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==== Option 1 - : Kurt-Schumacher-Damm ====This spot is nearer to Berlin than Rasthof Stolper Heide and includes much less time spent walking and on the train. To get here go with the Take subway line U6 towards ''direction Alt-Tegel'' and get off at ''Kurt-Schumacher-Platz'' and then . Then walk ≈500 m south along Kurt-Schumacher-Damm to the start walking towards of the motorwayAutobahn. About Alternatively, about 2 minutes away from the U-Bahn subway station there is a ''Jet'' petrol station. You can either ask the drivers who stop there or stand at the road right before it. (Update January 2009: Spot is open again!) You can have a free breakfast or dinner before you start in the Sikhs Sikh temple (gurdwara) that is a 10 minutes walking minute walk from the petrol station. Adress - at Kögelstraße 6.* [[User==== Option 2:MaxHermens|MaxHermens]] says: ItPrenzlauer Promenade ==== The street ''Prenzlauer Promenade'' is called ''Prenzlauer Allee''s best in the city centre and becomes the Autobahn A114 next to ask drivers if they are going on the motorwayS-Bahn station ''Pankow-Heinersdorf''. From there, just walk 500 m down the bridge and you've got a traffic light as well as two petrol stations (Star and if soHEM). Additionally, at the last intersection before the Autobahn starts, if they can take there's another petrol station (Shell) on ''Rothenbachstraße'' next to the traffic lights. 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 two former. Be aware that the staff at the Shell station might tell you to leave their property and threaten to call the above mentioned Stolperheidepolice. Then  There is usually a lot of traffic on this road, so you could also hitch with a sign. Coming from ''Pankow-Heinersdorf'', 50 m before the first petrol station, there is also a shoulder where cars can avoid stop and people waiting at the traffic lights are able to see you. Much of the long walk traffic here is local, but there is also significant traffic towards Hamburg and start hitching straight awayRostock. Try to get a lift to at least the first petrol station on the Autobahn ("Linumer Bruch").

==== Option 2 - Prenzlauer Promenade 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 to call the police.

There This Raststätte is usually a lot of traffic on this road, so ideal in the sense that you could also hitch with end up starting to hitchhike directly from a sign. Coming from ''Pankow-Heinersdorf'', 50m before the first petrol station, in which there is are a shoulder where cars fair few people heading to the big cities in Germany's North or Scandinavia: You can stop easily get a direct ride to Hamburg from here, and people waiting at the traffic light are able , with a little patience, to see Rostock. If youwant to catch a certain ferry in Rostock or have other basic time constraints, please note that getting to this spot from the centre of Berlin may take two hours or even longer; Option 1 is likely faster and may work just as well. <br>

Much of the traffic here is local'''If you start from any district in West Berlin''', but there is also significant traffic take S-Bahn S25 towards [[Hamburg]] ''Hennigsdorf'' and [[Rostock]].<br>Try to get a lift to off at least ''Heiligensee'' (AB or BC ticket required). Turn left from the first petrol station (so that you face North), and walk up ''Ruppiner Chaussee'' for 300 m. Then turn right on the motorway an asphalt walking path (there's a sign saying "Linumer BruchBerliner 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 the Autobahn in order not to lose it and you will quickly see a pathway that you can follow to the Raststätte. There is a small fence to the left of the path which you have to jump at some point; the easiest place is probably to the right of a green fenced enclosure about half way to the Raststätte. The walk from the bridge is about 1.5 km.

====Option 3 - Rasthof Stolper Heide ====The hitchhiking-spot '''If you start from any district in Henningsdorf East Berlin''', a faster way than the one described above is taking S-Bahn S8, get off at 'Rasthof Stolper Heide'Hohen Neuendorf'' ([httpABC or BC ticket required), change to bus 809 (direction://hitchwiki''Hennigsdorf, F.org/maps/?place=2153 map]-Wolf-Str.'') is ideal in and get off at ''Stolpe (OHV), Autobahnbrücke''. Head for the traffic light and turn onto the road on the right (the one opposite of the sense that you end up starting to hitchhike directly from motorway on-ramp), and follow it until it makes a petrol station left turn; here, enter the forest and keep walking in parallel to the Autobahn, which there are a fair few people heading in direction [[Hamburg]], [[Rostock]] or [[Scandinavia]]. You are going will take you straight to have to go the Raststätte's on a 2 km walk in total-ramp for vehicles heading North.

