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[[ImageFile:IMG_5336.jpg|right|thumb|266px|Hitching at the Prins Bernhardplein liftplaats]]
'''Amsterdam''' is the capital of the [[Netherlands]].
== Hitching In ==
=== West towards [[Haarlem]], [[Leiden]], [[Den Haag]], [[Delft]] ===
Another ramp is a little way up the street from the last. Get there from the last by continuing further down ''Basisweg'' (which becomes ''Transformatorweg'' until ''Kabelweg''). Follow this north past s101 (''Nieuwe Hemweg''). The ramp is off of ''Vlothavenweg''.
=== East towards [[Amersfoort]], [[Hengelo]], [[Osnabrück]], [[Hamburg]], [[Bremen]], [[Berlin]] ===
If you are hitching in the direction of Berlin or Hamburg, you might find the route-page from [[:Category:Route_Amsterdam_-_Berlin|Amsterdam to Berlin]] useful.
If you are hitching in the direction of Bremen, Hamburg or Copenhagen, you might find this route-page from [[:Category:Route_Amsterdam_-_Copenhagen|Amsterdam to Copenhagen]] useful.
'''Option 1''' Liftplaatsand BP petrol station (mostly local traffic)
[[ File:Amsterdam liftplaats petrol station.png |thumb|The walking route from the former ''liftplaats'' location to the nearby petrol station.]]
There is a liftplaats, a spot specifically for hitchhiking, at the Gooiseweg next to the Prins Bernhardplein situated before NS Station Amsterdam Amstel (pass the bus stop). This road leads to the ramp of the S112 of the A10, the motorway around Amsterdam (direction A1 and A2. This is currently being turned into a third lane and is completely unusually for hitching a ride. A little further on that road, which is called Gooiseweg, and behind the bend you will find a BP petrol-station where you can talk to drivers, often a better way for getting a ride. The petrol station is easily accessible from the backstreets, and it is very easy to hail a ride from the side of the road immediately after the petrol station.
Most cars here will drive along the A1 towards Amersfoort, Hengelo and Germany. The first petrol-station is just 8 kilometres further, just after Muiden] A second petrol station and parkingspot, called De Slaag, is located 37 kilometres from Amsterdam, right before Amersfoort.
'''Option 2''' Highway BP Honswijck petrol station in Muiden
First you go by train, tram, metro or bus to the station Amsterdam Amstel. From there three bus lines, 320, 322 and 327, are going to busstop P+R Terrein in Muiden. A presale ticket costs EUR 2,90 for all buses (GVB 1 uur ticket). In the bus you pay EUR 5 for bus lines 322 and 327 or EUR 4.20 for bus line 320 (numbers/ticket price may be outdated).
Step out at P+R Terrein in Muiden, walk south Weesperweg for 200m, then turn left crossing the canal with the bridge Spieringburg/Mariahoeveweg for 200m, then 400m south along the Vecht canal eastbank on Lange Muiderweg. Now comes the unverified part: walk 800 meter east behind the noise breaker along the motorway and you will be at A1 BP-service station Honswijck.
* Comment: I tried this in 2018. Walking behind the noise breaker is a bit of an adventure - part of the terrain there is marshy, so you need to climb up to the concrete ridge on the back of the noise breaker and walk along it - but totally doable and once you're on the other side, you've got a good place to get a hitch. [[User:MatsumotoJoe|MatsumotoJoe]]
[[File:IMGP0763.jpg|right|thumb|266px|Hitchhikers at the Prins Bernhardplein liftplaats]]
'''Option 3''' Hush AVIA highway petrol station / rest stop (out of city by train)
There is often a lot of competition at the ''liftplaats'' and drivers usually only go short distances, so by the time you have finally left Holland you will have had approx. 3–6 rides. You can easily avoid this by taking a train to Hengelo (buy a discount ticket). From the train station ''Hengelo'' take bus 14 to ''Bruninkshoek''. You now find yourself on the street ''Oostelijke Esweg''. Walk in the direction the bus just came from towards the street ''Hasselerbaan'', then turn left. Walk down until you cross ''Oldenzaalsestraat''. Turn left and you will see a footbridge overlooking the A1. When you have crossed the bridge, don't turn right but walk through the grass and descend down. Turn left before the ditch and walk with the ditch on your right. Continue until you see a little forest; here you have to jump over a small ditch. Walk through the little forest and you will reach an Hush AVIA petrol station where nearly all cars go to Germany.
=== South and Southeast towards [[Utrecht]], [[Breda]], [[Nijmegen]], [[Arnhem]], [[Düsseldorf]], [[Antwerpen]], [[Brussels]], [[Paris]] ===
You can already start hitching while walking on this roadeither go and hitch from the same spot as for going West at the Amstel Station, or hitch from where the motorway to Utrecht starts, if which is called the Utrechtsebrug. This second option definitely gives you want more cars going into the right direction and generally a lot less waiting time. '''Option 1''' Head to the Martin Luther King Park in Amsterdam Zuid where the motorway to A2-motorway starts, which leads to Utrecht and further to Den Bosch, Eindhoven and Maastricht. Take tram 4 or 12 and walk from the Vrijheidslaan south through the Rijnstraat to test your luckthe motorway A10 / A2. At the end of this road before the road crossing, you can stand at the 'll find traffic lights before the crossing and where you can pro-actively ask drivers who go straight, to drop you at the next petrol massive Haarrijn service station 200 meters further(see below). The best traffic lights to pick, as there are three sets here, is the one on your left side when you are standing facing the bridge. You From here you can also walk over the bridge and try it at the hard shoulder (less good), or even walk further along the motorway over the hard-shoulder and the grass towards a small petrol station 250 meters further, behind the bend. If you do that don't try (like me) to go right to the little residence, there are rivers and no path to get to the station, there are no other ways than walk along the road. Be careful when walking here, the space between you and cars is minimal. NOTE: Though the spot is generally awesome, you are likely to spend hours waiting for cars going as far as [http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verzorgingsplaats_Haarrijn Haarrijn] on Sundays (and probably Saturdays too). It might be reasonable to try further spots to avoid local traffic during the end of week.
== Sleep Public transport ==If you are caught in the rain with nowhere to go, the best place to stay dry that [[Zac]] found was outside the train station.
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