limits) where people can easily stop; many, if not the majority of cars passing here will be going to Northwestern Poland. ==== Option 4: Autobahn Junction Berlin-Weißensee ==== Take S-Bahn S2 (direction: ''Bernau'') and get off at ''Buch''. From there, catch a bus that goes to ''Schwanebeck, Dorf'' (approx. 10 min). Several buses will go east there so check the time table there or ask the driver or someone else. Note that you will need a ticket including tariff zone C, as Schwanebeck is located outside of the border of Berlin. Next, you'll have to walk the main road of the village into southern direction. It's about 1.2 km to the on-ramp; before that there is a petrol station where one can already ask drivers. You'll need the on-ramp towards the East, that means coming from Schwanebeck, you have to pass by the first on-ramp which leads towards the West. There, standing behind the safety fence, you are visible to all drivers who queue up at the traffic light from both sides. It is not very easy for drivers to stop by but just before the actual on ramp cars can pull over, as they are not on full speed and a little firm area off the road allows to stop. On your sign you should write "A11" as it's not the actual on-ramp for the A11, but rather to the "Berliner Ring" (A10); the A11 branches off the A10 about a kilometre after this on-ramp. If your driver is not going to your destination but follows the A11 for a while, ask to be dropped off at Raststätte "Buckowsee", which is located some 35 km after the A11 begins. This Raststätte is the only one on the A11 and afterwards on A20 (leading towards [[Stralsund]] or [[Rügen]]), but a very busy one. From here you should try to find your final ride. === South towards [[Leipzig]], [[Munich]] {{Autobahn|9}} and West towards [[PolandMagdeburg]], [[Hannover]] {{Autobahn|2}} === ==== Option 1: Raststätte Grunewald ==== Take S-Bahn S7 (direction: ''Potsdam Hbf''), or S1 (direction: ''Wannsee''), and get out at ''Nikolassee''. Walk out of the train station, cross the bridge and you'll see the [[Dresdenpetrol station hitchhiking|petrol station]] turn to the right after . You can talk to drivers at the petrol station or on the tunnel parking lot. 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, compared to ~1 hour (including the walk) on an ABC ticket 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, itis '''not'''s a small sandy track through good spot to hitch East. If you find nobody heading in your direction, you can also get a short lift until Michendorf and try your luck there, but this is usually not necessary. ==== Option 2: Raststätte Michendorf ==== According to the experiences of several hitchhikers, this is a woodgood spot to go East – but '''not''' West or South. Take regional train RE7 (direction: ''Dessau'') from Berlin's centre or RB37 (direction: ''Beelitz Stadt'') from ''Berlin-Wannsee'' station and get off at ''Michendorf'' (ABC/BC ticket required). Follow Leave the station at the left side (in direction of the track train). Turn right into ''Potsdamer Straße'' and walk south 1.3 km. Turn right into ''Feldstraße'' and follow it until you are at see the [[rest area|Raststätte]]. Enter via the green emergency door or walk a bit further to the McDonalds restaurant at , as the noise protection wall ends there. ''User [[rest areaUser:Rebew|Rebew]]and a friend tried hitchhiking from here on several occasions and had no luck going anywhere West. The petrol station There is after the McDonalds not a lot of traffic and seems to be better for getting it will yield only short rides, Leipzig at most (2021).''