Get the train to S-Bahn station ''Heiligensee'' (S25 towards Henningsdorf, EUR 2[[File:Hitch ber north stolper heide 2023.60 ticket), walk down Ruppiner Chaussee northwards (left when coming out of the station about 300 meters and turn png|200px|thumb|right on an asphalt walking path (− there's a sign saying "Berliner Mauerweg"). Follow the path for 10-15 minutes. Cross the bridge over the motorway and turn immediately left down the little path - you can stay close |How to the motorway in order not to lose it and quickly you will see a pathway that you can follow to this Rasthof. There is a small fence to the left of the path which you have to jump at some point before you reach the station. The easiest place is probably to the right a green fenced inclosure about half way to the service walk from Frohnau station. You can easily get a direct ride to [[HamburgRaststätte Stolper Heide]] from here, and with a little patience to Rostock. If you want to catch a certain boat in Rostock or have other basic time constraints, please note that getting to this spot from somewhere like Kreuzberg och Friedrichshain in the centre of Berlin can take two hours or even longer.

A If you for some reason don't have or want to get a ticket including tariff zone C, you may also take S-Bahn S1 (maybe not so gooddirection: ''Oranienburg'') very close-by spot that saves you the 2 km walk: Get to ''Frohnau''. Getting off one station earlierthere, head to ''SchulzendorfLudolfingerplatz'' (S25 towards Henningsdorf, EUR 2.60 ticket). Get out from the front a small green square surrounded by a roundabout immediately west of the trainstation, and out of the station, follow Ruppiner Chaussee northstart walking along ''Maximiliankorso'', and take the first road branching off on the right . Keep walking until the small intersection with ''Hainbuchenstraße'' (Schulzendorfer Straße). And there you are, on 's a bus stop with the motorway access rampsame name), 5 min and walk from over the station. Howeverroad with this name, following it until its very end: It makes a sharp bend at this spot the access ramp is quite narrowend of a cemetary (on your right) and a forest in front of you. Enter the forest, walk until a path branches off to your right and turn there is not a good place for cars to stop safely. There is also a curve in At the end of the roadbranch, you should see a golf course. Turn left and cars are traveling quicklyjust keep walking straight now, so this spot might be dangerous for which will take you and to the driversRaststätte's fence. You can This route is about 3.64 km long and will take ''any'' ride. If the car doesn't go your way, he can drop you off at the petrol station "Rasthof Stolper Heide" mentioned above, some kilometers up the roadroughly an hour.

''' Direction Denmark''': The ferries that leave 15 km north of Rostock at Warnemünde and from [[Puttgarden]], from Berlin generally people head for the ferry at [[Rostock]] but it leaves more seldom, and if you are offered the right ride you could go to the [[Puttgarden]] one instead, which is a good option especially if you are useable by hitchhikers only transitting through [[Denmark]] to [[Sweden]] seeing as on the Rostock - Gedser ferry there is very little Sweden bound traffic.''' Direction [[Puttgarden]]''': From Berlin is possible if you are Scandlineoffered a ride to''' Direction Hamburg-Stillhorn'''s 2 ferries: If you can get a ride to this gas station you can walk under the highway and hitchhike the other direction towards [[Lübeck]] - however, only people living in the other ones charge per passenger whereas these charge per car making southern part of the city are likely to pass by here.''' Direction Lübeck''': It is possible to accept a ride on either to Lübeck or to the ferry free for Neustadt gas station just north of the hitchhikercity (but that is more rare). One In case you can get dropped off at the onramp leading out of themcentral Lübeck in direction Neustadt, recommended by this article when hitching from wait for a ride that will take you at least to the gas station 10 km north.'''Direction [[BerlinÅrhus]] leaves from ''': You can also accept a ferry terminal 10 kilometers north of ride towards [[RostockFlensburg]] and some hitchhikers have even been known to accept such rides and then going to [[GedserCopenhagen]] through Kolding and [[Odense]] in . Also it is possible to reach both South western [[DenmarkNorway]] and with the other one, ferries from [[PuttgardenHirtshals]] to (Hitchable??) and [[RodbyGöteborg]], also in [[DenmarkSweden]], sees more traffic and runs more often. For going to with the ferry from [[CopenhagenFredrikstad]] or other places in .''Denmark'Direction Sweden' from ''Berlin: You can also head for one of the direct ferries to [[Trelleborg]], leaving from either [[Rostock]] or Travemünde near [[Lübeck]]. The ferry from Sassnitz on Rügen has been discontinued. '' the 'Stockholm'Rostock'' has a direct night ferry works rather wellfrom Rostock 3 times a week running since autumn 2021. It does however have the problem of only leaving every 2 hours or lessCurrently they charge per vehicle and passengers so you couldn't join a crew, but passenger tickets go for 28€ so might still be worth it. Also for any  === Northeast towards [[SwedenSzczecin]] (or , [[NorwayGdańsk|Gdansk]](Danzig) bound hitchhikers it has {{Autobahn|11}} === Getting onto the issue that rather few people A11 is easiest by starting to hitch on this ferry are going road B2, 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, option 1 being the closest/shortest one when coming from the city centre and option 4 being the one furthest away/taking the longest time respectively. ==== Option 1: Berliner Allee ==== Take tram M4 (direction: ''Hohenschönhausen, Zingster Str.'') to ''SwedenWeißer See'' so mostly you will find yourself dropped , get off at a petrol station before there and walk 150 m along ''CopenhagenBerliner Allee'' from where you 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 have surely persuade a Polish driver to stop, though be prepared to find yourself a lift mix your languages and refer to ''Sweden''cities by their Polish names.

