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** as you can go really fast and there are roads everywhere, I would say it is a {{very good}} [[User:Quarim|quarim]]

** I would like to see ratings for Germany per bundesland and not as a whole. The abundance of neonazi youth at raststättes in some of the eastern bundesländer have on occasion made my hitchhiking experience less pleasant than it ought to be, and my experience in general is that people in the east, as well as in Bayern are less likely to pick one up. 70-80% of the rides I've had east of Hannover-Hamburg were with Polish truck drivers. I'd say {{average}} to {{very good}} depending on the region. [[User:Clint.hotvedt|clint.hotvedt]] 13:10, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

* [[Netherlands]]

** {{good}} Also good as far as I experienced. Not Very Good because people sometimes behave like assholes, showing the middle finger or pushing the horn when they see you. Never experienced that in for example [[Bulgaria]] or Germany. [[User:platschi|platschi]]<small>^{[http://hoerstel.travelblog.ch site], [[user talk:platschi|wikitalk]]}</small> 15:21, 16 December 2007 (CET)

** {{bad}} to {{average}} Yes, people pick you up, yes, the police aren't complete obnoxious arseholes, but still I wish to not go any higher than "average" as a hitchability rating. Why? Well, the country is fairly small, extremely populated, and has a network of motorways so extensive that it resembles an urban conglomeration more than a country. To hitch fast through the Netherlands, extensive knowledge of the country's topography is much more a factor than luck. Many people drive no more than 20-50 kilometres (that's the average distance between cities of 100,000+, and even in a country 350 by 250 kilometres that's not much..) I've noticed that most people rating the Netherlands highly are quite seasoned hitchhikers, but a foreign newbie without much experience might have a nightmarish time here. In light of this also being a resource for that group, I think we should adjust the rating accordingly, possibly with a disclaimer that says that the rating is {{average}} to {{good}} for people who are familiar with the Dutch geography. Then I'm not even talking about the arseholes who give one-finger salutes while driving by, they're mostly harmless anyway. [[User:Clint.hotvedt|clint.hotvedt]] 16:27, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

* [[United States]]

**Might be better to add a specific rating for each state? [[User:platschi|platschi]]<small>^{[http://hoerstel.travelblog.ch site], [[user talk:platschi|wikitalk]]}</small> 14:45, 16 December 2007 (CET)

* [[Afghanistan]], [[Iraq]]

** {{Senseless}} - Guess everyone agrees with that.

*** Well I guess your body member can travel easily in different area of Iraq, your head goes somewhere and thumb somewhere else... I'm pretty sure that is a plain {{Senseless}} [[User:Maplefanta|Maplefanta]] 21:35, 24 December 2007 (CET)

*** Jep, I guess you mean what Iris told us this September. But according to the [[Iraq]] article, situation changed in the North through the Turkey-PKK conflict, and I guess currently it would be more wise to give it a senseless at the moment. Hopefully we can change this status in the future to a more positive way. [[User:platschi|platschi]]<small>^{[http://blogs.hitchwiki.org/platschi site], [[user talk:platschi|wikitalk]]}</small> 21:14, 26 December 2007 (CET)

** why is there a ''hard'' on the map, I never hitched Turkey but all I read is a {{very good}} [[User:Quarim|quarim]]

** sure, even for Turkish hitchhikers it's easy out there. {{very good}} ! --[[User:Platschi|Platschi]] 15:26, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

* [[Croatia]]

** I love hitchhiking in Croatia, but lifts used to be short - so: {{good}} [[User:Quarim|quarim]]

*[[Macedonia]]

** {{average}} to {{bad}} Very nice country but hitchhiking is a bit difficult. [[User:Quarim|quarim]]

*[[Poland]]

*[[Italy]]

** {{average}}?? or {{bad}}?? [[User:Quarim|quarim]] 07:06, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

== Hitchability Map ==