==== Raststätte Grunewald Option 3: AVUS / Messedamm access lane ====For going South or West you can try A good spot to stand with a sign is at the access lane onto the A115 (AVUS) from '''Raststätte Grunewald'Messedamm''. Take The access lane is a part of the ''S-BahnFunkturm'' train junction which connects the A115 and A100. The exact place to stand is at the acceleration lane of the road connecting the ''S7Messedamm'' towards with the A115 in a U-turn around a quiet parking area at ''PotsdamMessedamm'' or . From S-Bahn station ''S1Westkreuz'' towards , walk north along ''WannseeHalenseestraße'' , and get out cross the road at the big intersection onto ''NikolaseeMessedamm''. After 100 meters, there is the quiet parking area at your left hand side. Walk out of across the carpark. To reach the place to hitch from, climb the traffic barrier between the carpark and the acceleration lane: [https://osm.org/go/0MZuR0mAF?m= This] is the exact location. Hitchhiking is prohibited here as the location is behind the Autobahn sign, but the train risk is worth it. From S-Bahn station''Messe Nord/ICC'' it is slightly further, but easier to find. Walk to ''Messedamm'', cross follow it south and at the bridge and next intersection turn right, then you'll see find the quiet parking area after 100 meters on your left hand side. === South towards [[petrol station hitchhiking|petrol stationDresden]] and [[Cottbus]] right {{Autobahn|13}} === Firest rest stop once out of Berlin is 25 km away Raststätte Am Kahlberg Ost on highway 13 ==== Option 1: B96a Altglienicke ==== 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 youare 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). Usually 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 encounter some other hitchhikers, but normally 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 a car 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 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. ==== 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 right onto Michael-Brückner-Straße and after 300 m, you'll find two petrol stations. Most people stops on second ==== Option 4: A100 Auffahrt Siemensdamm ==== Get to station within a few minutes − "U Siemensdamm" and directly in front of the junction "Siemensdamm" (at least towards south) there is a crossing of the streets "Siemensdamm" and "Nikolaus-Groß-Weg" with traffic lights. Moving away from the motorway there is a long line of parking spots, perfect to getting picked up. I''Michendorf''! Also standing ve made the experience that directly at the traffic lights before it's hard but a bit further it can work. It is probably a great spot towards AVUS and north as well. ==== Option 5: Test option ==== Waldeck West rest stop road 117 next to bus 263 stop Waltersdorf (bei Berlin), Gaspumpstation. 5 km walk away from Eichwalde s-bahn stop S8 and S46 goes there  === East towards [[Poland]] {{Autobahn|10}} {{E|30}} === If you are hitching in the direction of [[Wroclaw]], [[Katowice]] or [[Krakow]], you might find the route-page from [[on:Category:Route_Berlin_-ramp_Kraków|Berlin to Kraków]] seems useful. Once you get a ride in Germany direction to be useful!Poland you can hitchhike before or after places where people pay for higway (polish name bramki). One side will have a parking place and its free to hitchike there.

Experiences==== Option 1:* "I stood there with 14 other Hitchhikers on a sunny Monday morning, 9 o`clock. Maybe Grunewald is a HH place, that is too well known!" --[[User:Bocia|Bocia]]* "Always a lot other hitchhikers, if you are fair you'll place yourself as last one in the row." --[[User:Quarim|Quarim]] 09:22, 16 May 2011 (CEST)Raststätte Michendorf / least walking ====

==== Trampstelle [[Potsdam]] ====There is Take a local campaign regional train (e.g. RE7 direction Dessau, check fahrinfo-berlin.de for an official hitchhiking spot route information) from the centre and get off at Michendorf (requires BC/ABC ticket). Leave the station at the left side (in Potsdam, they made a petition direction of the train). Turn right into the Potsdamer Straße and won walk south ≈1.7 km on Potsdamer Straße until it ends (it :bends right and is called An der Autobahn then). Keep walking straight ahead on a footpath and cross the tunnel under the Autobahn A10. After the tunnel, turn right on a sandy path through the forest. Follow the track until you are at the Mcdonalds at the [rest area. The hitchhiking spot petrol station is planned now after the restaurant and will seems to be established soonbetter for getting rides. Your best bet is to either ask truckers (although they might not know English) or stand by the exit with a sign that says "Polska".

==== Aral at Kaiserdamm ====Another option is the Alternative: Take bus 643 from ''AralPotsdam Hbf'' petrol station , direction Busendorf, and get off at ''Michendorf, Bergheide'Kaiserdamm''' near . Walk back 40 m in the direction the central bus station. Take U2 came from to ''Kaiserdamm'' (if you come from direction ''Zoo'') and go out in the driving directionjunction. Leave the station on There will be a small road going to the left exit. After 50m there's , through the petrol stationforest. It depends on Follow this road for ≈1 km to the day, sometimes it's very easy to get away there, sometimes it's harderMcdonalds/Raststätte.

=== South towards [[Dresden]] {{Autobahn|13}} and East towards [[Frankfurt an der Oder|Frankfurt (Oder)]], [[Poland]] {{Autobahn|12}} = Option 2: Raststätte Am Fichtenplan ====

If you are going further than Dresden (e.g. [[Czech Republic]]) on the A13, also take a look on the [[Dresden]] page.'''You may also try [[Berlin#Rasthof Michendorf|Rasthof Michendorf]]S-Bahn + 1 stop with train + 5 km walking''' for getting lifts east or southeast.