Direct ferries Get to Sweden ''Weißer See'' as described in option 1 and walk 1 km north along ''Berliner Allee'' ([[Trelleborg]]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 also hitchable - leaving from [[Rostock]] or [[Sassnitz]] a couple of pockets for cars to stop. There's less local traffic and a higher concentration of relevant traffic. If you have a public transport ticket anyway, check online if it's worth waiting to get to the bus stop ''Nüßlerstr./Feldtmannstr.'' ([[Rügen]]bus lines 255 and 259)to save yourself most of the walking.

=== Northeast towards [[Szczecin]], [[Gdańsk|Gdansk]] (Danzig) {{Autobahn|11}} = Option 3: Am Luchgraben ====

==== Berliner Allee ====Borough Pankow, part Weißensee: Take The most cost-effective – though not fastest – option might be taking bus line 259 to the tram M4 to stop ''Berliner Allee/Indira-Gandhi-Str.Am Luchgraben'' , which can be caught at Alexanderplatz. Then walk along is conveniently located a few metres before the city border, meaning you're still within tariff zone B. There'Berliner Allee'' just around s a patch of dirt/concrete right next to the half circle of crossed-out Berlin sign (indicating that one is leaving the road and find a decent place city limits) where cars people can pull over. Many cars at this intersection have Polish License and are heading North Easteasily stop; many, some as far as Gdansk. Use a sign with if not the city ''[[Szczecin]]'' and surely a Polish driver majority of cars passing here will stop, though be prepared to mix your languages and refer going to cities by there Polish names. Check the map for the street viewNorthwestern Poland.

You can also continue about 1 km further ahead from the stop ''Berliner Allee/Indira==== Option 4: Autobahn Junction Berlin-Gandhi-Str.'', to the place just before where ''Darßer Str''. passes above ''Berliner allee''. I found this place to be much better. There's a long straight road where people don't drive too fast and where there's a couple of pockets for cars to stop, there's less local traffic and a higher concentration of relevant traffic (Poles, to be blunt), and it's much nicer to stand here. I waited around 40 minutes until a truck driver stopped.Weißensee ====

==== On Ramp Berlin-Weißensee ====First take the Take S-Bahn S2 (line S2direction: ''Bernau'') from e.g. Friedrichstr. or Gesundbrunnen and go to "get off at ''Buch" (from Friedrichstr., that will be an about 24 min train ride)''. From there, catch a bus that goes to "''Schwanebeck, Dorf" '' (caapprox. 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 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 eastern directionthe East, that means coming from Schwanebeck, you have to pass by the first on -ramp which leads towards western directionthe 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 straight away, but rather to the "Berliner Ring" (A10); the A11 goes branches off the A10 about a kilometer 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 service station Raststätte "Buckowsee", which is located some 35 km after the A11 begins. This service station Raststätte is the only one on All 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.

* Update: Due to reconstructions of the on ramp that finished in 2013 the situation looks different. There is hardly a spot for drivers to stop === South towards [[Leipzig]], [[Munich]] {{Autobahn|9}} and the cars are going quite fast. Berliner Allee might be the easier option.West towards [[Magdeburg]], [[Hannover]] {{Autobahn|2}} ===

=== South towards [[Leipzig]] {{Autobahn|9}} and West towards [[Magdeburg]], [[Hannover]] {{Autobahn|2}} = Option 1: Raststätte Grunewald ====

==== Rasthof Grunewald ====Heading South or West, the best - and most frequented - spot is probably ''Rasthof Grunewald''. Take the ''S-Bahn'' train ''S7'' towards (direction: ''PotsdamHbf'' ), or ''S1'' towards (direction: ''Wannsee'' ), and get out at ''Nikolassee''. Walk out of the train station, cross the bridge and you'll see the [[petrol station hitchhiking|petrol station]] to the right of you. You can talk to drivers at the petrol station or on the parking lot.

