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**This is the first [[Germany|German]] ramp behind the border. Next to the ramp you'll find a small industrial park, but not many cars. Try to avoid this ramp if you want to go westwards. If you only get a lift until here, try to ask the driver to let you out at the border or the next parking area just 3 kilometer further. Only possibility to hitch is on a traffic island. After hitchhiking this spot several times it's not that bad than thought. Traffic towards the [[Netherlands]] is rare, but quite a lot traffic going towards the next ramp [[Nordhorn]]/[[Bad Bentheim]] in direction [[Germany]]. [[User:Platschi|Platschi]] waited five times for going towards the next ramp or further: 3x 5 minutes, 1x 10 minutes, 1x 15 minutes. Doable!
*'''{{Parking}} Bentheimer Wald''' {{average}}
**Just 3 km behind the 1st ramp drivers will recognize a small parking area with a toilet building. Hitchhiking from here is okayOK, some trucks stopping here and maybe some travellers from the [[Netherlands]] want to make a first stop in [[Germany]]. Just prepare yourself for waiting some 40-50 minutes, the A30 is sometimes very empty and then cars on this parking area are rare. Maybe you can ask one of the many passing border police cars to give you a ride. Questions about you and your stay in the [[Netherlands]] to find out if you have Marihuana marijuana with you are normal, especially when you are a hitchhiker somewhere on the road from Amsterdam to [[Germany]] :-) Just relax and stay cool, the guys from the border police also do. Mostly. :-)
*'''(3) {{Ramp}} [[Nordhorn]] / [[Bad Bentheim]]''' {{south}} {{Very Good}} -- {{north}} {{good}}
**Small traffic-island to stand on, some space for cars to stop behind. [[User:platschi|platschi]] was standing here several times and got lifts within only some minutes. Good for both directions, towards [[Schüttorf]] or further much faster than towards the [[Netherlands]], not much traffic going there. But possible for sure. [[User:Platschi|Platschi's]] waiting time eastwards: average 5 minutes, westwards average 15 minutes. A lot of traffic here on weekdays between 3 and 4 pm!
**You can't get out here, and if you do so: it's illegal! Take care, often border police driving around this junction. Here the '''A30''' crosses the [[A31 (Germany)|A31]].
*'''(6) {{Ramp}} [[Salzbergen]]''' {{average}}
**Quite small and tight ramp at the beginning of a little village. Few traffic, but [[User:Platschi|platschi]] had luck in December 2007 and got a ride within 5 minutes towards [[Osnabrück]]. Within this time three cars drove eastwartseastwards, but havnhaven't seen any cars direction [[Netherlands]]. In January 2008 he waited for a ride into the other direction (NL) but recognized that 80% of the traffic went into direction [[Osnabrück]]. It seems that only a small bunch of cars is going onto the highway at all. Expect some longer waiting time. In Sep 08, he got a ride offer from here towards Amsterdam within 5 minutes. Luck?
*'''{{Parking}}{{WC}} Emstal''' {{average}}[[Image:ramp_kanalhafen.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Ramp (here: ''[[Rheine]]-Kanalhafen'') with traffic island.]]
**The 2nd parking area along the '''A30'''. It is smaller than the first one, but it seems that more cars stop here. It has no petrol station, only a small toilet building and some space for parking. Nevertheless a god spot to get lifts. If people are only going towards [[Rheine]], try to get out here!
**At this ramp there's enough space to stand on the hard shoulder.
*'''{{Parking}}{{WC}} Brockbachtal''' {{good}}
**Parking area with ''no'' gas petrol station or restaurant. Some maps will tell you that, but that's a lie. A gas petrol station is planned for the next decade, but no constructions yet. In ''2005'' it was reconstructed into a bigger parking area. Nevertheless enough traffic eastwards, sometimes people get lost there thinking there's a gas petrol station. Luck for you!
*'''(13) {{Ramp}} [[Lotte]]''' {{senseless}}
**Well, enough space for you to stand on, but nearly no traffic.