[[File:Berlinout.jpg|thumb|alt=E30 ''There are 2 ways of entering the upper mentioned motorways:[[E30]]''.]]

''1. From entrances Take S-bahn S2 to the new A113 motorway:end station ''Blankenfelde'==== [[Airport]] Berlin-Schönefeld ====It's possible . From there, take any regional train one stop to hitchhike at the on-ramp next to the airport ''(Flughafen) Berlin-SchönefeldDahlewitz''. You can reach Turn right from the airport with S-Bahn S9 station and some [[Deutsche Bahn|DB]] trainswalk southeast ≈4 km along Bahnhofstrasse/L40 until you cross over the Autobahn A10/E30 bridge. You can not only find lifts mostly towards Dresden or Poland. It's probably Head down to the best spot within reach by S Autobahn and U-Bahn walk 1 km east to hitchhike to Polandthe big Aral petrol station. Stand right before Walking on the ramp with a 'PL' sign. The ramp Autobahn is pretty smallillegal, but so if you can walk up some 15-20m behind want to avoid the risk of getting caught, continue walking straight on the L40 after crossing the bridge for 1.6 km. There will be a small road on the left heading to the ''Autobahn'' sign so people can stop . Walk north 850 m along this road until the side start of the road safelybridge over the Autobahn. Watch Climb down to the speed of cars coming from field and walk east 300 m, parallel with the right hidden corner onto Autobahn, until you reach the ramp, Raststätte. (There is a fence to with holes in it's a tricky before/next to Raststätte). See the map on-rampthe right. You need to walk 5 to 6 km, can be dangerous so hitch carefully here.but the place is very good!

==== Tempelhof ====Maybe Tempelhof used to be a good place to hitch hike in the past but now it seems impossible to catch a ride there Take S- there is simply no space for a car to stop (or we failed bahn S2 to find a spot which i doubt because we searched the whole neighbourhood)end station ''Blankenfelde''. If you still want to test it yourself here is how to get From there:The [[airport]] is easy , take any regional train 2 stops to reach with S-Bahn and U-Bahn''Rangsdorf''. Once there simply follow Walk the Kienitzer Str until the sign towards Dresden (A100)crossing with L40 road. There are two red lights, for people coming from north Continue walking 500 metres and south, so they have time to see youturn left on the gravel road. You should ask for A113 or A13, or simply if they are going in will hear the way to Ikea, highway and get dropped on the petrol station before see a rest area through the big mall (before Waltersdorf, check map also). Bus #263 from S-Bahn station Grünau also goes to/near this petrol stationbushes. '''Please read the discussion page'''!

''2. From the 96a road (not Can someone confirm that much in use after opening the A113):''Kienitzer Dorfstrase almost all lenght have bicycle path next to it??????

==== Schöneweide ====[[File:Berlin-schoeneweide.jpg|thumb|right|230px|Hitchhikers next to the service station in Schöneweide.]]Take a train to the S-Bahn station ''Schöneweide'Train + bus with one C zone ticket', get out there and walk out of the station East, turn right on Michael-Brückner Straße and after 300 meter you'll find two big [[rest area|service stations]] − although the is far away these are mostly the last possibilities for cars 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 both to cars on the street who could stop at the Burger King entrance (but often drive too fast though) and to people leaving the second petrol station or entering Burger King.

===== Opinions: =====* However the attendants at the service station will ask you to look for your ride elsewhere and may even call the police. The road leading to the is a no stopping zone, so the best solution is to stand near the Burger King, where a driver can pull in. There is no better spot further up the road toward the . * 2008-08-24: I used this petrol stations quite often and never had problems. What the hell did you do? -[[UserFile:atopiaHitch_ber_pl_fichtenplan_2020.png|200px|thumb|right|Ben]]* I tried both the gas station and by using a sign How to stop cars walk from the street. First of all most people weren't traveling to Dresden and even if they were they were very hesitant to give you a ride if you ask them. For all the time I spent there, two other hitchhikers came and they also had no luck. I eventually gave up and had to pay for the bus. I'm not sure if that's a good spot.* as of August 2010 I consider this the best spot for hitching stop Am Weidendamm to Dresden. Living in Dresden and going to Berlin for weekend-trips quite often it worked fine for me as well as for others visiting from Berlin. The catch might be it was almost always Sunday afternoons though. So if you take that into account you should be fine getting a lift to Dresden from Schöneweide, given the number of people returning to Dresden for the start of the week. Both standing by the side of the road with a sign as well as asking people at the petrol station turned out well for me.* We hitch hiked at the gas station by asking people. (the second, the first was rather empty). Most of the people who get gas over there stay local or are kind of rude. Using a sign we got a hitch after 20 minutes to Dresden.* Sept 2011 - we got a ride after about 30 minutes by standing at the exit to the 2nd gas station. There was another hitch hiker standing at the entrance and we got picked up before him. Recommended to stay at the exit with a sign and smile.Raststätte Am Fichtenplan]]