There are often other hitchhikers here early, This spot is both faster and it is polite cheaper to get to wait until they have leftthan option 2: Michendorf. Get here early You will need 25 minutes from Hauptbahnhof (Berlin Main Station) on an AB ticket, compared to avoid ~1 hour (including the competitionwalk) on an ABC ticket to Michendorf.

This spot There is both faster & cheaper to get to than Michendorfa lot of long distance traffic heading south and west, with high chances of finding a ride for at least several hundred kilometres. You will need 25 minutes from Hauptbahnhof (Berlin Main Station) on an AB-ticket (2However,70€), compared to ~1hour (including the walk) on an ABC-ticket (3,30€) it is '''not''' a good spot to Michendorfhitch East.

==== Rasthof Option 2: Raststätte Michendorf ====* '''This one also works for South or East!''' Just 30 minutes by ''Regionalbahn'' (train) south west of Berlin. You easily get hitches to the south or west as well as to the east ([[Poland]]). Take a train (e.g. RE7 to [[Dessau]], check [http://www.fahrinfo-berlin.de/Fahrinfo/bin/ fahrinfo-berlin.de] for route information) from the center (ABC 3.10 EUR). Get off at the train station ''Michendorf''. Leave the station at the left side (in direction of the train). Turn right into the Potsdamer Straße, at the bus stop, and walk for 20 minutes straight on it. To go west or south ([[Magdeburg]], [[Hannover]] or [[Leipzig]], [[Munich]]) turn right into Feldstraße and follow it till you see the [[rest area|service station]]. Enter via the green emergency door.

Alternatively you can get here by bus 643 or 608 from [[Potsdam]] Hbf which also passes According to the train station in Michendorf. Get off at "Michendorf Luckenwalder Straße", and walk back some meters, turn left to Potsdamer Straße and thenexperiences of several hitchhikers, this is a good spot to go west East – but '''not''' West or south ([[Magdeburg]], [[Hannover]] or [[Leipzig]], [[Munich]]) turn right into Feldstraße and follow it till you see the [[rest area|service station]]South.

If you want to go east towards [[Poland]] Take regional train RE7 (direction: ''Dessau'') from Berlin's centre or [[Dresden]] keep walking straight ahead RB37 (southdirection: ''Beelitz Stadt'') on Potsdamer Straße until it ends from ''Berlin-Wannsee'' station and get off at ''Michendorf'' (it bends right and is called An der Autobahn thenABC/BC ticket required). At Leave the end keep walking straight ahead on a footpath and cross station at the tunnel under left side (in direction of the A10train). After the tunnel turn Turn right on a sandy path through the forestinto ''Potsdamer Straße'' and walk south 1.3 km. Follow the track Turn right into ''Feldstraße'' and follow it until you are at the hamburger restaurant at see the [[rest area|Raststätte]]. The petrol station is after Enter via the green emergency door or walk a bit further to the restaurant and seems to be better for getting rides, as the noise protection wall ends there.

There is a map on ''User [[Crossable_rest_areas_in_Germany#Autobahn_A10User:Rebew|crossable rest areas in GermanyRebew]] that tells you exactly how to get and a friend tried hitchhiking from one side here on several occasions and had no luck going anywhere West. There is not a lot of Michendorf to the othertraffic and it will yield only short rides, Leipzig at most (2021).''

==== 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 ''Messedamm'' with the A115 in a U-turn around a quiet parking area at the ''Messedamm''. From S-bahnhof Westkreutz Bahn station ''Westkreuz'', walk north along the Halenseestrasse''Halenseestraße'', and cross the road at the big crossing cross the road intersection onto the Messedam''Messedamm''. After 100 meters on the Messedam , there is the quiet parking area at your left hand side. Walk across the parkingcarpark. To reach the place to standhitch from, climb the traffic barrier between the parking carpark and the acceleration lane. : [httphttps://gooosm.glorg/mapsgo/NlquZ 0MZuR0mAF?m= This] is the exact location . Hitchhiking is prohibited here as the location is behind the motorway Autobahn sign, but the risk is worth it. From S-bahnhof Bahn station ''Messe Nord /ICC'' it is slightly further, but easier to find. Walk to the ''Messedamm'', follow it south and at the next crossing intersection turn right, then you 'll find the quiet parking area after 100 meters on your left hand side. === South towards [[Dresden]] and [[Cottbus]] {{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 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 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.]]

