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[[Image:Hamburg_hitchspot.jpg|250px|thumb|left|Hitching Spot at ramp ''Hamburg-Schnelsen'']]
=== North: [[Lübeck]], [[Puttgarden]], South, : [[Hannover]] [[Netherlands]], Lueneburg [[Lüneburg]] ===If you want to go south or towards [[Lüneburg]] you should start at '''Raststätte Stillhorn'''. It is easy to get there. Just take S3 or S31 to Wilhelmsburg and then a bus (line #13) to Kirchdorf-Süd. You get off at the last stop. Just follow the road for some 50 meters and then you will hear the motorway A1. After crossing a little bridge you're already on the parking lot of the [[service station]]. Walking distance is about 3 minutes. If you need to go to the other side of the highway, cross the little bridge and walk right for ~500 meter. There, cross the highway by walking under the tunnel, and behind it you already see the service station to your left. Just behind the on-ramp there's a little path towards the service station.
If you are going towards the [[Netherlands]], get a ride south to ''Dammer Berge'' (just before [[Osnabrück]]), where the [[A1 (Germany)|A1]] joins the [[A30 (Germany)|A30]] in the direction of [[Rheine]] and [[Amsterdam]].
=== North or South towards [[Lübeck]], [[Denmark]], [[Bremen]] ===
* There is also a service station you can go to on the '''A1'''. To get to it take a S-Bahn train of line S3 or S31 to Wilhelmsburg, then you take the bus 351 (direction Moorwerder, Kinderheim) and get off at Stillhorner weg (NOTE: this is incorrect. The stop to get off at is called something else, but I forgot the name. I took this advice and ended up wandering around for twenty minutes looking for the station before, on his way back to Hamburg, the busdriver pointed me in the right direction!). The ticket cost 2,70€ (as of feb. 2009). maybe ask the bus driver to tell you where it is as its confusing where to get off.. from From what i remember its that you get off beside a big bank of grass just after you cross nearby the motorway you should be able to see a hotel across a field , walk down a small path about 200m and the service station '''Stilhorn''' is there.
* For going north to mainland [[Denmark]] (direction [[Flensburg]], [[Kiel]], [[Kolding]]) take the metro ''U2'' towards ''Niendorf-Markt''. From there get out and ask people for the bus station (''Busbahnhof''). There take bus #191 until stop ''Sellhopsweg''. Get out there, walk some 200m back to the traffic light. You'll see that the road going left follows the way to the motorway. There's no footpath, so you have to walk along the green space next to the road. Might be tricky in winter, easy in summer. Just take care when trucks and cars coming from behind! After some 300m you're at the ramp. There's enough space for you to stand on, and it's easy for cars to recognize you and to stop. Have a look at the picture for this spot. Oh, someone mentioned that this spot might be illegal to stand on, but can you find an ''Autobahn'' sign in the picture ? ;-)