===== Illegally =====Alternatively go to Once you’re on the S-Bahn station bus, get off at ''AltglienickeAm Weidendamm'', the surrounding area being a business park. Leave the platform illegally at Walk towards the east endNortheast, then hike over there’s a crane business on the rails, which will bring you to the B96right hand side that you’ll spot from afar. The main road is also named ''Am Seegraben''. There is makes a wide emergency lane left turn here, and a speed limit of 50 km/h. Use a sign dead end road branches off: The latter is the one you have to get a lift to [[Dresden]] (DD)take, [[Braunschweig]] (BS)the crane business coming closer and closer. A dirt road starts at the concrete square at the end of this road, [[Hannover]](H)and passes the crane business site, ''[[Berlin#Rasthof Michendorf|Rasthof Michendorf]]'' or [[Frankfurt an der Oder|Frankfurt (Oder)]] (FF) / [[Poland]] ([[Poznań|Poznan]]). It is not allowed to hitchhike the fence of it being on that spot, though it's very likely that you will obtain a good lift in short time. Remember: Running over the rails can cost you something around 25 Euro if they catch youyour right.

'''Attention'''Cars are driving too fast Now proceed to the field, pass the trench and turn left. If you’ve got the right shoes/boots, you'll bring yourself in danger. People start honking may alsohead across the field diagonally to your left from where you crossed the trench...'''so better not using this hitchhike spot'''. After If you haven’t seen it from the trench, you’ll soon notice a while low causeway ahead of you (if you walked across the police appeared and sent us away. field) or on your left (August 2009if you followed the field’s edge)--[[User:Wukk|Wukk]] 12:32. You’ll want to be on the causeway, 22 October 2009 (UTC)which in fact had a railway line on it many decades ago.

===== Legally =====OR ... go to Once on the S-Bahn station ''Altglienicke''causeway, turn right (South) and simply follow it. When getting off, you ll see there is You’ll soon be on a forest road in parallel to near the S Bahn linemotorway, and likely also see a red lightbridge as well as the Raststätte already. To get there, leave the platform by using "Cross the bridge", legally, turn immediately left and then cross the road to stand at enter the red light. You can ask cars every time they stop for the red light. The red light is 100 meters before the onramp of the motorway going to Cottbus or Dresdenrest area.