==== Trampstelle [[Potsdam]] ====There is a local campaign for an official hitchhiking spot in PotsdamTake S-Bahn S8, they made a petition S9, S41, S42, S45, S4, S47, or S85 to ''Schöneweide''. Then walk east out of the station, turn right onto Michael-Brückner-Straße and won it :)The hitchhiking spot is planned now and will be established soon. Update 2016: There is still no "Trampstelle" in Potsdamafter 300 m, you'll find two petrol stations.Most people stops on second

==== Aral at Kaiserdamm Option 4: A100 Auffahrt Siemensdamm ====Another option is the ''Aral'' petrol station at '''Kaiserdamm''' near the central bus station. 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 50m there's the petrol station. It depends on the day, sometimes it's very easy to get away there, sometimes it's harder.

=== South Get to station "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've made the experience that directly at the traffic lights it's hard but a bit further it can work. It is probably a great spot towards [[Dresden]] AVUS and [[Cottbus]] ===north as well.

==== Altglienicke Option 5: Test option ====This is a much better place to hitch towards Dresden/Prague than Schöneweide in my opinion! In Schöneweide I waited one hour and more, in Altglienicke max. 15 minutes! Some drivers also told me they say hitchhikers in Schöneweide but didn't take them because it was difficult for them to stop there. In Altglienicke it's easy. Go to the S-Bahn station ''Altglienicke''. When getting off, you ll see there is a road in parallel to the S-Bahn line, and a red light. To get there, leave the platform by using "the bridge" and then go to the right to walk down to the road. Cross the road to stand at the red light. You can ask cars every time they stop for the red light. The red light is 100 m before the onramp of the motorway going to Cottbus or Dresden.

I'd suggest Waldeck West rest stop road 117 next to go some hundred meters down the road. A normal lane changes into a parking lanebus 263 stop Waltersdorf (bei Berlin), where cars can easily stopGaspumpstation. Actually I saw cars 5 km walk away from anywhere in Germany (Dresden, Hannover, Hamburg, Munich, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Offenburg, Leipzig) [[User:Redjo27|Redjo27]]Eichwalde s-bahn stop S8 and S46 goes there

==== Tempelhof ====(Update June 2015: A busy Friday afternoon, got Once you get a lift ride in Germany direction to Poland you can hitchhike before or after 15 minutes all the way to Dresden so was very happy with this spotplaces where people pay for higway (polish name bramki). It is possible to walk along the row of cars in the left-turning lane during One side will have a red light, but there isn't much space between these cars parking place and the lane of traffic coming beside it in the opposite direction, so try its free to get back to the small pedestrian area at the traffic light before it changeshitchike there. - grae)

(Update==== Option 1: At a busy traveling time, e.g. Friday afternoon, the left turn to enter the Autobahn A100 from B96 Tempelhofer Damm near S-Bahnhof Tempelhof under the S-Bahn bridge (googlemaps: 52.469536,13.385558) is highly recommended. You will stand with a Dresden or A13 sign on the pedestrian space where you can speak with some of the left-bound drivers directly. They could even stop before the Autobahn begins, but it's better to get in immediately. Wait for DD number plates, CB (Cottbus) come less often, but might also be useful. Not a thing to do in the night. One of ten DD cars would probably take you. Waiting time: one hour, but then you have a functioning ride.)Raststätte Michendorf / least walking ====

Maybe Tempelhof used to be Take a good place to hitch hike regional train (e.g. RE7 direction Dessau, check fahrinfo-berlin.de for route information) from the centre and get off at Michendorf (requires BC/ABC ticket). Leave the station at the left side (in direction of the past but now train). Turn right into the Potsdamer Straße and walk south ≈1.7 km on Potsdamer Straße until it ends (it seems impossible to catch a ride there - there bends right and is simply no space for called An der Autobahn then). Keep walking straight ahead on a car to stop (or we failed to find footpath and cross the tunnel under the Autobahn A10. After the tunnel, turn right on a spot which I doubt because we searched sandy path through the whole neighbourhood)forest. If Follow the track until you still want are at the Mcdonalds at the [rest area. The petrol station is after the restaurant and seems to test it yourself here be better for getting rides. Your best bet is how to get there:either ask truckers (although they might not know English) or stand by the exit with a sign that says "Polska".

