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'''Hamburg''' is the second largest city in [[Germany]] and is located in the north.
== Hitching Out out ==
[[File:Hamburg_hitchspot.jpg|250px|thumb|left|Hitching Spot at ramp ''Hamburg-Schnelsen'']]
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 (ten minute trip max.). Walk towards the big white apartment block by the grassy area and you will hear the motorway A1. After crossing the furthest little bridge on the left, you're already on the parking lot of the [[service station]]. This is for all traffic going in the direction of Bremen and Hanover.
If you need to go to the other side of the motorway for traffic going in the direction of Lubeck Lübeck and Berlin, cross the furthest little bridge on the right and walk right for ~500 meter. There, cross the motorway 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.
====Option 2====
====Option 3====
Also you can get to a gas station on the A1 heading to Denmark by catching the S-Bahn to the stop called Wilhelmsburg. From there catch bus number 13 to the stop Kirchdorf süd, which is the last stop on the route. Walk up past where the buses turn around, follow the motorway to the right, go under the motorway by way of the tunnel, and there is the gas petrol station!
Every car I met there was heading towards Hamburg or Luneborg - if you want to go to Denmark, try option 4!
==== Option 4 ====
Take a ride or take the S-Bahn A1 to Quickborn station. There take the bus 594 in direction to "U A Norderstedt Mitte" and stop at Heidefriedhof station. There you can maybe buy some flowers (a very nice old women offered us some informations information -okay it was wrong- and a rose). You should see a bridge across the motorway, cross it, and take the first the small street on right. You will feel you are lost in the country side because after 200 meters, this way doesnt doesn't look like a street anymore. Nevermind, go ahead, go ahead go ahead and on your right you will see a oil station. We needed less than five minutes to find a driver to Denmark :D
=== East towards [[Berlin]] and North East towards [[Copenhagen]], [[Scandinavia]] ===
If you're planing to hitchhike towards [[Berlin]] on the [[A24 (Germany)|A24]], there's a big [[roundabout]] in the southeast of the city where it's possible to catch a ride directly to Berlin or at least part of the way. This spot is called the ''[http://horner-kreisel.hitchbase.com/ Horner Kreisel]'' and is a popular hitchhiking spot for many hitchhikers in [[Germany]]. The easiest way to get there is from the Station ''Hasselbrook'' (S1, S11). You leave the train in the direction of Steindamm, upstairs turn right and the after a few meters left into the Caspar-Voght-Straße. Follow this street 500 meters until the big crossing with Sievekingsallee. On the opposite side of the Sievekingsallee you'll see the busstop ''Caspar-Voght-Straße''. Here you can stand and wait for a ride. This works fine. For hitchhiking to Berlin prepare a cardboard sign with a huge B written on it, which is the number plate sign for cars from Berlin and understood widely.
Some years ago they reconstructed the Horner Kreisel. Earlier it was possible to stand in the middle of it on an busstopbus-stop, but it was moved. Now the busstop bus-stop is located ''before'' the roundabout where the cars are driving pretty fast, and on the Kreise Kreisel the cars have no opportunity to stop.
Some hithchhikers hitchhikers claim that hitching on the roundabout turn-off direction Berlin is easier, as here you have much more traffic going your way. It's recommended to stand immediately after the roundabout, in the grass before the blue motorway sign. Cars can stop right after the motorway sign. This place is used by many hitchhikers. It's not uncommon to find a direct lift to Berlin in 5 minutes. But it has to be pointed out that doing so is against the law, for the Autobahn starts there − and you must not walk or stop on it. Hitchhikers and drivers, who stop there, can be fined. Apart form the legal aspect, bear in mind that this may be dangerous for you!
If you want to go to Puttgarden for going into [[Scandinavia]], you can hitch to the ferry at Puttgarden, and get a ride straight to [[Copenhagen]]. Have a look at the [[Puttgarden]] article for more info.