'''B)''' From eastern Berlin, go to ''S Königs Wusterhausen'', catch bus 730 to ''Brusendorf, Kreuzung'' (15 min ride with same C zone ticket) and walk Wilhelm-Pieck-Strase 100 metres and turn left on gravel road. You will see rest stop from there ==== Grünbergallee Option 3: Raststätte Seeberg West====You can also [[File:Hitch_ber pl seeberg west.png|200px|thumb|right|How to walk from Hönow station to Seeberg West]] The cheapest, though probably not fastest option to reach ''Raststätte Seeberg West'', is to take subway line U5 to its eastern terminus ''Hönow'' (Berlin AB/BC ticket). Once out of the station, cross ''Mahlsdorfer Straße'' (the road right in front of the S-Bahn one station further to ), turn left, and then turn right into the first road that branches off, called ''Am Barschsee/Am Weiher''. Follow ''Am Weiher'' and keep heading straight; the road continues as ''Am Grünzug'' after crossing ''Hoppegartener Straße'' and eventually as ''Wernergraben''. Once you can see the REWE supermarket, turn right into ''Stöbberstraße'' and follow it until its very end (it becomes ''An der alten Gärtnerei'' past the kindergarten). Turn left into ''Bamberger Straße'' and walk until the main road ''S GrünbergalleeNeuenhagener Chaussee''. You Carefully cross ''Neuenhagener Chaussee''ll find – it’s a big busy road with cars going pretty fast – and start walking on the dirt road straight ahead. At some point the road turns right and you have to enter the forested area; the road crosses a big hardware-store (stream called ''HornbachZochegraben''here. The road will now continue to the left whereas on the right you’ll see a small path. Turn left and keep following the dirt road. A few minutes later, after walking besides a field (on your right), there will be two paths to a small natural pool (which, depending on the time of the year, might not have any water in it; you’ll recognise the place though, having some wooden installations as well as a small “sand beach”. There is , you’ll also see a wire fence that follows the direction of the pool if you were to look at it from the dirt road. Walk past the pool on the righthand side – there’s something like a path for a few metres – until you encounter high grass or the overgrown area respectively. From here, the easiest way to continue is to look where the least shrub is and head towards the wire fence. Chances are you’ll be doing some bush-going lane at bashing (again dependent on season), so don’t wear your fanciest clothes. Once besides the wire fence, the grass is not too high and walking becomes easier; keep following the fence, which will make a 90° right turn soon, when a huge field opens in front of you. From there, you’ll already see a big roadpower line. Your destination is a wooden gate near the power pole on the field. Walk along its edge or simply across the field if conditions are favourable, no farmer is around and you’re wearing boots or something similar. Approximately 20 to 30 metres before the power pole, you’ll see the open gate (with nothing but an overgrown area behind it) on the edge of the field. 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. Just show  Altogether, the walk is a sign saying 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 ''DresdenThälmannstr.'' , 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 operates in tariff zone C, meaning you'll likely need an additional ticket. At the beginning Raststätte, trucks heading for Poland abound, as well as a fair number of this laneprivate cars with Polish number plates. Sometimes   === East towards [[Kostrzyn]] Poland and [[Frankfurt an der Oder|Frankfurt (Oder)]] === If you are going to Frankfurt/Oder or somewhere else close by, you can ask drivers at try to hitch along the national road B5/B1 instead of taking the highway A12.  Take the S5 to Mahlsdorf and follow Hönewer Straße to the South until the big intersection with the street Alt-Mahlsdorf. After the traffic light there is [https://goo.gl/maps/45v4qR1Np822 enough place to stop]. Cars go quite fast, but often slow down due according to the parking changing traffic lights. There is still a lot of city traffic though. Small walk away also is a Star Tankstelle petrol station (adress Alt-Mahlsdorf 117) Directly before the entrance to the Berlin ringway there is a bus stop & Shell Tankstelle suitable for hitching further. About 10 km after the highway the hardwareB1/B5 changes from a fast two lane road to a smaller national road.  === North towards [[Fürstenberg]], [[Neustrelitz]] and [[Neubrandenburg]] === For the East part of Mecklenburg -store if they can take you to Western Pomerania the first B96 could be a good option instead of A11/A20, because there's only one petrol station on A11 and none on the eastern part of the Autobahn A20. '''Option 1'''  Go to S Oranienburg (S1, RE from Südkreuz - Hauptbahnhof - Gesundbrunnen, RB Lichtenberg - Hohenschönhausen). From Oranienburg go by bus or walk to Sachsenhausen, Kirche bus stop and continue walking Granseer Straße for 15 minutes and you'll reach the B96. At this point the B96 still looks like a highway. But don't be confused: just a few meters before the onramp Oranienburg-Nord there's a sign saying that Autobahn ends. So cars are allowed to stop north of the ramp. Between Oranienburg and Neubrandenburg just Neustrelitz is just bad for leaving a minutes ridecar. If you're driver goes to Neustrelitz leave the car 2 km before at the last crossroad (connection with B198 to Wesenberg, Mirow)and use the bus stop over there to go on to NB or ask if you driver can drop you off at the North end of Neustrelitz. In every other town/village on that way the B96 goes directly via the town. So you can get off and look for the next busstop on the B96. From  Weekend or holidays it might be that there 's nearly no bus via Sachsenhausen, Kirche then you can be luckygo by train to Sachsenhausen (Nordb) and walk 1 km to the spot. Check before on Vbb-Homepage! '''Option 2''' Raststätte Stolper Heide highway rest stop Go by bus 8O9 till stop Stolpe (OHV), tooAutobahnbrücke than 1OO metres back and right side 1 km walk away is Raststätte Stolper Heide highway rest stop on road 111. The road serves just as access to rest stop and starts opposite side from road 111 upramp Or you can walk 4 km from S Bahnhof Hohen Neuendorf starting from Stolper Street than its changes to Hohen Neuendorfer Weg street and all the way to bus stop above.There is a bicycle road next to street