The [[airport]] is easy to reach with S-Bahn Alternative: Take bus 643 from ''Potsdam Hbf'', direction Busendorf, and U-Bahnget off at ''Michendorf, Bergheide''. Once there simply follow Walk back 40 m in the direction the sign towards Dresden (A100). There are two red lights, for people coming bus came from north and south, so they have time to see youthe junction. You should ask for A113 or A13, or simply if they are There will be a small road going in to the way to Ikealeft, and get dropped on through the petrol station before the big mall (before Waltersdorf, check map also)forest. Bus #263 from S-Bahn station Grünau also goes Follow this road for ≈1 km tothe Mcdonalds/near this petrol stationRaststätte. '''Please read the discussion page'''!

From the 96a road (not that much in use after opening the A113)==== Option 2:''Raststätte Am Fichtenplan ====

==== Schöneweide ====[[File:Berlin-schoeneweide.jpg|thumb|right|230px|Hitchhikers next to the service station in Schöneweide.]]Take a train to the '''S-Bahn station + 1 stop with train + 5 km walking''Schöneweide'', 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[[File: Berlinout.jpg|thumb|alt=====* 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. E30 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? -''[[User:atopia|BenE30]]* I tried both the petrol station and by using a sign to stop cars 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 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 petrol station by asking people. (the second, the first was rather empty). Most of the people who get fuel 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 second petrol 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.* July 2012. Monday morning and I'm standing a little after both petrol stations just outside the Burger King. Traffic from the road, both stations and sometimes coming out of the 'restaurant'. I was picked up in half an hour with a ride all the way to Dresden. A Romanian guy heading to Poland caught a ride just before me. Great place to hitch. LookingforStu* As of 2015 (last time I tried) this spot is no longer convenient for hitching, since the place that cars could once stop is now just another lane of traffic. You can still try asking at petrol stations, but this is a shame as in my experience it was the only easily accessible and convenient place for hitchhiking towards Dresden.]]

=== East towards [[Frankfurt an der Oder|Frankfurt (Oder)]]Take S-bahn S2 to the end station ''Blankenfelde''. From there, [[Poland]] E30 ===take any regional train 2 stops to ''Rangsdorf'If you are hitching in '. Walk the Kienitzer Str until the crossing with L40 road. Continue walking 500 metres and turn left on the gravel road. You will hear the direction of [[Wroclaw]], [[Katowice]] or [[Krakow]], you might find highway and see a rest area through the route-page from [[:Category:Route_Berlin_-_Kraków|Berlin to Kraków]] usefulbushes.''

Just 30 minutes by Regionalbahn (train) south west of Berlin[[File:Hitch_ber_pl_fichtenplan_2020. You easily get hitches png|200px|thumb|right|How to the south or west as well as to the east (Poland). Take a train (e.g. RE7 to Dessau, check fahrinfo-berlin.de for route information) walk from the center (ABC 3.10 EUR). Get off at the train station Michendorf. Leave the station at the left side (in direction of the train). Turn right into the Potsdamer Straße, at the bus stop, and walk for 20 minutes straight on it. To go west or south (Magdeburg, Hannover or Leipzig, Munich) turn right into Feldstraße and follow it till you see the service station. Enter via the green emergency door. Alternatively you can get here by bus 643 or 608 from Potsdam Hbf which also passes the train station in Michendorf. Get off at "Michendorf - Luckenwalder Straße", and walk south west for the final stretch Am Weidendamm to the service station.Raststätte Am Fichtenplan]]

If you want to go east towards Poland or Dresden keep walking straight ahead (south) on Potsdamer Straße until it ends (it bends right and is called An der Autobahn then'''A)''' From train stop ''S Blankenfelde'' catch bus 792, check [https://www.vbb.de/en VBB. At de] in advance to find out about the end keep walking straight ahead on a footpath and cross the tunnel under the A10departure times. After the tunnel turn right on If you’ve bought a sandy path through ticket including tariff zone C to get to ''Blankenfelde'', it’ll also cover the forestbus fare. Follow When looking for the track until you are bus at ''Blankenfelde'' station, the MCDonalds hamburger restaurant at the rest area. The petrol station displayed direction doesn’t matter as this is after the restaurant and seems to be better for getting ridesinitial/final stop of this line.

