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Very often there are hitchhikers right behind the railway station ''Dresden-Neustadt''. Be aware that this is a common meeting point for the users of [http://www.mitfahrgelegenheit.de/ www.mitfahrgelegenheit.de] which is a car-pooling service, so if you stop a car there you might be asked to contribute to the cost of fuel, although generally it is very unlikely like anywhere else in Germany.
Another good hitchhiking spot is very close to the highway motorway ramp. From Bahnhof Neustadt take the bus 81 towards ''Wilschdorf'' and get off at ''Hellerberge''. If you stand besides the bus station with a sign ''Berlin'', you probably won't wait for long.
=== East towards [[Görlitz]], [[Wroclaw]] ([[A4]]) ===
=== South towards [[Prague]] ([[A17]])===
One possible option could be near bus stop ''Südhöhe'' (Lines 72, 76 & 360). There is a petrol station ("Aral") but it is located on the opposite side of the road. It's the last petrol station before the highway motorway though. You could also try to stop cars on various bus stops, usually near traffic lights, throughout all the way on a ''Bergstraße'', however, most of the road is an upward slope which makes it difficult for the drivers to stop (or to get back on the road).
<small>(There might be better spots in ''Dresden Prohlis'' - does anyone have any information on this?)</small>
If you are coming from the North (e.g. Berlin, A13 or A4 from the East) and you want to continue to the South (e.g. Prague) you might have some troubles regarding the location of where you can be dropped off for further successful hitchhiking in case when your driver is not going further your way.
The problem is that the highway motorway splits just before the motorway petrol station called Dresdner Tor (Aral), so if you are dropped at the petrol station, you will get only those drivers who go the other way (to the West).
Then, you have several ways to get further (in any of these ways you will have similar problems and solutions):
* you might want to get dropped off way before Dresden, approximately 20-50 kilometers before getting into the city; <small>(exact information needed!)</small>
* get a ride going west onto A4 at Dresden, so that you can be dropped off at Dresdner-Tor Nord. Then walk west for about 800 meters to a local road, walk through the tunnel and walk back east at the other side of the motorway for 800 meters to get back on Dresdner-Tor Sud.
* you find a nice driver willing to do a loop for you meaning that he must drive off the highway motorway after that "Aral" petrol station, make a U-turn, take the highway motorway in the opposite direction and drop you off at the petrol station, and only then he can either enter Dresden or make another U-turn if he is heading West;
== Public transport / Blackriding ==