Getting into Berlin since the ring is big and maybe you are on a ride that's only passing by. Good option is to get out at...  === The Ruhr area Highway 10 (Warsaw > Amsterdam) ===When hitch hiking towards Berlin Get off at ''Rasthof Michendorf'' (after all the ring interchanges). There is a bridge over the Autobahn nearby so if you are coming even from Belgium, avoid passing Poland you can jump over and easily find someone going into the Ruhr area (Dortmundcity. Alternatively, Essenyou can walk into Michendorf itself, Duisburg)which takes about 30 min. Once Just head north from the petrol stations (you get incan go under the Autobahn from the southern petrol station From Michendorf, it's difficult to get outyou can take a train for EUR 3. Service stations are rare and passing traffic avoids this region. We tried on several places and had 30 to take the train to pass this area centre of Berlin (lost 5 the ABC ticket, which is valid for 2 hours, so you can also use metro, bus etc. when in Berlin). There are sufficient work arounds The last train everyday is at 00:21. So don't leave the petrol station if you get there after 00:00. Also, if you end up having to avoid this area. See also sleep over there, that train station is definitely not really suitable for sleeping; however, near the hitchwiki page of petrol station there's a 24 hours restaurant called "Restaurant Michendorf Nord", you can charge your phone there and probably sleep in the [[Ruhr Area]]downstairs toilet for disabled people.

=== East and West ===Or get of at "Königs Wusterhausen"/"Wildau". The best exit is one exit after the "Schönefelder Kreuz" on the A10 direction Poland. I consider it as the quickest to get in Berlin from the South! Maybe your driver can drop you in the village at the S-Bahn otherwise here is the independent version: If you want to get off at ''Rasthof Michendorf'' (in Königs Wusterhausen, the best opportunity is a bit a freestyle one. 2 km after all the ring interchanges)exit for "Königs Wusterhausen" there is 150 m long bridge called Wildauer Brücke. There If your driver is a ready to stop there he can drop you directly after the bridge over on the Autobahn nearby so if hard shoulder. If you are coming from [[Poland]] pay antention you can jump over and easily will find someone going into a small door in the citynoise barrier. * AlternativelyOpen the door, go down the stairs, you can walk into Michendorf itself, which takes about 20minwill find the road for Königswusterhausen. Just head north from the gas stations (Walk 20 min and you can go under the motorway from will be at the southern gas S-Bahn station). From Michendorf, you can take a train the last S-Bahn for 2,30 euro to the centre of Berlin (this ticket is valid for 2hrs, so at 00:41! Map [https://goo.gl/maps/grprFELW7rM2 here]. Alternatively you can also use metro, bus etc. when take the same road in Berlin)the other direction [https://goo. The last train everyday is at 10.30PM. So don't leave gl/maps/XhvjZqX9rks map] and go to the gasstation if you get there after 10PMS-Bahn station Wildau.

=== Public transport ===Blackriding is possibleWhen hitch hiking towards Berlin from Belgium, albeit risky. Controllers are very frequent and wear civil clothesavoid passing the Ruhr area (Dortmund, Essen, so they cannot be noticed before the doors are closedDuisburg). And since they do not receive hourly wage but salary depending on how many people they catch, playing the "dumb tourist" will have no effect on them; they want Once you get in their record. The good news is that even if they ask you to pay the fine on the spot (40 euros), you can say you donit't have the money and then you have two weeks s difficult to pay itget out. Or, give them a false address Raststättes are rare and just never pay itpassing traffic avoids this region. If a controller catches you, use some idenification besides your passport, preferably one that doesn't have your real name We tried on it. That way you're not in several places and had to take the systemtrain to pass this area (lost 5 hours. First time you also may have a good chance There are sufficient work arounds to decrease your fine when you write a letter to the S-Bahn officeavoid this area. It´s wise to mention things like it was an unlucky coincident, you´ve been overwhelmed by See also the city and the mass hitchwiki page of people and that you usually pay for the good and ecological public transport[[Ruhr Area]]... :)