There is a great hitchhiking spot right next Now proceed to U7 station Grenzallee. There are two exits from the subway stationfield, pass the trench and turn left. If you get out at you’ve got the Northern exit, immediately turn right and cross the streetshoes/boots, but only half way. Turn right and walk towards you may also head across the traffic lights, and field diagonally to your left from where you're on crossed the hitch spottrench.If you get out at haven’t seen it from the Southern exittrench, walk in the opposite direction you’ll soon notice a low causeway ahead of you (if you walked across the metro exit stairs, towards field) or on your left (if you followed the traffic lightsfield’s edge). You can start hitching from thereYou’ll want to be on the causeway, which in fact had a railway line on it many decades ago.

==== Aral fuel station / big truck parking Once on E30 highroad ====the causeway, turn right (South) and simply follow it. You’ll soon be on a forest road near the motorway, and likely also see a bridge as well as the Raststätte already. Cross the bridge, turn immediately left and enter the rest 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 ==== Option 3: Raststätte Seeberg West==== [[File:BerlinoutHitch_ber pl seeberg west.jpgpng|200px|thumb|alt=E30 ''[[E30]]''.right|How to walk from Hönow station to Seeberg West]]

Take the metro The cheapest, though probably not fastest option to reach ''Raststätte Seeberg West'', is to Blankenfelde-Mahlow and from there train take subway line U5 to next station Dahlewitzits eastern terminus ''Hönow'' (Berlin AB/BC ticket). At Once out of the station there is Netto shop, take a look what is cross ''Mahlsdorfer Straße'' (the road right in front of the rubbish behind station), turn left, and then turn right into the shopfirst road that branches off, called ''Am Barschsee/Am Weiher''. Walk 4km along Follow ''Am Weiher'' and keep heading straight; the road L40 till autobahn E30 cross continues as ''Am Grünzug'' after crossing ''Hoppegartener Straße'' and eventually as ''Wernergraben''. Once you can see the bridge go downstairs to REWE supermarket, turn right into ''Stöbberstraße'' and follow it until its very end (it becomes ''An der alten Gärtnerei'' past the autobahn and go 1km in Poland direction till big Aral petrol stationkindergarten). In fuel station there are many cars Turn left into ''Bamberger Straße'' and trucks, it’s in both sides of walk until the main road''Neuenhagener Chaussee''. Together you need to walk 5km, but the place is very good!

==== Hönow / Seeberg West ====[This place might require more testing]Carefully cross ''Neuenhagener Chaussee'' – it’s a busy road with cars going pretty fast – and start walking on the dirt road straight ahead.Go with U5 to At some point the station Hönow, than road turns right and you have about 3km west to walk enter the forested area; the road crosses a stream called ''Zochegraben'' here. The road will now continue to A10 (used for going around Berlin when heading west)the left whereas on the right you’ll see a small path.On your way you have McD Turn left and lots of space for nice camping keep following the dirt road. A few minutes later, after walking besides a field (also lakeson your right) - this is , there will be two paths to a small natural pool (which, depending on the time of the year, might not Berlin, have any water in it's Brandenburg. [;)] At you’ll recognise the ramp you can ask people that will stopplace though, having some wooden installations as well as a small “sand beach”. There, for you’ll also see a ride wire fence that follows the direction of the pool if you were to a petrol station which is 500m further down on a motorwaylook at it from the dirt road.

The ramp itself Walk past the pool on the right hand 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 not super great as there to look where the least shrub is no sidespace, and you have to stay just at head towards the wire fence. Chances are you’ll be doing some bush-bashing (again dependent on season), but enough width for two automobilesso don’t wear your fanciest clothes. Cars don't go fast as there are traffic lights before Once besides the turn. 10 minutes waiting time to get to wire fence, the station can be expected. It seems like at grass is not too high and walking becomes easier; keep following the station there are more drivers that go in fence, which will make a Dresden direction90° right turn soon, but finding people willing to take when a huge field opens in front of you to Poland is also possible.

It is possible (and worth checking) that From there , you’ll already see a big power line. Your destination is a direct way to Seeberg West petrol stationwooden gate near the power pole on the field. Probably from Walk along its edge or simply across the side of Neuenhagen townfield if conditions are favourable, no farmer is around and you’re wearing boots or something similar. It has been observed (2014) that Approximately 20 to 30 metres before the power pole, you’ll see the station has an open gate in a back fence that goes into greenery (trees and shrubs - no clear path with nothing but walkablean overgrown area behind it)on the edge of the field.

==== [[Airport]] Berlin-Schönefeld ====It's possible to hitchhike at Enter the on-ramp next to the airport ''gate and immediately turn right; walk about ten metres, then turn slightly left (Flughafenapprox. 45°) Berlin-Schönefeld''. You can reach the airport with S-Bahn S9 and some [[Deutsche Bahn|DB]] trains. You can not only find lifts mostly towards Dresden or Poland. It's probably the best spot within reach by S and U-Bahn to hitchhike to Poland. Stand right before the ramp with a 'PL' signkeep walking. The ramp shrub is pretty smalldense in places so again it’s some bush bashing, but you can walk up some 15-20m behind a few metres further you’ll already encounter the ''Autobahn'' sign so people can stop along the side fence of the road safelyRaststätte. Watch If you followed these directions, chances are you’ll already see the speed of cars coming from gate in the right hidden corner onto fence to enter the ramp, it's a tricky on-ramp, can be dangerous so hitch carefully hererest area.

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:One hitchhiker waited here for 6 hours without success''S Hoppegarten'') from ''Hönow'' station and get off at ''Thälmannstr. Have a look '', with this bus stop being very close to where the dirt road is starting at ''Neuenhagener Chaussee''. However, the [[Talk:Berlin|discussion page]]bus only runs once per hour during weekdays and operates in tariff zone C, meaning you'll likely need an additional ticket.

==== Car poolingEast towards [[Kostrzyn]] Poland and [[Frankfurt an der Oder|Frankfurt (Oder)]] ====As there's not really a great spot to hitch out, sometimes worth to consider trying something else. True, agreeing in advance and paying for a ride is totally not hitching, but you can save painful hours of waiting. Normally there are lots of offers on [http://www.bessermitfahren.de/], till the first petrol station it shouldn't be more than EUR 5.

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 [httphttps://mapsgoo.google.degl/maps?q=Mahlsdorf+Berlin&hl=de&ll=52.504777,13.613766&spn=0.001753,0.004823&sll=51.151786,10.415039&sspn=14.819685,39.506836&geocode=FeckIQMdQMLPAA&hnear=Mahlsdorf,+Berlin&t=m&z=18&layer=c&cbll=52.504771,13.613946&panoid=HBi4_bXjladKpgEY_Ak41g&cbp=12,120.68,,0,7.31 /45v4qR1Np822 enough place to stop]. Cars go quite fast, but often slow down due according to the changing traffic lights. There is still a lot of city traffic though . Small walk away also is a Star Tankstelle petrol station (verified 2014adress Alt-09-03Mahlsdorf 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 B1/B5 changes from a fast two lane road to a smaller national road.

So first you need '''Option 1'''  Go to go 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 15minutes 15 minutes and you'll reach the B96. at At this point the B96 still looks like a highway. but But don't be confused: just a few meters before the onramp Oranienburg-Nord there's a sign saying that motorway Autobahn ends. So cars are allowed to stop north of the ramp. between Between Oranienburg and Neubrandenburg just Neustrelitz is bad for leaving a car. If you're driver goes to Neustrelitz leave the car 2km 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 So you can get off and look for the next busstop on the B96. Weekend or holidays it might be that there's nearly no bus via Sachsenhausen, Kirche then you can go 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), Autobahnbrücke 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

If you're doing this on weekend or holidays it might be that there's nearly no bus via Sachsenhausen, Kirche. then Or you can go by train walk 4 km from S Bahnhof Hohen Neuendorf starting from Stolper Street than its changes to Sachsenhausen Hohen Neuendorfer Weg street and walk 30minutes all the way to the spotbus stop above. Check before on vbb-Homepage! There is a bicycle road next to street

=== Poland > Amsterdam highway 10 ===The best to hitchhike is to get off at ''Rasthof Michendorf'' When hitch hiking towards Berlin from Belgium, avoid passing the Ruhr area (after all the ring interchangesDortmund, Essen, Duisburg). There is a bridge over the Autobahn nearby so if Once you get in, it's difficult to get out. Raststättes are coming from [[Poland]] you can jump over rare and easily find someone going into the citypassing traffic avoids this region. * Alternatively, you can walk into Michendorf itself, which takes about 20min. Just head north from We tried on several places and had to take the petrol stations train to pass this area (you can go under the motorway from the southern petrol station)lost 5 hours. From Michendorf, you can take a train for EUR 3There are sufficient work arounds to avoid this area.10 to See also the centre hitchwiki page of Berlin (the ABC ticket, which is valid for 2hrs, so you can also use metro, bus etc. when in Berlin). The last train everyday is at 22:30. So don't leave the petrol station if you get there after 22:00[[Ruhr Area]].